Love Me Just Once (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 229

That evening, the Egelbamot army withdrew.

“I don’t understand.”

Ophelia frowned as she sat in the tent’s chair, staring down at the map.

“We were supposed to negotiate, and now they’re retreating?”

Idren approached the woman who couldn’t tear her mind away from the problem despite it being time to sleep.

“They probably didn’t expect me to return, so they’ll need time to revise their plans.”

“Even so, does it make sense for them to withdraw so obediently?”

“It’s not impossible.”

And then Idren kissed his confused wife. A piece of advice suddenly came to mind—that using affectionate acts to smooth over situations wasn’t healthy for a relationship—but nothing else came to him.

But the kiss didn’t seem to wash away the thoughts in Ophelia’s head. Idren soon realized she had been thinking of something else the entire time their lips were locked. It was because of what she said the moment they parted.

“……I didn’t expect Netepel’s attendant to help the Second Princess.”

Ophelia narrowed her brow, recalling what had happened at dawn.

Before the sun rose, the Second Princess had come to the camp. At her side was Netepel’s attendant, whom Ophelia had seen a few times.

She hadn’t looked into the details, but she heard he had helped her cross the river.

It was unexpected that Netepel’s attendant had aided the escape of someone he had captured, so Ophelia had ordered the attendant to be briefly detained.

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