Scarlett turned her head to the side and stared blankly at Brando's tears. The room was silent.
Metisha did not speak, Felaern did not say a word, and The Shire only looked at Brando.
Amandina looked left and right, and finally looked at her lord with suspicion. She did not experience the dark underworld of Schafflund, nor did she have Metisha's keen insight. She naturally did not understand what Brando meant to Scarlett at this moment. But even a fool could see that she was attached to Brando, and she could not help but think the wrong way.
Brando walked closer and stood beside Scarlett's bed. The girl finally stopped her weakness. She calmed down and forced a weak smile at Brendel with tears still hanging from her eyes. It was a sweet smile, but it was as fragile as if it was drawn on a pale, thin piece of paper that could shatter at any moment.
"You're back … My lord." Scarlett opened her mouth. She had not eaten anything for several days and relied on drinking water to stay alive. She was so weak that she could barely make a sound. She only mouthed the words.
"I'm back." Brando looked at Scarlett's condition and felt a little uncomfortable.
"What about Schafflund's work?" Scarlett looked at him silently.
Brando smiled and did not answer.
"Did you come back to see me, my lord?" The doubt in her eyes expressed her question. Brando saw a glimmer of hope in her amber eyes. He nodded.
Scarlett blinked her eyes hard.
But she sniffed and lay back down. Her chest rose and fell slightly, and she frowned slightly as if she was in pain just lying there. No one dared to disturb her, and the room was so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard.
"Can I live?"
The red-haired girl turned her head to the other side and stared blankly at the lush branches of the mangrove tree outside the window as she asked softly.
Brando hesitated for a moment and nodded.
"The truth?"
"When have I ever lied to anyone?" Brando replied.
Scarlet was stunned for a moment. "But I think … Sir is lying to me!" The red-haired girl spoke in a soft, feminine voice. Her coquettish tone made everyone's heart soften.
No one would have thought that this stubborn girl would be so weak. It was as if the pain of the past few days had completely disintegrated the strength that she had been supporting for so long.
Brando did not answer.
In fact, no one had the ability to answer this question. The room was silent.
"Actually …" Scarlet looked at the dark green leaves on the branches of the mangrove. The sunlight seemed to print its veins clearly. "I heard your … your conversation …"
She took a deep breath and said, "It's impractical … Forget it. Even I don't think it's necessary." The girl smiled.
If Makarov was here, he would have realized that he had never paid attention to his adopted daughter's smile. It was as sweet as an angel's.
"Qian!"
Amandina interrupted her and took a step forward angrily: "What are you talking about!" The usually quiet girl did not continue. Scarlett's words made her uncomfortable.
But Brando waved his hand at her. He looked at Scarlet and made a decision in his heart. The young lord raised his head slightly and asked softly: "Do you have any other wishes, Scarlet?"
Everyone was stunned.
Even Scarlet was slightly stunned.
Even though she said such stubborn words, she did not want to leave in her heart. Otherwise, she would not have gritted her teeth and persevered. Even though every day was like hell, she still waited for the young lord to return.
Because he told her that he would bring her with him. No matter what, he would not leave her behind.
It was these words that touched her heart.
She looked at Brando in a daze. She felt so bad that she wanted to cry. Everyone lied to her like this. They lied to her like this. They told her that she could do it, but in the end, the answer she received was that she could not do it. It was the same in the past, and it was the same in the present.
Scarlet wondered if she was being too greedy, always asking for things that others couldn't do. She had clearly given her sincere feelings, but in return, she felt as if her heart had been stabbed with a knife.
The red-haired girl looked at him, tears welling up in her eyes. Finally, she sniffed hard and whispered with great difficulty:
"My Lord … …"
Scarlet paused. She took a breath to adjust her emotions. She tried to speak three times, but the last time, she choked out: "In my hometown, there is a tradition … …"
"It is said that when a person dies, their closest relatives will kiss their forehead to leave their thoughts there … … Even if they go to another world, they will not forget them … …"
She looked at Brendel helplessly. She could not bring herself to hate him, this hateful liar, and thought to herself.
"My Lord … …" She said.
"So, can you … … be Scarlet's closest … … one time?"
"Even if … … once is good enough."
Scarlet gasped for air. She used all her strength to lie back down. She muttered to herself in a daze: "Leader, Eke, Yura … … and everyone, don't want Scarlet anymore … …"
Amandina heard this and turned her head away. She sniffed hard as if she did not want to see what would happen next.
But Metisha and The Shire's eyes fell on Brando.
