Seara, who was in a daze next to her, followed Alice and bowed her head.
"I'll take you as my sister too."
Gremory smiled unknowingly, facing Seara's small, round crown of his head.
"Oh no. Tomorrow at dawn, escape the spire and come to Grand Duke Ethel's carriage. I'll call you when the time comes."
Gremory gathered black magic in her hand to create a black gem. It was a jewel that gave a signal and was full of energy.
"Yep. I'm always ready, sister."
Gremory, who had a useful sister, disappeared with a triumphant smile.
***
The day was bright.
Chession called Gremory separately from the front of the carriage.
"So, how are you going to call Seara and the nanny? It would be best if you could call it now."
"I'll call them now."
"...How is that possible?"
"Witches have something in common with each other."
"After all, the strength of the northern snowfield clan is amazing."
Gremory shook her head. After all, he doesn't believe that she's a witch, even if he dies. She just focused on the jewelry she had given Alice.
Soon after, she heard the sound of something tremendous rushing towards her.
"Your Highness, Grand Duke Ethel-!"
"Brother!"
Alice was running at breakneck speed with Seara on her back.
Thus, the two arrived at the front of the carriage. Seara bowed her head to Chession.
"Hello. Seara's nanny, my name is Alice. She was also an old member of the Mor. Please take us to the Grand Duke's residence!"
"Of course..."
That's when Chession was about to answer. Severian, gasping and barely catching up, blocked Seara's way.
"No! Chession, what the hell are you! Hey! For what reason are you going to take Seara? Without my father's permission!"
"I'll get your father's permission later."
"What? What qualifications do you have?"
Chession crossed his arms and looked around. The knights were running hard from afar.
If so, as expected.
"...Alice! Hurry up and take Seara to the carriage!"
"Ugh!"
Chession tripped Severian's leg and knocked him down.
In the meantime, everyone got into the carriage, and the carriage hurriedly set off.
The knights at the front door had not yet heard that Seara had escaped, so they cleared the way without any doubt.
When the Emperor heard the news later, he was only very annoyed and did not send a separate pursuit party. He decided to look at it because he thought of the incident in which Severian sent an assassin the other day. Besides, Seara didn't want to make a fuss about moving the Knights during the banquet to catch those useless things.
That's how they arrived at the Grand Duchess of Ethel.
Alice's eyes sparkled at the scale and appearance of the splendid Grand Duke's residence.
"Oh my God! It's much better than where I lived!"
When they heard that a new family member had arrived, Anna and the maids came out to greet them. As soon as she arrived, Alice changed into a maid's outfit and showed off an unusual atmosphere among the maids.
"Oh, since I'm in this house, I have to work. I can't dare to live like an Insectivore! Maid, there, would you like to give me the honor of teaching me how to work?"
Anna, who was pointed out, looked at the other maids and immediately beckoned tremblingly.
"That's right. You don't have to start right away, but if you want to decide, what... Come this way."
Gremory was reluctant to see Alice, who was strangely aggressive, but decided to sit back and watch for now. After that, she took care of Seara with Chession. Seara, who was single, never mentioned anything related to 'witches', as if she had been educated by Alice.
It was after washing Seara, changing clothes, and feeding her delicious food.
"Aaaa..."
Anna's screams came from somewhere.
"Anna?"
Gremory ran towards Anna without looking back. Could it be that Alice did that damn witch, even harass Anna?
The place where the screams were heard was a warehouse where cleaning supplies were stored. There, a frightened Anna stumbled out. As soon as she saw Gremory, she approached her in tears.
"Mo... Miss Mori...! Alice...!"
It was just when Gremory, who had gritted her teeth, rolled up her sleeves and was about to enter the warehouse.
"Did Alice bully you? Come on. I'll educate her properly."
"Miss, that's not it! Alice! She caught a cockroach!"
"...cockroaches?"
While Gremory was confused, Alice grabbed the cockroach with her bare hands and walked out of the warehouse with a majestic gait.
