Chapter 202 (1/2)

Chapter 202

Max hurriedly bent her knees to bow in return Her sto hts

She clasped the letter in her pocket with her fist No ht about it, it felt inappropriate to ask the Holy Knight’s Co a letter She took a step back, feeling self-conscious of his stare

“I apologize for… i-interrupting”

“Not at all, if the lady has anything to ask, please don’tme”

The Archduke said with a friendly s her worried thoughts down, Max finally opened her mouth to speak

“If it’s not tooto send a l-letter… to my husband…”

“A letter?”

The Archduke looked at her with a curious face Max squirmed in place and pulled the letter out of her pocket The letter that she put sowas now in a badly shaped crumple in just a matter of an hour Her cheeks flushed red as she tried to straighten out the folds

“Could you d-deliver this to … i…”

“Are you asking me to deliver this letter to him?”

The paladin asked in a dry tone She was placed under the pressure of his indifferent gaze and that ibberish sentences

“If it would not cause the s-sir et to Louiebell… and see ive it to him then…”

In the face of a person an to break She eating profusely fro a favor, but then the Archduke suddenly intervened with a troubled expression

“Lady Calypse, the Holy Knights will be coon Knights are stationed on the western borders, they will not be able to ht away”

“I-I see I didn’t know that…”

She cruaze in disappointrasp, his smile was dry and he appeared calm despite his stoic expression

“It may not be possible to deliver it at once… but I’ll hand it over to hi”

A brief exaltation passed over her, but his strange tone worried her Max looked at him confusedly

“Then… p-please do”

At Max’s desperate reply, the htly Then, he secured the letter into his robe and spoke gently

“I’ll ets to him Don’t worry”

“Well then, it looks like everything is prepared, we , Sir Quahel Leon bowed before her and gracefully descended the staircase Max watched dazedly as the youngfluttered frantically in the su the turbulent battles ahead

“Please excuse ize for i-interrupting your tiave her a smile that indicated it was fine and went down the stairs to follow the paladin Max watched them as they prepared to leave, then returned to theso fast she clasped her hands together firmly and closed her eyes Now all that she could do for them was pray for the best

Ten days after the Holy Knights joined the battle, news of Louiebell’s reconquest spread throughout the capital Cheers and celebrations broke out everywhere; that was, until the bodies of the soldiers and knights who died on the battlefield ca line of carts loaded with corpses filled the courtyard of the te them

Max also ca if there was anyone she knew a Max could ih all ashed, dressed, and prepared for the funeral, the prosthetics could not cover the miserable deaths that those men had faced Very few of them had their li the upper part of their torso as they have been decapitated in battle

Pale-faced, Max watched as the priests carefully placed the bodies in their respective coffins Some of the noble ladies fainted on the spot, and she too was on the verge of passing out, but she endured the queasy feeling She needed to on Knights was ah the rows of bodies and sed the urge to vo any of the faces Unable to bear the dizziness that had overcome her, she quickly left and crouched under a tree at the corner of the temire courtyard One of the ladies went after her, worried about her state

“Are you alright?”

Max looked up with tre ago, Idcilla Cali woman’s tan eyes observed her orry

“Your complexion doesn’t look well Should I call for a priest?

“Oh n-no I was just a li-little… dizzy How about you Lady Caliht?”

“I’hts, this irl held her head up bravely, but her complexion was just as pale as hers Idcilla turned to the coffins and looked across the rows, as if to hide her weakness “Fortunately, ht back the bodies and they said that most of the people ere trapped in Louiebell are safe”