Marguerite had them raid the entire city in less than a day. Soon enough, all of them were tired out from punching and hacking at the tree in vain.
Marguerite saw that the tree was impossible to cut and gave up on her own rage. After calming down, she realized what she has done and turned to Jurian in shame. He simply patted her back without speaking.
He felt many emotions at this moment, awe, interest, disillusion and slight fear. He never thought Marguerite could go so rabid at times.
However, he quickly started wallowing in self-blame. He felt that his own incompetence led to their situation now. It's unfair, no matter how hard I try, we always seem to run into problems once we are together.
Jurian decided to take matters into his own hands from thereafter. He ordered the nobles to free the best lodgings they could find and moved in right next to the tree.
