Aya to Majo

Ten-year-old Earwig is perfectly happy at St. Morwald's Home for Children, where she has learned how to get nearly everyone to do what she wants. That comfortable life ends when the witch Bella Yaga and the intimidating Mandrake adopt her and bring her to a house filled with strange rooms, spells, and hidden secrets. Bella has no interest in being a mother; she wants a small assistant to handle her chores, while everyone warns Earwig never to anger the Mandrake. Earwig, however, is not the sort of child who accepts someone else's rules quietly. With help from a talking cat and relentless curiosity, she begins learning magic in secret and looking for a way to turn the household in her favor.