Chapter 219 (1/2)
Chapter 219
Max felt dejected at Yulysion’s words, she wondered if perhaps those were only excuses so Riftan could avoid her Whenever he was angry at her, that was always his course of action, keeping away from her Max ate her dinner with a worried expression, then went to rest
As if her suspicions were proven right, Riftan did not return even until the night was deep Max forced herself to stay awake, but the overwhelulfed her, and she eventually fell asleep The next day when she woke up, she was alone as she had expected She hurriedly got up from bed to wash her face and fix her hair When she was done wearing her outfit and was just about to head outside, Yulysion, who ca,man placed a plateful of breakfast on the table acco her best to appear calht… Riftan did not return Did theconcluded at dawn I stood guard in front of the tent and when I saw Sir Calypse return, I went back tohis head “Perhaps the lady appeared so tired that the Lord did not bother waking you up”
What Max understood from that was that he was careful not to make any sound when he returned and quietly left as well in an effort to avoid her And she was probably too exhausted fro annoyed
“May I ask…where he is now?”
“He went to the front of the castle gates to oversee the defenses Does the lady have any urgent matters?”
Max licked her lips and shook her head weakly In truth, she didn’t knohat to tell hi she had to say Just as the princess said, there was no other choice anyway but to let his head cool and settle Max sighed in resignation
However, four days had passed, and Max still hadn’tdejected, Max began to feel angry When she thought of her cowardly husband, who snuck into the barracks in the dead of night, then slipped away before she woke up to avoid her, she becaram herself not to fall asleep, she was so exhausted that eventually she would succuue On the other hand, Riftan seemed not to know the definition of exhaustion For him to wait for Max to fall asleep and leave before dahen she wakes up, the itated, Max brushed her hair out of her face and angrily tossed the herbs into the boiling pot It ht to check on her but wouldn’t even show her his face As she glared angrily at the herbs boiling in the cauldron, Idcilla, as co in with firewood, tilted her head
“What is it? Is there so with the medicine?”
Max quickly wiped the emotions out of her face “N-No I was just…for a hts”
“Are you worried about your husband leaving for the frontlines again?
Max did not confiruous expression Then, Idcilla co
“They say that an all-out battle won’t happen for now, so don’t worry too much”
“… I’s on your mind than I do…”
“There’s no person ouldn’t worry about their fa well”
Idcilla said courageously Not long ago, she was able to get inforh Elliot and Idcilla’s face noticeably lit up
“Soon… the kn-knights guarding the frontlines will change… you’ll be able to see your brother”
“I will never go to meet him” Idcilla firmly shook her head and vowed in resolution as she threw branches into the fire “Elba ht, but he’s not invincible like the Lady’s husband Hehimself to his limits because of his arm injury I don’t intend to burden hireet him when the war is over instead”
Max felt e how mature Idcilla sounded She felt asha Riftan’s face for only a nuan to feel anxious that perhaps her presence here added undue burdens to Riftan Maybe he was too stressed, bearing the brunt of this war, taking care of the lives of his men, and now her
“Ah there it is”
Max snapped out of deep thoughts when so out of the trees
“What do you need froic forht to break Sir Nirta’s curse, but to no avail He et hied his stiff neck and yawned loudly, then flopped down to sit on a tree stump Max’s face hardened with concern
“I-isn’t that serious?”
“It’s not a life and death situation” Then, Ruth continued to speak with a sigh “However, because of the infla worse The pain also see severe”
“Shouldn’t he be treated with ic?”
“He’s taking regulardifference” Ruth ruffled his hair in frustration “But this curse is causing athe morale of the allied forces Everyone is worried that if they fight the monsters, they will end up in the same situation as Sir Nirta Even His Grace, Grand Duke Aren, suggested that it would be better to postpone the war until we find a way to break the curse”
“I also… think it’s better to wait… until we discover a ay to break the curse If… the hts… on’t have the guarantee of being unscathed”
“I understand where you are coer, it will put us at a disadvantage Our eneeneration powers are infinite, while ours is not There’s internal division already ensuing It’s better for us to attack before the alliance weakens” Ruth shrugged and took a deep breath with his serious words “Don’t worry, ignore uments For now, it’s ht continue to arise What’shere until winter”
Max and Idcilla, as sitting silently in a corner, had clouded expressions Sensing the heavy ate the subject
“I’ve talked tooSir Nirta his medicine before he pulls all my hair out I heard that you have very effective painkillers, can you give some to ht if I take a look at Sir Nirta’s injury?”
“The Lady?” Ruth looked at her with skeptical eyes
Max felt a bit furious about how he reacted “I’ve studied a lot all th-this time! I learned so s that even Ruth doesn’t know about Who knows, ic…”
“Well, there is nothing wrong with trying”
Ruth shrugged with an arrogant smirk Max felt disrespected with his attitude, but left Idcilla to tend to the boiling herbs in the cauldron and took with her medicine and tools for treat ith a dagger, ioing?
“To Sir Nirta… I’ll bring him some medicine”
Yulysion turned to look at Ruth “Hasn’t he overcome the curse?”
Ruth could only shake his head weakly and they proceeded to walk to their destination in a glooazes of other soldiers follow her, but because Ruth and Yulysion ith her, no one approached them Max felt secure and followed behind Ruth at a slow pace After going through the densely set up barrack tents, they finally reached the Reo in Then, they heard a hoarse voice exclai
“You’re finally here, you sure took your ti to wait until I died before co back!”
As she entered and followed after Ruth, Max’s eyes widened Hebaron appeared quite restless lying on the bed with thick bandages wrapped around the upper part of his muscular body She was quite taken aback by how aniht was, and when Hebaron finally saw her, he broke out into a bright smile