CHAPTER 30 (1). I WILL NEVER LET YOU DIE

Why did this man let himself get hit with an arrow instead of me? It was a question that arose when the urgent situation had passed. People say that when your back is warm and your stomach filled, you will start to have useless thoughts. She was thinking this because she was feeling the situation had improved a bit. She thought that she was being a bit pathetic, but the thought came to her as she was really curious. Why did he get hit by an arrow on her behalf?

Lucio didn't love her. Patrizia also didn't love him. This was a truth that both Patrizia and Lucio knew. There was no denying this fact. But then why? If not for love, what was the reason for partaking in such self-sacrifice?

Was he perhaps feeling really sorry towards her? Did he feel sorry for not loving her? Or was he feeling guilty towards her about Rosemond's actions during the last meeting with the wives of the envoys? There were so many hypotheses, and none of them were for certain.