Chapter 99
But why was he doing this now? It was my business and Julius wasn’t even involved. Kaichen stepped forward and took care of everything in my absence. Why?
“So, I have to stay in bed until he cos back? Where did he go anyway?”
“Well… until yesterday there was a yellow layer in the sky but the Archmage removed it today.”
“Ah, the barrier….” As expected, Kaichen had put the barrier on the whole of Acrab. I vaguely rembered Antares running wild with anger. That was six days ago. If he had made and distributed the dicine to all of Acrab, it ant that Kaichen had done it continuously without a break for six days!
“Then what happened?”
“He disappeared after asking for a favour,” said Angel. “He said he would be back. He needed to take care of sothing.”
What did he need to take care of? I was about to try to get out of bed when Angel gave a warning look.
“Really, My Lady,” he said. “Please don’t be stubborn.”
“What? I was just…”
“You should tell us if you are suffering. Do you know how sorry everyone is?”
I wanted to protest and brush it off as a misunderstanding but I kept my mouth shut thinking that it would have taken Kaichen a lot of thought to lie on my behalf. He wasn’t normally like this. I was the one who should have been sorry. I felt nauseous so I laid down on the bed again. I felt like I had just woken up from a nightmare and everything had changed in the anti.
It was like a ga. I ca across a quest that was most difficult to overco. But I was able to pass it so easily because I had help from a powerful person. That person was Archmage Kaichen. I had overco the problem in Acrab and it was all thanks to Kaichen. Was this a good thing or a bad one? It was definitely good to see that everything was solved but it made feel uneasy.
Ah, why now? I can’t believe this is the situation after I just realized my feelings for him!
Angel kept nagging to rest and forbade from getting out of bed. He then left in peace. I did want to rest but so many things were circling in my mind. I had questions. I wanted to find out what had happened. I wanted to know every detail. But I was reluctant to go forward since Kaichen was involved in all this now.
What should I say if I et the citizens of Acrab right now? Should I apologize to them for hiding my own sickness? Should I apologize for abandoning them? My conscience was pierced by guilt and uncertainty.
“Ugh! What the hell? What’s wrong with you?” I chastised myself. Even if I was his disciple and he had made it official, it was still a bit excessive for to be thinking about him all the ti. My heart pounded and I realized I was smiling without aning to. I was happy. I was relieved and happy to find that he cared for . He worried about and did so much to take care of all my problems. The smile spread wider on my face and I blushed.
As I acknowledged this, I buried my face in the pillow and squeaked in delight. What is this? Is he interested in too?! No teacher cared for his disciple this much. A teacher wouldn’t get involved in matters relating to national importance just for a disciple! I realized that perhaps he had feelings for too and that made go red in the face even more.
I an what woman wouldn’t be wooed when the man she liked stood up for her ready to fight the empire itself if need be?
“Calm down,” I said to myself and took a deep breath. I laid down on the bed and placed my hands on my pounding heart. I felt the racing of my heart through my palm which gradually cald. My thoughts beca calr. I closed my eyes and thought about the situation at hand. One at a ti.
First, I was kidnapped by Antares and rescued safely. It was undoubtedly kaichen who rescued . I vaguely rember him calling my na. But maybe that was just my imagination.
Since the antidote was made and distributed throughout, it was also possible that the Momalhaut forces hiding in Acrab were found and dealt with. Antares was probably one of them.
Did Kaichen fight Antares? I should have asked for more details from Angel. Did he kill him? I brushed aside the grim thought for now.
Kaichen had received communication from the Imperial palace. It was highly likely that it hadn’t gone down well. He might have had to search for the Momalhaut as he maintained the barrier magic to prove that what was happening in Acrab wasn’t an epidemic but a preditated sche. Only then would the Imperial Palace agree to not send those knights. The fact that the knights were here yet slaughtering the people of Acrab ant that the Acrab disturbance had been dealt with.
What did he need to take care of? Did he an the Imperial Palace? Did he go there to take care of it? Even if he did, the Imperial Palace would want to check it for themselves before they made any kind of decision.
The current emperor of the Kalhai Empire was not stupid. However, his achievents paled in comparison to the previous emperor. The present emperor was indecisive and easily swept away. There must have been soone else! I realized that there was soone in the picture who convinced the emperor to give such a heinous order.
The villain of this novel…. A person who was involved in all this and was in league with the Momalhaut. Maybe soone close who could influence the emperor very easily. I frowned. A person ca to mind. I had dismissed that exact person as insignificant before. Maybe they weren’t as unimportant as I thought.
Princess Akshetra…
I had never considered that she might be the villain of this story because she didn’t have much of an appearance in the original novel. The Empress had been childless, so Akshetra, born from a concubine, had been declared an heir. The Crown princess. She had been eight years old when the Empress had finally given birth to Julius.
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