Secrets of the Silent Witch, Vol. 2 by Matsuri Isora and Nanna Fujimi

Author:Matsuri Isora and Nanna Fujimi [Matsuri Isora and Nanna Fujimi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2022-11-23T00:00:00+00:00

Walking quickly down the hallway, Monica clutched at her madly beating heart through the fabric of her uniform. D-does she know? Does she know I’m the Silent Witch…?

She’d hidden her face basically ever since becoming one of the Seven Sages and had ventured into public places only when absolutely necessary. Only the other Sages should have been able to recognize her.

Or maybe Claudia was someone she’d known from Minerva’s? Then again, the shy Monica had spent most of her time holed up in the labs. If she’d seen anyone as gorgeous as Claudia, she was pretty sure she’d remember.

It…it must be a coincidence… The topic just happened to come up. That’s all, she told herself, opening the door to the tea prep room. Fewer people were inside than earlier. Most of the maidservants were probably serving at the party itself.

A little relieved at the lack of people around, Monica walked up to the shelves where she’d put her jars.

“…Huh?”

Looking up, she froze. Her jars were gone.

Casey’s jar was in the same place as Monica remembered. The spot right next to it, where she’d put her own, was completely empty—even though she’d put the bellows-folded paper underneath.

A terrible premonition settled over her, and she felt her blood run cold. This was not the first time Monica had encountered such a situation. She had a good guess as to what had transpired.

Hands shaking, she opened the wooden lid of the garbage bin and gasped softly. Mixed into all the used tea dregs were the unused leaves from her two jars, scattered all over the trash, including the paper she’d folded.

“…Oh no.”

Helpless, she fell to her knees. Without those leaves, she couldn’t make the tea. And without the tea, she couldn’t go back to class.

…Wh-what should I do?

Tears began to form in the corners of her eyes. No matter how talented a mage she was, she couldn’t turn back time. Choking back her whimpers, she sniffled as a familiar voice spoke to her from behind.

“Monica, are you all right? Do you feel sick?”

A girl knelt down next to her and began to rub her back. It was Casey. “What are you doing here?” asked Monica in a tiny voice, to which Casey scratched her cheek awkwardly.

“Well, when you didn’t come back, I got worried, so I came to take a look… Actually, sorry. That’s just the excuse I used. I really couldn’t stand to stay at that table…”

That made sense. Casey couldn’t bear the explosive tension brewing between Lana and Claudia, so she’d slipped out, saying she was going to check on Monica.

Casey looked at the tea leaves strewn through the garbage bin and seemed to intuit what had happened. She frowned and glared at the bin. “That’s horrible… Who would do something like this?”

Casey took out a handkerchief and wiped Monica’s tears for her, speaking in a gentle voice, like the kind you’d use for a very young child. “Hey, do you have any spare leaves back at the dorm? It can just be some regular tea, as long as you have something…”

“…I don’t.

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