City ​​of Witches 1027

Chapter 1027 – #246_Count Cagliostro

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1.
A moderate level of using one’s good looks is very effective.

I managed to capture Aria trying to seduce Siwoo to cover up her mistake, on top of cheating during the duel.

Aria, who had been dreaming of a quick fortune, suddenly found herself with two leashes around her neck, glaring at Siwoo with bloodshot eyes.

“You despicable bastard.”

She seems to have forgotten who started the despicable acts first.

Well, there’s no need to point it out.
Siwoo is well aware of a witch’s self-centeredness.

“I don’t care if that video gets released, you know?”

Aria throws her head back, feigning nonchalance, but she can’t hide her agitation.

How could she be okay with it?
Just as Siwoo suffered with Dandelion, the witch society values honor.

If Siwoo were to target Aria, she would have to go through quite a long ordeal.

The price for underestimating him was a cunning trap.
Securing her image externally right after the duel, and then blackmailing her with her weakness behind the scenes.

“Aria, I don’t intend to drag this relationship out. Let’s settle things cleanly and end it.”
“What did you say?”

In front of Aria, who was anxiously wondering what he would demand, Siwoo intentionally lowered a lifeline.

He judged that exploiting the weaknesses of a hostile figure for a long time was too risky.

Sucking out just the right amount of sweetness and then discarding them.
That was the conclusion Siwoo reached.

“The person who instigated this, it was Count Cagliostro, right?”

No matter how much Siwoo dislikes her, there’s no reason for a Great Witch to do something like this on her own…

The number one suspect was definitely Count Cagliostro.
Siwoo couldn’t be sure if Count Cagliostro was directly involved, but he probably made contact with someone from ‘Castle’.

“……”

Aria closed her mouth.
It was a tacit affirmation, without any attempt to hide it.

“Wouldn’t it be easier for both of us if you were honest?”
“What if it is? You don’t have any proof anyway.”

That’s true.

Even if there were proof that he was directly involved, Aria would refuse to act as a spear to stab Castle.
It would be like making a banzai charge on Siwoo’s behalf just to eliminate a minor weakness.

“I’d like you to tell me everything you know about the Count.”
“……”
“Even trivial rumors, weaknesses, or anything you know personally. That’s how our relationship ends.”

Therefore, all he’s asking for is information.

After some deliberation, Aria opened her mouth.

2.
Whether it was verified information or just rumors.

Aria tried to discuss only the most lukewarm topics.

That is, she only talked about matters that wouldn’t be particularly problematic.
Of course, Siwoo relentlessly pressed Aria without giving an inch, and as a result, he was able to obtain several useful pieces of information.

“It was a pleasant conversation. Now, goodbye.”
“You’re so disgusting! I never want to see you again. Ptooey.”

After Aria left, giving him the middle finger, Siwoo mulled over what he had gained.

In fact, Siwoo already has an informant, Baroness Moirety.
It’s uncertain how long it will last, but she’s not just any baroness, she’s a witch who holds a fairly high position in Castle.

The internal information she provides is likely to be of much higher purity than that of an outsider like Aria.

Nevertheless, there were two reasons why Siwoo asked Aria for information.

One was for cross-verification of information.

The information Baroness Moirety provides is like a honey pot, but it’s still insider information.
If the Count noticed her connection with Siwoo, he could intentionally leak distorted information.

The second reason was more important, and it was for more raw information.

Unlike Moirety, who only delivers extremely business-like content, Aria is a regular at various salons.
She’s much more sensitive to gossip and rumors.

As a result of probing her about various things, he obtained some quite significant information.

‘Well, you can dismiss this as a rumor… but there are rumors that Count Cagliostro has become strange.’
‘No, it’s not quite right to say he’s mentally ill… but it’s like he’s become a different person?’
‘It’s true! It’s been a consistent story for the past three months!’

If you told this to 100 people, 99 would dismiss it as nonsense.

But Siwoo was strangely bothered by that nonsense.

It was like when you run your hand over smooth velvet and notice a thread sticking out, it bothers you.

“Am I being paranoid?”

Once again, the fragments of the incident are listed.

From three months ago.
Count Cagliostro became strange.
He changed like a different person.

Three months ago was when the flood was at its peak, and the current world and Gehenna were in chaos.
It could be said that the timing is quite coincidental.

Because Siwoo was now suspecting the involvement of Lilith, the ‘Whispering Witch,’ the greatest troublemaker in witch history.

It was verified by Amelia’s incident that Lilith could freely enter and exit Gehenna.
Her ability to perfectly disguise herself as another dead witch and even steal and use their inherent magic was also confirmed at Hexennacht.
Afterwards, he confirmed this fact with Lydia Magnus, the Golden Witch.

To be honest, the probability is 1%.
No, it’s less than that.

The idea that Count Cagliostro is actually someone else in disguise is close to a logical leap.

It’s a conjecture, but…

Lilith, whose purpose is unclear, is strangely often involved with Siwoo.

