Frieren: Dominating Aura From the Start Chapter 121: The Night Before Arriving at the Northern Plate

If he rembered correctly...

This seed to have happened in the eighth year of their life in the imperial capital.

It was a sunny noon with clear skies—

In a classroom with the architectural style of the Unified Empire, resembling a dieval palace:

When the court mages gradually departed with bows after the morning lessons ended,

Agusheed on the podium, substituting for his lazy wife, remained motionless.

He wore an aura of cold aloofness that kept others at bay,

As always, after the court mages left, he took advantage of the brief respite to organize decryption materials,

While quietly waiting for Flam to co and take over after sleeping in.

—After all, Frieren still had classes in the afternoon,

And if Flam went, that stupid disciple would just slack off under her indulgence.

Flam was rarely late.

So when Agusheed was organizing the third page,

He heard his wife's light footsteps right on ti.

Her shallow red hair appeared even before Flam herself,

And when Agusheed's peripheral vision caught that touch of pale red and he looked up from his notebook,

Flam's characteristic light laughter and she herself were already standing before Agusheed.

Agusheed, still a conversation killer at this ti, naturally wouldn't speak first.

Silent farewells followed by gradually leaving was his style.

So he simply looked back at Flam's ageless face and silently stood up—

—His rising was interrupted.

The culprit was Flam, who wore a light smile on her face.

Under Agusheed's helpless gaze,

Flam, like a child, playfully sat directly on his lap.

Her actions certainly didn't stop there—

After skillfully resting her head on her husband's shoulder,

Then spreading her arms and tightly wrapping them around Agusheed's neck:

Flam looked up at her husband, who had already reached out to hold her waist to prevent her from falling, and blinked her eyelashes gently.

Her face slowly approached, and just as it was about to pass his chin unobstructed—

The strongest Grand Demon finally spoke.

"Don't be silly..."

"Flam, don't always act childishly like you haven't grown up."

His restraint had so effect, but only a little.

Yes—

Agusheed's words only managed to make Flam pause her actions for a mont.

"Calling your wife's affection childish nonsense—"

"Although age-wise, I am indeed a child before you..."

"But Agusheed, that's still quite rude..."

Flam's nose tip gently brushed against Agusheed's chin, carrying the warm scent of sunshine.

The airflow from her light laughter brushed against the skin on her husband's neck, making him involuntarily tense his shoulders.

"I'm just being factual."

Agusheed's fingers at Flam's waist tightened slightly, then quickly relaxed.

"Being factual and being rude aren't mutually exclusive—"

"At least when facing your wife, you should give appropriate indulgence..."

"Otherwise, a husband who's too rigid will be disliked by his wife."

While saying this with a low laugh,

Taking advantage of Agusheed's inattention, Flam's face slowly moved up half an inch.

But how could Agusheed, as the strongest Grand Demon, not notice?

But he didn't speak, just indulged Flam's little movents.

"So what do you want to do, Flam?"

He lowered his eyes, looking at his wife's face so close at hand—

Flam's eyes showed a transparent pale blue in the sunlight, the shadows cast by her eyelashes trembling gently with her blinking.

"A good afternoon kiss."

Naturally stating her request, Flam's smile was full of expectation.

"I don't rember having anything like a 'good afternoon kiss' before..."

"Then we'll have one starting now."

"Why?"

"Because I still have classes in the afternoon, so I need my husband's kiss to help overco laziness."

Flam told lies without changing expression, her voice low and steady throughout,

As if stating indisputable facts.

A clumsy lie.

Even soone as obtuse as Agusheed at this ti could clearly see through this.

Just watching his wife's gaze, he ultimately couldn't refuse Flam's expectation.

Black long hair slowly drooped down, and pale red hair tips actively entangled with it.

But only for an instant.

Or rather, they separated at the first touch—

That was just how Agusheed was; you couldn't expect him to understand what kissing represented.

But this alone was enough.

This was what Flam wanted.

So nestled in Agusheed's embrace, she watched the brief distance between them and laughed softly,

Her pale red long hair swept across Agusheed's collarbone with her movent.

