Little Tyrant Doesn't Want to Meet with a Bad End Chapter 443.1: Temporary Parting (1)

In the study room of the Labyrinth Manor, Roel carefully read through the letter he held in his hands. His expression was constantly changing over the span of the letter, but by the time he placed it down, he heaved a sigh of relief.

It was an urgent reply letter from the Ascart Fiefdom, containing answers to the questions Roel had posed not too long ago. The author of the letter wasn’t Alicia but Anna, Roel’s personal maid. She was also the one currently in charge of managing the day-to-day affairs of the Ascarts’ manor.

Indeed, the Ascarts’ manor was left empty yet again after the outbreak of war.

According to Anna’s letter, after Roel’s departure Carter had hosted Chris at the Ascarts’ manor for around a week, and the two of them managed to get on friendly relations during this period of time. However, there didn’t seem to be any significant advancement in their romance.

After Chris’ departure, the Ascarts’ manor was peaceful for a while until they received news about the tragedy that had befallen Tark Stronghold.

The first thing Carter did upon receiving the news was to secretly rush to the Holy Capital to meet Holy Eminence John. The result of their discussion was the ongoing internal war. Everything that Carter did afterward was detailed in the war report that Roel received in the royal palace.

During this period of time, Alicia had requested permission to head to Tark Stronghold several times, but Carter turned her down under the grounds of it being unsafe. Later on, when the internal war finally broke out, Alicia left the Ascarts’ manor together with the military force.

Roel wasn’t too surprised to learn that Alicia was participating in the internal war as well. He knew that Carter had been grooming her as his protégé in military affairs, evident from how she was granted highest access rights to the Ascarts’ intelligence network.

Other households usually send just one or two representatives to fight in a war, but our Ascart House dispatches the entire family, including the ladies. While I was fighting Bryan

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