Chapter 92: Mana Depletion
Perhaps it wasn’t the best for Irene to witness what Stanley would do to her father, but she wanted to put on a brave face the same way Arthur had done for her so many times in the past. She was unaware that when the mage had worked on her injury, her father left the room because he couldn’t bear witnessing someone performing such a grim task on his daughter.
Even though watching him be put under a sleeping spell caused her insides to churn with worry, she trusted the mage because he had put her through the same thing.
There was a very real urge to cling to Leif for comfort as she might have if she were presenting herself as a girl. Having to hide behind men in fear was something she had grown into in the future she saw. In her present lifetime, it wasn’t until that moment that she felt the urge to rely on others so much, especially in the way of emotions.
She had a desire to be entirely impenetrable, but it was hard to keep herself together after witnessing her father act recklessly because he was terrified of her getting hurt. She began blaming herself yet again.
First, her grandmother was sick earlier than she was supposed to be. Now her father was gravely injured because of her since she wasn’t originally supposed to be part of the knights. He never would have been so careless if it weren’t for her.
The worst thing about life was that decisions were already made and there was no turning back time anymore. She didn’t know if she died in that life that she would have a third chance to right all of her wrongs.
Through the burdensome thoughts, she managed to keep a brave face.
They laid a towel underneath Arthur’s arm, and the maids began dumping water over the bloody mess and cleaning it up as best they could. At first, they hesitated, watching the knight for a response each time their normally soft—but at that moment incredibly rough—cloths went over his damaged appendage.
All the cleaning seemed to do was take away the blood and bit of dirt that was left over, but what was revealed didn’t offer a bit of relief to anyone in that room.