Satou's canon is a modern fantasy, where magic is existent but secret. The ability to use magic is genetic, and requires two particular genes to use effectively: "Magic Capacity," and "Empathy." Magic Capacity, or MC, refers to how much magical power a person can hold in their body at once: It may be only a spark, or a huge explosion. Empathy is the ability to create and use magic power.
Unfortunately, the "Empathy" gene is recessive. This results in pureblooded magic users being less common in the 21st Century. While many humans still have a capacity for magic, very few can use it naturally.

As you may suspect from the word choice, magic in this world comes from emotions. Emotions can be converted into magic power if they are recognized and understood: Hence, the term "Empathy" describing the process of isolating an emotion and turning it into magic. The magical energy that these magic users create can be used to do just about anything, so long as there is enough emotional drive to back it.

The magic gene can be traced back for hundreds of years. It is believed that all humans have "Magic Capacity," but that not all humans have "Empathy." This has created the illusion of magic being rare, and those with magical powers were respected in ancient times. As time went on, society could prosper entirely because of magic users: They could turn emotions into magical miracles, so moved human civilization forward with their determination and pride. As a result, the world Satou comes from is slightly more technologically advanced than "our world." There was no longer a reason to try one hundred times to create a light bulb-- It could be invented instantly with magic.

However, this world was not entirely peaceful in its changes.

Over time, magic capacity increased... But the number of people who could use magic, the empathy trait, declined. At the same time, religion was taking root in society, and most religious preached against magic. They persecuted magic users and tried to keep them in line with laws to restrict their magic. Humans were also inventing more and more dangerous weapons. Even when magic became stronger, it was nothing in the face of a well aimed bullet. There were also known ways to nullify magic and empathy, rendering magic users useless. They had plenty of reason to fear normal humans, who also felt they had reasons to fear magic.

This all came to an ugly hunt with witch hunts. "Witch Hunters" first started their work separate from the church, but began confusing their religious faith and personal fears. At that crossroads was the notion that they ought to eliminate magic from the world. They would hunt and kill female magic users, to prevent them from spreading the magic seed in the next generation. They feared a day when the growing capacity for magic reached God-like levels.

Magical families were naturally terrified. Many of them went into hiding and stopped openly using their magic. They wouldn't even tell their children about it, hoping to protect them from their own powers. It was as the hunting became more common that the secret magical communities began forming: Families that looked out for each other, communicating in coded writing and with "magic titles." This created a small comfort, but widened the divide between those with magic and those without.
Those that did not go into hiding often lashed out, becoming the "demonic witches" that the churches claimed they were. As both sides pushed each other more and more, their clashes became more and more deadly. Until finally, both sides were guilty of bloodshed and horrors that were beyond reason.

In this chaos, two young witches stepped forward. Benita and Felicity were regarded as some of the most powerful witches of their time, and they were feared even by Witch Hunters. The two girls proposed a truce with the Witch Hunters: Because Witch Hunters were worried about magic capacity, the girls would find a way to limit it. In exchange for that limit, the Hunters would back down.

Both sides agreed. The girls created what is still called "The Magic Price Curse." This was a voluntary curse placed on a magic user's MC gene. If they filled their magical capacity beyond the "legal limit," they would pay a price. They price was "the thing most dear to them," and it changed depending on the person who had activated it. In exchange for taking this curse, magic users came under the protection of the MASQ/uerade, a magical government that worked with Witch Hunters to maintain order.

It's worth noting briefly that those who did not take the curse became known as "Golden Mages," relics of the "Golden Age of Magic," but they were few in number. Over 80% of the magical populate opted in to the protection. The magical community fell into secrecy, but they were no longer hunted.

For many decades, this deal worked wonderfully. But as the years went on, Witch Hunters became uncomfortable again. They went back on their deal and decided to hunt the weakened magic users down. Now cursed, the magical community couldn't fight back at full force. They were slaughtered in the thousands.

Amidst this, Benita and Felicity had a fight. Felicity wanted to nullify the curse and fight off the Witch Hunters, but Benita refused. She believed that they had to keep the curse in place, because she didn't trust the magical community not to lash out with even worse levels of murder.

They could not, and did not, reach an agreement. Benita cast a spell to seal her friend away, locking Felicity outside the flow of time. Felicity could no longer affect the world, but she could watch it like a sad movie. Benita then strengthened the MASQ and broke away from the Hunters. She sent her military-isc magical force out to protect the innocents, accepting that they would pay magical prices for their service. The fighting ended with magic users disappearing into the shadows again, more terrified than ever.