"I love you... Agusheed..."

Stating this confession that would seem too passionate to outsiders without any reserve,

Flam watched Agusheed's calm gaze and helplessly lowered her head.

"What..."

"Shouldn't you be happy at your wife's confession and lean down for a few more kisses?"

"You're as obtuse as always, Agusheed—"

Flam deliberately drew out her tone, saying unrealistic nonsense with sowhat greedy implications.

So her response was a face-pinching strike from her husband.

Raising his free hand, he gently placed it on his wife's cheek.

Agusheed punished the inch-taking Flam with gentle pinching.

"Inch-taking—"

This was also the strongest Grand Demon's assessnt.

And Flam seed to be aware of this herself,

So after her husband's 'discipline,' she didn't continue making trouble.

Instead, she reached out to playfully curl a strand of Agusheed's black hair,

"Stay with ."

This was her serious plea, even the laziness in her words had diminished sowhat.

Not a very excessive request—

Normally, Agusheed would certainly indulge his wife's small wishes.

But now...

"There are still afternoon classes."

Agusheed's answer was equally serious.

"Frieren and the court mages still need instruction from you and ."

Guiltily averting her gaze, her lips lightly brushing against her husband's neck,

After a second's hesitation,

Flam finally said what she had done in a low voice.

"I gave them all ti off when I ca."

Recalling Frieren's happy yet resentful look and the court mages' knowing smiles,

Flam continued to add:

"Frieren has already run to the sweet shop, and the court mages have all gone ho."

Silence.

Agusheed's helplessness and silence were deafening.

But he didn't and couldn't bla Flam for such a small matter,

Much less have any dissatisfaction with what Flam had done.

So he could only lightly flick her forehead while she wore a feigned pained expression,

Then comnt in a low voice.

"That's why I tell you not to always act like a child, Flam..."

But faced with her husband's helplessness, Flam's response was...

"Ehehe—" (playing dumb)

As expected, Agusheed still indulged Flam's mischief.

He didn't speak, just held her soft body like this.

Flam wasn't surprised by this result.

She watched her husband's serious face that never changed color and nuzzled upward.

She said she wanted him to stay with her, so Agusheed would comply.

That's why Flam loved him.

That's why the two had co this far together.

Although he didn't respond, this ti Agusheed didn't refuse his wife's affection.

He simply felt that red hair flowing, his gaze slowly falling on the decryption notebook spread on the lectern.

The strongest Grand Demon could hold Flam like this for an entire afternoon doing nothing.

But he, who always emphasized efficiency, still chose to continue working during this process.

After all, the third page of yesterday's decryption work he was organizing still had so contradictions.

But he forgot that his wife would be jealous.

Especially when she discovered her husband's attention wasn't on her at such a ti.

"How cruel, Agusheed..."

Flam followed her husband's gaze and sighed with lowered head.

This ti, she was the one with helplessness.

"Is the attraction of the wife in your arms really less than that of a decryption notebook?"

"Even with a temperant as stable as mine, I would get angry in this situation."

Angry—

This word finally made Agusheed move his gaze back to his wife's face.

Flam's cheeks puffed up slightly, feigning anger as she crossed her arms,

Staring intently at Agusheed's hand that had already lifted the pen.

So the pen was put down without hesitation.

That hand was lifted by Agusheed, his knuckles gently resting on Flam's cheek.

"The recent decryption content is very important."

The strongest Grand Demon, who wasn't good at coaxing people, said in a tone that seed extrely gentle compared to his usual coldness:

"In Sage Ewig's Grimoire, Chapter Four 'Realms Unreached by Humans,' Volu Seven, Section Fourteen, 'On the Possibility of Goddess Magic,' there's sothing very interesting..."

"According to Ewig's discussion, Goddess Magic might have the possibility of breaking your proposed 'Principle of Magic's Irreversibility'—"

Beyond Agusheed's expectations, regarding the possibility that her proposed theory might be broken...

Flam appeared extraordinarily calm.

Whether it was confidence in herself or having long suspected this.

"I knew about this nine years ago at the Goddess Monunt."

