Don't Touch My Thorn (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 42

I arrived at the sacred spring. For such an important place, you’d think someone would be guarding it, but strangely, there was no one.

“This is why it’s so easily targeted for attacks, isn’t it? The security’s a mess.”

The sacred spring had been naturally formed since ancient times. Water endlessly seeping from the ground created a clear pool.

The moonlight reflected fully on the round, still water. Tomorrow, the full moon would completely fill the spring’s surface without a gap.

In Robero, it was considered sacred, and on important days, people would drink this water or wash their hands with it.

I gazed at it quietly.

The pool seemed shallow at times, yet it also looked endlessly deep, as if it had no bottom.

In novels, it was said that even if everyone at the festival took a sip, the spring never revealed its bottom or diminished in volume, so it must truly be a sacred spring.

“Is it still free of poison?”

I examined the spring from every angle. But no matter how closely I looked, it was just transparent water.

“I don’t know. It’s not like I can scoop some up and taste it now.”

If someone were to poison it, tonight—before the festival—would be the perfect time.

After some thought, I went and hid in a corner. I hugged my knees.

“If you’re coming, hurry up.”

Time passed slowly. My eyelids grew heavy. Burying my face in my knees and closing my eyes, sleep crept in.

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