For the next fifty-some years, until the 21st century, the magical community existed secretly. They do not have any sort of "magical school," because they do not want to draw attention to themselves. Modern weaponry is now severely overpowered compared to the average magic user. Parents rarely tell their children about their magic until they're adults, and the adults who do know about their powers all report to the MASQ. Adult magic users are given a "Magic Title," which is their codename in the magical community. Having a title also means you've been recognized as a responsible member of magical society.

The MASQ is still well and functioning. Modern technology has led to the invention of "magic devices:" Magic wands, and other containers, that channel magic in the place of magic capacity or empathy. These act as training wheels for new magicians as they adjust to the legal limit, but also substitute a missing gene if someone only has one. The MASQ trains magic users to practice safely. They also act as a Law Enforcement agency, with branches in most every city. MASQ agents hunt magical criminals and bring them to justice. They also clear magic prices from mistakeningly priced magic users, provided they've earned their Magic Title, often in exchange for community service.

Finally, the MASQ is responsible for a yearly event that brings the magical community together: The Young Title Competition. Traditionally, Titling tests are only held for magic users eighteen and above. For all the younger users who learn early, there's the Title Competition. The selected children are gifted to the point that their service to the magical community is invaluable, and this competition is their chance to prove that.
They travel the world completing good deeds with magic, and are awarded an early title in exchange. During this time, the entire magical community bands together to help them with travel, housing, and support. It's a time when everyone celebrates the good magic can do and remembers the strength of their secret community.

Satou's personal backstory begins with her mother, Hori Fletcher. Hori was alive during World War II, which she survived while her daughter and husband did not. Devastated beyond measure, the young witch vowed to find a way to revive the family who had been so cruelly taken from her.

However, Hori ran into a number of complications. The largest being the price of her magic: To revive her all important family would surely cost her more than she could pay. She needed a third party to perform the revival. That revival would also require an intense amount of magic power, far beyond the average magic capacity of the time.
The magic used in her small experiments was also costing Hori what really mattered to her the most: Her capacity to move on. Hori stopped aging, as if she were locked in that painful moment forever. This caught the attention of the MASQ's leader, Benita, who recognized the danger of an immortal witch. She approached Hori as a friend and tried to counsel her into moving on emotionally. The two became very close, but Benita never fully succeeded in helping Hori let go of her wish.

Hori also caught the attention of Felicity. Both of them were, in different ways, thrown out of the flow of time. This normally meant no one could see Felicity, but it resulted in Hori being able to see and hear the banished co-founder. Felicity's intentions were far less noble than Benita's. When she heard Hori needed a third party for her spell, Felicity approached her and offered to help. Felicity also needed another magic user with extreme magic capacity to release her from banishment. She and Hori struck a deal: Felicity would teach her how to "create" this ideal witch and Hori would make that person happen, then they would race to see who used their magical piggybank first.

The Birth of "Samantha"

Hori finds a perfect magical husband and has the perfect magical daughter, many decades after the war.

Satou is her daughter, originally named "Samantha." Hori raises Samantha to be very kind, so she can have a lot of empathy for her magic.

Hori also learns to love her new daughter and husband. Her values change and she starts aging again. She tells Yosuke what she was scheming and he forgives her. They resolve to be the perfect family.

But Felicity still wants to use Samantha. So the family decides to run away to Japan, where Yosuke's family is. The change Samantha's name, erase their records as much as possible, and scoot.

To keep Samantha's incredible magical capacity under control, Hori creates a familiar for her. "Sakura" is to be Samantha's new adopted sister. Samantha is linked to Sakura and subconsciously fuels her with magic, thus never being able to reach her max capacity.

But Samantha isn't happy. She just left her BFF Mikale behind, and now she's in a foreign country. Her parents even changed her name to SATOU, which sounds like toe. Gross.

Her Japanese sucks and she struggles in school, while Sakura absorbs knowledge like she's magical or something??? Sammy kinda resents Sakura, blames her for the move, and is super desperate to be better than her.

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Felicity's grand plan? A daughter. One whose birth Felicity and Hori would manipulate, to make her strongest the witch of their era... and then raise her to fulfill their wish. This perfect witch would be Samantha Kuroneko, aka Satou. She was born to Hori and her new high capacity husband, Yosuke Kuroneko, whom she had courted specifically for his magic.

