Invitation
'I want to see Master-nim.'
The class was so boring that various random thoughts came to my mind while The Professor-nim was teaching with all his heart and soul.
Now that I think about it, I haven't gone back to 'our' house every weekend lately.
Normally, I would always apply for leave to at least see Master-nim's face every weekend, but these days I've been quite busy, so I didn't have enough time to go see Master-nim.
Of course, even if it was a busy matter, it was something difficult to reveal.
Who could say that I couldn't go home because I was doing 'this and that'?
For now, I could absolutely never say such words to Master-nim.
"Huuuuh··········."
Ah, I want to be suffocated in Master-nim's bosom.
Whenever I returned home, Master-nim would be so happy that she would tell me to come quickly, bury my face in her bosom, and gently stroke my back.
Even though I am a woman, my core self has lived a man's life until now, so I couldn't refuse Master-nim's embrace.
Still, I think it's fortunate that I'm a woman.
If I were a man, not only would she not hug me, but even if she did, my lower body would rise up to the point of pitching a tent.
Was it because I suddenly missed Master-nim so much?
My slightly regretful appearance might have looked different to someone else.
For example, in Yuriana Ehiteun's case.
Watching Lunia's appearance from afar, Yuriana thought Lunia, who looked a little sentimental today, seemed lonely.
She thought.
The reason Lunia ignored her and ran away yesterday.
She had tossed and turned terribly last night thinking about that reason.
And at Lunia's lonely appearance, Yuriana could be certain about her worries from last night.
Indeed, it was all because of herself.
Yuriana began to spread the wings of her imagination, connecting the evidence she had found so far.
##
First of all, Lunia was beautiful.
It wasn't sudden worship; she was objectively so.
Her appearance was unparalleled to the extent that it couldn't be compared to anyone, and her figure was, needless to say, beautiful.
Rather, when describing Lunia's figure, it was more fitting to describe it as a truly overwhelming figure than simply beautiful.
As a result, there were constant advances from the surrounding men.
Of course, Lunia always made a disgusted face, as if she had bitten into a bug, seemingly disliking them quite a bit.
However, it wasn't just peaceful advances.
The culprit was none other than Young Master Reinhardt.
That man always committed severe sexual harassment whenever he passed Lunia, to the extent that Lunia felt rage.
From there, it seemed the incident began to unfold.
She didn't know exactly, but there was some kind of deal between Young Master Reinhardt and Lunia.
She didn't know if it was a deal or a bet, but anyway, the two of them agreed to it.
She didn't know the exact content, so she didn't know what conversation had taken place.
Anyway, what was certain was that Young Master Reinhardt said—
—that the reason Lunia finally allowed him her body was because of her.
At first, she couldn't understand what on earth that meant, but at this point, not knowing was foolish.
Surely, if she hadn't said such harsh words to Lunia, there would have been no need for Lunia to give her body to Young Master Reinhardt.
And even just yesterday, seeing that she came out of the men's dormitory, perhaps she had given away her most precious first experience as a woman.
Even though she herself had no sexual experience, she wasn't a naive dandelion who would doubt that such a thing had happened.
Therefore, she was guilty.
As a noblewoman, she knew well how much value a woman's first experience held, and how much men would stake their lives on the value of such a woman.
Even as a noblewoman, she had long ago accepted the idea of a contract marriage to help her family.
But, isn't there such a thing?
Even if it wasn't a future that would come true, the romantic imagination of giving one's first experience to a man one came to like, playing along as if fooled.
Noblewomen like herself, even if they were canaries in a cage, couldn't stop their own imaginations.
Therefore, she could understand Lunia's feelings even more.
How much she must have hated being forced to have an experience with someone she disliked.
So, she was guilty.
Because by her own actions, Lunia had fallen into despair.
Nevertheless, Lunia didn't blame her.
Therefore, she had to save Lunia from Young Master Reinhardt, no matter what.
Without even imagining that, in fact, far from it being Lunia's first experience, Lunia was actually happier.
##
One day.
Someone activated an Invitation to the Witch Coven.
