Vol. 15 Ch. 15: The Bombshell Before We Get to the Main Topic Is Way Too Big

"Monica-sama, I've prepared a chilled cloth for you, so please wipe your face. Agatha is preparing a warm drink right now, so please wait just a little longer."

As the daughter of the great eastern noble House Kelbeck, Isabelle was famous throughout the academy for despising and bullying her own relative, Monica.

Everyone wore a conflicted expression at the sight of Isabelle fussing over Monica so solicitously.

Elliott placed a hand against his forehead and looked up at the ceiling.

"...I feel like I've aged ten years in the past few minutes... I can't believe Miss Norton is a Mage Count... Someone kill me for all the times I told her to 'know her place.'"

When Elliott muttered that, Claudia, who had been slumped over the desk like a corpse, groaned in a lifeless voice.

"...I talked about 〈The Silent Witch〉 in front of 〈The Silent Witch〉 herself. Don't I look like a complete idiot...?"

Claudia was probably referring to the tea party where she had first met Monica.

At that gathering, Claudia had mentioned 〈The Silent Witch〉.

She had said that 〈The Silent Witch〉 was a rational, intelligent person who understood the value of silence...