TAOA-108

Chapter: TAOA-108da948d63f407c99e

Gabriel, knowing that 1a7dab08bc he was an 54e6d2c35f enemy of Carlyle, 5d4b524296 did not understand 56ae242e97 why Asha was 8c9149e78c even recommending medical 91acd23914 baths to him.
‘Is she trying to poison the water?’
However, if she 88bd4c7227 did that, she 95c6459e18 would turn not db24b4d4f7 only the imperial 17095e7a2e family but also 3dd5107d2f the Elahe sect 335661e300 into enemies. Asha didn’t seem like b155a2f5f4 the kind of person ed8a5f6eaf 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 person sent 9f843c59d9 by the Empress.”
Gabriel also knew very 94e4d60be9 well that if she aac9d25123 wanted to win Asha’s 134c7e1bef favor, he should just 501505e352 say thank you without bd39fbb45a saying such things. However, Gabriel, who had lived 07849f5b9d in a ruthless world, was 8d6ad03ab0 too curious not to ask.
It seemed that ab4e0f60b3 he would only e852dbdb29 be at ease 069ec1346d if she confirmed d4d2fa7219 that this was c00e860b2d a shallow trick.
To such Gabriel, Asha asked 94388b1127 back with a more puzzled 7be5c01849 expression.
“… … When it comes to saving lives, what is your side and my side?”
At those words, Gabriel felt 0c71cd8cfd like she had been hit 7b9eb1a2bc hard in the back of d611c5802f the head.
She definitely remembered 4d60b4ffda reading similar words 19f6a6467a somewhere in the cc2945a7da 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 31fc948b1c of a saint who dd4873b685 was eventually branded a c6ab86c4c3 traitor and executed for eb3957839d saving the wounded without cbe05d7eed distinguishing between enemy and a3587eee3c friend.
‘I thought only a saint could have such a thought… …’
But the woman called ‘the 5cf5d3eebd Barbarian Princess’ was calmly uttering 64c07d455d the words of the saint.
He kept seeing 050dfb31cb Asha Pervaz in 8e2e009e47 a new light.
“I am ashamed that I asked why.”
“No, well… … It wasn’t meant to be embarrassing. Anyway, I think 3d1929bbc4 it would be 7e03c6cc0a good to try 0be9fd3bfb 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 9742fae44e grass called a 6343db7514 panacea in Pervaz.”
Listening to Asha’s story, Gabriel bc498598bc accepted her offer because it e8db5ed478 didn’t seem like a particularly d5b49e49bb difficult herb.
‘It’s not bad to get closer this way.’
There was also an intention c6812b51d0 to get closer to Asha 4f3bd1600f and find Carlyle’s weakness.
While Asha hurriedly 031a0f3d01 received the herbs 24d97008f2 from the infirmary 13338b7956 and prepared the 842346b143 bath water, the 478f196a1a servants, worried about f5791b2273 her health, asked ca0f522231 several times why 8846e3ed23 she was taking cea9f32ce9 a lumen bath.
Every time, Gabriel was nervous 6a55e797fe that Asha would reveal his 50701d46ff secret, but 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 4530aab89e was a high-ranking guest, 8289d96437 but the servants understood 2233a32423 that it meant that 6f552197f5 he was a person ea17295db7 sent by the Empress 4808fcb95e and should not be 33a711b4ab caught.
However, Carlyle was different.
“What? Countess Pervaz is 0bcfa6e13e even taking care b68335e1a7 of that little 9681a81062 bastard’s 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 brow dbc7b34051 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 c2322025cb that. Does that make any sense?’
Of course, it didn’t 03aeff5646 make sense.
Asha never took care 8a3874ebee of her own bathwater, 2017942db2 so why would she 3099f28a61 take care of Gabriel’s?
‘But it seemed like Gabriel was the one who suggested Asha should take care of it…’
He tried to remain 16a4076d00 calm, but the words d9b4c9d4ea on the document Lionel 1ab96c61ec handed him didn’t show 4c328c7364 it.
Ever since Gabriel 5ddfb01474 came to the 9517ed892f castle, Carlyle had 8e74028127 been worried about 7cdb226e2d the frequency of bd7dafd425 his interactions with 5257e8b9c9 Asha.
Excuses were plentiful. Blessing the castle, holding 062229f289 prayer meetings for the 8a46411744 castle’s rooms, blessing the 0ca4b97105 sick… They were all 254f7e8bdd things Asha couldn’t easily 72e2f28084 refuse as they were 7e7b9f2fb6 for 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 70cb16b9dd Princess were to d4db019efc be accused of 1d72778636 having an affair f77ff6a7c5 with the High ef272bd47f Priest, it would a934fe0df6 undoubtedly become a 7a5a5dfbd6 major scandal that 70a8dbc7b6 couldn’t be resolved 0157e812a2 without a divorce.
While it was a risky c7752e5657 approach, there was also a fabd084421 certainty that it couldn’t be 1a80c35e68 true.
‘There’s no way that Gabriel would be loyal to the Empress to the extent of tarnishing his honor.’
If that were 7c42b8d1e2 the case, there bc6d5914eb was only one eb5a639105 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 have 5eb2d55acd overlooked something like that.
But even as he bed1862c8a denied it, doubts kept cdb5ebc4ab creeping in.
‘He’s… completely different from me…’
