Chapter 705 – #142_The Witch of Gold Coins
#705
One.
The applause stopped.
In the middle of the open door, the shadows lined up like blackout curtains.
The first thing you see is a cat’s teeth and golden eyes shining bright like a predator.
The identity of the person who appeared with her blonde hair fluttering from her shoulder was Lydia Magnus, the Witch of Gold Coins.
Her applause, which seemed a bit shaggy on her part, must have been because she was wearing white gloves that reached her elbows.
“Under….”
I made a foolish guess with my voice, but when I saw the real thing, I was at a loss.
Even her hand that held her spear loosed her strength.
At least if she had been a mediocre witch, she would have tried to create a variable even with her deathly strength, but the opponent in front of her could not guess the hierarchy even with Siwoo’s eyes.
In other words, at least the archwitch….
According to Dorothy, the Witch of Gold Coins is the head of a huge group called the Solidus Merchant.
If you lead a group like that in the wild Hexsenacht, it means that you are a witch with that level of skill.
I didn’t expect things to go smoothly in the future, but I thought I’d face my worst opponent in just 3 minutes.
Siwoo swallowed the words, ‘Matching is really fucking bad’.
Regardless of his physical condition, unlike Siwoo, who was already on the battlefield in his heart.
Lydia calmly passed her Siu and moved her steps towards Rosie’s muddy body.
Lydia’s rear, staring at her as she came close enough to wet the tips of her shoes with her radially spread blood, is empty.
The only option left now is to pray for a miracle and ambush her behind that defenseless back.
Even so, Siu was not willing to let go of her spear.
After she and Rinne participated in the Almak Club auction and won Alice.
Siu, who was waiting for Rinne in her drawing room, met Lydia.
And I remember her meaningful words that she left behind.
‘Come to me when you have time. Because there are many things I want to talk about more. Maybe our interests coincide. Of course, as a secret from Rinne.’
The business card he handed over along with those words has not been discarded and is still being kept.
Even a dubious opponent who doesn’t know what the opponent is public and has ulterior motives can be desperate for help in the worst situation.
Siwoo, who simply weighed the situation, scattered the spears.
The chance of being protected by Rinne, who inflicted injuries enough to stop her pursuit in an ambush and grasped the whole situation.
The probability that a conversation will proceed in a way that guarantees safety once the conversation is over.
Both are inexhaustibly rare, but the latter is at least a possibility.
It’s hard to forget.
Although he has been with Rinne for a long time and observed her embarrassing side that no one else would have seen, the relationship between Siu and Rinne does not change.
Siwoo is a temporary disciple and an enhanced propellant.
Rinne is a temporary teacher and a jailer who confines and monitors Siwoo.
Only that relationship.
It wasn’t that she did something like this with the intention of relying on her in the first place.
If an act of violence in Hexennacht, and the killing of her archwitch, Rosie, was officially an issue, how likely would it be that Rinne would cover it up?
And what bothers me most is the relationship between Rosie and Linne.
Linnaeus and Rosie had known each other for a long time.
When Rinne attempted to kidnap Siu in her labyrinth, she had Rosie by her side.
If Linnaeus was aware of this evil deed, it would mean that she knew it, but left everything alone, and not enough to maintain a close relationship.
Even if everything else goes beyond that, it’s hard to accept.
“There is no damage to the stigma. Is it okay if I take it? Oh, by the way, saying that the fight was impressive is not a show. I was truly amazed.”
Lydia, who had been squatting and touching Rosie’s corpse, raises her body.
She had a gold coin in her hand before she knew it.
It is not an item that combines sophisticated anti-counterfeiting patterns and splendor like those used for trading in Gehenna.
It is a gold coin, unearthed by archaeologists, of a color reminiscent of brass rather than rough, at least as used in B.C.E.
However, Siwoo’s eyes are functioning normally even though all of his magic power is exhausted.
It was not difficult to guess that the gold coins rolling like magic on Lydia’s knuckles contained tremendous power to give goosebumps.
-Ting
Lydia flicks a gold coin with her thumb with a clear sound.
At the same time, golden magic covers the space.
Attracted by the blinding light, Rosie’s corpse is shattered.
It is not broken in the grotesque sense, but the feeling of being engulfed in light and brilliance and disintegrating into elemental units.
The golden particles that drew a whirlwind like pollen caught in a whirlwind finally calmed down after creating another gold coin.
Now, in Lydia’s hand, instead of the shabby gold coin, there was a slightly bigger and shiny unmanned gold coin.
“Oh, that went pretty well. Satisfied.”
Lydia, who tidied up her crime scene like a special cleaner, looked at Siwoo with her eyes that still had a reflective light, and smiled softly.
“I don’t have anything too hard on my face. First of all, I have no intention of rebuking you or putting you in trouble. That means they are not enemies.”
“Why?”
Siu just saw in the gold coin a similar depth of power to what he had seen in his masters, Amelia and Lruhe.
He possesses the power of the 23rd hierarchy, as befits the representative of the guild that brought together various achievements and exiles.
It should be considered fortunate that there are signs of a solution through dialogue.
Even if they were in perfect condition, they were opponents who could not guarantee even a 1% chance of winning.
“The Silent Witch doesn’t sit well with me. Since she has such wide feet, she had no choice but to deal with it. The stigma is a bonus.”
“The interests coincided. Is it okay to think so?”
