"Your Majesty, you have arrived."
Urding was still dressed in that simple bishop's robe, followed by his deputy, a leper wrapped tightly in clothes. This person also came from a noble family and, after contracting the disease, was sent to a monastery outside Jerusalem City that specifically took in lepers.
Upon hearing of Urding's deeds, he made his way to the Crusader front and became Urding's follower.
There were quite a few lepers in the Saint Lazarus Order. Though leprosy was seen by the world as God's curse, in reality, the disease was not easily contracted. It primarily affected young children, the elderly, and others with weakened immunity.
Baldwin IV nodded slightly, "Lord Urding, how is Losa doing now? Are even you at a loss?"
"The lord's injury is not on his body but on his soul."