Anna hid behind Gremory and murmured brightly.
"Alice is not afraid of bugs or Insects at all! As long as Alice is around, I don't have to worry about cockroaches coming out in the future."
Gremory knew. Alice's taste in snacks is bugs and Insects. Alice unknowingly tried to take the cockroach into her mouth, but was hit by Gremory's stinging glare and withdrew her hand.
Alice opened the window and threw the cockroach far away. Anna and the maids cheered that the bug repellent had been created.
"Wow, Alice is the best!"
"I'm glad Alice came! I'll leave it to Alice to get rid of the bugs from now on!"
I only trust Alice!
Alice's shoulders slipped up.
"Hmm, what is this... Blemish! Trust me! Oh ho!"
Anna praised Alice at Gremory.
"I've done some chores, and Alice is really good at her job. Oh, I heard that you are good at food!"
Alice's shoulders soared high into the sky. Alice went through a painstaking process from the days of the youngest battle to becoming a combat fanatic. When she was young, she worked quickly on the battlefield of the demon world, so she was good at miscellaneous work. At one time, she was also a cook, so she was good at cooking. Especially when she was the youngest, if she couldn't eat. She had to be beaten with a bamboo sword, so she had no choice but to be good at cooking.
"This is how easy it is. I've been rolling on rough terrain for 200 years... No, it's been 20 years. So Anna, can you tell me about the kitchen now?"
"Great! Follow me!"
Anna was like a farmer who was excited to get a good cow. She left excitedly to tell the cow what to do.
Chession's review was as follows.
"Alice is a very good friend. She is also a beauty."
"Yes, she's a witch."
"Well, Mori. She's not as beautiful as you. Anyway. It seems that all the Important things are done. Mori, I'm going to have a meeting about exterminating monsters around four o'clock, will you attend too?"
"Yes."
Yes. There were still about two hours left. Gremory, who was somehow tired from the day, decided to take a nap or sleep.
And it didn't get up.
***
Gremory suffered from a fever throughout the day. Chession asked around if Mori had drunk strange tea again.
In the end, Alice stepped in and calmed Chession.
"The northern snowfield clan often suffers from fever for unknown reasons. Just like the human body aches... Anyway, you just need to eat well and rest well for a few days, so don't worry too much."
"Is that really the case?"
Alice held out a meat soup cooked in a way that the witch could eat.
"Yes, and this is a soup made with a good medicine for the northern snowy people, and if you feed it, it will get better quickly."
"Then I'll feed you..."
"I'll feed her. Then please let go."
Alice resolutely kicked Chession away and closed the door. Her kind expression became fierce as soon as the door closed.
"I thought I would do this. The emotional seal was broken too quickly, and there was a problem with the body. I warned you the other day that this might happen!"
"Was that a warning? Didn't you mean to raise my medicine?"
"I had some intentions like that. Come on, enjoy. It's better to eat."
Alice scooped up the meat with a spoon and thrust it in front of Gremory. Gremory whined and got up and sat down on the bed.
"You don't have to be so nice to me."
"Don't worry. I'm not doing this because I want something more. I like this mansion, and my sister is doing this because she's so hard, so just eat it."
Gremory stared at Alice's face and slowly took the meat soup. It was boiled in a witch's way, so it wasn't so disgusting that she couldn't eat it.
"If you had done it, I should have taken you out of solitary confinement immediately. What did you do during the 10 years I was in solitary confinement?"
"I was also very dissatisfied with the way it was done. But as my sister knows, I was the weakest link in the leadership. How could I, who was not from an aristocratic background and started as a cook and worked my way up, talk about the work of aristocratic witches? Even my sister was higher in rank than me. So I couldn't intervene in my sister's situation."
Alice sighed and scooped up the meat soup. Gremory ate the soup well. At first, it didn't taste good, but as she ate it, it became better.
"I understand why you settled here. The mansion is nice, and the people here are quite warm. Just like witches from 200 years ago."
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