Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry 750

Chapter 750

Once they were outside, Ivy stopped hiding the truth from Carmen.

“I have to be honest with you now. If your mom had received treatment just a month earlier, her condition wouldn’t have deteriorated this far. You should spend some time with her. Her days are numbered.”

Carmen felt her mind go blank. If she had any doubts about Violet’s words earlier, they vanished completely now,

Melanie had been in the dungeon and had received medicine, but it clearly wasn’t meant to treat her illness. The household physicians in Harmony Palace were skilled. If they had truly intended to help her, she would have shown signs of improvement.

But why? Why did Celeste do this?

Carmen stared blankly at the prescription and the banknote as tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

Ivy was accustomed to the sorrows of the world, and she could only offer a gentle reminder. “Life is full of helplessness. You must learn to be strong.”

Violet was about to leave after Ivy left on her donkey, but seeing Carmen in such distress made her hesitate. She pulled Carmen back into the cabin. “No matter what, your mom still needs you to take care of her.”

Carmen tossed the banknote and prescription to the ground, then turned and rushed into the room. She knelt beside Melanie’s bed, and desperation laced her voice as she cried out, “Mom, please tell me why did she have to do this?”

taken aback before she understood Carmen’s question. After a long silence, she

out. I wanted you to stay away from her so you could understand. Before that happened, she was

we could rescue

to the

understand

knew why Celeste had acted this way–the pain in her

long time, and her tears

Carmen. She

together Carmen’s

ask, “Carmen, when you

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really might many the prince as a concubine? Since she couldn’t stop that from happening the resorted to harming your mom. That way, you wouldn’t have to follow Eleanor’s orders, wouldn’t have an excuse to get close to us, and wouldn’t become the prince’s concubine

as

shivered, disbelied flickering across her face she looked at Violet. She quickly shook her

it’s not like

heart sank at the observed her mom’s reaction. A cold dread washed over

knew. Violet was

as Carmen