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Chapter 235

Thave one more thing Tid like to trouble Your Highness with," Eliza said caludy.

Eliza nodded. "Alright"

That made Eliza chuckle. "You're agreeing before you've even heard what it is?"

Nolan raised a brow, his voice light but steady. "If it concerns you, then the answer is yes."

"What if I ask for something really difficult?" she teased.

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"There are very few things left in this work that I'd consider difficult," Nolan replied. "And even if it is one of them, I'll still do everything in my power to make it happen for you"

He spoke without the slightest hesitation, neither flippant nor dramatic, just... resolute.

Eliza's heart stirred. She pressed her palms together and bowed deeply, her tone just as sincere. "With such devotion, I will never betray a friend"

To her, Nolan's kindness-his friendship-was a debt she would repay with her life. If anyone deserved to be saved, it was him. She would cure him, no matter what it took.

At her solemn vow, Nolan offered a faint smile-handsome as ever-but if one looked closely, there was a flicker of sorrow buried deep in that smile. A kind of quiet ache... because she still called him friend.

He changed the subject quickly. "So, what was it you wanted to ask me?"

I'd like

та

find

teach me self-defense. A martial

"A martial

Eliza nodded. "I'd considered asking Tina, but she said the skills she learned were all for assassination-moves that have to be trained from childhood.

youth. But she was tired of always being the one protected. Even if she only learned a few basic techniques-paired with her poisons- it would still

martial arts, and yet you're looking so far afield? In Hasen City, if I claim to

already have so much

are rare. Rather than search endlessly, why not let me

to Saint Grace Nunnery." Eliza begat, clearly hesitant.

has been acting up again. I was planning to relocate temporarily to

illness, Eliza's hesitation vanished. "In that case, you should absolutely move over as soon aAS possible. That way I can recite scriptures for you daily-it'll

was this once Nolan moved in nearby, she could "accidentally lead them to discover the Bloodshade Blossom

mature yet, planting the idea of its

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it far easier to explain later especially when she eventually unveiled the hundred-year-old bloom she'd

tone and couldn't help but let

the topic once more "By the way, the King took advantage of the chaos today

gaze settled gently on her. "Do you

answered. "If he still wants to get Sophie out of the palace,

been waiting a long time

day, Gabriel stood at the

Eliza came out to meet him, he started without preamble, his voice solemn and low. "Eliza... I

immediate, and

standing beside

actually apologized?' he

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