The Witch's After Tea Party / The Requirements to be a Witch

The Witch's After Tea Party / The Requirements to be a Witch (魔女のアフターティーパーティー / 魔女の条件) is a side story featured in Monthly Comic Alive which was later adapted in Tanpenshuuu 6.

Summary
A 12 year old girl named Colette dips her hands into a nearby freezing river to clean them off during the ice season. She seeks to go back to her cabin to warm herself up, but suddenly, a voice calls out to her, asking for a favor. It belonged to another girl asking for help, as she was had a low body temperature and felt like she was about to lose consciousness while being swept along by the chilly river. Colette stops herself from letting out a scream and lends a hand to the girl in the river.

The girl who fell in the river gives her thanks to Colette for saving her. Colette gives the girl some freshly boiled water, causing the girl to thank her again. The girl had long pink hair, an oversized cloak, and most strikingly, pointed ears. Noticing the girl's ears, Colette asks if she is an elf, only for the girl to say that her body is an elf's while her soul is not, confusing Colette. The elven girl, who has a glittering blue stone on her neck, returns to answering Colette's question and states she's an elf and is 400 years old. Colette thinks that the elven girl was alive back when the Witch of Envy was roaming the world, and she is asked for her name. After Colette replies, the girl introduces herself as Omega.

The two continue to discuss various topics, like how Colette lives alone in a cabin because her parents passed away, and how she catches rabbits and eats them. Omega and Colette begin to eat rabbit, the former professes that she's never been able to swim, and the latter suggests to Omega that she should stay in the cabin for some time. As Omega is worried about what she could give back in return, Colette suggests a story from the past, to which the elven girl accepts. She tells Colette how only demi-humans and spirits had a knack for magic while humans struggled building fires, then continues with the claim that only two or three other people in history could do what she can with magic. A word arises in Colette's head as she realizes something; Omega asks Colette to admit what's on her mind. Upon hearing the word from Colette, Omega affirms her with a bewitching smile, declaring, “I’m quite the wicked Witch, you know?”

While spending her days with a Witch, Colette converses with Omega whilst the former washes her things. Eventually, Omega notices that Colette has a bracelet, and she probes the girl about where it came from. It is a memento from her deceased parents, The Witch then decides to take a walk, and Colette meekly tells her to not visit the east side of the forest due to there being a Demon Beast located there. After hearing that, Omega chose to trod on over to the east side of the forest, until her eyes met small piles of stones and her ears caught a voice asking about her identity. She tries clearing any doubts about her being harmful, though the voice tells her to quit talking and turn around.

The voice belongs to a tall girl wearing black clothes. She has long dark hair, piercing sanpaku eyes, and was carrying the cadaver of a deceased creature wrapped in a white cloth. The girl uses a digging stick to make a hole, bury the animal, and put stones atop the hole after filling it. Realizing she was in a graveyard, Omega reminisces about her familiarity with them. The dark-haired juvenile questions Omega and tells her to leave the forest, for she will be torn apart by the “Beast” if she refuses to leave.

A while later, Omega returns to ask Colette about the Beast and brushes over the girl whose eyes looked like they could be a Demon Beast’s, before Colette surmises that the girl was Palmyra. Omega thinks back to a boy who would complain about being identified that way. Relaying how Palmyra asked her to leave, Omega is confronted by Colette, who had quivering eyes and did not notice the spilled soup on her lap when asking Omega if she was really going to set out. Omega confirms she will, but not before attempting to take care of the supposed Demon Beast or whatever lies in the forest. Colette turned her back at this remark and became taciturn.

Omega has a hard time waking up that night, just like how she did in her original body. This was due to her low blood pressure, so Omega presumes that the quality of blood pressure is attached to her soul instead of her body. Colette and her pyroxene crystal have disappeared. She gets ready and steps out of the cabin, hearing a howl from the “Beast” as she walked. Arriving at the graveyard, where newly fresh non-human blood was splattered, Omega cast fireballs into the darkness, and the Beast appears. Although she was different from the typical half-elf, she did not have the physical strength they usually had, which allowed them to break boulders by hitting them. The thought of a half-elf reminds her of someone she dislikes, souring her face and flashing memories in her head. Despite not needing them, Omega casts magic with incantations because she liked putting it into words. Using Earth Magic, she pummels the Beast without emotion, thinking about the most optimal way to give it more pain, until...

A familiar girl cries out into the night, reflecting in Omega’s cold eyes. It is Palmyra, who has large tears forming in her eyes as she begs the Witch to stop. Omega is confused and states it would be irresponsible to leave this be, then Palmyra divulges she never wanted the Beast to be killed. While hugging the Beast, Palmyra passionately and desperately shouts that she never wanted Colette to turn into a “Witch”, and she only sought to help the Beast — or rather, the beastified Colette, who she was hugging.

''This summary is currently under expansion. As of now, only six of eight sections featured in The Requirements to be a Witch have been summarized.''

Characters

 * Colette
 * Omega
 * Palmyra
 * Witch of Envy (mentioned)