The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

The Silent 248

Chapter 248

Chapter 248

"Ah, so that's how it is. Thank you for your generosity, Kane said, voice low but sincere. To be honest with you, without the medicinal herbs you delivered these past two days, we wouldn't have stabilized Caslig County this quickly. Just in one day. the death count's already dropped. We're finally carrying our fewer bodies."

Most of those who died had already been frail and elderly. If not for that, they might've lived

Eliza replied calmly. "As long as it helped. But credit doesn't belong to the herbs alone-your people already figured out the right treatment. Without that, no matter how good the herbs are, they wouldn't be much use."

Those who understood the truth-people like Kane-would naturally shift their attention to the source her medicine.

Eliza nodded. "I love planting herbs. I'm good at it, too. I have several medicinal fields in Hasen City. Now that this batch has been harvested, I'll be planting the next one as soon as I return."

She kept it vague-but both men were far too shrewd to miss the implication.

Tm reserving three batches, Nolan said without hesitation.

"Til take one, Kane chirned in, almost overlapping.

The moment Kane heard Nolan's words, he turned to glare at him. "You greedy little brat! We're in the middle of a crisis and you're still trying to fight me for it?"

"The next batch won't even be ready until all this is over," Nolan replied coolly. "Unless you're telling me you'll screw things up so badly you'll need more herbs again, the situation here should be resolved by then."

"You could at least leave me some soup and bones, Kane grumbled. Three whole batches? You gonna eat them for breakfast?

Tve got entire legions to support," Nolan answered dryly. "I have more injured and disabled soldiers under my care than

have guards in your entire province."

Nolan held command over hundreds of thousands of troops-and he never abandoned them, event when the fighting was over. Many of the wounded could still work if they had their limbs, but those who were crippled or bedridden for life: They couldn't survive

heard that Eliza's herbs had extraordinary healing potential, it was only natural

share.

a small, sly

"Fine," he said to Kane, just as the man was running out of flattering words to toss around. "Given Noganlul's current situation, I'll let

halfway offended. Now

caught his expression. "Oh, don't

have been stationed in plague zones for weeks. I imagine they've suffered more than a little. I'm just being generous. But if you'd rather not have the herbs, III

that!" Kane snapped. "Who said I

received the two discounted batches, Kane would realize just how much

visit wasn't about

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Chapter 218

arel Nolan began inspecting Calig County

outside the gates-which had shocked them when they arrived-was considered light, according

the peak of the outbreak, he explained grimly, "we were burning over a hundred corpses a day. The worst was the night

few thousand residents. Half of them

she took her flower crown and sprinkled it again with more

passed Nolan, he suddenly reached out and caught her wrist. "Wait... are

pulled her hand back and

her meditation mat, and began chanting for the

repeated the verses

more lives than anywhere else. She could

one, the dying closed their eyes and bowed their heads.

god. She