Meeting Details
Meeting Contents
The gathering continued for a while.
At a point when increasingly useless pleasantries, such as asking where they lived now, were being exchanged,
the one who broke that calm was Remil, who didn't care what anyone thought.
"So? I'd like to get to the point already."
Remil raised her eyes towards Mineba.
"What's the reason you gathered us here, Mineba?"
At Remil's words, Mineba, as if thinking about what to say, closed her eyes for a moment.
She opened her mouth a short while later.
"To get straight to the point... yes, I need a Witch to help with Implantation Magic."
As Mineba spoke hesitantly, everyone present, without exception—
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While doubting if they had heard correctly, they were also dumbfounded by what that crazy bitch was suddenly saying,
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"??"
Honestly, everyone seemed to think they had misheard or Mineba had misspoken, so they immediately asked Mineba again.
"Wh-what? I must have misheard, right?"
But that was precisely the reason Mineba had called the gathering in the first place.
So this time, Mineba delivered the words clearly to Remil.
"No, Implantation Magic. You heard correctly."
"You, you, you're a single, old maid who's never even dated...!!"
-Snap.
"No, no! What's with Implantation Magic from a bitch who's never even had sex! You're a bitch who's never even dated, let alone had sex, and you're older than me...!"
"Shut up, Remil."
-Whack!
"Kyaaaak?!"
Even though Mineba was usually very patient, Remil kept bringing up experience and age to pick a fight,
so Mineba, who could no longer tolerate it, finally chopped Remil on the crown of her head with the side of her hand.
Whether Remil was hurting in the corner or not, the other Witches casually ignored her and began to fix their gaze on Mineba.
Meanwhile, a Witch sitting relatively close to Mineba asked.
"Mineba, may I ask how you met the person who will receive the Implantation Magic...?"
She intended to ask carefully without upsetting Mineba, but—
"Th-that's right! Isn't that crazy bitch planning to imprison someone and just make them have a baby!?"
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-Whack!
"Gyaaaak...!"
When she was hit on the crown of her head once more, the nuisance finally disappeared.
"Ahem, ahem, to put it simply, it's a child who is currently my Disciple."
"Then, are you two even considering marriage?"
"...Marriage?"
"?"
The conversation paused for a moment.
The Witch who had cautiously questioned Mineba racked her brain, trying to understand what Mineba had said, as it made no sense.
But no matter how much she thought about it...
"Ahem, ahem, are you perhaps dating the child who is your Disciple...?"
"We are not dating."
"?"
The conversation paused again.
They weren't engaged to be married, and furthermore, they weren't even dating yet.
Yet she needed a Witch to help with Implantation Magic—didn't that make the whole conversation completely nonsensical?
And Rie and Leira, who were listening to the conversation, were so genuinely flustered that they couldn't even think of joining in.
"Mineba, I'll admit there's a big difference between your magical skill and ours. But..."
"...But?"
"You need sex education, Mineba."
The Witch sitting on the opposite side announced that the Witch gathering should be temporarily suspended.
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Of course, the meeting didn't stop, nor did specific Witches go somewhere else.
In fact, the Witch gathering had merely shifted slightly into Mineba's sex education class.
That was because all the women in the building were interested in Mineba's sex education.
Although they bickered like that, they were actually closer than family.
Moreover, more than that familial love, the biggest interest was that everyone was a little curious about the sex education of the usually dignified and polite Mineba.
Among the Witches gathered, the Witch who led Mineba's sex education said.
"Leira and Rie-yang also have sexual experience, right?"
"Yes, ye-yes!?"
Leira bit her tongue at the sudden question, but the Witches had already decided to use them as teaching material, so Leira couldn't escape.
And among the Witches subtly closing the distance,
Remil, who had awkwardly and subtly started to join in, was also included.
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The explanation continued for a long time,
"...is the order that is needed, Mineba."
