episode_0100

#3

Ina was waiting in the corner of the workshop for me to finish preparing.

Personally, I thought it would be rude to keep others waiting, so I quickly packed the necessary equipment and materials into my bag and put on my witch’s outfit and hat.

After finishing his preparations, he approached Ina-ssi with his arms wide open as if he was finished.

Her eyes opened wide for a moment.

Of course, I knew why Ina was surprised and why she was looking at me like that.

It must be because the way you dress is so different from yourself.

Let me make one excuse…!

Basically, the witch’s outfit was a uniform, a ceremonial outfit, and a battle outfit.

Therefore, the witch’s costume was also the outfit that best revealed each witch’s characteristics and class.

To put it simply, let’s compare it to a martial arts novel… It’s like a uniform that has the know-how of each school melted into it.

Even just looking at my witch costume right now, there are many parts that I’ve strengthened using my specialty, alchemy. Ina-san must have also used enchantments to put various magic on her clothes.

So, it’s not my fault that Ina-san’s robe feels different from mine.

“Aren’t the clothes a little big?”

“Oh, no. That’s not it.”

It’s not that I’m short that the clothes look big on me.

Originally, it was normal to wear a robe like this, loosely.

Wearing a robe like Ina-ssi and showing your knees is so abnormal!

At that level, it’s not a robe, it’s a one-piece dress.

At my firm answer, Ina lowered her gaze to my ankles.

More precisely, it was the end of the robe I was wearing.

To be honest… if the clothes were just a little bigger, it would have been possible to drag them around.

But what can I do with this witch costume that Eugene gave me?

“… If Mr. Sky says so… I won’t interfere anymore.”

“Hahaha… .”

“Is it okay to move right now?”

“Yes. I’m ready. Ah…! That. Can I take one more person?”

“Who are you talking about?”

“Clara. Dorothy’s daughter and disciple. We’ve become quite close. But she probably doesn’t know where the Witch’s Gulch is.”

“That’s the person I introduced. Okay. Let’s do that. Where is she staying?”

Surprisingly, Ms. Ina seemed to be planning to use teleportation right away to move us to near Clara’s workshop without using public transportation or her own car.

Clara’s workshop is located in Donghae, Gangwon-do, so moving there using space teleportation would require a lot of energy, but it seems that this level of bleeding was something that a veteran witch could easily handle.

I gave her the coordinates near the workshop, and Ina used the spatial teleportation technique with the coordinates she received as the destination. Including me.

Ugh. Feeling dizzy and as if I was going to get motion sickness, I stepped onto the ground in the suddenly changed scenery.

Ugh, space teleportation is really…. It makes me feel bad every time I use it.

“That’s the place.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Certainly… , it seems like you didn’t get a proper education from Dorothy.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. Unlike Sky, the defense level of the workshop is considerably lacking. It is probably a direct successor to the defense system that Dorothy built.”

“Well… Clara really didn’t know anything.”

Well… it goes without saying, but magic also has an expiration date.

This meant that even the barriers that protected and concealed these buildings would disappear after their lifespan had passed.

The barrier that Clara’s mother, Dorothy, had built in her workshop was certainly high-quality and sturdy, but it had not been strengthened or maintained since her death, so it felt very old and worn.

Even I feel this way, so how pathetic must it look to Ina-san, a veteran witch with much more experience than me?

I guess I’ll have to talk about this separately.

You never know. If you catch the hunter’s eye, you’ll be immediately defeated.

I rang the doorbell at Clara’s mansion.

A cheerful chime sounded, and soon a voice was heard from inside.

It was Clara’s.

“Yes. I’m going out~”

As soon as Clara saw me, she smiled brightly, her pink hair fluttering brightly.

“Hey, Sister. What’s going on without you contacting me? I haven’t finished the cure yet… . Huh? Who’s that guy behind you?”

“Hello. This is Ina-ssi. A witch like us. Ina-ssi. This pink-haired one here is Clara.”

“Hello. Clara. The witch. My name is Ina. I specialize in enchantments.”

“Ah… . Hello. I am Clara Rave… . I practice healing.”

It’s awkward.

Pinky, aren’t you the lively type? Why are you so quiet in front of Ina?

Is it because Ina-san looks so scary?

Sure, Ina-san seemed a bit cold.

First of all, I was going to direct the traffic here…! But Clara spoke first.

“But why… are you wearing a witch’s outfit…?”

Clara’s voice was slightly wary.

