City ​​of Witches 650

## Chapter 650 – #132_Spy

#650

1.
The backstage where the bidding amount was paid and the goods were handed over.

“What kind of money-wasting is this?”

The Silent Witch, ‘Rosie Allu,’ looked at Linne with eyes as if she were seeing something bizarre.

The auction at the Almak Club basically prevents sellers and buyers from contacting each other.
If you buy while sitting in a Royal Box, the buyer’s identity is also kept strictly confidential.

This is because no one trusts each other in Hexennacht.

Of course, the newly formed cabinet of Qliphoth is strictly limiting conflicts ‘within,’ but it is still far from being said to have entered a stable period.

Therefore, the fact that the Sword Witch and the Silent Witch were facing each other, exchanging contracts and payment confirmations, was because the two were joint sellers of the goods.

“There will be a commission, so if you were going to do this, you should have just given me the Red Spear. Then I would have handed over the Mercury Witch.”

Rosie signed the payment confirmation and handed it to Linne.

After the last ‘Maze’ project, the two divided the spoils according to their contribution.
In Linne’s case, 30% stake in all rights to ‘Alice Even Hayyan,’ ownership of Shin Siwoo and the Red Branch.
In Rosie’s case, she took the remaining 70% stake and ownership of Manya and Malisha.

“Well, I’m fine as long as I get the money. But what are you thinking?”
“What do you mean?”
“No, I mean, ‘Rabbit Hunting’ is frozen, right? We don’t know when it will resume. Are you really going to make a Tiferet disciple your disciple?”

Rosie, who had interacted with Linne quite a bit, couldn’t understand her actions at all.

“That’s right.”
“I guess that’s why you spent money like this. Are you that great?”

That’s why it was a topic that piqued her interest even more.

It was also strange that he was a male witch.
But how much pretty behavior did he do to go from being a bait to a disciple in less than a week, and for a disciple who isn’t even an apprentice witch, the stoic Linne threw a 20th-level witch as a toy?

“I don’t know.”

Rosie’s expression subtly distorted.
It sounded like she just didn’t want to tell the truth.

But she didn’t intend to pry.
After all, they were just business partners, not close friends who opened their hearts to each other.

“Where are the other two witches we caught back then?”

She jumped at the chance.

“They’re doing well at home, why? Do you want to borrow them? Would you like to switch with the male witch for a day?”
“What’s the relationship between the three?”
“They seemed to be very close. The Mercury Witch was very protective of the other two. When they were sold separately this time, the other two cried so much. I almost sold them as a set because I felt sorry for them.”

Linne, who had ignored the offer to share a bite, pondered for a moment and then opened her mouth.

“Sell me those two as well.”
“What? No way! I’m busy, so I haven’t even tasted them yet.”
“I’ll pay you well. You can keep them for a while.”

Linne picked up the pen she had used to sign and scribbled on a blank check.
The amount was more than double the scheduled unit price, too good to refuse.

“…Oh. You mean I can keep them?”
“That’s right.”
“Can I do this and that to them?”
“As long as you don’t break them.”
“Ehh~ That’s not my taste. Okay, okay.”

Rosie, who had been calculating in her head, smiled and offered a handshake.

“Thank you for the good deal!”

2.
Alice was very intimidated.

She had prided herself on living a fairly rough life since becoming an exile.
She had fought many public enemies, and she had often been on the verge of death while hunting homunculi.

It would be a lie to say that she wasn’t scared every time.
But she quickly shook it off.
To have more fun tomorrow, she had to make a lot of money right away.

But now, with a strange artifact around her neck that prevents her from using any magic.
Now that she has become a product in Hexennacht, where public enemies and dangerous exiles are swarming.
She learned that the mental strength she had thought was solely her own was nothing more than arrogance.

She is afraid and scared of what will happen in the future.

When she stood on the stage, she felt fear rather than humiliation.
Unlike the stage with bright highlights, the dimly lit audience seats.
The eyes full of desire that shone in them.

One of the owners of those greedy gazes must have bought Alice.

What will happen?
As the host said, will she be abused as a sex toy and then, when they get tired of her, will she be dismantled and used as research material?
The future is darkness, not even an inch ahead.

Even in this situation, what comes to mind are Manya and Malisha, those immature ones.
They are her lovers who were imprisoned together in the mansion and cried and grabbed her arms when Alice was sent to the auction house alone.

If she had known this would happen, she should have treated them a little better.
She shouldn’t have said such absurd things as attacking a male witch.

Late regret pounds her heart.

As a top-quality item that fetched a huge price, she was escorted by the Golden Witch to the top floor.
When she arrived in front of a Japanese-style mansion after passing through a bamboo forest.