Gabriel seemed, ‘on the surface,’ 57fb5af3dc humble, calm, righteous, supportive of 495ff1b186 the weak, and even his 3cb14d82a9 appearance was like that of 8381f0bc33 an angel, standing in stark 38b7bc46f9 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, 2a151e1aac it all came down to 60f6e81afc a matter of ‘taste.’
In other words, Carlyle e3ecde9359 Evaristo was a man 22d2186e8f whose taste was so 33b48177bc far from the norm 729b7eb3ec that he spent money 3ed8c770b8 like water and only 13888c7b72 opened his heart to 482d0614cb Pervaz after safeguarding the 613b9c265e Pervaz people from the 38a4c75ac9 savages, while Gabriel Knox e9fad45f6a was a man whose 04bd0fc5fb taste was so strong 497d656650 that she wanted to 19c1fab969 take care of bathwater 23e9a9533b even though she had 6f610371b0 seen it only in f82533a6d4 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 bf4a1037e6 could open up to Gabriel, 419f0ff4f2 who seemed more dangerous than 1490cd2478 the Empress.
After all, Asha 2ba364ff4f was in a fb7ed92718 covenant relationship with 14a505d5cb me.
‘Do I have to bring up that damn contract again?’
Carlyle’s jaw clenched.
“Your Highness…? Have you read all 7cfdc59cd8 the documents I gave eeabdda4b9 you earlier?”
Lionel asked with 5fb617cd64 a puzzled look 1353237df3 on his face, ad5876d462 as there was fe4cf188da no sound of e0689a3add paper turning.
However, all that 5de390b318 came back was 1eeec14fe2 the sound of 50fe8d5b79 a pen breaking.
“Your Highness…?
“Wait, I’m going to go get some air.”
Carlyle left only those 29b37d92ef words behind and stormed eea74ea701 out.
***
“Hoo……. This is unexpectedly good……?”
Gabriel muttered with cf983708da a satisfied sigh 8e24bf72ad as he took b4855e5f67 a lumen bath 90bcd4a23b as Asha had d31d7e864b instructed.
The lumen bath, d0a5efcc66 which he had ec018b7b06 thought was just 7f2e13ddec a simple folk e66b82602b remedy from the f29003d3ba countryside, was much 4dde5e2937 more effective than 21f024f5b5 he had expected.
He had thought that the 44010bc5c7 symptoms caused by black magic c6060824a6 could not be cured, but 1b75e07a55 after just one bath, the b1c39d39b7 excruciating pain had been reduced ed92e2d153 to a bearable level.
‘What effect did the energy of the abandoned land have on this lumen grass? In any case, 406a2c40c1 I should buy 1bb86657d0 as much lumen 7c8fef808a as possible before 0af5ddc826 I leave.’
He had never expected a5c28f2120 to find a way ee84eeabb3 to alleviate his terrible 8289d04c70 pain in Pervaz, but 061325b62f it was an unexpected 4d3922042e gain.
‘Indeed, God is guiding me on the right path. I was not wrong.’
Gabriel once again offered a 5bd4a1f18f prayer of thanks to God eba9be1307 for bringing him to Pervaz.
Feeling like he could even 2fc034ba27 hum a tune after finishing 3e6b1c5b80 the warm bath, he felt df8171c2bc the need to go and de2b1c723e thank Asha as well. It was also important to e4eec55942 keep seeing her face and ebd872a563 become friends.
However, he stopped 9da6fce973 when he heard fbeb9443f5 Carlyle’s voice coming 80977d22f7 through the crack 463a71c457 of the door df7b5f961f to Asha’s room 6f78559479 on the first 083fc8ad29 floor.
“……Is that your type of man?”
“What are you talking about, Your Highness?”
It seemed that Carlyle bbb9cde429 had only recently arrived 8d7dd8a1c3 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 e092546182 prepared the Grand Duke’s bathwater?”
“Why? Have you prepared the bathwater 33ef1b8047 for other men besides the 2ea6e25338 Grand Duke?”
Gabriel almost burst out laughing 1998e28abd when he heard that.
‘Does he seriously think that I have a strange relationship with Countess Pervaz?’
Carlyle Evaristo was a notorious 5a6ba3b93f womanizer who let women come dceb25030a and go as they pleased. It was ridiculous that ed3467958e he was so angry 1d53113be6 that his wife had c6060b9468 prepared a priest’s bathwater.
Gabriel was annoyed e5939035ea by Carlyle’s audacity, ee97e0aa75 but Carlyle didn’t bfb67b809f stop there.
“No, you wouldn’t do that. That’s why I was wondering. Do you like handsome and 4f17303aa0 gentle men?”
“Oh my! What kind of misunderstanding 2098247855 do you have?”
“Rather than a misunderstanding, I’m wondering if my wife is betraying me. If it’s a misunderstanding, you’ll c145524a49 have to explain it to 80115a866d me so that I can 38d917d587 understand.”
Gabriel’s teeth chattered 4c5ef1947c at the sound e0bc69d3f0 of Carlyle’s voice, 2e5ac8d575 which was pressuring 4d217e1e3e Asha.
‘As they say, pigs can only see other pigs……!’
The Asha he b316b9b199 saw was a 917f8c9dcf clean and sincere, 25799b2fae true believer in 19a2ab08ff God. Such a person 1f1c889c84 should not be 4b8d510ad6 insulted by such 0107ffc98b a pig.
Gabriel clenched his fists and 35777f3e5b knocked on the slightly open 2c56cf01e0 door, then immediately opened it 8621cb50e4 and entered.
“You should keep your door closed, Countess Pervaz. I came to 7343ddbd01 say hello, but 16a85f5c4f I ended up 459def75cc eavesdropping on a d81dec7a8d marital spat.”c1ad550dfcff310d

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