Chapter 215 (1/2)
Chapter 215
She was in such a deep shock that she fell into a stupor and wasn’t even able to think of escaping on the spot A buzzing sound rang in her ears,her balance for aShe barely e rock, when his cold voice echoed from the spot a short distance away
“I instructed everyone not to disturb me”
Max lowered her head and sed dryly She knew that she had to respond, but she orried that as soon as she opened hertime, Max stood there, drenched in her oeat under the intied to croak out a feords, sounding like a frog’s stutter
“Pa… pardon… me”
A heavy silence fell around theaze pierce her forehead like a needle He then ordered her in a skeptical voice
“Lift your head”
Max grabbed her hood like it was her only lifeline and anxiously took a step back Then, she heard the sound of water sloshi+ng: he was co sound of putting on clothes She didn’t dare to lift her head, looking sideways for a way to desperately retreat through the trees However, before she could find an escape, big, wet feet ca his trousers and was now standing directly in front of her
“Didn’t you hear me? I said, lift your head”
Max felt her frantic pulse in her head She looked around desperately, her heart pounding violently and cold sweat dripping from all the pores in her body She trembled like a trapped prey, then suddenly she heard Idcilla’s urgent voice eive us, Sir!” She ran like the wind through the trees and placed herself as a barrier between Max and Riftan “We have been treating the wounded until late… we haven’t been inforize for disturbing you”
Idcilla must have discovered Riftan was there the moment she had reached the soldiers ere supposed to stand on guard, so she rushed on her way back to Max, quickly grasping the situation and shi+elding her froht
“If you would please accept our apology Sir… we shall head back now”
Idcilla shoved Max, as behind her, towards the bushes before Riftan even had the chance to respond, but he had no intention of letting either of theiven you the perh, authoritative voice was like a whip, and Idcilla immediately stiffened as if she had been beaten Max cowered behind the girl as ht to stay out of his sight, but his low bass voice resounded
“That woman in the back, how many times do I have to tell you to lift your head and show your face?”
“Sir… as priestesses, we shouldn’t be recklessly showing our faces toto you”
“We are priestesses under the protection of the Great Teht to go against the church doctrines Please, youand doed to respond with a surprisingly cal scared to the bone, she would have adht now, all her nerves were focused on Riftan
After a suffocating silence, he finally spoke “… Fine, leave”
Max had alround in relief if it weren’t for Idcilla, who immediately leaned over to support her The two hurriedly turned back the way they carabbed the back of her hood There was no time to respond to the sudden action: her hood fluttered off her head helplessly and she fell back, due to the force he put tugging at her clothes
Max was forced to face Riftan Her eyes froze in shock as they aze trailed from the top of her head to the tip of her toes as if he couldn’t believe what he was seeing Drops of water from his wet hair dripped onto her cheeks and rolled down her face Max’s face burned red like she was set on fire She looked like a tramp, while her husband in front of her appeared like an ethereal nature spirit who es His soaked hair shi+mmered with a dark blue tint like satin and his bare, ht that shed fro sun
Despite the icy, thick tension that ran between the the face of her husband who moment, his eyes also never strayed away froaze just as passionately longing as hers, then a restrained groan came from his throat
“What in the-, why are you here…”
His hand tre his initial reaction, Max had this absurd expectation that he ht actually welcome her with open arms However, her fantasy was short-lived; his unfocused eyes i she was actually there, burning, blind anger replaced his shock
“What in the world are you doing here?” Riftan grabbed both her shoulders and growled violently “Who brought you here?! What were you thinking co to a place like this…?!”
“D-don’t lash out at your wife!”
Idcilla hastily tried to stop hiaze fleards her and she trembled in fear as she still desperately tried to defend Max
“Your wife ca to join the support unit…!”
“T-that’s not the case! I-I have… er… ait around restlessly, I couldn’t take it…”
“So, are you telling me that you came here on your own?”
His furious eyes fell back on Max and she ihout his body, and she could feel that he was about to explode rath Her handsome husband, whom she was so anxious to see even just once, now looked like an evil terrifying lion that walked out of the deepest pit of hell
“Is the Archduke aware of any of this? What kind of imbecile let you join the support unit?”
“No-no one else… knows” Max licked her dry lips and replied in a choked voice “I have been hidingthe priestesses”
With her confession, his anger seeht not be expressed through huain, as if he was about to screa came out His jaw clenched, and his teeth crushed, as if he were using all his strength and ain control Then his face becaood sign Max knew very well that when he appeared caler and patience had reached their li eyes, then turned to Idcilla “Were you involved in this?”