Chapter 2472: A New Challenge

"Flynn?" Madeline stood still, her brows furrowed slightly. The name felt both familiar and distant. Familiar because she had known Flynn since childhood, even married him. Distant because, despite everything, she knew far less about Flynn than she did about Scarlet. For four years, she had avoided mentioning that old wound, feeling as if Flynn was moving further and further away from her. "The old me was ridiculous. Flynn never did anything to wrong me—what was there to hate?" Madeline handed the gauze to another nurse and spoke while washing her hands. Rory Lewis, the monk standing nearby, seemed intrigued by her response. Looking into her eyes, he said, "That banquet in Niarak must have made you the laughingstock of the world. You must have faced a lot of criticism." "Do you really not hate him?" Madeline chuckled bitterly. "It was all my own doing. Why would I hate him?" "From the moment Flynn was released from prison to the end of that banquet, I was the one c