The Struggle of Returning to The Other World

It was a shame that my fixer husband and his wife welcomed me in.

I almost starved to death.

I didn't possess a single sentence of this world's money, so I naturally didn't even put it on my diet.

For once, I had the school bag when I was summoned here, but what was inside was a bottle of water from a pet bottle and two candy balls. That was all it was. I think I have a surprisingly good gut, too, because I endured two days in that situation.

Still, at the end of the day, he was already acting almost unconsciously.

I was flustered by the smell of a delicious meal leaking through the diner's door. At last, I was exhausted and sneered. So your husband here found it.

I'm just a high school girl, but the uniform I wore helped your husband make a "good decision”. Your husband did not judge me as a beggar to go down, but considered me a servant and a good lady.

Your husband invited me into the store to treat me to a warm meal.

He was the first to tell me that he didn't have the money, but he told me that he still didn't mind.

I can assure you that the rice I ate at this time was the best rice of my life: eighteen years.

The tenderness of people smudged me so painfully. This was the first time I had eaten crying.

I could not help but notice that you speak falsely about yourself to such gentle masters. But I can't believe you're a human being from another world, and I can't be more of a joke about that - even if that's true.

I had no choice but to rely on relatives living in this town to come out of the country, but to let them hear such vague fabrications that relatives had not moved. People's good husbands believed the story openly, and I became more and more self-loathed.

And well, there was a lot going on after that, but eventually, as a fixer-in-residence clerk, I was welcomed into them.

I will work my best to repay any thanks I receive. So this is the day I work hard around day and night.

That said, I didn't give up going back to the original world.

One day, I'm sure, I'll go home.

Last time I fulfilled my mission as a witch, the country sent me back to the original world under its responsibility with a grand farewell party. but this time it doesn't seem to do it with the mission given to it, so I don't even know when I can go back to the original world if I let it go.

Yes, we have to move ourselves.

Try to find a way back from here somehow before someone I used to know finds it easy to talk to.

Find a way to return the favor to the store. My goal has been set.

"Halker, bring me booze, booze!

"Hey, over here, too!

"Can I ask for an extra order -!

"Yes, I'm home!

By the way, the sun hid itself across the mountain, the usual evening when the darkness also deepened completely.

The noisy customers called me from right to left, and I was crawling around the narrow store.

Eighty percent of the guests in this restaurant are the mundane ossans. Besides, there are many types that are nowhere near resilient. Because this is the diner for the soldiers belonging to the royal palace.

I don't want the royal palace people to find out my face. It's a somewhat dangerous workplace as far as I'm concerned, but you can see that there's almost zero chance that anyone who knew me, who was a witch, would visit this shop of commoners like only junior soldiers would come.

In fact, there's never been a face I've seen before. In the unlikely event that someone I once knew visits me, I'm sure they won't notice me now.

Either way, I have nowhere else to go. Even if we're going to take some risks, we're not leaving here.

"Harka, are you doing this store next Wed day?

"Huh? Yeah. Our holidays are only on Sals Day."

One of my regular customers asked me suddenly and I twisted my neck. If you're always a good comer, you should be well aware of the holidays.

He waved, "No, no, no," you guessed my question like that.

"You forgot. Next Wed Day, it's a celebration festival, right? Looks like most stores close all day."

"Ah."

I finally figured it out when they said it.

Congratulations - Once a year, it is a festival that expresses our gratitude to God.

It was one of the biggest events in the country, and I used to even participate in a parade that was a highlight of the festival as a witch. Well, that was about two years ago, too. There was a lot of blank in the life of this world, so I can't help but forget.

"Oh well. It's that time of year."

You didn't see me soaking up, and your face came out of the kitchen.

"I'm sorry, but we're taking the day off."

"Oh, my God, that's too bad. Because of that, I thought we'd have lunch here and watch a little march."

Bending his eyebrows to eight letters, he shrugged.

Um, a parade. Ah. I recalled the scenery of the festival I had previously attended. Sure, the musical team played and we all sprinkled petals, and it was so beautiful. The royal palace greats who don't usually come out of the city will also participate in the parade, so it must be an exciting event for the general public.

(Great...)

Second, I stopped my hand cleaning up the empty table.

