Chapter 110: Behind Regret
0% The world is unpredictable. Sometimes, opportunity finds you when you least expect it.
Carnail, the knight once assigned to the Imperial Mausoleum and long forgotten by history, had resigned from her post with a light heart. There wasn’t much to pass on to her successor. The job itself was essentially one where you waited day after day to finally be released from duty.
Finally, I’m free. I can finally do real knightly work.
Whether one was forced out under pressure or stormed out in disgust, it made little difference in the end. Who in their right mind would take the time to prepare a proper handover for this post?
In reality, most people spent that time writing their resignation letters or trying to curry favor with the occasional high-ranking official who came to pay respects at the mausoleum. Nobody cared about the poor soul who’d be sent here next.
Of course, if something went wrong at the mausoleum and it was traced back to her successor, the blame might still land on her shoulders. So she had no plans to completely wash her hands of it,just enough to dodge responsibility. She had no intention of explaining everything, just like her predecessor hadn’t explained anything to her.
Not a chance. No way. Absolutely not.
Her unlucky successor would already know what kind of job this was. The mausoleum knight position had always been about grit and sheer willpower. But that was no longer her concern.
Her Highness Ardein hasn’t forgotten me...
When she received a handwritten letter from Ardein, followed the very next day by an official summons from the Imperial Court, Carnail was genuinely moved. She had forgotten her lord, but her lord had not forgotten her.
A lord abandoning their subordinate and a subordinate abandoning their lord,both were acts of betrayal, but if asked which was worse, everyone would answer the latter.