He introduced himself, so we introduced ourselves back.

　Meku had a twinkle in his eye, but he introduced himself in passing.

"You must be Tetsuya-kun, Meku-chan, and Lenya-chan. Hmmm........

　Clarica would stare at us.
　Looking at her with these eyes, it was as if she could see deep inside of me.

'You're pretty strong, Tetsuya. I'm surprised. If I had fought you, Popotadas and the others would have been wiped out.

　I was surprised when they found out how strong I was. Until now, there have been many times when I was considered weak because of my low limit level, but this was the first time I was called strong. I guess you could call her a quintessential witch.

'Yes. It's not a bad idea," he said.

　Lenya said proudly.

'How did you know?　I'm at a low limit level, but...
Hmm?　Is that right?　I don't bother to look at my limit level because I can see other people's powers firsthand... but my God, your limit level is 1!　So with all this strength, what special skills do you have?

　Clarica seemed to have checked my limit level and was surprised.

　She was right about my skills.
　She seemed to have a high level of insight.

I don't care about Tetsuya's strength right now. If you say you made me into this form, then I want you to return me to my original form now!

　After that, he added in a whisper so that Clarica wouldn't hear, "And if you put it back, I'll punch you once. Well, I've been forced to live in this form for decades, so I feel it's counter-intuitive to forgive him for one punch.

''I don't know why you're so mad at me but that magic 'puppet change' is a spell I can cast when I'm feeling good, with the intention of blessing you.
'Blessing?　It's the wrong curse!
'What?　How is that a curse?　I won't die while I'm in that shape, and I won't age, and it's great. And thanks to this magic, I can live for hundreds of years now and still look as young as I do. It's good magic.

　It is true that Clarica looks about 20 years old. It doesn't look like she's lived for hundreds of years.

''That's if you can get back to your old self at will!　I've been this way for a long time!
'What?　Can't we get it back?　Why?　I think I've taught you the spell to get back on track.
You never told me!
'What?　 Maybe I forgot about it.

　Heh, Clarica laughs. Meku, with his attitude, is furious.

'You've forgotten me!　I wonder how many years I've been in this shape because of myself!
Oh, come on. You're a pretty boy.
You are not!　Not just dumb!
I'm not so sure.
Anyway, tell me that spell now!
'All right! Ah, but spells are different for different people. So the spell I use to change back to my original form is different than the spell you use to change back to your original form. The spells are long and I honestly don't remember the ones I put on people.
What do you mean?

　It seemed like hopeless information. Then couldn't Clarica undo it?

'It's okay, it's okay. I don't use this magic too much, and I always make sure to take notes on the spell, just in case I do. It's probably on this shelf.

　Clarica starts to fish out the shelves in the room.
　I'm a little relieved. Meku was relieved as well and muttered, "Let me chill........

　However, my relief was short-lived as Clarica, who was fishing the shelves, said, "Huh?　And I started to say something funny.........

　And then he stopped scavenging the shelves.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

　He apologized.