WHEN HARM BEFALLS HER PRECIOUS FRIEND, SO READY TO SPIN LIES ON HER BEHALF... oe WILL SHE REFRAIN FROM GRASPING THE MIRACLE MAGIC OFFERS? WHEN THE TOOLS TO SAVE YOU ARE BEFORE HER EYES, WILL | ss SHE BE ABLE TO / REFUSE? | CHILDREN LEARN AND GROW BY FACING TESTS THEY'D RATHER THIS 15 AVOID. MY TEST FOR HER. " EXCELLENT LESSON. CHAPTER 22 * END
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А5 УЕТ ГАМА I HAVE BRUSHNO NAME. BUDDY. BONUS CHAPTER AN ME | ш AEK I WAS BORN ae es ce ҚАҚ Те 2 Сер | ЖЕТ ΠΝ | 25 = | MOTHER AND R A TYPICAL BRUSHBUDDY FATHER... ALL THE BOUNTY OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS. е Же” Эде ER < "ND AROUND THE TIME MY SPLENDID AND BEAUTIFUL TAIL HAD GROWN TO A PROPER LENGTH... „„І HAPPENED | Across a MM MOST PECULIAR [== CREATURE Γ KNOWN AS A “WITCH,” Ы. AT 一 4
STRANGE CRY ΓΣ AND THROW [с THEMSELVES | m TO THE HOUR AFTER HOUR, THEY SIT BEFORE DESKS DRAWING THEIR “MAGIC.” AND JUST WHEN YOU THINK THEY COULD SIT THERE NO MORE... WHERE'S MY FLUFFY SQUISHY? THIS ONE OFT PLUNGES|TS |Ο NOSE INTO MY GORGEOUS FUR AND i ITIS BEGINS TO QUITE UN- INHALE. PLEASANT. NO! BAD BRUSHBUDDY! NO SLEEPING ON TOP OF SPELLS I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF DRAWING! LUCKY THEY ARE THAT AN OPEN-MINDED BRUSHBUDDY SUCH AS I HAS DEIGNED TO TOLERATE LIFE ALONGSIDE THEM. THESE CREATURES LEAD A VERY CURIOUS LIFE. YET, IT 1S THESE SAME CREATURES WHO POSSESS A SUBSTANCE KNOWN AS “INK,” WHICH I MUST ADMIT I FIND QUITE ALLURING.
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Re THE PLANTS OF WITCH MAT r | ARP DIADEM MERB FIRST APPEARS IN CHAPTER 3 Сз a I > E FOUND ONLY ON THE DADAH KANGE, А GKOUF OF MOUNTAINS THAT NOW FLOAT IN THE SKY DUE TO AN ANCIENT, FORBIDDEN SPELL. ΤΗΕ PLANT’S МАМЕ COMES FROM ITS CROWN-LIKE APPEARANCE. THOSE WHO WISH TO BECOME APPRENTICES ARE REQUIRED TO HARVEST THIS HERB, AN ACT SYMBOLIC OF THE PUNISHMENT METED OUT TO THE KING OF DADAH, WHO RAISED THE MOUNTAINS INTO THE SKY MERELY TO SEE HIS CROWN STAND ABOVE ALL OTHERS. CARAPACE YAM FIRST APPEARS IN CHAPTER 8 A TYPE OF TUBER COVERED BY AN UNUSUALLY TOUGH OUTER LAYER. COOKED SLOWLY OVER AN APPROPRIATELYSIZED FLAME, IT YIELDS A DELICIOUS, PIPINS-HOT TREAT. MOUNTAIN APPLE FIRST APPEARS IN CHAPTER 14 Spn A LOW, eT SHRUB-LIKE TREE ABLE TO TAKE ROOT IN THE SMALL GAPS OF EVEN THE ROCKIEST AND MOST RUGGED TERRAIN. THE FRUIT IT BEARS IS TART LIKE AN APPLE YET SOFT LIKE A PEAR. AS IT KIPENS, ITS COLOR TYPICALLY TURNS FROM GREEN TO YELLOW. RED FRUIT MAY BE ENCOUNTERED ON OCCASION, BUT SHOULD BE AVOIDED, AS IT IS POISONOUS. 二 竹下 SILVERWOOD TREE FIRST APPEARS IN CHAPTER 5 Sa e а NECESSARY IN THE PRODUCTION OF CONOURING INK, THE SUBSTANCE USED TO DRAW CASTING SEALS. ITS BRANCHES POSSESS A SILVER SHEEN WHILE ALIVE, BUT UPON WITHERING, THEY TURN PITCH BLACK. FROM THESE DEAD x Я BRANCHES, А SOLUTION KNOWN AS WOODCRUOR IS EXTRACTED, WHICH IS IN TURN REFINED INTO INK. ACCORDING TO LEGEND, A SILVERWOOD ONCE FELL IN LOVE WITH A WITCH AND OFFERED UP ITS BLOOD AS INK AND BRANCHES AS WANDS. Lae MONEYTREE APPEARS IN THE MORNING TWO 10TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY, “SEATING”? a re a ==: SNAPPING OPEN THE SWELLING BULGES OF THIS TREE’S BRANCHES WILL REVEAL LARGE QUANTITIES OF A SWEET, HONEY-LIKE SUBSTANCE PACKED INSIDE. USED AS AN INGKEDIENT IN SWEETS AND LIQUEORS. TRANQUILEAF FIRST APPEARS IN CHAPTER 16 SSS SS SSS SSS ee THIS HERB?S LEAVES FUNCTION AS A DISINFECTANT WHEN DIRECTLY APPLIED TO WOUNDS, AND WHEN DRIED AND GROUND TO POWDER, THEY ALSO SERVE AS MEDICATION TO REDUCE FEVER AND SUPPRESS COUGHING. THIS WAS THE SAME HERB CHEWED BY QIFREY IN CHAPTER 15 WHEN ASCERTAINING THAT THE NUMBNESS IN HIS LIMB HAD SUBSIDED. BASED ON HIS EXPRESSION IN THAT SCENE, IT MAY BE SURMISED THAT TRANQUILEAF HAS A PARTICULARLY BITTER TASTE.
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Witch Hat Atelier 4 KODANSHA COMICS Digital Edition Witch Hat Atelier volume 4 copyright © 2018 Kamome Shirahama English translation copyright © 2019 Kamome Shirahama All rights reserved. First published in Japan in 2018 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo. Electronic Publishing rights for this English edition arranged through Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo. No portion ofthis book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the copyright holders. English digital edition published by KodanshaAdvanced Media, LLC, San Francisco. www.kodanshacomics.com ISBN: 9781646591060 Digital Edition: 1.0.0 Translation: Stephen Kohler Lettering: Lys Blakeslee Editing: Ajani Oloye Kodansha Comics edition cover design: Phil Balsman