City ​​of Witches 421

Chapter 421 – #90_Verification(2)

#420

1.
The Jemernai are two as one.

This isn’t just a symbolic meaning or an interpretation.

For generations, the Jemernai witches have been twins who shared a single mark.
The apprentice witches chosen by the prophecy institution were also twins, Deneb and Albireo’s predecessors.
Their predecessors, and their predecessors’ predecessors, were all twins.

Only together can they create complete magic, and only together are they perfect.

Due to the nature of their magic, they can check each other’s status no matter how far apart they are.
For example, if Deneb uses a certain amount of magic or something goes wrong, Albireo can also notice it.

While peacefully approving business plans at the mansion, Albireo suddenly sensed a large-scale magic event and immediately headed to the center of Tarot Town, where she felt Deneb’s presence.

What she sensed then was an inner barrier.
There were witches around, peeking to see what was happening.
Knowing that this barrier was Deneb’s, they didn’t dare to enter.
If she was conducting a magic experiment inside, they could be reprimanded just for sneaking in.

“Ugh, my head…”

Albireo’s mind quickly connected a series of clues and formed a plausible deduction.

There is a secret base for the twins in Tarot Town.
Deneb suddenly set up an inner barrier near it.
The keyword Shin Siwoo immediately came to mind.
What if Shin Siwoo was caught having an affair with the twins by Deneb?

“This is insane! Seriously.”

That’s no ordinary matter.
Deneb is more affectionate, gentle, and considerate of others than Albireo, but in some ways, she is much less flexible.

Albireo quickly entered the barrier.
And she immediately realized that her deduction was correct.

It was a little late, and Deneb and Siwoo were gone.
However, the inside of the barrier, which was being dismantled, had no intact buildings.
Deneb had gone on a rampage, using her magic.

“This could be a big problem…”

Albireo wiped away cold sweat and pictured a scene in her mind.
An enraged Deneb cutting off Siwoo’s head.

She fully understands Deneb’s feelings.
But for the sake of the twins, the worst-case scenario must not happen.
Albireo immediately headed to the place where Deneb was likely to have taken Siwoo.

2.
The piercing headache, muscle pain, the cold rising from the floor, and the dampness that didn’t match it, lifted his heavy eyelids.

“Huff! Huff… Huff…”

His body, remembering the intensity of the battle, belatedly let out rapid breaths, and as Siwoo tried to move, he realized that his arms were tied up, bent upwards.

-Clang, clang!

He tried hard to wriggle his body, but his feet were also firmly fixed to the chair, and his arms were bound by chains, making it impossible to move.
He thought he couldn’t do it with his bare body and tried to draw up his magic power, but…

“What?”

The magic power in his mark didn’t budge.

Siwoo belatedly looked around.
If he were to describe the surrounding scenery in one word, it would be enough to call it an underground prison.

Iron bars, rusted to the point of being completely black, were densely embedded in the black, dirty rock.
The only thing that filled the dark room, where even moonlight couldn’t penetrate, was the light from the torches hanging on the wall.
It was a prison where rats the size of cats would have thrived for generations.
A white figure walked into Siwoo’s peripheral vision, clicking her heels.

“During the past Cliford raid, Gehenna suffered considerable damage. Our family’s mansion was also half-destroyed.”

Deneb Jemernai.
As soon as he saw her, all his memories finally returned.

“The hostility towards the public enemy and the exiles reached its peak, and various measures were taken within Gehenna. For example, this underground prison was built in the basement of our count’s family.”

Siwoo had chased after the escaped twins to reconcile, and after kissing, they had gotten into a rather suggestive atmosphere.
He was arrested on the spot by Deneb Jemernai, who had suddenly appeared at the scene without a warrant.

“The rebuilt Jemernai count’s mansion was constructed with a huge magic formula, from the building layout to the shape of the corridors. The ley lines and water veins flowing underground are controlled by the magic formula, and this prison becomes a place of confinement where no one but our sisters can manifest magic.”

Only then did Siwoo realize why he couldn’t use his magic.
As Deneb said, the heavy magic power floating around was constantly interfering with the manifestation of magic.
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t budge, like trying to reverse an arm wrestling match that was already over.

“Don’t even think that the twins will come to rescue you. They don’t even know this place exists. It’s not good for their emotional education.”

Considering the anger Deneb had shown at first, her tone was very calm.
But it was obvious at a glance.
It wasn’t because her anger had subsided, but because it had been filtered and refined into a sharp, pointed anger.

“Deneb.”
“I’m the one asking. I’ve put a confession spell on you.”
“Ugh, I really hate that magic…”

At the same time as Deneb’s words, his mouth moved on its own.
It was truly the worst magic, in that even his innermost thoughts came out like this.

Siwoo felt his legs tremble, regardless of the cold.
Although she had regained some composure, it was absolutely not the case that Deneb’s anger had subsided.

