"Sama, come here" Aria said.
Sama came over and said "Aria, I am feeling under the weather. I am leaving."
"Why, what's wrong" Aria asked.
"Headache and a bit dizzy. I will go and take a nap." Sama said.
"I will go with you" Aria said.
"No need, I am ok. I can walk on my own. You stay here, I will go and take some rest" Sama said.
"What should I do here, I have no work here anyway, I will accompany you. Let's go" Aria said.
Aria insisted on going along with Sama.
Sama understood that Aria will follow her no matter what.
So Sama decided to stay there.
"Ah.. it's fine now. I am alright. Let's stay here for a while." Sama said.
"Are you faking your illness to escape?". Aria said.
"Not like that, I do feel dizzy, but I am ok now" Sama said.
"Fine then, let's just stay here" Aria said.
Sama nodded her head.
Sama sat on a bench and watching her classmates and villagers.
She was distracted by the thoughts of the tortoise woman.
An old man came and sat beside Sama.
"Young lady, you are thinking about the witch, right, even if you go to the temple you can't find any good about her." the old man asked.
"She's not a witch" Sama said.
"She is, she's a witch." The old man said.
"How can you be so sure that she's a witch, do you know her" Sama asked.
"Then how can you be so sure that she's not, do you know her." The old man questioned.
"I do know her, she's not a witch. She's a very kind person." Sama said.
The old man smiled and said
"Yes, she's a very good person, she doesn't deserve the way she was treated by these filthy Villagers. They forgot about everything she did to help them."
"Who are you" Sama asked.
"I am one of those so called evil spirits" the old man said.
"Evil spirit!? But you are clearly a human right" Sama said.
"Aren't you afraid of me" the old man asked.
"I don't think you are a bad person. There must be something that villagers misunderstood about you.
"What happened in the past." Sama asked.
"Her name is Helen. She once had incredible powers.
With those powers she helped us to become our normal selves." The old man said.
"Normal selves! What's that mean." Sama asked.
"Some evil people forced us to become human beings for their needs, but Helen helped us." The old man said.
"Become human beings? So you are….!" Sama said.
"Yes, we are animals. For their selfish needs they turned us into human beings secretly. We were trained to do works. Some of us are sneaked out of that hell and looked for someone to help us. Then we found Helen. She helped us to return to our normal selves." The old man explained.
"What happened after that" Sama asked.
"They found out that Helen is helping us and tried to fight with her. But they can't compete with her. She's more powerful than them. So they decided to destroy her. So they made her as a bad witch who summons evil spirits in everyone's eyes." Old man said.