Miss Witch, please don't leave your fragrance everywhere

Chapter 7 Serve it up quickly
　　"I've said before that my decision to stay with the mercenary group was just a temporary one. Not long after, I separated from them. Many years later, I inquired about the whereabouts of the Black Beast Mercenary Group again and found that they had suffered a devastating blow during a mission. Only a few members survived. After that, the Black Beast Mercenary Group, which could no longer be maintained, announced its disbandment."

　　Angelica narrated the past in a calm tone.
　　"I managed to find one of the surviving members. He is now a poor old man. Mercenaries are essentially professionals who rely on the goods in their hands to make a living. When they are old, they naturally have no other ability to make money. They don't save money to marry a wife. If I had come a little [N O V E L I G H T] later, he might have starved to death. But he was still very happy to see me, and handed me something he had kept for a long time."
　　"What is it?"

　　"St. John's wort seeds are treated with magic and can be preserved for a long time. It was then that I learned that the Black Beast Mercenary Group had been destroyed because I mentioned that I was looking for St. John's wort when I was in the mercenary group. Later, they heard that there seemed to be a lot of St. John's wort in a certain place, so they accepted a commission that was beyond their capabilities. The destination happened to be a place with a lot of St. John's wort."
　　“…”
　　"They are so stupid. The witch has plenty of time; there is no need for them to go out of their way to look for her."

　　In fact, Angelica found St. John's wort half a year after she parted ways with the Black Beast Mercenaries. She didn't expect that the Black Beast Mercenaries would remember this, even though they hadn't left any means of contact when they parted. It had been decades since Angelica went to find the Black Beast Mercenaries again, which was just a blink of an eye for Angelica.
　　"The last member of the group was sick with a disease, and I witnessed the end of his life. Princess, you must want to know why I didn't help him, right? The reason is that I can't do it. Witches are not omnipotent, never have been. Death cannot be defied. I can’t save him, but I can make his final days less painful.
　　If you really want to say it, the witch does have a way to turn people into liches, but that requires sacrificing the soul.

　　Ecricia lowered her eyes sadly, not only because she was sad that her teacher Merlin had not much time left, but also because she felt sorry for the ending of the Black Beast Mercenaries from the bottom of her heart.
　　"Well, how about the story of the mercenary group? Are you tired?"
　　“…I feel even more sleepless.”

       "I really can't help you. I'd better talk to you a little more."
　　Angelica hasn't talked to anyone for a while. She doesn't feel lonely living alone in the Misty Mountains. She was indeed more introverted before coming to the other world, but now she has overcome her shortcoming of being bad at socializing.
　　It is indeed true that Angelica is not good at telling stories, but she never lacks sources of stories.

　　…
　　When Ecricia woke up from her hazy dream, she was still recalling Angelica's narration of her past with the mercenaries. The stories were indeed very attractive, but it was a pity that the ending was not good.
　　Ecclesia didn't remember when she fell asleep. She wanted to sit up, but found that her hands and feet were restrained.

　　"Huh?"
　　Aclecia was surprised to find that her wrists and ankles were tied to the edge of the bed with ropes, forming a huge X. What made Ecricia even more embarrassed was that she was naked.
　　"You're awake, Princess."
　　The witch lady standing beside the bed raised her right hand. The timing was perfect.

　　"Temperance sequence one: full area blockade."
　　Although she couldn't sense what happened, Ecricia felt that the magic in the room seemed to disappear in an instant. Sequence One was the highest level of magic in the magic sequence. Even Merlin, the most powerful chief court magician of the Kingdom of Pilsen, could only use a few Sequence One magics.
　　Perhaps knowing Ecricia's doubts, Angelica lowered her right hand and explained.

　　"I added a calculation when the curse takes effect. The global blockade of Temperance Sequence 1 takes precedence over everything else. No magic can be activated instantly. All that can be done is to make the time for magic activation infinitely close to zero. However, even if the global blockade is activated later, its priority is still unique and can interrupt any magic, including the curse. Now the curse on the princess has been interrupted by me."
　　"Thank you so much!"
　　Ecclesia raised her head excitedly, but she immediately saw that the cursed symbol was still proudly holding its head high. Ecricia was immediately confused. According to the original order of the curse, she should have returned to normal in the early morning.

　　Angelica took off her wizard hat and hung the large magic robe on the hanger. Ecclesia couldn't help but exclaim. It was not until the witch took off her coat that she realized that Angelica was the type who looked slim in clothes.
　　"Next, I will eliminate the poison and completely disrupt the judgment rules of the curse. If everything goes as expected, the princess will be able to completely return to normal by the evening."
　　"Toxin...? By the way, why did Miss Angelica take off her clothes?"

　　"Because I'm afraid it will get dirty and it's very troublesome to wash."
　　"Get, get dirty?"
　　Angelica rolled up her sleeves and smiled meaningfully, which made Ecricia shudder.

　　A few minutes later, Slude, who was guarding outside the door and had actually begun to doze off, was awakened.
　　Angelica poked her head out through the crack in the door with a helpless look on her face.
　　"Don't sleep, perverted elf, I need your help."

　　"I'm not a perverted elf! My name is Slude!"
　　"It doesn't matter. Anyway, I want you to find a bucket."
　　"Bucket? You mean... a wooden bucket for water?"

　　"Your ability to understand is not even as good as a goblin's toes?"
　　"Guuu... This kind of humiliation... My body is getting hot... No! What do you need a bucket for?"
　　Slude was confused. The walls of the room seemed to be protected by a soundproof barrier set up by the witch, so Slude had no idea what was happening in the princess's boudoir.

　　"I'm detoxifying the princess. If it gets all over the room, it will be troublesome to clean up later."
　　While thinking about Angelica's answer, Slud ran to get a bucket for the witch lady.
　　Since a bucket is needed, it must contain liquid...

　　No way!
　　Angelica got the bucket and closed the bedroom door, but Slude outside had already had a shocking answer.
　　As expected of a princess! She actually needs a bucket!

　　After a while, the merciless witch poked her head out again.
　　"Not enough. More... Just give me ten buckets to save me the trouble."
　　My dear princess, please hold on.

　　While Slud envied Angelica, he also prayed for Ecclesia's health.
　　Hope everyone is okay.