She had only regained enough reason to continue the interrogation.
The image of her losing her reason again while listening to Siwoo’s babbling and taking his life didn’t feel awkward at all.

“Okay, I understand. This is going to be my grave.”
“……”
“You know that’s not what I’m trying to say, right? It’s all because of that damn, ah, sorry. It’s because of the confession spell… Please be lenient.”

Even at his silly farce, Deneb only twitched her eyebrows once and didn’t smile at all.
She continued in a cold tone.

“Did you try to have sex with the twins?”
“Yes, I did.”

Squeeze.
Siwoo saw Deneb’s fingernails digging into her palm.
She had barely uttered the first word, and there were already ominous signs.

“…Why? Odile and Odette are apprentice witches. You should understand the consequences, shouldn’t you? I asked you to wait a little longer…”
“We’ve already had sex several times, and there were no particular problems.”
“Are you saying that now?!”

Deneb’s sharp voice echoed loudly in the dark room.

“But it’s the truth! Because the place where an apprentice witch shouldn’t be defiled is the uterus, and we were only…”

Again, Siwoo really hated this magic.
No matter how much he tried to put it in a roundabout way.
No matter how much he tried to bring up the story at the right time.
The moment it came to his mind, it would just spill out of his mouth.

“Because we had anal sex!”
“…Huh, anal, anal…?”

The expression Deneb made at that moment was similar to that of a scientist whose absolute common sense had completely collapsed.
She was very dazed and dumbfounded.

“I’ve ejaculated more than 20 times so far, but there was no problem with their vessels. Of course, it wasn’t just for lust… It started with a love potion at first… Of course, I have other people to take responsibility for besides the twins… And…”

In addition to his true feelings, a jumble of thoughts poured out.
But it was already visible.
The sentence that had penetrated one of Deneb’s ears was coming out the other side.

“…I was trying to take responsibility for everything.”

Deneb, who had a bewildered expression as if her blood and soul had been drained, slowly regained color in her face.
It was a flush caused by clear anger.

“So… you had lewd acts with the twins, and not only did you continue it without any sense of urgency, but you’re also in a relationship with other women? And you’re trying to take responsibility? You’re looking down on our Jemernai family.”
“I swear that’s not it!”
“I can’t, I absolutely can’t tolerate this.”

-Woong, woo-oong

The air began to tremble.
Deneb wasn’t trying to activate magic.
It was just that her magic, synchronized with her intense emotions, was fluctuating and causing a disturbance.

The problem was that Siwoo couldn’t activate even an inch of magic right now.
Even if Deneb didn’t intend to, there was a risk that he could lose his life if that magic even grazed him.

“Deneb!”

The wave of power that had been rising like a whirlwind was dispelled by a loud voice.
Along with the sound of footsteps running down the stairs, it was her older sister, Albireo, who stopped Deneb.
As expected, she quickly neutralized Deneb’s magic and stepped between Siwoo and her.

“Sister, you came at the right time. This great male witch here has been playing with the twins? Isn’t that amazing?”
“Deneb, calm down first.”
“How can I calm down!”

Even if it was just a moment of lust, it wouldn’t be tolerated, but he had habitually mixed bodies with the twins using an unimaginable perverted method.

Not only that, but he was also having affairs with many mistresses, such as Sharon Evergreen, Duke Tiferet, and Count Yesod.
It was absolutely unforgivable.

Deneb, who had been heatedly denouncing his wrongdoings, realized something when she saw Albireo’s much more composed appearance.
Her sister was too calm for it to be a fact she had never known.

“Wait, sister… did you know?”
“Yeah, I knew.”
“Why are you the only one who knew! You know how important this is!”

Deneb couldn’t understand at all, but Albireo had her own reasons.

First of all, it was the twins who had seduced Siwoo first.
The twins couldn’t overcome their strong curiosity and attacked Siwoo with a potion, and Siwoo, who was a slave at the time, would have had no way to refuse.

Nevertheless, Siwoo had saved the twins’ lives once from a homunculus and once from a public enemy.
Especially the second time, he had practically reached the point of death.

After he recovered, Albireo had urged Siwoo to go out into the world, and as a result, he was caught up in the calamity caused by the Cowardly Witch and almost lost his life again.
In the name of protecting the twins, he had caused quite a bit of trouble.

But it wasn’t just guilt or a sense of debt that made Albireo turn a blind eye to Siwoo’s debauchery.
The twins clearly had a liking for Siwoo, and Siwoo was likely the same.

Unlike ordinary men, just the fact that he doesn’t die or age is a merit as a son-in-law, and even at this moment, he is a genius who is raising the level of magic.
Her judgment was that it wouldn’t be bad to maintain a good relationship.

Deneb might be focused only on the fact that Siwoo had a physical relationship with the twins and not see the whole picture, but Albireo had weighed it all carefully.

“Wait here for a moment.”
“Where are you going? What can’t you say in front of me!”

Albireo grabbed Deneb’s wrist for a moment and walked her to the corner of the prison.