The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

This door only serves to mark the entrance location; opening the door does not mean that the entrance is also open.

The true entrance has always been under Moran's control, open only to those she permits.

For the fairies of light and shadow, even if the door is open, the entrance is closed, not only preventing them from passing through, but also trapping them.

Moran turned a blind eye to the Light and Shadow Fairy's attempts to tamper with the candy machine last night, which ultimately failed and resulted in her taking only a few sample candies. In fact, she even seemed pleased with it. However, the candy coin collection area, which had been set up as a safe house, was absolutely not to be allowed to be entered by the Light and Shadow Fairy.

She'll kill them one by one, so the angels know that it's absolutely impossible to break into this room with the Fairy of Light and Shadow; if they want to come, they should come in person.

What blocked the light and shadow fairies was transparent magical energy. The witches who had already entered the house also saw Moran swiftly annihilating the light and shadow fairies outside the door.

As soon as Moran came in, they grabbed her and asked what the magic circle that captured the light and shadow fairy was.

"The light and shadow fairies are impossible to guard against. When they hide in the light, they don't show themselves unless they take the initiative to appear. No matter what, you can't find them. They also have a bad personality and always love to cause trouble. I've been fed up with these little things ever since the first day I entered the Sacred Mountain Range!"
Back when I was a newly graduated rookie witch, I heard about the benefits of the Holy Light, prepared my supplies, and plunged headlong into the Holy Mountains.

As a result, on the first day of entering the mountains, all the supplies were stolen by the Fairy of Light and Shadow.

If it weren't for the fact that I copied the "Illustrated Compendium of Sacred Creatures" into my witch's book, and used it to identify which plants and monsters were edible, I would have had to fly to the Holy City on an empty stomach.

And so, along the way, any wild fruit I gathered or monster meat I hunted would be stolen in the blink of an eye if I didn't keep a close eye on it.

After finally settling down in the Holy City, the Fairy of Light and Shadow still comes to harass us every now and then.

Countless times they broke my beloved tea set, tore up my manuscript, knocked over the bookshelves in the shop, and dirtied the carpet... If it weren't for my good housekeeping magic, which allows me to quickly restore the damaged or messed-up things, even though I can withstand the influence of holy light, they would still drive me crazy.

Even now, a teacup or a blanket still occasionally disappears from my shop.

Garona gritted her teeth in hatred whenever she spoke of the Fairies of Light and Shadow:

"To be honest, the mischief of the Light and Shadow Fairies has also made a great contribution to my resistance to the assimilation of the Holy Light. Every time I find them causing trouble in the store again, I wish I could grab them out and tear them to pieces!"

Other witches had similar experiences.

After hearing this, Moran asked in confusion, "How come I've never encountered this before?"

She had been in the Holy City for some time, and before last night, no light and shadow fairies had bothered her.

“It’s probably because you seem so eager to embrace the light, unlike us who rebel against the power of the Holy Light!” Garona said. “The Light and Shadow Fairies are always so mean to those of us who don’t fit in with the hermits of the Holy City. They have a good reputation among the hermits, though. It’s said that the hermits sometimes even receive gifts from the Light and Shadow Fairies! They call the Light and Shadow Fairies spirits of light.”

Moran understood; from the moment she entered the sacred mountains, her attire had aligned with the aesthetics of angels.

The aesthetic sense of angels is the aesthetic sense of hermits.

Although she had always been close to the witches, in order to get to know the hermits, aside from reading a few novels by Garona, she never did the same things as the witches, such as wearing bright clothes and arguing with the hermits to increase her emotional fluctuations.

Every day, she would draw upon a dramatic human life story from the memories of Earth within her mind. It was a quick and discreet method, more than enough to keep her unaffected by the Holy Light. Perhaps, in the eyes of the Light and Shadow Fairy, she was a trainee hermit, destined to become one sooner or later!
"However, you probably won't be able to enjoy this treatment anymore." Garona glanced at the doorway. Moran had just killed a Light and Shadow Fairy there, which was definitely enough to arouse the Light and Shadow Fairy's hostility.

"..." Moran said, "Come on then! It's really too annoying. At worst, I'll just set up a reverse space shackle magic circle on the outside doors and windows as well."

"Reverse Space Shackles Magic Circle?" Garona felt the name was somewhat unfamiliar.

Although she was not skilled in alchemy, she was quite familiar with witches' magical items and magic circles.

Even if you can't make it, you still need to know what's useful, right?
"This is a spatial magic array that I developed by combining witch alchemy magic and human alchemy," Moran said.

This magic circle requires a certain level of spatial magic talent and top-level alchemical magic and alchemy skills to create.

The witches in the Eight Times Speed ​​Gossip Alliance are all white witches; none of them are skilled in alchemy. Even if given the blueprints, they would still find it difficult to craft them.

Moran is currently unable to summon the Book of Cards to turn this magic circle into cards for sale.

However, she had also crafted several extra magic arrays to give to them.

Although the angels withdrew from the Holy City and relinquished their control over it, they continued to secretly monitor the area with the Fairies of Light and Shadow. More protection was better for them.

Moran took out several magic crystal tablets and handed them to them: "Place these in your residence. People who are not allowed to enter will not be able to. If they try to force their way in, they will be captured by the magic circle. It can stop attacks that are not above the peak level."

However, it only has the function of defense and capturing intruders; it cannot stop spying magic that can penetrate objects. The phantom materialization magic circle in the safe house that prevents spying requires a mage to use mental illusion magic to be effective, so I won't give it to you.”

Although the witches have taken good care of her during this time, in reality, the highest-ranking among them, Garona, is only at the peak level.

The others were only high-level witches, with Camilla and Evelyn being only mid-level.

This level of magic array is already extremely precious to them; it's enough to serve as a protective magic array for the witch's house.

For a moment, no one dared to answer.

Just kidding, all their current wealth combined probably wouldn't be enough to buy this magic circle.

Moran now understood the witches' habits very well, and said directly, "I'll sell each of them for 50,000 gem coins at cost price, and you can pay on credit first."

The 50,000 gem coins are the cost of materials for the magic circle.

The witches then accepted it without question.

Even Camilla and Evelyn, through their daily accumulation, had saved up tens of thousands of gem coins.

They couldn't come up with 50,000 gem coins right now, but they could pay it back later; there was no pressure at all about buying on credit. (End of Chapter)