Samantha grew up oblivious to her magical powers. She was, however, exposed to the fictional concept of magic. Sammy read a number of stories that featured magical protagonists, often with the themes of being "Good Girls" who made sacrifices for others. She was also raised to be very kind and empathetic, taught to value good will to others over her own selfishness.

She attended school in America, where her parents had met while studying. Samantha was decently popular in school due to her doormat personality. When she was seven years old, Samantha met her best friend Mikale Reed. The pair of them were inseparable during their childhood, and made a plot important promise to always be together. Then broke said promise quite quickly, as the story briefly returns to Tragic Mom:

Because over the years, Hori realized she loved her new family. In marrying Yosuke and having Samantha, she'd succeeded in a different kind of "revival." Hori came clean to Yosuke about her initial plan and involvement with Felicity: She feared that Felicity would one day use Samantha for her plans, and hurt her precious daughter in the process. So Yosuke arranged for the family to move back to Japan and take care of his parents. One day, ten year old Samantha came home from school to packed bags and the sudden announcement that they had to move. And she could not tell anyone, even to say good-bye.

Hori and Yosuke were terrified of Felicity, and for good reason. Back home, they changed Samantha's name to "Satou" and forbid her from speaking of her old life. This was very hard on now-Satou, but she had been raised to be "good" from the start. The last issue that the parents had to deal with was Satou's high magic capacity: They feared that Felicity could track her through the magic she held. So they created a magical familiar and linked her to Satou, so their daughter's extra magic would go somewhere rather than collect inside of her.

This magical familiar took the form of a little sister. Satou was told that "Sakura" had been adopted as her little sister, and they had moved to Japan to be with Sakura and her grandparents. This rubbed young Satou the wrong way. She struggled through Japanese school and felt like an embarrassment, while Sakura excelled at everything that she did. Satou put on a front of being "the best sister ever" in order to earn some form of praise from her parents, but she longed for a different kind of praise. She wanted something, anything, that she could be better than Sakura at.

Budding Magical Girls

Then Satou and Sakura discover magic.

Satou discovers that she's really good at magic. Better than Sakura, even! So she gets obsessed with it. She starts going on crazy magical adventures with her sister, even fighting The Bad Guys, and is proving left and right that she is the best magical girl ever.

Felicity orchestrated all of this. Because yeah, she found Samantha again. She wasn't going to let the magical piggybank just get away!

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One day, that "something" found her. Though Hori and Yosuke had done all they could to hide Satou, she was still found. Felicity had used the strong, emotional bond between Mikale and Samantha to trace her new location. Felicity found the sisters and manipulated fate so that they discovered magic.

Magic was that "something" for eleven year old Satou. She was a natural where Sakura was very clumsy. She did not realize that her mother had raised her from day one to be a gifted witch. She also didn't realize that Sakura was clumsy because familiars weren't meant to wield their own magic. All Satou cared about was how she was finally good at something. The girls had no formal tutor, but learned about their powers through a book Felicity had dumped on their path. They also had magic staffs that had been crafted by one of Felicity's third parties.

For the next few months, the two girls got their noses in all sorts of magical mischief. What started as little acts of kindness bloomed into crossing paths with magical criminals and fighting bad guys. Satou excelled all of the way through, never knowing there was a magical community. The two sisters thought it was just them against only evil magicians, and their only allies were each other.

12 Years Old + TRAGIC BACKSTORY

Then everything goes to shit.

Benita learns about Satou and knows she has to get rid of her. Otherwise, Felicity is going to be able to fight back and destroy the magic curse. She would have left Satou alone, but now that the kid is learning magic, she is a threat.

Felicity is pushing the sisters into really really bad trouble, in an attempt to get them stronger faster. Like impatient level grinding. But one of those situations is too much for the girls to handle. Sakura gets annihilated and Satou gets horrendously injured.

The parents catch wind of their daughters' distress and rush to their aid, only now aware that the girls were secretly playing magical girl. Yosuke heals Satou, who was dying, and basically exchanges his life for hers. Hori uses a lot of magic to remake Sakura, and pays her new magic price for it: Her love for her family.

Hori loses her mind in the process. Benita prevents Hori, now fueled by hatred for her family, from killing Satou. Hori runs off. Benita realizes she has to deal with these two kids, who just lost their dad and went through some trauma. She starts by erasing their memories, because Benita doesn't actually know how to handle the situation.

