Shatia is familiar with childhood. I'm a girl the same age as Moffy. He was a child characterized by large, round eyes with chestnut hair tied in twin tails, and always came with a chattier.

Originally this village was small, so the number of children was small. The only friend of his age among them is precious above all to his children. However, it was the case of a normal child, and from the chateau of a former witch whose contents were already more than a hundred years old, Moffy was nothing but inferior to intelligence.

"Hey Shatia, play and play!!

"... Moffy. I'm reading a book now. I hope you don't get in my way."

One day at noon, Shatia was reading a book that had been given to her by a tutor on the side of a tree. The magic thing could pack up some knowledge, but I still don't know the everyday things about humans. Therefore, Shatia asked her tutor to lend her a life book describing her life in the Wang capital. Study enthusiastic Shatia was reading it on the field, but Moffy, a child who liked to play outside, had invited her to play like that and was coming in the way of reading.

"'Cause I'm just reading a Shatia book. I'm bored."

"It's a very valuable study for me...... ha, man. I get it. Let's play something."

Moffy just gets loud when he stays like this, so Shatia decided to break herself and play for you.

Shatia spends as much time in the village pretending to be a normal human girl as she can so she doesn't find out she's an ex-witch. However, it was only a personal feeling, and there was no problem in my personal life, but there was no ruse to hide it at all when it came to magic. In the meantime, he showed enough talent to surprise the former royal palace magician to show further exploration. A little celebrity chateau in such a village couldn't beat a pure heart moffy either, and it accompanied the whole thing in a half-pulled fashion.

"Hey, why is Shatia reading all the hard books?

"This is a book about the King's Capital. I want to know everything I'm interested in."

"So Shatia wants to go to King's Capital?

On the way to play, Moffy suddenly asked me if I cared. Shatia answers with a wooden cup for the deck in her hand, and again thinks for herself.

Well, do I want to go to King's Capital? and. Surely Shatia is interested in the magic of the humans. But that's only of interest. Ah, I don't know if I actually want to go on the spot.

"Come on. Either way, I'm interested in magic. Therefore, the King's capital itself is not as important."

There are many ways to know magic without bothering to go to the King's Capital. Château considered the village to be well worth the magic, and was satisfied with the current situation. Besides, there's no way my mother would allow me to go away. Either way, it was not possible for Shatia, who was only four years old, to leave the village.

"Good ~"

"Hmm? Why?

"'Cause when Shatia's gone, I'll have no one to play with. So good!

When he heard that, Moffy showed a heartfelt relief bare gesture. Apparently, he was anxious that he would lose his childhood familiarity. Shatia thought that growing up would eliminate the need to stick to childhood familiarity anyway, but at best, the human mood is not perfectly understood. Shatia could only respond vaguely to Moffy's words.

Then the two continued their deception, but eventually Moffy suggested we take a little walk to see if we got tired of it. Shatia thought moving the body was also magically an important basic training, and briefly acknowledged that.

"Moffy, it's a forest they say is off-limits."

The two of them reached the outskirts of the village as they continued to walk for a while. There was a forest covered with fences, a forbidden forest that even the adults of the village rarely sought to enter.

Says there 'll be demons. Unlike normal animals, demons are vicious creatures with magical powers, so they can only enter this forest if they have certain confidence in their arms.

He said, "It's okay! Uncle Rove was in here drinking a lot the other day! I'll be fine for a little while!

"... right. Well, I won't stop."

Perhaps that went in to sneak away the liquor being stopped by his wife, but Shatia didn't care much to stop Moffy from going into the woods.

In fact, Shathia herself had been in this forest several times, and had also looked into its ecology. I couldn't beat curiosity. Besides, I was confident that even if I encountered demons, my magic would be fine.

The two stepped into the woods without cowardice and went deeper and deeper. I felt like an explorer when I came from Moffy, and I had a raven look.

"Wow! Oh, there's a bird I've never seen before, Shatia!

"That's a flaming bird. They're demons, so they're gonna throw up flames. Be careful."

Moffy pointing to the bird he had first seen in swallowing, but it was a clean demon. Though good because of her presence, Shatia bothered her head with Moffy, who was a little overly optimistic. But she is as curious as she is. You'll want to go around the woods until you feel better. Shatia hung out with it until Moffy was satisfied.

Two, Shatia stopped her leg. There was an unfamiliar footprint on the ground. It was not entirely a demonic thing, but a human thing in shoes.

"Hmm... are humans passing through here too? Is that a rumored adventurer? I can't imagine a village human walking in the woods like this."

Shatia spun her head around to think as she touched its footprints.

Only an elaborate village chief or a governess magician can get into this forest among the villagers. But the village chief recently stopped going into the woods at his age, and the tutor doesn't want to go into this woods. This means that this footprint belongs to outsiders. And when Shatia was a witch, there were people coming to her hall called Adventurers. They belong to an organization called the Alliance for Anything, and they work at the request of people. There is also a line called Traveler or Merchant, but I don't think we're going into a forest where demons come out. So Shatia thought that the adventurer was a powerful man.

