The Former Witch Reincarnated as A Village Girl

A certain mountain back, demons frequent, but hence it is called [Mountain of the Beast], where the growing trees and plants also have some poisonous appearance. The fog also spreads thin, and it is even said that if people get lost, they will never be able to go back, such a horrible mountain. In such a cave in the back of the mountain, one girl was performing something like a strange ritual.

"... Hmm. You're still missing something."

Shatia, the silver-haired girl, shrugged like that as she peered her face off a thin dirty robe, looking strange and placing her hand on her mouth. She was just sitting on a rock outing, before which the magic formations used in the ritual were depicted on the ground. But there was no reason to feel any special power, and the circle wasn't even infused with magic, it just existed there. Shatia tilts her little neck as she stares at it.

"I should have all the ingredients... and the chanting isn't wrong either. There's no reason for my memory to go wrong... what? What am I missing?

In front of Shatia were the bones and fangs of some creature, grass and tentacles that I had never seen.

Originally they should have been aligned, and the magic of human body generation should have been activated if the necessary magic had been sent to chant. But for some reason, no matter how much magic you put into it, no matter how much material you need, the magic doesn't work. Shatia, who has an absolute memory of herself, naturally doesn't think about her mistakes, so she questions this phenomenon.

"... you're in trouble"

Fumi Shatia groaned so lonely as she took the doll she had left at her disposal.

He stares at the doll as he shakes his eyes and returns it to its original place. And she got up holding her immobile other hand and figured out what to do now.

That's when a wolf came at the entrance to the cave. A wolf with beautiful silver hair, whose eyes glowed as beautifully as the moon. Its name is Sladewolf. The wolves are known as particularly dangerous demons among the mountains of beasts. As a matter of fact, Shatia made this cave a place to live, and then she made Sladewolf follow the others, and she tutored them to keep the humans from approaching the area.

"What, what's wrong?

"Grrrrrrrr......"

As Shatia asked toward the entrance only with her face, the wolf replied with her voice up as she lay her head down drooling. Its Sladewolf was the leader of the herd and the wolf that Shatia was entrusting herself with surveillance. Because he came all the way here, it was certain that there had been some kind of anomaly.

"What, the army?... the humans... no? Then where the hell are they?

After hearing the wolf report, Shatia narrows her eyes.

The Slade Wolves were originally given the mission to get rid of intruders so that they wouldn't get in the way when Shatia was ritualizing. However, it is expected that a considerable number of forces have emerged that even they have not been able to reach the target. That would also convince me that it was an army, but the next question was where that army belonged.

The wolf answers with a small roar. The moment I heard it, Shatia opened her eyes and stiffened.

"Lizardman...?

Lizardman. It is a bipedal creature that looks like a lizard, about twice its size as a human being. The body is covered in hard scales, bouncing swords and arrows. Physical abilities are extremely high and have sufficient strength even if magic cannot be used. Such a dangerous species.

Unlike human and demonic nations, they do not have massive territories. Always make settlements in small numbers, usually hiding in secret borders surrounded by mountains, etc. It is influenced by their own culture, and because Lizardman believes that they are the superior race, they try not to associate themselves with the inferior fae.

Such was the way they moved around in the army. The report was above all frightening to Shathia.

"Why are they here... for some purpose? I don't think so..."

Shatia shrugs and puts her hands on her chin to think. But no matter how much I thought, I couldn't derive the answer, and when I sighed like tired, I scratched my hair abusively.

All the things that don't work out happen. Emerald's revival will not succeed, and unexpected Lizardman trends. Things were just turning to the worse. I want to change this situation somehow. Thinking so, Shatia shut up for a while as she narrowed her eyes and moved her fingers tonnes as she grabbed one immobile hand. And when I meditated on my eyes as I had decided something, I exhaled, cleaned up the ritual tools I had placed, and headed outside the cave.

"You get your people back in the woods. I'll see how it goes."

"Grrrrr......"

After getting out of the cave, Château gave that direction to the wolf, who was perfectly attached to the side. Upon hearing the order, the wolf roared and replied, kicking hard on the ground and leavin 'on the rock that was beside the cave.

Shatia turns her face and looks at the trees that are growing in front of her. And when I took a small, deep breath, I explored the signs of magic around me, and explored the magic of the Lizardmans. After a while, their magic was finally felt. Lizardman does not use magic, but therefore has less magic in his body, and his response is extremely small. Even Shatia took so long to explore the faint magical reactions of the Lizardmans from within this mountain.

After finding out where the Lizardmans were, Shatia just headed to where the reaction had been. I don't use floating magic to be unnoticed, I walk through the deep woods on foot. The grass withers, and the chateau moves on with its togetherly branches, finally reaching where the Lizardmans are. It was just a cliff, where the Lizardmans were marching on the road under the cliff. Shatia explores the situation while hiding in the rocks and begins to observe.

"Is that it... the number is about 100. Scales are red... [Red Dragon Clan] guys"

All the Lizardmans marching are scaly red. They were all those who looked rough with giant, pointed scales. Lizardman also had a variety of races, and what Shatia is seeing now was a Lizardman commonly known as the Red Dragon Clan.

An aggressive Lizardman, even though he is said to be a fierce race, he is recognized as even more dangerous among them. The discernment method is whether the scales are red or not, so if you see them, you run away immediately and there is no problem. Most importantly, the technique of escaping the height of Lizardman's physical abilities is limited.

"Hmm... mystery. Why did all this force suddenly move when there had been so few Lizardman moves in the last few decades?

Shatia speaks so doubtfully as she tilts her neck.