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It wasn't until Satou was twelve years old that she learned of the magical community, under unfortunate circumstances. Which require briefly taking a step back into the unknowns of her life:

Felicity was not the only one with a strong interest in Satou. Benita had learned of Satou's birth, her purpose, and the fact she was a threat to the MASQ. If Satou was used by Felicity, Benita knew that the Magic Price Curse would be threatened again. She had to get rid of her, or at least prevent her from becoming too powerful.

So when Satou began learning magic, Benita decided that she had to act. Felicity was manipulating magical criminals to cross paths with the girls, and push them to become stronger. At the same time, Benita sent her own hired hands to guard the sisters and keep them from trouble.

One of those hired hands was Samantha's childhood friend, Mikale. His family life had fallen apart after she left, and he had been adopted into Benita's magical family. He loved his new sister dearly and wanted to help her, so volunteered to keep an eye on a little girl that Benita was worried about. In exchange, Benita was ironically giving him the resources that he needed to find his missing best friend... Something that was impossible, due to the price of Mikale's magic: Finding Samantha meant everything to him, so his magic prevented him from ever being able to recognize her.

All of this leads into the incident that exposed Satou and Sakura to the magical community:

Felicity pushed an especially powerful criminal to cross paths with the girls. In the fight, Sakura was temporarily destroyed and Satou was nearly murdered. Seeing he couldn't save them alone, Mikale rushed to Satou's magical parents for help. They were both shocked to learn that their daughters were secretly practicing magic, but rushed to Satou's aid. The scene they found was dire: Satou was bleeding to death from a grotesque neck wound.

This was all according to Felicity's plans. Without Sakura to channel magic into, Satou's magical capacity was rapidly filling. In her panic, the little witch was creating alarming amounts of magic to heal herself. Felicity was about to use Satou to break her seal. Yosuke and Hori both saw this, but neither of them knew of a way to heal such a horrible injury. At least, not without paying a massive price in exchange.

So Yosuke paid the price. He rushed to his dying daughter and healed Satou's wounds, effectively exchanging his life for hers. Hori recreated Sakura, using an exceptional amount of magic herself as she revived their second daughter. But Hori's price was not her life. She lost the thing that mattered the most to her at that time: Her love for her family.

Yosuke died. Hori lost her mind, and was left with nothing but absolutely hatred for the daughter who had survived. In all of the chaos, Hori fled the scene and Benita stepped in to help the two girls. She erased their memories of the incident, thinking it was the kindest thing she could do at the time. From that moment on, Benita did not take her chances with Felicity.

The Magic Title Competition

Sakura and Satou wake up, memory-less. Also, family-less. Benita reveals magic society to them and explains that they used a lot of magic, which they've paid a price for. This is a lie: Neither sister has actually used that much magic yet. Sakura doesn't even have a price, because she's a familiar.

Benita claims the "price" was their parents' memories of them. She doesn't have the heart to say Yosuke is dead and Hori is now insane. She convinces the girls that if they join the MASQ, they can earn back what they lost. This, however, is just a ploy to get the girls under her control.

To do this, they need to win a "Title Competition." tl;dr: It judges whether young magic users are competent enough to be treated like magical adults. Which means they can earn back what they've lost and be mature enough not to do it again.

Satou and Sakura obviously win.

They make a lot of friends along the way. Like Shugo Yumeno, a useless boy they have to protect for a while, and his less useless sister Usagi. And Touka Takamachi, a smart girl who teaches them to use strategy.

Also, Satou reunites with Mikale. But he can't recognize her as his BFF Samantha. Finding Samantha means everything to him, so his magic price is his ability to find/recognize her. Satou decides to make him her friend anyway, starting from zero.

These friends are all due to Felicity. She is pulling what strings she can to give Satou a network of protectors.

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When the sisters woke up, they were in Benita's care. Benita revealed the secret magical society to the girls, and explained away their parents: She told them that the girls had overused their magic and "paid a price," which resulted in their parents forgetting that they existed. This lie was told simply because Benita didn't have the heart to tell them their father was dead and their mother had abandoned them.

The girls believed it. Satou rationalized to herself that she valued a family more than anything, making that the price of her magic. She felt guilty for wrecking Sakura's new family, so vowed to set things straight. Likewise, Sakura thought she was responsible and decided she would repair the damage. To do this, both girls needed two things: They needed to work away their magical debt through community service, and they needed a "magic title" in order to be allowed to do community service.

