“This is a really bad idea…” (V)

Suie frowned as she heard her brother voice his complaints.

‘Tch, what a coward’

The guy likes to act all tough. Going as far as pinning her down and silencing her with his dirty hands at times. But, when faced with a situation that actually requires courage, he immediately folds. It was so annoying. This behaviour had ruined far too many good things for Suie.

She wasn’t going to let it happen again.

Why couldn’t he see this was their one shot at greatness?

“Calm down, you baby. I already told you I have a plan.” (S)

Standing outside behind the restaurant, Suie quickly spied around the corner. She let out a wide smile seeing nobody present walking in the village. Despite it not being an official rule, most people chose to stay inside anytime the witch came to visit.

It was a fact Suie thought dumb and crazy.

Whenever the witch came to visit, she would only ever enter their restaurant. It was a great source of pride for their family, but it also meant the witch hardly interacted with the other villagers. She would eat, then instantly leave, meaning one thing: people stopping their work and hiding was pointless and might merely result in them being unable to see when the witch left. And, who in their right mind would want to miss that? They can blab about respecting the witch and whatnot, but it wouldn’t change the fact that their actions don’t make sense.

“Ugh, was that supposed to make me feel better? All your plans suck.” (V)

Turning around, Suie kicked her brother in the shin.

“Oh, shut up!” (S)

What he said wasn’t true, and even if it were, the plans would only suck cause he sucks!

“My plans are amazing!” (S)

A harsh glare was sent Suie’s way as her brother rubbed his shin.

“Haa…Oh yeah? Then tell me, what’s the amazing plan this time?” (V)

Unlike usual, Suie decided on a less complicated plan. She did this mainly because the more complex the plan got, the more likely her brother was going to mess it up. Yes, that was it, the reason. It was definitely not because she couldn’t think of any other way to gain the favour of the witch’s daughter.

Dodging the kick to her leg, Suie stepped back and round the corner.

“Just follow me for now.” (S)

“Grr….” (V)

A small girl stood clutching a piece of paper.

She had an adorably small and cute frame that instilled one word onto onlookers.

Delicate.

Draped in an oversized black hat with wide brims, the girl spotted troubled golden blue eyes. The two fluffy white ears poking out her hat constantly twitched as she examined the paper in hand. She repeatedly folded and unfolded the paper as a sulky look made way onto her face. Finally, the stripped tail that was partly hidden underneath her long dark robe lowered as the girl let out a silent defeated sigh.

Suie stared quietly.

‘She really is…’

The witch’s daughter.

There was no mistaking it.

Seeing such a truth still filled Suie with a sense of disbelief. When she first overheard the villagers’ murmurs, she thought she might’ve been mistaken. But, regardless of that, she still rushed over to the restaurant with hope in her heart.

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Hope that one day she could convince the witch to teach her magic.

Suie has desired, ever since she could remember, to learn magic. To weave wonders and create miracles worthy enough to be called a hero. Suie held this desire, this dream, closer than anything in her heart. Wishing every day for its fulfilment. Sadly, though, such a thing, as she was told, was not to be. Being born into a family without a mage or something of the sort meant the only way for her to learn magic was to attend one of many schools.

Schools that cost a sum her family could never afford.

“Pssst! Hey! Over here!” (S)

The only way Suie could attain her dreams was if she convinced the witch to teach her. After many failed attempts to get close to the witch due to those around her, Suie had nearly given up, but when she heard the news of the witch’s daughter, a new plan came into mind.

By befriending the witch’s daughter, couldn’t she convince her to teach her magic?

It was a sound plan; after all, nobody said the witch’s daughter was off limits.

“Was that your plan?!” (V)

A quiet shout came from behind Suie. She paid it no mind. Her initial plan was just finding a way to lure the witch’s daughter away from the witch. Seeing that she was already alone, the plan could already be called complete. Now, the only thing she would have to do is befriend the witch’s daughter.

The small girl turned and faced the sibling duo.

A smile so brief that Suie doubted eyes flashed on the troubled girl’s face before she ran to them.

