Aru Majo ga Shinu Made

is a Japanese light novel series written by Saka, with illustrations by Korefuji. The series began publication on December 17, 2021 by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki no Shin Bungei publishing imprint.

Synopsis
"You will die in another year, because of the curse." "What?"

17th birthday. Meg, an apprentice witch, is sentenced to life expectancy by her longtime witch Faust. The only way to break the curse is to collect a thousand tears of human joy and create a "seed of life." To collect tears, Meg expands her closed world and engages with many people. Encounters, farewells, friendships, affections-and tears. After receiving a lot of thoughts and swearing a promise, Meg learns important things as a witch and realizes what the teacher wants to entrust to him.

"I haven't been able to give back to my master at all. So, yet-- "

A bright, funny, and a little painful story sent by a witch's master and pupil.