Miss Witch, please don't leave your fragrance everywhere

Chapter 94 Princess Knight Victoria

 
The men were all stunned by Victoria's aura, even though few of them understood what magic and earth veins were... But from Victoria's tone, they vaguely realized that the sacred tree might not be the miracle tree that they imagined that could bestow unlimited blessings.
Miracles are limited, and now that limit has been exhausted, it can no longer be filled. In other words -

All they have been doing is meaningless killing.
Victoria demanded angrily.
"Tell me, who told you that offering a sacrifice to the Hannibal tree would bring you favors?"

"Who...? The village chief said so...?"
"No... Our land has become fertile, and the sacred tree has appeared at the same time. No matter how you think about it, they are related!"
"It must be that our sacrifice is not enough! Come! Sacrifice her to the sacred tree—"

The men were completely insane and still planned to sacrifice the kidnapped women to the Hannibal Tree.
At this moment, a ball of fire flew out from behind Victoria and hit the Hannibal tree in the riverbed. After all, the Hannibal tree is a plant, and fire is its nemesis.
"Sacred tree?!"

"I am right, Miss Victoria."
Angelica walked out yawning lazily. If Victoria hadn't made a loud noise, Angelica would probably continue to sleep.
The men stared blankly at the blazing flames, the heat waves constantly hitting their cheeks.

Suddenly, someone noticed Angelica's outfit.
"Devil...witch...!"
Then, the others also cast their eyes in Angelica's direction, their expressions becoming dazed, as if a drowning person had grabbed a life-saving straw.

"Yes...it must be the work of a witch!"
"Isn't there a rumor like that? The witch can make other people's hens unable to lay eggs and cows unable to produce milk. She can definitely curse our fields too!"
"Right! It's not our fault! Everything...everything is the witch's fault. We are just trying to save our crops...!"
"I'm not wrong... We are all right..."

Angelica was not angry at being accused for no reason.
"King, Sequence Five. Imperial Instructions. Go to the Archon and explain the whole story, including but not limited to who you have sacrificed over the years, who was involved and who knew about it. Once you have explained everything, go to prison and forget about my existence."
"yes."

The villagers had empty eyes and turned into puppets controlled by the witch, acting according to her orders.
After they left, the Hannibal Tree was burned down, and it took Victoria a long time to calm down.
"You are a witch?"

"Yes, the black witch who never ages or dies. In terms of seniority, you can call me sister, right?"
"I always feel like I'm obviously too old to call you sister."
Victoria was extremely reluctant, and Angelica was not as tall as her and was very cute. Victoria thought Angelica was a little sister who needed her care.

However, if Angelica is a witch, it can explain why Angelica was able to find the cause so accurately. She has accumulated a wealth of experience and inferred from the growth of the timid mushroom that there was a problem with the ground vein, and then concluded that there must be a Hannibal tree growing near the Dokum mine.
"They wrongly accuse you of this... You won't be angry?"
"It's okay. I knew they would put the blame on me. They always have to find excuses to justify their murderous behavior over the past ten years."

Witches don't have a good reputation everywhere, and when a witch happens to appear, it is common to put all the blame on the witch. However, witches are all extraordinary beings, and there is no reason for them to be manipulated by others.
The villagers probably knew deep down that the continuous sacrifices to the Hannibal Tree for ten years were meaningless, but they refused to admit it, so they tried to blame the witch for the loss of the land's vitality.
"Miss Victoria has an incredible expression on her face, but it's actually very common. They have no way of knowing how the Hannibal tree works. Ignorance breeds fear, and fear breeds blind worship. The village chiefs instruct them to do this, probably because collective crime can alleviate guilt. Everyone knows about it and is doing it, so they can feel more at ease."

After all, no one would bother to investigate something as good as the land becoming fertile, and who would question something that is beneficial to them?
"But... why are all the sacrifices women? If it weren't for the fact that all the missing women were women, I wouldn't have suspected the goblins..."
"This is simply because you have a deep misunderstanding of goblins."

Angelica complained angrily, how can you rush into the goblin camp without any investigation? And you always pretend to lose the battle on purpose. If you were in a different world, you would probably be a mother now.
"Haven't they explained it? Miss Victoria has a brilliant talent for magic, and she should not have lived such a life: whether in town or in the countryside, people with excellent magic talents can occupy a relatively good position in the family, followed by men with average magic talents, and finally women. It is a common custom to pay a valuable dowry for a daughter to get married, and after a daughter gets married, she becomes someone else's family and is not welcomed by the family."
The world has not yet reached the age where one can ask for an exorbitant amount of dowry when a daughter gets married. Unless the daughter is really beautiful and has no shortage of suitors, the woman's family usually has to raise her for more than ten years and still have to pay a dowry. This is especially common in rural areas, where daughters are not welcomed at home, and it may even affect the wife {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} who only gave birth to daughters.

"So they teamed up to make unmarried women disappear, and then said they died of illness or eloped with foreign men, so they could suppress the matter."
"...What should they do from now on? The ley lines have been destroyed."
"Should they move away? We don't need to think about that kind of thing. Rather, what are Miss Victoria's plans?"

The fields in the village near the Dokum mine have lost their vitality and are no longer suitable for cultivation. This is the bitter fruit of their own making. How they clean up the mess is not something the witch wants to care about.
"I...? My purpose of traveling is to persuade good and punish evil. This is the first commission I've ever taken. To be honest, I feel a little complicated. I always thought that the villagers who disappeared were the ones I should protect. The world outside the Knight Academy is really complicated... Um, if you don't mind, can I go with you...? I feel like I can learn a lot..."
Angelica clapped her hands happily; this was exactly what she had been waiting for.

"Of course, then we will be companions on the journey from now on. I don't like riding a broom - you carry me on your back."
“Huh?!”
"We're all partners now, aren't we?"

"What kind of partner is this——"