Gaiden) Gyeongju (3)
So a few days passed quietly.
There were certain things that had to be prepared with Daisy before the wedding ceremony, so I spent a lot of time with her.
Wedding invitations, families to send wedding invitations to, specific wedding plans, marches, etc…
We even planned out what we could do to some extent with our own hands.
Daisy was very satisfied with this project together, and expressed her feelings with affection. Even though it was a simple task, she was moved.
The more concretely we plan to get married, the stronger our relationship becomes.
“…..after.”
After dinner, my work was not finished.
As I put a period on the wedding invitation, I turned my shoulders and relaxed my neck. Sitting at a desk all day writing a letter was not easy.
Especially for those who aren’t used to this. I’ve been working hard to sit at a desk for half a year, but my lifelong habit has been to warm up by sweating, so I still needed more time to adapt.
While I was relaxing like that, Daisy got up from her seat in shock and stood behind me.
I turned to look at her, puzzled by her hasty action, and a cold finger grabbed my shoulder.
“Are you unwell? If you go in and rest, I’ll finish it up, Kaden.”
Then he started massaging my shoulders hard.
The expression on his worried face was so sincere, he couldn’t even play a joke.
He just smiled at that kind heart that he thought of me and told her not to worry.
“It’s okay, Daisy. It was just relaxing.”
“…you don’t even have to do this for me…”
When she said sorry, I burst out laughing.
“It’s for us. of course you have to still….”
As I muffled my words, Daisy listened and focused on me.
“…But it still feels good to get a massage, so let’s get a little more.”
As I relaxed and leaned back on the chair, a smile was drawn on both me and Daisy’s lips at the same time.
Daisy’s hand gripped me hard. Although she has inner strength, the strength of her grasp could not keep up with that strength. In fact, she had no effect on my shoulder.
In the first place, this fatigue of the body is not easily relieved with solutions such as massage. Unless you’re taking a long break or taking the time to work out.
Still, I felt the illusion of exhaustion. Daisy’s noble spirit passed through her shoulders and warmed her heart.
Daisy’s hand gradually stopped…. Soon, it slowly climbed down my body.
“……”
Daisy wrapped her arms around my neck and put her head on her shoulder.
I raised my hands and gently touched her cheeks, exchanging warmth with each other.
“Kayden.”
she says
“…I am very happy. I have been wishing for a moment like this all my life.”
“……”
“To dream of the future with the person you love. Sharing each other’s warmth in a peaceful everyday life. I wanted to have a relationship that would give me strength just by being there.”
“…….okay?”
“But to some extent, I was giving up. Because marriage isn’t always going the way you want it to. In that sense… I’m very happy. I can connect with you.”
Caressing her cheek more carefully, I continued.
“…I’m also curious sometimes, Daisy. Did I tell you?”
“….What?”
“I knew Daisy even before entering the academy.”
“……yes?”
“…It’s complicated to be specific, but I’ve known you through a series of events, except for growing up at Hexter Orphanage. Just like Daisy knew me as a commoner-born Priest.”
“……”
“……I don’t know if you know, but I was drawn to my inner strength. When I gave you flowers at a jousting match, I didn’t give it to you without thinking.”
Daisy was silent for a long time, then let out a mischievous laugh.
“…I thought it was because I was the most beautiful, wasn’t it?”
At that sharp point, I blinked my eyes, looking for excuses.
“Uh…so…that inner beauty and outer…”
“It’s a joke, it’s a joke. I don’t even care about that.”
“No, not this… Daisy.”
After all, as I have a duty to make my wives happy every day, I could spit out words that others would be jealous of when we were alone.
“Daisy…don’t tell anyone. In my eyes… you are the most beautiful.”
“……”
Daisy pretended to hide her reaction, but strength entered her arms.
“You don’t know that I lost your gaze on the day of the entrance ceremony, don’t you?”
“……”
Daisy didn’t answer.
As she turned her head carefully to examine the expression on her face, who said she was not concerned, Daisy could not hide her beautiful smile and secretly hid her expression.
It made me laugh again.
After a lot of laughter, I wipe Daisy’s cheeks again, ending this momentary happiness.
“Come on, Daisy. Thank you for the massage.”
“Oh, Kayden. I’m going to do it up to here today. I think it’ll be fine if you just take a break.”
