Gremory snorted.
"What? Are the witches as warm as the humans here? You are crazy. We have to compare what we are comparing."
"200 years ago, witches were really good. Especially the leadership. At that time, they called the most powerful person 'ruler' instead of 'sacrifice' and helped him do everything he wanted to do while he was alive. While thanking them for the sacrifices they made. But these days, things are selfish and only know their own situation... Tss. To be honest, I am also very dissatisfied with the current system."
"Really? I can't imagine it."
"Huh.... Why on earth does the demon god want something like the strongest sacrifice... That's why you have no choice but to be afraid of becoming strong."
Alice continued to scoop up meat soup for Gremory.
Iris watched it from a distance and was deeply immersed. No matter how much Alice is attached to this mansion, she is a real witch anyway. She didn't trust her yet.
In particular, the way she looks down on the other person as if she has the upper hand, or the way she looks at the other as if she has something to hide, Iris didn't like all of that.
Did you notice that trick? Alice chuckled and turned around.
"There, black-hatred ghost lady? What is that unlucky expression?"
- It originally looks like this.
"Are you Iris that Seara spoke of? She volunteered to be burned at the stake for her precious brother."
After Alice handed the bowl of soup to Gremory, she stumbled over to Iris. Iris stood facing Alice with her eyes wide open.
- Yes, I'm that little sister. That's why I'm very reluctant to let you into my brother's house.
"Why? Gremory is the same witch, so why can't I?"
- Despite being a witch, Gremory helped my brother without paying anything. And someone who will never betray... No, I've proven many times that she's a witch.
Yes? When I?
Gremory, who was scooping up the soup, asked with a glance. Either way, the confrontation between Alice and Iris continued.
"If I help him for free, will it prove that I am a reliable witch?"
- What and how can you help?
"In this neighborhood, monsters come down from the volcano every April? I'll take them away. Northern Snow Race Fighter' can easily do that."
- You don't have to. You're so reluctant. The naive Miss Mori can deceive, but my
eyes can't.
"I just look reluctant. Just like you look unlucky. Don't judge people by their appearance."
Alice laughed at Iris, twisting her wavy black hair with her fingers. Iris looked up at Alice, who was much taller than her, and pouted her lips.
- I can notice that the other person has a secret. You hide a very sinister and reluctant heart.
"Hah! What is the ability to do on a human subject? Can you be a witch?
- Even if I am not a witch, the imperial family has such special abilities!
"Actually. I was going to kill Seara and go to the Demon Realm to reveal Gremory's location to the witches. This is my dark secret. Are you done now?"
-...
Tuk, she heard the sound of a spoon falling. Gremory, who had stopped eating, was staring at Alice with her pupils red.
"Nothing, of course, after coming to this mansion, I changed my mind completely. After all, since I've revealed all my secrets, there's no more annoying corner, right?"
-That...
It was a time when Iris couldn't do this. Someone knocked on the door. It was Seara.
"Hey, sisters. Can I go inside?"
"Yes, my seal."
Alice opened the door wide. In Alice's eyes now, Seara looked as beautiful as a gold nugget. Thanks to Seara, he was able to settle down in the Grand Duke's residence.
Seara, who often walked in, looked at the two witches alternately and clenched her fists tightly as if she had made up her mind.
"Hey, actually. I know one of the secrets of the imperial family. I think my sisters must know."
***
Iberia often brought food to the spire where Seara lived. Especially on days when there was a banquet or a tea party. Shr would bring food from the kitchen separately.
A week before the imperial banquet, Iberia finished the tea party and went to Seara with snacks. She shed tears as she watched Seara eat her cake in a hurry.
"Our Seara, how can I feel sorry for you..."
When Seara saw Iberia's tears for the first time, she was surprised and stopped eating.
"Why do you feel sorry for me?"
Iberia remained silent. Then she took Seara out of the spire and let her take a walk.
While walking through a gallery with portraits of past Imperial family members, Seara asked while examining her sister's eyes.
"Hey, sister"
"Yes, Seara."
"If I feel so sorry for you, can't you send me to Grand Duke Ethel's residence?"
"No, it's right... there."
Iberia stopped talking.
Seara had a hunch. Iberia must have seen the terrible future of Grand Duke Ethel. She is a prophet with the ability to foresee, among the supernatural abilities of the imperial Family.
"Can't you tell me what's going on? If you tell me, I'll give up obediently."
"No, I can't tell. If a prophet recklessly reveals the future, she will be punished. What I can tell you is that even if you go to Grand Duke Ethel's residence, happiness will only be temporary."
"If something serious like that is going to happen, shouldn't you give Chession a little word in advance? Even if you can't talk about the future, you can give him that much advice."
"I can't. There is a fate that can give advice and a fate that cannot be given. And the judgment of heaven is made by heaven."
Iberia's tearful blue eyes turned straight to Seara.
Tears flowed down Seara's cheeks. She was still young and had a hard time fully understanding what she meant, but she wasn't young enough to know anything.
"There is a possibility that something big will happen to my brother because of that."
"..."
"Then I lost my brother...... Do you have to live in a spire while waiting for your brother to come to you?"
"...Do you know? I have to leave the palace in one year, because I have to marry the Crown Prince of the kingdom of Sekron."
"Then in one year, there will be no one next to me."
Iberia shed tears in silence and took Seara back to the spire.
Then, Seara, who was trembling for fear of the loneliness that would arise in the future, summoned Alice.
***
When Seara confessed everything she had heard.
Gremory shook off her seat and got up to pack her belongings. Alice asked Gremory who was rolling up the blanket.
"Sister, what are you doing?"
"If anything happens here, isn't it our fault? If so, we should leave it quickly."
"Yes? I came here with my sister, shut up because she said she would let me live in a noble mansion! Let's not break the contract with the witches!"
"What kind of contract is a contract? I followed the subject that I liked to be alone."
"Hah! True! Seara! Let's get by here! I'll leave her wherever she goes."
By the time Gremory was tying a string to the quilt, Alice took Seara out of Gremory's bedroom.
And immediately she ran into Chession.
"Oh... Hoho! Your Highness, what kind of... at such a late hour?"
"It's an emergency right now. The beastmen are coming down from the mountains, so take Seara and prepare to evacuate."
Gremory, who was packing, suddenly stopped acting. The only mountain range nearby where there is a volcano is located. It is the volcano that caught the ancient dragon not long ago. Was there a prisoner living beyond that?
"The ancient dragon I dealt with the other day turned out to be a being worshipped by the beastmen as a god. In any case, we declared war on them first because we had dealt with their gods. But Mori, why are you packing?"
"Oh... I'm going to evacuate and sleep."
"Are you still very sick?"
Gremory was confused. Is the tragedy of the Grand Duke that Iberia spoke of at this moment? Or are you talking about things that will happen because of witches?
'Wait. Come to think of it, Iberia didn't even know that witches existed in the world. So it's only natural that you don't know about the tragedy that will happen because of the witch.'
After all, the tragedy of the Grand Duke that Iberia spoke of is clear now. Gremory's mind became lighter.
"It's okay, let's go, fight."
Gremory, who had thrown the blanket, took Chession's hand and walked out of the room.
***
Crown Prince Severian was so envious that he was about to die.
"What? The beastmen who worshipped the dragon appeared in the domain, and when they were killed, they found that there was a huge amount of loot in their base."
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