The ghost-faced witch calls herself a snowy owl, and Ruiji naturally falls prey to the snowy owl's stalking.

The towering steam tower is a watchtower for the snow owl to lock onto its prey, then swoop down from a high place to swallow it in its stomach and find a good place to digest it.

The top floor, or sub-top, of the steam tower is the equivalent of the ornate nest of the snow owl. There is also a row of black marble brick staircases that spiral upwards to another unknown space.

There may be something interesting hidden there, or it may be an untouchable taboo.

The snowy owl took a serious look at Ruiji, from top to bottom, from clothing to appearance, with a straightforward and undisguised gaze. Finally, she stared at the unoccupied space behind Rydge, her face smiling under the Rakshasa mask.

The glass case in front reflects the picture behind Ryji, which is empty, and there is no witch who has quietly broken into the office, and there is no strange talk.

"Have you ever felt a chill in your back lately?"

"The air conditioner is only turned on at 20 degrees, so of course you will feel cold in your back."

Ruiji pointed to the vertical central air conditioner in the corner, and the number 20 was impressively displayed on the LCD screen. At such a low temperature, normal witches will feel cold, unless it is an Inuit witch who lives in and outside the Arctic Circle from Siberia, Alaska to Greenland.

The Inuit witch is not afraid of the cold, and the 20-degree air conditioner is just a small meaning, and there is no fear at all.

The snowy owl shook his head.

"The cold I'm talking about is a different kind of cold, and it has nothing to do with air conditioning. Now you open the backpack, and there should be an item inside that didn't belong to you. If you don't believe me, we can bet on a silver Flotin coin. ”

The masked witch didn't know where to conjure up a silver coin that wasn't shiny, but it was beautifully patterned. It is a product of real silver, with a miniature silhouette of the water city Floting on the front and a snowy owl on the reverse.

"This silver coin is my token, and if you win, this silver coin will be yours. If you lose, you owe me a silver coin, and you have to listen to me tonight and try to offset it. ”

The blood pupils under the mask narrowed slightly, tossed the silver coin, caught it again, grabbed it in the palm of his hand, and waited for Ruiji to open the backpack as the snow owl said, and found something in the largest compartment.

The white fox mask, which appeared inexplicably, was quietly lying with the debris in the backpack. The mouth of the white fox mask is specially designed to be slightly curved, as if to show a mysterious smile to the witch who found her.

When I went out in the morning, I had checked my belongings several times, and before Jingliu complained about her sleeping and wearing a mask while eating breakfast, Ruiji didn't take it to heart.

Now when I see it in my backpack, I just feel a chill down my spine.

The White Fox Mask and Asahina Town are absolutely inseparable, could it be that they are entangled by regional weird talks?

"You've lost, Sakuma-san."

The snowy owl tosses the silver coin again and lets it fall, and finally the snowy owl faces up, as if to signal the victory of the gamble.

"You used perspective magic?"

Richie's tone wasn't so sure, she didn't feel any magic flowing through the office. There are not many witches who can hide the flow of magic and use magic, and they usually have to reach the level of a titled witch to have such an ability, of course, it is not excluded that a small number of particularly powerful and talented witches are not excluded.

Ordinary big witches and second-level witches, and weak witches of the second level, as long as they use magic, they will leave traces for a period of time, that is, magic fluctuations.

There have been several witches from Floting in "The Title of the Witch", but the level of the snow owl is the big witch, she is so flamboyant, so people who like to show off, will they not wear a hat that means a titled witch to show off?

It's impossible to think about.

"I don't need clair. Now, would you like to try this silky latte first? Coffee beans that have been carefully roasted by the Italian witch, combined with fresh milk that has just been shipped from a New Zealand ranch, are hand-brewed by the best baristas in the whole of Flotin. ”

As soon as the snowy owl finished speaking, two witches dressed in European maid costumes came in with two trays, one of which contained two cups of coffee, and the other was ingredients added afterwards such as sugar cubes and creamer.

The maid witch put down her coffee and immediately slid out of the office, flashing so fast that she left them with the opportunity to speak, and Reiki didn't even see what they looked like.

