Introduction of the characters who appear in the LN, including Silfa, Feoras and Alan.
The Moon having magic is further cemented, and it's magic when full is the strongest between 10pm and 2am.
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
“I think the magical powers of the moon are the strongest between midnight and two in the morning.”
Doras Hill, which holds the door to the Country of Fairies, is where the original fairy king was coronated, and protected by the thirteen sacred trees.
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
“Doras Hill was discovered three hundred years ago. It’s said the coronation ceremony of the fairy king was held here, under the protection of the thirteen sacred trees.”
How to enter the Country of Fairies, which is in another realm/world.
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
“Tonight is particularly dangerous. The door to the Country of Fairies will be easier to open,” said Diana, looking at me sternly. “If you circle Stone Doras nine times on the night of a full moon, it’s said you’ll be able to enter the realm of the fairies.”
“What’s so bad about that? Sounds kinda fun.”
“Were you not listening to what the professor just said? The fairies aren’t very friendly, least of all to those who enter their territory uninvited.” Diana put a hand to her forehead theatrically as she let out a dramatic sigh.
I’m telling you, that right there was the definition of contempt!
“If the fairies find you, they’ll take you captive immediately. You’ll probably never return to your old world again.”
Elderflowers can be used to break curses, and represent death and rebirth.
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
“They told me you’re the one who collects poisons, Sucy. Yeah, that’s right. And elderflowers neutralise poison, so it makes sense that you want some, Besides, the elderflower has the greatest power of them all, you know.”
“Really?” I asked.
Silfa nodded with the air of a teacher. “It’s a very important tree to us, presiding over death and rebirth and perfect for breaking curses.”
“Huh! Wow, Silfa. You’re really smart!”
“…Even if she’s guardian of the hill, you’re still getting schooled by a six year-old. I dunno, but I think you should be a little more ashamed of that.” Such shrugged.
The Country of Fairies is its own world with stars and a Moon, though said moon is duller and sadder looking, and the stars are said to look much further away.
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
Feoras took us deeper into the cave. When we emerged, we were in a place even more spacious that the one we left. “Huh?! How?!” I yelled out in surprise.
In front of us, we saw a familiar scene. It looked exactly like Doras Hill. The earth was carpeted with the same greenery, and at the centre of the mound were boulders exactly like Stone Doras, surrounded by a ring of rugged rocks, further enclosed by the sacred trees and the forest in the distance. When I looked up at the ceiling, I saw a full moon in a story sky.
For a moment, I almost thought we were back aboveground.
We weren’t, though. The stars were much farther away from us, and though the moon illuminated everything in sight, its light still seemed a little dull.
I didn’t know why, but this moon looked so sad and lonely, even though it was incredibly beautiful.
Akko drinks a panacea and falls unconscious, having a vision of the first Silfa (Silfa being the witch who guards the hill, and there being several generations of Silfas).
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
…the matter? Are you all right?
I thought I’d heard a voice as I opened my eyes.
My surroundings where pitch-black, so I couldn’t see anybody, but I could definitely hear a woman whispering.
No, wait. She was sniffling or crying, sounding terribly upset.
I groped my way through the darkness to search for her, and before long, I saw a faint glow and someone sitting in the centre of it.
She was a girl about my age with long silver hair.
Silfa?
I guess it couldn’t have been her, could it? I mean, she was still only six.
But…I couldn’t take my eyes off here. She looked like a grown-up version of Silfa - older, mature, and very pretty.
On her lap, a cat mewed in pain, and she tried to soothe him, gently petting his head. She finally stopped crying.
You two fought, didn’t you?
As she spoke, she laid her other hand on the head of a big dog lying next to her. He lowered his scarred left eyelid and kept breathing weakly.
I’ll take care of both of you. But promise me you won’t fight anymore, all right?
Under the warmth of her hands, their fierce expressions softened, and she gazed down at them with a face as gentle and merciful as an angel’s.
If you’re going to be with somebody, wouldn’t you rather smile together than hurt each other?
When she murmured to them sadly, the cat and dog wordlessly snuggled closer to her.
I just absently gazed at them, zoning out, forgetting to say anything.
The coronation (which hasn't been solved in 300 years since the first fairy king) involves calling down shooting stars by reviving the thirteen sacred trees. Amanda casts an "elementary spell" to call down shooting stars, but in this case it fails, even though there's lots of magic (she also calls her broom to her).
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
“This is what it says: ‘The one who revives the sacred trees and makes stars from the heavens shall be ruler of the fairies.’”
“That’s it? Piece of cake.” Amanda confidently thrust her wand up into the night sky.
“Ea Lunag!”
She cast an elementary spell, calling for some shooting stars.
