Chapter 205: Persistance
In front of the others, Irene always tried to make a point of listening to what her knight was telling her. She wanted them to wholeheartedly believe in whatever he ordered the same way that she did.
Considering he was the highest ranked it was important for everyone to trust his guidance.
However, as he told the three apprentices that they needed to go find the mages, Irene couldn’t help having a moment of pause as she stared up at the knight in shock.
"Forgive me, sir, but why?" she wondered. "We will be better off here protecting the Duke’s Tower. What if another wave of monsters appears like it did before? I trust your abilities but you will be even more outnumbered."
However, as Sir Gunnar looked down at his apprentice and saw the black on the side of her mouth, he frowned. Sir Sven told him what he did when Irene was seemingly choking to death on what the black smoke had done to her. He didn’t want her there anymore. Each time the poison was in front of her, it seemed her response was getting worse.
The girl still coughed every so often, and he was worried about her having to face the poison anymore than she already had. How awful it was that she had been the first to be infected with it in the first place.
"I don’t believe this is something we can handle on our own," he persisted. "This poison and these monsters are unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. I will write a letter to Stanley begging him to return, but the three of you must find him and the other mages first. I don’t care how long it takes."
Felix stepped forward, holding the same sentiments as Irene. He didn’t want to be away from the tower because he wanted to be the person who was in charge of each and every goblin’s demise. It was the least he could do for Agnes.
"We need as many eyes as possible on this place, Sir Gunnar," Felix explained. "I would hate to return to bodies because we weren’t here to aid in the efforts we have dedicated ourselves to taking on."