I was quickly blown away by the offer. And I wondered what it would be like to relieve the fatigue accumulated through exercise during the rest of the time. After all, I grew up as a knight, so it was more natural for me.
Because sweating makes the body, mind, and spirit peaceful.
“….Well. So, that’s all for today….I’m going to get some rest. Would you like to go with Daisy?”
“No, I will stay here.”
“Why, let’s go together.”
She says as she strokes Daisy’s silky hair, which still rests her head on my shoulder.
“…..that…”
“…?”
“…my heart is beating so fast.”
“ah.”
Another moment of silence.
It was Daisy who broke the silence this time.
“Come on, Kaden.”
Then she released her arms and stood up.
As I was about to get up from the chair, I felt a soft touch on my cheek.
-side.
Daisy kissed her lips.
“……Come on, my love. Have a good night.”
she says
After calming this fluttering heart for a moment, I got up and faced her.
I grabbed her by the back of her neck, pulled her head slightly, and gently licked her lips before answering.
“I’ll see you tomorrow.”
****
When I got to the training ground, Judy was already there. Colored in the red sunset, she was wielding a sword.
I was going to call her with pleasure, but I was so focused, so I decided to watch her for a while.
As if he had been warming up for a while, his body was wet with sweat.
Thin but strong arms. slender neckline. Rarely exposed abdominal muscles. Strong thighs and buttocks.
Even though he was only training his sword, his gaze was taken from him.
In the end, she recognized my existence first.
“Kayden?”
She found me and put down her wooden sword.
Wiping off the sweat, he brushed his hair.
“……Are you done with work today?”
“It’s almost over.”
She nodded slowly. His expression was different from usual, and he seemed worried.
Come to think of it, maybe that’s why he’s wielding a sword.
As much as me and her are similar in many parts, I try to think based on my own standards.
After all, knights like us get rid of their fatigue through sweat.
He approached her and tried to examine her expression.
Perhaps he noticed my attempt, Judy slowly turned around.
And seeing that, I’m sure she’s got some kind of uneasy feeling.
I wanted to know whether it was a joke or a serious question… In the end, I picked up the wooden sword that was prepared at the training ground.
“Judy.”
She turns to me at my call. Her eyes found the wooden sword in my hand.
“Would you like to play a match after a long time?”
“……”
Judy looked at me without answering for a while. It was quite embarrassing to realize her heart like this so late. No matter how busy I was with the wedding preparations, I should have paid more attention.
Judy finally nodded and grabbed the sword.
****
After sweating for a while, me and her were sitting on the playground.
Darkness had descended, and now we couldn’t see each other’s faces properly.
Rather, this one was better. Leaning against the dark to confide in my heart was fine.
“therefore?”
I asked.
“….yes?”
“What are you so fussy about?”
“…..What?”
“Don’t try to hide it, Judy. I know what your troubles are.”
“……”
In order not to burden her, she turns her head and asks in a light tone.
she muttered
“…how do you know so well every time…?”
“…well, because we are alike. Just because we became Mels doesn’t mean the past will change.”
“……”
It was Judy who didn’t open her mouth until the end, so I first started asking questions.
“…Mel’s Youngji, what do you think?”
“…here?”
“It’s far from home. If you miss your home…”
“This is my hometown now, Kayden.”
“……”
“I don’t miss the house. Rather… it takes my breath away. It’s like giving me a place to exist.”
“Well. okay?”
“yes. And I’m by your side.”
I wanted to play pranks on her, who naturally showed love, so I said.
“Is the fortress very expressive?”
“What can’t you say to the only one on my side?”
But at the serious reaction that came back as an answer, I had no choice but to shut my mouth.
He stretched out his arms to comfort her sincere.
He pats her shoulder and says.
“…why am I the only one? Now all the people of the Mels family are on your side.”
“……”
The more I asked, the more I was worried about her, so I sat closer to her.
Her fragrant body odor was like that of a flower.
Even more silently, I ask seriously.
“…Judy, why?”
She wrapped her arms around her shoulders and tilted her head slightly to examine her expression.
“If you’re having a hard time like this, I mean it’s hard too.”
“……”
“…don’t you feel nostalgic without knowing it? It can happen if you suddenly change where you live. If you want to visit the Ice House, tell me I will go with you.”
