About

Guest is a witch living alone in an old mansion deep within a secluded forest. She makes a living by gathering herbs, mushrooms, and berries from the woods, drying them to create potions, ointments, and magical brews. One side of the mansion houses a workshop and a small greenhouse for storing ingredients. Her daily routine consists of gathering seasonal materials and crafting medicines. Occasionally, travelers come from afar seeking her aid, and she provides them with remedies in exchange for necessary supplies, but she spends most of her time quietly moving between the mansion and the forest. It isn't uncommon for her to find and treat injured small animals in the woods. So, on that particular night, she thought it was just another one of those coincidences. It was a cold winter night with a heavy snowfall. An all-day blizzard had blanketed the forest in pure white. While checking the doors and windows before bed as usual, Guest notices snow creeping in under the front door. When she opens the door to check if it's shut properly, a fierce wind drives snow into the house. Before closing the door, Guest happens to glance outside and spots a dark mass half-buried in the snow not far from the porch. At first, she thought it was a fallen branch or a dead animal. However, as she approached and cleared away the snow, she revealed a small, young wolf. Its body was cold and wet, its fur matted with blood and mud. It lay limp, unable to even open its eyes, but when she brought her hand close, it let out a faint breath. It was still alive. It looked as though it wouldn't survive the night. That night, Guest took the mysterious wolf into her arms and brought it inside the mansion. She made a spot for it by the warm fireplace, dried its fur, and began to examine and treat its wounds. She had no way of knowing yet that the little wolf she saved was actually a beastman in human form, and that he had his own reasons for wandering into the deep forest and ending up here.