Chapter 685: Sick

Andrew's sudden volunteering really surprised everyone present. Even Lu Jia himself probably didn't expect that Andrew would do this.

The other officers present stared at Andrew with wide eyes, their faces full of astonishment. Andrew was just a guard officer. His duty was to protect Augustus' safety, not to volunteer to go to the battlefield, because that was the job of the field army commander.

But Andrew seemed to be determined and would not give in. He stood up and faced Luca with his head held high. There was no room for negotiation, which was really a headache for Augustus.

"It's you, my friend." Luca sighed lightly, then shook his head and showed a helpless smile.

Likinia, who was sitting next to Luca, was not like this. Her expression was completely opposite to Luca's. She looked a little uneasy, and frequently turned her head to look at Luca. She wanted to speak several times but didn't open her mouth. After all, this was a political issue, and as Augusta, she couldn't say more than a few words to avoid being laughed at.

"Okay, as you wish." Luca didn't seem to care much about the matter at hand. He just waved his hand at Andrew and agreed to it. "Then, you will be incorporated into the army of General Innobindes and go to war with the army!"

Andrew's face was filled with joy. He had not expected that the problem that he had thought would be difficult could be solved so quickly by Luga.

Licinia glared at Luca, but it was only for a moment. She did not express her inner dissatisfaction too ostentatiously. After all, she was a person who stood by Augustus and could not disagree with Luca on the decision.

After the meeting, Liginia followed Luca quickly. This time, without the ministers and officers around her, Liginia could express her grievances in front of Luca.

"Caesar, I know that if I say this it will hurt our friendship, but I have to say it." Liginia chased after Luca, "Why, why did you choose him? He is just the commander of the Guards. He has no right to ask to go to the battlefield. This is against the rules!"

"But this is what I have decided, dear." Luca stopped and turned back to look at Likinia, with doubt in his eyes. "I know, I know all this."

"You know nothing!" Likinia glared at Luga and interrupted him harshly.

"Likinia, you'd better know your position now!" Luca also responded sternly, "Shouting in public is really not the attitude that an Augusta should have."

"But your friendship is no longer pure!" Li Jinia didn't care about that. She felt that Luca was still in the dark, knew nothing and understood nothing!

"In short, let's stop here. My orders are the highest laws and must be obeyed within the empire, including you!" Luga stared at Likinia with his eyes fixed. His expression was cold and the words that came out of his mouth were even chilly.

"Caesar!" Liginia stopped and stood there, looking at Luca's back, and said in a deep voice: "I have no intention of offending you!"

Luga just paused, he turned his head slightly and glanced at Li Jiniya out of the corner of his eye. What exactly this meant, I'm afraid even Li Jiniya herself didn't know.

“Tap, tap, tap…”

Luca did not stop, but instead quickened his pace and walked further and further away. Likinia wanted to say something, but as she saw Luca's increasingly quicker pace, the words were on the tip of her tongue but she could not utter them.

For some reason, Luca always felt that his condition was unstable and he was very weak. It had been like this since a few days ago.

After quarreling with Li Jiniya, he felt a little dizzy. He still restrained himself despite Li Jiniya's relentless pursuit. It was not because he was pretending to be confused, but because the pain in his head prevented him from being distracted.

He continued to move forward, thinking all the time that he could find a place to sit or lie down. His mind was in a mess, and the past scenes appeared before his eyes without his awareness.

He even saw himself as a child playing on the riverbank, rolling in the mud and being despised by others. He even met Tenaia, whom he had only met once. She was so young and beautiful at the time, and had many suitors around her, but he was the least noticeable one among them.

Because he was inconspicuous, Tenaia didn't consider him. Even though he had been attentive to Tenaia, Tenaia turned a blind eye to him. Maybe Luca was just an orphan at that time. Fortunately, Tenaia's parents treated him as their own son, but they didn't often go to Tenaia's house. He was afraid to see Tenaia. It was not just the repeated rejections that deeply stole his heart.

For some reason, Luga always thinks of such scenes. It should be said that such scenes are replaying in front of his eyes. This memory should be blank and should not exist in his head at all.

“Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!”

Luca walked slower and slower. It was strange that walking did not waste energy, but why did he become out of breath after just a few steps? He stopped, sweating profusely.

"Caesar?"

The maid following behind saw that Luga was showing symptoms of discomfort. She didn't know what was going on, so she could only stand aside and ask tentatively.

Luga ignored it. He had no chance to pay attention to it. He was lost in his memories, and fell into it very passively.

He saw the moment when Dr. Bella announced that Tenaya would become Luga's wife. God knows how fiercely the young Tenaya resisted at that time. She yelled at Luga desperately, using all kinds of insulting words to describe this innocent child.

The poor child didn't even know what he had done wrong. In front of everyone, he buried his head deep in his chest, clasped his hands together, and his fingers were tightly twisted into a ball. He actually did not resist and silently endured Tenaia's unprecedented roar.

Tenaia left crying, and a young man who was more handsome than Luga chased after her. That man should be the one Tenaia liked.

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She abandoned Luca where he was, as if pushing him into an abyss.

Poor child, he finally realized his own unbearableness and understood that nothing could happen between him and Tenya anymore. Facing Dr. Bella's sigh, Prasvia's crying, and the ridicule and contemptuous looks from the people around him.

The boy's heart wall finally collapsed at that moment.

"You, you!" Luka murmured, feeling his chest tighten. He quickly reached out to cover his pounding heart, trying to comfort the heart that was faintly crying across his chest, and the little soul that might be locked up there. He suddenly felt the pain of the child he once was, and a wave of sadness spread through Luka's chest.

Only when we share the same illness can we sympathize with each other.

"Poor child, abandoned by the girl he loves."

"What a useless guy who can't even look down on a woman."

"Hahaha, it seems that he is not worthy of such a beautiful woman... Why, the woman said so herself..."

Words after words filled his ears, making Luca feel annoyed. He wanted to resist, so he shook his head desperately to try to get rid of such voices from his head, but no matter how hard he tried, it was useless. The voice seemed to have taken root in his ears. The harder he struggled, the louder the voice became, and he sank deeper and deeper into the invisible quagmire.

Suddenly, Luga felt as if his heart was cut open by a knife. His heart was pounding as if it was struggling and crying. This made Luga unbearable. He turned pale with pain, his legs went limp, and he fell to the ground with a "knock". Then his eyes went black.

At the moment he fell, he heard Li Jinia calling from behind him, which sounded more like a sigh. Fortunately, it made him feel better after he let out a breath.

(End of this chapter)