Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess!

Following the Young Miss’s orders, Linda administered magical punishment to the man who had abused the child, then wiped her hands and walked out of the house, closing the door behind her.

She couldn’t let the Young Miss see such a cruel scene.

There were many other children in the house, ranging from 5-6 years old to 12-13 years old. They all bore injuries of varying sizes, but it was clear that the child who had been thrown out was undoubtedly the most severely abused.

This despicable man seemed to lure homeless children in this way, making them do begging and thieving work for him.

Because this child consistently refused to steal, she was thrown out.

Linda had checked the leftover food in the pot; it could barely be called pig feed. And judging by the portion sizes and the children’s physical condition, they had likely never been given enough to eat.

The lower city where the poor gathered had no facilities like the ‘Relief Agency’ in the upper city. For children with no one to rely on like this, just having food to eat was considered good, so for survival, they had no other choice.

Linda’s magic was precise. Although she didn’t take the man’s life directly out of concern for the Duke’s reputation, he certainly wouldn’t live well for the rest of his life.

A sustained magic that would make him wish for death, every step he took from now on would feel like being stabbed by needles, every moment as painful as having his fingers broken.

There was no choice; she had never seen the Young Miss so angry before, it really startled her.

Had she developed sympathy for these children of similar age?

But it didn’t seem to be entirely that.

Using the Duke’s authority to summon stationed soldiers, she sent the remaining children to the Relief Agency in the upper city, but insisted on keeping this child by her side.

The Young Miss had always lived in the Duke’s mansion, while this child was a lowborn vagrant. They had clearly never met before… why was the Young Miss treating her this way?

According to the Young Miss, she had seen this girl in a dream, so she recognized her at a glance.

Could such a miraculous thing really happen in this world?

Linda originally didn’t want to believe it, but seeing the overflowing tenderness and love in the Young Miss’s eyes as she tightly hugged this child, she stopped objecting.

…Fine.

Let’s just treat it as picking up a kitten.

Although she would certainly be scolded by the master if he found out, it was fine as long as the Young Miss was happy.

“Young Miss…”

“Hm?”

But seeing the Young Miss wrap her beautiful fox fur shawl around this dirty little urchin, Linda couldn’t help but frown.

“…Are you sure you want to bring this child back?”

“Of course.”

Linda really couldn’t understand why the Young Miss would be interested in such a dirty little urchin.

Thin and small, with eyes full of panic and distrust, like a frightened young animal.

When Linda raised her hand, the child even reflexively covered her head and cried out.

It made one worry about her mental health,

She had been curled up sobbing non-stop since coming back, making one worry if she might cry until dehydrated.

“Linda! Don’t scare her!”

“…….”

She was just trying to wipe the dirt off the child’s face. Being misunderstood like this by the Young Miss made Linda feel somewhat wronged.

Moreover, after bringing this little wild cat back, the Young Miss, who usually needed assistance even to bathe, actually said she wanted to bathe her personally, and even used very expensive medicine to treat this child of unknown origin.

“…Young Miss, that’s high-grade holy spirit medicine.”

She couldn’t help but remind her,

“I know.”

This magic potion was used on battlefields, able to instantly heal wounds, remove necrotic flesh, and even mend broken bones.

However, care must be taken when setting bones, because the potion’s effect is directional. If not careful, the broken bone might set incorrectly, so a specialist doctor’s assistance was still needed when using it.

Of course, using a large amount of rare materials, this high-grade potion was naturally very expensive. Ordinary soldiers couldn’t afford it; only royalty and nobility had the right to use it.

It could be said that every drop of this magic potion concentrate was more valuable than gold,

And now, the Young Miss had actually brought over a dozen bottles of this liquid gold from the treasury and placed them in front of this picked-up little wild cat,

If the Duke knew about this, he would probably faint from anger.

However, Linda didn’t intend to stop her. She had wanted to instruct the Young Miss on how to use the holy spirit medicine, but Yvonne seemed to know how to use it. This made Linda feel somewhat puzzled,

Since waking up this morning, the Young Miss had been acting a bit off.

Although she had only changed from an originally strange child to an even stranger one, this behavior could no longer be described as merely abnormal.

“Uwah…!”

“I’m sorry, does it hurt? Please bear with it for a moment.”

Perhaps because children’s crying is contagious, just seeing the pained expression on this little wild cat’s face almost made the Young Miss cry too,

Yvonne nervously dripped the potion onto the child’s badly injured shoulder. Quickly, the wound healed, leaving only a faint trace of blood.

“Does it hurt anywhere else?”

With a head of messy hair, the child shook her head. Still looking timid.

After checking her entire body, this child was really too thin. Linda felt her bones; she should be about the same age as the Young Miss, but her stature was a whole size smaller than the Young Miss.

“Then let’s take a bath next!”

Linda stepped forward.

“Young Miss, if it’s about assisting with bathing, please let us servants do it. This kind of thing isn’t appropriate for someone of your status.”

“No—!”

Unexpectedly, the Young Miss made a gesture like a mother hen protecting her chick, tightly shielding the child behind her, as if declaring her ownership without room for compromise.

“I’ll bathe her. She’ll be afraid of adults, but it should be better if it’s a child like me!”

“At least allow me to assist by your side.”

“…Alright.”

Her peripheral vision remained fixed on the picked-up child. The man’s words about a ‘witch’ when they first met still made her somewhat uneasy.

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Overhead was bright white light, white steam drifted about, swirling mist, and the bathroom was covered in white marble tiles. Entering this place felt like being swallowed by whiteness.

At the edge of the bath were several half-body goddess statues holding water jugs, with hot water continuously flowing from the goddesses’ jugs into the bath. It could be said to match the image of a luxurious noble bath in most people’s imagination.

However, for children, the depth of the bath was a bit too deep, so young ones like herself needed someone to accompany them when bathing.

“…Can I help wash your hair?”