As the strongest witch in history, I somehow ended up being feared so much that I’m all alone. So, I figured I’d buy a cute girl slave and ask her for all kinds of things
“I want you to help me.”
Those were the words of the young girl who had pleaded with me.
Tia had said she couldn’t handle taking care of the girl and was going to refuse, but I insisted a little and decided to respond to the girl’s plea for help.
“T-this is…”
That’s how I ended up packing up my stall and inviting the girl to my mansion.
“…Wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh…”
“I was the one who insisted to Tia that we bring her along.
I need to try harder…! With that in mind, I stood before the girl, but no matter what, I was utterly powerless.
Sitting across from the girl at the table where she had taken a seat, I trembled in front of her. I tried to speak.
“U-um… Witch-sama?”
Various thoughts swirled in my head.
My name is Etana. Though people call me a witch, I don’t think of myself as a scary existence, so please don’t worry.
Could you tell me your name?
You said you wanted help… What happened?
“A-awawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawawa…”
However, none of those thoughts actually made it out of my mouth.
“Haa…”
Next to me, Tia let out a sigh.
“First, I’m Tia, the one who’s with this witch girl here. And the witch next to me is Etana. She’s not scary at all, so don’t worry.”
Then, just like that, Tia spoke directly to the girl on my behalf.
“You can thank me later.”
“U-uh huh.”
I really rely on Tia so much.
Just as she whispered to me secretly, I’ll be sure to praise her plenty later. Though I don’t know if it’ll ever make up for how much she helps me…
“Well then, we’ve introduced ourselves. What’s your name?”
“U-um… I’m Arona. One of the orphans who lived in the orphanage in that town.”
“Arona. That’s a nice name. So? You were saying ‘help me’ earlier—what exactly happened? Can you tell us about it? Oh, and don’t worry, making requests to a witch doesn’t mean we’re going to ask for some kind of sacrifice or anything scary like that.”
D-do people really fear me so much that I have to add disclaimers like that…? Here I am, thinking that I’ve done nothing but fight monsters for humanity, greatly expanded human survivable territory, and given people hope… and yet…
“U-um… Actually.”
While I was silently musing over all this, the girl, Arona, began to explain her situation.