“Hey, I’m sorry to ask this so suddenly, but please, could you help me!”

An angelic voice tickled Suie’s ears.

With her fists balled, she struggled to meet the small girl’s charming gaze.

Quickly, she realised this wasn’t going to be easy.

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‘I’m so lucky I found me some suckers!’

Kids were the biggest suckers in the world. If Leion leveraged his position as a fellow “kid” right, he could likely convince them to do his work for him! As a lazy person, Leion had developed stunning social abilities in order to aid his desire to sleep. Leion’s abilities allowed him to evade work by means of convincing others to do it or not assign work to him at all.

‘Hehe’

Kindly, do not misunderstand; Leion was not a bad person. He was a hard… He was a worker. He would do his work, if necessary, but, if he could find ways to dodge it, he always would. Today was merely one of those instances where he didn’t have to.

Walking up to the kids who looked no older than six, Leion put on a sad expression.

“Hey, I’m sorry to ask this so suddenly, but please, could you help me!” (L)

Leion stood before the kids in complete silence.

Awkward silence.

They had frozen.

Despite being the ones to call out, they froze in place when Leion responded to their call.

‘Ha? Did I say something weird?’

Leion ran through various possibilities in his head. Did they not understand him? No, that couldn’t be it; the restaurant owner could clearly understand him; it was likely the kids could too. Did he just commit some social taboo? No, unlikely; the kids didn’t seem offended.

‘Ahhh… What could it be?’

Racking his brains in the awkward silence for a bit, Leion came to a swift realization. He had seen this reaction before, specifically from himself. When he first met his “Master’s” human form, he had been so enchanted by her he froze. The kids might be facing the same shock he did. While he had quickly gotten used to his “Master’s” face, it would be a complete lie to say he doesn’t struggle to look at her sometimes.

‘Oh, oh wow…’

He must be a pretty cute kid right now if his “Master” was anything to go by.

‘Unexpected bonus, huh?’

It seems a bit obvious now why the villagers were staring. Letting out an internal sigh, Leion pondered what to do to free them from this trance. In his last life, he hardly took care of his looks. This was a new thing for him. Heck, here he was repeatedly groomed by his “Master”. She appeared to have a strong dislike for wild and unkempt things.

‘A wild thing for… a wild tiger’

“Ah, um—cough, Hello! I’m Suie… And this is my brother, Ved.” (S)

“…Hello.” (V)

‘Ah, guess I didn’t have to do anything’

It was good. Leion didn’t feel like thinking right now.

“And… yeah, we would love to help you!” (S)

Seeing he had the advantage, Leion decided to push the pair of siblings. With his widest, most mesmerising smile he could muster, he spoke,

“Thank you, thank you so much!” (L)

Moving closer to the siblings, he grabbed the girl called Suie’s hands in a shake and subtly slipped in the piece of paper.

“I’m Leion, by the way. Nice to meet you!” (L)

“Uh-huh…” (S)

Hearing the dumb response from the flustered kid, Leion suppressed a smile.

“Could you get the things on the list? I’ll just be waiting over here…” (L)

“S-Sure… no problem.” (S)

Getting her verbal agreement, Leion was just about to walk away and sit at the restaurant door when a quiet voice chimed in.

“Um, excuse me… Miss Leion, b-but, do you have any mon—?" (V)

A hand went and quickly silenced the boy.

‘Oh, yeah… I don’t have money’

And, his thoughtless “Master” hadn’t given him any. While trying to think of an appropriate response, the girl suddenly spoke up,

“D-Don’t worry about it! We got this!” (S)

The girl started pulling her brother away from the restaurant.

“S-See you soon!” (S)

As they walked deeper into the village and out of view, Leion simply shrugged his shoulders.

With that problem solved, he could rest.

Sitting down at the door of the restaurant, Leion closed his eyes.

‘Haaaa, I wish she’d show me how to transform back…’

Missing his comfortable tiger body, Leion tried to find some comfort.

It’s nice when things go smoothly. It means things were done right. Seeing the situation, there wasn’t much that could possibly go wrong.

Right?