But not a peep escaped her wand.
“Huh? That’s weird.”
She retrieved her broom with a summoning spell and jumped onto it, soaring up into the sky. As she circled overhead, she shouted again, louder than before.
“Ea Lunag!”
But just like before, nothing happened.
“What gives?! Is the magic super-weak here or something?!”
“If it was, you wouldn’t be able to fly all over the place, would you?”
Sucy’s levelheaded reply made Amanda blow her top. “Then why won’t the spell work?!” Irritated, she started to descend to the ground.
“It’s probably because it isn’t the right answer.” Feoras shrugged.
“Huh?”
“If this could be resolved by some fledgling witch’s spell, somebody would have done that a long time ago. Come on — we aren’t that stupid. Whatever. Reviving the sacred trees comes first. At least, that’s what the writing says,” he maintained his imperious ways.
The thirteen sacred trees each represent a different month of the fairy year, and drinking a panacea from them is where the fairy king gets their power.
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
There were thirteen sacred trees and thirteen months in a fairy year. Alan explained that each tree represented a month in the fairy calender.
“You copied that down in your homework, too, remember?” Lotte asked me.
I whistled, tuning her out.
To start, we all trotted down the hill and stood in front of the first tree: a white birch. It was pretty impressive, with lots of long, slim branches curving upwards from it’s thick, weighty trunk.
Okay, but what did “reviving them” actually mean?
Because they didn’t look dead to me.
“They used to steep the leaves of all the sacred trees and drink it as a panacea in the past,” declared Feoras.
“Is that the nasty stuff we drank?”
Blech. In spite of myself, I stuck my tongue out. The mere memory of it was enough to make the inside of my mouth sting and prickle.
“They say it was the source of the fairy king’s power. Silfa was lamenting that the sacred trees and their powers have weakened in the present.”
“Meaning if we revive them, the fairy king’s power will return as well… Right?” Lotte fell to thinking.”
Lotte uses her spirit lullaby to awaken the spirit of the first tree (the birch tree).
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
She was hesitant in the beginning, but as she drew deeper breaths, her voice became looser and freer. At first, the white birch tree didn’t seem Andy different, but then its branches and leaves began to rustle, brushing against one another, to sing along with Lotte.
As she continued, a white mist began to gather around the trunk of the tree. Little by little, the fog grew denser, beginning to form a human shape.
At last, a pale, slender woman stepped out from its shadows.
Lotte ended her song when she saw her.
Was this woman the spirit of the white birch tree?
The birch tree and the rowan tree (the second tree) are sisters, the former represents the forests, the second represents the mountains.
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
Just then, Alan gasped audibly. “Come to think of it, Silfa said the first tree and the second tree, the rowan tree, were sisters.
“Sisters?”
“Yeah, that’s right. The white birch is the lady of the forest, and the town is the lady of the mountains. Since their respective months are right next to each other, they’re very close. Isn’t that right, Feoras.”
Amanda turns some smoke trails into birds.
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
Chirping sweetly, pure-white songbirds appeared in the night sky. What?! How?! Holy smokes! She transformed those clouds into birds!
Upon reading out the inscription of the eleventh tree, Akko, Feora and Alan end up in a dark void and the first Silfa appears and asks Feora and Alan what they wish for. When the two start fighting, Silfa turns them both into giant monsters, and they return to the human world.
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
Ivy, the eleventh tree, was a little different from the rest.
To start with, it wasn’t technically a tree, and there was a big stone marker as tall as the other trees in its spot. There, the plant’s stalks intertwined, messing around it and covering it with a thick blanket of leaves.
“There’s something written here, too.” Amanda parted its leaves to reveal more of the Luna Alphabet on the stone.
I’ll get it this time, I though, squinting at the monument.
I sighed with relief. Oh, good, I could certainly read that much.
“‘What is your wish?’”
The moment I said those words aloud, the world around me went pitch-black.
This time, I knew it wasn’t a dream or anything. It felt as though we’d all been left behind in the dark abyss of outer space.
Even though they had to be right beside me, I couldn’t hear anybody breathing.
I almost called out to them.
But I stopped myself when I saw a woman appearing from the depths of the darkness. She radiated an iridescent light and wore silver bracelets that jingled delicately.
You’re—! I tried to yell, but the words wouldn’t leave my mouth.
It was the first Sifla, the one I’d seen in the dream! But something about her was different. What was it? She was still pretty, but she emanated a cold frigidity at the same time.
Involuntarily, my hand tightened on the Shiny Rod.
“What do you wish for?”
Agh, she spoke! Startled, I backed up hastily.
Um, um, my wish, my wish is obviously… I was this close to answering, but she wasn’t looking at me. Her eyes eye’s were fixed on someone else.
