Miss Witch, please don't leave your fragrance everywhere

"We are short of money now."

Angelica happily tossed the coins in her hand without feeling any pain at all. She realized that she had no talent to be a prophet. Anyway, the crystal ball that predicted the future seven days later was obtained by her from somewhere else and had been piled up in the warehouse for years, gathering dust. In that case, she might as well find a chance to sell it.

As for the price, Angelica was too lazy to bargain repeatedly. She could have as many magic props as she wanted, brought from all over the place... legitimately obtained through adventures.

"Okay, let's quickly find a hotel and find out what's going on with that psychopath in the villa."

"Sister Angelica, I just noticed the prices of the hotels we passed by. Combined with the price you just got from selling the crystal ball, I think we should choose..."

"Don't bother yourself. If you have to haggle over prices when you go out, you'll accumulate fatigue in your body and stress in your mind. Go to the most expensive one!"

Angelica dragged Abigail, who was still trying to persuade her, and rushed straight to the most luxurious hotel in Colditz.

"Both of you?"

"Yes. Two of you, one room."

The shop owner at the counter counted the coins Angelica handed over and found that even with the deposit, there was still a little more.

"Besides, I want to ask the boss something."

"Oh...but it's okay."

The shop owner accepted the extra portion without showing any expression.

"There is a manor not far to the southeast. I want to know about the people in that manor."

"…It's Lord Honoré's family."

The disgusted expression on the shop owner's face was fleeting, and even the bustling hall fell into a brief silence when the offending name was heard.

"They are aristocrats."

"Humph, just a nouveau riche."

The shop owner scoffed at this.

"Lord Honoré is a local here. He was originally a lazy man who loved to eat and do nothing. One day, he suddenly made a fortune and became a rich man. He married a beautiful wife and had two sons. Their manor was built after he became rich."

"Get rich? Where does his money come from?"

"Who knows... He said he was doing business, and he did start doing business after building the manor, but he had no business talent at all. The items he sold were either expensive or of poor quality. At the beginning, some of the people recruited by Lord Honore tried to make suggestions for improvement, but he was stubborn and thought that those who made suggestions were singing against him, so he fired them all. It's not that I hate the rich, but with his self-satisfied business style, he should have declared bankruptcy long ago. The strange thing is that he has never been short of money and seems to be making a profit."

Boom!

The witch lady slammed the table, scaring the shop owner. He found that the facial expression of the girl wearing the wizard hat was unusually stiff.

Angelica quickly figured out the truth. No wonder the manor happened to be built on top of her treasure house. Lord Honoré must have accidentally discovered the entrance to the treasure house, made a fortune from the gold inside, and used the manor as a cover. On the surface, he was doing business to make money, but in fact he had been moving the treasures inside privately.

Wow... my treasure... I have been saving it for a long time...

Angelica was about to cry, and the shop owner even began to wonder if he had said something wrong and why he made this cute little girl cry.

"Manager, manager, isn't he a noble?"

Abigail asked the store manager out of curiosity. Although she was not the one who gave the money, the store manager remembered that Abigail was Angelica's partner, so he answered Abigail's doubts.

"It was bought. After Lord Honoré became rich, he gave a large sum of money to the superiors and bought a title. He has no territory, and it seems that this title cannot be inherited, but he is so arrogant that he really thinks he is a nobleman. He comes to the town all day long to make decisions."

After saying this, the store manager even began to imitate Lord Honoré's tone.

"Hey! You! Why don't you bow your head? Don't you see the honorable Lord is here?... You lowly people are so uneducated. When you see the honorable Lord Honoré, you should take the initiative to make way and stop wasting my time!... It makes me angry just by listening to it. He even bribed the guards. Any good goods must be presented to him first. In the past few years when he was here, Colditz was messed up by him."

The nobles attached great importance to the hereditary nature of the title, and it is almost impossible to promote commoners to the nobility nowadays... But Honoré gave too much, so he was given an honorary title of nobility. After all, he is stupid and has a lot of money.

"Does that mean he's gone now?"

"He is dead. The Lord has eyes."

If Lord Honoré had not died, the store manager would not have dared to say bad things about him. He cared a lot about the title he bought. Even if he was not in Colditz, he would still care if anyone said bad things about him. If someone reported him, he might get a reward. However, Lord Honoré was not very generous to civilians. After receiving the honorary title, he felt that he was superior to others. Over time, no one actively reported him, but one must be on guard against others.

"Lord Honoré lived an excessively dissolute life and fell into a lot of problems. He died not long ago. Strangely enough, after Lord Honoré died, his family seemed to have no income at once. All the shops were closed, and all the servants ran away. I'm not surprised that his wife and son, who were used to the life of the rich, didn't learn how to make money. But we still don't understand how Lord Honoré made the money."

"So... that man is the pillar of their family?"

