Chapter 252: The End of an Era
A letter came...
A letter came!?
Irene was woken up with a start, worrying that it was the half-open shutters that had been keeping her cool through the night. Perhaps a storm rolled in, and in her sleeping state, she imagined what she had heard.
However, she realized that her hearing about a letter was the truth. A messenger had come bringing letters to the Litharions. Her father was the most trusted noble outside of the war, after all.
The entire time the battle had raged on, he had been sending a constant stream of supplies to the front lines. Regardless of weather, regardless of danger, he ensured that they would never starve or freeze to death at the very least.
Even if he was forbidden from leaving his lands, it was the least he could do.
Irene stood up quickly, minding her leg as she did. She pulled on pants and a tunic. Even a belt and her sword were pulled onto herself. She then rushed to the basin where a mirror was as well as water and a brush.
It was so strange seeing herself as she was.
Her hair had grown out. She no longer wore a tight chemise but a supportive bodice underneath a boy’s tunic—proper undergarments of a woman in those days. It gave her a womanly figure rather than what she was used to. Despite all of her mother’s convincing her to try it out, she surprisingly found it more comfortable than the tight clothing she was used to.
She would allow herself to live in that comfort until she returned.
Then what would she do? Was she presenting herself as a teenage girl now?