Savage Forest Chapter 33

Chapter 33

As if Tarhan didn't care about the two frozen men, he moved his body forward wildly and approached Enya at once. At the same time, Reyhald took two or three steps away from her as he approached quickly.

Enya could never smile when she finally saw the face she had missed all day.

“What happened? Why are you here at this time? Isn't it time for you to be back after the work in Piache's field is over? You should have stayed at home.”

Asking that, Tarhan, with his body fixed on her, only turned his gaze and grunted at Reyhald and Gernan, who had barely risen.

“And, what are these bastards?”

What made him even more speculative was Enya's reaction.

When she saw Tarhan's face for the first time in a long time, only tears suddenly came. Her tongue seemed to be stuck to the roof of her mouth, and words did not come out.

After examining her expression, his face sank even further and couldn't have been more stern there. Tarhan turned his back on her to look at them. His gaze was fixed on the motionless youngster of the Nervana forest and Servia's son.

“Explain.”

As he said bloodily, the torch-bearing soldiers on either side of him who had only listened to his voice shuddered.

From this moment on, Reyhald had withdrawn his delusions of thinking that he had gone through countless crises that were the greatest in the world.

At first glance, he could have guessed that Tarhan was a fearful man. However, he was confident that any man in the forest would not be intimidated by such an appearance. So even when that deputy chieftain weighed in the meeting room, he couldn't understand why people were so scared. That was how it was until now.

But at this moment, when he received that anger that was about to burst in front of this man, he fully understood the feelings of the Aquilea men who were acting like peeing dogs in front of him.

How many demons had to be beaten before the aura that spewed out of people could rise to that level?

“…No answer. Do I have to rip your mouth open?”

A menace dripped from the depths of the deputy chieftain's throat.

In front of him, even Reyhald, who hadn't taken a step backwards even after witnessing the shed skin of the skull spider in Nervana Forest with his own eyes, felt cold sweat welling up on his hands. Needless to say, it was his karma against Aquilea. He was limp, and his legs were rattling as if he were really going to pee.

Reyhald snorted inside.

At that moment, the woman who had been standing still stepped out.

“Ta, Tarhan…”

Reyhald almost inadvertently pulled Enya's wrist as she approached the monstrous deputy chieftain in front of her without hesitation.

Who was the person who dared to step forward like that?

However, Reyhald could not help but be surprised by the sight that soon unfolded before his eyes. As Enya approached Aquilea's tribal chief without hesitation, limping, like someone who felt no fear at all, she then placed her small hand on Tarhan's chest, who was still sending angry eyes at them.

She certainly wasn't asked to explain, but the woman really began to open her mouth to explain the situation to the deputy chieftain.

“Today, work ends early…”

What was even more surprising was the reaction of the deputy chieftain. He relaxed his rigid body as if the anger that had covered his eyes subsided as soon as the woman touched him. The deputy chieftain slowly turned his head to Enya's side, eyes still on them.

It seemed to Reyhald that it was a move to hear her voice more closely as if it was barely audible.

Enya continued, clutching the lunchbox she was holding in her arms.

“I came to bring you lunch, but I miscalculated the time. It's too late, and my feet hurt so I'm sitting for a while when Reyhald…”

He begged and begged Enya not to speak his name, but the wish ended in the wind. At the mention of his name, the deputy chieftain's eyes immediately returned to him. Reyhald's cold sweat was itching on the back of his neck, and he couldn't stand it.

Tarhan's eyes, which were fixed on him, narrowed.

“Ah. Nervana Forest…”

Reyhald was surprised to learn that Aquilea's deputy chieftain knew his face and name. It was a presence he could just pass by, and the head of the Allied Forces was too busy and had a lot of people to meet.

Come to think of it, he remembered that Kiyan had recently tipped off the fact that Aquilea's tribal chief was keeping an eye on them.

'He's really like a beast…'

Reyhald's aching neck stiffened as he looked at the deputy chieftain, who glanced at him and then turned back to his partner.

“I hope that guy didn't come and do anything to harm you.”

Enya looked at him and stopped Tarhan, who had a snarling expression as if he was about to go out to slit Reyhald's throat at any moment.

“Oh no! Reyhald… He lifted me up after I fell. He just helped.”

She eventually closed her eyes and lied to Tarhan.

She didn't want to cause any more fuss. If he found out what Gernan had done to her, Tarhan really might take Gernan's life right here and there without hesitation. He was a man who would go on to do so.

Aquilea was now in a state where countless tribes of the Great Plains had gathered. The leaders of the allied forces were competing for strength, each leading their own forces and watching each other's eyes in a tense tension that seemed to be cut off.

The leader of the allied forces, Aquilea's every action, was closely watched. Under such circumstances, she did not even want to imagine what would be the result if rumors of internal strife were brewing in Aquilea due to friction.

Servia's reaction was also terribly frightening. So, Enya desperately clung to his arm to get over this moment.

“Tarhan, I'm really fine. I just really fell.”

As she groped Tarhan's feverish skin, she tried to turn his head toward hers.

“I was worried about food because Tarhan wouldn't be back until late today. I was worried for nothing… But, uh, I just came because I wanted to see your face at least once. I was going to go back right away though I guess I was a little tired.”

Even though it was embarrassing to say it when people were around, that was the only sentence that could come to mind that would interest him at this moment.

Enya continued to pull Tarhan towards her, even as she felt a burning sensation in her eyes.

Then, the man's head, which had been staring intently at Reyhald and Gernan, slowly returned to her. While his expression still seemed to be full of anger, he could hear a voice that had softened more than before.

“You fell? Are you hurt?”

There was still anger in his voice as he shouted urgently, but it was a completely different feeling than before.

The atmosphere that seemed like a tragedy would happen at any moment subsided in an instant. In an instant, he turned her around, grabbed her by the shoulder, and glanced her up and down while Enya was secretly nervous and had to hold her breath.

Tarhan, who had confirmed with his eyes that she was not visibly hurt, clicked his tongue lightly and turned his head back to the two frozen men.

“Are you still here? Don't think about wandering around the conference room needlessly. Get out of here.”

At those harsh words, Gernan, who had stood still and stiffened as if he was about to wet himself with a white face, moved first.

Enya watched as he crawled on all fours, then barely stood up and ran away.

As soon as Gernan was gone, Tarhan turned to her side, ignoring Reyhald as if their business was over.

As if he had waited, he lifted her body up.

“Ha, aahh…! Ta, Tarhan…!”

Enya struggled feebly in his arms, making a chilling noise as if the wind was filling her lungs.

It was all too familiar to be hugged by him when they were alone in this way, but there were still Reyhald and a few sentries who had come with him. The fact that Tarhan, the deputy chieftain, picked her up without hesitation in front of them made Enya feel the urge to cover her eyes.

His expression twisted as he looked down at her as though he knew the woman who avoided showing their closeness to others. However, his expression soon changed to concern.

He uttered in a soft voice as if holding on tightly to the woman who was struggling and trying to escape.

“You said you fell. Just go like this today.”

Enya couldn't respond to the lies she had dug up, so she could only nod her head with bated breath. After witnessing Reyhald's mouth go wide open as he stared at her in Tarhan's arms, she wanted to bury herself on the ground.

Tarhan, who tried not to show her face and held the woman who kept digging into his arms, began to move forward.

It was then…

“Aquilea's deputy chieftain.”

Someone blocked their way.

In an unfamiliar, low voice, Tarhan, who had held Enya in his arms, turned around. As Enya staggered in his arms, she remembered the owner of the voice and was horrified, almost astonished.

A member of the Nervana Forest and its leader, Kiyan.

 

Chapter end