Although Clara lacks common sense in witch society, she seems to have known that witch costumes were not ordinary clothes for witches.

I need to get to the point quickly so that he doesn’t get anxious.

“Clara. Did you get this too?”

“Huh? What… Ah… .”

I waved the invitation to Walpurgisnacht in front of Clara.

Judging by the way his eyes were twitching slightly, he probably knew what the invitation was about.

“This is why I came.”

“I see. Walpurgis Night… . I was going to ask my sister anyway. I got it too. An invitation. ”

As mentioned later, Clara received the invitation in the mailbox.

I fell on my head.

I don’t know if he couldn’t pinpoint her location, or if he put it in the mailbox to give to Dorothy.

“Yeah. You don’t know where it is either, right? The Valley of the Witches.”

“Yes. I don’t know… .”

“That’s why I brought the witch I know! I don’t know her either!”

“Haha. Thank you. Come in. I’ll get you some coffee.”

“I was waiting for that!”

As I sat down on the sofa in Clara’s living room, half-lying down, Ina sat across from me with a wry smile.

“It looks very familiar.”

“Hehe. I’ve been to Clara’s house a few times.”

“This is my third time.”

“Yes?”

“This is the third time I’ve entered another witch’s workshop.”

“Huh…?”

“Why are you like that?”

“I thought there would be more. Three times… .”

Isn’t that too little?

It’s not like my career as a witch is short… .

So, aside from Clara and me, there’s only one person left!?

“… First of all, I would like to say this. Originally, witches rarely go to other witches’ workshops.”

“Uh… Is that so?”

“Yes, that’s right. Unless they are priests or close friends, they don’t let other witches into their workshops.”

hmm….

According to her, Clara and I are going to be best friends…?

Ina-san also becomes our close friend.

It’s difficult.

Well, I can roughly understand why that is.

The witch’s workshop contains the essence of their genealogy, their research materials, and everything else.

If you let him in, he’s not a trustworthy person. It might be dangerous.

You could get stolen… or, in extreme cases, you could be murdered… .

Of course, since it is his own workshop, he won’t give up easily.

“Anyway… . It’s a refreshing experience. Coming to another witch’s workshop.”

“Who is that other witch that Ms. Ina said went to the workshop?”

“Um… .”

In response to my question, she smiled rarely and looked up for a moment.

A person who makes me smile just by thinking about his face.

What a nice person he is.

She answered immediately.

“Hmm… . He’s a good guy. Except for one flaw.”

“What is that?”

“Awesome… ”

“Awesome?”

“I’m an otaku.”

“Aha… .”

What’s wrong with being an otaku? I like anime too. I like web novels too.

A cold city girl like Ina might not understand the appeal of subculture, but I could understand it well.

“More precisely, a magical girl otaku.”

“Are you a magical girl?”

“Yes. Maybe. I think I’ll see you at this banquet… .”

The witch is a magical girl otaku… .

Is that okay?

But now that I think about it, I’m a bit curious. Are there really such things as magical girls in the other world?

A magical girl wearing a flowing dress and fighting off monsters with her mascot! Doesn’t that sound like something that could happen?

“I brought you coffee.”

At that moment, Clara poured the coffee into a cup and placed it on the table.

As if someone wasn’t born in the US, her coffee was a warm Americano. Of course, for me, a Korean with iced Americano running through my veins, it wasn’t a bad choice.

Before we talked about the Witch’s Gulch, we had some light small talk and I brought up something I had been thinking about earlier.

“Ms. Ina. I have a question.”

“What is it?”

“Do magical girls exist in this world?”

“There is no magical girl like the one Mr. Haneul thinks of.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Of course, individuals can dress up like magical girls, but at least magical girls do not exist as a race.”

“That’s unexpected.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. There are vampires, nine-tailed foxes, and witches, but no magical girls… .”

Something is a bit disappointing… There are no magical girls.

Ina, who read my regretful expression, took a soft sip of her tea and added:

“You never know. There might be some kind of magical girl that I don’t know about.”

I guess he’s trying to appease me. It’s not very likely though…

That makes sense, Ina-san’s close friend is a magical girl fangirl. If I were a magical girl fangirl, the first thing I would do is find out if there is a monster called a magical girl.

In the end, you’re saying you couldn’t find it.

Anyway, that’s it for the magical girl story.

Anyway, if I meet Ina’s friend, the witch, I’ll probably talk to her until I’m sick of her…

Now, I guess we should talk about Walpurgis Night.

“By the way, Ms. Ina. Can you explain the banquet now?”