Silent Witch

Book 16: Chapter 18: The Young Female Guild Master's Departure

Book 16: Chapter 18: The Young Female Guild Master's Departure

In the guest room of the guild where Lana Collete serves as the guild master, a newlywed couple had recently visited.

The couple's name was the Maywoods.

Namely, Neil Clay Maywood and his wife Claudia.

"Congratulations on establishing the guild."

"Thank you! Welcome, even though it's far away."

As Lana smiled and offered tea, Claudia raised her cup and muttered in a low voice.

"It's on the way to our honeymoon"

At her as-usual tactless remark, Lana narrowed her eyes slightly and pursed her lips.

"You said on the way', huh. Well, Southern Doll is a good place. It's lively with many rare items, perfect for a honeymoon, I think."

The port town of Southern Doll, where Lana established her guild, is one of the busiest in the Ridill Kingdom. With many people and goods coming and going, the stalls are lined with seafood and exotic items from abroad, always brimming with energy.

Neil, sitting next to Claudia, took a sip of his teacup and said with a smile,

"I peeked at the market earlier and was surprised at how cheap the spices were. In our territory, they cost about ten times as much Ah, this tea also uses spices, doesn't it?"

"Yes, that's right. Brewing milk tea with spices has recently become popular among the nobles in the capital."

"Does your guild handle spices as well?"

At Neil's question, Lana gave a slight wry smile.

The truth is that they're still struggling to deal with spices due to the many regulations on importing them.

"We don't have the leeway to deal with spices yet. Our main products are keeping us busy enough."

"I heard you handle clothes and cosmetics."

At Claudia's words, Lana averted her eyes with an "ugh" expression, as if she had hit the mark.

What the guild is currently mainly dealing with is not dresses or cosmetics for noble ladies. Of course, she wants to eventually expand into that area, but for now, Lana's main products are related to magic tools.

"That gaudy eyeglasses Duke Anvard suggested it. He wanted us to wholesale the materials for magic tools."

More than a year ago, Lana had been running around collecting materials to help with the creation of the Black Chalice.

That was the catalyst that led to her developing close ties with Duke Barney Jones of Anvard.

Above all, the "Black Chalice" created by Monica had a huge impact on the magic tool industry. The publicity of having contributed to its production was extremely powerful advertising.

"Recently, I've been thinking of handling small magic tools for self-defense. You know, the old amulets were outdated in decoration or lacked sense, so they weren't very popular, right?"

So Lana suggested to Barney to create decorative magic tools with designs that would be popular in the court.

Defensive ornaments, or amulets, can be broadly divided into two types: those given to knights heading off to slay dragons, and those given by men to women.

Lana proposed designs for both men and women, taking into account practicality and trends. Surprisingly, Barney was enthusiastic about it, and prototypes would be made soon.

I can't run a guild with you but if you're handling magic tools at your guild, I think I can help out in various ways.'

Lana was so happy that she ended up hugging Monica, but that's a secret from Glenn and the others.

Following Lana's lead, Glenn, Neil, and Claudia visited Monica's home, bringing the large ham as a gift.

The house where Monica lives is located in a relatively quiet residential area of the port town of Southern Doll.

Although Lana and Monica try to have meals together or go to shops Lana recommends about once a week, and discuss products the guild will handle, Lana hadn't been able to visit Monica's home for the past week due to being busy with guild preparations.

"In that sense, food is the perfect gift. Monica tends to forget meals when she's absorbed in her research As one of the Seven Sages, she should take on an apprentice to take care of her daily needs, or hire a servant!"

"Eh, apprentices have to take care of their masters' daily needs!? I've never done that, you see!"

At Glenn's words, Neil smiled vaguely and said, "Well, different people, different strokes."

Eventually, they arrived at a cute brick house with a red roof.

Lana knocked on the door knocker familiarly but there was no answer.

Neil murmured, "Maybe she's out," but a different possibility crossed Lana's mind.

"Don't tell me she's collapsed and sleeping on the floor again"

While at Selendia Academy, Monica had maintained a relatively regular lifestyle. But her life as one of the Seven Sages was terrible.

Lana, as a guild master, also worked late into the night and sometimes fell asleep on the sofa out of exhaustion, but Monica was on another level.

Finding her buried under piles of paper, sleeping like the dead, was an everyday occurrence.

Worried, Lana turned the doorknob and the door opened easily. It seemed Monica was home after all.

"Monica, are you awake?"

Upon entering and opening the door, Lana's eyes widened in surprise.

"Eh?"

The last time she visited, there were piles of paper scattered all the way to the entrance, but now everything was neatly cleaned up. Documents and books were properly arranged on shelves, and a small vase on the desk held cute flowers.

Everywhere you looked, it was a clean, homely house. Before, it didn't seem like a place where a human could properly live!

As Lana was thinking that Monica must have finally hired a housekeeper, someone came from the kitchen in the back of the room.

"Oh, visitors?"

Lana's mouth fell open at the person.

A glamorous honey-blonde with mysterious blue eyes. A sweet, well-formed beautiful face with slender, long legs.

"Ah, aah, you're!"

"Hey there, long time no see."

Smiling warmly at them was Isaac Walker, the young man who had once called himself Felix Ark Ridill, the second prince of this country.