The Silent 244

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."

nodded. “Looks like Kane really has an iron grip

requisitioning. In other cities, merchants would be raising prices through the roof

to where he is by playing nice," Nolan said. "The man carved out his

ran Noganlul

Eliza murmured. It might be a ruthless approach, but in a crisis like this,

our arrival, Nolan

through it while

we can do whatever we want. Hold the prayer ritual whenever, however-

an eyebrow.

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

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them up and saw that they were only three thousand strong,

1000

she didn't know way even if Nolan had only brought a thousand, it wouldve been

dominion.

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

widely circulated-too humiliating for the enemy to publicize-and Nolan himself didn't care for boasting. Few

wasn't just

Nolan's attitude. The three thousand Black Flags weren't just troops-they were a

loud and clear, Kane had handed over the command center without a second

explained all this

ritual however I want... just

look, half-exasperated, half-amused. “You make it sound like

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

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