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A few days had passed since the funeral.
Karyl stood in a temporary audience hall at the knights’ training ground, a little distance from the White Bunker, which was undergoing restoration. Before him stood two individuals.
“Sir Wingel Hart.”
“...”
“Sir Ganeth Avelant.”
“Yes.”
At Karyl’s call, Wingel remained silent, while Ganeth simply responded briefly and nodded. Their demeanor clearly indicated their respective attitudes toward Karyl.
“I understand your loyalty to the principality and that it was limited to Tuli,” Karyl began in a low voice. “But she is now dead, and the symbol of the principality, Revol, has fallen. However, what I said at her funeral was not a lie. The Wooden Cloud only sees the Lurein Principality as a tool. And Sir Ganeth has agreed to lend me his strength to protect this nation.”
“A traitor doesn’t deserve such words,” Ganeth argued. “I have betrayed my lord.”
“In exchange, you will be able to protect the hundreds of thousands of people in the principality.”
“I’m not sure. No results have come yet. For now, I’m merely paying the price for my betrayal.”
“I’ve already given you the antidote to that poison,” Karyl said, looking at Ganeth.
He was indeed a steadfast man. Even without the antidote, his mana was enough to suppress the poison. Yet, he allowed the poison to slowly eat away at his body.
“I made it with the ingredients I had. It looks just like the Obscura Herb, but its toxicity is ten times higher.”
On the day the Great Wall of Yoman fell, Lilliana made a pill using herbs...
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