After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1226

She actually got caught fairly easily, which was why she felt so heavy—had she been a little smarter, maybe she could've warned the Golds by now!

What would happen to them now? If that plan succeeded, she would not be able to live with herself!

At the time, she had to sneak and use the Beast Carts. The fastest way would've been the Mercenary Hall but she was an honorary member of her own town's mercenary team, the Veroughn Mercenary Team.

The people there could also easily report her appearance and stop her, so she had no choice but to choose different avenues.

Sadly, she was no Beast Tamer nor was she a Beast driver. Even when she managed to steal the whistle, as soon as it encountered another beast cart, she could just lose control.

And that was precisely what happened.

She was caught by her father's strongest guards and she was thrown in house arrest since then.

After another hour of moping around, the door creaked open. She lifted her head, only to see that it was her maid, Vivi, bringing in some food. She also had a high-level guard behind her to make sure Veronica didn't escape during this opening.

Vivi was holding another tray filled with food for the second meal of the day. She saw the untouched tray from the previous meal and she sighed.

"Milady, please eat," she said, gently placing the tray next to the crouching woman.

Veronica did not lift her head, staying still and on the floor. "Didn't I tell you guys? I will not eat until you let me go!"

They refused to listen to her, so she had no choice but go on a hunger strike.

Finally, her parents couldn't handle it and went to talk to her. Her mother kneeled next to her, pleading. "Please eat, my daughter. You haven't eaten anything in days…"

"The Golds helped us out so much… we can't do this to them!"

"Daughter, it's more complicated than that— this is more than just our conscience," her father said. "We have tens of thousands of lives depending on us."

"Father, Mother! I'm so young and I have a long life to live. I can't handle living the rest of that in guilt," she told them, tone certain. "I can't! I will die if I stay in this house!"

Her parents looked at her with glazed eyes, but they remained firm. "I can't let you cause trouble for the entire territory. Please understand."

Unexpectedly, Veronica took out a knife and—before anyone could react—she cut her beautiful pink hair.

The hair she had been taking care of meticulously for as far as anyone could remember.

"What—"

"I can dye it, too!" she said, voice cracking, cutting more and more of her hair until it was cut haphazardly just below her ears. "I can make sure nothing traces back to Hubble!"

The couple looked at each other with deep-furrowed faces. Similarly, Veronica also looked at them. _{frёewebnoѵēl.com}

For the first time in weeks, Veronica looked at her parents and saw the changes in them.

It seemed like they aged a decade.

This was also weighing down heavily on them.

Of course, it did; she knew her parents were rare good people. It was why she loved them so much, and it was also why the shock and disappointment hit her so badly.

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