Chapter 534: The Value of Witches

"What are you doing!"

"Let her go!"

Several voices rang out at the same time. Yifei pouted, raised her right hand, and the cage suddenly disappeared, causing Maisie to fall to the ground.

"You bastard!" A golden figure rose into the air, rushing straight towards her—it was Lightning!

However, the little girl's fist had just been raised when she was trapped by a magic cage. The distance between the two was less than an arm's length, but she couldn't touch her no matter what.

"Get out of here, this is none of your business!"

Yifei tossed the cage out impatiently. Lightning rolled on the ground with the cage for a few laps until she was beyond the range of her ability before she broke free from the disappearing cage bars.

Lightning wiped the dust off her face and was about to rush over again when she saw Roland walk up to Yifei and raise his hand high.

"Slap!"

With a crisp sound, everyone froze in place.

Yifei was particularly surprised. She didn't cover her red cheek, but looked up at Roland, as if unable to understand his actions. After a moment, she slowly knelt on one knee, "I was rude, Your Majesty."

Roland was also a little surprised. He didn't want to hit a woman, but when he saw Maisie fall to the ground, he didn't even think about it, and his body acted on its own. Looking back now, he even had the feeling of seeing his own daughter being bullied by someone else's mischievous child, and a surge of anger filled his heart.

"What do you mean by this?" he questioned sternly.

"Your Majesty, the power that a person can unleash in a crisis is far greater than usual. I just wanted to make the test results more accurate..." Yifei's tone was extremely calm, as if this was a trivial matter. "Now it seems that even advanced non-combat witches are nothing more than this. The evolution of abilities still cannot make up for their inherent weaknesses."

Roland was speechless. What kind of environment did this person live in to think that hurting a fellow witch for the sake of testing abilities was so natural?

"How is Maisie?" He looked at Wendy, who had already brought back the white-haired girl who had returned to her original form.

"It's okay... she wasn't hurt too much, just a little red and swollen," Wendy frowned and lifted her sleeve. On her fair arm, one could clearly see the red marks left by the cage.

"Gu..." Maisie buried her head in Wendy's arms, her voice quite aggrieved.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty," Yifei said dismissively, "I know the strength of the contraction. These small injuries will heal themselves in a day or two for witches—"

"Apologize to her!" Roland interrupted impatiently.

The latter opened her mouth, looking at him in surprise, her face instantly turning red, "Sorry, Your Majesty—"

"Not me, Maisie."

This time, she gritted her teeth and lowered her head, no longer saying a word. Looking at Yifei's expression that she would never apologize to the other party, Roland almost laughed out of anger.

It seems that the atmosphere on Sleeping Island may be worse than he imagined. These people from the Bloodfang Association are like this even in the territory of secular lords. Placed on Sleeping Island, which is dominated by witches, I'm afraid all sorts of rebellions will be staged.

And the most important thing is that the person involved believes that there is nothing wrong with her actions. If it were just a matter of punishment, Roland could think of countless ways to make her suffer, but that would do nothing to change her deviated values. Thinking of Tilly's purpose in sending them here, he couldn't help but sigh. Since he had patted his chest and boasted that "if you have any difficulties, come to your brother," he naturally couldn't just torture her severely and throw her back. If he can't help Tilly quell the internal conflicts, Sleeping Island will fall apart sooner or later—of course, he may be able to attract some witches, but he will also lose Tilly's trust forever.

Only by striking down what Yifei is proud of from the bottom of her heart can she truly realize her mistake.

"You think you're stronger than others, so you can disregard the feelings of the weak?" Roland's voice gradually turned cold, "In fact, you are the real weak one!"

This sentence made the other party

Instantly react. Yifei suddenly raised her head, her face full of dissatisfaction.

"You think that combat witches should be above support witches because, when facing external enemies, combat witches are the core to ensure the continuation of the group, right?" he continued, "This idea is simply pitiful and ridiculous. If you really fight, you, who overly rely on your own abilities, have no chance of winning."

Her brows furrowed, and a dangerous light appeared in her eyes, "Your Majesty, are you saying that non-combat witches can also defeat me?"

"What, you don't believe it..." Roland sneered, "Most of the people in the Witch Union can easily do this, even if they have never used their abilities to fight." Saying this, he turned his gaze to Lightning on the side, who was stunned at first, but quickly understood his meaning and nodded almost imperceptibly.

"This is just your fantasy."

"Then let Maisie have a serious competition with you," he said in a deep voice, "She will personally tell you that you are not qualified to be above any witch!"

"Wh... what?" Yifei widened her eyes, "Are you saying... fight that stupid pigeon?"

"The duel is set for tomorrow," Roland said word by word, "Then you will naturally understand that you are not as strong as you imagine."

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Back in the room, lunch was already set on the living room table.

The plates contained broth, bread, mushrooms, and stewed green vegetables.

Obviously, they didn't have to go to the hall for meals today.

"Oh? There's actually meat and bread?" Youyu said in surprise, "I thought we could only drink cold water to satisfy our hunger today."

"This is so I don't go into the duel hungry," Yifei sneered, "He really has enough faith in that stupid bird."

"Of course, it might be laced with medicine, like the kind that causes endless diarrhea."

Yifei grabbed a piece of bread and stuffed it into her mouth indifferently, "You don't have to eat it."

"I'm not the one dueling," Youyu rolled her eyes, climbed onto the stool, and dragged a plate of grilled mushrooms in front of her, "By the way, do you really need to go this far? Lady Hedy told us to confirm the situation here, but she didn't tell you to cause trouble in front of the lord, did she?"

"This is a rare opportunity."

"Really?" she said with interest, "Not for some other reason?"

Yifei turned her head and stared coldly at Youyu until the latter shrank back, "Okay, I didn't ask."

Since the witches who went to the Western Region returned to Sleeping Island, the atmosphere on the island has become increasingly unfavorable to the Bloodfang Association. It is said that Tilly's brother has established a territory on the other side of the sea where witches can live, and he especially treats non-combat witches who are powerless, which has made the momentum of those incompetent people on the island increasingly high. Lady Hedy suspects that this is a message deliberately created by Tilly to win over most supporters. After all, according to common sense, witches who can fight for the lord, seize land and power should be more valued.

However, the results of today's test surprised her greatly. This secular lord seems to really treat all witches equally.

But that's not the most surprising thing for her.

—The most surprising thing is Maisie.

She never thought that that stupid, simple-minded idiot who couldn't even speak properly would be so loved by so many witches, including the lord... When she appeared in front of everyone, everyone's smiles were from the heart, but on Sleeping Island, she was just a dispensable pet!

It was this feeling that made Yifei feel boundless jealousy and anger in her heart.

She left Sleeping Island, but she is getting along with other witches here? This is simply a betrayal!

This is also the real reason why Yifei decided to teach her a lesson.

It's just that the subsequent changes completely caught her off guard.

Have a duel with a pigeon? How could His Majesty say such ridiculous words?

But so be it. Determining the true situation in the Western Region is

One of the tasks, and another task is to show her own value and attract the lord's attention.

She will let His Majesty know that no matter how much they evolve, there is always an insurmountable gap between combat witches and those weaklings.