PROLOGUE: The Silent Witch Buys Some Time

PROLOGUE: The Silent Witch Buys Some Time

PROLOGUE

The Silent Witch Buys Some Time

Powerful gusts, thick with mana, swirled in the skies above Kelielinden Forest. Roaring, they engulfed the wind flowing in from the north, bending branches and shaking leaves.

One tree among the others, however, remained unaffected.

It towered before Monica’s eyes, and at the very top stood a beautiful maid with her blond hair tied back. She stood, legs together, with her inhuman eyes staring down at Monica and Bartholomeus.

This was Rynzbelfeid, a high wind spirit contracted to Louis Miller. On any other day, Monica would have found her to be a reassuring ally. But right now, she didn’t say a word as she swung a blade of wind down at Monica. Her movements were detached, as though she were only doing her job.

“Miss Ryn!” Monica shouted, putting up a defensive barrier as she gazed up at the spirit.

Under normal circumstances, the spirit might have answered with something like Indeed, it is I, the talented chief maid Rynzbelfeid . An earnest, silly response that could have been genuine or merely a joke. But this time, there was no reply.

Instead of speaking, she brought the wind blade crashing down against Monica’s barrier like a huge ax, destroying it.

Monica quickly put up a second barrier and continued to hold out.

A high spirit’s attacks are so mana-dense… Nothing like a person’s!

Spirits had far greater mana capacity than humans, and they were very good at using it. Because of that, they didn’t need to weave formulae and use their power in the form of magecraft like humans did. That also meant they didn’t have to chant.