NOVEL NEXT Chapter 147.2
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“Are you satisfied now?”
Calix lazily smoothed the bedsheet. It was the very spot where he had often watched his sleeping wife. If he had came to see her last night, if he had stayed by her side, perhaps today would not have turned out the way it did.
“Are you happy and content?”
By annihilating Chartus, he had severed all ties that Asella could hold onto. He did it deliberately so that there would be nothing left for her, so that she would have no choice but to lean on him. Thus, he would have her completely to himself.
He had thought it was just a matter of holding onto a thread.
“You have succeeded in deceiving me and escaping.”
It was just the day before yesterday in this very bedroom. After shedding tears and pleading for help, she fell asleep in his embrace. It was probably due to exhaustion and fatigue, but her defenseless state made him…
Calix refused to entertain any further thoughts. He clenched his fist so tightly that the knuckles turned pale.
There was no other reason for this overwhelming emotion that was consuming him. It was simply anger towards the woman who bore Benvito’s name and was trying to escape without fulfilling her obligations to him. Calix kept reminding himself of this over and over again.
Soft, sentimental emotions that were easily chattered about in the world were of a kind that he could never acknowledge.
“But that’s as far as it goes.”
Finding Asella was only a matter of time anyway.
Although Mariel Loctrin had awakened her power, it was still a recent development. He was certain that she couldn’t perform teleportation magic. As evidence, traces of the magic they had used continued to be discovered.
Even if they had managed to escape far, they would still be within the borders of the duchy.
“So, enjoy yourself while you can.”
Calix raised his hunched figure. After taking a quick look around the room, he took steady steps.
“Until you return.”
Once he found and brought her back, this room would never be empty again.
He wouldn’t make the same mistake twice.
*
Asella and Meriel had to walk a long way after escaping the castle. Now, with Mariel’s magic just awakening, it had its limitations. At most, she could only move about a hundred bows’ worth of distance.
Fortunately, they managed to reach the bustling town and catch an early morning carriage heading to another city.
“One silver coin per person,” the coachman said.
He blatantly scanned Asella from top to bottom. Although she was dressed in simple attire for the outing, it was still a high-quality garment from the grand duchess’s dressing room. Even the fabric itself was different.
“But it doesn’t seem like you’re the type who would usually ride in a coach like this…”
Asella pressed down the hat she had put on Mariel’s head and subtly turned her head. She doubted the coachman would recognize her face, but it was a precautionary measure.
“Do you happen to be a member of a noble family-,,”
“Just take it.”
Asella placed a gold coin on the coachman’s palm. As soon as he saw the sparkling object in his hand, he promptly jumped down from the coachman’s seat. He opened the carriage door, folded his arms neatly in half at the waist, and shouted, “Please have a comfortable journey!”
“Please hurry as much as possible.”
“Yes!”
Things went more smoothly after they boarded the carriage. They traveled from city to city and then to the next city. Whenever Mariel’s magical power was replenished, she would use her magic, and they would move again.
However, luck was not on their side for long.
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