Vol. 16 Ch. 6: Statement

The instant 〈Silent Witch〉 removed her hood, the room erupted in murmurs.

Few people knew what 〈Silent Witch〉 looked like without her hood. She hardly ever appeared at social functions and even wore her hood at ceremonies. Rarer still were those who had ever heard her voice.

She had always kept her head bowed and huddled inconspicuously in a corner. Yet now she stood straight-backed, her head held high, clutching the golden staff that only the Seven Sages were permitted to possess.

Her youthful face was carefully made up, her light-brown hair was tied high, and a tasteful white rose ornament adorned it.

Her mysterious eyes, which looked brown or green depending on the light, were fixed straight ahead... on the Duke of Clockford.

──How had I never noticed until now?

Amid his confusion, Isaac asked himself that question.

The Lady Everett he revered had been so close all along.

Looking back, there had been any number of clues. And yet, in Isaac's mind, the "Lady Everett he revered" and the small, animal-like Monica Norton had never become one and the same.

To be honest, even after seeing Monica standing before him, Isaac still could not believe it...