The Bck Witch and the Red WitchKuro and BeniMe and my best friend

  Since our curses are simir in nature, we have a lot in common.For example, Lustful pheromones and Sexual pheromones. Back when our magic wasn’t restricted, Beni and I used to go out to bars often and hunt men together. Because of our witch curses, we had to release some tension from time to time.

  But sometimes our curses get out of control. When that happens, we can rein each other in. Once, the wrath of Beni’s Red Curse spiraled out of control. I used the immortal fme to stop Beni from burning down a vilge. What is an immortal fme? Just as the name suggests, a fme that cannot be extinguished. Once it ignites, it cannot be put out until its target is completely consumed.

  How did I stop it? Hehe, being number one in the Perpetual Witch Ranking is not just for show. Beni and I weren’t always this close. We started off as rivals. I remember Beni never losing a fight before meeting me, so she challenged me.

  The result? You probably already guessed it. I won, as always. I’ve never lost to Beni. I am the opponent with the immortal fme. Quite impressive, right? Hehehe.

  I got off topic. Since then, we went through many things and became close, and Beni became my best friend. When my Bck Curse starts to spiral out of control, Beni stops me.

  The Bck Witch and the Red WitchWhen one of us is about to go out of control, the other stops them.Like the brakes on our curses.After gaining a lot of experience, this has become a rule for us for over hundreds of years.

  [When One curse is about to go out of control, The Other will stop it.]

  What do you do when we go out of control together?Well… If the first and third in the ranking both go out of control at the same time… It might be faster to pray to God. Haha…Right now, everything is fine. It’s not ideal, but my magic is being restrained, so even if I go out of control, the damage will be minimal.The organization can handle this kind of situation. Well, that’s why the organization was established in the first pce.

  However, when the organization intervenes, it’s usually not a good situation.So it’s very important to stop each other. Like the first line of defense against curses.

  Bck witch and Red WitchKuro and BeniMe and my best friendThat’s the kind of retionship we have.

  [Before one of us is about to do something wrong, the other stops it.]

  It’s simple.

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  I want to believe that it was my mistake. After seeing the bck thread, I quickly changed clothes and carried the baby and went to Beni’s house.

  Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!

  I desperately knocked on Beni’s door. I wanted another witch to see it. This bond thread. I want her to confirm if it really exists.

  “Who…Kuro, what’s wrong? This early in the morning. What if my daughters wake up?”

  Beni, still in her underwear, opened the door and said. I immediately entered Beni’s office.

  “Hey! Hey! What are you doing all of a sudden? Please expin to me.”

  “Beni! Inject magic into the ring right now! Shine the magic light on me and the baby!”

  I want to confirm it quickly.

  “Did you suddenly come to my house for something like this? Has the bck curse gone out of control?”

  “Hurry up!”

  “Alright. Jeez…”

  Beni injected magic and the ruby on the ring she wore on her left ring finger sparkled. Shine that red light on me and the baby. Please, don’t let the bck thread come out. I want to believe it was my mistake earlier. But Beni’s reaction is cruel to me.

  “Hey…! What does this mean?”

  I want to know too. She asked me in a surprised expression.

  “Why is there a thread of magic connecting Kuro and the baby! Please expin!”

  Ah, the Red Witch could see this thread too. Indeed, it wasn’t a mistake earlier.

  “I want to know too! I really don’t know.”

  “Kuro… you didn’t have…sex with the baby, did you?”

  “I’m not that much of a pervert! I’ve never even made a contract to take on an apprentice.”

  “Then why? And even if you had sex, even if you took on a witch apprentice contract, there’s no way the thread would darken this quickly, right?”

  Thread of magic, thread of bond, a link. The curse of the witch is transmitted to the other person through this thread. In most cases where the thread appears, it’s when the witch takes on an apprentice. When they make a contract, and the link is successful, the thread appears. Over time, the color of the thread becomes darker, and eventually becomes unremovable. It’s like a lifelong contract.

  Usually, after two weeks, the color of the thread becomes darker, and eventually becomes unremovable. There are ways to make the color darken faster. As far as I know, one is to bring the hearts of the witch and the apprentice as close as possible. This speeds up the flow of magic and darkens the thread color faster. Another way is sex. The more you have sex, the darker the thread color becomes.

  But why am I connected to the baby even though I haven’t done anything?

  “Kuro, what did you do to the baby? Think carefully.”

  “What do you mean, I just took care of the baby as Beni said. Fed milk, changed diapers…! No way!”

  “What did you do!?”

  “Is it because I let the baby suck on my nipple?”

  “…I understand that you want to do that. But I don’t think that’s the cause. If you were just letting the baby suck on your nipple, it shouldn’t take that long. The color of this thread… it’s already quite dark.”

  Yes, if I didn’t see the magic thread this morning, the baby would definitely be cursed by the Bck Witch’s curse for the next few days. And there is only one way to prevent the baby from being cursed. That is…

  “Kuro, I understand how much you care for this child, but…”

  Don’t say it…

  “As your best friend, there are things I need to tell you at a time like this.”

  Don’t say it.

  “You need to let go of that child.”

  Don’t say that!!!

  Pong!

  I punched the reception sofa in the office in anger.

  Whaaaaaaa~ Whaaaaaaa~

  A loud voice suddenly came out. The baby was startled and started crying. Hearing the baby’s cries, I managed to calm down a bit.

  “…Calm down, Kuro.”

  “Why did the thread of magic appear in the first pce!? It shouldn’t be something that comes out so easily.”

  “I don’t know, one condition for the thread of magic appearing is taking on an apprentice. The other is blood retionship.”