"I don't want to insult the term 'pillar of the family', but judging from the results, it is indeed the case. His widow began to sell off her expensive property to make a living. Recently, I heard that..."

In consideration of the intelligence fee given by Angelica's team, the innkeeper lowered his voice and spoke in a low voice.

"I heard that they bought a code that records evil rituals called "Resurrection of the Dead"... They should be planning to resurrect Lord Honoré, thinking that once Lord Honoré is resurrected, their family's life will be able to return to the past. They locked themselves in the manor, probably to tinker with this."

"Resurrection of the dead?"

Angelica unexpectedly heard a familiar name. It was an inherent magic. The name looked intimidating, but in essence it was a failed inherent magic. At most, it could deceive those who were illiterate in magic.

I see... Angelica had a plan in mind.

【Witch TIPS】

It is said that beneath the continent lies a god of the underworld named Chernobyl.

23 The Extraordinary Troubles of Miss Witch

Returning to the hotel room, Angelica threw herself on the bed and rolled lazily for a few times. Then, as if she suddenly remembered something, she sat up from the bed again.

"Oh, by the way, I told you I was going to teach Abigail magic."

"Will it be difficult?"

"Fortunately, I am only responsible for teaching you the basics of magic so that you can travel freely on the continent. Let me first explain the composition of magic. There are a total of eighty kinds of magic known as sequences. Each sequence contains nine kinds of magic. The sequence numbers are from high to low, and the lower the sequence, the more powerful it is. Through coincidence, repeated use, taking medicine, etc., the magic sequence can be raised, but I do not recommend medicine because there are many uncertainties. Although the only stable way to advance is to take steady steps."

Abigail took notes in confusion, and later Angelica informed Abigail of the limit on the number of people in each magic sequence.

"Once you possess at least five types of magic sequence one, you will have the opportunity to challenge and become an eternal extraordinary person. The five sequence ones I possess are corruption (Nigredo), purification (Albedo), gold (Citrinitas), completion (Rubedo), and life (Viriditas)."

"How did Sister Angelica achieve this?"

"Hmm~ Want to challenge yourself to become a Beyonder? That's actually quite difficult. I am a genius in magic attainments, but I have only achieved Sequence One on my own. The other four were all achieved by luck."

In the novels that Angelica read before she crossed over, all travelers who came to another world had golden fingers, but Angelica did not have any special powers or systems. Sometimes Angelica felt that she was special because she could complete five Sequence Ones and successfully become a Beyonder. It was extremely difficult to collect five Sequence Ones. Even if you collected them all, it was not 100% successful to be promoted to a Beyonder. There were very few successful people in thousands of years.

"I'm going to teach you Sequence 9 magic. Don't look down on this common magic. It's quite practical. First up is Diligence, the common language of Sequence 9. It can automatically translate words used to communicate with each other. Although it can't recognize ancient characters or animal languages, it's an essential magic for traveling around the continent. I'll start with the common language."

Angelica had rich experience in education, and Abigail was studious. According to Angelica's calculations, a few months should be enough for Abigail to become a master. Angelica did not intend to teach Abigail to become a famous magician. In fact, when Merlin became a master, his level was far from reaching the level of the chief magician of the court.

At night, Angelica asked Abigail to remember to wake her up the next day. After living with Angelica for a while, Abigail unexpectedly discovered that Angelica liked to stay in bed. If there was no one to provide a wake-up service, Angelica would sleep until almost lunch time every day and get up reluctantly.

The next morning, Abigail rocked Angelica, who had huddled under the covers.

"Sister Angelica, it's time to get up."

"Ugh... I can't eat anymore..."

"Please stop talking in your sleep, which is obviously made up at first glance."

"I don't want to get up..."

It was clearly her own request yesterday, but now she wanted to stay in bed. Abigail didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She didn't expect that sister Angelica would have such a childish side.

What should I do now? Angelica specifically told me to wake her up today, so it must be something important.

I'm sorry, Sister Angelica.

Abigail muttered to herself, then grabbed the quilt and threw it off.

"Wake up! Huh?!"

"It's so cold..."

"Why are you wearing nothing? Do you have this habit?"

"What are you talking about? I..."

Without a quilt to keep her warm, Angelica was forced to get up. However, when she saw that she had nothing left, she was stunned.

"Tsk. Here we go again. Abigail, I don't have the habit of sleeping naked, although I do go without underwear when the weather is hot."

"Then why..."

Abigail covered her eyes shyly, but couldn't help but peek through her fingers. Although they were both girls, Abigail couldn't help but exclaim "Oh!" when the witch took off her thick magic robe. Angelica not only looked thin in her clothes, but also had no flaws in her figure under the magic robe. Abigail finally understood that Angelica's favorite wizard hat and magic robe were actually a seal of her beauty. Otherwise, coupled with Angelica's personality of liking to show off, it would probably cause countless unnecessary troubles.

