It is almost evening, as Vram and Josephine finally finished with their assignment and finally returning, or in Vram’s case, visiting Josephine’s home.

[Thanks to you, the cleaning went faster than usual~❤]

Josephine smiled happily as usual it completely erased her tears. Most people won’t even realize that Josephine had cried her heart all out. Seeing such smile, Vram looked like he wanted to reply in a good manner, but at the end, he ended up only nodding.

[Eeee~??? Why are you being quiet again???] [… Ah?]

As Josephine’s finally realized, a bunch of people was seen coming to where both Josephine’s and Vram came from. Without long, both Josephine and Vram had been surrounded by a massive crowd of female witches. And as usual, the girls were using such minimum clothes as well as all of them looked very young in Vram’s eyes that he had trouble controlling himself.

[Hey hey, Josephine, who’s he??] [Is it a familiar? It somehow resembles us a lot!!!] [Is it strong as usual?] [What kind of ability does he have right now?] [Does he eat and sleep just like us?] [Does it have quite a good stamina?] [Does it have a big *rod*?] [Does it even procreate?] [….] [….] [….]

The content of the curious younger witches left Josephine and Vram both confused, as Vram tried to cover his confusing gesture. But it was as what Josephine had deduced; there was never a case where a Familiar can speak, let alone interact with each other. Somehow, if words got out that Josephine had called a talking familiar, she afraid that Vram would be used for something he didn’t like.

There’s also a case where a familiar took their own independent action without having been ordered by their master, but it can only be achieved by a familiar whom have been bonded with their master for a long time, or it’s quite an irregular monster. Though considering Vram himself was quite an irregular, he would be able to do those things by himself.

As Vram tried to ascertain his situation, he was surrounded, rubbed, pinched, and groped by most of the witches out there. This leaves Josephine with jealousy over him [HEY! WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE TOUCHING!?!] As she shouted seeing one girl had trying to aim for Vram’s nether region.

While pretending to act as a familiar whilst remain stout from the junior witches’ attack, Vram tried to listen to their conversation in order to know better about this place. It seems that this place, which was called Witch Village, was segregated into many areas, while mainly split their rank based on how strong their magic as well as how far their knowledge developed.

It seems that this place was an intermediate class area, which specialized in Familiar Summoning. With that said, it’s quite simple to say that in order to move onto the higher rank, one should’ve had a familiar strong enough to move onto the next rank.

{Despite her personality, her magic actually quite good.} {Must be because of her recent losing familiar that ended up having her stuck in this class.}

As Vram tried to pry more onto this business, he found out quite a shocking truth regarding the Familiar Summoning. It seems that, in order to summon one, a witch must prepare many sacrifices to use as a material. Heard that some of the junior witches had used many things from animal, plant, resources, and monster alike.

[So, what kind of material you’re using right now, Senior?] [Is it the usual rare monster thing?]

[Umm… yeah.] [Also, I added some compound made from a purified magic crystal and the ones which had a thick miasma.]

[Eeeh?] [What for????]

[It seems that when these two contradictive energy sources counteract each other, the force it would gather will be bigger than usual.] [And with these force, a massive amount of energy will gather around the summoning altar.] [But to balance the force between these two energy source would need quite high concentration, so one must took great care of it when trying to do these~❤]

[[[[[[[[[[OK~~!!!]]]]]]]]]]

Vram was quite surprised seeing her knowledge had grown that far. Even if he didn’t use magic, such feat was unheard of, so it seems that Vram’s admiration to her grow even larger. And also, that explain the reason how could Josephine even be able to summon something like “him”.

[Hmm…] [As usual, quite an exquisite Familiar you have there, Naked Princess~]

Suddenly the surrounding went tense, as one girl accompanied by the two girls behind her had come visiting Josephine. The girl with red, brownish wavy hair accompanied with a violet blue haired girl and a sharp bright blonde haired girl visited Josephine.

[Senior Hildegarde~?]

From what the other junior girls whispered to each other, it seems that these people were Josephine’s Senior-by-age even though all of them actually had the same rank. The trio girls were quite known for their boastful attitude among the junior, as the same were also the case with Josephine.

