Chapter 44: Just the Two of Us (2)
“Haah, seriously.”
Laying Las down on the floor, Asella finally caught her breath.
They had found the cabin halfway up the mountain not long ago.
From the layer of dust covering all the magical tools inside, it seemed like it had once belonged to a reclusive mage.
“How did it come to this...”
She may have belonged to a weak faction, but she had still lived her life as the Emperor’s child.
Asella had gone her whole life without so much as dipping her hands in water.
Her whole body was filthy with dust. She had never felt this physically unpleasant in her entire life.
The feeling of mud squishing between her toes was the worst of all.
“This is your fault, Las.”
She resentfully smacked the chest of the still-unconscious Las.
...He didn’t react at all, like a corpse.