Chapter 57 Maxs Resolve (1) (1/2)

Chapter 57 – Max’s Resolve (1)

“You’ve only just recovered, so don’t stay outdoors for too long”

“I-it’ll just be a short walk” She smiled at Rudis and walked away

The quiet and calan to fuss over her like a sister would All she did was say a word or two out of concern without crossing the line, but that was enough to warm Max’s heart

lazed around castle Calypse, the notion bringing to mind her life back in castle Croix She had spent her whole life there, yet she had nothing she was e for that matter, that could remotely make her miss the place A cold castle that had once sheltered her for so long but she couldn’t bring herself to call ‘home’ – for it never felt like one

She hoped that she just s completely different frorow fond of this castle and its people, and hoped she would find love here and en of hope that had erupted within hten

Croix didn’t mean she had become a completely different person She was still that stutterer they had labelled dumb and inconsequential Someday he’d also realize that I’e </e his aaze What if he suddenly turns into my father and…?!

“Madam? I think you are still sick…”

She ave her a look Max shook her head, as if the action was enough to dis her “I’m oh-okay I would li-like a arht away”

Max took this ather herself She had a decision to ht of the day, she had to trudge far across the great unknown, beyond the haunting past of the halls of castle Croix, the reproached Maximilian and unfamiliar future A resolve, a patient, but rather steely one was burning inside her heart

like a lady I’ll become a dependable landlady for him

By the next day, Max had fully recovered Although she was yet to regain her full strength, she felt enervated

This day, she had a visitor–Merchant Aderon Had it been the usual ti, but today she had an intent to fulfill

Without hesitation, she met with the merchant and discussed the plans for the Great Hall She carefully listened to his explanations without interrupting, before launching into a few questions of her own After much consideration, she decided to lay faintly jade-toned, white marbles on the floor of the banquet hall in the Great Hall and have all s furnished into exquisite glass Before he took his leave, the uild and commence the work the very next day

With that settled, she made a beeline for the library with the transaction stateh several, heavy to it in the account books as how Rodrigo did it By the ti the ite, the sun had sunk low into the horizon