The Queen Wicked Deeds

"Sigh… how is there so much dust?"

Norah was sweeping the floor of the second-floor entrance of the Academy's library. Such a dull activity was enough to get her to yawn in boredom for the entire evening​​

However, the task was proving to be challenging, as it seemed that suddenly that entrance was getting popular. The number of students going in and out from there was abruptly increasing, but, whenever someone entered the library, they never cared to wipe the dirt off their shoes.

"Again…" she swept when the door opened. Then… "Again…" a vein was about to pop.

The trail of dust and crushed leaves were making Norah frown each time a bit more. Her forehead was already all crumbled.

"Again!"

The two young men who dared to enter the library were shocked by the angry shout.

"So… sorry, Norah."

They ran away. However, their faces were not red due to being yelled at. Everyone knew it was Norah's turn to clean the second-floor living room. The one near the entrance to the library. They all knew it and decided to use that door purposely. After all, who didn't want to take a good look at the beautiful Norah?

"I am going to go crazy. If they keep doing this, I will turn them into… into buŧŧerflies. Yes, that way they won't need legs and will also look pretty."

"Hahaha…"

A sudden laugh woke her up from her funny delusions. It came from a young man with long blond hair tied into a neat ponytail. He was smiling at her, and the sight was so magnificent and sweet that her cheeks went crazy red in a few seconds.

However, her dazed look was so adorable that the youngsters entering the library almost crashed into the door and the ones spying from the second floor stopped breathing. It would be unnecessary to say that they were all red in their faces.

"Simon… Sir Simon… are you going inside?"

Her little cute voice was a bomb of tenderness to any man's heart.

"Yes… I was planning to, but I am afraid you would turn me into a buŧŧerfly."

"That…" She blushed more and bit her ŀustrous cherry lips.

"I was just joking Norah… your shift is about to finish, isn't it?" The young man asked her with a glimmer in his eyes and a gentle smile sending her into a daze. "Norah?"

"Yes… in about an hour."

"Then…" He cleared his throat and walked to stand before her. "Would you want to go somewhere with me afterward?"

"I… this… yes." She nodded shyly. After all, Sir Simon was her hidden crush from long ago. It was a miracle that she was talking to him now without blushing and blabbering so much.

"Then I will look for you in an hour, Norah."

"Yes, I will wai…"

"Unfortunately, she won't go." A sudden man's voice interrupted her words. She knew that voice, that deep and charming sound that always sent chills down her spine.

The owner was a tall man with short black hair, marvelous facial features, and purple eyes, amazing purple bright eyes. The kind of eyes that can send her into a trance every time and she didn't know why. He was handsome, that fact can't be denied, however, his gaze only showed coldness and indifference to anyone daring to look at him.

The man in dark robes walked with slow steps at the same time he glared coldly at the spying youths. What a technique to disperse a crowd in a matter of seconds.

"Sir Simon, don't you have any duties in the northern tower? I heard Grand Master Dhilor was looking for you."

"I was visiting Norah, can't I?" Simon smirked and turned to look at the shy girl. "I will wait for you, Norah."

The beautiful man with his shiny white smile took her hand gently and kissed the delicate skin on the back.

"… yes…" Norah nodded almost hypnotically.

"I've already told you she won't be available." The man's voice sounded furious. However, Norah was so dazed with Sir Simon's smile that she didn't notice. What a terrible mistake.

Then she felt a piercing look digging the back of her head. She slowly turned to look at the man with angry eyes. 'Gosh! Did he have to come at this time?'

"Master Ethan, I don't remember having anything else to complete later, and I have free time one hour every day," she said with a forced smile.

The man looked at Norah with cold eyes and smirked. She couldn't help but feel a shiver creeping into her skin.

"Great, I will put you to work harder after you come back. I have several new potions I want to try later." He gave her a meaningful look and a mocking smile, but she just widened her eyes, and a little blush grew from her neck to her forehead within seconds.

'Pervert! What great master of the Wizardly Union? He is just a lecherous man… those potions are… does the school knows how he is using their funds for?!'

"I will use my free time with Sir Simon!" She didn't care anymore, if he was going to punish her, then be it. Their time together will be over soon.

The man looked at her with a hint of surprise and pain in his eyes. She was a bit confused but then the purple-eyed man with clenching fists turned around leaving a trace of freezing ice on each step.

'I shall not be afraid,' she thought but her body was trembling while looking at the receding figure. This was the first time she defied him so openly and her heart couldn't contain a painful pang. 'Why?' More than his anger, she felt his disappointment and a hint of sadness.

Sir Simon looked at her with a sweet smile and took her hand again distracting her from looking at the other man's figure. "Don't worry, dear Norah. This won't be for a long time, just wait a few more days."

He gave her hand a soft squeeze before he walked away.

'Sighs… I hope it is true.'

The beautiful girl admired by many was Norah Talbot, an apprentice witch of the most renowned magic school in the Wizardly union. However, her amazing looks made her stand out so much that the students named her the school belle from the first day.

She had captivated every boy's heart with her gorgeous face, her shiny long red hair, and her amazing big golden eyes. However, that only made her the target of bullying for the other female witches. The pranks and schemes out of jealousy never stopped. Sir Simon tried to help her but that only increased the collective anger and the intensity of the bullying.

'What a bunch of shallow girls.' She always thought as she continued her way, without minding their little tricks, but deep inside they were making her lament her stay in the Academy.

Everything went over the top when they made her trip on Master Ethan, spilling her drink on his tunic. The whole room kept quiet that instant and the air froze for a couple of minutes. It was common knowledge that Ethan was a mighty figure that no one dared to provoke. He was an extremely powerful wizard inside the Academy and the Kingdom, that no one from the teachers raised a hand when he decided on the punishment for Norah.

It was determined that she will be his personal ȧssistant for a month, doing menial jobs, ȧssisting him in the making of potions, and testing them. What more, she had to live with him and be his housekeeper.

The punishment was published on the school board. Many of the boys felt so much pity for the delicate Norah but the girls only clenched their teeth in jealousy.

Ethan was only a couple of years older than Norah but the wizardly council recognized him as a genius when he was a child, making him a legend among the students. Many men and women admired him from afar, as he was a cold and indifferent man with a mysterious background. However, he was so handsome with his peculiar purple eyes that the students called him the black prince of the academy.

The little red-haired girl kept sweeping the floor while sighing more and more.

"I wish this can end quickly… sigh."

One minute…

Thirty seconds…

Norah was constantly looking at the clock, asking why every second was slower than the last. She cleaned the last book on the shelf without using any magic, as the rules dictated. Her hands were already tired of doing so much manual work, but she didn't mind when remembering the bright smile of Sir Simon and their promise to meet.

"Three… two… one… Yei!"