When Petals Meet The Blade (Priscilla and Waldo) novel Chapter 102

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That day at the guest manor, Jessica had seen with her own eyes that Malik and Leon knew each other from before. The way they spoke freely, without any pretense, made it obvious they were longtime hieruls.

But now, Leon couldn’t bring himself to smile. She was cleaning his wound with strong liquor.

The alcohol soaked into a clean cloth and pressed against the open wound, felt like a knife continuing to slice deeper.

“Your Highness, you do feel pain after all” Jessica glanced at him. Though she sounded like she was mocking him, her hands moved with increasing gentleness.

“I’m not a corpse. Of course, Heel pain.” Leon frowned, but didn’t let out a single groan. “Jessica, are you feeling sorry for me?”

Jessica was, in fact, a little heartbroken.

Because that one wound was not the only one on his body.

Scars of all sizes and depths covered him, blade cuts, sword wounds, arrow piercings.

“Was the battlefield in the northern frontier truly so brutal?” It was the first time Jessica faced the war at the northern frontier

She had only ever heard of the infamous bloodthirsty god of war in the North, Leon. But even a war god was still flesh and blood.

Lean lowered his gaze, catching a flash of pity in her eyes that quickly vanished. It warmed something in his heart. “There were several times I almost died on the battlefield,” he said.

Jessica apologized, “I’m sorry…”

Leon asked. “Why are you apologizing?

Jessica looked up at him, then silently continued treating his wounds.

She said, “If not for my scheme, you probably wouldn’t have been stuck in the north for five years.”

“Jessica, have you ever been to the northern frontier!” he suddenly asked.

Jessica shook her head.

Leon sighed. “you had, you’d understand. Even without your scheme, I would’ve gone.”

She looked up at him, ad

a bit surprised.

every year

His expression was solemn, and his voice carried a rare note of compassion. “The north is a chaotic convergence of power, War bre People live in constant fear. Men are dragged away as laborers. The elderly and children are slaughtered. Women and girls are abused without mercy.

He added, “Before arrived, the people had been fleeing for years, never knowing peace. Starvation was rampant. People died in the streets. There were even instances of cannibalism.”

Jessica’s heart clenched, and her fingers began to tremble.

Leon gently took hold of her wrist and smiled. “It’s in the past now. Though the north is still poor and struggling, at least after stabilizing the region, people have started farming again, women weaving, and men tilling the land. I believe things will get better.”

Jessica was momentarily dazed.

To hear such warm words from Leon felt unexpectedly natural.

Mon, 2’Jun

Chapter 102

If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, heard it with her ears, she wouldn’t have believed it.

For the first time, she felt that this “demon” was, in fact, deeply grounded.

Just as Jessica was about to apply medicine to Leon’s wound, she realized her hand was still in his.

Startled, she quickly pulled back.