Kai's foot landed harder at the last step down the staircase.
His eyes met with Talitha's instantly.
It had been months since he returned to his room, but he always felt her presence. Not through feelings or anything—but because she actually managed to put clean uniforms on the landing zone of the Dead Range.
One night, a student approached him and told him about the bundle on the landing zone.
Everyone knew that it was his since there was a sticker with his name on it.
And when he saw that the bundle contained his clean uniforms, he realized who it was from.
Talitha said nothing, but her silence spoke volumes. She stood rigidly at the center of the room, fingers pinching the hem of her clothes with quiet nervousness. She must have been lonely, and it was unfair of Kai to vanish without a word—yet there was no anger in her posture, only a patient ache.
He made it clear that he never saw her as his servant.
If she wanted to, she could speak and act freely.
