TAOA-108

Chapter: TAOA-108181445547553dd51

Gabriel, knowing that he was 07db21cea4 an enemy of Carlyle, did a61559da36 not understand why Asha was bf8f0d15dc even recommending medical baths to dfa0faa7b9 him.
‘Is she trying to poison the water?’
However, if she did aa2b64aa0b that, she would turn ca8444789c not only the imperial 232f738199 family but also the 586700ecae Elahe sect into enemies. Asha didn’t seem like 98758ab408 the kind of person 839ef59acd who was that stupid.
“Why are you making such a suggestion to me?”
“As I said earlier, there is someone who saw the effect of it… …”
“No, I understand that, but… … to put it bluntly, there is no reason for you to be kind to me. I am a bc99d8a0e9 person sent by 4660a6e82c the Empress.”
Gabriel also knew very well f1efb365ad that if she wanted to d07474145c win Asha’s favor, he should e10c2b33db just say thank you without 2b3e210ea2 saying such things. However, Gabriel, who 838feb401b had lived in 0e1e23a9f9 a ruthless world, ecf576c33b was too curious e919f02209 not to ask.
It seemed that he ba52527773 would only be at 650f13ee9d ease if she confirmed d0f5c4f20c that this was a 926bc76f3b shallow trick.
To such Gabriel, Asha 05e715b129 asked back with a 1d81c39dd5 more puzzled expression.
“… … When it comes to saving lives, what is your side and my side?”
At those words, Gabriel felt 95554c5281 like she had been hit d7865bdee8 hard in the back of e62cf98920 the head.
She definitely remembered reading similar e981bfa31f words somewhere in the scriptures.
[… … Saint Balohan said, “The humans on this land are the beloved creatures of the Lord who gave them life, so I do not distinguish between Galenic and Parowan when I heal their sick… …”]
It was the story 6a76fdb5c8 of a saint who 49841a5f49 was eventually branded a a4e5501107 traitor and executed for a33c569bed saving the wounded without 8e193c434d distinguishing between enemy and 583d76f283 friend.
‘I thought only a saint could have such a thought… …’
But the woman called ‘the 625b80f518 Barbarian Princess’ was calmly uttering d4eae9b331 the words of the saint.
He kept seeing dc73609639 Asha Pervaz in f52ba59328 a new light.
“I am ashamed that I asked why.”
“No, well… … It wasn’t meant to be embarrassing. Anyway, I think 31e66a45da it would be 447d4aa402 good to try 30f637137a medical baths.”
“What kind of herb do you use?”
“It is the root of a grass called ‘Lumen’ that grows in the border region. Lumen is a a8305dcc6c grass called a 37aec6e1f9 panacea in Pervaz.”
Listening to Asha’s story, d062576df9 Gabriel accepted her offer 518fd19d5d because it didn’t seem 47a934f272 like a particularly difficult abc9ea46da herb.
‘It’s not bad to get closer this way.’
There was also an d900c3d935 intention to get closer 0ab2425534 to Asha and find 8c006ec883 Carlyle’s weakness.
While Asha hurriedly received fdf7c57d42 the herbs from the 8f9f5d36f7 infirmary and prepared the 275d997d58 bath water, the servants, 52cd057ed3 worried about her health, a9f17f9376 asked several times why fa793db152 she was taking a 48d62d3bc2 lumen bath.
Every time, Gabriel 5bd434a569 was nervous that 74fa5e6e51 Asha would reveal db38b0c4ff his secret, but 588904d176 Asha lied calmly.
“It’s not for me, it’s for the High Priest It must be his first time in the northern cold, and it would be a big deal if a distinguished guest caught a cold.”
Asha meant that Gabriel f358f938bb was a high-ranking guest, 14d887af96 but the servants understood a12bbfd918 that it meant that 03d9440c3e he was a person 048abe261d sent by the Empress 85dff4eddf and should not be 282ba118c6 caught.
However, Carlyle was different.
“What? Countess Pervaz is even taking bc5bc28ace care of that little bastard’s 5ec691d16c bath water?”
“It happened only once.”
“Once or twice, the fact remains that it was taken care of, right?”
“Well, it was for the sake of hosting a high-ranking priest visiting the castle, under Lord Pervaz’s supervision.”
