‘Mother. I am sorry, I can’t look after you.’Matilda felt her pain disappear.She knew this feeling well. The feeling of being numb after getting beaten too many times. She had felt this before, but this time it was different. It was because of the wound she had on her chest. She knew even if she survived, there would be no use. Her legs got crushed by the falling rocks. Even if she survived, a slaver would surely kill her. Because she had no use. Once more she yearned for death, and her wish was finally becoming reality. She wished to die when she saw her father getting beaten to death. She wished to die when the pregnant woman she knew died after she miscarried because she was beaten too much. She wished to die when that woman’s husband banged his head against the cage until his brains came out. She wished to die so many times, but there was something that carried her forward. Her mother. They came all the way together, even after her father’s death. She wished to take care of

“Really?”Matilda thought she heard wrong.“Of course, but if we delay the treatments it will take a lot more effort.”“Miss, can’t you cast the healing spell to cure it?”“Sadly, no. No one has that level of power. Maybe only the Saintess Wendy or Master Gerard can do it. The one that can certainly do it is the Lord.”“Oh.”The soldier seemed to understand what the woman talked about, but Matilda failed to understand her. Instead, she had several complicated feelings in her mind. These people seemed to not mind how dirty she was. But she felt inferior to this woman with clean attire. Also, they treated her and her mother very nicely.“Hm. If it is delayed it will be a big operation to fix this. But right now she is not a citizen of the Crimson Empire.”“You are thinking about an Elixir, Miss?”“That is the fastest way.”Matilda simply listened from the sideline, not knowing what an operation was. All she knew was this woman was hesitant because she was not from the Crimson Empire.‘

Alex floated toward the north using his magic. He wasn’t as weak as he once was when he passed through the Summer Palace city long ago. However, it was a lie to say that he wasn’t afraid. Their original battle plan was to separate their enemies by attacking the different parts of the Blood Baron Kingdom at the same time. Also, by using a portion of their units and the help of the Kingdom of Boria, they should have been able to delay the reinforcements from the other five kingdoms. Lady Helen was to show herself at the Dwarven mountain to create a distraction and intimidation. That wasn’t all. He was the one that took out the enemy scouts near the borders of the Crimson Empire with ease. Then he asked for the help of Lady Helen to take on the Wind Hold city to prevent any news from leaking to the rest of the city. He knew their enemies would realise the threat once the army was divided and Lady Helen fortified the Dwarven mountain. It all went as they planned, but he realised h

“Are you alright?”“Yes, Your Majesty.”Adam sat with the Empress, looking at the two girls playing on the beach.To him, knowing the truth didn’t hurt much. Rather, he felt relieved to know the truth. ‘Am I angry?’He couldn’t say no. He was angry. If he didn’t lose his father, things would have been much different for them. Maybe… Just Maybe… His mother could have survived. Of course, it would have changed many aspects of his life, including moving to the West Coast, but he wished his mother to be alive. However, knowing the Church of Light might be behind his father’s death didn’t sting as he thought it would. As for how he knew his father was dead; that was because of what he saw in the underground of the church. There were hundreds of dead bodies being held there, draining the liquids from the,He didn’t know what was the exact process, but he saw the so-called Life potion coming out of that facility. Besides, Helen confirmed this matter. ‘If not for Amy and Zafira, I would ha

“We should leave!” “Yes, Your Majesty.” Adam smiled, looking at the Empress. He wondered how many changes she made within the day to the castle. “I changed the 12th floor entirely. You should go and see.” “I will, Your Majesty.” He was sure it would be a combination of blue, shades of blue, and some gold, white and silver, and more shades of blue. There was nothing more to think, but he knew way better than to voice it out. ‘It is a good thing I have Mahisha to help her.’ He wouldn’t get any time to train his powers if he had to change the Abyss castle by himself. He sometimes felt the Empress was playing with the castle because it could be changed based on her simple thoughts. He didn’t care much at all. As long as she was happy with it. When she came here for the first time, she had a lot of complaints about the dull colours and the bad choice of material. In the end, he had no choice but to let her handle the decorations and colours as she pleased. “Not now. We have