Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Carissa called Violet over, asking her to help place Kayla on her back. With Kayla securely on her back, Carissa hurried back to the carriage.

"Stay here. I'll find it for you," she promised.

Kayla shivered uncontrollably, her hair soaked through. It was impossible to tell whether the moisture on her face was from tears or rain, and her lips quivered violently. "Please... Please, you must find it."

"Don't come out!" Carissa's tone grew more urgent. "Take care of yourself. We can't have you distressed, even in spirit."

Kayla covered her face and wept.

Carissa instructed the coachman to keep an eye on Kayla, then turned back to continue the search.

After a little more than half an hour, the carriages began to thin out, but the rain still poured relentlessly. The sky was ominously dark. Even with the help of the coachman from the Marquis of Elderglen's family and three others, they were exhausted and unable to find the earring.

Just as they were about to give up, Carissa noticed a glint of light near the academy's entrance. She rushed over and found that it was indeed the pearl earring. She quickly picked it up, but the earring was damaged the gold thread and the two gold leaves holding the pearl were missing, leaving only the pearl itself.

The place she found the earring wasn't where Kayla had fallen. The earring must have been crushed by a carriage and then kicked to this spot.

managed to recover one thin

through, everyone returned to the carriage. Carissa held out the pearl and

them, clutching them tightly in her palm. She kneeled in the carriage,

She felt

to suppressing her emotions, and she soon composed herself.

was so afraid it would be lost

signaled her maid to help her out of the carriage and thanked Carissa

in the carriage, her hair dripping wet. The droplets fell onto her face,

said, "Don't be too upset. This is the fate of many soldiers. Remember the many battles we fought at the Southern

the families left behind who suffer the most," Carissa replied, wiping her face with the back of her hand.

already deeply attached before their marriage," Violet

murmured. "So, she remains in the Marquis of Elderglen's family, holding onto their past home. She even adopted a son and named him Alexander, just as they had

Violet sighed,

Septimus really is

rescue is successful, he would return to find his wife married to