In Sienna’s Mansion, within the Magic Kingdom of Aroth.

This mansion, which the Wise Sienna had actually lived in hundreds of years ago, was treated like a holy land by the many wizards who lived in or were visiting Aroth. As a result, the mansion was opened daily as a tourist attraction for twelve hours, from noon until midnight, and was closed to visitors during the early hours of the day.

However, even among Aroth’s countless tourist attractions, this mansion overflowed with tourists every day, so there was no guarantee that one would be able to enter the mansion even if one waited patiently for the entire twelve hours. So the young wizards who could visit the Wise Sienna’s mansion had usually started waiting in front of the mansion gates from the dawn of the previous day.

Even now, that was still the case. If one looked out the window, one would see that the wide square outside of the mansion’s front courtyard was packed full of wizards' heads.

“Was that chick Sienna, really all that much?” Anise muttered to herself in a grumbling tone. She shook her head as she closed the slight gap in the curtains, “No matter how much I think about it, I can’t help but feel that Sienna’s reputation among the future generation is overblown[1].”

“It’s not overblown,” Mer denied sulkily. “Lady Sienna is such a great person who deserves this much respect. The Circle Magic Formula that Lady Sienna created is said to have advanced the field of magic by five hundred years.”

“Little Miss Familiar, if you mumble like that, we won’t be able to hear anything. If you want to say something to me, speak louder. Look me straight in the eyes when you speak,” Anise instructed as she tilted her head consideringly and stared down at Mer.

Mer’s shoulders trembled under her cool blue eyes.

Mer began crossing her legs and fiddling with her fingers unconsciously… while instead lowering her head even further. Anise snorted at this sight and sat down on the window sill.

“Could you really be that upset that I insulted the mother who gave birth to you?” Anise asked in disbelief. “I know that Sienna is your mother, but before that, Sienna and I were very close friends.”

“...Lady Sienna… isn’t my mother…,” Mer mumbled hesitantly.

Anise scoffed, “Since she created you, what else can you call her but your mother? In any case, whatever I say about my friend is just my personal opinion,...