The coffee had to be drunk, and Ryji knew very well that she had just lost a gamble and was in a more passive situation. From the very beginning, she was clearly calculated by this witch, and perhaps from the moment she entered Flodin's airspace, she fell into a trap.

It is worthy of being a snow owl that is good at hunting.

The white porcelain plate containing the coffee was pushed in front of him, and Ruiji didn't dare to shirk it this time, so he just picked it up and drank it. The coffee has a silky texture, and it can't be compared to a few hundred yen cans.

The aromas of coffee and milk blend together, and no one ingredient robs the other and obscures the other, both can be tasted on the tip of the tongue.

It can only be said that witches really like to drink, and every time they go to a new place, they can always taste a variety of free drinks.

Shizuru probably never thought that her sister was being held hostage by the mysterious big witch and forced to drink coffee with each other, and she was in a state of fear and walking on thin ice.

After drinking half a cup of hot coffee, everything was normal in his body, and Ruiji made sure that there was no poison in it, and drank the remaining half cup that was about to cool down.

"There's a problem. How did you know I had this in my backpack? ”

Snowy Owl put down the empty coffee cup in her hand and continued to play with her silver coin, which never left her. The surface of the silver coin was rubbed by her

"Before I became the boss of the 'Kingdom of Heaven', I was also born as a strange witch, and my ancestors have lived by hunting and conquering strange stories for generations, and the atmosphere of regional strange stories can't hide from me."

"So you're the boss of Heaven......

This matter was lightly brushed over by myself, and the shock was left to other witches.

"Surprised? I thought you already knew. ”

"Two of your subordinates came in a hurry, only saying that their boss wanted to see me, who knows which store it is."

"It's not a big problem, you know it now. The mask in your hand is the product of regional weird talk, which is equivalent to the prize of the strategy weird talk, and is collectively called [seal] by the weird talk witches. What you have in your hand is an unpurified [Harmful Seal], and that chilly feeling is that the seal is making trouble. ”

Blood-red eyes looked at the empty ground behind Rydge for a second time.

"Interested in knowing what it's like to stand behind you and become one with the seal? In addition, the [Seal Purification Magic: Exclusive] that purifies seals and allows them to be used for their own purposes is the only one in Japan. I think you'll be a little interested in my family heirloom magic. ”

"There's definitely going to be a heavy price to pay for trading with you, so ...... Can I consider it? ”

"You have a lot of time to think about it. I never force any witch to die for me, I just meet first tonight to get acquainted with each other. I'm sure you'll be interested in working together in the future. ”

The snowy owl was very sure.

She has been refused cooperation by many witches who have been invited for coffee, and each time she waits for no more than a month, the witch who refuses her will come to the Eye of Frogin's steam tower with her tail between her legs, asking her for a chance to cooperate.

These inexperienced witches are always superficial and short-sighted, only seeing the vested interests in front of them, carefully holding the pitiful chips in their palms, not daring to put them on a bigger table to find a way to win more wealth and power from other witches.

The cowardly are doomed to stagnation, and only a witch like her who dares to fight and try can stand at the center of the storm. In this round of gambling, the chips are already on the table, and the snowy owl is sure that he will win.

"I also know that your current identity is a sophomore at Waseda Witch High School, and you have a younger sister at home who is very important to you. You run a crumbling down-and-out shrine that doesn't know when it's going to close, and you're having some financial difficulties right now, right? ”

Every word is true. But it is precisely because it is a fact that it is more deterrent.

Some words don't need to be said too clearly, as long as a thread is thrown, Ruiji will pick it up by herself, and follow it to take the initiative to grab the thread at the end and sort out her messy life.

"Your actions are already a threat."

Ruiji is disgusted by this kind of behavior, and in the name of cooperation, he actually forces others to do things. Although it was persecution, the reason was so good and reasonable, which was the most uncomfortable part of her.

The snow owl came prepared, and even his own family background was clearly revealed.

