Love Me Just Once (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 143

“We should arrive in two days.”

Penrel, standing at the front and surveying the route, spoke. Idren took the telescope from him and looked toward the spot the knight indicated. The gray walls surrounding Edegroon appeared faintly in the distance—too small to discern details, only large enough to confirm their existence.

“The weather isn’t good. It looks like snow is coming soon.”

“We’ll be fine until we reach the fortress.”

At their current marching pace, that did seem likely. Idren handed the telescope back to the knight and dismounted. In any case, the sun would set soon, making it impossible to continue marching.

Walking alongside Penrel, who had also dismounted following him, he asked,

“How long has it been since the messenger reached Edegroon Fortress?”

“At least four days, I’d say.”

A bad feeling settled in his gut. Handing his reins to a nearby soldier, Idren wondered how long Sigrasil Fortress could hold out if a siege began.

Though it was true the fortress was built specifically for defense and Lisana, who knew it well, was inside, he remained uneasy about the small number of troops left in the capital. He had left Hazelle’s second legion behind, but the longer the standoff lasted, the more disadvantageous the defense would become.

As he walked toward his tent, Idren said,

“We should have killed that messenger.”

On the night Prince Hathor’s head was taken, one of the soldiers had deserted—a move clearly meant to deliver news to Nevel.

Something similar had happened after the failed night raid earlier, but at that time, the Soar faction, whose territory lay just behind the border region, had pursued and eliminated the messenger.

Upon hearing that Soar had missed the second messenger, Idren revised his original plan to settle the border and return. Instead, he selected a force to return with him immediately to Edegroon.

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