Chapter 334: Anemone Aroma
Warning: Please be advised that there are violent depictions in this chapter. You most likely know what’s going to happen if you read the last chapter, so I advise caution to those of you who dislike these sorts of things.
A suffocating silence fell over the underground prison. A crack had formed in even Jeremi’s expression.
Jeremi froze like a statue after receiving the whip from me. I could faintly feel an emotion from her. I don’t want to…I want to refuse……. To an assassin that would even commit suicide if ordered to by the person they serve, this showed how reluctant she was to do this.
I glared at Jeremi sharply.
“Carry out your order immediately, Captain.”
“I cannot possibly harm Your……”
“Do not be a fool. Do I have to go out of my way to give a direct order to a demon?!”
Jeremi flinched the moment I shouted at her. Half of Jeremi’s face was burnt, but her emotions were being put on full display right now.
“Less than half a month has passed since you recovered from your illness. I request this of Your Highness not as a captain, but as the court physician. Sixty lashings is much too severe. I am not advising this as your loyal vassal but as your pharmacist and doctor. Please, reconsider…….”