Finally, the 'theory' lesson explaining dating, marriage, and child-rearing was over.
But for some reason, Mineba's expression wasn't very bright.
Was it the aftermath of realizing the truth, or had she simply not understood yet?
The answer could be heard in Mineba's thoughtful question.
"...Why are the processes of dating and marriage necessary to have a baby?"
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Perhaps for Mineba, who was ignorant about sex, these words were difficult to understand.
"What's so hard to understand! It's just that this bitch is an old maid who's never even had a crush, let alone dated!"
Although it was Remil who was interjecting from the side, even the other Witches implicitly agreed with Remil's words this time.
The Witch who had explained dating, marriage, and child-rearing felt that she had to go all the way back to the beginning to explain.
That beginning was, quite literally, the very beginning.
"Shall we start from around the time we were born...?"
If they started from 'love' itself, perhaps Mineba would be able to understand.
The Witch hoped that Mineba would understand this time, and slowly continued her explanation.
From when Witches were born, the relationship between a couple in that process, and where that relationship originated from.
She also didn't have a partner to call a lover, but as someone who had once experienced a heartbreaking unrequited love that couldn't be,
hoping to be of some help to Mineba, she decided to share even her own experience.
Thus, another long period of explanation and Q&A passed.
"Ah... I completely understand."
Finally, Mineba was able to reach the stage of recognizing the word 'love'.
"So, to have a child, the other person's consent is needed, and the process of obtaining that consent is dating and marriage, is that right?"
"Yes, you've understood it precisely."
"Wow...! Finally!"
One Witch even showed an emotional reaction to Mineba finally understanding.
Then, the Witch who had given Mineba the passionate lecture approached the two people nearby.
"From now on, we need your story, both of you."
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The two people, as if not understanding the meaning at all, tilted their heads and expressed their confusion.
They had certainly overheard all of the sex education and the process of love that the Witches were giving Mineba.
But why were they suddenly needed?
They pondered for a long time but still couldn't find an answer, so the two, deciding to play along, followed the guidance of the Witch in front of them and walked to the center of the Witches.
In a position as if they had become monkeys in a zoo, their wonder about what on earth they were supposed to do lasted only for a moment.
The Witch who had guided them turned around and said.
"Leira?"
"Yes?"
"Rie-yang?"
"Yes."
"You two are married, aren't you? Not just dating."
At the Witch's question, Leira and Rie, who shared a glance, looking into each other's eyes for a moment, spoke up, as if it was an obvious fact that didn't even need to be said.
"Of course, we are a 'married couple' who made a thousand-year vow."
Rie emphasized the word 'married couple' as she spoke.
"In that case, would you perhaps be able to kiss here?"
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The one who answered the Witch's question was Leira.
Her eyes were extremely flustered, and her voice was doubtful, as if she wondered if she had heard correctly.
Even that was adorable to Rie, but it wasn't the time to dwell on it, so she decided to restrain herself a little.
"Perhaps, something like not being able to kiss in a place like this...?"
"Uh, uh-uh..."
Among the Witches, Leira was known for being a bit naive.
Of course, after she married a normal woman, she was treated like a traitor.
Perhaps that too was because the child they cherished like a younger sister suddenly became blinded by love one day, and announced she was giving up succession to get married.
That might have been why the Witches felt even more betrayed.
"Are you saying you don't love Rie-yang enough to kiss her in front of other people...?"
"...I-I can do it!"
"Oh my."
"··········Huh?"
Leira, who had been neatly played by another Witch, wore a dumbfounded expression.
At Leira's sudden "confession attack," Rie covered her mouth in surprise.
"Pfft, Leira is still as clueless as ever~"
"Ah, Ariel unnie...!"
For the first time,
the Witch who gave Leira a look not of judgment, but as if seeing family, was the Witch named Ariel.
She was also the Witch who had led Mineba's sex education.
If one were to be precise, she was one of the talents who would lead the Witches after Mineba.