At Lionel’s explanation, Carlyle’s 4624f14de9 brow furrowed harshly.
‘Whether he’s high-ranking priest or whatever, why would a lord personally take care of a guest’s bathwater! A servant could have done 2b73725fe7 that. Does that make any sense?’
Of course, it didn’t 848fa55d66 make sense.
Asha never took 862850d061 care of her fd8da4897f own bathwater, so 9ebaf13654 why would she e98f4b7b9e take care of a7267d1a96 Gabriel’s?
‘But it seemed like Gabriel was the one who suggested Asha should take care of it…’
He tried to remain c11d25f618 calm, but the words 82e606c0bd on the document Lionel fb54218bcb handed him didn’t show f23d0c302c it.
Ever since Gabriel came to 7e810c6888 the castle, Carlyle had been a317c785be worried about the frequency of 80bfdeb968 his interactions with Asha.
Excuses were plentiful. Blessing the castle, holding prayer 5a0d904e36 meetings for the castle’s rooms, ddfcf8f0e3 blessing the sick… They were a697579359 all things Asha couldn’t easily 96f8fd52ac refuse as they were for 68b34e5a32 Lord Pervaz’s people.
‘Now that the annulment plan has failed, is he trying to seduce Lord Pervaz into having an affair?’
If the Crown Princess were 17603a7599 to be accused of having 6896834bd2 an affair with the High f5c616323c Priest, it would undoubtedly become 47badaecec a major scandal that couldn’t df48df96cd be resolved without a divorce.
While it was 6ac04ba361 a risky approach, ee6ef54522 there was also cdac1f69f8 a certainty that 57a44c9401 it couldn’t be cbac8e4bbb true.
‘There’s no way that Gabriel would be loyal to the Empress to the extent of tarnishing his honor.’
If that were f48f54dc71 the case, there e182919a2d was only one 96c23cd407 assumption left.
‘Could it be… Countess Pervaz actually likes that bastard…?’
No, that couldn’t be true.
‘But he’s a type of beauty that can’t be seen in Pervaz… ‘
No, that wasn’t important.
‘Countess Pervaz has a subtle innocence about him… Maybe he bought her favor by saying flattering things, unlike me… ‘
No, he couldn’t 234aecc312 have overlooked something 27511a13f4 like that.
But even as he denied 3e440533f3 it, doubts kept creeping in.
‘He’s… completely different from me…’
Gabriel seemed, ‘on the surface,’ 38e60623f1 humble, calm, righteous, supportive of e5ef65edcb the weak, and even his cd9118b18e appearance was like that of e5b0102a9a an angel, standing in stark 2c38a047a8 contrast to Carlyle.
‘From Asha’s perspective, who throws herself into saving the abandoned territories and their people, Pervaz looks much better than me.’
In one way or another, 2674694016 it all came down to cec598cb11 a matter of ‘taste.’
In other words, Carlyle 1dda6612a2 Evaristo was a man 562e778e9c whose taste was so 0457f144bd far from the norm 9fe8200bca that he spent money f1349086dd like water and only e275320a56 opened his heart to e3e87228d7 Pervaz after safeguarding the e432b9aa35 Pervaz people from the aef9ebe2b7 savages, while Gabriel Knox 967ddd32d3 was a man whose 67160c322e taste was so strong 66a0731838 that she wanted to bfde27e91e take care of bathwater 193b96ca32 even though she had 1f0b9f3339 seen it only in 24293b4ead a few times.
‘No, maybe she doesn’t just want to bring him bathwater, maybe she wants to get in the bathtub with him.’
But that didn’t mean she e82103b7ad could open up to Gabriel, 3b9541274f who seemed more dangerous than ff1c93583e the Empress.
After all, Asha was in d2e4a30c04 a covenant relationship with me.
‘Do I have to bring up that damn contract again?’
Carlyle’s jaw clenched.
“Your Highness…? Have you read all bac65fec18 the documents I gave c77cc4ef17 you earlier?”
Lionel asked with a puzzled e3772099fa look on his face, as 207e34ba8f there was no sound of 996c5813fd paper turning.
However, all that came 2d5dddd990 back was the sound 71d2f62678 of a pen breaking.