"What stupid words, if this is a threat, how can you make those unlucky witches who I threw into the sea embarrassed? There aren't many witches who are qualified to sit on the couch and talk to me, so I hope you'll think it through. That's all for tonight, I have a lot of patience waiting for you to respond. Your friend is in the red-light district west of Flodin, and I've had the witches under my command entertain her, and she'll have a good time. If you want to enjoy it with her, then take it and go. ”

A brand-new silver coin flew out of the white cuff of the snowy owl and landed on the table.

"The newly minted Flotin exclusive token currency is currently only 50 pieces in circulation in the market, and in addition to the mother coin in my hand, there are 49 lucky witches who are eligible to be favored by the snow owl, and you, Miss Sakuma, are one of them."

"Then I'm really ...... It's an honor. ”

Richie put the shiny silver token in his pocket, feeling like it weighed a thousand pounds.

Accepting the "kindness" of the gray area boss is equivalent to being in the same stream with her, and the mood is quite complicated.

"If, I mean, if I'm not interested in your purification magic and don't come to you in the future, you won't send a few Extreme Witches to my house to make trouble, right?"

The snowy owl let out a laugh that sounded innocent.

"That's the style of the gang, our heavenly kingdom is a high-end club, if it weren't for the serious festivals between each other, letting the extreme witch make trouble would only lose the face of the club, and let other water cities laugh at me."

"I hope what you say is true. You rich witches are good-looking, speak well, and never show mercy when you deceive people, the witch who lives next door to my house was deceived by the scum witch, and went to the tree of origin to pray for the blessing of the original will, and as a result, he gave birth to two offspring for the other party in a daze, and the other party disappeared when he asked to be responsible. ”

"That can only be said that the witch who loves the brain is too stupid. Witches like us, who crave wealth and power, are basically insulated from the daily lives of ordinary people. If you also want to stand at the top of the witch world, you might as well learn from me how to play with power, there are many ways to do it, as long as you learn it, you can completely get rid of the mediocre and boring daily life. ”

"Let's talk about it......"

Ruiji feels more and more that in addition to talking about witches in the past, Snow Owl may have also worked in pyramid schemes. Her every word is highly consistent with what the leader of the MLM organization said, and she promises a bright future to attract people.

On second thought, it would be impossible to achieve such an achievement by opening the club on such a large scale and monopolizing a piece of land in the commercial district of the water city, without excellent expression skills and convincing other witches.

"I'll go first."

"Welcome back next time."

The snowy owl watched Ruiji get up and leave, and the whole process was calm, neither the hordes of witches showed up to stop her, nor the spell attack thrown from the shadows, so smooth that she thought she was dreaming.

The mask placed in the bag continuously exudes a cool feeling, which makes the backpack feel strongly sagging. Rydge walked out of the office, and the two bodyguard witches waited against the wall, and when they saw her, they immediately swiped their cards to start the elevator, and half a minute later, the three of them returned to the ground of Flotin.

The bodyguard witch completed the task of sending people downstairs, returned the detained broom intact, and immediately disappeared into the night without leaving a trace.

The matter of going to Flotin West to find my wife is imminent, and Rydge has a bad feeling that the witch with a sloppy personality and no idea what it is is likely to step into the mysterious temple before herself.

"That's terrifying, isn't it?"

The first of the trio to ascend to Dua Lang was the low-key servant, and she quietly accomplished what other witches only dared to try in their twenties.

If the last companion also defected, then he was the only one who had no experience, as pure as the bottle of toner at home that had not yet been opened, clear to the bottom, without a trace of impurities.

She stepped on her broom and drove to her full horsepower towards the West End, which was surrounded by neon lights and clouds. Along the way, Ruiji kept reassuring herself that my wife should not rebel, and that they were partners who stood firmly on the same front.

Just an hour ago, my wife had said that she was only interested in making potions, discussing biology with other witches, and that making the air temperature and humidity rise would only waste time and affect the speed at which she could make potions.

How can witches have potions to be fun?

……

But that's not the case.

Riki arrives at the door of an unruly shop called "Night" and shows the kimono witch in her pocket a silver coin with a snowy owl in her pocket, and the witch immediately becomes respectful and takes her outside a room.

There were a series of glamor sounds from inside the door.

(End of chapter)