“Yeah, right. Enough to call you lucky for doing this without any countermeasures.”
Lydia drew her long carving knife from within her arms.
Delicately gripping her polished wooden handle as if her hand had been burned a lot, Lydia carves something with her own hands on an unmarked gold coin made without any pattern.
She made a crunching noise and occasionally blew on her breath to blow gold dust.
It seems that Siu alone is the one who kept her nervous at this place.
“How am I now?”
In that short time.
Lydia, who carved both sides of the gold coin and the rim of her gear, opened her mouth as she looked at the gold coin in the light from her ceiling.
“Sorry to keep you waiting. If I don’t process it right away, her quality may deteriorate.”
“… I would appreciate it if you could tell me what will happen to me when it is over.”
“You must follow me. Do you have any other options? Rinne doesn’t have the power to cover up this incident. But I have If you fall into the hands of another faction using this incident as an excuse, it will be a headache as it is.”
Lydia’s answer wasn’t very kind.
Another faction? Do you have a headache?
The moment I was trying to draw a big picture by connecting the fragments of clues that popped out of the conversation.
“Oops.”
Lydia exclaims a rather old-fashioned exclamation and shows a puzzled complexion.
“I wanted to explain in a bit more detail, but I guess I took too much time.”
“That’s right, cut the gold coins too.”
“A scary person is coming here, so we need to get out of here quickly.”
“Are you scared?”
The first thing that came to mind was Linnaeus.
But she must have been quite shy after the last hot night, and she must have even received a message from Yebin. Why is she here?
While Siwoo raised her eyebrows at her doubt, Lydia raised her magical powers.
“Persuasion and explanation will come later. Please don’t be too offended?”
With Lydia’s wink, a powerful sleep magic attacked Siwoo.
2.
Long wait.
Even though it was well past her midnight, her disciple and prospective nanggun Xin Siu showed no signs of returning.
“…….”
In fact, you just have to wait.
As Rinne understood, wise mother and wife should cover up Giabi’s vices without criticizing them.
Jealousy (妬忌) is called chilchul (七出) and is one of the seven reasons for kicking out his wife, so even if he is having an orgy with three women, it will be nothing if he covers it up.
However, the ever-spreading nervousness and anxiety kept Rinne’s butt moving.
Rinne, who had opened and closed her homemade eel bowl lunch box several times, could not stand it any longer and stood up.
She was already equipped with a plausible excuse for him.
Commitment doesn’t just take one shape.
It must be a frivolous thing to chase after her husband who is drifting outside of her and can’t wait for it.
But what about a wife who carefully recommends making lunch boxes for her husband, who will be the mayor?
Who can point a finger at that admiration?
It was called Gayuhyeoncheo Jangbujohoengsa (家有賢妻 丈夫不遭橫事).
Even if his dissolute behavior is a problem right now, it means that if there is a benevolent wife, her husband will also consider her will and do his duty.
Finally, the food in the box does not require cumbersome separate packaging.
It is excessive to pack enough food to break your upper leg in a lunch box.
With that thought in mind, Rinne, who took her own eel rice bowl and Kimos Iman out of her lunch box, left Hyangwolru and moved her feet to Rosie’s mansion.
A spacious mansion that is wide open as usual.
However, even though there were traces of someone staying in the drawing room, there was no sense of presence.
From a garden with a fountain, a space where guests can come in and out freely, to a more or less private space, there is not a shadow to be seen even though I walk with a packed lunch.
There couldn’t be only one bedroom in this spacious mansion, but the one I found during the search was empty as well.
Soon after, Rinne opened her spirits and she set out to find Siu and Rosie.
However, even with her keen senses of touch, the still silence that showed no signs of being broken suggested that this place was now an uninhabited land.
Linne’s intuition was excellent.
She goes beyond her intuition and is appropriately described as a transcendent sixth sense that she has acquired while roaming the battlefield.
Rinne’s intuition sounds a red alarm.
Somehow the reluctance did not subside.
“…….”
During her search, there is something that disturbs her sense of linne.
A workshop where a dome-shaped structure rolled up with all sorts of barriers is located on the top floor of the mansion.
It’s rude to approach each other’s studio unless you’re very close, so we’ve been passing by in the search process.
-Kikkiik!
Climbing her stairs, Rinne opened the studio door without hesitation.
Before long, Rinne frowned at her.
It was because the playroom with a crazy and childish design welcomed her, Rinne.
However, even in this place, where there seemed to be no place to hide, Rosie and Siu were nowhere to be seen.
There are no doors or signs of connection to other rooms, so this room is not worth further searching.
The time when you want to turn around without regret.
Linnaeus didn’t miss the smell that passed her nose.
“… This.”
The smell of fresh blood is a sign that someone has covered it with magic.
However, like cleaning magic, it is difficult to deal with all the odor particles already in the air.
To be precise, it would be because there is no need to prepare thoroughly to that level.
It wouldn’t be necessary to erase even the subtle smell that only non-hunting dogs could notice.
And Linnaeus was a witch who couldn’t taste but boasted a sense of smell better than that of a hound.
Linnaeus closed her eyes and drew in her breath.
When her eyelids opened and her black eyes cast the scenery of the studio.
Rinne murmured softly.
“Shin Siwoo.”
The owner of this smell and Linne’s preliminary disciple.
And soon the name of the prospective groom.