But they were young. Titling was usually reserved for older teens and adults. It's considered on par with being able to stand trial as an adult. Children cannot have titles, because their crimes are supposed to be forgiven more lightly. The sisters never questioned why their crime of overusing magic could not be forgiven, but assumed it was because they were exceptionally bad.
To get their title early, they had to demonstrate their magical maturity. The sisters were entered into a yearly competition that tested young magic users. Gifted witches were selected and sent around to help the world, while demonstrating to a panel of judges that they were mature and responsible with their magic.

Satou and Sakura were thirteen and twelve when they started the competition. They traveled with another competitor, Ryuu, and essentially did a lot of magical community service... With a specialty in tracking and hunting magical criminals. But Benita wasn't acting on pure motives: She wanted the sisters to be killed in an accident, before Felicity got her hands on them.

Benita thought she was controlling their movements and lives, hoping to keep them safe until Satou's magic capacity was ripe for the taking. But behind the scenes, Felicity was also manipulating their lives. She was forced the girls to cross paths with numerous other magic users and befriend them. These people, Felicity hoped, would protect the sisters from Benita's murderous intentions.

The plan worked. Satou is particular made two friends that fell in love with her: Shugo Yumeno, a golden mage that she rescued, and Touka Takamachi, a fellow competitor. Touka even joined her party and helped the sisters defeat the magical foes that Benita sent them after.

On the side, also noteworthy, was Satou's budding relationship with Mikale. He didn't recognize her, but followed her around protectively none the less. Satou did recognize her best friend and realized that the price of his magic was in their way. So, calmly and patiently, she began befriending the boy that shadowed her around.

Long story short: Sakura and Satou won the competition. Instead of being killed by their targets, the sisters conquered every challenge and impressed every judge. Benita was horrified and realized Felicity was winning. At the rate things were going, Felicity could combine both Sakura and Satou into one magic source and free herself. In order to buy time, Benita needed to at least separate the sisters.

Reset to Zero

On their way to claim their prize, Satou and Sakura are separated. Benita leaked their location to Witch Hunters. She fears Felicity is still controlling the girls and thinks killing them may be the only option now.

Satou gives Sakura a chance to escape, because Sakura is "allergic" to magic nullifying (because Sakura is made of magic, but no one realizes that yet.) In the process, Satou is nearly overwhelmed and killed. Fortunately, Mikale steps in to help.

But not without a price. Satou has to go over her magic limit and pay her magic price in order to escape. The real price of her magic is her ability to be acknowledged and loved. So in an instant, (almost) everyone who loved Satou forgets that she ever existed.

Exceptions: True love can't be erased, because this IS a magical girl story. Not that Satou knows about this fine print.

Benita tells more lies to make Satou feel super isolated. Satou doesn't think she can ever see her friends again, unless she repays her new magical debt. Out of pity, Benita gives Satou the title "Witch of Sins."

As a bonus, Satou gets a complex about the "sins" title and a lot of self-hatred!

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On their way to the winner's ceremony, Satou and Sakura were messily separated. Benita leaked their location to Witch Hunters, having explained to them what a threat the girls posed. This was their first time fighting elite Witch Hunters, who had guns and could nullify their magic. Satou decided to defend her sister and give Sakura a chance to escape, promising to catch up later.

As Touka took Sakura and Ryuu to flee, Satou (the more offensive magic user,) tried to fight off the Witch Hunters alone. Her magic was nullified and she was nearly killed (just as planned,) until Mikale stepped in (not planned.) Benita was outraged to see her little brother helping the enemy, but Felicity had been purposefully pushing the relationship just for this reason. Against Felicity's desires, Satou had an OP moment where she broke the magic nullification by drawing from not on her own emotions, but the emotional bonds she shared with everyone that she loved. She could not create new magic in that moment, so instead tapped into the magic she had been storing due to her high magic capacity.

All on her own, Satou defeated the Witch Hunters. In the process, she used a lot of her magic capacity. She was also priced for using so much magic. Satou had thought that the price of her magic was her family being able to remember her. She had thought things would be fine if she went over limited, because Hori and Yosuke had already forgotten her. She planned to go to Benita and earn back her family.

But the price of Satou's magic was much more selfish. What she loved more than anything was herself and being loved. So the price she paid was acknowledgment. "Satou Kuroneko" was wiped from existence. All record of her birth, her school days, the memories of her helping people, of her magical achievements--- Everything vanished. Even people forgot her, and could not acknowledge her.

