Chapter 85

“Who?” Irene frowned. Neither she nor any of the employees had seen him recently.

“He was there.”

“What? Madam, are you feeling sick? I heard that people recover their energy for a while before they die. No! No way!” Laritte had to calm her down again.

“No, no. I’m fine. Hmm, I’ll go for a walk. I’m bored, so I want to breathe fresh air.”

“It’s snowing outside. It’s going to be very cold!”

“I’ve been upstairs all the time and the fireplace smells bad,” with that, she walked out. The landscape was covered in pure white snow. “It’s really cold.” Irene had hurriedly wrapped a shawl around her shoulders, but she was cold to the bone.

She took ten steps from the annex and looked around. There was nothing but clear footprints of her passing.

“Ian?”

Her breath turned into smoke as she spoke. The land was so quiet that it felt empty. It was winter, and due to the plague, no one was seen on the trails and in the training grounds. Leaving the annex behind, she hovered near the mansion.

Employees who were not affected were gathering under the torches to warm themselves. In fact, they weren’t very good either. Their family members or even those who were like family to them were being treated in the annex, so they took turns in nursing and guarding the place.

“We’re running out of food and herbs. We’ll have to go to a distant city and load up a wagon. Anyone volunteer?” It was time for the knights with the remaining energy to volunteer. One of them, who was helplessly eating bread, found Laritte through the window.

“Madam! You’re all right!” The knight opened the window with both hands. Holding back her cough and covering her mouth, Laritte stepped back.

“It seems I am fine now, but don’t come near me. I don’t even know if I am completely healed. But do you know where Ian is?”

“Captain? Has he returned from the Capital? If he were here, we wouldn’t have missed him……”

No one had seen Ian. Where the hell was

saw the wall Ian and Laritte had climbed the first day they came to the Duchy. She also saw the small stream running through the Duke’s land. There was no one, but she continued her search. In her arms, she held the dagger Seta

do I have to call you by your name? If that’s the case, you should

changed her mind. “Oh, I’m sorry. It’s the name given by your parents, but I said it wrongly. I forgot. If I had to excuse myself,

“Cough, cough!”

more she walked around the mansion, the more her cheeks froze in the cold air and became red.

“Iaaaaaaaaaan!”

pulled her shawl around her. She was becoming numb, it was difficult for her to walk any further.

Thud!

the snow. “Oh, cold,” the snow on her eyes and nose fell to the ground as

person in front of her, “…….You’re really hard

had no intention of appearing in

You’ve barely recovered, but you’re wandering around for so long!’ However, he couldn’t voice out his

his fault. He silently brushed off the

asked, “Ian, since when have you

“…..”

you the one who nursed

“…..”

looked like he didn’t want to talk

“Stupid.”

“…..”

a monotonous voice. “Have you found a

“…..”

I heard from the young

who started those rumors,’ thought Ian as he covered Laritte with his coat. Laritte stared into his eyes, which did not even meet her gaze once. She had a lot to say.

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