Perhaps it’s because Siwoo has inherited the vessel of Keter, and Lilith, Keter’s bastard child, is interested in it.

While keeping it open as just one possibility, he leaned back on the sofa.

“Ha, I’m a little tired.”

It’s a mentally exhausting day.
On days like this, healing is needed.

After acquiring the Tiferet Mansion, he set up his residence in the place where his teacher used to stay.

That is, his teacher, who is recuperating, is only 10 minutes away.

“Teacher! I missed you!”

Siwoo burst through the door.

Normally, his teacher would greet him with a kind smile, saying, ‘Have you come?’ ‘Was it hard today?’ ‘Come here, I’ll give you a hug,’ but…

“Hyaaa! Kyaa?!”

She let out a cute scream and ran away into the blanket like a threatened hermit crab.

“S, Siwoo…! What’s the matter, suddenly, without any notice?”
“Wha, what is it?”
“G, get out! Please knock next time!”

A muffled shout from inside the blanket.
Come to think of it, there’s a sweet smell coming from somewhere…

“…Oho.”

Siwoo gave an evil smile.

“Oh, Teacher. It’s okay. I’m a disciple with an open mind.”
“Don’t do it! Stop it! I’ll get angry! Ah!”

-Thud!

They struggled over the blanket, but when Siwoo lifted the entire blanket, Eloa eventually fell onto the bed.
Her face was flushed red, almost to the point of tears, and she was wearing Siwoo’s shirt, which was too big for her.

Moreover, in many ways, she was nude underneath.
It was the dream of every man, a naked boyfriend in a shirt.

“Haa, haa…”

Unable to overcome her embarrassment, she hid her face in a pillow again.

She’s so cute, like a real hermit crab!
Siwoo wasn’t one to leave Eloa alone like that.

“Hmm… I was wondering where the shirt I took off last night went. Teacher, you took it.”
“Please… leave me alone…”
“Oh, I need to question the thief.”

The teacher, who peeked her head out from the pillow, closed her eyes tightly and confessed her mistake.
She knew from experience that if her mischievous disciple caught her weakness, he would tease her until she admitted it.

Recently, Eloa, who was recuperating, had been staying with Siwoo.

Eloa was excited about the idea of having lots of lovey-dovey time after moving to the Tiferet Mansion, but in reality, there was no time for them to be alone.
Siwoo had become very busy with the establishment of the academy and the pilot semester.

Eloa, who was secretly sulking, chose his clothes as an alternative.

They were clothes that he had been wearing all day, so they were full of his scent.

She had found them in his office this morning and happily took them, hoping to fill the void.

“If I wear your clothes… I feel like I’m being hugged tightly because I can feel your scent… so…”

Of course, as she did so, she somehow, somehow felt a little bit naughty, so she was fiddling with them…

“I really didn’t do anything else, I mean, anything weird. Really.”
“Ah, well, that’s about it… you could have asked me.”

Fortunately, Siwoo didn’t seem to have noticed that far.

Thanks to Eloa’s quick thinking, ‘that’ didn’t seem to have been discovered either.

“But… what is this?”

Taking advantage of Eloa’s carelessness, Siwoo used telekinesis to pull something from the pillow.
It was another piece of clothing that Eloa had quickly hidden while pretending to run away with the pillow.

It was Siwoo’s underwear.
She had not only stolen his shirt but also his disciple’s underwear and was doing naughty things with it.

Siwoo is a spirit, so he doesn’t have any strange smells, but his underwear has a much more feral scent than his shirt.

“That’s… that’s… that’s… Hooo…”

The more she tried to make excuses, the more Eloa shrank.
Eloa had recently put down a great burden and become honest about pursuing her own happiness, but even so, she couldn’t handle this level of shame.

“Teacher, how could you steal your disciple’s underwear and use it for naughty things?”

Siwoo teased Eloa with a mischievous smile.

“I guess I have to punish you.”
“Punish… what? Kyaa!”

Soon, Siwoo sat on the bed and made Eloa kneel on his lap.
In short, it was a spanking position.

When he flipped up the hem of the shirt, which barely covered half of her buttocks, she was wearing no panties, no bra, and only a shirt.
Her mochi, which was wet and very sexy, came into view between her apple hips.

“The punishment is a butt spanking.”
“Siwoo, I am your teacher…!”
“Weren’t I your teacher in bed?”
“Even so…”

Her two faces and her buttocks were as red as her hair.
At that moment, Eloa’s eyes, which held a strange expectation between shame and embarrassment, turned to Siwoo.

-Bwoom Bwoom

A message came from the crystal ball he carried with him.
The message was that Count Cagliostro had visited the mansion.

“Oh, Teacher. I have an appointment. I’ll be right back.”
“At this hour…?”

She expressed great dissatisfaction, but Eloa knew that Siwoo had a lot of things to do, so she didn’t say anything.
After kissing her pouty forehead, he headed straight to the reception room.

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