The Silent 235

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

to teach me self-defense.

blinked. "A martial

asking Tina, but she said the skills she learned were all for assassination-moves that have to

tired of always being the one protected. Even if she only learned

far afield?

you already have so much on your

female instructors are rare. Rather than search endlessly, why not let me teach you myself? An hour a day would

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

off gently. "As it happens, my condition has been acting up again. I was planning

absolutely move over as soon aAS possible. That way I can recite scriptures for you

moved in nearby, she could "accidentally lead them to discover the

planting the idea of its existence early on

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explain later especially when she eventually unveiled the hundred-year-old bloom she'd been cultivating in

in her tone and couldn't help but let a

took advantage

gently on her. "Do you

wants to get Sophie out of the palace, then

been waiting a long

Gabriel stood at the gates of

Eliza came out to meet him, he started without preamble,

immediate, and delivered with

standing beside

apologized?' he

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