It's The First Time For Both Of Us

Translator and Editor: Bunny and Wyvern

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Chapter 28

My anger soared. He just said that my mother was evil. I had never—even once—met a person as good as my mother, and her power as a witch wasn’t evil. This godd**n worldview was made by the evil Pope.

I wanted to be in a secret-sharing relationship with Hilla.

I thought I had finally met my comrade, so I thought I’d tell him my secret someday.

If Hilla really wanted to hide his relationship with the witch, he wouldn’t have made the witch’s potion.

“Not evil,” I said looking at him.

“Miss Mariette,” Hilla called me with a stern voice as if trying to threaten me again, but I wasn’t afraid at all.

“Not evil. Witches are not evil. Hilla is just a coward.”

“…”

I went out to the hallway holding Kuhn.

’There was no point in telling him. Coward.’

I headed straight for the stairs leading to my room. After making sure that no one was passing by, I called Kuhn’s name softly as I climbed the stairs.

[Uh-huh. Are you okay?]

“Hmm, I’m fine. Hilla was so bad, right? He made me angry.”

[Still, your hard work was worth it.]

“Huh?”

[I found out the bloodline of that guy.]

“Really?”

Kuhn was indeed smart.

I stopped walking and turned completely to Kuhn. He jumped over the railing and made eye contact with me.

[Did you know, witches have something called the ‘witch’s mark’?]

“Mark?”

[Yes. Witches were inherently proud of their power. From what I hear now, it seems completely different now, but it was like that in the past.]

“I see.”

[There were a lot of witches who liked to show off their power from generation to generation. They secretly left a mark on their bodies using magic so that only those who had witches’ blood could see it. It was said that they could recognize each other without revealing their abilities and could even form a strong bond. Even a witch who was accustomed to building her power alone couldn’t escape loneliness.]

“Amazing…”

’I wish I had something like that too.’

[Just in case, I took a good look at him while you were talking to him, and I saw a witch’s faint mark on the inside of that guy’s wrist.]

“On the inside of his wrist?”

[Yes. It must have been engraved by someone in his family. You will be able to see it too when you gain strength.]

It was a pity I couldn’t see it in person, but it was still a big harvest—because I found Hilla’s bloodline.

“Then can you tell which witch’s family he is from? Are you sure it’s a witch’s bloodline?”

[That’s right. He was from the Demeya bloodline, no doubt.]

“That’s a relief.”

He was actually from a witch’s bloodline. Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t feel bad anymore, but I would threaten him later if necessary if he didn’t cooperate with me.

[There was a high possibility that a man who wasn’t a witch himself inherited the Demeya’s power just for the fact that a mark was engraved on him.]

“Power?”

[Literally, Demeya’s ability. They said they were good at dealing with herbs and poisons. Even ordinary people who weren’t born with magic can learn it.]

“Oh, that was something. Thank you so much, Kuhn.”

[What did I do? It was all for you.]

Feeling better, I went up with Kuhn in my arms. And I found an open window in the hallway on the second floor. “Ah, Kuhn. I think I will be busy now learning how to write letters.”

[Writing?]

“Yeah, my dad told me to write a letter. And even if you find me, I might not be able to leave on time.”

[Got it. Then I’ll find out if there’s anything helpful for you in the meantime.]

“Hmm.”

[I’ll find out more about the Demeya family and if there’s something I don’t know. It’s been too long since I met them.]

“Yes, thank you.”

In an instant, a crow sat on the window sill, ready to fly. [Ah yes, Mariette.]

“Huh?”

[Do you remember what ability your mother had?]

“My mom?”

[Yeah, I was going to ask you before, but I forgot. I was asking in case you were born without power. No matter how much I think of it, it was the first time I heard of a family called ‘Dilton’. There was also no proof.]

“Ummm…”

’Come to think of it, what power did my mother have…?’

[Think about it slowly. I will leave now then.]

“Hmm, I got it.”

Kuhn spread his wings and flew into the sky in an instant.

