Chapter 83

When they got to the other Villa, they went into the bedroom. While Beryl resumed treating Anna, Zero and Lyra covered the window with heavy drapes and sent up several candles in the room, providing adequate lighting. After that, they went through the house with torches, ensuring all the doors and windows were locked. They also identified escape routes they could use in case of an ambush. In the kitchen, they found enough food items to feed all three of them. Zero, who was worried that Anna was too weak after being poorly fed in the dungeons, immediately started pulling out ingredients to make food. While he got busy in the kitchen, Lyra went back to the bedroom to check on Beryl and Anna. Beryl had already dressed most of her wounds, and Lyra was happy to see that she wasn't as pale as she had looked a while back. “She is stable now,” Beryl told Lyra. “But she has fallen asleep, so we'll wait until she wakes up to find out whether she has any complaints.” Lyra nodded and stepped up to