Another light appeared in the direction of her gaze, brightening to reveal Feoras. Oh, he was on edge, his fur standing on end and his tail lashing. It sort of made him look like a normal cat.
“Who are you? The first Sifla?” He tensely responded with a question of his own. “What on earth are you trying to do here? One role for three people? There’s no way we could do that! I’m the one who’s going to become the fairy king. I’ll protect the current Sifla and the hill!” He spit out, on the brink of tears.
In spite of myself, I wanted to hug him, but I couldn’t move or speak, either. Someone or something was telling me not to get in the way.
She just repeated her question.
“What do you wish for?”
“…I’ve said it over and over already. I want to be the fairy king.”
“Why?”
“That’s the wish of all Cait Sith. We want to dominate the Cu Sith and put them in their place for good. Not just them but all the fairies of the hill. This is necessary in order to protect Sifla.”
“Necessary? Why?”
“You need power to protect someone. And I want enough power to silence anyone who dares complain and make them acknowledge me as king.”
Liar. That couldn’t really be what he wanted.
I mean, he looked so alive when he was with Alan—even when he was upset!
Sifla gazed steadily at him and sighed.
“So that’s your wish."
She tilted her head, then looked past me to my other side.
“And what do you wish for?”
Under a bright light, Alan appeared, just as I expected. His tail stuck out stiffly, perfectly horizontal and fur full of fear.
“I…” He faltered, looking troubled and shooting a glance and Feoras out of the corner of his eye for a fleeting moment. He looked down again right away. “…Feoras can do what he wants,” he choked out.
Her face clouded over again.
“Then you have no desires of your own?”
“Well, I…” Alan glanced again at Feoras. “I don’t really care about being the fairy king, and it’s not as if I want to fight the Cait Sith. It’s just, Feoras is really stubborn.” He grimaced. “It’s all just a pain. If he wants to settle this, then I’ll do that.”
“You’re always like that,” Feoras snapped. “I’m amazed you can call yourself a king when you’re that indecisive. Oh, how I pity the Cu Sith.”
“It’s because you don’t listen! It makes me feel bad for your tribe. Why can’t you just be mature?!”
“I don’t want to hear that from you! …I was right. I can’t leave the hill to a coward like you. I’m going to become the fairy king! If you think it’s too much work, then shut up and obey me.”
“…I told you—that’d be its own kind of annoying.”
“In that case, we’ll settle this with force.” Feora’s eye flashed with anger. “We should’ve done that in the first place. Who cares about the trial?! If we fight with our fists, it’ll be clear which of us is stronger. No one will be able to complain about the outcome.”
“Enough. I understand your wishes.”
Her voice was icy and expressionless, causing Feoras and Alan to actually shut up for once.
“I’ll grant them all for you. Acquire vast power and fight each other to your hearts’ content.”
“…What?
“What do you mean?”
Shing, ting, ting-a-ling-aling.
Her silver bracelets jingled as she extended her right index finger and swept her hand up, pointing at the sky.
“Pity. With those wishes, you won’t be able to make the stars fall from the sky. Let us end this trial for now.”
She swung her finger at the two of them, and they were enveloped by motes of light like sparks from a fire.
I didn’t have time to stop here.
I didn’t even have time to speak up.
All I could do was watch what was happening in front of me in disbelief.
Expanding and growing.
Stretching and lengthening.
Their bodies swelled out to make them bigger and taller.
Basically, they were growing enormous. As they got bigger and bigger, the light around them grew until the force sucked me in.
When I finally opened my eyes again with a gasp, I saw I was standing on top of the hill.
The broom tree links the human world with other worlds, and brings a mystical peacefulness and can be used as a healing power, but as a drug if misused.
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
“Miss Kagari. Do you remember the characteristics of the twelve tree, the broom tree?”
Huh? Seriously? She’s testing me on homework at a time like this?!
But I combed through the depths of my mind, desperately trying to remember.
“I think, it was, um, that it links the human world with other worlds and brings with it a mystical peacefulness…or something like that.”
“That’s right. Well done.” Even in a situation like this, Professor Ursula smiled softly. “If used correctly, leaves from a broom tree can act as a medicine and as a healing power, But if misused, it’s just a drug, agitating the soul and even making you hallucinate.”
Eldertrees can be used to make holy water, and it's once again said that they represent death, rebirth and the breaking of curses, and are used to break the curse of Feoras and Alan.
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
“…Elder. Silfa murmured softly. “Say, Akko? Sucy’s particularly good at experiments, isn’t she?
“Huh? Oh yes. She is, but…”
“In that case, do you think she could boil down some elder and make some holy water super-fast?”