  Yeah, there’s not just one condition for the magic thread to appear. I’ll never forget the look on Beni’s face when she saw the red thread when her first baby was born. Holding her newborn baby in her arms, she felt like she was in heaven, but as soon as she saw the red thread, she suddenly fell into hell. I probably had that look on my face this morning.

  “I’ve never been pregnant, there’s no way this child is reted to me.”

  “I know. There might be other conditions for the magic thread to appear. But you and this child…no matter how much the threads form and the color intensity, it’s all happening too quickly.”

  No blood retion, never made a contract to take in an apprentice. So why?

  “It’s just my own specution, but … you and the child compatibility is just too good.”

  What’s that?Compatibility?Too good compatibility?

  Do I have to leave my baby because we are too compatible?

  Hahaha… I can’t help but ugh. It’s the first child of the Bck Witch. It’s not just a perfect match. If we say they have a good compatibility, this child must like bck as well. Bck hair, bck eyes, perfect compatibility with bck. Yet we have to separate!? What’s the reasoning behind this?! Don’t mess around!

  “Kuro, Kuro! Are you listening?”

  “Oh, sorry… Did you say something?”

  “Get it together! Kuro! You’re unstable right now. I’m telling you this because we’re friends.”

  So don’t say it! !!

  “The day before yesterday, after Kuro left the office, I searched for an orphanage just in case. I never thought it would come to this…”

  An orphanage…?

  “What do you mean by searching for an orphanage?”

  “Kuro! You should understand the danger of the Bck Witch’s curse the most. That’s why I’ve never taken on an apprentice before. Is it okay for this baby to be cursed by the Bck Witch’s curse!?”

  I… knew it especially well. When I saw the bck thread, the possibility of me and this child being together disappeared. But…

  “It’s okay… Look, I’ll handle it somehow. Just one or two curses.”

  “Kuro! Are you serious!? Can you take responsibility for this child’s life? You can’t erase a witch’s curse. And on top of that, it’s the most dangerous of all, the Bck Witch’s curse!”

  Shut up…

  “It’s cruel, but I’ll say it anyway. It’s your responsibility for this child’s future! What will you do if something bad happens because of the curse?”

  Shut up…

  “I hate to say this, but I’ll say it anyway. Stay away from this child! Bck Witch.”

  Shut up…

  “Are you listening, Kuro!”

  “You’re annoying!! Even Beni’s child is cursed…!”

  A red aura of magic hits me like a tsunami.

  “Try saying it again!!! Bck Witch! Continue what you said earlier!”

  Standing in front of me is the angry Red Witch enveloped in a red aura.

  “It may sound bad to say this, but I gave birth to my daughters myself. But Kuro’s child was picked up.”

  I remembered this conversation Beni had with me the day I picked up the baby.

  “How much I struggled, how prepared I was. Kuro should know. I need to take responsibility because it’s the child I gave birth to. I need to take responsibility for my daughters’ lives. Kuro must know the effect of the Red Curse.”

  “I’m sorry…”

  I know, Beni is also tied to my daughters with a red thread. When Beni found out she was pregnant, she came to me for advice, and I know how much she struggled and how determined she was.

  “The color of the thread is still not completely bck. There is still a choice to be made. Do you want this child to carry the Bck Witch’s curse?”

  Both of Beni’s children were born with a bright red thread. There is almost no choice. I have a choice. But…

  “Stay away from that child. Otherwise, I will report you to the authorities.”

  Oh no! The st thing I want to see is the Organization to get involved. In the worst case scenario, this child might be investigated, experimented on. Damn it…

  “Please contact the orphanage…”

  The red aura faded. Beni returned to normal.

  “Uh… uh… why do I have to leave this boy?”

  Looking at the baby in my arms, tears began to flow.

  “I know it’s very hard. But since the bck thread appeared, it’s best to stay away.”

  Why!Why!Aren’t we perfectly suited to each other?!You have a good affinity with bck. You’re the child of the Bck Witch.Why we can’t be together.God, didn’t you hear my voice?!Didn’t you give me this child?So why did the bck thread appear!

  Beni answered the phone and contacted the orphanage.

  “Yes, yes, it’s impossible today? How about tomorrow? Tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock. Understood. Okay then.”

  Beni hung up the phone and told me the result of the call.

  “It’s tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock. What about the baby? Should I take care of it at my house?”

  “Just one more day! Just one more day with this child! Please, Beni.”

  Beni looks at me and the baby as if contempting something. Then she injects magic into the ring again and shines a red light on me and the baby.

  “Alright, one day shouldn’t make the thread completely bck. So, tomorrow morning at eight o’clock, go to Kuro’s office and contact the orphanage. Don’t do something stupid like run away with the baby.”

  “Ah… I understand.”

  I left Beni’s office with the baby in my arms.

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  “Saeko, what happened this morning? You took the baby out all of a sudden.”

  Ah, I left in such a hurry this morning that I forgot about Yami.

  “Yami, we need to talk. It’s about this child.”

  I expined to Yami about the witch’s curse and the bck thread. To prove it’s not a lie, I shone the bck light from the ring on myself and the baby again and showed Yami. Yami isn’t a witch, but she can see traces of slight magic.

  “It’s true. There is a faint bck thread.”

  Oh, Yami can see it too. I checked again. The presence of the bck thread.

  “What will we do with this child? According to the earlier conversation, that curse is dangerous, right?”

  “Tomorrow morning, someone from the orphanage will come to pick up the child.”

  “That’s fast. It’s only the third day of living with the baby…”

  It’s really fast, too fast that I don’t know how to react anymore.

  “Yami, it’s the baby’s st day. Let’s py with the baby together.”

  Already, there’s only a short time left to be with the baby…