Chapter 214 (1/2)
Chapter 214
It felt like her hurt was burning at the fact that he ithin reach, yet she couldn’t evenafter hi how Riftan would react sent chills down the spine
“Hey, what are you doing standing idly here?”
Just when Max was struggling with an internal dilemma, someone’s hand suddenly landed on her shoulder A small scream reflexively escaped her lips as she turned to look A ave a strange smile, then tilted his bearded face to hers
“You’re quite cute, are you looking for a man to have fun with?”
Max took a step back, her face i… f-for so like that”
“It’s okay, you can tellto help you”
The man chuckled as he took a step closer towards her Max hurriedly looked around for help; there were soldiers everywhere, but no one seemed to pay attention to help She had no choice, so she tried to hide her fear and responded as cold and firrateful… I don’t need any help I… o now…”
As she turned around to leave, the rabbed her by the forearrowled in annoyance as he pulled her body towards hi just like that? If you need pay?”
Max turned her head at the fa at thecold eyes
“Don’t you know you’ll be punished under the military rules, if you cause any probleht’s warning, the ht I was just trying to help this lost woman”
“She is not just a woman” Quahel Leon prowled coldly at the lance at Max “Don’t you see her clothes? She is a priestess fro what sorts of punishment would befall upon someone who dares touch those under our church’s protection”
“What the-, I said one thing and you’re already putting me in a difficult situation” Theany fear or remorse for his actions “How the hell am I supposed to know by her clothes whether she’s a priestess or just some whore who came to this place to help comfort the men in this camp?”
Max paled quickly when she realized he had mistaken her for a whore and Quahel’s lips twisted in conterew tired of the ue anymore Go back to your post before I accuse you of further insulting our church with your dirty words”
With an air of arrogance, the man tossed Max aside “Yes, yes, I’ll do as you ordered”
She ran quickly to hide behind the knight while the other ed with attitude, then leisurely turned around to walk away As Max watched the aze on the crown of her head Hesitantly, she raised her head and saw Quahel Leon looking down at her, his eyebrows furrowing deeply Then, he ordered her in his usual bored tone
“Follow me I’ll accompany you back to your tent”
Still in shock from what had just happened, Max didn’t want to be alone and obediently followed hih the crowd and only when they reached a quieter place did he open his mouth to scold her
“Please refrain fro alone” His speech was courteous, but his tone was repri “Ethylene is full of men from Livadon, Whedon, Osyria and Balto Furthermore, a third of them are hired mercenaries If you do not wish to experience sucharound by yourself”
“Frohed and turned to leave “Go inside I’ll assign a guard to have a post near this tent”
“Th-Thank you”
Max ran into the tent like she was running away The tension and strength immediately drained fro on top of it Seeing her like this, Idcilla and Selena quickly ran towards her
“You really surprised us when you suddenly ran off Did you perhaps… went to meet with your husband?”
Max shook her head “No I o-only went to see him… from a distance”
“Wouldn’t it be better to tell the truth? You came all this way to see hi like she couldn’t stand seeing her losing weight because of her worries Max couldn’t help but blush, feeling like a girl in love waiting for just the right moment to confess her love
“I… don’t wish to be a bother… and… in reality… I’m afraid of hoill react when he discovers the truth”
“That’s understandable Even Elba will screarabbed her by the arerated shudder to try to aniirl
“Did you find out anything about your b-brother?”
“Not yet I’ll try and visit the place where the Royal Knights of Livadon are staying”
When the priests entered the barracks, their conversation was immediately cut off Max rubbed her sweaty hands on her robe and tried to clear her head of what just happened: if she followed Quahel Leon’s advice to never leave the barracks alone, no such thing would happen again She then went out with the other priestesses and i to the wounded to distract her pounding heart
Ruth ca all the wounded men, whose condition worsened due to excessive naled Max with a nod to follow hirabbed a small lamp and ran after him He led her silently into the dark forest, and only after confir that no one was around did he sit down to rest on a tree stu co years offsuspicious?”
“If he did, then there would have already been quite a ruckus Since his entire focus is on Sir Nirta, he isn’t as sharp as before I don’t know if I should call us lucky…”
“Is Sir Nirta’s i-injury…very serious?”
Ruth ran his fingers roughly through his hed deeply “The wound itself is not that big, but due to the curse, it is causing hiic is also useless”
“T-then, what should we do…”
“I’ll have to find a way to break the curse Don’t worry about him He faced problems worse than this and survived He’s so stubborn that I ah this too”
Ruth sounded confident, but his face couldn’t hide his deep concern Seeing that Max’s expression also clouded, he forced a sed the subject
“I’ll take care of Sir Nirta so the lady should concentrate on her own tasks To and guarding the front for a week Until then, we can relax, but the proble we can keep this from him…”
Max’s eyes widened at the news of Riftan heading to the frontlines “He’s going to the frontlines? I-is the final battle…going to happen?”
“No, that won’t happen for a while All the trolls are encaht now For the final battle to occur, either side will have to cross into a dangerous place through a narrow canyon The first side to launch an attack will be at a disadvantage, so both sides will be calculative of each other’s erous?”