Chapter 354

Chapter 354

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Chapter 354

"Yuder, sir. This morning, someone finally showed signs of consciousness!"

Lusan whispered excitedly, taking a sharp breath.

"When I was feeding her, she asked where she was. I told her it's a safe place and that I was a priest of the Sun God, and she cried, shedding tears. I calmed her down with a touch of divine power, fearing she might collapse. She's sleeping now, but she will wake up soon."

In the spacious room, people who had recovered tremendously compared to before were seated. Though they still appeared dazed, they no longer screamed strange noises or scratched the walls. Considering that only a few days had passed, it was a remarkable achievement.

"Yuder, you're here?"

"Where's the person who showed consciousness?"

"Over there."

Emun and Finn, who had been assisting Lusan, came over and greeted him. The bed where the person who had regained consciousness lay was in another connected room. Yuder looked down at the face of a woman with long ash-colored hair, which was curled and strewn about. In the western region, where many people had vivid and dark hair, her hair color and facial features felt foreign.

"I'll wake her."

Lusan, with a tense face, gently shook the woman's shoulder, and soon after, she quietly opened her eyes. Seeing Lusan, Emun, and Finn, she seemed slightly relieved, but her face turned pale with tension at the sight of Yuder, a stranger.

"Who, who are you?"

"Don't worry. You can relax. He's a colleague, working with us to help you."

The woman finally caught her breath after Lusan softly consoled her a few times. Yuder silently observed her, evaluating her condition.

'She seems to be fully aware of the situation. Communication is possible too.'

Lusan turned his head with an emotional look, as if asking for Yuder's agreement. Yuder nodded and pulled a chair to sit. Since his expression was naturally stiff, and looking down while standing might be intimidating, he needed to make the atmosphere as gentle as possible.

"Do you remember your name?"

"I, name. I, I. No, I, am."

The woman stuttered for a while, unable to form proper sentences, but as no one hurried or pressed her, her state gradually improved.

"My, my name is... Marty."

"Do you remember anything else? Like your age or hometown."

"Age. Age... Twenty... two. Hometown is, Messaria."

Messaria was a border region of Nelarn, adjacent to the Great Sarain Forest, as Yuder knew.

'So she's not a citizen of the Empire.'

After stating her name, age, and hometown, Marty's eyes began to clear. As she started to understand the situation a bit more, she looked around and asked fearfully.

"But where exactly is this place? It doesn't look like a temple."

"This is Tainu. You were found wandering around here. What do you remember about previous events?" Discover new chapters at novelbin(.)com

During that time, the Cavalry appeared, and a gigantic monster that almost endangered the whole Great Sarain Forest revealed itself. Thankfully, the incident ended without any sacrifice, but only later did the villagers realize that the monster was slain by the Cavalry. Now that their village was exposed to the Cavalry, they could no longer stay there.

"At that time, strangers appeared. Among them, the village Awakeners followed a man with a horrendous scar on one side of his face with fear. He said he came to assist with the last decision related to the village relocation."

From the mere description, there was no doubt that the man was Nahan.

"After that man appeared, the Awakeners who disliked the non-Awakeners became more assertive. But that man surprisingly said it would be best to first take even people like me to the temporary shelter. I thought he was... contrary to the rumors, quite kind. Stupidly enough."

"What happened?"

"After living in the forest for a long time, everyone was overwhelmed when they came to the temporary shelter full of people. Some were hiding, but others went outside and met other people. That man observed this for a few days, and then..."

Marty, who was speaking, bit her lip tightly.

"Someone among the non-Awakeners leaked information outside."

Of course, if it really happened, it would have been a grave mistake, but the non-Awakeners initially knew little about the village Awakeners. Protesting how they could possibly leak anything was futile; Nahan and those aligned with him would not listen.

They carried Nahan on their backs and acted as if they were finally doing what they should have been doing all along. The non-Awakeners could not stop the power of the Awakeners. Those who strongly resisted were made an example of and were either grievously wounded or killed.

And then everything ended.

"..."

"I begged several times that only those who committed the wrong should be punished, but it was in vain. All of this was a testing period, and all the village's Awakeners agreed, they said. I couldn't believe it, so I asked to see my lover, but even that was denied."

"...Your lover?"

Emun, who had been listening quietly, asked with a furrowed face.

"The man I said I met in the village earlier and grew fond of, he's my lover. I thought he wouldn't agree to such a thing, but now... I don't know."

Yuder then understood the burning look of anger and despair in her eyes.

'She feels betrayed.'

"Whether you send me back to Nelarn or imprison me in the Empire's dungeon, I don't care now. But I can never forgive them."

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