Chapter 14: Tell me Your Troubles
When night came, Ferdinand arrived to her room before Arabella could pretend to be asleep. She only managed to sit on the bed.
So he would not have any funny thoughts though, she yawned, lay down, and covered herself with the sheets to pretend she was too sleepy to notice him.
[She seems to be fine. But she was sobbing so much this morning. I thought she would tell me if I stayed with her for a bit but she didn’t. We just ate fruits instead. Why didn’t she tell me about her brother’s condition? Is she hiding her troubles and emotions from me? Ah, that’s right. She must still be scared of me. She even fed me a fruit earlier but she must not feel safe with me yet.]
Arabella raised a brow. She didn’t understand what Ferdinand meant. All the letters she received said her brother was fine.
Just like her previous life, Benjamin also had a congratulatory letter addressed to her. It was her brother’s handwriting so it couldn’t have been faked.
"I sent my mage, Alwin, to go and heal your brother so I’m sure he would be fine. You do not have to worry anymore," Ferdinand said, and Arabella stared at him, wide-eyed.
’My brother is not well yet?!’
Alwin was Ferdinand’s mage residing in the magic tower beside the palace. He was Ferdinand’s ace, the best mage in the continent, or probably, the entire world.
In her previous life, Ferdinand sent Alwin alone on a very dangerous mission and the latter never came back. It was concluded Alwin died and failed the mission. The magic tower became empty since then and Arabella used it as her hideout.