City of Witches Chapter 51

Suddenly, Border Town?

Truth be told, that place doesn’t hold particularly fond memories.

In Siwoo’s mind, Border Town had already been established as a town full of delinquents, packed with all sorts of dangers.

Frankly, he had no desire to set foot there again.

Besides, wasn’t tomorrow supposed to be a day off, as written in the manual?

It felt like looking at a professor who had just suggested going camping together on a rare holiday.

But he had already received the wool pajamas.

Siwoo spoke carefully so as not to upset Amelia.

“I’m sorry. Tomorrow might be difficult.”

One of Amelia’s eyebrows shot up.

It was a reaction of considerable surprise.

“Why?”

“Well, I have a prior engagement.”

A date in Border Town with his supervisor on a rare day off? Hardly appealing.

Still, if it had been a promise with Takasho, he would have canceled his prior engagement and followed Amelia.

But tomorrow, he had promised to go play in the Spirit Mountains with the Twins, something he had been so curious about.

And he was supposed to receive the music box too.

“What kind of engagement?”

As expected, Amelia’s reaction wasn’t very good.

Siwoo hesitated for a moment, then told her the truth.

After all, it was something he would have needed permission for early tomorrow morning anyway.

Since it was his personal slave going on a picnic with another Witch.

“With an Apprentice Witch? To the Spirit Mountains? Accompanying them on an outing?”

Amelia seemed quite bewildered.

At first, she had merely looked displeased, but now her confusion was more visible.

Well, Siwoo and the Twins had had almost no contact over the past two years, so it made sense.

“Yes, I was planning to ask for your permission tomorrow morning. It’s just too late now.”

Amelia leaned back on the sofa and crossed her arms.

She tapped her own forearm with her fingertips.

“I suppose there’s no helping it. I was going to buy you various things you might need tomorrow.”

“Ah… I’m sorry.”

“Forget it.”

Amelia stood up abruptly and strode out of the room.

Siwoo, who had been conscious of Odil until the very last moment, let out a sigh of relief as the biggest danger, Amelia, disappeared.

-Slam!

Even though she had walked out on her own, it felt half like being kicked out.

Amelia stared at Siwoo’s closed door with a loud noise.

A surge of irritation.

Something welled up inside her.

The emotion she had felt most often whenever she saw Siwoo since he first refused her evening invitation.

It was this very annoyance.

Amelia walked back to her room with unnecessarily rough steps.

“.......”

Before going to Border Town with Siwoo last time.

Amelia had spoken with Sophia.

It was very rare for her to initiate a conversation with Sophia first, but something so inexplicable had happened that she couldn’t bear not asking.

While walking through the second-floor corridor after class, Amelia had seen it.

The Apprentice Witch Twins, whom she was supervising at Count Gemernai’s request, chatting happily in the corridor with Manager Shin Siwoo.

The distance was too great to hear what they were talking about, but the Twins looked quite delighted.

And Shin Siwoo was also engaging in conversation with them, not avoiding them.

For Amelia, who firmly believed he hated Witches, it was a huge shock.

After hesitating for a long while, Amelia turned her steps toward Sophia’s research building.

‘So, you have something you want to ask? Me?’

Sophia, who had been spinning around in her chair in the research building, seemed startled by Amelia’s visit.

‘There’s something about human relationships I don’t understand.’

Sophia received a second shock, especially since it wasn’t a question about Magic.

Not wanting to appear as a Witch anxiously fretting over every little action of her slave, Amelia’s question was very circumspect.

‘Aha, so you want to get closer to Manager Siwoo but find it difficult?’

‘I don’t understand why it’s being interpreted that way.’

Despite Amelia’s complaint, Sophia smiled with an understanding look and said.

‘First, to increase intimacy, it’s important to be around them often.’

‘I don’t want to increase intimacy with him, but I’ll listen.’

Thus began Sophia’s advice, which largely consisted of three points.

First.

‘Just being together doesn’t automatically increase intimacy. If you want to get along well, it’s important to share positive experiences.’

‘Positive experiences?’

‘Yes, for example, you have things you like, right? Ah, except Magic Research. Eating delicious food, shopping together, or even just taking a walk together would be fine.’

Second.

‘What else is there? Gifts are good too. The reason you like me is also because I gave you various gifts, right?’

‘I don’t like you, Avene.’

‘Let’s say that’s true, but you were still happy when you received gifts, weren’t you?’

‘…That’s true.’

Third.

‘Be kind to him. Don’t just get annoyed or scold him.’

‘........’

‘No matter what you’re thinking, what others see is not your inner feelings but your outward actions. If you treat Manager Siwoo just a little more gently, he’ll probably fall for your charm in no time?’

‘Why do you keep bringing up the Manager? I’m sure I said it has nothing to do with him.’

Though Sophia kept bringing up the Manager until the end, which was a bit annoying, Amelia still thought the advice was quite useful.

In fact, he had accepted the offer to become her personal slave, and lately, he didn’t immediately run away upon seeing Amelia from a distance.

“Why am I doing this…”

Her mind only grew more complicated.

Amelia took out a cigarette and sighed.

The uncertainty about her feelings brought on a faint sense of self-reproach.

He was merely a slave.

A being Amelia had no great need to care about.

A fleeting life that would disappear in 10, 20, 30 years if left alone.