I'm not convinced. Lizardman doesn't do anything to get out of the secret, which is where we live, unless there's more to it. They look down on the Fae and hate the outside world so much that they don't want to breathe the same air. I can assume that there is more to it than just because they showed up with the army. Shatia wanted to know what it was.

"Ggorl......"

"- Huh!

At that time, Lizardman suddenly appeared from the side of Shatia's hidden rock. It weaves a small cloth with feathers and looks like a bandit from the way it is worn.

Less magic, but thus Shatia lagged behind in realizing its existence. Is he a scout, Lizardman was suddenly attacked when he saw Shatia as a child. Spread your hands and fly away as you open your mouth wide with so many fangs growing. Shatia immediately paid her arm and unleashed an ice spear.

"Gogvaaaa!!

"Shit... I should forgive my approaching...!

Lizardman is blown away by an ice spear and hits a tree that was nearby. However, the body was only damaged and there were no obvious traumas. Conversely, the ice spear was missing.

After all, Lizardman's scales are stiff. Shatia put her strength into her arms as she rose her body and waved it down well.

"Sleep."

A tremendous amount of gravity struck Lizardman at the same time that Shatia said so. No matter how hard the scales held, it made no sense in front of gravity; rather, the stiff body could not escape because of it, and Lizardman collapsed as he screamed. Lie down on the ground and groan, Lizardman loses consciousness with a small scream at the end. Seeing it, Shatia paid her arm aside, exhaling small as she unlocked the magic.

"I didn't know there were even scouts... these guys, are you even willing to start a war?

Shatia initially wondered if the Lizardmans were moving somewhere else as well. Abandon the settlement under any circumstances and look for another base. Then I can be convinced of this big move as well. But the Lizardmans also prepared scouts, and the fighting spirit was exfoliated. How much of a Lizardman do we need to exorcise so much hostility? Shatia hooked up there.

"Looks like we should explore a little more... what their purpose is. We need to uncover that."

Chattier concludes as he fishes for the belongings of the fainting Lizardman.

Things always have a purpose. There are answers that need to be given to any small or large object. That remains a mystery, and there is no way to deal with it. Shatia thought we should not move boldly now and explore the situation carefully.

Shatia shakes her eyes quietly as she gently takes out a doll she has missed. He then returned the doll with his eyes meditating, and when he opened his eyes again, he decided to follow the Lizardmans marching.

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"There have been rumors lately that the people of the city have been caught... well, there are only demons around here when I say they're from the city. Still, we can't ignore this information."

On the road in the wilderness, Lili, who gathered information because it was a visited city, said so with her own red hair mocking. My sister Mimi hides behind my sister to be scared when she hears it. The brave man who was listening as he sat it down on the rock also made his face look harsh and listened.

"The Demons are being grabbed...?

"Damn, it's only a rumor, but a monster with the appearance of a lizard is grabbing the demon clan..."

"Sister, could that be..."

Nodding at the brave inquiry, Lili tells more of the information she hears. When I heard that, I knew Mimi was incredible. But I shook my head and said the words interruptedly. Lili also nods and undertakes the continuation of the words.

It's Lizardman.

Lizard looking, bipedal, giant, the only answer derived from that information could be Lizardman. Reaching the answer, Lili looked strange, even though she was a child, and Mimi shook her shoulders to be scared to see. In the meantime, only the brave have a questionable look on their face.

"Lizardman?"

"The humans won't know. Lizardman rarely shows up, and he lives far from our continent."

That's what Lili said, as she naturally said to the brave to the voice of doubt. The way you put it sounds like you made a little fool of yourself somewhere. In fact, it wasn't that the brave didn't know Lizardman at all. I knew there were such people among the Fae, but I had never met them before for many minutes, so I couldn't imagine what kind of race they were. I guessed it and Mimi started explaining it while hiding behind Lili.

"Lizardman is a fierce race. Words don't make sense, and he refuses to make contact with the outside world in his own culture. That's why mutual understanding is difficult. To be honest, I don't really want to meet a Fae."

After hearing Mimi explain, the brave man nods his face wondering if there are any such races.

The Fae all have their own culture, but all speak the language and have some understanding. Therefore, it was a bit of a shock to see that there were people who could not speak or have a conversation from the brave.

"Even the chatty foul is enough to burn your hands. They used to worship dragons... it took a lot of time to crack down on them when they collided."

"It was tough then... it was the whole dragon season"

Lili said that in nostalgia as she lowered her hips on the sand. Mimi nods her face and snaps her fingers while in tune with it. The brave men who couldn't keep up with the conversation just shut up and stared at the exchange, but the witch understood only that they were trying to maintain the equilibrium of the world in a place they didn't know. After all, my sins are heavy. Understanding it again, the brave man clenched his fist to repentance.

"They must be up to something. Otherwise, you wouldn't bother to grab people. Better hit your hands early."

bread, and punched his hand to the ground, and Lili concludes so. Mimi still looked anxious not to agree with the suggestion, but Lili's face was more suited to the brave. She's suing. Brave men should move, he said. And that he felt the same way. Undo the fist you were gripping, and now hit it on the chest of the ground. Besides, Lili and I got eyes on each other. Those eyes were as clear as the silver-haired witch I had seen one day.

"It's time to do your duty, brave man. Reveal the plans of the Lizardmen."

"Oh...... I know"

In response to Lili's words, the brave man nodded forcefully and grabbed his own chest.

The crimes imposed are still heavy. I'm sure this sin will never be lightened. Still, the brave keep fulfilling their mission. So that we can escape this guilt at all. He shreds his own spirit as he prays for a safe night to sleep. One crack of the twin witches looked lonely at the look of it. Those eyes are shaking sadly.