Chapter 426 – Lucius’ Marriage Fellowship (5)
“Has anything happened in the meantime? Ash.”
“Today was the same as usual. I planted trees, grew flowers, and when the elves came, I strengthened my defenses, and it was the same routine every day.”
Ash said that and laughed bashfully. Knowing that her daily life was not a pleasant story, she was fighting a search battle to draw another topic from her. I leisurely enjoyed this moment. She bit her lip and pointed to the present I brought today.
“What is that?”
“It is a gift. It was custom-made by the artisans of our estate. It’s for you, Ash, so I told you to make it with care.”
“Me, for me?”
I lifted the hairpin. Even though she didn’t say much, Ash was taken aback, and she was visibly delighted. In fact, this hairpin was one that Artie had brought out from one of her closets. She advised her to make it not her own her, but made by the artisan in the manor, and now, seeing Ash’s reaction her, Artie’s advice her seemed to fit right in.
The hairpin was in the shape of a butterfly, and its sophistication was so indescribable that it looked as if it would fly away at any moment. On top of the butterfly-shaped gilt frame, emeralds were thinly cut to make the wings, and the blue antennae were shining brilliantly. Ash put it on her head her carefully, lest she break it. As soon as it touched her magical power her, her hairpin started flapping its wings of its own accord.
Ash laughed as he carefully touched the butterfly moving on its own above her head her, as if it were magical. But I broke out in a cold sweat watching it.
“I was surprised to find such a sophisticated artisan in the territory.”
It was because it was too over-technology for humans to make it. But Ash, who didn’t know much about the outside world, seemed to think that this was possible. She smiled brightly and tapped the fluttering butterflies from her hair to her.
And she said
“That… Matches well?”
“Yes. Fit well.”
I said so with a smile. Ash, who heard my answer her, couldn’t control the corners of her mouth her that went up. After exchanging a few more words, she realized that the sun was setting and the time for parting was approaching. I shook my head in regret and got up from my seat. Ash stretched out her hand toward me, then lowered her gloomy face and said,
“That…”
“What’s wrong?”
“No. Hey, good bye Will you come again?”
“Absolutely. Don’t trust the elves who come around here. They are very bad guys.”
“I know. So, come, come as soon as possible.”
“I know.”
She had no one to see but me. I visited her every 10 days each time, and little by little I made her depend on me.
“What is this?”
“It’s a new breed of flower brought from the capital.”
I brought flowers this time. This time, he actually picked up flowers grown in the flower garden in the capital of the kingdom and brought them to me. Originally, it was a place where entry was prohibited, but the ban on entry meant nothing to me. If I killed Evangeline anyway, the palace would become mine next, so there was no guilt. Ash smelled the scent of flowers I gave him and made an ecstatic expression.
Flowers are temporary, but they will soothe her loneliness.
“You are pretty.”
“Yes?”
Ash was taken back by my words. I added right away.
“A flower.”
“Ah, that’s right. The flowers are very pretty. Right.”
He looked visibly disappointed. I spoke to her again.
“I think you are pretty too.”
“What, what? Oh no. Not so pretty. This, this is someone else’s body.”
“I’m not talking about just looking at you. There is no comparison to your caring mindset or your spirit of enduring anger and sacrificing for humans. You need to be proud of yourself.”
“That, not to that extent.”
She looked really embarrassed. I didn’t tease her any more. I said.
“You have charm.”
There were no animals here. It was because, without Ash’s knowledge, Arty secretly set up a barrier to block the entry of living beings. It has no effect on humans, but the wild beasts unconsciously roam around this space where Ash is.
Because of that, there were no animals where Ash was. Of course, this was also a calculated design. Because if I put my affection on animals, I might not depend on me. In extreme cases, Ash could evolve into a gilded Cat Mom.
“I’ll go.”
“Oh that… Joe, wait a little longer. Yet that… I’ll bake you another loaf.”
“I will have to eat it next time I come. Next time, I’ll buy some delicious bread. There is a place in the capital’s bakery that bakes amazing sweets. You will like it too.”
“That… Okay.”
She acknowledged my return of her in an adult manner. As she watched me leave, she held back her tears. Slowly, she could feel that she was falling apart. The moment I left, silence came to Ash Forest. A forest where neither animals nor insects roam. Ash was waiting for me, growing the flower I gave him alone.
“You have pretty small hands.”
“Hand?”
And another day I stretched out her hand and held it out in front of Ash’s eyes. Ash tilted her head and blushed at her. She then turned her head to her side her, covering her own hand her. I said with a grin.
