TN: Got bored a bit with this one so I release what i did.(Author Note: From The Bck Witch’s True Intentions Part 7 onwards, the story is told from the Bck Witch’s Perspective.)

  (Bck Witch Perspective)Time: 8 years before

  Nine years ago. Beni’s first daughter was born. Her name is Sumeragi Suzune.Eight years ago. Beni’s second daughter was born. Her name is Sumeragi Rin.

  My best friend Beni giving birth to children had a huge impact on the witch community.For the past few hundred years, witches rarely become pregnant.The Red Witch suddenly became pregnant two years in a row, and the father is the man she loves the most. It’s a very happy story.

  Since then, I sometimes visit Beni’s office when I have time.My main reason is to go to see Beni’s babies.

  “Hey, Beni. What does it feel like to have a baby?”

  “Hmm…that’s a difficult question.”

  Beni holds Suzune and thinks about my question.I watch Rin sleeping in the crib, looking as if I’m looking at a toy I want.

  “A small life gradually grows inside you over time and eventually is born into this world. For me, my daughters are the most precious treasures in this world.”

  After a few seconds of contemption, Beni answered.A small life, I look at this small life sleeping in the crib.

  “I want it, I want it too.”

  “Beni, how on earth did you get pregnant? You never got pregnant for hundreds of years, but suddenly you got Double-chan two years in a row? Is there any trick to it? A certain position or something?”

  I ask Beni half seriously, half jokingly.

  “Double-chan… Don’t say like that, I said they are my precious treasures, but don’t talk about my daughters like you’re winning the lottery. There’s no trick to it. Kuro, you’ve asked me this question so many times already.”

  That’s right, I’ve asked Beni many times. Because I really want it.

  “But Beni, you always said you didn’t know. Is there some trick or special magic? Pregnancy magic?”

  “No, there’s no such thing. Hmm…if I had to say, maybe…because I met my fated person.”

  “Fated person?”

  “That’s right. I guess I have a strong desire to give birth to this person’s child.”

  A fated person. Will I ever meet someone like that? This conversation with Beni became very important to me. It felt like the key to having a child.

  .

  The organization conducts regur health checks on witches every year. I didn’t give up and went for tests at other obstetrics and gynecologists.The results were the same, my body is very healthy and capable of bearing children. Due to my witch constitution, the changes in my body stopped around the age of 25. I am very healthy, so of course I still have menstruation. I can ovute as well. I have confirmed it many times.

  However, it may be because of my witch constitution. Major changes in the body are not allowed. Since major changes are not allowed, pregnancy is also, of course, not allowed…

  Among the witches, there are those who want children. With an immortal body, they want to leave something behind from the person they love. Some witches have tried to conceive many times. Without exception, they all failed.

  When Beni first became pregnant, many witch friends came to see. There are witches who come simply to congratute. There are witches who are curious about how to get pregnant, like me. And there are witches who want to try to conceive again.

  Since then, the Red Witch has been called the Witch’s Miracle.

  As for me? I am just a Bck Witch.

  Why do I want a child?Hmm…. I honestly don’t know.Yami has asked me many times, “Why do you want a child?”There is definitely a desire, but I don’t know the reason. When you want something, do you really need a reason?

  Is it because of the Bck Curse?It might be. It might not be. Maybe I’ll understand once I have a child. If things stay like this forever, I may never know.

  Living cursed for hundreds of years, it has become impossible to distinguish between what I want because of the Bck Curse and what I truly want.

  If I want a child, I must first meet my destined person. But can I meet such a person so easily? After all, it’s fate.

  .

  A few days after that conversation with Beni, an event happened that felt as though God had heard my voice. When I left my house, there was something at the entrance of my office.

  “A basket? No way… It’s not a bomb, right? Even if it explodes, I won’t die, but I really don’t want to get hurt,” I said cautiously peering into the basket, and then I saw something more shocking than a bomb.

  A baby! Could it be… did God hear my voice?

  “It’s not a prank… right?” Looking around several times, I didn’t feel anyone’s gaze. Still, I didn’t dare touch the basket.

  I continued to stare at the baby inside the basket. This baby had bck hair and bck eyes. I thought it suited me, the Bck Witch.

  An hour passed. Like a fool, I continued to stare at the baby at the entrance of my house.

  It was like watching Beni’s daughter at her house. The more I looked, the more I wanted this child. Can I really take this baby home like this? Isn’t this someone else’s child?

  “What are you doing at the entrance? I thought you had already left. Huh? What is this?”

  Yami arrived. Just like me, she peered into the basket and looked at the baby inside.

  “A baby. Whose could it be?”

  “Maybe mine…”

  “…Your baby, the witch’s? Saeko, when did you get pregnant? I didn’t even notice despite living together every day.”

  “No, I got pregnant yesterday and gave birth today.”

  “That’s a terrible joke. Is there any clue in the basket?”

  Yami said that and carefully lifted the basket, looking inside and outside as if searching for something.

