The Return of the Mad Witch
Behind the Iron Bars

Linnea was surprised instead of playing, the first time he had gotten this kind of treatment from Adarian. Moreover, Adarian slapped him in front of the crowd. His image as Grand Duke Allerick's favorite foster child instantly collapsed into pieces. Linnea's feelings became erratically mixed.

"Why did Dad slap me? Don't you usually treat Valencia worse?" linnea Protest.

"Are you still trying to dodge? There were a lot of eyewitnesses and you did something that made the Archduke angry with you. I will not protect you, protect yourself from the anger of the Archduke or the Emperor and Empress" Adarian said.

Adarian passed away from the presence of Linnea. He was already sick of watching Linnea's treatment being judged to have crossed the line. Without Linnea realizing it, she was currently on the verge of collapse.

'Why did this happen to me? The one who should receive this kind of treatment is Valencia. That woman why is she always lucky?' inner Linnea.

Simultaneously, the show ended in an unpleasant incident. Not a few people pay attention to Valencia. In fact, some of them chided Linnea and Endry who had caused Valencia to sink to near death.

"Endry, do you know why I called you here?"

Right after the show, Adarian immediately cracked down on ndry at his residence. He escaped when Valencia fell into the lake.

"No, Dad. I don't know why Dad called me here."

Endry was terrified, the aura of Adarian intimidation so strong that it made him powerless to look back at Adarian's eyes. Endry simply bowed while thinking about his fate.

"You really don't know why I called you here? All right, now I'm gonna ask you. Why would you do that? Why did you push Valencia into the lake?"

Endry flinched, it was unbelievable that Endry called him because of the problem he had created earlier.

"That-That, t-so I accidentally pushed her. Seriously, I didn't know it was like this" Endry replied.

"Not intentionally? Then why did you run away after pushing Valencia? Can you answer honestly?" search Adarian.

"I didn't run away, I just went briefly—"

"Where to go?" cut Adarian fast. "You don't look for excuses anymore! Now I'm going to punish you. You should apologize to Valencia and go do the portal conquest for a whole month. Don't go home if you haven't finished it."

"Okay, I'll do it."

Endry quickly left Adarian's private room. There is a sigh that implies frustration due to the problems that are currently happening.

'The matter becomes very complicated, from the premeditated murder of the Emperor to the murder that also haunts His Holiness Klarybell. There seems to be something strange going on in Alegra lately.'

As a result of this incident at noon, Valencia was told by Henzo to rest in the room. He was not allowed out of the mansion despite the urgent need even once. Valencia said he was just in his room and doing some small work.

"Why are you here? Do you have any important business with me?" valencia asked Ivanov who suddenly appeared from the balcony.

"Are you okay? I heard the Archduke won't let you out."

Valencia breathed a long breath, it was a pity that on the night of this festival he was not allowed to go out.

"Yes, that's it. So, now I have to take care of my remaining work. Tomorrow I'm going to the capital festival."

Valencia moved his pen to sign some documents. Then Ivanov approached towards the Valencia desk. His hand unconsciously touched Valencia's forehead. He checked the girl's body temperature.

"Thank God your body temperature is normal."

Valencia did not understand, be it with Ivanov or the other six Princes. They treat Valencia differently than anyone else. Moreover, their nature is getting softer and softer day by day. Their momentary warm treatment left Valencia drifting in confusion.

"You think I'm gonna get a fever just from drowning? I'm not that weak" Valencia said.

"really? I know it. A Valencia cannot lose because of a fever."

"Hey, stop groping my face. Get rid of your hands right now!" valencia.

"What?"

"I said singk—"

The cup!

Valencia flabbergasted, Ivanov suddenly kissed his lips. The girl was silent for a split second, a short kiss Ivanov gave her blood a great rustle.

"Pardon me."

Ivanov immediately distanced himself from Valencia.

"In what order did you kiss me?" Valencia responded casually.

"Hmm, that ..I'm sorry, I didn't knowingly do it."

Ivanov blushed, his face reddish after kissing Valencia. Now he disappeared from the face of the girl carrying the shame of his own actions.

"Well, why did he kiss me all of a sudden? I don't know, I don't understand."

***

Guilla who was still confined behind bars could only lament his bad luck. After committing an act that put Helen's life at risk, Adarian never once visited her in prison.

Every day there were only knights and servants who brought him food. Guilla failed to achieve his goal of wanting to become the mistress of this house. Now he was at a loss of what else to do so that he could get out of this dark and narrow place.

"Why is my spell no longer working? I've tried to cast a new spell, but it's useless" Guilla muttered.

"Of course your spell can no longer work because I have blocked your entire spell in this residence."

Guilla was shocked to hear the voice of someone very familiar. Guilla got up from his seat and looked over from the iron cage. There was the sound of feet moving closer towards him.

"Who are you?!" ask Guilla loudly.

The figure of a girl suddenly stood before him. The girl is Valencia, she accidentally sneaks into the residence of Grand Duke Allerick to meet Guilla.

"What's? Why are you even here? Just go! Don't you ever show that disgusting face of yours in front of me!" guilla shouted furiously.

"God, you've been thrown in jail and you still dare to be rude to me. How's it feel? How does it feel when your spell no longer works?"

Guilla was petrified when he heard about the spell from Valencia's mouth directly. His blood rippled violently and his heart beat was unremarkable.

"Why do you know about spells?"

"Haha." Valencia chuckles. "It turns out you're really a spell witch. Who would have thought I could meet a spell witch after all this time."

"You even know about magic spells? Who the hell are you?! Tell me, who are you really?!"

Valencia stopped his laughter, Guilla began to get frustrated with this reality.

"Of course I can tell because I'm a witch."

"What's? A witch?"