So, I'm a witch, so what?

Believe it or not, I do enjoy the cool breeze coming from the east now and then while working in the fields. It is quite a good feeling. I must get to work even if I'm not feeling like it, so to justify my efforts today, I've asked my goddess for an extra serving of meat if at all possible.

I know it is pretty selfish to only look out for myself, but I don't do it so often, so cut me a little break, okay? I'm definitely not making her feel bad about my work injuries, okay? I'm not a manipulative, despicable goblin, okay? OKAY? OKAY? OKAY!? OOOKAAAY! Phew!

I'm glad we can so quickly get to a quick consensus on me not being manipulative! I'm sure Alice sees right through my lies, but hey! If she is still willing to fall for the bait, isn't that implying that she still loves me in some way? Yeah, let's go with that!

How would I know that Alice sees right through my lies, you ask? Well, who do you think I've learned this technique from? It is definitely not Father, I will tell you that. I bet you can figure out the rest with the little snippets of the story.

{Low sound footsteps approaching}

Uh? I wonder why the Father is back from town much earlier; oh well, whatever, man, I don't really care if he comes back earlier than expected since I would appreciate the help quite a lot. Suddenly, the footsteps stop, which startles me enough to stop what I'm doing to look around, but I don't see anything weird.

"Father, is that you?" I ask in the open field while tightening my grip around my tiling hoe. Nobody responds from the tall field of wheat, so I immediately start scanning everything around me with a feeling in the air similar to back when I was utterly humiliated by that wild beast.

{Footsteps}

"Father, this joke is not funny! Stop it already!" I say as I walk backward, putting more distance between me and the wheat field until I also start hearing footsteps behind me where the forest is. Suddenly, a voice speaks in an aggressive tone. "Goblin monster, your time to die has arrived! Surrender peacefully, and you might have a fair trial!"

Uh?! What did that guy say? Did he just call me a monster? Wait, that doesn't matter right now! The voice sounded so close to me, yet I didn't see anyone around. I knew all too well that something or someone was right before me, and just as I suspected, the hands of a man soon grabbed my limbs out of nowhere.

"Hey! I'm not a monster; I can talk! I can talk! There must be a misunderstanding!" The hands soon reveal themselves to me, along with the soldier who holds me down tight. "Talkative or not, you're still a goblin, so you're a deadly monster. Don't you fucking resist, or I will kill you right here, right now!"

What other option do I have, genius?! This is what goes through my mind as an entire platoon of soldiers appears out of nowhere. I don't know what kind of sorcery or magic they used to make themselves invisible e, but it is scary, to say the least! How do you even see these guys when they're cloaked!?

"I'm not going to resist as long as you promise to let the people who took me in free to go!" I try my best to sound threatening in any possible way, but this only gets me thrown down to the ground, followed by a hard kick from the soldier who slams me down.

"You think you're in any capacity to negotiate!? I only have to keep you alive because he is interested in making you his slave, but I can still kill you and say it was in self-defense, don't you fucking test me!" The guy says as I struggle to recover my breath from such a hard kick. Goddamn it, I'm weak.

"Bring the bitch around too, we already have the male under custody." How dare he?! How dare he call Alice a bitch! I swear, you motherfucker you will not be able to hide no matter how far, how deep, or high you run. If you dare hurt Alice, I will! {Teeth crunching noises}

A rush of feelings goes through me as I'm dragged along without a care in the world. My entire body hurts, yet these guys don't seem to care that I'm already under their custody and bruised all over. It's like they really despise me from deep within their hearts.

Yet I can't understand why. Why is it a problem all of a sudden? I'm sure the people in town said I was okay since they all approved of me more or less. Even the soldiers from within the city didn't seem to care that I was ever in their territory, so why now?!

"Who are you guys? Wait, why are you?!" Sudden screams come from a little farther away, and it's the voice and screams of none other than Alice. Alice's screams send boiling rage down my entire body, yet I can't do anything to stop it. I'm not a warrior, and my level is too low even to detect these guys when they are cloaked!

[Do you desire power? {Yes/no}]

A small notification appears before me right before I'm knocked out by one of the guards who makes my lights go out with a single strike of their fist. What occurred after, I don't know. All I remember is passing out and waking up right in the middle of a dark room.

My hands are tied behind me, and it feels as though I'm tied around a wooden pole of some kind. Soon, another notification popped up just like before, but the message was now different, or so I think. I don't remember what the last one said at all.

[Alert! Severe bodily damages! Please seek medical attention, NOW!]

Oh, no shit system, really? As if I didn't feel the goddam pain all over me! Thanks for letting me know of the most obvious thing ever! I still can't figure out why this is happening; why would my presence suddenly be a problem after months of living around people? Why is it a problem now?

I wonder as I look around the room just to see an iconic church-like symbol of a bird with open wings. Now that I look at my body, I also have the same symbol drawn all over my chest, like some sort of seal or something. Not that there's much to contain in me, but I guess they are not taking any chances.