Shatia thought she would like to see him if she could, paying the dirt on her hands. Some adventurers use magic. Shathiah was interested in the magic that some had learned from the ancients, and in the magic that some had accumulated in such battles.

"KYAHHHHHHH!!!

At that time, Moffy's screams suddenly echoed in the woods. When she saw it, she was gone, who should have been next door until earlier, and Shatia rushed in the direction where she screamed.

When I reached the place where my voice spoke, it was in a slightly open forest. Moffy had fainted and fallen, and there was a giant bear in front of her. Naturally, it's not just a bear. It was a demon with magic.

"Moffy......!

"Grrrrrrrr......"

Apparently, he wasn't attacked. On the verge of being attacked, Moffy seems to have passed out surprised by the bears demons she occasionally encountered. For a moment, Shatia relieved herself that she was safe, and turned her gaze toward the demon of the bear. The bear demon was more interested in Shatia than Moffy, who was passing out, and roared lower as he drowned.

"Grim bear... that's unusual. Are you guys gonna show your faces in these woods? Usually you should be hiding in a cave..."

Shatia looks unexpected when she finds out that the bear demon is a demon called Grimbear. As a matter of fact, Shatia had encountered Grimbear even when she was a witch, and sometimes studied their ecology. At that time, Grimbear, fearful of cruelty, was also hidden in the cave in fear of the witch Chateau, but naturally such a feeling could not occur in the chateau of the young girl's appearance today, who shouted majestically and stripped her fangs.

Shatia just puts her hands around her neck purely intriguing on a grim bear that reacts differently than she did when she studied it. Those eyes were not filled with people's emotions as if to see a precious experimental animal rather than to see a demon.

"Goaaaaaaa!!

"What's up? You guys were supposed to be smarter when you were my witches, right?

When I was a witch, I was a chattier enough to walk over to the Grim Bear and teach, but the Grim Bear in front of me couldn't have known that. It's not the witch Shatifar who caught a lot of grim bears in front of us and made them obey, it's the poor girl Shatia who's fine. Grimbear became angry at the busy looking chattier and shook her arms up to wave her nails.

"Sit down."

But the next moment, at the same time that Shatia unleashed those words, Grimbear's body was multiplied by intense gravity. It's not pressure or murder or anything like that. It was more like a direct shockwave.

Grimbear intuitively understands it because it is a demon with magic powers. This is magic. Besides, it's a powerful magic with so much magic that you can't fathom yourself.

If he noticed, Grimbear had collapsed to the ground and sat down to drool his head over Shatia. Look at that. Shatia looks satisfied.

"Yeah, yeah. I knew it was a good idea that you guys were so big. I like demons and animals. Don't make me do anything stupid, okay?

Saying so, Shatia stroked Grimbear's head to be adorable. The luxurious girl's powerless stroke, but felt like the Grim Bear had a demon snatching her neck. With such a small body, where can you give strong signs from now on? Grimbear wonders so, but Shatia just laughed purely.

"Grrrrr......"

"Try not to attack this girl in the future either. This is still familiar to me. I'm in a lot of trouble when I'm gone."

The word was not added, mainly that the adults around him would make a scene, and Shatia cautioned that it would fall into her mind and push caution on the grim bear. Not that I could understand human language, but instinctively understood Grimbear nodded his face.

"Then go. Be careful not to be found by that tutor."

Pan, and when Shatia slapped him on the back, Grimbear left for the back of the woods. Confirming that her huge body had hidden into the grass, Shatia peppered its soft cheeks as she approached Moffy, who was passing out next door.

"Well... get up, Moffy. Wake up."

"Mm-hmm... heh!? Shatia, what about the bear?!? What about Mr. Big Bear!?

"What are you talking about? You? You've fallen asleep tired walking."

Shatia explained that to Moffy, who jumped up in a hurry because it was also troublesome to explain. I tell Moffy the good reason why I'm tired of walking thinking lightly that I don't have to give a big reason because I'm a kid anyway. Moffy looked around like she was still confused, but she sighed unconsciously, not knowing Grimbear wasn't there.

"... Huh? Am I right... am I right?

"That's right. Look, I'll be back soon. Come on, you've lost your temper. If the grownups could see us like this, they'd be pissed off."

"Wow, that's troublesome!

When Shatia said so, Moffy finally began to return to the path she had come in haste to understand the situation she had put in place. Shatia followed with a grudge.

In the end, we didn't have to find out that Shatia and Moffy had gone into the woods, but Moffy was to be scolded by her mother for filling her clothes with dirt. Shatia should have been careful when she woke up from her fainting, she rarely reflected on her falling.