Alice was determined.

Even if the sky falls, there is a way out.
It’s not over yet.

If she ends up on the experiment table without any chance, that’s the end, but at least she is still alive, standing on her own two feet and breathing.

If she were alone, even the worst case would be death.
But Alice still has lovers to take responsibility for.
If she dies a meaningless death like this, she won’t be able to help Manya and Malisha at all.

She was also dressed in a beautiful dress and given pretty makeup to fetch a high price.
She should try to look good to the buyer.

She will throw away her pride and even try to be charming to win his heart and somehow guarantee a stable life for the other two.

“Eek?”

Alice, who had entered the room with a determined mind and wide eyes, was so surprised that she didn’t even know what kind of expression she was making.
If she looked in the mirror, she would probably have a very grotesque face.

Okay.
The last witches she saw before she was captured were the Silent Witch and the Sword Witch.
So it’s not that strange that the Sword Witch is the buyer.

Maybe they are trying to raise the price by repeating transactions between insiders and then make a bigger profit.

“Hello?”

But who is this?

Standing next to the Sword Witch is Shin Siwoo.
The male witch that Alice had tried to subdue and sell, but was instead almost scammed by.

He doesn’t seem to be treated like a slave like Alice, standing next to Linne.
Just looking at him now, he is at peace as if he were in his own home.

“I really liked you back then, but I was sad that you kept trying to leave. It seems that people’s relationships are like this.”
“You, no, you, no, you are….”

Her composure disappears.
Alice is flustered, unable to even decide on a title, trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

“Thank you very much, Master.”
“It’s nothing.”

Hearing their short conversation, even the 2% of composure that had been lingering at the bottom of her head completely evaporated.

Master? Master? Maaaaster?
She heard that Tiferet Duke was his master, but now he is being affectionate with Linne, calling her master.

Did he change masters in the meantime?
Or was he originally a Qliphoth person who was wearing a mask of kindness?

Alice, who couldn’t grasp the situation at all, stiffened, and an arm wrapped around her shoulder.

“I was worried that you might have had a hard time in the meantime. You can rest assured now. My master bought you as a gift.”

A chill ran down her spine at the snake-like touch.

Alice is not stupid either.
The situation was roughly sorted out by his concise tone.

If we cut out the past and look only at the current situation, Alice was sold to him as a slave.
The person who bought her was the Sword Witch.
She doesn’t know when it started, but their relationship is that of master and disciple.

And when the backward reasoning reached his first words, Alice’s eyes narrowed.

He liked her back then, but he was sad that she kept trying to leave?

“…Thank you.”
“Let’s get along well in the future. Ah, you can stay here and serve me.”
“Yes.”
“Why are you being so awkward? Let’s speak comfortably.”
“Okay….”

It’s strange.

He liked her?
He was just sad that she was trying to leave?

An event that never happened has been fabricated between the two.
Alice, who wanted to leave more than anyone else after being subdued, and Siwoo, who was desperately trying to get compensation.

In other words, his words don’t make sense.

“First, I want to take a shower…. Master, can I use the hot spring?”
“Go ahead first.”
“Yes?”
“I’ll send the witch later, so go ahead first.”
“…Yes, I understand.”

Siwoo, who seemed a little embarrassed, was pushed away, and only Alice and Linne were left in the room.

When she saw the two of them together, she was so surprised that her hair stood on end, but that didn’t make her feel any more comfortable being alone with Linne.

“Alice Even Hayyan.”
“Yes.”

She straightened her posture and answered as calmly as possible.
It was a failure. The end of her voice was trembling thinly.

“Manya, Malisha.”

When the names of the two fell from Linne’s lips, Alice looked at Linne with surprised eyes.

“I have them both.”
“…Safe, safe…. Are they safe?”

It took two days to be dragged to the auction house and sold.
She couldn’t relax for a moment, worried about what might have happened to them in the meantime.

“For now.”

She couldn’t act anymore.
Her body relaxed, and her legs wobbled.

“Wha, what do I have to do?”

But unlike Shin Siwoo’s incomprehensible words, she was able to quickly grasp the other party’s intentions.
This is a kind of threat and appeasement.

“Monitor his every move and report to me every night.”

It was not a normal master-disciple relationship after all.
There are complex circumstances that Alice doesn’t know about.

However, it is suspicious that Linne, who is the de facto power in this mansion and can do whatever she wants with Siwoo, is asking her to do this behind the scenes.
Moreover, Linne demanded one more thing from Alice, whose head was getting more and more complicated.

“Seduce him within three days and sleep with him. And bring me his essence as proof.”