City of Witches 1015

Chapter 1015 – #243_Scouting Is Hard (3)

#1009

One.
“Haa, I’m worried that prices have risen too much lately.”
“It seems like an old saying that Gehenna is a city for witches. It’s a completely different world from when I was young, right?”
“Tsk tsk, I heard that the veil of mystery has been lifted in this world. What is the Sephiroth tree doing… I am really worried.”

A private salon in Arsmagna Town, the richest village in Gehenna.

There, seven well-dressed witches gathered and were having in-depth discussions about Gehenna and the state of the world.

Of course, it’s not just such a serious story.

The hottest issue and the main character of gossip these days.
The story of Baron Shin Si-woo could not be left out.

“I’ve only met you once from afar. Was he a really nice gentleman?”
“Odile, Miss Odette. Can you tell me about Baron Siu Shin? I heard that the baron is the son-in-law of Count Zemanai.”

As soon as one witch finishes her words, the eyes of the other witches turn to one place.

Carefully curled side hair and purple eyes sparkling like amethyst.
Twins who are as beautiful as dolls, but whose looks are difficult to compare.

In the first class of the salon, which is the most comfortable sofa and can receive everyone’s attention, Odile and Odette in half-bonnets sat like the leaders of the crowd.

“Ho-ho, our assistant, no. My fiancé is a really outstanding person.”
“Would you like to see this ribbon? Today, he tied it himself.”

“Wow… Does her fiancé tie the ribbon himself? Be romantic!”
“Sure! Not too long ago, I even tied a tie myself.”

The twins shrug their shoulders and naturally show off to the other witches.

“I envy you. Actually, I met you in person at the castle by chance a while ago, and just as we were about to talk, Master pushed me to come home, so I had no choice but to come back.”
“I also happened to see it at the academy, but honestly, I ran away because I was too scared to talk to it.”

By this time, everyone would have noticed.

All the witches chatting in this salon now are apprentice witches.

The importance of networking is not much different in witch society.
It could be said that one of the indispensable elements of living in a witch society is a social gathering.

Important information is passed from mouth to mouth, not documents or papers, and sometimes you can purchase artifacts and materials that are difficult to obtain at auctions.

That’s why apprentice witches from prestigious families with their own prestige hold small gatherings before becoming witches, and learn the senses and senses that need to be cultivated in the social world.

It is this ‘Young Ladies Club’ that serves as such a culture medium.

“Anyway, you’re engaged to Baron Shin Si-woo. Both Odile and Odette are really great.”
“That’s right, it’s no exaggeration to say that she’s a decent witch.”

Odile and Odette were apprentice witches, but they underwent a coming-of-age ceremony.

On the other hand, the rest of the apprentice witches were 14 at the youngest and 17 at the most.

No one cares about the difference of one or two years between witches who live forever if they choose to, but the younger they are, the more sensitive they are to the age difference.
It would be easy to understand if you think of how grown-up seniors looked like when they were elementary, middle and high school students.

Anyway.

The twins, who are the daughters of the prestigious Countess Jemanai and show off their ‘engagement’ like apprentice witches, were definitely the club’s captains and highly envied.

It was a common way of parenting to not allow men to be near the apprentice witch.

And the topic that naturally became the topic of the day was ‘Baron Shin Si-woo’.

Not only did she become a witch in the body of a man, but it wasn’t enough to spread rumors with numerous high-ranking witches, she was an unconventional figure who founded the Hesed Society.

He was a man whose evaluations were remarkably divided even within Gehenna, but for an apprentice witch who is still young, his heroic side comes first.

Naturally, questions poured into Odile and Odette.

“Is Baron Siwoo Shin really above the 20th rank?”
“You can see that. As for the dissertation, just looking at the overflow this time, how wonderfully you solved it and came back. Ho-ho-ho!”
“I’ve known him since he was the caretaker of Trinity Academy, and even then he defeated the homunculus with a human body.”
“No way!”

There are basic questions like this, but what everyone is curious about is Shin Si-woo as a ‘fiance’ rather than Shin Si-woo as a ‘witch’.
Like most girls of her age, she just wants to hear about love.

When someone poked her in the back, Daisy, the club’s youngest member, hesitated and then cautiously took her luck.

“I… If this isn’t too rude of a question, kiss your fiancé… Have you tried it?”
“Miss Daisy! A question like that goes against the standards of a lady!”
“It’s a private area and we have to respect it!”
“Of course, what you hear at the club should be a secret shared only at the club!”

The other apprentice witches are shocked and dissuade Daisy, but her eyes are all twinkling.
It seems that I am glad that he asked a question instead of me, backed by the privilege of being the youngest person to make mistakes.

Odile shrugged her shoulders as he brushed her hair to the side, which was beautifully curled.
Odette, too, held her pointed nose up and shook her legs softly.

“Whoa, I can’t help it. I will tell you.”
“Come on, everyone calm down.”

Kyaaaaa cheers.

“I mean a kiss. The most important thing is that it takes place in a romantic atmosphere.”
“That word… ?”
“You really did that?!”
“What is that? Of course. Are you engaged?”

Suddenly, the club was buzzing like a radio turned up to twice the volume.

“Where did you have your first kiss?”
“Does it really taste like champagne?”
She said, “I was told she had to lift her heels, but I’m worried because her ex is so tall.”
“Don’t get too excited, ask only one question per person. We had our first kiss at a villa in Taro Town.”
“Quaaaaa!”

