The Apothecary Witch Turned Divorce Agent: Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 6] by Kosuzu Kobato

Author:Kosuzu Kobato
Language: eng
Format: epub

4. Lakebell

In a deserted back alley in the capital, the wooden door to the apothecary lit up by the morning sunlight opened with a ring of a bell and out stepped its shop owner, Carla.

She wore a thin mantle for travel. Looking very obviously sleep-deprived, Carla narrowed her eyes at the brightness of the sun.

As she had done on the day she had traveled to the royal castle, she placed the key that appeared in her hand—after it had automatically locked the door by magic—into her bag. She then took a step forward, mumbling to herself.

“I’m so sleepy... I don’t wanna go—whoa, Thane?!”

“That’s quite a greeting, for you to see my face and then stagger backward.”

Thane was leaning on a soot-covered wall with his arms crossed. Carla nearly leaped out of her skin in shock.

Holding her hand to her pounding chest, she looked up at his—as usual—sullen face.

“Well, of course I’d be surprised! I didn’t detect your presence at all! You’re giving me a heart attack so early in the morning...!”

“You couldn’t detect me because you were being absent-minded. You’re an apothecary—just make some medicine for heart palpitations and take it.”

“That has a different usage. And don’t call me ‘you,’” she shot back. “And? What’s your business? I’m about to close up shop and go out for the day.”

“I know that.”

“Of course you do,” she murmured back.

Although she had not told him what time she was leaving, Thane had been there when Nettie told her about the gathering of the witches. Of course he knew that she would be leaving today.

As Carla looked at him suspiciously, Thane said to her, as though in defiance, “That’s why I came.”

“Huh?”

“You’re going to the gathering of the witches, aren’t you? I’m going with you.”

“Huuuh?”

Carla thought maybe she had misheard him, but it was true that Thane was not wearing his knight’s uniform today.

She did not know if he had the day off or he had taken the day off, but it must be true that he had come to go with her. Carla somehow managed to move her wide-open mouth to ask, “Why?”

“Help me meet the foresight witch.”

He had said this yesterday as well—and saying so, he had acted so strangely.

Even after a whole night had passed, Carla still did not understand the meaning of his actions. The only thing that was certain was that his expression was one of desperation that she had never seen before.

“And by ‘the foresight witch,’ you mean Ange? Why do you want to meet her?”

“I have something to ask her.”

The expression on his face was even more sour than usual. Of course it was not for any pleasant business.

Something he wants to ask, huh...?

As she looked at Thane—who seemed disquieted himself—Carla could not help the sour expression that crossed her own face.

“Only witches can enter the place of the gathering—and besides, I can’t so willingly introduce you while you are being super intimidating without even realizing it,” Carla responded.

“I’ll explain on the way there. You can introduce me to her once you’ve been convinced by my explanation.

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