“Take a look. We. I am also quite small.”
“Oh that… That is…”
Ash held out her hand to me cautiously. How is she feeling now? When my hands touched hers, she trembled and her face her turned red. I laughed and put my hand close to her knuckles her.
“Huh… !”
Ash caught her breath. Ash’s palms of her were much softer and softer than he expected. I turned her fingers to her side her and interlocked her with hers.
“Ah…! What, what are you doing…!”
Even though she was started, she didn’t push me away. Her face was red and her head was bowed. She was still naked. I was now holding her hand her with a naked woman. A situation in which heat rises within the body. I got up and went over to Ash.
“What, what?”
Ash started to panic. She was so embarrassed because she had never allowed her contact with others. I grabbed her cheek and kissed her mouth her.
“Ah.”
Ash froze at the sound of her kiss her. I got up again and said
“Then I will go.”
“Ah? Ah?”
Before Ash could comprehend the situation, I left the forest like the wind and disappeared. Then he got on the wagon and pulled the lever. I closed my eyes. When I woke up, I was at the parking lot of the manor wagon. Sellu, who was relaxing at the estate, waved her hand at the pool. I stroked her cellu’s head and then looked for her eve her.
“Eve.”
“Groom. What’s the matter?”
Eve jumped out of the office with a smile on my face when I called. It seemed like it was on its way out. She was holding a stack of white papers, not the usual form of work.
“What is that?”
“This? Our Matilda vacation homework. You wrote that report the other day. They said they got full marks.”
Eve boasted of Matilda with a smile on her face. Her expression was so bright that in some ways I wondered if she had gotten a perfect score on her test of her. I said.
“Did you say Matilda was coming today? It’s vacation already.”
While seduced by Ash and proceeding with this and that. Matilda’s vacation was approaching again. I marveled at the speed of time, and Eve nodded her head and pointed to Matilda’s room her.
“Yes. I’m unpacking in my room right now. Do you want to go and see my face her?”
“It should be.”
I gave her Eve a hug and went to visit Matilda. When I knocked on Matilda’s door, I heard the sound of a bag being dragged inside. Matilda answered my knock with a whimper.
“…Yes! Wait!”
“Can I help you?”
“Oh no! It’s okay!”
She said it was okay, so I decided to wait a while. After waiting for a while, the door opened slightly, and Matilda opened the door, wiping the sweat from her forehead. She greeted me with a much more comfortable face than before. I asked as I stroked Matilda’s hair her.
“What were you doing?”
“I was moving some bags. You just need to move a little further.”
“So?”
I took a step into the room. Fortunately for Matilda, I didn’t seem to have any objection to my entering the room. I said holding the large bag in front of me with my hand.
“Where should I put it?”
Picking up a bag with one hand that he struggled to push with both hands. This was the easiest way for adults to pretend to be adults in front of children. I smiled and looked at Matilda. Matilda pointed admiringly to the side of her dresser her.
“I think it will be over there.”
“Okay. Ruler. Done.”
I moved the bag as lightly as carrying it. Matilda looked at me again and said.
“Hey, how have you been?”
“How have you been? Anyway, it’s vacation already, time goes by so fast. How long until graduation?”
“There are still two years left.”
“Okay? I see.”
“That… Is everything going well at home?”
Matilda called our peta estate ‘home’. Her expression was funny, so I giggled. Matilda frowned slightly at the sound of my laughter, knowing deep down that she was embarrassed by her own expression of her.
“No big deal, why? I met my mother a little while ago.”
Matilda responded with a nod of her head.
“My mom likes that when I worry, she worries. I don’t think you’ll tell me even if you have a really hard time.”
“My family is all like that. Even if you’re over 20, you’re still a child, a child Eve and I have to take care of. You know what I mean it’s because I love you all.”
“Is that so…”
“When are you going up this time?”
“I think it will go up again sometime next week. This time there is an exhibition in the capital, and I really wanted to go there, so I put in an application.”
“A week is tight. What do you want to do in the meantime?”
Matilda laughed.
“There are always many things I want to do. This time, Soya’s mother said she would help her with her introduction to magic and her botany homework her.”
“Eve must be very jealous.”
“It wasn’t like that.”
I calculated the date while talking. By the time Mimir was mine, Matilda was in school.
“Yes, indeed. Matilda. By next vacation.”
“Yes?”
“I think there will be one or two more mothers.”
But how should I introduce Dagon?
