I'm an Undercover Witch, Not a Bed-Warming Witch!

Chapter 64

64. Wait, I've Become a Stand-In

Meng Lian wiped the smile from her face and scrolled through the comments under the video.

Sure enough, the price was too ridiculous. Quite a few people were flaming her.

LoliGoAway, MilfAddMe: "Six thousand? Is your pen gold-plated or made of jade? You've got some nerve asking that much!"

IWantToFindYouAHome: "Exactly, little Junior Sister. Listen to me, if you want to fish for clients, go do it somewhere else. Go look at the other Junior Sisters, not a single one is as ridiculous as you."

IamSequenceWitchSeseWitch: "Mhm, nice body, pretty face too, got some appeal. But sluts are just snacks. If you treat them like a full-course meal, there's something wrong with your brain."

AnyCatGirls: "Too bad, not a cat girl."

"..."

Each comment was more spectacular than the last. These Senior Sisters had tongues dipped in poison. Watching them, Meng Lian couldn't stop grinning.

Damn, the people here really had a way with words. She'd have to remember some of these. Might come in handy for online arguments later.

"See, I told you it was too expensive."

Yaoyao had settled down too, pointing at the video.

That petty one had only charged three hundred for her first time, even if she had been coaxed into it by some unscrupulous Senior Sister. But it was still that petty one's embarrassing history. If she found out someone was charging twenty times that amount, she'd probably be so furious she'd hide in some corner and secretly cry.

Meng Lian scrolled through other freshmen's posts. Most were priced at one or two thousand. The really beautiful ones might go for three thousand. Someone like that first one who jumped straight to six thousand was the only one Meng Lian had seen so far.

"Why do they look for clients online? Can't they do it in person?"

Lingling suddenly asked.

She was a Phantom Spirit from Nordlin and had come out a few times, but she didn't fundamentally understand the Witch Academy. After scrolling through so many posts with Meng Lian, she couldn't help her curiosity.

Had the situation in reality really become that desperate?

"It's all about the price difference. Or rather, the lack of it."

Yaoyao acted like she knew everything. She casually opened an image-only post filled with densely packed profile pictures of new students. The title read: "Rare opportunity, these are all cute little Junior Sisters. Let me know which one catches your eye and I'll contact her for you."

"See, this is a middleman. They're essentially doing the Witch House's work, but without squeezing the girls as hard. These Junior Sisters get ninety percent, and the middlemen only take one."

"So this time of year, there are usually three factions. First is the official one, the Witch House. Safe, high quality, but expensive. Second are the independents, like opening a mystery box where everything is unknown. The third type is these middlemen taking a cut. They combine the advantages of the other two, but the downside is obvious: the Witch Academy doesn't allow it."

Yaoyao grinned. Sure enough, before she even finished speaking, the post on screen was deleted.

"This..."

Meng Lian stared at the blank screen, dumbfounded. That was too fast.

"These middlemen are basically stealing business from the Witch House. Since the Witch House is an official institution of the Witch Academy, how could they just watch someone else snatch food from their mouth? So deletions are normal."

Yaoyao looked completely unfazed. "Refresh it. These middlemen's strategy is to flood the platform during gaps in the review process. Post as much as they can and hook whoever they can."

Meng Lian tried refreshing. Sure enough, the exact same post appeared again. Only the poster had changed.

"These are all the same person. They have hundreds, maybe thousands of accounts. They don't care if one gets banned."

"Huh? Why is Master's picture up there too?"

Lingling suddenly asked. Meng Lian froze, utterly confused.

Me?

How could I be up there?

Meng Lian hurriedly opened the image. When she saw the second picture, a golden-haired, golden-eyed beauty, everything went black.

So beautiful. Who else could it be but her?

Meng Lian quickly saved the image. Soon after, the post was deleted. She went to her gallery, found the picture, and examined it closely.

Maybe she had imagined it earlier. But when Meng Lian zoomed in and stared at her own portrait, she nearly choked.

Wait, why am I here too?

I'm a slut too? Since when?

This is bad. I've become a stand-in!

"Damn, Meng Lian, you've been holding out on us!"

Yaoyao looked at Meng Lian with an expression that said she had completely misjudged her.

"I don't know what's going on either! I don't have any debt. Why would I do something like this? It's not like I'm some kind of insatiable pervert."

Meng Lian couldn't sit still anymore. She sat bolt upright. Yaoyao and Lingling both realized something was wrong and flew to the screen to examine the picture.

Beside the image was a description that made Meng Lian want to kill someone.

"Stunning beauty, even prettier in person! First night starting at ten thousand credits, don't miss out~"

"Making it big, Meng Lian. Ten thousand credits~"

Yaoyao teased. Lingling looked thoughtful.

"Ten thousand credits. That's Master for you!"

"Don't compliment me over something like this!"

Meng Lian was too exhausted to even react properly. She just wanted to figure out what was going on.

How did she suddenly become merchandise?

Where was the justice in that!

"Don't panic. I think I know what happened."

Yaoyao's expression turned serious. She flew to the phone screen and started scrolling through the gallery with her tiny hand.

"Sure enough, look. Isn't this the same picture from before?"

Meng Lian looked at the image Yaoyao found. It was the one taken of her after her first time going out following Witch Transformation, when someone had posted it to the Year 1 Class 3 group chat. She had saved it herself.

"So what's going on?"

"It's actually quite simple. Looks like you had bad luck and got caught in their net."

Since nearly ninety percent of new students had debt, some might find decent part-time work like Gabriel to pay it off, or have viral novels or manga like Phoeby to make quick money. But most were still crushed by heavy debt. A large portion also came from civilizations with different moral standards and naturally rejected the Witch House. That was when some people smelled opportunity.

They would cast a wide net online, collecting photos of many attractive new students. Without the students' consent, they would contact clients online, negotiate a price, then find the unsuspecting student and tell them someone wanted to spend a night with them.

Most new students would be confused at first, then angry. But after seeing the price the middleman promised, they would start wavering. The middleman would then fan the flames by showing the client's photo. Since witches were generally attractive, these newly transformed students didn't know any better. They would think they had gotten lucky and could sleep with a beautiful woman, pay off their debt, and not lose anything in the process. So a large portion would agree.

Meng Lian herself was among the top in appearance, and her photos had circulated online before. It was understandable that she had been posted too.

Meng Lian fell silent.

Wait, are you kidding me?

What do you mean understandable?

Did anyone bother asking for her opinion?

Even though she did like beautiful women, what if some rich loli had set her sights on her too?

She was not a loli lover!

Yaoyao: Is your focus just a little bit strange right now?