Vram also recognize their name as Hildegarde, the seemed-to-be leader of the group, also her companion Christine & Rosalinda. With attire that could also be comparable to Josephine’s nakedness, a black-laced frill underwear that was almost see-through, combined with her frilly yet transparent robe, she’s almost practically naked, though not much worse than Vram’s master herself. By the way, Naked Princess was a title bestowed upon Josephine because she herself never wore a piece of clothes since she was small.

[But then again, what’s with that?] [Just because you’ve had a new familiar that looked like that, you started to wear some clothes?]

Those statements made everyone almost opened wide their eyes, realizing that Josephine started to wore some clothes. This surprises everyone as much because not everyone realizes it because they were too much focused on Vram, which was quite unique himself in these village.

[Th… this is circumstances!!] [If I don’t wear one, he’ll start rampaging here and there, and I’m powerless to stop him!!]

{Well, that’s quite true, though I don’t really think you could even call it “rampaging”….} is what Vram’s thinking at the moment. But it’s true that those clothes are what you would call “circumstances” regarding her ownership of Vram.

[Humh!] [Your current familiar looked smaller and weaker than what you’ve called before, and you’re having trouble with it?] [Guess in the end you wouldn’t advance that much in this class as usual~!]

[YAY~❤!] [Weak! Weak! Naked Princess is Weak!] [Guess it’s finally your time to shine on the stage, Lady Hilda~❤!] Rosalinda giving Josephine her mocking words as she praised Hildegarde over and over again.

[Umm… but her current familiar looked a lot like human, isn’t that weird no matter how you saw it?]

As one of the junior spoke on behalf of everyone’s curiosity, Hildegarde just clicked her tongue and replied to them with spiteful face.

[HA!] [Looked like human?!] [Have you guys ever seen what human was like even once?!] [Besides, if it’s a human, can it even talk!?] [Can it understand what we’ve been saying all this time?!] [If it could do at least those things, then I’ll start to acknowledge it as a human!]

Though her words have silenced everyone, Josephine could only smile awkwardly mainly because she already knows that Vram could talk.

[Now with this, I guess you understand that you should never underestimate your senior.] [Understand, Naked Princess~?]

[I understand, Senior Hildegarde.]

Though it may seem to be forced, Hildegarde was preferred to be called a senior in front of Josephine, as Josephine just gladly called her that way. Josephine’s face keep looking downward as she shows her dry smile, while Hildegarde looked unsatisfied with her answer.

[Rosa, Chris, we’re out.] As Hildegarde turned her back and leaving away the location

[Yes.] Christine, the girl with the violet blue haired girl answered with calm demeanor as she follows Hildegarde in the back.

[Aye, ma’am!] Rosalinda, the blonde ones also happily tailed both of them from behind.

As the three girls finally leaves the scene, the girls whispered to each other and badmouthing them while some of the girls tried to console Josephine. Josephine, on the other hands, were just smiling thorough it.

As if Vram’s feeling uneasy, he started to stay closer to Josephine, much to other girls’ shriek of jealousy. But in the end Josephine just looked calm after Vram went closer to her.

***

The two of them finally reached what was seemed to be a “house” for witches. At first glance it may have seemed to be just a simple 2-floor tent, but the insides of the tent were something like a exquisite 3-4 floor condominium. With size comparable on its own, they could even fit family-size furniture inside. The ornaments inside the tent were quite exquisite as it was filled with many kind of embroidery and sculptures of many shapes. But what surprises Vram the most was….

[… Quite an extraordinary magical barrier you have here.]

[Ehehe, thanks~❤] [Though at first I’m a little bit worried whether it could hold on if your magic resistance were in effect.]

It seems that Josephine realized from the time they first met, Vram had something that could resist a force of magic within certain degree. This explains the reason why at the very beginning Vram was able to survive from Josephine’s attack unscathed.

[By the way, you sure you should be talking right now?] [Not worried whether someone would overhear you?]

[When you put up these strong soundproof around your room?] As Vram said that while knocking on the tent’s wall.

[Oh, you realize that?] [Some people say that whenever I’m too focused in my training, I ended up raising my voice higher than usual.] [Also, I don’t really like the noise that’s happening outside.]

[So it blocked both outside and inside’s noise each other.]

Vram continued to inspect the surrounding of Josephine’s house, as Josephine just blankly stares at Vram confused.

