If there was a forest of witches on the island, and witches lived in that forest, then of course the witches would come running into the house.
These ghost stories had naturally spread among the servants.
"Like when the doors and windows were clearly locked, but on the next round you found them open again; lights that had been turned off were still on, while lights that were on went out by themselves; things you put away disappeared, while things that had not been there appeared. Whenever something like that happened, the veteran servants would whisper that the Witch had come invisibly into the house to play pranks on everyone."
"Listen. Beatrice really is here."
"Indeed. Every time I was just about to leave for school, I could never find my schoolbag."
Maria puffed out her chest and kept making her "uu" sound, as though emphasizing that these ghost stories were proof that witches existed.
Anything Jessica Ushiromiya said would probably upset Maria again, so she kept quiet.
Ghost stories like these existed everywhere. In some places, they said it was dwarves; in others, fairies. On this island, they said it was witches. That was the only difference. Making night rounds in such a grand and spacious house naturally gave one the creeps.
The island was deserted, and they said the wind even blew into the house through cracks in the doors and windows. Patrols on stormy nights must have been enough to make anyone's skin crawl.
"Some servants also said they had seen ghostly flames and glowing butterflies dancing around. Kanon once said he saw something similar while making his rounds at night. And lately, strange footsteps have often been heard in the house late at night. That is another topic the servants often discuss. We all say it