However, such a strong and masculine man was now doing what he was doing with a gentle expression.
The flames in the furnace danced freely with the breeze, and the medicine pot made of red clay became even stronger due to years of use.
Bubbles of medicine juice bubbled out of the pot, and just smelling it made one feel extremely bitter.
At this moment, Camren came over with two men.
“Howard, I’ll leave these two to you. These two are important hostages, so make sure to watch them closely,” Camren said, and the two men put the people on their backs down on the ground.
One big, one small.
The big one had a good appearance and figure, dressed in luxurious attire, obviously the wife of a wealthy family.
As for the small one…
Too dirty, he couldn’t make out anything about her.
The young man named “Howard” didn’t even look back, his cold eyes continued to stare at the medicine pot in front of him.
He replied, “I got it.”
“Oh, Howard, we grew up together since childhood, why are you still so cold to me?”
“Where’s your wife? I haven’t seen her for days. Has she been kept in bed by you and unable to get up?” Camren’s words successfully disgusted Howard, who raised his head with a warning look.
He tightened the palm fan in his hand, and the joints whitened, making a creaking sound.
“If your mouth is just for spewing bullshit, I don’t mind helping you sew it shut.”
It’s well known in the village that there are two people who shouldn’t be messed with.
One is the witch Kiara.
Her temperament is unpredictable.
When she’s good, she’ll treat you with all her heart, but when she’s bad, she’ll crush you to pieces!
Moreover, she knows witchcraft, so people in the village are afraid of her and dare not provoke her.
The other is the orphan Howard.
His father was a merchant who came here for tourism from outside. He met Howard’s mother when he passed through Mountmend.
The two married naturally and gave birth to Howard.
But one day, Howard’s father suddenly said he had something to do at home and had to leave the village.
His mother was afraid he wouldn’t come back, so she didn’t allow him to leave. Their relationship became very tense because of this.
Later, for some reason, Howard’s father suddenly died, and then his mother committed suicide.
Leaving behind only seven-year-old Howard to be raised by his grandmother.
Howard never saw his grandfather. When he was thirteen, even his grandmother passed away.
Some people in the village wanted to bully him because he was an orphan, but Howard was not an obedient little lamb.
He was a wolf!
A ferocious and unruly wolf!
After he beat up that group of people, no one dared to provoke him anymore.
He also became known as the “reckless lunatic” in the village.
The village chief saw him as a promising fighter, so he adopted him as his godson.
After that, Howard followed Kiara as her bodyguard.
This went on until the two grew up.
The person Howard had admired before was always Kiara, but the latter didn’t look at him kindly because of his orphan status.
In Kiara’s eyes, he was at best just a dog raised by her family.
She would rather marry an outsider than give Howard a chance.
Heartbroken, Howard became even more aloof and solitary. He lived alone in the east, far from the village.
This was the warehouse built by the village chief, specifically for housing women abducted from outside.
His daily job was to watch over these women and make sure they didn’t escape or starve to death.
The village chief would give him money and food regularly.
Howard lived a confused life on these rations for several years.
Until… a month ago.
Someone brought in a batch of goods from Akloit.
Howard’s whole demeanor changed when he saw that fool!
The “wife” Camren teased just now was that fool, who was now Howard’s woman.
Howard didn’t like anyone coveting his woman, not even a glance or a word!
They grew up together, and Howard knew what kind of person Camren was better than anyone else.
He probably had his eyes on the woman in his house.
In any case, he would let Camren know that he couldn’t mess with his woman.
Camren, who knew he couldn’t compete with Howard, could only restrain his boldness and quickly apologize.
“Alright, Howard, I was just joking with you. I know you like that fool, I wouldn’t compete with you.”
“You also know that the one I like is Kiara, and… I’m not short of women, hehe.”
Any woman delivered here, as long as she was beautifully, would basically be defiled by him first.
Even the one in Howard’s house was almost taken by him.
But that fool had smeared her face so dirty at the time, he also misjudged for a moment, which allowed Howard to take her away.
“If there’s nothing else, just leave!”
Howard ruthlessly ordered him to leave.
“Okay, okay, we’re leaving, you better take care of her.”
Next, they still had to take this man to the medicine room.
“Mm.”
Howard’s medicine was already prepared, he found a towel to wrap around the handle part.
He carefully poured the medicine into the rough enamel teacup, blew on it lightly.
Then he carried the enamel cup into the house.
“Nora, it’s time to take your medicine.”
The room was not large, narrow enough to only accommodate a bamboo bed, a broken table, plus four stools.
Nothing else.
The woman lying on the bamboo bed had her eyes tightly closed, the slight trembling of her thick, curly eyelashes proved that she was not asleep.
Howard knew she was scared because she heard Camren’s voice just now, so he placed the medicine on the nearby table.
He walked to the bedside, reached out to lift her up, and gently patted her back with warm hands.
His voice was gentle, unlike just now.
“Nora, don’t be afraid, the bad guys are gone, now it’s just me here.”
When she came, she was covered in blood, knocked her head and lost consciousness for a long time.
Originally, everyone planned to abandon her halfway, after all, a dead person was worthless.
But unexpectedly, she stubbornly held on and survived until now.
Howard saw her standing out from the crowd at first glance, he had never seen such a beautiful woman.
The little one curled up in the corner, like a small white rabbit, evoked pity.
So he asked his godfather to bring her over as a bride.
The village chief also intended for these eligible young people to start having children as soon as possible.
So all men over the age of 20 could choose a woman to take home.
Camren chose another plump woman.
But Howard, who everyone feared, chose a fool.
Because of this, he was often mocked by the men in the village.
They said that after being dumped by Kiara, his standards for women had lowered, and he wasn’t afraid of having a little fool in the future.
But regardless, Howard always stood by his choice.
Because he wanted to protect her.