"It was stolen by Bai. No one else would do such a boring thing except Bai."

""white"?"

"I forgot to tell you yesterday that successful Beyonders will be given titles represented by colors. My full name is "Black" Witch Angelica, and "White" is another Beyonder."

"Do the Beyonders know each other?"

"Extraordinaries attract each other!... I want to say this in a cool way, but there is no such setting. When you become an immortal, it is normal to want to meet colleagues who have achieved the same level of success. But I regretted it after I took action. They are basically all weirdos."

Angelica said nonchalantly while taking inventory of her spare clothing.

"Because they have lived too long, most of them are very abnormal and a little bit mentally ill. I said that to achieve immortality, you must have five sequences in one pair, right? In fact, depending on the sequence one you have, there are huge differences in the way of immortality. I am truly immortal and will not age or die naturally. Bai's immortality is to constantly replace his body. His puppet skills can make the fake look real. First, create a body that you like, and then put the soul that carries the memory into it."

Angelica, fully dressed, deliberately asked Abigail.

"Guess what, Abigail, when Bai finds out that I do nothing and still remain immortal and ageless, what will be my reaction?"

Abigail swallowed. "Will you...be jealous? Feel hatred?"

"No——"Bai" fell madly in love with me."

"I can't feel any causal relationship between the before and the after!"

"That's why I said that Beyonders are all a little bit abnormal. In fact, I was very proud at first. I'm so cute, and only those possessed by demons like Lord Honore's family would be indifferent. But Bai is really annoying. Can you imagine someone teleporting to you and trying to be intimate with you while you're using the toilet?"

Abigail shook her head. She really couldn't imagine it.

"I can't imagine... a beautiful girl like Angelica actually needs to go to the toilet or something... I can't accept it!"

"Could it be that you were infected by that guy Bai?"

Angelica tapped Abigail's head. She just didn't age and still had a normal metabolism. In fact, she herself hoped that she didn't have period, after all, that period every month was too tiring.

After a simple wash, Angelica returned to the refreshed witch lady that Abigail knew.

"I will go to Lord Honore's house alone. I will get back the treasure that belongs to me tomorrow at the latest!"

24 Monkey's Paw

When visiting Lord Honore's family again, Angelica waited patiently outside the door for a long time before they finally opened the door again. It was the same thin man with dark circles under his eyes as last time. When he saw Angelica, he immediately showed an impatient expression and was ready to refuse Angelica entry.

"Wait a minute! I'm here to fulfill my duties as a commoner!"

"…Common people's duties?"

"Common people have an obligation to help respected adults. I know you must be troubled by the drawing of the magic circle, right? And I happen to have the ability to help you solve your problems, so I came to your door."

The man looked Angelica up and down, and then an arrogant look appeared on his malnourished face.

"Yes. You have done your duty, and the untouchables of Colditz should have your consciousness."

What a stinky guy...

Angelica resisted the urge to beat the man up. Logically, the man had obviously recognized that Angelica was not a resident of Colditz, but he still let her in. Should we say that they were not on guard, or that the idea of ​​being superior was ingrained in them?

There were only two thin young men and a woman who, even with heavy makeup, could not hide her old age in the huge house. As Angelica expected, they were drawing a magic circle to revive the dead in the living room.

Angelica almost fainted from anger after taking a look. She thought the magic circle drawn by Flora was bad enough, but she didn't expect there was someone worse than Flora. Compared with Lord Honore's family, Flora was simply a genius.

To describe Angelica's feeling when she saw the magic circle they drew, it would probably be similar to a programmer finding out on his first day at work that his task is to take over the code left behind by the previous programmer.

Angelica had to redraw a large area of ​​the magic circle again. The inherent magic of resurrecting the dead was not complicated. Lord Honore's family had studied it for a week but failed to activate it successfully. Angelica finished drawing the magic circle in less than ten minutes.

"Okay, then wait until midnight and follow the steps in the magic book. Don't change the magic circle at will."

Angelica was afraid that they would add unnecessary details, so just as she was about to slip away, the thin man stopped her.

"Stop. Don't you think there's something else you haven't done?"

"Something else?"

"Since you have a broom, clean the entire manor inside and out."

The man gave the order arrogantly, and his brother and mother took it for granted. Not only did they not feel the slightest gratitude when Angelica came to their house to draw the magic circle, but they also blamed Angelica for not doing a good enough job.

In fact, just by stepping into the room, Angelica had an urge to pinch her nose. After Lord Honoré's death, all the servants in their family left. On weekdays, their attitude towards servants was just like ordering animals around. Naturally, there was no master-servant relationship. After finding out that the family had no money, not taking advantage of the situation was their greatest duty.

Therefore, Lord Honore's house had not been cleaned for a long time, garbage was everywhere, and it was filled with strange smells. In a sense, Angelica really admired them for insisting on not cleaning even to this extent.