City of Witches

1.

Diana strode forward while grumbling.

She knew very well was showing such an unsightly display by lashing out at that man..

After all, she got angry at him so suddenly without explanation or even a reasonable reason.

The insults she hurled at him were nothing more than her venting her frustrations that had been building up for a while now.

“…Still, he should try to apologize at the very least…”

It only took her thirty seconds after she left him that she realized that she had gone too far.

At first, she was in denial and tried to forget about it.

But she eventually decided that would never apologize to him first.

Although, if he were to chase after her, she wouldn’t mind offering her apology a little, but…

Even after she had gone this far ahead, she hadn’t heard him shouting her name from behind like what she had expected.

This only served to fuel her anger more.

She then went past the dock and entered a quiet place where several warehouses were lined up.

“Huu…huu… Hello?”

At that moment, an ugly-looking fatso came out of the alley and approached her, startling her in the process.

From the shabby-looking clothes and the sweat dripping down his face—as if he had just done some heavy manual labor…

And the ominous glint in his eyes…

Diana could tell who–or rather, what he was.

A slave that was owned by a smuggler.

Her mom had told her that all the slaves that were working in this place were death row inmates.

I’m already in a bad mood, and now, a death row inmate, a human garbage, is trying to talk with me?

She narrowed brows as her usually languid eyes rose sharply.

“What?”

The dress she was wearing right now wasn’t just any ordinary dress that one could buy in the streets of Gehenna.

Even her dirt-stained shoes were worth as much as a villa if one were to sell them away.

Anyone could tell at a glance that she was a noble, and the fact that this man still called out to her despite that only made him all the more suspicious in her eyes. �

“I-I… S-Sorry, M-Ms. Witch… C-Can I have a glass of water…?”

Then she heard that he was just asking for a glass of water.

It left her completely off guard.

“Do I look like I have water for you to drink? Get lost.”

She didn’t bother to hide her dismay.

Normally, this would be enough to get the fat man to scurry off, but somehow instead of doing that, he trudged closer to her.

Is he deaf?

At this point, her expression distorted greatly.

I tried to settle this with words, but fine. If he wants me to blast him off, I’ll just do that—!

But, before she could raise her magic power…

“Kya—

A hand that was reek with the smell of cigarettes covered her mouth from behind.

The owner of that hand was a man with a knife wound on his face. He quickly moved his other hand to embrace her from behind and locked her in that position.

“Why don’t you play with us for a second, Missy~?”

“Mmh—! Mmmh…!”

“Stay still.”

Diana, who was struggling to escape—unable to cast her magic because she was too flustered to—froze when she noticed a sharp knife facing her neck.

“I know that when a witch is trying to use their magic their eyes would light up a little. Let’s see which one is faster, your spell or me slitting your throat with this little guy over here. You’re more than welcome to try.”

At that moment, more men came out of their hiding spots, accompanied by their mocking laughs.

They looked like rats jumping out of a sewer.

“Hahaha! Try it out, Missy. I don’t mind playing with a corpse as long as it’s still warm anyway!”

“I can’t believe we got her just like that.”

“Pfft, it was funny when she tried to act high and mighty like a real witch.”

Though she was just an apprentice, Diana was still an apprentice of a noble family.

If she could use her magic, these thugs wouldn’t be able to scratch her body.

But, these thugs knew how magic worked.

Moreover, the blade that was pointing at her neck was a real blade, not some kind of toy to intimidate children.

She only needed two seconds to cast her spells, but she knew that the blade could pierce through her neck faster than that.

Moreover, she was pretty much a plant raised in a greenhouse—she had never been exposed to the malice of this world.

It wasn’t a wonder that she panicked after facing this kind of life-or-death situation.

Her face turned extremely pale, and her legs lost their strength.

She couldn’t think of a way to get out of this situation as her mind went blank.

“Stop fucking around. Put that thing on her quickly.”

“Fuck off, don’t rush me.”

After that exchange, Diana’s fate was pretty much sealed.

As soon as the thugs placed the katyusha on her head, she became unable to exert any magical power.

“Let’s get out of here quickly before someone sees us!”

“H-Hey, I was the one who distracted her, so I’ll go second, right?”

The violent thug who was holding her tightly from behind called out to her in a harsh voice.

“Don’t scream, don’t resist, get your ass moving and follow us.”

Then, he released the mouth that he had been covering with his hand.

Diana, who had been frozen stiff from the shock, realized that this was her chance.

If she could buy some time, whether it was by screaming or by using the objects around her…

She tried to move her stiff head that refused to follow her commands.

And tried to scream with all her might.

But the only thing that could come out of her throat was a low sigh that sounded like an exhale.

Furthermore, even though she was free now, her two legs followed the dirty group of thugs instead of running away.

As if someone was controlling her body with a string.

Since she was completely surrounded by those thugs, she couldn’t see where they were taking her.

Until they entered the shabby warehouse, the same warehouse that the thugs had been using as their hideout.

2.

Inside that shabby warehouse…

The group of men couldn’t help but be amazed when they laid their eyes on Diana.

She had something different compared to normal witches.

A peerless beauty that would make even mindless beasts who only knew how to kill its kins swallow their saliva.