[What are you doing?]

[Inspecting the place, what else?]

[What for?]

[In case of burglar or something along those lines]

[….] As Vram replied her, Josephine just stand there dumbfounded at his reply to her question, and finally, [Pfft…!] [AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH~❤!!!]

As if Vram is doing something illogical, Josephine just went laughing out loud that, if not for the soundproof covering the whole room, it could be heard throughout the whole village.

[What?] [Am I doing something weird?]

[B… but…] [It somehow feels weird for a familiar to care that much about things like that.] [Ahah…. AHAHAHAHAHAH~❤!!]

Vram just scratched his helmet confused at her reaction as he just keep inspecting and sometimes cleaning up the places, which cracked Josephine even more as Vram just keep doing his things while look confused.

After Vram finished rounding up the whole room, both of them finally sit down on what you could call it a living room. With Josephine sitting apart from him in a seiza-style, where both of her legs were being closed tight and being kept under her as she puts her hands on both of her thighs. While Vram just slovenly sitting, with his right knee pointing upward, putting his right hand on top of it as his left hand supporting his whole body, while he put his left leg forward.

[You’re… surprisingly carefree….]

[Hmm?]

[Well it’s just… seeing how you tidy up the whole room this whole time, I thought of you as someone whom always put things orderly.]

[Well, above all I’m a paladin, so….]

[Hmm?]

[We never sit when we’re in front of our lord.]

Josephine can’t count just how much she’s been taken aback by how different their culture against his own, as she just keeps widening her eyes against him.

[But… you’re sitting beside me right now….]

[Because you practically begged for it.]

[We… well… It feels weird for my own family to just standing there all days when I’m just sitting here nicely….]

[Come to think of it….] [You surprisingly had a neat way of sitting considering the way you dressed up.]

[It was the Elder’s teaching.] [A proper way of sitting will train your posture and breathing control, which in return give a proper feedback when releasing a magic.]

[That’s amusing.] [But you’re also quite stunning for also able to follow it through.]

[Ehehe~❤] [Anyway, should we continue where we left of before~?]

[You seem to be enjoying yourself.]

[Ehehehe~❤] [How could I not?] [A talking familiar is something everyone looked forward to.]

They progressed together with their chat, mainly Josephine asking and telling about something private which only both of them who knew. At first, Josephine tried to tell Vram about herself. It seems that every witch never had a mother. I can’t deduce the cause, but it may be caused by the strange ability they had, since it put a lot of strain on their body themselves. Not to mention the chance for getting pregnant by any kind of creature is quite high.

[Witches are like the total opposite of the elves.]

[Elves?]

[Another races from another region.] [I only met few of them, so I can’t really say that I knew about them.] [I’ll fill the details about it later.]

[Hmm…] [It’s just getting mysterious all of a sudden, the outer world.]

[You never ever went outside?]

[Ah yeah, I may have forgot to tell you this.] [You do know that we’re an exiled race right?]

[Yeah, so?]

[And where would you think is it?] [An exiled place where witches could expand its territory and lived secluded?]

[... Don’t tell me....]

[Yup~❤] [We’re in the very same places that most human would prefer to evade than to crashed here.]

The Forbidden Continent, Helven

This world, which one usually call “Infinus”, consists of many island encircled together creating 4 continents altogether. Among those continents, exist one continent that makes it so dangerous that people ended up banned the continent from the map, hence the name. The cause of such danger was that the continent itself somehow filled with many kind of high-class monster that could endanger even one whole kingdom with its presence. It is also said that when there exist a creature that could endanger a whole kingdom, that said creature could be coming from the said continent.

[That’s why, unless we have some other way to survive on the outer side, there’s no way elder would’ve let us went outside.]

[I see, and to support their survival capabilities, a familiar is needed.] [It’s understandable now why such extremes measures were needed here.]

[Ehehe~❤] [Actually even if you’re actually a human, I’m kinda glad that you’re an understanding person.]

[Meaning?]

[Truth is, the Elder always told us that most humans cannot be reasoned with.] [When they met one of us, either they started to kill or capture us.]

[….]

[But you didn’t do something wrong.] [In fact, I’m happy when you said that you would become my familiar, considering your capabilities.]

[It’s not that there’s a harm in it, so why not?]

