Little Tyrant Doesn't Want to Meet with a Bad End Chapter 493.1: Earnest Request (1)

The Sorofyas had encountered a problem in their expedition.

They couldn’t find any clues to the curse despite having turned the ancient ruin inside out. Even so, they didn’t return to Rosa right away. Instead, they began combing the vicinity for traces of the Six Calamities, but they weren’t making any progress on that either.

That was also what Roel had expected.

Putting aside the Six Calamities’ sentience and terrifying prowess, they could actually be thought of as manifestations of natural phenomena. Their existence was conceptual, thus they had no physical bodies. This made them incredibly elusive.

How could a person trace down a wind that had blown by or a fog that had vanished yesterday?

Not a single clue about Shrouding Fog had been found even though the Saint Mesit Theocracy, the Knight Kingdom, and the Country of Scholars had poured in a huge amount of resources into its investigation for an entire year.

If the Six Calamities were that easy to deal with, the more advanced ancient civilizations would have already developed specific means to eradicate them once and for all.

That was why Roel didn’t bear much hope for the search.

However, the lackluster results of the search wasn’t the worst development in Roel’s view. It was the deterioration of Charlotte’s condition.

Roel had chosen to stay with Charlotte in hopes that her condition would improve like how it did during the journey, but things didn’t go as he had expected. If anything, it went in the opposite direction.

His presence did slow down the worsening of her affliction, but her condition was still deteriorating with each passing day. This was reflected in her health records provided by the medical team. It was also showing in her behavior, such as her increased sleepiness.

Roel refrained from talking about it, but he was worried sick for her.

Despite the pessimistic circumstances they were in, their feelings continued to deepen with time.

Night, Roel sat before a candlelit dining table with Charlotte in his arms.

Indeed, this was the new position th

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