Although she wanted to tell Agusheed, Flam ultimately couldn't say this out loud.

She just poked Agusheed's cheek, her eyes gently narrowing.

"Is such a thing worth caring about?"

Her face approached once more, almost touching Agusheed's chin.

"More attractive than ?"

Sunlight stread through the stained glass windows above, casting dappled light and shadow around them.

Agusheed could clearly see the light smile on Flam's face—the smile of soone expecting his answer—

So he reached out and smoothed down a strand of his wife's upturned hair, his movent incredibly gentle.

"It isn't."

"But if we find the answer within, perhaps it could explain why I fainted at the Goddess Monunt in the Kino Mountains back then..."

This answer satisfied Flam—

So although she knew Agusheed couldn't find the answer from it,

She didn't stop his actions anymore.

She adjusted her position to lean more comfortably.

"Then continue. I want to sleep a bit more."

Listening to his wife's gentle murmur in his arms,

Knowing she was no longer feigning anger, Agusheed breathed a sigh of relief.

He made a barely audible "mm" sound,

Then steadily supported Flam with his palm, moving her body up a bit to prevent her from sliding off him.

This action was so natural, as if his arms were born to fit the curves of her body.

So Flam, about to fall asleep, beca even happier—

So before the quiet, she buried her face in Agusheed's neck hollow one last ti,

Then took a deep breath of the pleasant fragrance on her husband.

Agusheed's mouth twitched.

Looking down at Flam's pale red long hair as she made mischief,

After hesitating for a mont, he still gently rested his chin on it.

"Don't be silly."

This was his final whisper to his wife.

And Flam didn't answer.

Because she had already settled down—

So the palace beca so quiet that even the sound of plane tree leaves rustling outside could be heard.

Sunlight flowed between the embracing Agusheed and Flam,

Dyeing their intertwined breathing golden.

Agusheed's other hand had sohow moved to Flam's nape,

His fingertips gently stroking her scattered red hair as she slept soundly.

His wife naturally wouldn't stop her husband's unconscious intimacy.

So Flam just closed her eyes with a smile, letting this familiar warmth surround her.

But she wasn't completely motionless.

Half-awake and half-asleep, she ended with a vague light kiss—

Falling into an afternoon nap...

Her breathing gradually beca even,

But her fingers still tightly gripped Agusheed's clothes, as if unwilling to let go even in dreams.

And Agusheed sat quietly too. He didn't imdiately start working,

Instead letting his gaze fall on the stained glass window in the distance.

Sunlight through the blue glass cast shimring spots of light on the floor,

Like the surface of a lake with rising ripples.

Like... the curves that occasionally danced in his eyes.

Carefully picking up the quill pen from the table, continuing the unfinished decryption work with minimal movent...

Afraid of disturbing the weight on his shoulder, Agusheed glanced at his wife's sleeping face before...

Slowly lowering his head.

Of course, Flam would occasionally move gently in her dreams, making vague sleep talk.

So whenever this happened, Agusheed would stop his pen and wait for her to quiet down again.

Only he himself didn't notice...

His mouth would always unconsciously curve upward slightly,

Forming an almost imperceptible light smile.

Outside the window, the afternoon breeze blew gently, bringing the fragrance of roses from the distant garden.

Another murmur from Flam ca,

Agusheed stopped his pen, looked down at his wife's sleeping face,

And reached out to brush away a strand of red hair that had fallen across her lips.

In the strongest Grand Demon's eyes flowed the tenderness that would only occasionally appear in such unobserved monts.

In the spacious court classroom, ti seed to be under a slow magic cast by the Goddess who created the world,

Every minute, every second stretched into unforgettable mories.

The sunlight slowly moved—

The silhouettes of the two embracing were gradually cast on the ancient stone walls,

As if eternal.

—

The deep twilight made Agusheed in the study open his eyes.

Erging from the dream mirror, he didn't move but quietly contemplated.

"Kino Mountains..."

"Goddess Monunt..."

As if his stupid disciple's words had given Agusheed so speculation,

Looking toward the Northern Plateau, he murmured softly to himself.

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