Chapter 123 (2/2)

With the help of the knights, we distributed ers

When all was over, it was already the ed out my tired body and leaned on the entrance wall

As h, a cup was thrust into ht that had offeredI think his name was Herman

“Thank you for your hard work”

“Thanks”

Receiving the cup, I gently blew on itThe stearance drifted

I took a sip and felt the war further down to the stoh

“We all regained a little bit of our spirits back thanks to youThank you, Master Johan”

Indeed, the look on their faces when their hands were full of food and htly more content

But this was only teht here today will only last for so long

“…I’oodIt is by nosolution”

Ia sip of the tea

All is well today, but what about to weeks?

We couldn’t hope for any relief froathered in this very roomI have to hold on somehow until Nacht comes back, but I have no sure-fire plan to achieve this

“Speaking of which, does Sir Heinz know about this?”

“…”

My question was faced with Her down

The answer came, however, from a different direction

“Sir Heinz probably knew nothing of this”

Marx, who I thought had been resting until now, responded

“Commander, you’re awakeDo you want soulped down the water that Herave hih and expressed his gratitude

“What do you ?”

“Sir Heinz experienced a heart attack about a year ago, causing him to be bedriddenSince then, his son, Philipp, has taken over the reins instead”

So Sir Heinz’s illness wasn’t a mere hoax after all

But there’s still a part I’m not convincedIf he is in fact still alive, there is no way he would forgive quarantining the diseased

“Master Philipp was desperate to fill in Sir Heinz’s shoesHe was very devoted to getting Grenze back on the mapWe all tried to support him, but instead, ere driven awayPerhaps he had always had his reservations with us in secret, back e all served beside Sir Heinz”

The relationshi+p and trust shared between Sir Heinz and his htlyIt’s the kind of bond that couldn’t be beaten by even blood relatives

How cruel and hu it must be for Philipp, his very own son

“Even without us, Master Philipp declared that he would inning to shi+ne as a cornerstone of the trading row, the disease appeared”

“So that’s why he was frantically trying to cover it up”

Marx showed a wry smile atsound of the lit old lainningWe thought it was only a regular high fever and ad the denizens’ attentionBut instead of subsiding, the disease spread even further”

If rumours like these start to circulate to other countries, no one would be willing to visit Grenze

Philipp, sensing an unprecedented crisis, chose to isolate the sick

In the city, new rue hidden deep in the mountains were the source of the horrible diseaseAfter the diseased were moved to the forest, he decided to shut theuards

He was trying to get rid of the people that were in his way in one big swoop

“…I see”

I drank the re

My splitting head was met with the back wall, but it wasn’t the wall that caused my headache

“I understand that the situation is worse than I had first i for helpWe were being intentionally disposed of

“Worst-case scenario, in fact”

I grumbled to myself

At about the sa turned into violent sla my hand on the doorknob