The Great Witch’s residence was quiet.
The building, without even attendants to serve, maintained silence. Considering her status as the state preceptor of the southern ten kingdoms, it was treatment no different from neglect.
Naturally, there was no reason for the southern ten kingdoms to deliberately slight the Great Witch. Rather, if anything, not only the southern ten kingdoms but also the Academy and the empire had shown willingness to lavishly entertain the Great Witch.
Even so, why was this place so secluded?
The reason was only one.
Because the Great Witch desired tranquility.
She was a woman who had isolated herself on an island within the sea of trees for hundreds of years. There was no way she would long for bustling crowds now.
Thus, the building located in a corner of the Academy had become another great forest.
In the midst of a sea made of silence instead of trees.
Low footsteps echoed over the desolate, empty corridor.
Thud thud, with each step, the amplified noise pounded on the eardrums. The warmthless marble floor spat out sounds as pale as its color.
It was a scene heterogeneous in many ways.
Like paint splattered on a canvas that should have nothing, the woman clinging to my side and I were causing a noisy commotion. Especially the girl wearing the conical hat was even…