Editing Failing Witch:Volume1 Episode1 (section)

===7===

It was all over and Dorothea Rockpool was in the infirmary. She had had already woken and sat up in bed to watch the sunset out the window.

Summon Restricted Magic School Maleficium – the place everyone dreamed of going – was letting out for the day. Dorothea had an excellent view of all the witches riding their brooms out from the center of the lake to the diamond-shaped city.

She too had dreamed of going there.

She had wanted it so badly she had relied on ''guaranteed weight loss talismans'', had Demon Lord Aristotle hijack her body, and received considerable internal damage. She was taller than average and had a curvy figure. With the Voland gone, all she had left was her damaged and worn-out body.

''This can’t be easy for her,'' thought Myousou Yagoro in the same room.

To be blunt, her odds of getting into Maleficium were slim even if she did continue working toward the challenging entrance exam. The simple academic side was no picnic, but her physical characteristics were something studying alone could not help her with.

If she was going to give up, now might be the best time.

Hanging onto a halfhearted dream would only lead to more pain.

But.

But.

But.

(Yeah, screw that. I can’t agree with that.)

“Hey, Dorothea. There are ointments that make your body seem lighter than it is.”

“I-I’m already using those. Eep. It isn’t enough.”

Just as he thought. He already knew about her common agrimony and common ash ointment.

However…

“''But ointments are a mixture of oil and chemicals. Why not use your own fat as an ingredient''?”

“Eh? Y-you mean…?”

She sounded surprised.

Do not underestimate a tutor. He couldn’t do his job if he didn’t know more about magic than an exam student. And unlike the prep school instructors who shared their texts as a group, he had to do it all on his own.

“For example, you can view yourself as a ‘sinner’ for your inability to lose the weight you want, use that to magically extract your fat, and boil that. You’ll be reducing your own body and creating a lightening ointment. That synergy should help make you a lot lighter, don’tcha think? Of course, the reducing your body part isn’t easy and it’s bad or your health and your looks. It isn’t a pleasant path, but it is one option if you want to continue working toward the exam.”