The Wizard of Fairy Tale World

Chapter 115: The Eastern Witch Enters the Grand View Garden

Maleficent, the Middle Eastern Witch, and Red Heart listened to the Eastern Witch’s concerns without the slightest disagreement.

For them—the pillars of the Witch’s Coven—the Queen was best left as she was before: naive and foolish. A Queen who became intelligent, diligent, and determined to govern properly was completely at odds with their interests.

To them, the Queen was hardly a fellow coven member. She was merely a tool—a mouthpiece that asked the Magic Mirror questions on their behalf.

All it took was offering her a youth-preserving potion, and in return, they were granted the chance to consult the Magic Mirror. It was an absurdly good deal! The Queen had never truly understood the value of the mirror, nor had she realized just how much the coven had been exploiting her.

But now…

“The Queen is using the Magic Mirror to rule the kingdom. She’s actually gotten smarter! It won’t be so easy to trade potions for questions anymore.” The Eastern Witch scowled, both worried and resentful. “If she weren’t the only one who could use that mirror, we could have just killed her and taken it for ourselves!”

“Exactly! We should’ve chopped her head off already. She hasn’t contacted us for two months—she’s never disappeared for that long before. She’s probably betrayed us and wants out!” Red Heart huffed.

The Eastern Witch sneered, “I’ll go to White Kingdom and make sure the Queen remains loyal to the Witch’s Coven and continues to serve us.”

“I’ll kill her and take the mirror.” The Eastern Witch’s eyes gleamed with malice. “Given enough time, we’ll figure out a way to make it recognize a new master.”

“Hmm.” Maleficent wasn’t surprised by the answer. “So be it.”

“You don’t need help, do you?” she added with a mocking tone.

“Of course not! What do you take me for?” the Eastern Witch snapped before abruptly ending the magical communication.

She stepped out of her luxurious house, whipping the slaves who had dared to pause their work, then strode toward an open clearing.

Standing tall, she clicked the heels of her silver shoes together three times.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

A fierce wind roared to life, the world around her twisting and shifting into a swirl of colors.

When the swirling stopped, she found herself in White Kingdom’s royal capital.

It was the same city she had visited before, yet it felt completely different. The buildings hadn’t changed, but something was undeniably altered.

The streets were noticeably cleaner—but it was more than just that.

The soldiers who used to swagger around with clubs, shoving people aside, were gone. There were no reckless carriages trampling through the streets, nor were there arrogant nobles galloping on horseback, forcing pedestrians to scatter. The city guards and watchmen moved in disciplined formations, patrolling methodically…

As she walked, she overheard townsfolk discussing the Queen’s drastic reforms over the past two months.

“Can you believe it? The shoemaker next door, Karen, has a combat ability of nearly 90! His loyalty and leadership scores are over 60 too.”

“That’s exactly what I’m talking about! The Queen promoted him straight to squad leader in the Royal Guard! I doubted it at first, but when I saw the stats she published, I was speechless.”

“I always knew Karen was strong, but I didn’t think he was that strong.”

“Right? He never even trained properly, and his combat ability is already 87! If he surpasses 100, he’ll be classified as a superhuman warrior! That’s insane.”

“Seriously! If not for the Queen, this kind of talent would’ve been wasted forever. Karen would’ve lived and died as a shoemaker.”

People gasped and murmured in awe.

“Thank the wise Sage for enlightening Her Majesty. White Kingdom is truly blessed.”

The more the Eastern Witch listened, the more confused she became.

Combat ability, loyalty, leadership…

What were they talking about?

Could personal talent and abilities be quantified into numbers?

She couldn’t hold back her curiosity and stopped a group of chatting townsfolk.

“What are you talking about? Why do these attributes have numerical values?”

The townsfolk turned to her with expressions that screamed: What a ridiculous question.

One of them scoffed, “You’re from the countryside, aren’t you? First time in the capital?”

“Where are you from that’s so behind the times?” another sneered.

“You don’t even know about the Queen and the Sage’s method of selecting talent?”

The Eastern Witch bristled. She was about to cast a spell to turn them into toads when one man finally answered:

“You must be a foreigner. Here in White Kingdom, the Queen and the Sage have a special method for appointing officials.”

“Our great Queen possesses a magical mirror—one that knows nearly everything about the kingdom!”

“The mirror quantifies the skills and attributes of both commoners and nobles, listing them with precise numerical values. It even marks additional notes, like their specialties. I don’t know the specifics, but that’s how talent is identified and promoted.”

“No matter how well-hidden a person’s abilities are, the Queen and the Sage can uncover them and elevate the worthy.”

“Not only that, but they use the mirror to expose spies and underground criminal organizations. They’ve been capturing them all!”

The Eastern Witch was stunned.

Using the Magic Mirror for this?!

That… wasn’t the Queen she knew.

Did someone take over her body?

Wait… they mentioned a Sage assisting her?

Since when did White Kingdom have a royal advisor?

She had been here just two months ago, and no such figure existed.

A woman in the crowd chimed in, “It’s crazy! Some ministers have a highest stat below 10! How did they even get those positions?”

An elderly man straightened up and declared, “Those useless leeches are being demoted or reassigned as we speak!”

The Eastern Witch was baffled.

“This kind of large-scale reform… won’t it anger the powerful elites?”

She had visited White Kingdom many times before, and she knew the rot ran deep.

Frankly, she had always enjoyed seeing the kingdom in chaos. A mismanaged, impoverished White Kingdom suited her just fine.

But now?

If the Queen was truly reforming the country, she was bound to provoke powerful enemies. Wouldn’t she be assassinated soon?

The townsfolk gave her another you’re an ignorant fool look.

“Old lady, what nonsense are you spouting? Who would dare defy the Queen when she has the Sage on her side?”

“Exactly! The Sage’s magic is terrifying—stronger than an entire army! I saw him summon a storm at sea with my own eyes!”

“Yes! Lord Rhine is an incredibly powerful magician!”

The Eastern Witch’s heart clenched.

“What… what did you just say?”

“The Sage’s name?”

“Lord Rhine, of course! He traveled here from the Rose Kingdom and was hired by the Queen. He now serves as White Kingdom’s Sage and her chief advisor.”

HIM?!

The Eastern Witch’s face twisted in horror.

“That damned Rhine… It was him who killed the First Witch of Enderland—the one we were about to recruit!”

The Witch’s Coven had been eager to bring the First Witch of Enderland into their ranks. Though she was not particularly skilled, she possessed a coveted ability: necromantic resurrection.

Having a high-ranking witch embedded in Enderland’s political system would have given the coven leverage over a powerful military empire.

But Rhine had ruined everything.

And now, he had turned the Queen against them.

Damn you, Rhine! You’re the reason she’s changed!

The Eastern Witch seethed with fury. She wanted nothing more than to storm the palace and kill him on the spot.

Her gaze locked onto the grand, golden palace in the distance.

She took a step forward—then suddenly turned back to the townsfolk.

“Ah, I nearly forgot. You all deserve a little lesson for your insolence.”

She sneered, her wrinkled face twisting with malice.

“As thanks for answering my questions, I’ll give you a gift. I was going to turn you all into toads… but I’ve just thought of something much better.”

Her eyes glowed with wicked delight.

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