Chapter 52
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Gremory casually picked at her ear.
“Ah, that guy? I don’t really have any ill feelings. If you really don’t want to go, I’ll go alone.”
“No way. You’re like a child left at the water’s edge—I can’t send you to a social gathering alone.”
“Then I’ll go with you.”
“No! I’m not going! Besides, why would you suddenly want to go to a party or something?”
“For work. Among the noblemen, there’s the Abyss Sect’s leader. So I planned to go to a party where many nobles attend and find the leader.”
“If it’s for that reason, then fine… but I still don’t want to go!”
Anna clicked her tongue and wiped the dust off the floor with a dry cloth. Then she proposed a clear solution.
“If that’s the case, why don’t we prepare a party at the Duke’s residence? Since it’s too soon to organize a big ball, we could just hold a simple tea party. Judging by how many invitations you’ve received, I think many would respond to your invitation.”
“That’s not a bad idea.”
Isollen smiled mischievously. What if they threw a party on the exact same day as Catherine’s ball, but left Catherine out completely?
Catherine had lost all her close friends on the day of the royal banquet. Who would want to attend a party hosted by Catherine? Naturally, nobles would flock to the popular Edel Duke’s tea party instead.
Isollen quickly went to Cheshion and got permission to hold the tea party.
Catherine’s ball was set for fifteen days later. Isollen clenched her teeth and ran to the garden to prepare the best tea party possible.
But five days before the tea party, Isollen’s dream crumbled.
A mysterious mineral called “Magic Stone” was discovered in Duke Ortega’s mines.
With that mineral, one could create water from thin air and keep warm even in snowy fields. If cracked slightly, it emitted a soft glow useful for lighting. It could also be combined with iron to forge magical swords without much effort. Thanks to this, Duke Ortega’s fame skyrocketed.
Isollen, who had already sent invitations everywhere, collapsed to the floor.
“Haah… I’m jealous. So jealous…”
“Want some whiskey?”
Gremory crouched beside her and gently patted her friend’s back.
“No, I don’t even have the strength to drink…”
“Oh.”
“Morri, what should we do? Because of the Magic Stone, no one will come to our tea party. Everyone will just try to curry favor with Catherine Ortega to get some cheap Magic Stone.”
“So the Magic Stone is the reason you’re depressed?”
“Of course. What have you been hearing all this time…”
“Then we should show off a good mineral ourselves.”
Gremory slid something shiny and very black toward her.
“What is this? Obsidian?”
“Obsidian? What’s that?”
“It’s a stone that looks like this.”
“Good. Let’s call this stone ‘Black Magic Stone.’ Anyway, it has lots of uses. Look, with this we can make water gush out.”
Gremory opened the window and stretched her hand outside. Water gushed out from her hand holding the stone. A gardener passing below got soaked and started coughing.
“We can make fire beautifully, too.”
Now a fiery dragon danced from the stone.
“And if you embed it in a sword, it becomes the strongest weapon in the world. No forging needed—just embed it into the blade.”
Gremory picked up a decorative sword from the corner of Isollen’s room. When she placed the stone on the blade, the stone absorbed into it, turning the blade jet black.
When she swung the sword lightly, a crimson trail followed the arc—a very powerful and cool afterimage.
Isollen, who had been sitting dazed on the floor, brightened.
“What, what is this! It’s totally amazing! Where did you get this stone?”
“Well, we dug it up from the mountain behind the estate.”
“What? There was such a thing buried in our backyard?”
“Yes.”
Gremory had infused magic into the stones behind the mountain to cheer up her friend—and pretended not to know anything.
“This is amazing…! We can take Catherine down with this! Ahaha!”
Isollen grabbed the decorative sword and ran to Cheshion’s office. Cheshion’s reaction upon seeing the sword was:
“What, what is this incredible weapon? It looks like it could even cut steel.”
“Let’s spread the word! The Edel Duchy has discovered ‘Black Magic Stone’!”
Gremory hid in a corridor corner, quietly watching the two of them rejoice. A faint smile curved her lips.
Passing by the office, Alice said:
“Um, that’s condensed witch power, so it’s dangerous… sigh.”
She gave up arguing and just shook her head.
A large amount of Black Magic Stone was found on the mountain behind the Edel Duchy estate. When Cheshion came, he scratched the back of his head and stared at the huge chunk of Black Magic Stone.
“So this was here in our backyard all along?”
Meanwhile, Gremory was being scolded at home by Iris.
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No matter how much you want to cheer up Isollen, how could you make such a huge chunk of witch essence? It’s dangerous!
“I didn’t make it thoughtlessly. I made it safe for humans to use.”
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But it looked incredibly dangerous.
“Anyway, if used well, it’s not dangerous. And it’s not that much.”
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It’s a lot. Enough to be distributed all over the empire.
“It’s not an amount everyone can have. Now be quiet. If you talk more, I’ll seal you inside the Black Magic Stone.”
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You… you can seal people too?
While they were bickering in the corner, Saera and Alice approached. Alice was smiling as usual.
“Hey Iris, it’ll be fine. All the bad parts were removed, and it’s just a stone containing only parts useful to humans. I was worried at first, but after checking, it’s fine.”
Saera, who had dressed prettily, smiled brightly. As a high-level witch’s summoner, she could see ghosts.
“That’s right! Black Magic Stone is both beautiful and practical. It’s good for spraying water during droughts or fires, and also for creating fire to drive away monsters.”
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Are you sure it’s safe? Also, what if someone recognizes it as witch essence?
“That won’t happen. Only a top-tier demon or witch with power on par with Gremory could tell. But such witches or demons don’t exist in the human world. If they did, the world would be in chaos. But now it’s quiet, hoho.”
The day before the Edel Duchy tea party.
The Black Magic Stone ended up in the hands of the Abyss Sect’s leader. The leader noticed the stone’s true nature and chuckled.
“What kind of crazy witch scattered my power everywhere? And even forged it safely for humans’ convenience! Leaving only useful powers, and adjusting the strength practically.”
In the underground ancient ruins, the man sitting on the throne said to the kneeling person:
“If a witch can produce this in such large quantities… she must be a strong high-level witch.”
“Y-Yes! It seems a top-tier witch lives in the Edel Duchy. One strong enough to rival the leader’s demon.”
The man on the throne snorted.
“Hah. Ridiculous. The ‘Mori’ and ‘Isollen’ we saw at the last royal banquet seemed fine drinking Rilkana tea, so they’re not witches. Could the nanny of the youngest princess Saera rumored to be a witch be the one?”
“Yes. The nanny is said to have black hair, so it’s possible.”
“She’ll make perfect experimental material. Kidnap Saera Frilliant’s nanny immediately. Prepare.”
“Yes, master.”
The man who had been kneeling disappeared. Then, a muscular male demon appeared behind the man on the throne.
“Hey, Felix. I’m tired of being underground. Can I go out for a walk?”
“No.”
“How about the Edel Duchy tea party? You got an invitation. It might be fun. Let’s go together, okay?”
“No. Wherever you go, there’s always trouble.”
“Tch. Fine, then go by yourself. Something interesting might happen there.”
The demon held out the invitation from the Edel Duchy estate—an invitation sent to Felix’s family, the Cerfelia Barons.
“Alright, might as well check it out. But first, let me check Ophensia’s condition.”
“Again? As long as I’m here, she won’t die! Ophensia will last!”
“She’s fragile, you know…”
Felix headed to a deep underground room where a doll resembling Ophensia lay on a bed.
He whispered into her ear.
“I’ll find a way. A way to bring you back. The demon I summoned will help us.”
