Marisa counted as half of one, because she was still a completely immature magician. Although she always claimed that she, Patchouli, and Alice were members of Gensokyo's Witch Alliance, she had not actually cultivated herself into a witch yet.
If Marisa were a witch now, she would not have had to worry about her lifespan long ago.
Then Alice counted as one, but like Marisa, she was not a witch in the truest sense.
So, strictly speaking, Gensokyo seemed to have only one real witch: Patchouli.
Now that she could meet witches from other worlds, Patchouli was quite curious as well.
The witches from other worlds seemed to be fundamentally similar to her.
"Nangong Natsuki, nice to meet you. Please take care of me! And this is my disciple. I brought her along to broaden her horizons."
"I'm Sendou Yuma. Hello, Sister Patchouli!"
"Sendou Aya. By the way, Natsuki dragged me here by force."
Natsuki and Yuma wore faint smiles, while Aya merely curled her lips.
In truth, she had long since cast aside her identity as a witch. She had been living quite comfortably in Ai's world, only to be inexplicably dragged here by Natsuki. She was truly annoyed.
But Natsuki had a reason for bringing Aya over. Aya had once been the Secretary Witch who oversaw LCO. Unlike a combat-oriented witch like Natsuki, her theoretical research was definitely deeper than Natsuki's.
That was why Natsuki had sought Aya out.
Aya had not refused because of Chu Chen as well. After all, he had helped her so much.
This counted as repaying a favor.
"Is that Nangong Natsuki?" Remilia raised an eyebrow slightly as she watched Natsuki chat with Patchouli.
"Why does she look like a child?"
"Do you have any right to say that about someone else?" Chu