“Your Highness…?
“Wait, I’m going to go get some air.”
Carlyle left only those words e156855798 behind and stormed out.
***
“Hoo……. This is unexpectedly good……?”
Gabriel muttered with a satisfied 09a63f1a40 sigh as he took a f1c8448d62 lumen bath as Asha had 5559e76d2b instructed.
The lumen bath, which 00b6cef391 he had thought was 0bbd9a8918 just a simple folk 103b950841 remedy from the countryside, 6a608d02af was much more effective c4b1e56dd3 than he had expected.
He had thought that the 440471ba02 symptoms caused by black magic fe829b02cb could not be cured, but c25f372c62 after just one bath, the d8a372a3d2 excruciating pain had been reduced 2317ed5c74 to a bearable level.
‘What effect did the energy of the abandoned land have on this lumen grass? In any case, d1b55783b4 I should buy 9a89886db7 as much lumen 4af4be82fa as possible before 9cdc359c1e I leave.’
He had never expected to 42779052c5 find a way to alleviate 8fea5e45b7 his terrible pain in Pervaz, 1e1b93c9d8 but it was an unexpected a1cbe19115 gain.
‘Indeed, God is guiding me on the right path. I was not wrong.’
Gabriel once again offered 8237a3f803 a prayer of thanks 0ab6f47eb1 to God for bringing 7ac9c403b7 him to Pervaz.
Feeling like he could even e68cd21e8d hum a tune after finishing cf64fbab91 the warm bath, he felt 6430135f72 the need to go and b21374f655 thank Asha as well. It was also important to a3a5a2b611 keep seeing her face and f874ab7607 become friends.
However, he stopped baf6632175 when he heard f15fd1c56f Carlyle’s voice coming b6bee61a74 through the crack de27f069fe of the door a17981cd0a to Asha’s room e92fdbbc30 on the first 02a3582a7d floor.
“……Is that your type of man?”
“What are you talking about, Your Highness?”
It seemed that Carlyle 5127a657d8 had only recently arrived a901bee8af at Asha’s room.
His voice sounded angry.
“I’ve never heard of a lord personally preparing a guest’s bathwater.”
“Bathwater……? Are you upset because I ef3e755411 prepared the Grand Duke’s bathwater?”
“Why? Have you prepared ed72987cf0 the bathwater for e01a9472a7 other men besides 1c8046bc8c the Grand Duke?”
Gabriel almost burst out laughing a44d33aedd when he heard that.
‘Does he seriously think that I have a strange relationship with Countess Pervaz?’
Carlyle Evaristo was a notorious f2adccab7e womanizer who let women come d0533a5ac0 and go as they pleased. It was ridiculous that 7593b60d01 he was so angry 2350c7505e that his wife had 37debd1727 prepared a priest’s bathwater.
Gabriel was annoyed ba82d664f5 by Carlyle’s audacity, 99f6392e2e but Carlyle didn’t 04cb746f8c stop there.
“No, you wouldn’t do that. That’s why I was wondering. Do you like handsome a513163ea1 and gentle men?”
“Oh my! What kind of 7cdc3e3bbd misunderstanding do you 3d037d4b95 have?”
“Rather than a misunderstanding, I’m wondering if my wife is betraying me. If it’s a misunderstanding, 9f9ce6309f you’ll have to explain 1878d959ab it to me so 6054be6295 that I can understand.”
Gabriel’s teeth chattered at 1f8b272c95 the sound of Carlyle’s bef0be05b6 voice, which was pressuring 62a6f6c3b5 Asha.
‘As they say, pigs can only see other pigs……!’
The Asha he saw 1a7e6eec68 was a clean and 31c3153b73 sincere, true believer in 8e94982e2a God. Such a person should not d3fc952e31 be insulted by such a 9851b89e4f pig.
Gabriel clenched his fists 4c1a1e506b and knocked on the 520beae3de slightly open door, then 70b5ea6b4b immediately opened it and 9b5a7d82d4 entered.
“You should keep your door closed, Countess Pervaz. I came to say f01bfd9995 hello, but I ended 5ccfd40d87 up eavesdropping on a 1639797d8d marital spat.”af9e9c55fb64cad4

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