Everything around the witch ruins this manga for me,
Despite it fitting the theme, it makes the story extremely generic and lackluster. This stands out more so as a problem since the story originally gave off the vibe that it would be a parody of fantasy/rpg tropes at the start.
1.Despite several other stories in media doing the same thing, those characters are given more depth.
Examples: Wakka(FFX), Merga(Freedom Planet 2) , Rosie(Valkyrie Chronicles), Saintess(Roll Over and Die), Gladys(Bravely Default II), Valen(Kamen Rider Gavv), Aiz(Sword Oratoria Manga)
Rather than their entire conflict being JUST
"My family died because of Group X. Therefore I hate Group X."
2. What's worse, the whole reveal about the the king advisor being responsible for the whole conflict seems like unnecessary brain mush when he barely has a relationship with the witch.
3. Because of all this, the king's backstory seems where more worth the effort than was spent on the witch character since he seems more complex.