Ashaf reminisces about his first meeting with Guideau. Three years ago, a sleepy farming town blamed a young witch for a string of gruesome incidents. But what kind of "witch" can't use magic?
A remote, utterly un-magical village 
in an ordinary, utterly un-magical country.
قرية غير سحريّة بحتة نائية
في بلد غير سحريّ عاديّ
In diesem gewöhnlichen Land
ohne Spuren von Magie,
Un pueblo remoto sin magia,
Un pueblo remoto sin magia,
C’est dans ce territoire ordinaire,
dénué de tout occultisme,
Un remoto e anonimo villaggio senza magia,
Uma vila remota e totalmente não mágica,
em um país totalmente comum e sem magia.
Далёкая, магически неразвитая деревня
в обычной неразвитой магически стране.