Another call came in right after Caspian hung up his call with Laina.
"Lord Caspian!" Sylvia's panicking voice came from the other side.
"What happened, Sylvia?"
"Bad news, Lord Caspian! The enemy is sending even more troops to attack Southlake Hospital!"
"How big is their army?" Caspian remained calm.
"Around twenty thousand."
"Are you already at your wit's end just to deal with such a number?"
"Lord Caspian, I've already lost most of my forces defending the coastline. We then fought the enemy again on the streets when we were retreating back to Southlake City.
"I only have seven thousand men right now, and they haven't slept since the war began. We're all tired and hungry. Our troop's morale is very low," Sylvia explained.
"I understand. I'm sending over ten thousand of my armored soldiers as reinforcement. We can't afford to lose the hospital!"
"Thank you, Lord Caspian!"
Caspian hung up and left the house to issue his orders.
He diverted a portion of his armored soldiers to head for Southlake Hospital.
Caspian had wanted to let his men have a proper rest, but he had no choice but to send them out once more due to the urgency of defending Southlake Hospital.
The remaining fifty thousand of his armored soldiers would remain on standby.
Caspian finished giving his orders and returned to the house.
Meanwhile, Willow had been waiting for Caspian in the bedroom.
She waited for a very long time, but Caspian never appeared.
Willow couldn't wait any longer and decided to take a look at the living room.
"You're still awake, Willow?" Caspian asked as he noticed her arrival.
"Why aren't you coming to sleep? It's been such a long time since we could be with each other," Willow complained.
"The battle in Southlake City is still ongoing. I need to be here to command my troops."
"Oh, I see. But you shouldn't stay up all night and tire yourself out."
"The battlefront needs my attention and command more than ever."
"I'll stay with you." Willow realized that she wouldn't be having any action with Caspian tonight.
She understood that Caspian had to be around as the chief commander to handle the battle going on in Southlake City.
As Lady Willow, she had to be aware of his troubles as well.
She wasn't in much of a hurry right now anyway.
"It's fine. You should go back to sleep." Caspian didn't want Willow to stay beside him.
First of all, he wanted her to get some sleep. And second of all, he felt that he couldn't do his job well with Willow around.
"No way, I want to be with you." Willow remained stubborn.
"You're going to affect my work."
Caspian had always listened to Willow's demands for everything in life, but he wouldn't tolerate anyone distracting him in the matter of warfare.
"Alright. I'll make you a pot of tea before going back to sleep. Don't tire yourself too much, okay?" Willow understood that Caspian was busy and quickly excused herself.
"Thank you, honey." Caspian smiled.
"Oh, you. You don't have to thank me for this." Willow smiled back at him.
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Meanwhile, at Southlake Hospital, Sylvia led her troops in a fight to the death with the enemy.
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