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Chapter 257 - The Summer Witch

After finishing the call, I placed my smartphone on the table.

"Are you going to work?" Arc, who had been listening, asked.

"I suppose so… I’m going to get changed." I stood up and left the living room. For some reason, Mia followed me. I wondered if she was going to help me change, but when I entered the bedroom, she closed the door and stood waiting in the hallway. I didn’t quite understand Mia’s behavior, but I took off my clothes, drank a TS Potion, and changed into Eleanor-san.

"Okay, um… huh?"

I didn’t know where Eleanor-san’s clothes were, other than the black robe.

"Mia, where are my clothes?"

"In the right side of the closet, ma’am," Mia called from outside the room. I opened the closet and reached for the left-hand dresser.

"Ah, Kaede-sama said she would kill you if you opened her dresser."

She did say that…

I stopped my hand, reached for the right-hand dresser instead, and took out some clothes. After I finished changing, I left the bedroom.

"She wouldn’t know if you didn’t tell on me, right? I just want a little sniff." I asked Mia, who was waiting outside the room.

"I have been instructed to tell on you even if you say such things. I will pretend I did not hear that this time."

I see…

"I’m going back."

"Yes, ma’am."

Now understanding why Mia had followed me, we returned to the living room together.

"Huh? You’re not wearing the black robe?"

"I’m the selfish Summer Eleanor."

I was wearing a T-shirt and hot pants, my beautiful legs, polished by my Potion Baths, on full display.

"A twenty-seven-year-old trying too hard…"

Ouch, that actually hurt. Apologize to Yoshino-san.

"I can’t wear something as stifling as a black robe."

Those clothes actually had temperature regulation, so they weren’t hot, but they looked hot.

"It suits you, Master."

"Thank you. Arc should learn that this kind of consideration is important."

"I don’t want to hear that from you."

Is that so.

"Arc, they apparently found a mysterious cave in the Emereldas Mountain Range. Do you know anything about it?" I sat on the sofa, crossed my legs, and took a cup of coffee from Mia as I asked.

"A cave? There was something like that there? I don’t know."

You don’t know…

"Master, there are records that various ores were once mined in the Emereldas Mountain Range. Perhaps it is the Mine Ruins?" the knowledgeable Lydia-chan informed me.

"I see… now that you mention it, the King did say you could find all sorts of things there."

When he was buying the TS Potions, the King had offered several areas in Frontier as candidates. I chose the Emereldas Mountain Range because I heard it was rich in minerals and thought it would sell for a high price.

"A mine, huh… It reminds me of the Diana Mine."

I wonder if there will be Hide Skeletons.

"You’re going with Nanaka, right? With her Clairvoyance, you should be able to manage, shouldn’t you?"

"I suppose… Well, whatever. I’m going to make a call, so be quiet."

"Got it."

Arc muted the game’s sound with the remote. Seeing that, I operated my smartphone and called Claire.

"Hi." That cheerful voice was Claire.

"Hello."

"Hello. What’s up? It’s rare for you to call me."

Usually, she was the one who called. Calls demanding this or that.

"You already know. It’s about the cave in the Emereldas Mountain Range."

"Oh? Are you taking the job? That’s rare for you."

Well, I could see why she’d think that.

"I’m bored. I want to talk about it. At the usual place."

"Roger that. You can come over anytime."

"Mm."

After our brief conversation, I ended the call and stood up.

"Arc, send me to the usual place."

"Alright."

Arc approached and held up his hand. In an instant, my vision changed to a certain room.

This room was in some apartment building, apparently purchased by Claire and her team for their transactions. Trading out of a taxi was no longer feasible, and since they had teleportation, this was where they now handled money and business deals.

"Huh? Where’s the usual black robe?" Claire asked from her seat at the table.

"It’s too hot, so I wore this. It’s not like I’m going outside anyway."

"Hmm… You probably wouldn’t be recognized if you went out in that outfit. It’s a far cry from your witch style."

Either way, I wasn’t going outside as Eleanor-san. Being Okita-kun was enough.

"It doesn’t matter. Where’s Harry?"

"Did you call?"

I thought I heard Harry’s voice. I looked toward the kitchen and saw him standing there, eating cup ramen.

"He’s even started eating cup ramen now…"

"I haven’t seen him eat anything other than ramen lately…"

Come to think of it, the iekei ramen shop I went to with Arc had a photo of Harry on the wall.

"You’re going to die, you know."

"I’ll be fine. I can’t die until I’ve eaten all the ramen in Tokyo."

Are you serious… I really think he’s going to die…

"That smells good." Arc, who had teleported me here, looked at Harry with envy.

"Want some? This is a special Tenri ramen cup noodle I got from Nara."

He’s buying it online…

"I’ll have some."

"Arc, go eat your ramen over there. I have business with this old lady."

"Old la—" Claire’s mouth twitched.

"Old lady… Aren’t you about the same age?" Arc asked.

I’ll kill you…

"My disciple is so honest and good." Claire was all smiles.

"Just shut up and eat ramen with the idiot." I shooed him away. Arc then disappeared into the kitchen.

"Hey. I’ve been wondering for a while, but is that kid a boy or a girl?"

I have no idea.