Chapter 41: The greedy witch. (1/2)
”If you came back, then you must have found something, correct?” Natalia asked the witch June.
”Yes~,” June laughed, she looked very pleased.
”Did you hire her?” Ruby asked Natalia.
Natalia nodded in agreement.
”Oh, I vaguely remember she said that... But I was really busy at the time,” Sasha said.
June rolled her eyes when she heard Sasha's words, she thought; 'of course, you were busy; you were sucking your husband's blood.'
”Lady Ruby, what are you doing here?” June asked.
”Can't I be at my Darling's house?” Ruby asked in a cold tone.
”Yes, you-...Huh?” June opened her mouth in shock as she looked at Ruby:
”W-What you said...? I think I heard wrong.” June wiped her ear a little.
Ruby raised an eyebrow, ”What? Is it so amazing, me being in a relationship?”
”I don't think she's talking about that,” Sasha commented.
”Huh?” Ruby didn't understand, she looked at Sasha and only saw her friend's neutral face.
”...” June looked at Ruby, and then she looked at Sasha, she repeated this process a few times and thought; 'As expected! My intuition was correct! That man has a great future!'
Her eyes changed to the money symbol.
Seeing June's reaction, Natalia knew what the greedy witch was thinking, ”June... What did you find out?”
”Huh…? Oh…Give me a sec,” she made some gestures with her hand, and soon a big magic circle appeared in the middle of the room.
The magic circle began to grow, and slowly images began to be created.
”Oh?” Natalia looked at the magic circle with interest.
Soon the image of Lucy and Karen appeared in the magic circle.
June points to Lucy and starts giving her report:
”Lucy, a noble vampire sought out by The Inquisition, personality: Liar, cautious, cunning, proud and hardworking. He has a love affair with his partner Karen, a vampire who pretends to be Lucy's subordinate, but the woman's true identity is a noble talent scout.”
The image shifted and focused only on Karen.
”Oh?” Ruby is interested, she looks at Karen, ”Which clan does she serve?”
June looked at Ruby, ”She serves Clan Horseman.”
”Who? I've never heard of it,” Ruby said.
”Neither have I,” Sasha added.
”...Excuse my rude words, but... Are you living in a cave?” June commented in disbelief.
”… Well, we've been busy these days.” Sasha didn't mind and replied.
”Yes. A lot happened in a short time,” Ruby added.
June sighed. ”This information will be free; consider it a kind gesture.” She looked at Sasha:
”The Horseman Clan is the family that took the title vampire count from Lady Sasha's family.”
”....!” Sasha opened her eyes wide.
Ruby's eyes cooled further, and she looked at June.
”How do you know that? That was supposed to be confidential information.” Natalia asked curiously.
”Hah! There's no such thing as a 'confidential' subject when it comes to witches.” June snorted.
”In the witch world, anything can be bought with money, even that kind of information.” She smiled and continued, ”It cost me a lot of money, but I managed to get in touch with the witch the Horseman Clan hired, and she sold all the details.”
”...” Natalia just continued with the same gentle smile on her face and didn't answer anything.
”Witch... I have a question for you.”
June felt her body shiver as she heard Ruby's words, ”W-What?”
”Did you sell the information on my Darling?” The air around Ruby began to grow colder, and slowly her eyes began to change to blood-red:
”Answer me.”
”… N-No! I didn't sell any information about Victor! I am not a fool! I don't want to provoke that crazy woman!” June quickly spoke.
”...” Ruby continued to stare at June, she was looking for some lie in the witch's face, but all she saw was genuine fear.
Sasha has woken up from her stupor and looks at June with neutral eyes. ”...You also know about Scathach kidnapping my husband.”
”Yes, I know. A few hours ago, I received a contact from an informant who spotted Countess Scathach carrying a man like a sack of potatoes to her residence, and, from the characteristics of the man the informant gave me, I could deduce that it was Victor... Although after that, I lost contact with this informant.”
”...”
”Give up on this informant; he's probably buried seven feet under the earth now,” Ruby spoke in the same tone of voice, she controlled her emotions, and soon the air around her started to return to normal.
”….” June nodded in agreement, she knew Scathach's personality, the crazy woman was just too famous; he probably died… Sigh, I need to find another informant in the vampire world…
”June is a talented witch~; few witches can do what she did now...” Natalia complimented her smiling gently.
”Thank you.” June flashed a satisfied smile.
”...” Ruby and Sasha just rolled their eyes when they saw June's smile.