Until The Witch Dies

Chapter 14

Section 1: The Visit Comes Suddenly

Translated by AmaLynne

―Episode 3 From the East, Wisdom Comes―

The news has been noisy lately.

The city is quite peaceful, but when I turn on the TV, all I see are disturbing stories.

I had not paid much attention to such things until now, but I was reluctant to watch the news because some damn old woman… master told me to pay attention to politics and economics once in a while.

「I was reluctant to watch it, but Master told me to pay attention to politics and economics once in a while.」

As I watched the screen while munching on my meat spaghetti, I suddenly heard a news item that caught my attention.

『At the international conference of the Seven Sage, which ended two days ago, the recent problems of ecological changes and the state of magic were discussed. The topic of discussion was the monitoring area that has been created in the central region of Europe and the United States, and two wise men immediately went to the area to investigate―――』

「Oh? I didn’t realize the meeting was already over.」

It has been almost a week since the master left on her overseas business trip.

While eating dinner with the messengers, I rolled my eyes at the TV news.

I think the master said she would be back in a couple of days.

I had expected her to be back by today, even though she was taking a long time.

I looked at my cell phone on my desk.

People are often surprised to see me or the master with a cell phone.

Many people still assume that witches live in prehistoric culture.

They think we are always using convenient magic to keep in touch.

Who would do such a cumbersome thing?

With magic, it takes several minutes to chant, but with a smartphone, it takes only a few seconds.

People don’t know that civilization has now surpassed even magic.

However, there was no sign of contact from the master, even though I called her cell phone.

Maybe he is in an area where there is no signal.

「Well, I guess my short break has been extended.」

I muttered to myself and tucked into my spaghetti.

My messengers, Carbuncle and White Owl, looked at each other curiously and tilted their heads.

Facing me is a plate of wrapped meat spaghetti.

It will apparently be my breakfast tomorrow.

「It’s been years since I’ve changed my breakfast.」

That soliloquy sounded good.

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A bolt out of the blue is what I used to call it.

It is an incident that comes on a particularly ordinary and calm day.

I saw the news, and my master did not come back.

Perhaps I had a premonition of what was to come.

The visit came early in the morning.

I was asleep in bed when I heard a noise.

There was a rattling sound coming from the front door, and then a slamming noise.

I thought it was probably another small animal running amok anyway, and then the door opened with a gnashing sound.

Light shone in, and I frowned.

「Get up. That’s an order.」

「Mu~~nyaa, *mucha mucha mucha mucha*, let me sleep.」‡

I say, drooling on the pillow, and something goes on my face.

It was a foot.

The bottom of a foot is on my face.

As soon as I realized this, my nostrils were filled with the second most intense smell.

「Stink! Stink stink! Oeee! Ogguee!」

As I vomited in the corner of the room,「Rude! It doesn’t smell that bad!」, someone shouted.

I looked up fearfully.

「You’ve got some nerve.」

Standing there was a woman dressed as a typical witch of the previous era, with a tricorn hat and a broom.