Miss Witch, please don't leave your fragrance everywhere

Chapter 30 The Witch Lady's Experience

　　Early morning of the seventh day.
　　Two girls appeared at the entrance of Bonn Village: Angelica and Abigail. They did not have heavy luggage and did not need to check their luggage when they left.
　　"Sister Angelica got up very early today."

　　"You must be thinking that I always get up late, right?"
　　Angelica grabbed Abigail's cheek angrily, but she deliberately left Bonn Village before the rooster crowed today. Angelica did have her own plan.
　　Angelica had just walked out of the village when someone followed closely behind her.

　　"Please wait a moment."
　　The person who came was Wolfgang, and he stopped the witch who was about to leave.
　　"I have a favor to ask of you - can you please turn me back into a werewolf?"

　　"Huh? Why?"
　　Abigail was puzzled. She had been learning magic with Angelica these days and was unaware of the gradually depressing atmosphere in the village.
　　She couldn't understand Wolfgang's decision to turn back into a human, and at this moment, Wolfgang was in no mood to explain to Abigail. He stared straight at Angelica, waiting for the witch's answer.

　　Angelica took off a bottle of potion from her belt. She had expected that this day would come for Wolfgang, so when she was making the potion to turn Wolfgang back into a human, she also made a potion for the werewolf curse.
　　"I need to remind you..."
　　Before Angelica finished her words, Wolfgang snatched the potion, unscrewed the cork, and drank it all in one gulp, not much slower than the last time he was eager to regain his human identity.

　　The potion can only take effect once.
　　In other words, Wolfgang, who has taken the potion to remove the werewolf curse once, will never be able to turn back into a human again if he takes the potion again to turn back into a werewolf.
　　However, seeing Wolfgang's resolute attitude, Angelica decided to let the useless reminder rot in her stomach.

　　Wolfgang's body transformed again, and within a few minutes, he turned back into a tall and strong werewolf.
　　"Huh... this is more suitable for me. How can I repay you?"
　　"That's not necessary. I won't be going back to Bonn Village again."
　　"...Then I wish you a safe journey."

　　Wolfgang waved goodbye to Angelica and Abigail and returned to Bonn Village alone.
　　"Mr. Wolf, no more laughing."
　　Abigail always felt that something was wrong. She carefully recalled her first meeting with Wolfgang and found that Wolfgang looked scary at first glance, but he always tried his best to force out a gentle smile.

　　There was no shadow in that smile; he was truly satisfied with his current life and sincerely welcomed every traveler who visited Bonn Village.
　　But Wolfgang, who turned back into a werewolf, did not show any emotion. Abigail did not know what Wolfgang had gone through in the few days since he turned back into a human.
　　Angelica sighed.

　　Didn’t I say that not every stone can be turned over?
　　There may be insects living under the stones, but as long as you don’t turn them over, both people and the insects under the stones will live parallel lives without any intersection.
　　However, Wolfgang firmly believed that the villagers of Bonn accepted him as an individual named Wolfgang, not as a werewolf who could turn the waterwheel alone and intimidate the villagers in the downstream villages so that they could monopolize the water source.

　　Angelica wasn't sure what the original idea behind the people of Bonn Village's decision to keep Wolfgang was, whether it was out of pure kindness or some other motive, but at least it was clear now.
　　Because werewolves are really convenient.
　　He knew that he was a monster, and he interpreted the Bonn village's shelter as goodwill, so Wolfgang turned a blind eye to the village's unreasonable behavior of cutting off the water supply. He had no reason to object to the villagers who took him in.

　　Speaking of which, Wolfgang decided to turn back into a human because he didn't want to hurt anyone.
　　"Abigail, I used to know an old hunter."
　　Angelica said to herself.

　　"The old hunter is well-known in the area where he lives. He is a very famous hunting master. He has also been rewarded by nobles for hunting ferocious beasts. The old hunter taught me his hunting experience over the years. One of the things he said was this: no matter what the reason, any beast that has tasted human flesh must be killed and must not be left alive."
　　"You mean carnivorous animals like tigers and wolves?"
　　"That's half the reason. The old hunter told me about a hound he killed with his own hands. It was said that the hound had been attached to its owner for many years and did not give up even during the famine. But later, the hound bit its owner to death in his sleep."

　　"Why is that?"
　　"During the famine, the owner of the hounds could only get his own rations and could not get food for the dogs... so he let the hounds eat the corpses that had not yet decayed, including those of people who had starved to death."
　　Abigail covered her mouth in fear. For such a young girl, what Angelica said was already beyond the restricted level.

　　"They survived the famine... until one day, when they were once again starving, the hound killed its owner and ate his flesh. Because the hound had tasted human flesh more than once, in extreme cases, it would attack and kill humans. Lions, tigers, and wolves are ferocious carnivores, but humans are not actually in their optimal prey sequence."
　　However, animals that have tasted human flesh are two completely different concepts.
　　"But once they have eaten it... they will understand that the meat of a creature that walks upright on two legs is edible."

　　Most of the ferocious beasts killed by the old hunter Angelica knew had one thing in common: they had eaten human flesh for some reason, and then gradually began to attack humans. In the eyes of those ferocious beasts, humans were no longer objects that needed to be feared, but merely food like deer, cattle, and sheep.
　　As the saying goes, humans are afraid of carnivores, and carnivores are also afraid of humans to a certain extent. The taste of human flesh will make them completely let down their remaining vigilance.
　　"How terrible... But why did Sister Angelica bring this up?"

　　Abigail wanted to know the reason, but Angelica suddenly changed the subject and smiled wickedly.
　　"Nothing. I just wanted to scare Abigail."
　　"W-what? Sister Angelica has bad intentions!"

　　"Hmm~"
　　The witch and her apprentice left the village where humans and werewolves once coexisted peacefully, talking and laughing.
　　As the sun rises, the village of Bonn is bathed in sunlight, welcoming the beautiful dawn.

　　【Witch TIPS】
　　The color of the witch comes from the Kabbalah Tree of Life, and the "black" symbolized by Angelica is taken from the third sephirah, but there is no relationship between them except for the color and the corresponding characteristics of the sephirah.