“I think she probably could, but…”
Why elder? That was the thirteenth sacred tree, wasn’t it?
Her comment had come out of the blue, so I was still trying to process it as Lotte cried out, “I see! Akko, don’t you remember? Silfa mentioned it before we went to the Country of the Fairies.”
“Huh? Um…””
Come to think of it, it was when Sucy had said she wanted elder leaves.
Silfa had said it presided over death and rebirth, and it was perfect for breaking curses.
The current Silfa and Akko cleanse the giant fairies of their curse through the holy water, spells and the Shiny Rod, calling on a shower of shooting stars (which seem to come from the stars in the sky themselves). The fairy king is the guardian Silfa, the king of the Cait Sith and the king of the Cu Sith together. The first fairy king goes on to the next world.
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
All four of us soared up into the sky.
Bound tightly by the branches, the two animals continued to struggle, flailing their arms and legs. Little by little, the vines were snapping, and Sifla approached the pair cautiously as we anxiously watch her from behind. She tried to pour the concoction into their open mouths.
At that moment, I noticed that the Shiny Rod in my arms had begun to sparkle and gleam.
It was as if it was absorbing the moonlight, and I gingerly held it up, raising it into the sky.
For some reason, Feoras and Alan’s song echoed in my ears.
A which shall become your strength on a blessed night of falling stars.
I felt like I finally understood.
I knew what my role was.
A believing heart was my magic.
In order to turn a wish into power…
…I’d show my magic to those three, to my new friends: Feoras, Alan and Sifla.
“Awoooooooooooooo!”
“Mroooooooooooowr!”
Once Sifla got them to drink the potion, the pair began yowling again. Their combined vocal force nearly sent Sifla flying, but she pointed her wand at the two of them.
The amulets on our wrists were shining silver.
Under moonlight, our magic grew stronger and stronger. I could feel it welling up from the pit of my stomach, and at this point, I felt like I could do anything.
“Arnei Tolskal!!”
Without realising it, at the exact same time I had brought the Shiny Rod down under the moonlight, Sifla had pointed her wand at Feoras and Alan.
Right then, the stars in the night sky seemed to puff up, swelling larger and larger, and I gulped.
They continued to expand, bubble, and sparkle. It was hard to think these stars were once just scattered dots in the sky.
They were so bright, everything else was fark.
And then, when it didn’t seem as though they could possibly get any bigger…
Baaaaang!
With an earsplitting noise, all the stars burst into countless fragments falling towards us. They scattered silver powder as they fell, whizzing through the night sky at unbelievable speed. Still clutching the Shiny Rod, I stretched out my arms. “L-look!” Someone shouted as I simultaneously gasped.
The old man and the lady had disappeared earlier, but there they were, up in the sky again.
They beckoned the first Silfa to climb up through the falling stars, and she turned to look back at us, smiling. Next to here were two familiar figures: a cat and a dog. They were her friends, the ones I’d seen in the dream. Nestling close to one another, the three figures faded away against the moon.
I was sure they were bound for a paradise of love, a place where everyone got along, where all their wishes could come true,
“That’s the fairy king…” I murmured. Lotte nodded emphatically, looking enraptured next to me.
…Incredible.
Magic was so awesome.
As the silver dust from the falling stars showered over them, Feoras and Alan shark back to their normal sizes, slowly and quietly.
The silver dust sifted down onto Silfas, Feoras, and Alan and shone like crowns on their heads.
The Cait Sith and Cu Sith had finally returned to their four-legged forms, their eyes gentle and filled with tears.
The current Silfa, Feoras and Alan singing the song of stars brings down shooting stars.
Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch in the Country of Fairies said:
It was just like that dream. Like the three I’d seen nestled together.
I bet this was what the first Sifla wanted to see.
“Let’s all sing, okay?”
Sifla began the song in a clear voice.
The forest lady drinks red fruit, her younger sisters offering.
Beneath a tree dripping with water, twittering songbirds summon the coming of spring.
Bathed in the moonlight, a witch will arrive to bridge the fairies’ past.
The senior overlooks the hill; white flowers show the way to those who are lost.
At the end of the path, one finds the way to a paradise of love.
Turn a wish into strength, and blessings will dance on a night of falling stars.
Every time the three of them sang in unison, stars streaked across the night sky. The sight of it all made me catch my breath.
At long last, they had become the fairy king.
You know, I had a feeling there probably hadn’t been any sort of contract between the fairy king and the first Sifla. She might’ve just convinced the Cait Sith and Cu Sith to get along with each other and decided the three of them would always protect the hill forever as friends.
But somewhere along the way, everyone had gone back to fighting. And the fairy king had dissapeared.
Tonight, they’d come back as one, alongside the sacred trees.