Chapter 1130

By chance, Carissa was aware of Viola’s predicament.

Of all the unfortunate timing, she happened to be there.

Today, Carissa had been quietly monitoring the Garrison Unit’s patrols. Recently, there had been assessments for several tasks, and patrolling was one of them. Though the previous misconduct had been rectified, many merchants, seeing the patrols, still tried to flatter them by offering goods, much like before.

There had once been people assigned to watch over this, and though goods were confiscated, the effort had become lax. The patrols had grown more negligent, often stopping at coffeehouses to relax, a far cry from the discipline they were meant to uphold.

Carissa had hoped to catch a group of them in the act, to set an example and deter others. Unexpectedly, she stumbled upon this situation instead.

She had just been passing by Arcane Sanctum and had stopped in to ask for a cup of water. From behind the faint blue curtain in the back hall, she had witnessed the entire event

unfold.

At first, she had only heard Viola’s voice. Not wanting to run into her, Carissa decided to sit in the back hall. She thought Viola would simply buy her medicine and leave.

Viola was after Snowdrop Pills. When the shopkeeper told her they were out of stock,

moment, Silas arrived with a shipment of herbs. As if to make it clear that nothing was amiss between them, Viola greeted him. She even mentioned that she knew Arcane Sanctum kept a few Snowdrop Pills hidden away, and asked if he might do her a favor and sell her just

surprise, his blunt refusal only upset her

wife, Riley, had heard that her husband was bringing in medicinal herbs that day. So, she came with food for him and happened to witness the scene.

Riley’s outburst, Carissa learned

wasn’t supposed to know about the affair between Silas and Viola, but Riley loved her husband dearly. She knew he had once stayed at the Farrell family’s residence. But ever since Thomas‘ return, the cousins had

After several rounds of investigation and subtle

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but she realized that everyone had their own marriages now. She chose to keep the matter quiet, thinking it would do no good

she saw Silas and Viola conversing so publicly. Blinded by jealousy, she no longer cared

at the scene was astonishing. The patients and their families were so shocked that they didn’t even bother to gossip. They simply stood

her mind swirling. Life was truly unpredictable. Some things that one believed to

cast a shadow on Thomas‘ reputation. After leaving Arcane Sanctum, Carissa immediately dispatched Mabel to the Farrell family to inform

Alice with the title of a third- rank countess. For the past few days, Alice had been working diligently to arrange her son’s marriage. Now, there was some progress, and they only needed to ask Thomas for his opinion before

family’s lack of proper conduct and discipline. People would naturally

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