If they were to compare her beauty to the cheap prostitutes that they had been using, it would be like heavens and earth.

A fresh scent of chrysanthemum wafted through her body, rousing their nostrils.

Her skin shone brilliantly, outshining even the unworldly dress that was wrapping around her body.

“Damn, look at that hair.”

“Her skin is too damn smooth…”

“Someone this pretty exists in this world?”

As if revering a beautiful piece of art…

Even the thugs whose lust was about to burst out, stopped for a moment to admire her beautiful figure.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

But, when their eyes caught Diana’s stiff expression and trembling legs…

All of them were thinking of the same thing.

I wanna tear that dazzling dress apart…

I’ll make that beautiful face bow down to me, and me only!

I’ll drag her through the mud like the lowly whore she is!

And they realized that they could do all that if they wanted to.

After all, they had crossed the line they should have never crossed.

In the witch’s society, touching an apprentice witch was already considered a taboo.

Since they already kidnapped an apprentice, it meant that there was no way that they’d still be alive after this.

Then again, it wasn’t like they had any choice. Save for those who genuinely sympathize with their leader’s cause, the thugs were afraid of the man and they didn’t want to be killed by him for nothing.

Since they’d end up dying either way, they figured that they might as well enjoy the flower in front of their eyes—who possessed a beauty that was worth dying for.

They slowly approached Diana.

Meanwhile, Diana was completely at a loss, unsure of what she should do in this situation.

She noticed the hungry gazes that the thugs directed at her.

The unpleasant gazes that made her feel like she was being stripped naked.

She also noticed the bulge on their pants, and the rising corners of their mouths as they licked their lips lustfully.

These people were just filthy rats that she could erase with a single spell.

But, the moment they put the katyusha—which was clearly an artifact—on her head, that was no longer an option. Right now, she wasn’t an apprentice witch anymore, but a mere mortal.

All she could do was threaten them with a trembling voice.

“Y-Y-You… D-Do you think you’ll get away after doing all this…?”

The pride of the heir of the Yesod Family.

She squeezed the last bit of her pride in that threat even as she shrunk in fear.

But, the answer that came back was a mocking laughter from all the thugs in the room.

After having a good laugh, Jack approached her in a brisk manner before grabbing her hair.

“Who the fuck cares?”

“Hic—!”

This was the first time Diana had ever been treated this roughly, let alone being stuck in this kind of dangerous situation.

The intense pain and the genuine malice that the thug in front of her exuded scared her so much that she didn’t even dare to look away.

“I know what you’ve been living cooped up in that happy little castle of yours. Enjoying every moment of your life, perfecting how to lift your teacup perfectly or whatever, completely ignoring all of us here who are working like dogs in this shithole.”

Diana gritted her teeth before sending a weak glare at Jack.

“Y-You are just…r-reaping what you sow…”

“Pfft, hell no.”

Jack grabbed Diana’s cheeks roughly.

“We’ve suffered enough, and now it’s time for us to get what we deserve. From now on, we’re going to fuck you until you’re dead. If an apprentice witch got fucked in the pussy, they won’t be able to become a witch anymore, right? I bet your master will be thrilled when that happens. I want to see the expression on her face when she realizes that her precious apprentice has turned into nothing more than a useless whore.”

Fuck.

Pussy.

Useless whore.

All were vulgar words that Diana wasn’t familiar with.

But, she could tell what he meant by that.

Those thugs were about to rape her.

“N-No…! S-Stop…!”

“Hell no. Hey, grab her and lay her down.”

“So you’ll be going first right, Boss? Alright, you lot, gather up, we’ll be drawing lots now!”

“H-Hey, I told you that I’m up second!”

Diana was thrown into the muddy straw piles before the thugs tied up her limbs.

She tried to struggle but there was no way an apprentice witch could beat a group of grown men who lifted heavy things for a living without her magic.

“Shouldn’t we wait for the boss’ orders?”

“Eh, he isn’t better than me at raping women. I’ll show you all how it’s done.”

“Oho.”

With her arms tied, it wasn’t hard for the thug to grab her legs, which couldn’t offer any resistance at this point.

“N-No—! S-Stop…!”

Diana let out a heartbreaking scream, but no one came to her rescue.

After all, there was no sane person aside from these thugs who’d even thought of coming to this dark warehouse in the first place.

Even if her scream somehow escaped the confines of the warehouse, it would be drowned by the bustling noises coming from the dock.

“No need to take off the dress completely, it’d be too wasteful. We’ll keep it on her until we go a full round with her.”

“Mmh

Jack knelt between Diana’s spread legs. He was about to tear her underwear when…

-Wooong!

A sound that made everyone’s heart drop echoed through the warehouse.

The sound of the door to the warehouse being opened.

Jack instantly covered Diana’s mouth before sending a glare at one of the thugs.

“You dumbass, did you forget to lock it?!”

“I locked it already, Boss! With the huge lock even!”

“Then, how could someone just barge in through the door, you jackass—?!”

Jack’s glare at his pathetic underling grew more and more fierce.

Meanwhile, someone walked across the shabby warehouse that was filled with chaos and confusion.

“What are you guys doing?”

The one who asked that was a sturdy-looking man wearing an eyepatch.

From his tone, it was clear that he was trying to suppress his cold, rising anger.