Secrets of the Silent Witch (Light Novel), Vol. 4.5 -after-: Casebook of the Silent Witch

サイレント・ウィッチ 沈黙の魔女の隠しごと [Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Mahou no Kakushigoto] (Light Novel) #4.5

by Matsuri Isora, Nanna Fujimi (Artist), Alice Prowse (Translator)

The school festival may be over, but there's no time to relax as a series of mysterious happenings takes Serendia Academy by storm. As winter break approaches, food begins to disappear, a lost girl turns up at school, students start seeing ghostly balls of fire, and the second prince gets wrapped up in a suspicious spell. It's unclear how much danger they're in, but Detective Monica and her mystery-loving partner Nero are determined to get to the bottom of whatever's going on-better safe than sorry, as they say!

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Mystery, Manga, Comedy, Magic

244 pages, Paperback

First published October 7, 2022

About the author

依空まつり

Reviews

[Ami 乁⁠ ⁠˘⁠ ⁠o⁠ ⁠˘⁠ ⁠ㄏ (written by Jane Austen) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so much fun!

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume proves that anything written in this universe is bound to be delightful. A series of short stories and lightly connected events that showcase our main character’s best and not so ideal sides. My favorite was definitely the first story with the three sages, Monica, Ray, and Louis interacting, but the story with the lost little girl and her spirit guardian is a close second. Monica and Felix’s quest for some secretive reading time in the library was also a masterful display of the novel’s tongue and check humor on full display. A great way to give some breathing room to the main story and add even more depth to those already lovely characters.

[Mika ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is definitely a filler-filled novel of sorts, but the author did say they wanted to write slice of life scenarios. It did highlight more the personalities of the characters, but I missed the plot-driven scenes hahaha. Still it was cute. The recurring scenes of Felix randomly feeding Monica with baked goods, which the Silent Witch munches on almost always absentmindedly, were too damn cute and funny hahaha.

Well, back to reading the main novels now and I’ve gleaned major revelations will be revealed 🤭

[Triscia Katerina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute slice-of-life style that fits between Vols 4 and 5. Also, the writer saying it could have been called Vol 4, fragment, but she misunderstood "fragment" to be "flamingo" LOL 😭

Anyway, it was really cute! A bit of a break from the main story, but some stories are pretty draggy and made me put down the book for a bit. Particularly, Elliot and Benjamin's case.

Isabelle's story made it up for it after though. She's so cute LOL. And Lana as well.

[Amrusha Saha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has to be the funniest collection. Louis is (yes a man whose moral compass is a roulette whell) a SIMP. Felix is also a simp xD and his subtle jealousy of Cyril and Monica is just too cute. and okay Cyril liking animals and getting decieved by fluffy coats is another heart-melting thing. Monica, omg, she is rabbit meal xD.

[Mathxxl]

Comme son nom l'indique, c'est un tome de transition essentiellement composé de petites histoires Slice of Life.

Bon c'était malheureusement pas très intéressant. J'aime plutôt bien la première et la dernière histoire, mais le reste est assez quelconque.

[Rynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

The afterward, lol. We could have gotten Silent Witch IV -flamingo-, guys xD

This slice-of-life-esq extra volume was cute; it was really nice to get a better view of some of the characters :3 I really love Lana and Isabelle.

[Mk · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very silly set of mysteries taking place between v4 and v5. I love learning more about her “villainess” “sister” who is helping her build her cover. What a cute family!

[My · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the additional characterizations for some of the side characters, but I'm starting to feel like the series is lagging a bit behind on plot progression at vol. 4 + this.

[Pakapak Sankhasundara · Rating 4 out of 5]

สนุกกว่าภาคปกติอีก 5555

[Mark Santi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Girl misunderstanding and charms.

[Mindy · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Ruchith Jayarathna · Rating 4 out of 5]

very refreshing read for a side story. Loved it.