Chapter 176 (1/2)

Chapter 176

Although Max said that she did not want to see his face, that was i him was inevitable That hy Max decided to take the childish approach: the silent treatment

“Maxi, let’s talk”

Riftan, who retired to their room earlier than usual, paced near the bed anxiously Like a caterpillar, Max simply lay motionless on the bed with the covers over her head Riftan reached out and tugged at the covers, but she held on with all her poith tre sounds, like she was trying to give him a hint

“damn it, I know you’re not asleep Get up”

He was probably getting rew harsher, but Max just squeezed her eyes shut, doing her best not to lose the coverage that the blankets offered She heard a rustling sound on the bed’s spot near her

“Are you really going to keep doing this? A while ago I was…” Riftan’s voice suddenly switched to a weaker tone Then, as if he had given up, the pulling of the covers stopped and she felt them sink into the bed as he sat next to her After a ain in a cold voice “Fine, do whatever you want”

Riftan took off his shoes and lay down next to her Max, feeling resentful, squirled up She didn’t want to talk to hi to reconcile with her, she actually felt upset What the hell did she want anyway? Did she want hiize for harsh words? Either way, Max felt betrayed by his cold-hearted attitude

The cold war continued the next day too Max hid under the covers until Riftan reluctantly left her alone Only then did she get up and go to hide in Ruth’s tower She spent the day reading and grinding herbs as usual, but Riftan’s harsh words kept repeating in her mind and she could hardly concentrate

Max slumped on the desk and bit her lip No matter how hard she worked and how acconize her Furthermore, skill wise, she couldn’t even reach the tips of the toes of the beautiful royal wizard that could have been his wife

She knew she was thinking irrationally, but she couldn’t help it Riftanher in his life outside of the bedroom, which was practically li in the room all day to only receive an occasional pet at his convenience Yet why did her heart hurt soas useless

She couldn’t focus on her work because these self-deprecating thoughts consumed her Usually at that time of day, she would stop by the infir time Just the day before she had such a heated and eht in front of everyone, she wasn’t sure if she had skin thick enough to face everyone But the idea of not showing up hurt her pride, everyone would believe that she was defeated by his verbal attack

Max frowned She didn’t want to be known as a shy and weak-hearted woetic and brilliant princess After a prolonged infighting, she finally went to the infir full of prepared herbs As she walked towards the knights’ quarters where the infirhts looked at her with uneasy eyes

She wanted toshe was only there to restock the medicine cabinets When she reached the entrance to the training ground, she hid behind the large iron gates and looked around to see if Riftan was near, then quickly ran towards the knights’ quarters

As she sneaked into the infires around his wrist He ihtened up and bowed politely to her when their eyes s, Lady Calypse I didn’t think you were co today”

“I ca out…” She uttered almost incomprehensible words and looked at his wrist “Did you h-hurt your wrist? Would… would you likespell on it?”

“I’e around it so the impact doesn’t hurt ht smiled kindly and waved his hand dished, relieved She was concerned Riftan had given strict orders forbidding her to enter the infirentleman’s attitude, that seemed not to be the case She relaxed at the desk by theand began sorting out the herbs she brought The knight bowed quickly and left The sound of swords clashi+ng echoed in the background as Max arranged the herbs in wooden boxes, when suddenly a loud voice co from the door broke her concentration

“Oh, have you already reconciled with the couously “G-greetings, Sir Nirta”

“Greetings, Lady Calypse” Hebaron entered and greeted her with a low, exaggerated bow

“Are you feeling any better?”

“I d-don’t feel particularly bad” The truth was, she felt like a complete disaster

Max slarily as if he understood the whole situation from her expression

“Ah, I see You two are still at war”

“No-No, I’lared at his rudeness However, Hebaron, whom she kneas the type to tease and pick on others, didn’t even blink at her display of ferocity Max just sighed and changed the subject

“What… what brings you here, are you hurt?”

“As you can see, I’m perfectly fine A couple of us are on our way to subdue nearby ency supplies”

“O-On that shelf, I put the he salves in that bag there…”

Hebaron walked over to the shelf and grabbed the sack and left the infirmary with a leap in his footsteps Max spent the rest of her ti about southern et back before the sunsets It was early, but Riftan could co, she quickly ate dinner and got into bed

This time, he returned only after she really fell asleep Max was being diligent in avoiding him Every day she went to bed early and started the day late so, after being conored for three days, Riftan’s patience finally ran out