Isolene groaned as she ran through her hair. Chession smiled faintly and comforted her.
"It's a money problem. When Mori comes back, she'll make a lot of black magic stones and solve it."
"Can you really spend a lot of money?"
"Of course. I'm going now."
"Please come back safely."
Isolene went down to the lobby on the first floor and saw off Chession. Alice and Seara also waved their hands and left.
Returning to the maid's office, Isolene glanced at Mori's empty seat for no reason. The image of Mori making a serious expression and processing documents seemed sad.
'Please come back. You're my friend.'
Isolene, who was sitting in her seat, took out a blank piece of paper to rewrite the budget and prepare more than 100 holy relics. She had to work day and night for the time being.
By the time the papers began to pile up on one side of the desk, Anna came in with a snack.
"After all, Miss Mori was a witch! That's quite sharp, isn't it?"
"Yes, you are good. However, not everyone in the Grand Duke may like witches, so let's not call Mori a witch openly."
"Then I'll call her a beauty."
"Yes, beauty."
"But what are you going to do now? You look like you're in a big mood."
"I'm going to spend money. Boombang."
Three days later.
Isolene disposed of all the loot from the dragon, the black magic stone, and other money-making items. And with the money, they collected the holy relics.
When the holy relics arrived at the Grand Duke's residence in a heap, the butler came to Isolene in fear.
"Hey, Miss Isolen. I have heard His Highness Instruct you to buy the holy relics, but may I ask where you intend to use all these holy relics?"
"I don't know. His Highness must have a will."
Isolene checked the condition of the relic necklace with a magnifying glass and gave a rough answer. How could they say that it was to block the approach of witch chasers by putting up a shield with holy relics? Not only is it unbelievable, but it may also confuse the Grand Duke.
"It's because I'm worried. I am afraid that His Highness is trying to appease his troubled heart by overspending. Shouldn't Isolene stop it?"
"It's His Highness's order, how can I disobey it? You have to follow it without any problems. Can you help me too? Now that you've bought about 50 relics, you only need to get at least 50 more. It's better if you can get more."
"When the nobles heard rumors that His Highness was collecting holy relics, they began to offer them at unconscionable prices! You don't want to buy all those things, do you? It will be a huge deficit."
"That's right, but the people of the territory won't go hungry. It seems that His Highness has an Idea."
"Ugh..."
The butler walked back with his messy forehead in hand. Isolene put down the relic she was observing and marked the deficit in the budget.
'I'm a little anxious at this rate.'
Most of the holy relics at the auction house were bought. Now all that was left of the empire were expensive relics privately owned by the nobility.
Isolene first sent a letter to the nobles friendly to the Grand Duke of Ethel. Most families gladly expressed their intention to accept the deal.
'I can get 30 more like that. It's a matter of getting the remaining 20.'
There was one big problem. Apart from the cathedral, the place with the most holy relics was the Duke of Ortega. Except for the fact that the holy relics in the cathedral cannot be traded or rented, the relics could now only be obtained through the Duke of Ortega.
She had to beg for the holy relic from the damn Catherine and Kenneth. Isolene whined and limped against the back of her chair.
'I don't think an ordinary deal offer will work. What conditions must be put to satisfy that damn family?'
When she was thinking about it, a letter arrived at the Grand Duke's residence.
It was a letter sent by Ortega, who heard that the Grand Duke of Ethel was collecting holy relics, saying that the Duke was right.
***
"You are Serie Ti from now on.
In the depths of the night, when she came to her senses with a voice out of thin air, Gremory was lying somewhere in the grass of the Forbidden Zone.
The surrounding scene was disastrous. The corpses of horrible-looking monsters were scattered everywhere.
'Did I run out of control again without realizing it?'
After Chession was almost killed, her body and mind quickly became abnormal. She kept wanting blood and meat. She also wanted to hurt people.
Therefore, she fled to a distant place where no one entered. To a forbidden area infested with ferocious monsters, without even a map.
Gremory endured her ever-soaring desires. Then, when she lost her temper and couldn't stand it anymore, she ate the monsters that caught her eye from time to time.
"It's ridiculous to go back to the Grand Duke's residence like this."
Gremory's eyes turned red as he lay on the floor. She hated herself for being like this. In the meantime, she wanted to see the faces of the members of the Grand Duke Ethel.
Especially Chession Ethel. His face kept flashing in the night sky.
I was confused... Do I want his arms? Do I want his blood?
Just then.
She heard footsteps.
Is it the sound of a monster's footsteps? Yes, of course. It must be a monster. There is no way that humans can come to the depths of such a forbidden area.
Normally, she would have sensed the signs before they even came close, but now that her mind and body are in disarray, she noticed it much later.
And after a while, she heard the voice she wanted to hear so much.
"Mori."
It was the voice of Chession.
Surprised, Gremory jumped up. Chession stood right in front of her. Behind him, Alice and Seara held each other's hands tightly.
Seara, who made eye contact with Gremory, smiled brightly.
"Actually, I can track down someone. That's why I was able to bring my brother here."
Alice twitched her tongue as she looked at the corpses of monsters scattered around.
"Miss Mori, hurry home. I'll make you food that will quench your appetite. Ugh, if this had happened, you should have told me right away. It's a problem that can be solved quickly."
Chession slowly approached Gremory without saying a word. His expression was hidden by darkness and could not be seen properly.
As if facing a poisonous snake, Gremory jumped up and moved away from him.
"How do you know that my appetite has become strange?"
Chession, who stopped, replied quietly.
"Ham told me. A magical creature given to me by Iberia."
"..."
"Let's go home, Mori. If you eat what Alice cooks, everything will be fine."
"I can't go; if I'm by your side, you'll be in danger again. You are safe by putting up a shield with holy relics, as I said. In the meantime, I'll deal with the witch chase somehow."
"So you want to stay here forever? Whenever you want to eat people, you suppress and endure it, and when you go crazy, you eat monsters? I don't see you living like that."
Soon, Chession approached quickly. Before Gremory could take a step back, Chession grabbed her hand.
"Mori, I said it, didn't I? If you have a hard time, rely on me. Don't try to handle it alone."
"Leave this behind, if you don't want to be bitten to death."
"Let's go home. You can live safely with us in a shield made of holy relics, right?"
"How safe is where I am? I'm a bomb that might wipe out the surroundings at any moment."
"I can handle everything. And I don't care if you're a witch or whatever. Not only I, but all the members of the Grand Duke's family are close to you. Everyone is just waiting for you to come back."
Chession slowly reached for Gremory's face. His hand swept the corners of Gremory's tearful eyes.
"Chession."
"Yes."
"Why are you doing this to me?"
"Because I love you."
"...Huh?"
"You did that before, didn't you? I don't want to imagine life without me. Me too, Mori. During the past days when you were gone, I was just like a madman. Every time I realized your vacancy. It was painful, and even living and breathing was torture."
"..."
"Are you going to let me live like this forever? You said you loved me. You can't live without me?"
Tears kept flowing from Gremory's eyes. She didn't know the meaning of tears before, but now she can vaguely understand them.
'Tears flow because of uncontrollable sadness."
If only she were an ordinary human being. If she had been rescued by Chession as an unjust victim of a witch hunt. She wouldn't have been in such a painful situation.
"I know my subject, Chession. I can't be around a good person like you. You're just possessed by a very nasty witch. So come to your senses and just give up."
"Yes, I'm possessed by you. You possessed me. So you have to take responsibility, don't you? Aren't witches inherently good at taking responsibility for their work?"
"That's only when you sign a contract..."
"Then sign a contract with me. You'll stay by my side. You can take anything from me in return."
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