Chapter 85 – 85. The Empire

The witch who entered her house put her smartphone down and opened her mouth. Everyone in this room had no idea what it was, but I wasn’t.

‘Why is that over there…….’

In the past, when it had just landed in another world, the smartphone was confiscated by the village chief and then sold to a certain merchant. I thought I’d never see you again after you left my hand.

At that time, the witch, who confirmed that no one came forward, turned on her smart phone and held out the screen to us.

“You really don’t know this?”
“—!!”

I felt my heart sink.
It seems that they haven’t been able to unlock it, but several months have already passed since they fell to another world. Even if the battery is discharged, it means that it should have been discharged immediately.

But that witch turned her power on casually. As if she says she has the technology to charge her smart phone her.

‘Even in this world…… Is there electricity?’

It was not unbelievable. Electricity was first invented in the 1800s. 19th century. I jokingly said that it was uncivilized and uncivilized, but it would not be strange if it developed really quickly from the pre-modern era to the modern era when electricity was invented.

After all, isn’t it a world with witches and the supernatural powers they use? If someone in power thinks of using witches, and actually starts using them——it only takes a moment for civilization to develop.

‘In other words, this witch is not an individual who came here after accidentally picking up her smartphone her…….’

There is a high possibility that she is a witch with a certain power behind her back.

There had to be a possibility that it was simply a witch with mechanical magic – but I didn’t think that a witch who usually lives in the mountains could get a smartphone.

I visually conveyed to her master that she had her powers—and that she was a threat to life in this hut. Seeing my wink, Master smiled and nodded his head as if telling me not to worry.

“You there. Name is?”

“Yes? Ah- the introduction is late. It’s Makina. As you can see, she is a witch just like you.”

“Yes, Makina. Will you please leave my house now?”

“Are you a guest?”

“Isn’t it the master’s freedom to receive guests?”

When Master said that and glared at Makina, Makina nodded her head as if that could be the case and stood up.

When she got up from her seat and naturally tried to grab her smartphone, her teacher grabbed her wrist her and talked.

“And—that thing, just leave it there.”

“…… Hehe, kicking out customers isn’t enough, so you’re going to rob?”

“Isn’t that what you came here for? I need to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

While I was perplexed by Evangeline’s behavior her, Makina, who was looking at Evangeline with her eyes sparkling, nodded her head alone and agreed to something about her, and then she turned around and disappeared outside the door.

Evangeline, who cast out her witch, immediately picked up her smartphone that she had left behind and brought it to me.

“Come on, John! You wanted it!?”

“…… Yeah? Me?”

“Yes! Didn’t you just look at me and say, ‘Master, I really want to have that’?”

“…… When am I?”

“…… Uh? Didn’t you want to take it away?”

Master, when am I?

* * *

Although Evangeline had an accident that she didn’t expect, I thought it was a consolation and gave her a smartphone. The other witches made ridiculous faces when they saw me robbing my teacher, but I tried to ignore them.

It didn’t matter now. I immediately picked up my smartphone. Heritage of modern civilization. It is such a great invention that it is said that mankind is divided before and after the smartphone.

In an era where even soldiers use smartphones, I, who had been living away from my smartphone for several months, was starving for civilization.

The freedom to roam the city center and a female body to enjoy at any time could not satisfy my hunger.

I put my finger on the middle of the smartphone. Looking forward to the feast of human civilization that will unfold soon—.

“…… Why not?”
“Yes? What’s wrong, John?”
“Oh, no. Nothing…….”

I thought something was wrong, so I pressed the power button myself, but the smartphone didn’t work. I continued to hit the power button like a madman.

Then, in the end, he let go of everything and sighed in despair.

“—Ha.”
“…… John, what’s wrong?”
“No, no….”

Saying that, I put down my smartphone and went back to my room. I had no choice but to ignore the eyes of the witches on my back.

Aww, Reina-chan. Asuka-chan. I thought I’d see you for a long time…… Sorry.

