The Return of the Mad Witch
Xeros Burn Wounds Disappear

In the middle of the night, where time everyone should have slept, but the imperial capital was still operating and crowded with visitors. Be it the nobles to the common people, they roamed to and fro entering every place that was still open to them.

Especially places to eat or restaurants, usually this place is the most visited at night. Leano's restaurant is one that is still open until this moment. However, now there began to be quiet because it was almost to the closing hours.

"Sir, let me take care of it. Better now you rest."

It appears that a Leano worker is trying to stop Leano from doing a job that he thinks is not Leano's responsibility as a restaurant owner. Leano intervened immediately to clean up the messy kitchen.

"It's okay, you just go home 'cause I'm gonna try some new recipes."

"T-But, Tuan—"

"Oh, you go home. Don't forbid me to do a little job like this" Leano said.

"All right, I'll go now. Good night, Mr."

"Yes, good night."

Finally the atmosphere of the restaurant became quiet, there was only Leano who was busy struggling in the kitchen. A few minutes later, there was a bell at the entrance.

"Leano, are you still here? Make me eat! I'm so hungry."

The voice of a man so familiar in Leano's hearing suddenly slammed into the restaurant. Leano was forced to pause his activities and move to meet the man.

Apparently in front, the one who called Leano was the man who had been storming with Valencia in the mountains. His face was so upset after meeting such a shitty girl as Valencia.

"Rexid, when did you get back?" leano asked the man named Rexid.

"I just arrived at the capital," Rexid replied sighing tiredly.

"Then what the fuck is your expression? Is something bothering you?"

Rexid ruffled his hair, undeniably his annoyed feelings mixed with anger.

"You better make me some food, I'm so hungry all day on the road. I'll tell you later about the girl who frustrated me."

"All right, wait a minute."

Leano rushes to the kitchen, not usually she sees Rexid complaining of frustration from a woman. Leano was curious about what kind of story Rexid presented later.

"It's your food. Fresh fried chicken portions of your favorite big."

Rexid's two sparkling eyes watched the fried rice towering quite high with his favorite fried chicken thigh side dish.

"It was not in vain that I came to your restaurant. It's been a long time since I last came to visit you."

Rexid directly eats food served by Leano. He ate so voraciously, not forgetting that Leano served some other kind of food because he knew how crazy the portions of Rexid eat.

"So, what's wrong with you? Who is the girl who dares to look for trouble with you?" leano asked reopening their conversation.

"I just met a little girl in the mountains and you know what she's doing? He stole the mangoes I've been waiting for for six months."

"Little girl? Who bothers you little boy? Well, let's just say your mango fruit is for him."

Rexid suddenly paused his feed, he had to prepare a stock of patience to tell Leano.

"No way, the problem is that this girl spends more than half of her mangoes on a tree. Moreover, the girl was not a ten-year-old child but a fifteen-year-old girl. I called him a little boy because he was short" Rexid said.

"He spent more than half?" Leano was shocked not to play, he gaped at hearing the explanation from Rexid.

"Yes, more than half. Don't you think that girl is crazy? I get upset every time I remember."

"Is he a beggar or a tramp? There's no way he's a noble, right?"

Rexid thought for a moment, he twisted his brain and recalled the look of Valencia. There was no sign that Valencia was a beggar or a vagrant.

"I think he's a nobleman because his clothes are luxurious and look expensive. The most interesting thing is his eyes. Bright sapphire green eyes, eyes that are not common to others."

From here Leano immediately realized that the girl who dealt with Rexid was Valencia. Leano did not stop thinking, why could the girl go to the Haleyan mountains alone? He's very confused.

"If it's sapphire green eyes, then it's definitely the girl you met it's Valencia Allerick."

A familiar name in Rexid's ear, especially the last name Valencia. There was no one who did not know Grand Duke Allerick in this empire.

"Valencia Allerick? You mean the Grand Duke's daughter who is not considered and famous for her temperament?" rexid asked, he didn't expect it to be Valencia.

