Chapter 169 (1/2)
Chapter 169
Max was only able to return to her room after Ruth left for the construction site She was exhausted She washed her hands thoroughly at the well, but the slimy texture of toads seemed to remain
The moment she returned to her room, she stripped off her toad-spattered dress and bathed with hot water, scrubbing with soap and sponge from head to toe However, it still didn’t help, her entire body still felt disgusting
How ? The wizard did not appear to have anytime, he would probably have her practice with poisonous lizards, tarantulas, or even snakes Max rubbed the goose bumps on her forear as soon as possible To do that, she had to first ic theories
After rinsing her body clean, Max put on new, co, then sat down in front of her desk She searched through the drawers and took out books, parch Rudis, as by the fireplace heating a kettle, approached her with a stea cup of tea
“The wizard provided this tea Please have sorateful look and took a sip of the hot liquid The bitter tea had a refreshi+ng scent that seemed to help repel her nasty experience earlier She drank the tea carefully while reading her heavy textbooks page by page Although she was terribly exhausted after using a considerable ae She didn’t want to waste a single precious second She had planned to convince Ruth to teach her defensive and offensive nments by the end of the day
“Milady, it’s Rodrigo, may I have a moment of your time?”
Max was three-quarters done with the textbook she was reading when she heard the butler’s voice and a soft knock on the door She raised her head froave him pero opened the door carefully, stepped inside, and boith practiced grace “I apologize for interrupting your rest”
“You d-don’t have to apologize…May I knohat’s theto visit the Lord They will be staying in the castle for about two days I thought I should inform milady in advance”
“Guests…? From here have they t-traveled?” Max asked, her face reflecting her confusion Rodrigo’s face slightly lit up with embarrassment
“The Lord did not disclose tofrohts, baths and hot meals…”
Max’s eyebrows creased with anxiety Could it be an order for reinforceer from the royal family? Barely three days have passed since we received the news about theto the Lord’s orders… he asked for the rooms to be prepared on the second floor Also, to instruct the kitchen in taking care of the guests’ meals”
“I see”
As the butler bowed in exit, Max sat by theand looked out intently over the gardens Soon after, five nize their faces in the distance but the two e appeared to be escorts frouests Rodrigo hadto decipher the e The e the royal faed to another noble faure out which faed to and stood up As lady of the castle, she had to welcoer from the royal family Max called for Rudis to quickly put her hair up in a neat manner and left the room in a hurry As she flen the stairs, she saw Riftan enter the castle with the guests Her eyes trailed his cold, soleuests that followed behind hiedtheir wary expressions, Max gauged that their visit was not for a simple camaraderie She approached the men with a rather tensed expression
“Riftan… I heard that there are guests…co…”
Riftan’s eyebrows creased and he visibly frowned as he saw her figure He crossed the hall at once and went to her, twirling her still-da, don’t let this interrupt you Thesein two days; you don’t have to worry about them”
Max was bewildered at his blatant, inhospitable words despite being in front of the guests She glanced at their direction but didn’t see any sign of theed man approached her with a calm expression and kissed the back of her pals, milady My name is Aaron Levaier We came under the order of Count Robern”
“P-pleasure to meet you, Sir Levaier… I sincerely hope your stay here is co’s vassals, he ruled a vast amount of land not far from Anatol Max eyed thehts At that moment, Riftan’s sharp voice resounded
“Hey, did you travel this far just to flirt with soards”
“Didn’t you say we have urgent o up”
Riftan turned and walked up the stairs The knights sighed, bowing politely to Max, and followed hi pushed aside and trudged back to her room
Riftan did not return to their roohs to keep herself fro asleep and ran to him the moment he entered the room Riftan’s face appeared weary as he opened the door, his eyes widening as he saw his wife still awake
“What are you doing, why are you still awake and not sleeping?”
“I aiting for you to co on…”
He frowned as he pulled out a chair to sit on and began to take off his ar a kettle over the fireplace and set up a basin for him to wash in Then, she walked over behind him and placed her hands on his waist to help hi his vambraces, aardly pushed her hands away
“I can do it myself, don’t worry about it”
“… To serve her husband…It is the ife’s duty…” Max’s face heated, wondering if her words were too blatant There had been countless times he took care of her, yet she had only reciprocated it a couple of ti to her statement, as if to make excuses “You’re too busy… you leave early at dawn and coht… O-on the other hand, I don’t have much to do… Wives have to make sure their h-husbands rest comfortably, I want to take care of Riftan too”
Max didn’t wait for his response and stubbornly took the heavy pieces of arht and barely ed to maintain her posture as she waddled over to the here she hung the chain his greaves neatly on top of it Although she had traveled only 10 steps, her forehead was drenched in sweat She wondered how in the world Riftan walked around so quietly wearing heavy pieces of metal in his body
“Leave it alone” Riftan quickly dissuaded her when she tried to pick up the scabbard containing his sword “You won’t be able to lift that”