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Chapter 244

"Elira." Nolan found himself sohly calling her name.

Still half-asleep. Eliza answered with a muffled, "Mm" Then, blinking in confusion, the asked. "What did you say just now?

Nolan quickly coughed into his fist, dodging the truth. "Nothing Just asking if you're hungry-want to get up and eat something?

sure." Ehra repbed; nodding instinctively. But her foggy mind inll lingered on that voice in her dreams. She could've or Nolan had just called her name-and only her

name.

Before she could puzzle it out, Nolan had already brought over a bell of straming oatmeal

"Mmm! Smells amazing she murmured, as the aroma wafted over, making her stomach growl audibly

Nolan chuckled when he heard it. "Then get up and eat. After that, you can wash up"

He held the bowl out to her, suppressing the instinct to feed her himself.

Her checks instantly flushed. She turned her head sharply toward Nolan, only to find the man had already slipped our and closed the door behind him.

The awkwardness vanished as quickly as it came. She let out a quiet sigh of relief, changed into fresh clothes, and polished off the delicious oatmeal in a matter of minutes.

Just as she stood, she noticed a basin of warm water by the table, with a clean towel neatly folded beside it. The unexpected thoughtfulness made ber blink

"How's the situation outside Eliza asked, walking into the courtyard and sitting down across from Nolan, who was reviewing the updated patient registry from various parts of Noganlul.

"The number of infected has spiked in the past few days," Nolan replied. "But fortunately, Kane was decisive early on. As soon as the outbreak began, he mobilized Noganlul's entire supply of herbs and centralized them for dispatch."

really has an iron

to pull off such large-scale requisitioning. In other cities, merchants would be raising prices through the

to where he is by playing nice," Nolan said. "The man carved out his position with blood and fire. If you oppose him, you either leave Noganlul-or get buried

ran Noganlul like a private

ruthless approach, but in a crisis like this,

our arrival,

list and skimmed through it while asking. "So

prayer ritual whenever, however- as long as we don't

an

let out a laugh. "If I'd marched in with ten thousand Black Flag soldiers,

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abouncing agreeable-Kane had simply sized them up and saw that they were only three thousand strong, not enough to shake

1000

had only brought a thousand, it wouldve

dominion.

was under siege, Nolan had led a mere thousand newly trained Black Flags and stormed deep into enemy territory. The

story had never been widely circulated-too humiliating for the enemy to publicize-and Nolan himself didn't care

wasn't just the number of soldiers Nolan

was Nolan's attitude. The three thousand Black Flags weren't just

received that message loud and clear, Kane had handed over the command center without a

this to Eliza,

however I want...

make it sound like you don't

realized what he meant. "Wait-you're still

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