Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 33

Barrett fell silent. He had suffered a thorough defeat in today's battle against Carissa, and it was embarrassing to talk about it.

"Is it really true?" Aurora pressed.

Barrett sighed. "Forget it, let's not talk about this."

Pouting. Aurora punched him playfully. "I knew you were lying to me. Anyway, it doesn't matter how she left. As long as everything's settled, it's fine.

"Since she said it's not worth sharing the position of your wife with me, I actually feel the same. The cunning methods she learned while managing the household affairs are beyond my ability to match. That's also where her real talent lies."

She tilted her head and faced Barett. "I can't learn her skills, but if you want me to sweet-talk you like her, I can manage that."

Aurora held her hands to her chest, smiled gently, and called in a cute voice, "Honey!"

She shivered dramatically. "Oh my god, that was so disgusting! How does she act like that?"

Aurora's deliberate act had reminded him that Carissa never did such things. She spoke softly, but her tone was neither humble nor overbearing. Her attitude was gentle but firm, and

it didn't change the fact that she was gone. Aurora would

losses and gains were

to be as

after Aurora, Barrett sat down by the

it felt like a gust of wind had

and being ecstatic when she agreed to marry him after asking him a few questions. He recalled the preparations for their wedding and

able to stop thinking about how he had lifted Carissa's veil. The memory of her stunning

friends fell in battle, Barrett no longer thought of Carissa. Instead, he focused on strategizing with Aurora and their fellow soldiers, trying to

saw Aurora mount her horse with heroic grace, he realized that women could be valiant. Whilst on this battlefield of

mind-perhaps a woman as refined and noble as

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great after all.