- Is he leaving, too? of this year's Congratulations Festival, for the parade.

(No, no, no. I have nothing to do with it)

Don't you mind if I leave or not? I rethink that and rush back to wiping the table. Still, there's nothing I can do about it that causes thoughts to flow out of the ordinary.

- Perhaps he'll join us.

Two years ago, he marched with me, who was a witch. He was my escort knight, so naturally.

Speaking of this time, although there is no escort named me, I wonder if they will also pull out the entire parade of security. I have an identity, and I look good, so there's no way the royal family who wants to look good on the people can keep him in.

"Hulka's going to the festival, too, right?

Another regular customer asked in a bright voice.

"Um, yeah, right. If you have time…"

Then he replied to me with a bad tooth cut. Because of that, I hear you made a mistake. He jumped out of the kitchen in a hurry.

"Hal, you're always working hard, and you're having fun at the festival because of it! I don't have much, but I have some pennies. It might be an extra favor."

"Oh, no, I'm sorry, ladies, I didn't mean to. And I'm sorry!

"My young daughter told me not to shy away in strange places. Thank you. It's sweet."

"Yeah, well, maybe we'll meet up in the city, huh?

What a tea of irresponsible old men enters. But I'm too sorry for you guys, even though I didn't originally care about the money! Besides, he said he didn't want everything in this world to meet. On the other hand, someone with a complicated mood might come to the parade who seems to want to see you and doesn't want to see you - I can't even honestly say that.

"Me too, I'd definitely go watch the march if it was off duty. Oh, my God, that rumored Lady Ardina is coming out, isn't it? I'd like to see it at a glance."

"Oh, rumor has it, you look amazing beautiful"

"A priest from the church who met Master Ardina once said, That one is the incarnation of God, there is no one more to succeed the witch! What?"

A corner of the store, customers start to thrive on each other. I picked up a word in my ear that I was too concerned about to listen to, and I looked back at you unexpectedly.

"Is Harka interested, too? Dear Aldina, if it's the same woman, you'll admire it."

One person who noticed my gaze for the purpose asked me to tear it up.

But for me, "Master Ardina" and his presence are the first.

"Yeah, who was Master Ardina...?

When I asked about it, the air in the store was frozen. Wow, did you ask such a strange question? But when I was spending time over here, there couldn't have been a celebrity like Master Ardina. Yeah, that's for sure.

"It's a priest, Ardina, with rare divine power since the beginning of the country. Oh, come on, you mean you don't know?

"Since the witch from the exotic came home a year and a half ago, you've been making a fuss over your succession choices."

"But in the end, almost unanimously, Ardina was chosen to succeed him."

"I'm sure Ardina will be able to keep the peace in the country without the previous witch."

Each of the men has a tranced look that tells them what they want.

But, well, my successor and I are Master Ardina. Though I knew witches would only serve humans from different worlds, they don't have that kind of bondage in particular. Then I wish you hadn't called me out of the other world and would have done whatever you wanted in your own country from the start.

"As a matter of fact, I met Master Ardina a while ago, who had come to church with patience."

"What, is that true!?

"Oh. It's incredibly luxurious and white already, beautiful and... You were like an angel."

"Did you get the blessing word?

"No way, I'm something. The extent to which a few children and old people were heard. In the first place, Ardina had a perfect escort, and it didn't feel like the average person was getting anywhere near her."

"What was the escort like?

I pinched my mouth without patience.

I myself was surprised that the voice was accompanied by more desperate sounds than I thought. Although the drunks around didn't seem to notice any change in my voice.

"Hmm? That's it. That knight who was also an escort during the previous witch. I wonder what his name was?

"... Noel...?

Responding to my whining voice, I nodded around.

"Ah, yeah, that's the name. Oh, my God, Halka, you think I'm interested in you guys? Oh, well! I'm more interested in men than women."

"Hal's about your age, too. In fact, that knight seems to be popular with the women of the city"

"I'm sure the knight would join the queue if he were to escort Master Ardina."

That, this, and the customers' stories seemed endless after that.

But I can barely remember the conversation that followed. Because I was attacked by something like a feeling of impatience that I don't know, and it wasn't the other way around.

You shouldn't go to the festival.

While I thought so, I sighed half giving up, I'm sure I couldn't help but go.