"Where the hell is the damn Gremory!"
A banquet hall for the Demon World. Etna, the highest-ranking noble witch, slammed the table down.
At the same time, the lower-level witches at the far end of the table flinched. The slave witches who were mopping the floor held their breath and escaped from the banquet hall.
There was a clear hierarchy among witches. The noble witches always enjoyed the feast and behaved according to their temper, but the low-level witches were often whipped by them on bad days. This was especially true when the noble witches were in a bad mood, like today.
"Less than a month until the Demon God Worship Ceremony! How many demon world chasers have descended to the human world? Why haven't we heard from them yet?"
"Etna, calm down. There's still a lot of time left, right? Besides, there's still something I can use as a sacrifice."
Lace, who was sitting next to Etna, sliced a steak and calmed down the old friend.
"You mean Gremory's mother? Will the demon god be satisfied with that? What if he's not satisfied and eats my or your soul? We're the next strongest after her, so we're the next offering."
"It won't happen. It should never happen."
Lace stroked her belly, which had been slightly swollen. Just as Gremory's mother tried to escape from sacrifice by giving birth to a child stronger than herself, Lace seduced a strong demon to have a child to escape from her unstable life. She had to avoid the eyes of the demon god. She could not be sacrificed until she gave birth to this child.
Etna squeezed the cherry into her mouth and wrinkled her face.
"The chase team is so weak that it's obvious that Gremory is only getting beaten."
"It's because there isn't a single high-level witch summoned to the human realm. Damn, it's all the fault of the damn Duke."
Witches tried to take advantage of the ban on witch hunts in the human world to make the world believe that there were no witches. If the advanced witches cease their activities, the world will naturally deny their existence. That was about five years ago.
At that time, the middle-to-high-level witches planned to resume their activities after 10 years, and they all returned to the Demon Realm. She thought that in 10 years, most people who believed in witches would disappear
However, when the situation became like this, the Intermediate and Upper Witches withdrew their original plans. Even now, five years later, humans are denying the existence of witches, and they have to do everything in their power to catch Gremory.
However, when she waited for the summons to the human world, there was no news.
Lace patted her stomach and sighed.
"Why aren't middle-to-high-level witches summoned to the human realm? Is it because people are weak these days?"
The stronger the wish, the stronger the witch will be summoned to the human world. However, these days, only low and medium-level witches have been summoned to see if anyone has a big wish. They were all witches who could not even make a sound and were only strong enough to be trampled to death by Gremory. With such witches, the chase party did not do its job properly.
Just then. Alice, the witch who was sitting in the seat of the advanced witch, began to glow dark blue.
"Uh-huh! Etna! Lace! I feel like I'm being summoned right now!
"What? Finally, the Greater Witch...! Go, Alice! If you go warmongers, there's a chance!"
"Ohoho! As soon as I descend on the human world, I will start a war and declare to the human world that the cause of this war is the witch Gremory! Then Gremory will be hunted in the human realm as well!"
"Yes! Good idea, Alice!"
Everyone cheered at the news of the summoning of the Superior Witch.
Warmonger Alice. She was once a witch with strong fighting power who could compete with the demon god with a whistle for a while.
She would be able to overpower Gremory.
***
On the morning of the imperial banquet.
Gremory's eyes opened earlier than usual.
'What is it?'
Gremory woke up and stared blankly out the window. She just felt very reluctant. It was as if a witch of a higher level was approaching her...
Did she feel empty because she had been anxious lately? Not. She can clearly feel it.
Gremory, who had wrapped the blanket around her body, rolled over and untied the blanket from her body.
"There is definitely a high-level witch in the human world. I can feel a strong energy."
Gremory had all the abilities of most witches. Mental curses, potion-making, combat power, the ability to bring disaster, the ability to shapeshift, the ability to chase, the ability to manipulate fire or water, etc.
In particular, she was very good at sensing her surroundings. If she feels a strong energy, she can see through the area of the Grand Palace. Except for witches with advanced stealth abilities, they could all notice.
Gremory blushed her pupils to warn her surroundings, revealing her wings on her back. If the Superior Witch attacked, she would fly up and fight back.
However, the energy of the advanced witch suddenly disappeared. The witch's characteristic flesh and dark energy disappeared neatly, as if it had been purified.
'...What is it?'
Gremory folded her wings in panic. Anna knocked on the bedroom door.
"Miss Mori! Didn't you forget that you had to get up early today? I'll go in!"
"..."
"Ugh, are you still sleeping? How are you going to live without me... Yes? Why are you on the windowsill?"
Anna burst through the bedroom door and stopped when she saw Gremory sitting awkwardly on the windowsill.
Gremory, who had hidden her wings without realizing it, replied nervously.
"...The scenery is good today."
"Scenery... is good. There are volcanoes where monsters come down every spring, and there are forests that shine every night, but it's morning now... Anyway, you don't have time to do this. You should prepare to attend the imperial banquet."
"It starts in the evening, do we really need to get ready now?"
"You also have to think about travel time. Let's go out for a meal! Originally, many young girls don't eat because they are afraid of getting hungry, but Miss Mori won't listen to me if I don't feed you, right?"
"Yes."
Gremory replied as if it were a matter of course, and went down to the restaurant to eat the food that Anna prepared for her. Today's breakfast was raw beef.
***
Gremory continued to ponder the energy of the High Witch she had felt in the morning. What was that energy that suddenly appeared and disappeared?
Did the witch's summoner die as soon as he summoned the witch? Otherwise, how can we explain the phenomenon?
"Miss Mori, what are you thinking like that?"
On a sunny afternoon, the powder room.
Anna, who was making up Gremory's face for the banquet, asked.
"Imagine this mansion suddenly blazing."
"You have all kinds of weird imaginations. You're only thinking about today's operation. We have to solve everything at the event today."
"I know. While Chession and Isolene are fighting for love, I can go to the spire and see if Saera is okay."
Anna had a knack for art. The more she touched her, the brighter Gremory's face became. To be precise, it is Belita's face that Gremory occupied.
"My Miss Mori, you're going to flirt with a bunch of handsome guys today, hoho."
"What do you mean by flirting?"
"It means to seduce."
Anna didn't bother to persecute her, saying, "Don't you know this?" She could only think that Miss Mori had been confined in a mountain village for a long time, and her language skills had become poor.
"Seduce. I think so."
"Seduce" was a very common word among witches and demons. Because it was necessary to stimulate human desires and make them stake their souls, seduction was a very important virtue for the races of the Demon Realm to learn.
'Anyway, it seems that the human world often uses the expression 'flirting' rather than 'seduce'.
While Gremory shakes her head and remembers Important information, Anna finishes her makeup.
"You're full of confidence. That's it! Let's go!"
Gremory, dressed in a white dress, stood up in front of the dressing table. Anna led her down to the garden.
Chession's eyes widened as he waited for her in front of the carriage.
"Mori?"
"Why?"
"...No, nothing."
Chession brainwashed himself. He said that he had a lot of eyes on him, so he should never openly praise Mori.
The fuss was dropped by Isolene, who was next to Chession. Isolene, in a green dress, was also quite beautiful.
"Wow, Mori! It's really beautiful to look at you like this! Didn't you dress up like this?"
"There is no one in this house to seduce."
"Ahaha! Did you decorate it that way because you think there would be a lot of people to seduce in the banquet hall?"
Chession felt a cracking pain in his heart. There is no one in this house to seduce. Besides, what is the nuance of flirting with men in a banquet hall?
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