Chapter 681 (2/2)

“However… will he let go of his control on us?”

“Based on what happened in the past six months, Roland did not seem to impose any additional restrictions on the witches. Otherwise, the Witch Union in the Western Region would not be supporting him without holding back.” Tilly smiled. “And, I believe in my instincts more than these general principles.”

“Instinct?”

“Yeah… I don’t think he’ll do that,” she slowly said while tapping the table.

Camilla hesitated and finally laughed as if she was surrendering. “Thinking about it now, your instincts are never wrong since I knew you.”

“It’ll be the same this time.” Tilly smiled.

“I understand, Your Highness. I’ll finish the preparatory work for the witches’ relocation as soon as possible,” the chief butler said with a hand covering her chest.

“Thank you.”

Princess Tilly was clear that Camilla who was born as a noble had lost her confidence to the noble as she had seen them stop at nothing to get powers and interests. However, she did not know that Tilly could feel that Roland was obviously not simply a traditional noble through her deeper contact developed with Roland. Roland treated everyone differently, not only the witches as compared to the noble. She called him “brother”, not because of the relationship between her and the previous Prince Roland, but she simply liked this kind of barrier-free and unbiased relationship.

When she talked to Roland, she could always feel relaxed and comfortable which she had not felt for a long time. She believed that the other witches also felt the same.

“Oh yeah, I recently heard some bad rumors.” Camilla changed the subject.

“What’s the rumor?”

“It’s about the news you brought back. Some of them think that they should also imitate the Union and create an organization with witches as the superiors to regain the glory of their ancestors since the witches had once created a huge empire that rules all the common people.”

“The source?” Tilly lifted her eyebrows and said, “Is it the witches from the Bloodfang Association?”

“No… they believe in loyalty to the strong. The Western Region could defeat the seemingly invincible enemies, and Iffy, Softfeathers, and Nightfall further confirmed them in this belief. The combat witches were the first to register to go to the city of Neverwinter.” Camilla shook her head. “I’ve surveyed and the source should be some other witch organization.”

The witches in Sleeping Island were a large aggregation which was similar to the Witch Cooperation Association in Seawindshire. There were a few scattered groups other than the Bloodfang Association. These groups were generally built to evade the church’s arrests and to help each other before Tilly’s appeal. However, they did not have the power of Bloodfang Association and they had rarely gossiped about her policies.

“I understand.” She nodded.

“Do we need to talk to their leader?”

“No, let them be,” Tilly said, “and they’ll naturally understand that the Union has become history when they reach the Western Region. And, a completely new path is waiting for us.”