“…it’s not like that. I am also sending and receiving letters with my father.”
“…then? Maybe… maybe twins are bothering you?”
To that point, Judy answered clearly.
“no. Absolutely not, Kaden.”
“……”
“Especially since I brought you out of the woods, the twins…respect me.”
Judy rested her head on my neck. Then, slowly, as if confessing, he poured out his heart.
“….just. Lately, bad thoughts keep coming in.”
“What do you think?”
“Think not to do. Even though I promised not to… I want to break that promise over and over again.”
I instantly remembered Kirsi from a few days ago, and I asked Judy.
“…Is it because of your wedding with Daisy?”
“……”
And whether that was true, Judy remained silent.
I said to further read Judy in my arms.
“Judy, tell me if you have any complaints. I’m Dai, but I don’t take care of it. I don’t want to ignore your opinion.”
“………ha.”
she sighs
“…I decided not to be greedy… but I keep getting greedy.”
Judy also started telling a story that she had only heard once somewhere.
“…I will be satisfied with my concubine, as long as I can be by your side, everything will be fine… I don’t want to be pushed by Daisy-sama.”
Her hand falls helplessly on my thigh.
“I want you to love me the most. Sometimes I’m afraid that this will make me a person who doesn’t care about you. It’s because everything is being pushed… I don’t think it’s even pushing love like this.”
“What do you mean, Judy? How do you become meaningless to me? It doesn’t make sense.”
“…I know, because fear is not something you can control.”
Judy was more concerned about this. In fact, there are many times when I wonder if Judy is the weakest of the four women.
I think it’s similar to Kirsi… But unlike Kirsi, Judy doesn’t have many people to lean on.
Maybe that’s why you’re having troubles like this. He came to the Mels family to see only me now, but if I can’t be a safe haven for her, of course, I can worry about that.
As time goes by… Perhaps, she will be able to feel the warmth and depend on the many people of the Mels family.
However, it may be natural for her to feel this kind of anxiety at this point, as it is now, not long after she came to Mels’s estate.
“I will always be by your side, Judy.”
Judy shook her head.
“You are busy with your wedding with Daisy-sama right now.”
For some reason, her suggestion not to worry about it sounded like a grudge to me.
‘I’m busy, can you take care of me?’ same as
Usually, it was Judy who kissed me. She had no choice but to kiss her by surprise.
But in the current atmosphere.
-side.
I gently pull her away from me and kiss her on the cheek.
“……”
But Judy didn’t react much.
“…I often do this with Daisy, Asena, and Kirsi-sama.”
In order to release the atmosphere again, let’s play a joke once more.
“Are you cutely jealous today?”
“…I always did.”
However, that attempt again failed miserably.
“……”
As she said, the worried expression on her face did not go away.
Unable to find the answer, I finally ask.
“…how can I trust you?”
“….What?”
“I will love you no matter what. How can I trust you?”
Did Judy finally feel a little relieved? This time she was joking around. With a firm expression on his face, only words.
“…you pay a lot of attention today, Kayden?”
“…I will always do this.”
“……”
And this time I answered her pranks seriously, blocking her speech.
Enjoying the cold wind hitting the cooling drops of sweat for a while… Judy opened her mouth.
“…I’m cold, Kayden. So…”
Then he turns his head and looks up at me. After hesitating for a while, she said.
“………….hug me.”
It was a strange word. Because I was already holding her.
And I knew there was another meaning to the word “Hug”.
Judy muttered in a mournful tone.
“……Then, I think I will believe that you love me.”
Even speaking this way, her intentions have been conveyed very clearly. I wasn’t the only one who couldn’t understand this.
“…Give me your first, Kaden.”
However.
However……
For indescribable reasons, I hesitated.
Is it because it’s the first time? Is it because I am worried? Is it because he wants to treat Judy with respect until marriage?
In front of some people, an unknown world that they have never experienced, they have no choice but to hesitate once.
As I couldn’t answer for that reason, Judy’s last words rang out.
In the middle between playfulness and sincerity, she provokes me.
“……Are you an eunuch?”
At that, I burst out laughing.
Then, I shaved my ass and got up from my seat.
“…..wake up.”
Judy, who made the provocation, bows her head. I said looking at her.
“cold. Let’s get in quickly.”
