Love You, Love You Not (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 084

It was said to be the most fertile and affluent domain in the Farsade Empire.

Indeed, the Conwell Forest was vast and beautiful.

Gently sloping hills, not too steep, wound their way endlessly, and wherever people could walk, paths invariably appeared, blanketed with fragmented fallen leaves.

It was a landscape that made clear why the Farsade imperial family had insisted on forcibly opening it to the public, citing some grandiose title like “triumphant general.”

Abarta loaded the outdated musket issued to him with the help of Grand Duke Blachnatt.

For ordinary hunting, he would naturally have used a modern rifle, but a hunting tournament was, after all, a tournament, and thus required the use of prescribed weapons. As was customary in traditional tournaments, enduring a bit of inconvenience with older weaponry was considered virtuous.

“The loading method isn’t much different from a rifle.”

Abarta watched Grand Duke Blachnatt handling the ramrod with practiced ease, momentarily spellbound. When he himself had first learned to use firearms, rifles developed by Blachnatt Industries were already somewhat widely available.

“I’ve thought this before, but it seems there’s nothing you can’t do, Your Grace.”

“That isn’t quite true.”

Though his expression remained utterly neutral—showing no trace of humility—the noble’s habitual reply was steeped in modesty. Finding this oddly fascinating, Abarta stared frankly at Grand Duke Blachnatt, unaware he was being impolite.

Such a man… once loved a woman deeply enough to write such a heart-wrenching letter…….

“I have one question—about Princess Erwin.”

“…….”

The red eyes briefly lingered on Abarta with seeming indifference before turning toward the opposite side of the forest.

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