You might ask what on earth it means to say that an Invitation was activated, but—
-Bwoooong! Bwoooong!
A truly neatly folded paper letter began to vibrate frantically.
This meant it was a message to all Witches located throughout the country to gather.
And at the quite loud vibrating sound—
"Uuung·····, honey·····?"
"It's loud, isn't it? I'm sorry. Go back to sleep."
When her lover, who was sleeping right next to her in the same bed, woke up, Leira immediately flicked her finger and turned off the vibration.
On the forehead of her lover, who had fallen back asleep like that,
-Jjok.
She left a short peck and lay down again next to her lover.
··········She would probably have to get permission from her for a business trip when she woke up a little later in the morning.
##
"·····Leira? What are you doing?"
"Ah, Rie."
Even objectively speaking, her lover was beautiful.
In fact, it wasn't entirely untrue that she had rushed into the vow of a thousand-year marriage, merely captivated by her appearance.
Therefore, not only was she ostracized even among Witches, but they even called her a heretic.
"Rie."
She quietly approached her and gently embraced her.
"Uuung, what's wrong suddenly·····."
Of course, while Rie showed a slightly annoyed reaction, far from pushing Leira away, she rather burrowed deeper into Leira's embrace.
Embracing her cat-like lover, Leira thought.
Indeed, she couldn't take her to the Witch Coven.
If she were to explain the reason, it was a bit long.
The reason she was ostracized among Witches and began to be called a heretic.
That was precisely because of her one and only lover, Rie.
Witches are originally only women.
She didn't know for what reason, but Witches were under one curse.
That was precisely that they cannot conceive life in a Witch's body.
According to research continued until now, a newly born, very weak life cannot withstand the magic residing in a Witch's body and ends up miscarrying quickly.
Unlike ordinary people, Witches born containing immense Mana and talent in their bodies exhibit insane talent in magic and Mana, to the extent that they are called Witches.
Therefore, the first Witches researched several spells to continuously pass on their lineage.
One of them was precisely the Ovum Implantation Spell.
The true nature of this spell was to imprint and seal the genetic information of one's own ovum into the other person's ovum, causing pregnancy when ovum and ovum meet.
For Witches who want to imprint their genetic information, finding a mother to conceive their child is their destiny.
Therefore, they seek a strong, talented, and beautiful mother so that their child will be healthier and not abandon the Witch's talent.
Because a Witch's body is a Mana-friendly body, it becomes even more beautiful, pretty, and mature as a female body than those around them.
And furthermore, they don't age easily.
So, fortunately, Witches have a lot of time.
Time to find a partner to raise their child.
That was precisely the reason Leira was ostracized by Witches.
At that time, when Leira told the Witches about her marriage to Rie, it was natural for her to be congratulated.
If a Witch were an ordinary woman, there would have been nothing to be congratulated for, but their situation was not ordinary at all.
That's because, born as a female Witch, they must love a woman of the same gender.
Not only was it very difficult to find a woman who liked the same sex, but since a Witch's child was born a girl no matter what, even if they found a woman they connected with, the aftermath was the problem.
Which mother would want her child to bear a difficult and lonely path?
Therefore, finding a partner was not usually an easy task for a Witch.
At that time, even among the Witches Leira knew, there were Witches who were broken up with, saying they couldn't pass on such a fate to their own child.
If so, why was Leira ostracized?
If she were to explain about that, it was very simple.
Rie had no talent at all.
Literally, 'at all'.
Only Rie's appearance was outstanding; she had no talent related to magic, no talent related to swords, and not even a little Mana in her body.
If a child were born between such a Rie and Leira, it was clear that it would become a half-Witch.
Therefore, Leira was ostracized by the surrounding Witches.
It was because, as a Witch who still had many days to live, far from choosing a proper partner, she had simply looked at Rie's appearance, married her, and ultimately intended to give birth to a half-Witch.
But that wasn't what was important.
Leira, ostracized by the Witches, had never been invited to the Witch gathering for the past few years.
And Leira also knew that fact.
But today, the Invitation had suddenly been activated.
Leira, naturally, couldn't help but suspect them.