She was devastated. Through gossip, Satou heard that Sakura had received her magic title: The Witch of Virtues. Touka, too, had become The Peach Blossom Witch, and was remembered as Sakura's partner. But no one remembered Satou.

Separate Stories (15 years old)

Witch of Sinstou gets a lot of work from Benita. Secretly, Benita is hoping to crush her spirit and maybe get her killed.

Satou struggles A LOT. The price of her magic makes her seem invisible to other people. She can't get food, shelter, or any support. She's homeless and sad.

Benita "helps" her sometimes, often making things worse. Mikale also helps her, but his help is sincere. He is immune to the magic price due to being head-over for Satou by now. They both think it's just luck that kept his memory in place.

Satou struggles a lot, but still believes she can earn back her little sister and friends.

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There were some silver linings. Benita was strong enough to resist Satou's curse and remembered her. So did Felicity. Since Sakura was linked to Satou as her familiar, she also remembered her sister. And those that had fallen in love with her remembered her through The Power of Love, strength of their bond.

Benita didn't want the sisters to know this. To Satou's confused friends, she explained that Satou had been killed in the battle. To Satou, she explained that no one remembered her and that reaching out to break the curse could hurt them.

Satou was given a title. No one could remember or acknowledge "Satou Kuroneko," but they could remember "The Witch of Sins." Benita pretended to help, saying she could give Satou jobs and slowly wipe her price away. The jobs she gave were exceptionally dangerous, and intended to kill her.

Now without anyone to support her, Satou had to relearn her magic as a solo fighter. She was put in scenarios where it was kill or be killed. Even then, Satou did a remarkable job of preserving her ideals: She chose diplomacy over murder, and reached out to save her enemies whenever possible. Though she sometimes had to hurt-- even kill,-- them to save herself and others, Satou resolved not to truly become "The Witch of Sins" like her title pressured her to being.

Her life was still difficult. At this point, Satou does not have a home or roof over her head. She struggles day by day, as it's difficult to earn money or have consistent housing when people can't acknowledge your existence. She relies heavily on her few friends-- Benita and Mikale,-- to get by... But Benita is secretly trying to make her life harder, while Mikale is defying orders in assisting her.

She does her best regardless, but understands that she would be dead without the "love" of Benita and Mikale.

... Or at least, all of that was the case. Until a canon update!

Rehomed Stray Cat (15-16 years old)

By luck, Satou crosses paths with Shugo Yumeno again. His mother and him are immune to magic prices, because neither of them have the curse.

Satou starts living with his family. In exchange, she tutors Shugo and his sister in magic.

His mothers dote on Satou. With the help of their own magic, they enroll Satou in school. She begins living a fairly normal life again and is relatively happy. Things are finally looking up.

Except that there are people trying to kill "the Witch of Sins" all of the time. And she's still doing Benita's dirty work. But other than that, it's the best it could be!

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While on a mission given to her by Benita, Satou crossed paths with someone from her childhood: A boy named Shugo Yumeno, whom she had saved almost four years earlier. Shugo and his family knew Satou was a magical girl, and their memories of her had mostly persisted after the big price paying. This was because Shugo and his biological mother, Charlotta, were "Golden Mages:" Magical users with no price on their magic, and therefore stronger magic than most. Strong enough to resist Satou's curse.

When Charlotta and her wife, Yui, learned of Satou's troubles, they quickly adopted her into the family. Satou was given free room and board in exchange for tutoring their kids, Shugo and Usagi, in magic. At first reluctant to join a new family, as she feared abandoning Sakura and her own parents, Satou gradually warmed up to the idea.

She was enrolled in school and began her life anew. Because no one in this city had known Satou prior to the magic price, they had not forgotten her. They could meet her for the first time and she could start a life there. She happily tutored the two teens as well, and naturally they got involved in a few magical shenanigans here and there. Whenever the siblings got in trouble, Satou would be there to bail them out.

She did it all while hiding from them the fact that magic wasn't all fun and games. Satou wanted to protect the fantasy for Shugo and Usagi, even if it meant lying to them. Because despite now having a roof over her head, Satou still had to work for Benita and she was still being hunted as The Witch of Sins. Yui and Charlotta did what they could to help her, but Satou was still facing dangers that the family kept secret from "the children."

This is Satou's actual canon point. She's happier now, sure, but she still hasn't solved her initial problem. However, she believes that she's a step closer to reuniting her family. It'll just take a bit more elbow grease!