* * *

Makina, who had her smartphone stolen and was kicked out, smiled as she left the cabin.

His smartphone was taken away, and all his plans were destroyed—but he didn’t care too much.

Because I got something more important than that.

‘Witches are one, two, three, four….’

Five witches live together in one hut.
A human man was there.

It would not be easy for ordinary people to guess that there was some connection between the witch and the man. Rumors spread that they catch people and experiment on their bodies, and there were also rumors that witches were excluded from each other because of the curse they possessed.

But Makina was different. She even recognized with her own eyes that witches love one man at the same time.

‘It’s surprising that a human seduced a witch… Not one, but five at the same time—’

Times were changing.
Just as the emperor of the empire used her to achieve national prosperity and military strength.
The witches’ attitude toward humans is also changing.
In the midst of that intense flow of the times, Makina remembered what she could do.

“For now—let’s go back.”

She slammed her business card into a tree near the cabin and disappeared. Hopefully, they’ll find this out and show interest in me.

* * *

Negative emotions. So the negative emotions that make people depressed didn’t go away as well as they were stuck in their minds.

In order to remove it, a strong emotional appeal was required, and Yohan chose sadism as the method.

Thanks to Margaret for accepting my things, John let out all his anger and left the cabin early in the morning, as he did every day.

The dawn air was cold and through the fog, I ran for training.

It wasn’t until around the time when sweat started to form in the cold air that Yohan returned from training and found a business card hidden in fog.

‘…… What is this again?’

Business cards have been around for a very long time, but these square card-shaped business cards have only been invented in recent times.

Yohan looked at the business card, slightly surprised by the traces of civilization he had n’t seen in a long time since his smartphone his.

「Imperial Minister of Science and Technology Makina」

The business card had only one name written on it in cursive, but Johann realized that it belonged to the witch who had appeared yesterday.

And looking at the words written there, he also confirmed that his guess was correct. I had never heard of the name Empire, but Evangeline or Regina would know.

Thinking so, John took his business card and entered the house.

“John. Good morning.”
“Ah, Regina.”
“Are you on your way from training?”
“Yes. I just have something I want to show you.”

John handed Regina the business card he had picked up, and after reading the words on it, Regina nodded and returned the business card to John.

“It’s an imperial official’s business card. Are you the girl from yesterday?”
“Maybe? It was stuck in a tree in front of me.”
“Then it is most likely genuine. It’s an empire after all…….”
“Know?”
“I know. It’s a problem because I know it too well.”

Regina said that and thought of the empire. The one who divided this world into two halves. The world’s most powerful country. At the same time——it was a name I thought I wouldn’t see in this remote forest.

“The Empire is on the other side of here.”
“…… Are you on the other side? What are you talking about?”
“Did you know that the earth is round?”
“I know, but…….”
“Then it should be easy to explain. Literally. The Empire is located on the opposite side of the planet from here, even in a remote area of ​​the kingdom.”

Approximately 18,000 kilometers away, too far to reach by horse or boat.

Hearing this, John began to roughly calculate the distance. Even if you board a passenger ship that runs at the speed of sound, you have to fly for about 16 hours or more.

Considering that even Evangeline, known as the strongest witch, could not fly for more than 30 minutes at the speed of sound, this was a distance that could not be easily traveled.

‘No, then—how did that witch get this far…….’

Just when I was wondering how the Makina I saw last night got to this point, the awakened witches appeared one by one.

The witches who saw Yohan standing blankly and tilted their heads and asked if he was worried soon realized the reason why Yohan was so worried.

After hearing Johan’s story, Margaret opened her mouth casually as if it was nothing.

“Do you want to go? Empire?”
“Yes? No, it’s on the other side of the world…….”
“It doesn’t take long. Go in one minute.”

It was only then that John realized that the one in front of him was the witch of the only space in the world. In fact, there are no restrictions on distance, and if you want, you can go all the way to the moon.