Brando was silent for a moment. Then, he nodded.
After Scarlet lost her last bit of support, she completely collapsed. She did not see Brando nod. But in her daze, she still wanted to laugh, but she did not even have the strength to laugh.
What a failure!
She could not help but think that her life was a failure. She wanted to protect others, but she was unable to do so. She wanted to rely on others, but in the end, she was abandoned.
She was so sad that she wanted to cry.
But she could not cry.
"Close your eyes, Scarlet." Brando said softly.
The girl was stunned for a moment, then she became quiet. She thought that at least Lady Martha saw her small existence in the end. She obediently closed her eyes. But this was her last wish. She did not want to leave behind any regrets.
She closed her eyes and seemed to hear the sound of the wind blowing in the mountains of Chablis. She grew up listening to this sound.
This was the homeland of the mountain people, the place where all her dreams began and ended.
Scarlet suddenly felt a sense of peace in her heart. She thought that she had finally returned to this place. In this quiet forest, she had grown up with everyone. Every single one of them was so clear.
Eke, Leader, and the carefree time had returned to her side.
But she still raised her head slightly and stubbornly waited for the kiss that contained another piece of memory. It was a signal to bid farewell. But she waited for a long time. It was as if the world did not move, and time had stopped.
But it did not come.
Scarlet wanted to open her eyes, but she did not know if she had the strength to do so. But at this moment, she heard a gentle voice:
"Don't move."
The red-haired girl closed her eyes and trembled slightly. Her face and ears turned red. 'Is it coming?' she thought. But at this moment, she felt something cold touch her lips.
Scarlet let out a low cry from the depths of her heart. If she could, she would definitely feel her ears — no, the roots of her ears — burning.
"How, how could he kiss there …"
"There … there are so many people in the house!"
The red-haired girl felt that she was going to die, but not from the Blood of God. She was going to die from embarrassment. Scarlet froze for a moment. She did not know what to do. Her brain seemed to have turned to stone. Her heart was thumping in her chest. That sound had never been so strong and clear.
'But wait.'
Scarlet's bashful movements stopped. She tried to take a breath. 'Strong and clear?' It had been a long time since she could think so clearly. All the pain had stopped, and she felt as if her vitality had returned to her body.
The feeling of powerlessness that made it difficult for her to even breathe had disappeared without a trace.
She could clearly feel a warm current entering her body from her mouth. It slid down her small tongue into her throat, and then spread to her limbs and bones.
This power seemed to be able to heal her pain and pull her out of the abyss of suffering.
Scarlet was stunned. She subconsciously reached out to touch her face, although she had not opened her eyes. But this inner surprise only lasted for a moment, and then it was replaced by another kind of embarrassment.
'No matter what, that guy can't kiss me!'
"How could he do that!" Scarlet's face turned red again, like a lovely red apple: "And, and in front of so many people!"
"And, and he even put some strange things in her mouth …" The red-haired girl felt that she could not think about it anymore. She lowered her head slightly, feeling as if her body was burning. She wanted to find a hole to hide in immediately.
She closed her eyes tightly. She would rather die than open them. Otherwise, she would be laughed at to death.
But at this moment, she heard a burst of laughter.
This laughter was like the last straw that broke the bowstring, causing Scarlet to open her eyes. The first thing she saw was Amandina and Felaern's faces, but they had to hold back their laughter. Everyone except for The Shire and Metisha.
The young wizard and the Silver Elf princess were looking at the thing in Brando's hand with incomparable shock.
It was a golden apple.
Brando expressionlessly placed the apple on Scarlet's lips. To be honest, his mood was different from the others. He was not happy at all because the powerful vitality in the Golden Apple could only prolong Scarlet's life, but it could not change the final outcome.
On the other hand, it could strengthen the Divine Blood in her body. Brando could only comfort himself. The legends said that the Golden Apple could change a person's fate, and he could only hope that it could change Scarlet's fate.
This was a last resort, and the little female Dragon had clearly told him that there was something strange in the apple. He thought that even though it was not poison, it could not be anything good.
But at this moment, Scarlet's face was burning. Even Brando looked at the girl with a strange expression. He thought that a person's face could be so red, could this be the little female Dragon's prank?
But he did not think that Scarlet's only thought at this moment was to find a piece of cheese and kill herself.
She did not think that she had made a mistake, and this was not the most embarrassing thing. The most embarrassing thing was that her reaction was clearly seen by Amandina and Felaern.
"I'm going to die."
Scarlet thought, and she had long forgotten about the Divine Blood in her body.
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