Episode Title:
The Commonplace Circumstances of the Witch's Child-Rearing / The Romantic Circumstances of the Little Brother Position
Episode Description:
The Commonplace Circumstances of the Witch's Child-Rearing: Viola asks her honorary aunt Lira for the poison to defeat her enemies, causing Lira to fondly remember Viola as a baby. Viola had a lot of magic for a human so Alyssa knew she had to raise her, but it was Lira who breastfed her. As they were both first-time parents, Lira kept Alyssa from overthinking herself into panic attacks while Alyssa stopped Lira from going overboard with enthusiasm. Seeing Alyssa and Viola now makes Lira wonder about her son, a rebellious teenager often in need of punishment.
The Romantic Circumstances of the Little Brother Position: An elf merchant named Fennel has a crush on Alyssa and is thus the enemy Viola tries to poison. Alyssa is oblivious to his feelings and treats Fennel like a younger brother. Fennel is determined to escape this but is prevented by his cowardice and by Viola sending Phoenix to "accidentally" set him on fire at inopportune moments. Fennel plans to somehow co-exist with Viola but on his next visit is tricked into playing a rigged carnival game, with the prize being an illicit photograph of Alyssa. He later realizes how rigged the game was.
