I Wish You Well In Your Next Love, My Love - Chapter 50
Since the temple was funded by the local residents, the purpose was to prevent unrest in the damaged region from spreading elsewhere, and to prepare practical recovery plans and countermeasures.
It was an added benefit that the Awakenedâs morale rose simply from Gerard visiting the site.
Of course, the templeâs administrators suffered from insomnia from the moment Gerardâs visit was decided, fearing that he might find something to criticize.
Normally, Alvar would have accompanied Gerard on the field inspection.
However, due to the large-scale restructuring of the main temple, there was a mountain of documents that needed processing.
Gerard preferred going out into the field rather than sitting in a chair all day staring at paperwork.
The documents that Gerard actually needed to review and sign off on accounted for barely a tenth of the pile.
Alvar had stayed behind at the main temple to take responsibility for the mountain of paperwork.
Tucking his lovely loverâs hair behind her ear, Alvar whispered,
âSince the commander isnât here today, how about we go togetherââ
âAh. Lord Castion isnât here?â
Her gentle voice instantly turned cold.
âThen forget it. Iâm going back to sleep.â
The womanâs body, which had been tangled against his like they were one, pulled away without hesitation and sank back into the bed.
ââŚSo you werenât curious about seeing me work. You just wanted to see the commander in person.â
Bitterness rose in his chest, but the corners of his lips didnât fall. After all, wasnât the one who loved more the one who lost?
If Gerard saw Alvar like this right now, he would call him pathetic and immediately kick him out of his aide position.
But no matter how impressive the commander was, what would a man who had never even experienced a proper relationship know about love.
Jealousy burst out from not receiving his loverâs attention.
Still, one thing remained unchanged. For the next few days while the field inspection was underway, he wouldnât have to run into Gerard.
Climbing into the carriage alone, he tried to console himself with that thought.
The long rainy season had ended, and the weather had turned pleasantly cool. Alvar had opened the carriage window and was enjoying the refreshing morning breeze of early autumn.
ââŚWhat, why is the commander over thereâŚâ
For a moment he thought he was dreaming.
Why was Gerard, who should have been out conducting an inspection, standing in the middle of the street arguing with a woman he didnât even know.
âSlow down a bit!â
Even after squeezing his eyes shut and opening them again, it was unmistakably Gerard Castion.
There couldnât be two men that handsome in the empire.
As the carriage drew closer, it became even clearer.
ââŚWhat is he doing over there right now?â
Leaving aside his unusually relaxed expression, he was holding onto some unknown womanâs hand as if clinging to it.
Meanwhile, the woman clearly looked uncomfortable.
Unbelievably, it looked like his superior was a rogue trying to forcefully hold onto a woman who didnât want him and flirt with her.
Alvar couldnât possibly ignore such a bizarre scene.
ââŚCommander?â
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Was he still stuck in a nightmare?
Alvar seriously wondered.
Even when he had been crushed by a house-sized snake, he hadnât been this confused.
The woman who introduced herself as a trainee Purifier didnât look like a noble no matter how he saw it.
Her thin wrist had bones sticking out, and her skin was pale to the point of being almost bloodless.
âShe looks like she might collapse any moment.â
Perhaps Gerard thought the same thing, because he couldnât seem to take his eyes off the Purifier beside him, Louize.
And it wasnât just his gaze.
âDrink some more water.â
He handed her water in a strangely gentle voice.
âGive me your hand. Iâll massage it.â
He carefully kneaded the hand that was half the size of his own.
Even that was shocking enough, but something else pushed Alvar into even greater astonishment.
It was Louizeâs neck, which was revealed whenever she moved.
Her slender nape was filled with dark red marks where blood had gathered beneath the skin.
ââŚDonât tell me the commander did that too?â
