Want to Become Someone Like You

【Simulation Year Seven, Age 21, You are progressing further on the path of an elite mage, with both your spiritual power and magical energy increasing. Your hidden strength is astonishing to others.】

【On the first day of the new year, you notice that the Witch seems more "human" than usual.】

【You feel both relieved and regretful.】

【Relieved because the Witch's damaged and incomplete heart still holds the possibility of being repaired.】

【Regretful because the difficulty of repairing it is hellish. Despite your efforts over two months, you’ve only managed to elicit a slight fluctuation in her emotions.】

【Fortunately, the Witch’s body, which was on the verge of collapse, has been successfully saved by you.】

【Through your treatment and two months of nutritional supplementation, the Witch’s frail body has gradually returned to a normal state, no longer resembling a skeleton wrapped in skin.】

【Spring buds emerge, and the earth revives.】

【The spring of the new year has arrived.】

【Your life follows a three-point routine, cycling between meditating to enhance spiritual power, researching new magic, and teaching Krisha.】

【Only on rare occasions do you visit the Mage Association in the city center to purchase supernatural materials and gather intelligence. You hear an expected piece of news: the borderlands’ alien races have been repelled by the Church of the Gods.】

【You return home and continue your magical research.】

【You begin to explore and think about how to further cultivate the Witch, so that even if she leaves you, she can survive safely in this world.】

The winter snow has melted, and the spring vitality bursts forth.

The heavy snow that once engulfed Allenson City has completely disappeared.

The bright spring sunlight pours down freely, and the radiant sunbeams fall from the sky onto everything and everyone in need of warmth, including the withered tree at the corner of the courtyard, which silently sprouts new buds.

Xu Xi sits at the entrance of the courtyard.

The overhead bridge provides natural shelter, casting a cool shadow that shields him from the sunlight.

“The first step in cultivating Krisha is to help her gain the ability to protect herself. This goal is almost achieved. In half a year, Krisha will advance to become a formal mage.”

“A formal mage can learn 1st to 3rd-level spells. Unless faced with a higher-level mage, Krisha’s talent makes her practically invincible among her peers.”

“As for ordinary people, even the current Krisha can handle them with ease.”

“So, it’s time to prepare for the second step.”

In the shadow beneath the bridge, Xu Xi holds a thick magic book, his eyes closed in deep thought.

To ensure Krisha develops an independent personality and can live strongly on her own after the simulation ends, without being ostracized or hunted, preparations must be made early.

Some issues need to be addressed as soon as possible.

For example, the problem of Krisha’s demonic bloodline.

Objectively speaking, Krisha’s personality is obedient and gentle. She has never thought of harming others and feels uneasy even approaching strangers, let alone causing harm.

But.

This world is unreasonable.

The gods rule the earth, and the Church is their eyes and ears.

In a world where everyone worships the gods and views demons as enemies, even the slightest connection to demons will brand one as an enemy.

For Krisha to integrate into human society is almost impossible.

Unless—

“She becomes strong enough to suppress all opposition, or she makes others believe she has no connection to demons.”

Xu Xi mutters to himself.

The former is too difficult to achieve. Even if this life goes smoothly, Xu Xi isn’t confident he can ascend to godhood, let alone overpower all the gods.

As for the latter, it does hold some feasibility.

“This world’s method of identifying demons is surprisingly primitive and crude.”

“At first, I thought there would be methods targeting the soul, bloodline, or even conceptual searches.”

“But from the materials I’ve reviewed recently, whether it’s the Mage Association or the Church of the Gods, their method of identifying demons is based on appearance.”

“In other words, as long as I can conceal Krisha’s demonic features, she can appear openly in the world.”

“Moreover, there has never been a case of a demon mastering magic before.”

“Even if suspected, Krisha can use magic to prove her innocence.”

Xu Xi ponders, feeling this is quite feasible.

Of course, he isn’t foolish enough to think such concealment can deceive everyone.

Even if it fools humans, it certainly won’t fool the gods who watch from above.

But Xu Xi’s requirements aren’t high.

He just wants Krisha to be able to move around in the outside world, interact with people and events, so her fragile and sensitive heart won’t become indecisive the moment she leaves him.

Therefore, by limiting Krisha’s range of activities, the risk of discovery can be reduced.

“Let’s ask the child for her opinion.”

……

【Simulation Year Seven, Spring】

【The Witch’s power grows stronger. To address the possibility of her being discovered, you begin to think about how to conceal her demonic bloodline features.】

【You ask Krisha for her opinion. If she insists on not hiding, you will respect her choice. But her response surprises you.】

【“I want… I want to become like my mentor.”】

【It’s not that she wants to become human, but because you are human, she also wants to become human.】

【Simulation Year Seven, Summer】

【Krisha’s realm breaks through. Through continuous meditation, her spiritual power reaches the standard of a formal mage.】

【Your Witch has advanced to become a formal mage.】

【Simulation Year Seven, Autumn】

【Through relentless research of ancient texts and self-study of life-attribute magic, you develop a method to effectively conceal demonic features.】

【You call Krisha to the meditation room, and in this place where only the two of you exist, you begin the secret surgery to hide her demonic features.】

Krisha’s demonic features are few.

She doesn’t have large wings or a long tail.

From this perspective, Xu Xi’s luck is good.

This means he only needs to deal with the horns on Krisha’s head and the scales on parts of her skin. Once done, Krisha will have a normal human appearance.

“I hope everything goes smoothly.”

The dimly lit meditation room is cool and silent, deep and soundless, resembling a place for some dark cult’s rituals.

“Click.”

Xu Xi turns off the insufficiently powered steam lamp and instead uses magic to gather light and illuminate the space.

Not far from him, Krisha lies calmly on a stone slab.

“Krisha, this might hurt a little.”

“I trust you, Mentor.”

Her pale golden eyes show no emotional fluctuations, but through that emptiness, one can sense the presence of trust.

The surgery begins.

【You use wind magic to form sharp wind blades, meticulously grinding away the remnants of the girl’s horns, leaving only the roots connected to the nerves, hidden beneath her hair.】

【You use 3rd-level magic·Earth Shaping.】

【You use 4th-level magic·Water Barrier.】

【You use 4th-level magic·Fire Barrier.】

【You use 5th-level magic·Life Simulation.】

【You exchange high-quality shapeshifter mucus from the Mage Association, molding it into the color of human skin and carefully applying it to the scales on the Witch’s body, concealing them with exquisite technique.】

【You also imbue the shapeshifter mucus with resistance to water and fire, as well as life properties, ensuring it doesn’t easily fall off and resembles human skin more closely.】

【Your disguise experiment is successful.】

【From the outside, Krisha no longer has any demonic features.】