[… I hope that’s really the case….]

As Josephine tilted her head a bit downward, she went closer to Vram’s location while trying to lean toward him together with her endearing smile.

[Hmm?]

[Vram…] […. Will you… always stay right by my side…?]

[… Aren’t you tired asking the same question over and over again?] [… But I shall do so, Master.]

[… Thanks….]

***

The stars have lifted up brightly. The “moon”, though it may be a little different than the moon we all know very much of, shines brightly. Such view was a sight for Vram even as a monster.

{It’s kinda soothing. Wonder if it’s because of the moon.} {It’s full now, so since I was a monster, guess it’s kinda affecting me too.} {But I guess every monster in this city also experienced the same thing.}

Vram was standing outside of the “tent”, guarding the front guard. Josephine actually never ordered such things, but since he couldn’t sleep at all, he decided to stand outside gazing at the light.

Just then, a little thread of light suddenly comes out of the front door where Vram stand besides. As Vram’s instinct were quite keen, he realized that the thread of light were anything but normal. As he tried to follow it while observing it, he found out that the light had carrying something from inside. He hurried and chasing the light as the light suddenly picked up its speed.

***

Vram reached somewhere faraway from civilization, but as he tried to observe the area, he deduced that he was still inside the Witch’s Village. As the thread of light suddenly vanished and dropped the thing, he quickly picked the thing that was seemed to be a frame. The picture inside was of an adult female together with a little girl that he knows all too well.

{Josephine…?} {That means the woman’s… her mother?} {But how this picture could even existed… I mean, doesn’t she lost her mother right after she’s born?}

*SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!

As he still fixated over the picture’s meaning, a swirl of fireball flying straight ahead against Vram.

*BAM!!!!

With his quick reflexes, Vram repelled the fireball with his palm while trying to protect the picture by hiding it inside his body.

[Hmm… I thought this one’s weaker than before, but it somehow had greater speed and resistance better than the last one.]

As the voice follows, a group of witches coming out from their hiding places together with their familiar. The group consisted of more than 20 witches, mainly the ones from the villages where Josephine lives. They are all witches that had coming and talking to Josephine right after she finished cleaning up the graveyard.

{What’s the meaning of this?}

[Hey look!] [It confused!!] [Ahahahahah!] [Guess that naked idiot gave it another weird order again!] [It looked weak!] [Can it even be useful to us?!?]

Many kinds of insults, creepy laugh, and spiteful remark happened right in front of Vram. Though it may be because none of them knew that Vram were able to understood and spoke their words.

[Well since I’m the one whom started all of this, I shall gladly tell you what’s happening, Josephine’s Familiar~❤] [What’s happening to you right now is what had been happened to Josephine’s former familiar the whole time.]

As she spoke the words, she lets out something that looked a lot like a fragment, a fragment of what seemed to be a Mana Source.

[This will be what’s left of you as a familiar.] [You familiar called by her somehow always come out as the most unique and strong familiar ever.] [I don’t like it, and I killed her very first familiar, and took away what’s left of it, which, this stone essence.] [And now, look!] [A very beautiful mana sources from it!] [So pure, so thick, so MAGNIFICENT!] [And as every familiar she called goes by, the quality of these sources keeps increasing!]

While she started to shouting and explaining, she licked the fragment over and over again until she was bored.

[And sometimes, these stones are too much to handle to me, so I asked the others to help me and we shall share the loot together.] [Neatly, these stones always been able to fill the need of our familiars!] [She makes a good farming stone, you hear~~❤!]

[And what’s the funniest part of it?] [You can’t speak~!] [So even if you were able to survive our first attack, we’ll just keep coming right at you to seal the deal~!] [Whoops, but you don’t even understand what we’ve been saying all along~❤!] [Poor things, to be called by such incompetence of all people~]

The witches around him laughed hard like a madman. What was seemed to be a monsters and a man seems to be flipped through.

[For now, you shall be our NEXT prey!] [Consider it an honor to be slain by my familiar, whom have reached the height of greater ones thanks to something like you!!]

[GET HER, GIRLS!!!!!!!]

All of the witches and the familiar started ganging up on Vram, as he readied his posture in order to engage against his opponent. It’ll be quite a long night for Vram, whom have just been summoned at the very first day.