The twins are also popular stars of the Young Ladies Club.
In addition, she has recently been driving a heated issue of being the fiancée of the hot Baron Shin Siu, so it was natural for her to become a super popular star.

However, envy and jealousy follow popular stars like a shadow.

“So, you’re a flirt, right?”

An apprentice witch who acted sly even when everyone was crazy about a sweet and sour romance story cut off her flow.

“Yu, Yuria unnie…”
“Did I say something wrong?”

The atmosphere became cheap.
However, Yuria, who leaned back in a crooked position, not thinking about it, sarcastically picked her fingernails.

“Not too long ago, Dandelion exposed it. No matter how you look at it, he’s a flirt, but to wrap this up as a sweet love story… Aha, for the prestige of House Zemanai?”

Yuria Kvasir, 16 years old.
An apprentice witch of the Baron Kvasir family, who wields formidable prestige through the Mediterranean trade business.

As for the peculiarities, there are points of rivalry and rebellion, with sharp confrontations with Odile Odette from time to time.

“Since when did unholy heterosexual dating become romance? It’s not like a witch, and on the contrary, it’s vulgar. The posture a witch should have is that of a monk who advances in magic. Not a princess in the arms of a prince.”
“Hey, little baron. Are you a bit like that?”
“Sister, the way you talk.”
“Sheesh, okay Odette. You talk about bullshit very noblely.”
“Exorcism.”

It was Odette who casually raised her thumb, but this time she wasn’t in a good mood.
No matter how small I am, I can’t stand gossiping about my assistant.

However, to my great regret, this time, Yuria stabbed her weak point nicely.

Many witches are acknowledging Baron Shin Si-woo because of his various achievements.

As for the last scandal, he coped well with the charisma project and succeeded in packaging it as a ‘male witch with demonic charm’ rather than a ‘horny male dog’.

But at that time, wouldn’t Casanova have been criticized by someone?

Many orthodox witches were still giving Shin Si-woo a cold glare, and Baron Kvasir is one of the representative orthodox ones.

Wouldn’t it be the time when the assistant later received the evaluation of ‘a person worthy of that level’?
What’s the use of insisting that you really love each other and that you’re all good with each other?

“What is it? Keep your mouth shut He said it as if he would give a sharp refutation at any moment.”
“…”

YuRia, who had become more energetic, smirked while tossing her hair.
Now she was feeling a bit relieved…

“What is it?”

When he suddenly sees Odile and Odette grinning, he feels down again.

“Have you been so caught up in the dark that you are speechless? Baron Shin Si-woo, no, he is the son-in-law to take the man whose title is a waste…”
“Yuria sister… Please… ! Behind… Behind…”

Her daisy, who had stopped her earlier, shook her head in awe this time.

“What’s behind me? Hee!”

And looking back at her, YuRia’s face also changed just like Daisy’s.

“Hmm, that’s an interesting story. Let us continue.”

Standing there was a witch of the depths who radiated fearsome force and radiated the queen’s force.
She was bored to be alone, so Leruy, who had been looking for the place where her twins were, just in time caught the scene of her gossip.

“Everything, why are you here? This is a place where only apprentice witches come… Yo. This.”
“Where would Jim, the queen of the Nukelabi dynasty, not go? So, what about Shin Si-woo, my bureau chief?”

If it had been Count Gemonai, Yuria would not have been so intimidated.

However, no matter how smart she pretends to be, Yuria is an apprentice witch of Gehenna.

As a descendant of the ‘old witch’ whom she had only seen in history books since she was young, and who exudes a plausible queen force on the outside, the sense of intimidation of Leruhe was indescribable.

To give her a rough analogy, it’s like the feeling that when she was adolescence, she was more afraid of her neighborhood eldest sister than her teacher or her parents.

“It’s nice to see you, Leruhe.”
“He also talked about you behind your back. What about a witch who is played by a man like Siwoo Shin? She is not a witch, but a princess in the arms of a prince?”
“Ohhh, like you, I’m a really troubled kid.”
“My, when am I! I never said anything like that!”

Odile and Odette greeted Leruhe with friendly faces and condescended to Yuria, and after hearing her cleverly distorted message, Yuria waved her hand and denied it.

“Slandering others behind their backs is the work of cowards. Jim hates such a coward more than a weightlifter. If you can’t say something in front of that person, you shouldn’t say it behind your back either. Do you understand?”
“Yes… Yes…”

“Hmm, if you sincerely reflect, you can prove it with your actions in the future.”
“Yes, sorry…”

Leruhe admonished Yuria by placing her hand on her shoulder.
Unexpectedly, the twins admire the proper instruction, and YuRia nods in a half-panic.

“More than that, Odile Odette. How long are you planning to stay idle here? Jim himself made time for it.”
“Leruhe, I will be leaving soon, so wait outside.”
“It seems to have ended here for today. Everyone had fun. See you next time.”

As soon as the triplets left, apprentice witches gathered around the shivering YuRia.

“Are you okay, YuRia?”
“That’s why I stopped messing around!”

“Isn’t that the witch of the deep sea? It’s really cool. She’s like a total queen…”
“Rather than that, did you see Miss Odile and Miss Odette talking casually? You must be that friendly.”
“She’s still an apprentice witch, how could she…”
“Compared to you two, we are still far away…”

The Young Ladies Club is also a decent social gathering.
A clumsy apprentice witch cannot survive.