As I made my way to my room, I pondered. To be honest, I only knew that my mother had awakened into a witch, but I had never seen her use her powers.

‘She never said anything in the first place…’

Kuhn told me that it was his first time hearing about the Dilton family, so they must be a distant relative of a family branch. I stood in front of my door pondering for a long time when it opened.

“Miss?”

“Huh? You’re inside, Pihne?”

“Why aren’t you coming in? I heard a noise and came out to see what it was.”

“I was just about to go in. I went to my dad and played outside.” I grinned as I entered.

“Is that so? But why do you have so much fur on you? My goodness, you even have a lot of fur inside your clothes… Did you play with the cat again?”

’Oh right, cat’s fur.’

I realized later that I had not been able to wash my clothes because I had so much to think about. I didn’t want to take a bath again.

“…”

Perhaps she read the look in my eyes, Pihne burst out laughing. “Do you hate bathing so much?”

“A little.”

“Then should I use a wet towel on you instead of bathing? Instead, you have to change your clothes and comb your hair again.”

“That’s good.”

I thought that Pihne wouldn’t understand my heart, but it was a relief. When I saw Pihne perfectly matching me, I forgot that I was angry with Hilla a while ago.

* * *

Two days later, my father’s words were really not a joke as he really got me a writing teacher.

“….”

He was a person I knew. The problem was that he wasn’t my favorite.

“From now on, I will also be taking on Young Lady’s writing classes.”

“…” I stared at the other person without answering. The man who was somehow avoiding my gaze was none other than Hilla.

“Ahem.”

I sat down in my chair and dropped the pen I was holding onto the table. “I won’t do it.”

He was my favorite until the day before yesterday, and now, I hated him. My whole body was expressing my dissatisfaction. Since all the maids went out and it was only me and Hilla, I made it more obvious.

“Miss Mariette.”

“Why is Hilla my teacher?”

Hilla then raised his glasses and coughed. “I asked His Excellency to.”

“Why?”

“I want to apologize directly to the Young Lady.” Hilla put the book he had brought on the table.

“…”

“I went too far that time. I sincerely apologize to the Young Lady.” And then he bowed down. Hilla’s eyes through the glasses now weren’t as fierce as they were then when he screamed at me.

“I didn’t lie.”

“I know.”

“It also wasn’t a dream.”

“Yes, I know that too.”

“It was Hilla who lied.”

“…Yes, that’s right.” Hilla answered meekly unlike before.

’Heh, what’s your plan now?’

Seeing that his mouth was twitching even after apologizing to me, it was obvious he had something to ask me.

“There is something I want to ask you about.” Just as expected, Hilla asked me after a moment of silence.

I tilted my head and looked at him. “What?”

“Before that, I have a favor to ask you.”

Hilla’s eyes widened slightly. “I want all of the conversations you’ve had with me to be a secret between the two of us.”

“A secret? Even my learning to write?”

“No, I was talking about the conversations you had with me other than learning how to write. Things like that in the forest.”

“I shouldn’t even tell Dad?”

“…Yes, I want you to do that.”

I pretended to think deeply and nodded.

At this point, it seemed that the relationship would progress only if the feelings were released to some extent. Anyway, I couldn’t even tell my dad.

“Um, okay.”

“Thank you for your understanding. Then, I would like to ask you one thing.”

“Yes, you can ask.”

“How did you get there?”

“Huh?”

“Did you say you saw a boy?”

“Hmm, he looked like a golden fairy—Arumia.”

“Aru—anyways, yes, I was just curious as to how you got into that kid’s place.”

“Huh? I just went in.”

There was no other way because I just fell over and accidentally entered. I didn’t open any door nor use any method.

“You just… entered?”

“Yes. I fell and it suddenly appeared. I told you already.”

“Did you not have anything holding you?”

“There was nothing.”

Then, Hilla’s expression changed subtly once again. Still, he didn’t seem to think I was lying. “Nothing?”

“Yes!”

“That’s impossible.”

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