I Will Live for Your Death (20 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 209

“You have quite the sense of humor.”

Ilyd smiled faintly and lightly tapped his hand resting on the bed. In doing so, she failed to notice the fleeting look of disappointment that brushed across Rivel’s face.

It hadn’t been a joke at all—yet somehow, his liege seemed utterly insensitive in such matters.

“…I made a jest because you seemed frustrated.”

Why was he sulking? Though puzzled, Ilyd didn’t stop him from lying down right beside her.

Rivel was well aware that the committee’s progress had been slow.

Even for the so-called “Ashen Hawk,” tracking down those who had vanished entirely or concealed themselves beyond trace was no easy feat.

Ilyd let out a deep sigh, then sat up and pulled an envelope from the bedside drawer.

Inside lay Limres Rowen Melphiram’s testimony. Ever since Rivel had handed it to her, she’d taken it out whenever she felt stifled or uneasy, deliberately rereading it again and again.

“I look at it whenever I need to steady my heart or when I feel wavering.”

Rivel lay down beside Ilyd immediately, examining Limres’s handwriting alongside her.

Limres’s script revealed both graceful fluidity and sharp resolve—but perhaps due to the prolonged torture, numerous spelling errors and grammatical mistakes were scattered throughout. Even basic spelling had been botched in places.

“He was the kind of person who absolutely detested making errors like this.”

“Right. I used to get scolded for it all the time—‘Write properly according to grammar rules, don’t use broken sentences…’”

Bitterness seeped into Ilyd’s laughter. Then, as if suddenly remembering something, she hastily turned toward Rivel.

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