A mechanical device that would scatter like dust after ending the second life received in Gehenna.

That should be all.

So why approach him now?

Could it be, as Sophia said before, that she had developed feelings for him?

“Impossible.”

Amelia shook her head.

It wasn’t as if she had suggested shopping together because she genuinely wanted to win his favor.

She had merely intended to bestow aristocratic mercy upon a slave who had become her personal property.

Firmly believing that fact without a shred of doubt, she lay down to sleep for the first time in a while.

It wasn’t just today.

After all, he was now her personal slave.

After Amelia left.Siwoo only slipped into the bedroom with his pajamas after hearing the sound of her door closing.

"Lady Odil, it's safe now."

A tiny reply came from under the bed.

"Really?"

"Yes, she went into her room."

Odil crawled out like a mole emerging from its burrow.

It was fortunate that Odil was small in stature; if Siwoo had been the one hiding, he wouldn't have even been able to fit under the bed.

-Thud!

"Oof!"

Even Odil had to bump her head against the bed frame before she could fully emerge.

While it's commonly thought that the space under a bed is dusty, the cleanliness of this room seemed to exceed Siwoo's expectations.

Odil's white underwear, which also served as her sleepwear, was still clean, with only a little dust clinging to it.

"Oww... that startled me. Does she usually barge in like that?"

"No, this is the first time she's come at this hour... It's really a relief."

Odil brushed off the small bits of dust stuck to her head and sat on the bed.

"Phew... For a moment, I saw Master's angry face. I survived."

"But it's good that it ended peacefully."

The two shared about thirty seconds of relief and consolation.

Then, suddenly, Siwoo caught sight of Odil sitting astride the bed.

More precisely, he saw from the front the panties clinging tightly to her lower body, damp with love juice.

Though he had seen her naked and uncovered once before, seeing her clothes cling like that created a different kind of sensual aura.

Even though he knew he should look away and say something, his mouth wouldn't open.

"Assistant, what are you staring at so intently? Huh?"

And it seemed Odil had noticed her own state as well.

After all, the thin, white fabric of her panties clearly revealed the plump curves of Odil's buttocks and her skin tone.

"Why didn't you say anything!"

Odil hurriedly closed her legs and muttered a small incantation.

Simultaneously, the dark dust stains on her clothes vanished cleanly.

It was a simple and convenient Magic that kept both body and clothes in a clean state.

"No, I was about to tell you, but I was thinking about how to say it."

"You should've said it right away!"

Odil scowled deeply and grumbled, then covered her mouth and laughed like a young lady.

Siwoo, unable to understand the point of her laughter, was flustered.

"Thinking about it, getting angry over something like this is funny. We've pretty much seen everything already."

"Y-yes, that's true."

But even though they had been conversing somewhat until then, the flow suddenly cut off.

Clearly, before Amelia interrupted, the mood had been ripe for indulging in some intense anal sex.

Now, neither Odil nor Siwoo were in an excited enough state to bring that up again.

"Um... anyway, Assistant. I think my curiosity has been satisfied."

"Is that so?"

"It definitely feels better with two people. Curiosity satisfied."

"...I see."

A period of silence.

With the wildfire-like heat gone, all that remained was an awkwardness as stifling as the smell of smoke.

Odil hopped off the spot and threw on her Cloak.

"Mmm... Assistant, don't forget our promise tomorrow. I'll come to pick you up by 7."

"Yes, understood."

Having finished preparing to leave, Odil opened the window.

It seemed she planned to exit the same way she came in—through the window.

But Odil, who looked ready to jump out any second, stood there blankly for longer than expected.

"Assistant."

"Yes?"

"What happened today is a secret from Odette."

"Hasn't she already caught on?"

"That won't happen. Odette sleeps so soundly you could draw on her face and she wouldn't notice."

"...You've tried it, I see."

"About thirty times?"

A pointless conversation that made one wonder if it was necessary.

Thinking she would really leave now, Siwoo slowly prepared his farewell words, but Odil still just clung to the window.

"Hey, Assistant."

"Yes, Lady Odil."

"I'm really going, okay?"

"Didn't you say you were going?"

"Who says I'm not? I'm really going."

Odil's face suddenly turned bright red, and she leaped out in a flash.

Concerned she might not be in the best state, Siwoo stuck his head out the window. Odil, who had landed softly, began jumping up and down, waving her hand vigorously at Siwoo, then started disappearing with bouncy steps.

Incidentally, that was a Magic called 'Water Lizard Step'—an Activation Magic that creates platforms of magic power with each step, allowing for incredibly fast running.

Watching Odil disappear beyond the hill toward the Academy in an instant, Siwoo scratched his head.

He closed the window.

Only after she had left could he finally heave a sigh of relief.

"Phew..."

Although it passed without incident, it was an extremely dangerous situation.

As Siwoo reflected on the events of tonight, a memory from earlier suddenly surfaced.

Odil's fresh, cute appearance and her tight, sticky hole.

After suffering in agony, his cock, which hadn't managed to release a single shot of cum, began to swell again.

He probably wouldn't be able to forget this memory even if he died.

Siwoo quietly entered the bathroom and closed the door.

He decided to spend tonight in tribute to Odil.

Author's Note (Afterword)

Odil's illustration... hmm, when will it come out, I wonder?