  “Yami! Stop! There might be a bomb in there!”

  “What kind of nonsense are you talking about? There’s no way there’s anything like that in a basket with a baby in it. Even if it exploded here, neither you nor I would die. I would lose one of my lives. But if it explodes, the baby wouldn’t survive, right…!?”

  Yami’s movement stopped for a moment.

  “Hey, Yami, what’s wrong!”

  No way!?

  “Saeko…I…I might lose one life. There’s something like a bomb in the back of the basket…”

  “You idiot!! Hurry and save the baby!”

  “It’s too te already, there’s only 5 seconds left.”

  Hearing that, I desperately jump out. I want to protect the baby as soon as possible. Just before my hand touches the basket, the basket flies up. I lose my bance and fall in front of my own house’s entrance.

  “Wahahahahaha. This is really funny. My stomach hurts. I haven’t seen Saeko like this in a while. Wahahahahaha!”

  Instead of the basket flying, Yami moved the basket upwards to prevent me from touching it.

  “There’s no way there’s a bomb. Wahahahaha- Ouch, that hurts!”

  I deliver an angry fist to Yami’s head.

  “You’re the one making bad jokes! Geez, what the hell are you thinking?”

  “I just can’t help making jokes when I see Saeko’s serious face. There’s something like a letter inside. Let’s see…”

  Yami opens the envelope and reads the contents of the letter.

  “What does it say?”

  “It says ‘please take care of this child.’ It’s not an uncommon story around here. Abandoning children.”

  As soon as Yami finishes reading the letter, I snatch the basket from Yami’s hands.

  “This child is mine.”

  “Didn’t you just say ‘Maybe’ earlier?”

  “This child is already mine. If it’s an abandoned child, I can have it, right?”

  “But what if this child’s mother regrets it and comes to take the child back?”

  “Well…”

  “Wait a little longer. This child’s parent might regret it.”

  “Alright…”

  And so, I pce the basket in front of the entrance again. Yami and I waited for 3 hours.

  “She’s not coming…”

  “Indeed…”

  “I can’t wait anymore! I’ll show this baby to Beni! Hehehe”

  I lift up the basket and head straight to Beni’s office. I can definitely ask her about what to prepare to take care of a baby

  .

  “I went to Beni’s office holding a baby in my arms.”

  “Beni! Look! This is my child!”

  “…! Kuro, where did you get that baby from…”

  Beni looked at me with a face like a pigeon had eaten a firecracker.

  “God heard my voice. He gave me this child. Look, just like me, with bck hair and bck eyes. Don’t you think it’s suitable for the Bck Witch that I am?”

  “Could it be… you didn’t steal someone else’s baby, did you? Give it back quickly.”

  “That’s terrible. Do I look like someone who would do that? When I left this morning, it was left at the entrance of my house. A baby basket with a baby inside.”

  “Well, if you didn’t steal it, that’s fine… but what will you do with the child?”

  “I will raise him as my own! Seeing Suzune and Rin made me want a child too, so I prayed to God and my wish came true!”

  “Praying… isn’t it because of your Bck Curse?”

  As I’ve said before, I don’t know. Because of the Bck Curse, I can no longer distinguish between what I want and what I truly desire.

  “I really want it.”

  I definitely feel like I want it. There’s no mistake..

  “Have you ever taken care of a baby? Do you think you can raise a child in your current position?”

  “That’s…”Honestly, I haven’t thought about it that far yet.

  “When you have tasks or requests, who will take care of the child?”

  “Beni…?”

  “Huh?”

  “Wouldn’t Beni be the same? We’re in almost the same position. And Beni has two children too.”

  “…That’s true.”

  Yes, we are in almost the same position. Beni has her reasons, and although her duties have reduced slightly, she still needs to accept them.

  “Just hire a babysitter, Beni must have hired one too.”

  “I did hire one but…”

  “Then there shouldn’t be a problem, right? Hehehe.”

  “There are too many simirities between us, I can’t argue with you anymore…”

  Beni and I, the Bck Witch and the Red Witch. We have a lot in common. The same witch, the nature of curses, female detectives, and financial security. That’s why when I decided to adopt this child, I came straight to Beni. I wanted to hear about her experiences and methods in taking care of children.

  “After all, in terms of age, the baby is close to Suzune and Rin. They can become friends.”

  As I was about to pce this child next to Rin, who was sleeping in the baby crib,

  “Hey! What are you doing! Don’t bring someone else’s child near my Rin.”

  “Ah…I’m sorry.”

  “No. I don’t mean that. I’m worried about transmitting any disease.”

  “Waaaahhhh~”

  The baby suddenly started crying.Wait, why? I didn’t do anything. Why is the baby suddenly crying?

  “Beni, what do we do!?”

  “That’s why I told you not to raise the baby just for fun. Ugh…maybe it’s hungry. How long has it been since you picked up this baby?”

  “About 4 hours. I was waiting for the bomb to explode and the parents to regret.”

  Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~

  “A bomb? What do you mean? Wait here, I’ll prepare some milk. I have some new feeding bottles. And, Kuro, come here too, I’ll teach you something important about taking care of the baby.”

  “Thank you~ You’re such a great friend, Beni~”

  “Jeez…”

  Beni taught me how to make powdered milk. Such as sterilizing the baby bottle, the optimal temperature for milk, and how to hold the baby when feeding them.

  “It’s done. I’ll give you the baby bottle.”

  “Don’t you have a bck baby bottle? The red one is…”

  “Are you expecting something bck to come from the Red Witch’s house? What’s wrong with red? It’s popur among girls!”

  “But, if this baby is a boy, then red is a bit…”

  “Then? You haven’t even confirmed the gender yet?”

  “Come to think of it, I forgot to confirm. Haha… I was so happy I forgot the important things. Let me check real quick.”

  Open the lower half of the cloth wrapped around the baby and check a little bit.

  “It’s a boy! His penis is small. How cute.”

  Unable to resist, I py with the baby’s private parts with my index finger.

  “Don’t ‘eat’ that, Bck Witch.”

  “What’s with that way of speaking. I’m not that much of a pervert. If we’re talking about perverts, Beni is almost the same. Does it get erect?”

  It’s true that I like virgins, but babies are a bit…

  “Stop it. Babies are not toys. Do you want me to give you the bottle? Or should I do it?”

  “I’ll do it! He’s my child.”

  I take Beni’s baby bottle and slowly bring the nipple of the bottle close to the baby’s small mouth.

  “Oh! Beni, look! He’s eating, he’s eating!”

  “Don’t make such a fuss. It’s just normal. I understand the feeling though.”

  “Hehehe, keep eating and grow big. My child. I’m sorry, I can’t produce breast milk.”

  At that moment, my gaze turned to Beni.

  “…I do produce breast milk, but I don’t recommend it too much. Even for my own child, I feed them with other milks.”

  “Oh… why is that?”

  I thought it would be better to let the baby drink breast milk.

  “We are witches, so you must know too, Kuro. Witches cannot undergo major changes in their bodies. My breast milk supply is limited. The most important thing is that I don’t want them to become witches. I want them to live as humans.”

  Oh, I see. If the breast milk of a Red Witch contains red magic, the speed of witch transformation might increase.

  “But the red threads are attached properly, right?”

  I injected magic into the ring on my right hand and saw two red threads coming from Beni’s body and attached to her daughters.

  “We won’t know until that time comes. Since this never happened before”

  When one becomes a witch, there are several characteristics. The most clear feature is the change in the body when the first menstruation arrives. The color of the hair or eyes changes. This is the most obvious characteristic of becoming a witch or not. The stronger the amount of magic power, the more both will be the same color. Witches like me and Beni, who have the same hair and eye color, are called colored witches. I am number one in the ranking and Beni is number three.

  What ranking? Ah, I don’t really like it, but it’s the organization’s ranking of how dangerous witches are. My ranking has never changed. In fact, none with a ranking above three has ever changed. Who is second? Hmm…I don’t want to say. She’s the witch I hate the most.

  If the witch does not have very strong magic, only one of their hair or eyes changes. Beni’s daughters have both red hair and eyes, but I don’t sense any magic coming from them. And as far as I know, there are no witches with the same color. Therefore, it is impossible for there to be three Red Witches.

  “I’ll give you that bottle. I’ll also give you some diapers and powdered milk. You can buy new ones yourself tomorrow. The diapers and powdered milk will st for about two days.”

  “Thank you! You’re truly my best friend, Beni!”

  “I’m saying this because we are friends. Honestly, I disagree with you, the Bck Witch, raising a child.”

  “Why?”

  “You should understand the best. Curses and missions, it’s not exactly an environment suitable for raising children, is it?”

  “But Beni is the same as me, right? And Beni has two daughters.”

  “That’s why in times like these, it’s frustrating how much you resemble me…I lose the persuasive power of what I’m saying.”

  I understood very well what Beni wanted to say.

  “It may sound bad to say this, but I gave birth to my daughters myself. But Kuro’s child was picked up.”

  “So what? Is there a difference?”

  “There no?”

  “Is there?”

  “There no?”

  “Is there?”

  “There no?”

  “Is there?”

  “There no?”

  “Is there?”

  I honestly think there is a difference. But, I want it.

  “…Let’s not repeat the conversation anymore. It may be due to your urge of the Bck Curse. I’ll try looking for an orphanage.”

  “No need for that. It’s already decided. Hehehe.”

  Since then, Beni taught me various things again. How to change diapers, the interval between feeding the milk, the posture in which the baby sleeps. When I return home, I’ll teach Yami too.

  “Well, I’ll head back. Thank you for teaching me so much.”

  “It’s fine. I can understand the feeling of wanting a child from Kuro. If you have any other problems, just ask me.”

  “Ah. See you then~”

  I carried the baby care goods I received from Beni back home while holding the baby. It’s no problem at all, thanks to the reinforcement magic.