I Received The First Time Of My Extraordinary Superior (9 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 148

Just before Hillpin Fortress fell, the Arsenal Imperial Army allegedly intended to kill all their coalition prisoners. Anthony Warden objected to the claim that killing even a single enemy soldier would aid their own forces.

“Even using prisoners as pawns to deceive the enemy—I hope you gentlemen never give up on being more than that. For a brief moment, as coalition troops poured into Hillpin Fortress, the prisoners reportedly slaughtered every remaining imperial soldier inside. Amid the chaos, an Annes soldier wrapped the unconscious Ann—who had collapsed from illness—in his arms and escaped the fortress.”

“So the body….”

“Fortunately, a physician staying at the convent recognized the illness, and Ann has been slowly recovering.”

“What’s the physician’s name?”

“Dalsi—a rather well-known figure in the Kingdom of Annes.”

Could it really be coincidence? That Dalsi, the very physician who once treated Anthony, turned out to be Hail Wells’ mentor…?

Sydney swallowed hard without even realizing it.

“Then… did this Dalsi cure Anthony’s illness?”

“He improved somewhat, though the illness couldn’t be fully eradicated. Still, Dalsi’s new treatment proved quite effective.”

“…?”

“Jake Break—that’s Jake Black’s real name. He appeared alongside my father, Count Joheim.”

Deborah Joheim clenched her fist against her chest and tightly shut her eyes, overwhelmed by emotion. At the sight of her trembling eyelids and tightly pressed lips, Sydney’s vision went black and her heart seemed to plummet with a thud.

So that’s how you died, my brother. You could have lived—you could have come back alive…

Sydney slowly set down her teacup and asked,

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