"Right, there it is. If it's Valencia, I'm not surprised when he eats all those mangoes alone. I'm sure you don't know the news circulating in Alegra about Valencia. Should I tell you?"

Leano was quite surprised to get such a response from Rexid. The reason is, the man is only concerned with adventure and never settled in Alegra for a long time. He was also known as a man who did not care about any gossip in Alegra. But now, different, he shows interest in Valencia.

Leano started telling me everything he knew about what Valencia did. Rexid took a good look at every word that was thrown. Rexid reactions vary, all reactions are mixed into one. However, the most notable was his reaction to being surprised and not expecting Valencia to be like that.

"Well, he doesn't want to apologize to me. It turned out to be his crazy nature, "rexid grumbled.

"Yes, he is like that. You want to turn your head over once, if he doesn't feel guilty then he won't apologize."

"It seems that next time I should look for a reckoning with him as a reciprocal because he has stolen my precious mangosteen fruit."

***

Two days later, Valencia managed to concoct a cream to remove the scars on Xeros face. Valencia immediately went to hand the cream to Xeros.

Valencia plans to deliver the cream to Xeros' room. The male-only dormitory located not far from the female dormitory makes Valencia need not take much time to get to Xeros room.

"Xeros, open the balcony door of your room."

Valencia knocks on the balcony door of Xeros' room. It just so happened that Xeros slept alone in his room that Valencia did not have to worry about being caught by others.

After a few knocking doors, Xeros realized the arrival of Valencia. Soon he opened the balcony door and met the girl.

"Why are you here? How do you climb up the balcony on the third floor?" ask Xeros to be confused.

"I jumped from the bottom."

As Xeros moved to look down, he became even more confused as it felt impossible for a human to jump from below.

"Hey, what are you doing there? Come quickly! There's something I want to show you" call Valencia.

"What do you want to show me?" Xeros approached Valencia, curious about what Valencia was going to show.

Valencia reached into his sling bag, he took out a bottle of cream and showed it closer to Xeros.

"This is what I promised you before. Face cream that will remove the burn scars on your face."

Xeros took the cream, but his expression looked doubtful with the cream Valencia made.

"It's not poison, is it?"

Valencia pursed his lips. "No, do you think I'm that bad that I dared to poison you."

Xeros did not reply, looking at the man's face curtailed an expression that was difficult to understand. Valencia suddenly realized something important about him.

"Truely, however I am an evil human being. Based on what I've been doing all this time, it's also possible that I'll poison you" Valencia said.

"So, is this really poison? You really plan to kill me?"

Valencia also clapped the back of Xeros, out of nowhere Xeros to have such thoughts to Valencia.

"No way! If I wanted to kill you, I should have done it yesterday. It's a cream that's merciless to remove the burn scars on your face. How to use it is to apply this cream on your face before going to bed. See the reaction later after one full night" Valencia explained.

"All right, I'll try to believe you. Just hope you don't poison me" joked Xeros.

"Well, great! Now that I'm gone, you remember to rub it on your face later. I'm sure your burn will heal in one night."

Without waiting for a response from Xeros, Valencia immediately jumped from the top of the balcony to the bottom. Xeros was shocked when he saw it, but he breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Valencia successfully landed safely.

"Based on a strange girl! I don't expect my wounds to heal. I hope what he says is true."

Just like Valencia said, one night passed after Xeros applied his face cream, he found his face clean from the burn scars after waking up.

"What's? The burns are healed completely. How could? I can't believe this. Could I be dreaming?"

Xeros groped his face, he did not dream, this was reality. Now his radiant handsome appearance is plastered real in the reflection of mirror images.

The appearance of Xeros with his latest appearance caused a stir in the academy. The appearance of a handsome man whom they had never seen before caught the attention of everyone, especially the female students.

"Is there a new student at the academy? I saw a handsome man walking down the academy hallway and wearing our academy uniform."

"Huh? Are you serious?"

"I'm serious, even the man's good looks are on par with Professor Frintz. Who the hell is he? I'd like to meet him later. Who knows if he'll like me."