Chapter 165 – A Certain Famous Manga Artist's Memorial Hall and the Witch of Wind and Ice

After раrting wауs with Маshiro, the рlacе I guidеd the Witсh tо wаs а сertаin famоus manga аrtist mеmоriаl hall loсatеd in this town.

And surprisinglу, thе adjacent sраce was a cаfé аrea.

“Japanеsе culture! I likе mangа tоо, dеsu!”

The Witch was аlreadу sо сurious abоut thе mеmorial hаll she cоuldn’t stand it!

What’s with this persоn!?

Сome tо think оf it, she’s thе most flatlу (normally) rеspоnsivе Witch I’ve encountеred sо fаr.

Тhe Witсh of Flamе wаs hоstile from thе start, thе Witсh оf thе Мind was аlrеаdy unhingеd аnd launched an attack from the beginning, and even the Witch of the Sea attacked without any discussion.

The Witch of Wind and Ice is the first one to pinpoint my location and come all the way here by train herself.

“Well then, to the main point… You, Spice… You know about her, desho? Are you a person involved with her?”

“Hiding it here probably won’t do any good. Indeed. I am a person involved with her.”

“Yappari. I saw the Dungeon Hazard stream and searched for the location, and this place came up, kimashita. A Greater Wind Demon was punished in England, desho? It was the best timing.”

“I see… So, Witch of Wind and Ice-san.”

“!? How did you figure out my true identity!?”

You’d know that, obviously!

She’s flustered in an ordinary way.

This one… isn’t she a bit of an airhead?

“Uun, ever since I inherited Grandma’s Grimoire as a legacy, I’ve been trying hard to become more witch-like, desu ga.”

“What did you just say!?”

Inherited a Grimoire from Grandma as a legacy!?

In other words, this Witch of Wind and Ice is the second generation…!?

Just then, the cake set we ordered arrived.

It came with a coaster featuring a manga character from that certain manga artist.

“Oh! I know this! It got remade into an anime, desu yo ne, I love it desu!”

She said while smiling and putting it away in her bag.

After that, she poured plenty of milk and sugar into her coffee and gulped it down.

“When it comes to cake, I prefer ones with more crunchy sugar, desu ne~”

“Cakes over there seem to be like that, huh.”

“Now then, Anata.”

“Ah, yes.”

“Can I go look at the manga?”

She’s fidgeting!!

It seems I’ve brought her to a critically interesting place.

I accompanied her and entered the adjacent famous manga artist memorial hall.

Tools used by the manga artist, manga manuscripts.

Anecdotes from the serialization period were displayed in panel format, making it quite worthwhile to see.

They thoughtfully included explanations in English and Chinese as well.

“I can read it because I’m majoring in Japanese culture, desu kedo ne~”

“Eh, a university student!?”

“Yes! I’ll be twenty soon!”

“19 years old!”

I was shocked.

She’s too young!

More importantly, it’s now confirmed she’s completely a different person from the Witch who attacked her grandmother.

Probably, the Witch who bestowed the Grimoire upon her was the enemy.

So, what happened to the Witch who had to give up her Grimoire for some reason?

“Hey, what happened to your grandmother?”

“Oh.”

She kind of shrugged.

“Grandma fought a Cardinal Sin in California and lost, mashita! So I received the Grimoire as part of the inheritance, desu ne~”

She didn’t even receive it directly!

Listening to the details, it seems the previous Witch of Wind and Ice was apparently disliked even within her own clan.

Was she disliked because she was devoted to magic, or was it the other way around?

She says she doesn’t really know.

So, I decided to introduce myself here.

“I’ll introduce myself since you don’t seem hostile, but I’m Spice.”

“!?”

Her eyes widened.

She scrutinized me intently, from head to toe.

After confirming no one was around, I took the Floppy out of my pocket.

“Metamorphose Spice.”

Wrapped in a black and white spiral, my form changed into… Spice!

“Wah! Spice! Cute girl, Spice!”

She seems impressed for some reason!

“Okay, I’ll call you Spice. Then I’ll show you too! Metamorphose Windy!”

Right before my eyes, she transformed.

She transformed!?

It’s completely different from a Witch’s transformation.

It’s the same type as Spice’s.

An Alice Dress with a green base, like something out of Alice in Wonderland!

Of course, the white parts are white.

A dark blue ribbon suited her head.

There stood a girl who looked about the same age as Spice’s appearance, with the green mesh in her blonde hair greatly increased.

“I came here to declare war on Spice!”

“Your way of speaking doesn’t change!”

“That’s right, desu! I don’t have any particular reason to fight, but there’s this annoying Old Lady who says I must fulfill Grandma’s wish, desu ne. That’s why I came here, to fight!”

“Ah, an obligatory battle! More like, it finally feels like an enemy magical girl has appeared! From Spice’s perspective, that’s pretty exciting.”

“Ari masu ne~! A battle with a villain who has the same power! … Oh, maybe I’m the villain? No~”

She held her head.

Cute.

“Then, to let you fulfill your obligation, how about Spice and I have a match later? Right now, something more dangerous seems like it’s coming, so it’s not good for us Spices to be fighting amongst ourselves.”

“Watts? Dangerous?”

“The Witch of Flame, who should have been defeated, seems like she’s coming back from space.”

“Oh!”

Windy reacted with an over-the-top expression of surprise.

At that moment, the previously quiet Wind and Ice Grimoire suddenly popped out.

‘I thought you sent that woman into space? She’s still alive? How careless!!’

“A new Grimoire!!”

‘I am Windy’s guardian, Snow White of Wind and Ice. It seems you have Flota, Ignite, Mentaris, and Marinna over there, but I won’t lose! I’ll show you who the Grimoire with the greatest versatility is! Also, since we came all the way from Kansas, we’re going to do tons of sightseeing to get our money’s worth, Windy!!’

“Yay!”

“Full of motivation!”

‘It’s a new type of Grimoire, Master.’

Floppy also popped her face out.

‘Oh my, you have a newborn Grimoire over there? How about it? Won’t you come to our side?’

‘I’ll respectfully decline.’

‘How modest.’

And so.

Spice and Windy decided on the day for their decisive battle.

Tomorrow!

By the way, when the two of them left the memorial hall, even though two adults had entered, two little girls came out, causing the staff member to be in a state of great confusion.