There's a nice basis here that I think you could expand a lot. Shame that you ran out of time though. I think exploring those first two rooms had a nice vibe to it. Took me a minute to realize that the bookshelves with dialog had some extra books on them, so it was nice that I wouldn't have to click on every individual bookshelf to check if there were dialog. The final witch fight was a little rough, though I don't know if I was misunderstanding some of the abilities. It felt like the strong attack's damage wasn't lowered by my defense ability or counterattack, when I figured it would be. The designs for the enemies were pretty cool too, and I think adding some of those stories right before the boss fight is a good way to give them some hype before the fight.

I have a lot of nostalgia for RPG Maker VX Ace, and I feel like most of the reason I actually had a decent time playing this game was because RPG Maker VX Ace is so solid. Even though it is old now, it still very much holds up. That being said, the character sprites in the overworld could have used a walking animation, and I would have preferred if there was some text at the end cleanly wrapping up the story rather than just a dialog box saying that this is the end of the game (if you have beaten the witch).