Chapter 166 (1/2)

Chapter 166

They wanted to start training right away, but because Ruth’s schedule didn’t allow it, it was decided that they would have started studying the followinginstead

Ruth picked up a couple of helpful books from the shelf and headed out with a bunch of parchments Max, on the other hand, was left alone in the library and began to read a thick, faded book

The book the wizard had handed her was interreeary at the book’s complexity, its content was difficult to understand Max, as earnestly flipping over the pages and scanning the bookshelves, had her eyebrows creased in concentration After a while, she reached her limit of exhaustion and laned her neck back

Without taking notice, the day had already gone by and the sky was tinted bright orange to a pale indigo She e sun through the , then closed the pages of the book and rose froer rushed in

Thinking of it, she hadn’t had any proper meal today, aside from a si her groaning belly In the hallway, servants were busy lighting up the candles She gave the and then slowly descended fro down a couple of staircases, her eyes caught four servants carrying so Max looked inadvertently and realized that what they were carrying was a blood-soaked aroing on? Again… Who got i-injured?” As she glided down the re the heavy armor whimpered and stopped at their tracks Max hastily spoke before they even got the chance to answer “Is… is the l-lord i-injured?”

Her eyebrows furrowed as her eyes inspected the breastplate, tassels, and vambraces that were all soaked in dark blood: the pieces matched Riftan’s armor What in the world had happened that his armor ended up like this? Even if it wasn’t his blood that soaked it, there sure was a lot of blood

“Where is the l-lord…right now? Did he go up to the room?” Her face was flooded with confusion “Why… are you washi+ng all these outside?”

“That’s… because… we also don’t…” As the servants stumbled upon their words, flustered, Max decided not to wait for their answers anymore and turned around She had to see with her own eyes as happening to properly understand and ran out to the courtyard at once

As she scanned the large, vacant lot, she saorkers splitting firewood,by with carts full of thread, andbuckets of water fro next to the servants with his upper body co water on his head When twohim a bucket filled ater, he took it and used the water to rinse his blood-stained hands

A clear gush of water soaked his long, thick nape and rushed down to his sturdy shoulders, slances at hiful looks at the view of their Lord, Max angrily ran toward the his neck with his pal

“Maxi…?”

“Why in a place like this… you are…”

She was going to repri top-naked in a place where lots of people could see, but seeing hihtened a rope around her throat Max glanced at his torso that shi+ned like a golden statue in the dark reddish sun, his enorhtly woven with exquisite and delicate ly with a vibrant hue She licked her dry lips Even though she had seen his body a dozen ti hot

“I tracked down theand killed theaze that andering on Riftan’s chest He swept his jet-black hair, which appeared darker as it was soaked in water, and spoke in a somewhat aard tone

“The encounter stainedit off”

“But you can go wash it in the r-rooht away…”

“But I was a houl”

He muttered under his breath, then a maid took the canteen he held and refilled it ater, so he poured it again on his head Max took a step back to avoid the floater, while Riftan shook his head like a hound to dry himself off and took a sniff on his forearo away”

“Th-then why don’t you… go up to the rooo away”

She said, lightly wiping her face with the sleeves of her dress Seeing that, Riftan moved away abruptly, as if burnt by fire His sudden reaction made Max widen her eyes in response Riftan’s expression displayed irritancy and he spoke with a cautious tone

“Don’t get your clothes dirty for nothing Werewolves’ blood s”

“It’s just c-clothes… It’ll be alright once I change”

With her loose sleeves, Max approached hi water off his cheeks and nape Riftan flinched, as if he was about to push her off, but then gently lowered his head She s his head against his owner’s hand, and swept the dripping hair away fro red and she thought it could be because of the sunlight, or perhaps, because he was developing a fever, so Max anxiously touched his forearm and frowned at how cold he was

“Your body… is cold It’s still cold… in this weather…”

“This doesn’t bother me There was a time in the middle of winter when I broke the ice on a lake to wash et a c-cold what are you going to d-do about it?”

Riftan’s eyes widened at Max’s aggressive persistence She ti if she had been presumptuous, but he si the blood off his body several tiy cloth to the maids

“Wash and soak it in lye If the so ahead and burn it”

“Yes, lanced at Max as the o inside”

She went to his side and followed him with relief written on her face Riftan was soaked in so much water that in every step he took, he left a dark puddle on the ground Looking down at them, Max spoke in a firm voice

“Fro outside”