The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

Chapter 141

---- VALERIA The inside of the small wooden house was just as warm as I had imagined, filled with flowers and the intense scent of medicinal herbs.

Atable stood at the center, where the mysterious woman was preparing herbs, surrounded by chairs.

At the back, a fireplace with two comfortable rocking chairs, covered in colorful cushions, added to the cozy atmosphere.

"Oh, dear princess, don't just stand there so stiffly.

Sit in the rocking chair, let's talk," she invited, and though I was wary, I did as she said, scanning my surroundings carefully.

I was told there's only one healer witch in town.

Why are you hiding? There's an innocent child in need of treatment, and that other witch refuses to help him," I couldn't help but question her.

Iknow," she replied with a sigh, not stopping her grinding of the herbs in the mortar.

named as such because it was once

respectful of natural laws and the

to be the monarch of this realm." She suddenly looked at me with a complicated expression, and from her lips, I learned about the true state of the

in his

to register in a census to be monitored, and those with ---- too much

could no longer be practiced freely; only the healer authorized by the Kingdom was allowed to treat people in the villages, and these controlled witches

powerful witches or hybrids with strong magic were born, they were

of those so-called "healers" that might pose a threat

with hefty rewards offered especially for those who

caught healing in secret was hunted like an animal and exterminated, along with their

for the realm since

are the most powerful;

submitted and disposed of the others," she said,

seemed she had also