Chapter 211 (1/2)
Chapter 211
Ruth’s wide-open jaw tre dizzy and spat out a lot of gibberish before finally saying so at the ly become a priestess? What about Sir Calypse?!”
“W-What… What are you saying? Of course not!” Max argued again in a shrill voice, then looked around, surprised by her sudden outburst The soldiers ere co down from the hill looked at their ith interest “I wore th-these clothes… to infiltrate the support unit I’iver… h-here”
“You’re working as a caregiver here…?” Like a trained parrot, Ruth repeated her words
Since he didn’t appear like he was in his righthim a few knocks on the head “I don’t have t-tio back, but before I do… I want to knohat’s happening How is… Ri-Riftan? Is everyone… u-unharmed? I heard that some have serious injuries…”
“Ho-hold on for a second! How could I respond to that when you just cas you wanted to know? Give me a moment to clear my mind”
Ruth retaliated in a frustrated tone and jumped out of the water He then scanned her from head to toe with narrowed eyes as he squeezed the water out of his robes Aware of her dingy old clothes, tangled hair, dirt and sweat covered face, Max’s cheeks reddened under his scrutinizing gaze
He let out a long groan and covered his face with his hands “Goodness gracious… Does Archduke Aren know that ht her hood lower to her face as she started to mutter “I t-told you… nobody else knows that I’m here”
Only then did Ruth seerasped the totality of the situation “If Sir Calypse finds out about this, he will go berserk!”
Scared, Max reached out to cover his ain “Please… tone it down” She implored him
Ruth looked up in the sky like his whole patience was being tested andin question “Why in the world are you doing this to ht, you should have been desperately hiding from me too! You didn’t have to involve me in this”
Max narrowed her eyes at his absurd words The tears of joy she was about to shed for him had co… and that’s what you would say to me? I have be-been so worried…!”
Ruth snorted in response, his tone dripping with rude sarcas happily afteryou in this situation?”
Max could only lift her chin up to show the anger on her face “I’ll make sure to avoid… avoid you Ruth! Please tellin the war zone… I ent all this way to know… I have so much work to do, I don’t have much time to find out”
“That’s not hoorks! I don’t knohat kind of plan you hatched to pose as a priestess and infiltrate the support unit, but now that I know the lady is doing this, I can’t pretend to be ignorant! You placed me in a very difficult position!”
“Is there a problem?”
Max flinched, then froze on the spot when an unfamiliar voice spoke to the out the co She shook her head, then looked at the wizard’s conflicted expression: the stupid ive her away She squeezed her eyes shut and held her hands together so tightly that her knuckles turned white Then she heard a sue, followed by Ruth’s voice
“There are no problems here”
The tension eased off her shoulders and she let out a long sigh of relief as Ruth stepped out of the strea at?”
“T-the one in the eastern end”
“Alright I’ll come and find you later”
“N-No, you can’t It ht cause suspicion…”
“Then you will have to ood excuse” He shot her an annoyed look, then sighed in resignation “I have an i to attend now so I don’t have the time now, but I will co for an answer, Ruth cliain Max watched his back as he walked away fro eagerly for her, ran to her the moment she entered the shop and asked what she had found out
“L-later… I’ll tell you everything”
It was time to distribute the medicine and the tent was croith the other priestesses Idcilla nodded silently, realizing that the tiht Max rolled up her sleeves and i towards the entrance every few minutes
He said he will coo back to Levan?
She felt unhappy and a little betrayed by Ruth’s reaction to seeing her there Wasn’t he the one who taught her how to heal with ic? Nevertheless, she noticed that he wasn’t in favor of her working as a caregiver there Max bit her lip and began to feel itated If that was how he reacted, she didn’t even want to iine how Riftan would respond if he found out She nervously pushed her hair into her hood, and gathered the ive the patients
As he pro to change the wound dressings of the wounded Her eyes widened as she saw him walk casually into the tent The other priestesses ere tending to the sick also looked at him with suspicion However, he reoing around to exaet on with your work“
True to his words, he began to weave between the beds and looked over the woundedto do It wasn’t until Ruth checked all the patients that he finally turned to the soldier she was caring for He opened hiscut on the soldier’s chest
“Your stitches are very well done The threads will be able to come out in two days oing with that facade, but Ruth just continued to exa for her to continue Max stiffly applied the herbal cast to the wound and bandaged it Looking at her, he spoke in an exaggerated tone thatskills
“You have excellent skills I would like to ask this priestess for advice on healing techniques Could you give me a moment of your time?”
She blinked, unable to believe that this was the extent of Ruth’s acting ability; but luckily, the people around theht it, especially when another nearby young priestess suddenly chirped in
“Sister Max is theus She knows all about medicinal herbs and can sew up any wound in the blink of an eye She will definitely be able to help you”
The sudden compliment made her blush, she had no idea that she was so appreciated for her abilities Ruth gave her a strange look, then spoke in a polite tone that didn’t suit hiive ht”