The Return of the Mad Witch
Linnea

 "Gosh, Valencia! Quickly get me a washcloth!" Linita.

Linita immediately panicked to see the waiter who fell down to make Valencia clothes splashed with tea water. The lady's maid immediately let down and prostrated herself under Valencia's feet. She trembled in fear of being punished by Linita. Whereas Linnea only smiled cunningly behind her innocent pretentious face.

"Punish me, Miss, I did not do it on purpose. Please forgive me" said the waiter.

Unexpectedly, instead of being angry Valencia stretched out his hand to the servant. He knew very well that it was not the servant's fault but Linnea's fault. As a result, Valencia had to be patient for a moment before Linnea was finally given a deterrent effect.

"It's okay, put your head up again, I'm not mad at you" Valencia said as he flashed a friendly smile.

The waiter raised his head, surprised that Valencia was not cursing him. Unlike the nobles in general who will certainly go berserk when faced with the same situation. The servant's heart was touched, only this time he got good treatment from a high-level noble.

"Are you not going to punish me?" The two servants eyes glazed over, he almost cried for fear of being fired by Linita.

"No, you didn't accidentally, did you? So, why do I punish people who don't make mistakes. We should now be questioning, why did you fall on a flat floor like this? Isn't that right, Linnea?"

Valencia deliberately suppressed his words while looking towards Linnea. The girl immediately gasped as Valencia looked at her with a gaze knowing everything. Linnea was silent for a moment then she smiled stiffly.

"Yes, that's true, but maybe also because this servant is careless. You should've punished her because she made your dress wet." Linnea was trying to manipulate the situation, but it wouldn't work.

"That's not necessary, this servant purely fell over due to accident. I can buy a more expensive dress but if I punish this waitress then she'll lose her job. That's not fair, so I won't take issue with it. You should have been a beautiful and kindly praised Miss knowing this risk, why did you ask me to punish her instead?"

Linita observed Linnea's movements, he had already seen the whole incident if in fact the one who made the servant fall was Linnea. However, here Linita looked amazed by Valencia's much wiser response.

Linnea was silent again in a thousand languages, Valencia always had an answer to throw at him.

"That's not what I mean, it's just—"

"Already, now come Valencia, this aunt of yours will give you the best clothes. There is no need to prolong the problem, Valencia has forgiven the waiter," said Linita pulling Valencia's hand away towards the palace dressing room.

Surprisingly, Valencia was taken to the storage room of the palace dress. There are various kinds of dresses at high prices. Valencia felt bad for the kindness Linita had given him. It felt like she was refusing, but it seemed that Linita would not let her refuse her gift.

"Find the most fitting, nice, luxurious, and most expensive dress for Valencia" Linita told the waiters.

Linnea could only bite a finger watching Valencia being served so graciously. Instantly he felt regret for making the waiter just fall for the Valencia dress. The servants also brought one by one a dress to try Valencia.

“Actually this dress was bought specifically for you, but I did not send it to the Grand Duke's residence. Don't you know for yourself that Devina doesn't like to wear dresses? Devina has no dress. So, that's why I bought this many dresses for the sake of giving them to you during a visit to the palace. However, what power you used to always refuse to be invited to the palace. It is on this occasion that I want to hand over this entire dress to you!”

Devina is the name of the daughter of Linita and Abraham, Devina is known to like to wear men's clothes, even she often behaves like a man in general. Devina refused to wear a dress, thinking if wearing a dress was very uncool for her tall posture. In addition, there was also news that Devina wanted to run as the next Emperor candidate, but the nobles rejected him outright.

Valencia has no memory of Devina, it means that the owner of the body has never met Devina. Sometimes Linita wanted Devina as much as a girl in general, but Devina's power was stubborn and unruly.

“But, this dress is very much and impossible to fit in my residence pavilion,” Valencia said.

“Yes already, leave it here the dress, but you should visit the palace often. Understand?”

Valencia nodded quickly, he did plan to visit the palace often, however this palace was a comfortable place for Valencia. Besides the friendly Emperor and Empress, the servants and knights were also friendly to her.

When Valencia tried the dresses that Linita chose, there were always unpleasant comments from Linnea. She commented that any dress Valencia wore was too excessive for Valencia's body so she judged her dress to be unsuitable for Valencia. All the ramblings of Linnea implied a great independence towards Valencia, she hoped to get the same dress as Valencia.

“Nona Linnea, what do you mean from the moment you were busy commenting on the dress I recommended for Valencia? Do you want to show off your eyes that are always good at judging a dress?” In the end, Linita who couldn't bear to try to reprimand Linnea.

“But, I'm just telling you the truth, Your Majesty. Indeed there is no suitable dress for Valencia, she is more suitable with cheap dresses. Unlike me who might be more deserving of wearing these dresses,” replied Linnea sounding presumptuous.

The maids directed bad gazes at Linnea, they had not expected that Linnea could speak like that to the Empress.

“So, indirectly you also want to be given a dress by the Empress like what did the Empress do for me? Who are you to deserve to be treated as equals with me?” Valencia shines a sharp spotlight on Linnea.

“I'm your best friend—”

“Which friend snatched his best friend's potential fiancee?! Which friend uses his best friend as a stepping stone so that he is better known in the upper circle? Which friend likes to see his friend suffer? And which friend always wants to snatch his best friend's belongings? Tell me now, in terms of where are you my best friend?” cut Valencia with passionate emotion.

Linnea gritted her teeth, the corner of her eyes raised implying anger towards Valencia. The girl wants to make Valencia suffer and wants Valencia to come back as before so that she does not have difficulties like now. Then suddenly Linnea caught and blocked Valencia's wrist.

“What are you saying, Valencia? I never did any of that. I'm sincerely friends with you, really,” Linnea said with a clear face and full of falsehood, she was holding Valencia back from leaking her rottenness all this time.

Valencia jerked Linnea's hand, he did not accept the lie that Linnea just threw out. This time the glare of Valencia's eyes implied an unstoppable fury, the girl who was his opponent now not twitching in the slightest. Linnea felt as if she was being torn from within by the gaze of Valencia's eyes.

‘What is this? My body is trembling with fear? I'm afraid of this woman? How is it possible?!’