Therefore, even though Silas had accumulated a tempest of anger in his heart, he could not vent it on her. His brows knit together involuntarily, and he felt a little blocked in his chest for no reason.
No one had ever spoken those words to him before; not even Ellie.
He could not quite grasp whether it was because someone had touched upon the strange and inexplicable emotions lurking deep in his heart. His expression looked even worse than before.
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After Yue Ran treated the wound on her arm, she recalled a scene in the plot. The wound on Silas's chest, inflicted by Ellie, had never healed— at least it would not for a long time. The injury was caused by a magical weapon. It was also a coincidence that the sword that stabbed Silas was the magical sword that he had personally given to Ellie for protection.
