Sitara Succeeds in Winning the First Empress' Trust... Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Episode 8 Synopsis and Stills Released

The synopsis and stills for Episode 8 of the anime Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia have been released.
The series is based on the popular manga by Tomato Soup, currently serialized in Akita Shoten's web manga magazine Souffle. The protagonist, Sitara (voiced by Akira Sekine), loses her mother and is taken far from her homeland, but after she is taken in by a family of scholars she comes to understand the potential and the value of knowledge, and deepens her learning. When the Mongol Empire takes everything from her, however, Sitara resolves to use the one thing she has left, her wisdom, to gain the favor of the royal family and bring the empire down from within.