I was, of course, still curious about what Amadea ant by having avenged everything. Hopefully, it wasn’t sothing bad.
"Cecilia."
"Yes?"
"Marry ."
"Sorry?"
I was quite surprised by the proposal just now. I now understood that my relationship with Amadea was a relationship made by the gods, but I still needed ti to process all of this. Everything happened so fast that I didn’t have ti to think about it.
From the beginning, Amadea did introduce as his wife. I didn’t really understand because the man did it without talking to first. Besides, we were not married yet, and I just got to know his na today. We might be bound by a certain bond, but I had said my marriage vows with another man.
Maybe if I hadn’t beco King Theodore’s concubine I would have received it with open arms, but ... I already had a husband, and it was likely that King Theodore must be looking for right now.
My hand was held gently. I restrained myself from holding his hand back.
"Cecillia, you and that human are not husband and wife. Both of you... haven’t touched each other yet, have you? I know because your scent is still purely yours."
My heart was beating really fast when the man put his face close to my neck. He sniffed it a few tis to sll my scent. I was dirty... I had also been sweating a lot and being this close suddenly made a little uncomfortable.
"Amadea... can you give a mont to process all of this? It feels really rushed."
I pushed his body away because I felt uncomfortable because the man didn’t move away after sniffing my scent. Then, I covered his mouth and nose, asking the man to stop doing what he was doing at the mont. Seriously, having soone sniffing my scent made uncomfortable, especially because I knew that I was very dirty right now.
"Why? You’re going back to that lowly human?"
I averted my face. I didn’t know. I didn’t want to et the people who had hurt , but King Theodore, as well as Princess Leonor were good people. Leaving them just like that without saying goodbye felt very wrong, mostly towards King Theodore who was my husband. It was true that lately, the man had been colder to , but he still gave a lot of help indirectly.
He was also the one who had taken care of for the last few months. He was my first friend in Northendell.
"I don’t know. That’s why I need so ti to think about it again."
"Cecilia, look at ."
I turned and looked at his brilliant red irises that glimred beautifully as the man asked. I didn’t know what he was looking at right now. Was he trying to read my mind again? I tried to distract myself with the food and fresh water of the bath, but then the man’s smile made my face blush.
I didn’t know why I was like this. I had seen people’s smiles a lot. The kind Princess Leonor also often smiled at , and King Theodore as a good friend also smiled often, but my heart had never been beating this fast before. If only I could neutralize it right away.
"Okay, as a good husband, I will listen to my wife’s request."
"We are not married yet," I said, reminding Amadea that even though we were mates, we still hadn’t made our wedding vows.
"In a mont, I want you to get used to the way I call you."
Could I refuse? The man smiled with satisfaction, as if he felt that even if I refused, he would still do it.
Amadea stood up to take my hand. "One thing you need to know, Cecillia." He turned back to look at . His crooked smile really made feel uneasy. "I am the most stubborn man in Birwick. So, I hope you can understand that."
I nodded in approval. We t with Hylios who was waiting in front of the house. Amadea said that he would take to a place, so Hylios was still forbidden from returning to his clan for the next few days. I tried to greet the rude dragon with a smile, but he just averted his face.
This place was truly like heaven, surrounded by tall green trees with beautiful rays of sun tucked between the leaves, making it look like a beam of light. Besides that, this place was also full of various types of creatures that I had never seen before.
Several small animals were seen peeking behind the bushes and Amadea didn’t seem to pay much attention to them. I waved my hand, and they quickly ran away, making feel guilty.
"You don’t need to feel guilty. These little creatures are shy, but they are very curious. I hope you don’t get too close to them because they will really tire you out later. If you give your na, they will dare to ask more than a thousand questions. Don’t go near them."
"Sounds adorable."
Amadea looked back with a frown.
"You can say that now. Wait until you serve each of their questions. You will regret it later."
I couldn’t help but laugh at the seriousness Amadea showed when the man tried to warn about small things like I was forbidden to touch certain types of mushrooms, I was forbidden to talk to dragons, and I was forbidden this and that.
"Ah... sounds boring. It’s no different from Northendell. I can’t do anything here either."
I saw from behind that the man’s body tensed.
"Cecillia... why are you saying that? You can of course be friends with them..."
"But, you said earlier I couldn’t be friends with them?"
"Maybe you heard wrong. I said you CAN be friends with them," said Amadea firmly. I was sure the man didn’t say that I couldn’t be friends with them for several reasons. I nodded and thanked him for the leniency the man gave .
Then, after a while, we arrived at a small lake. At the end of the lake, there was a river that flew gently. The water was so clear that I could see the bottom.
"This is my favorite place. It’s clear, not too deep, you can bathe here."
Hearing the word bathe made very enthusiastic. It felt like I hadn’t cleansed my body for a long ti, so I wanted to get into the water right away.
"I really can bathe here?"
"Yeah, this is my place. No one is allowed to visit this place besides ."
I nodded in understanding. I just had to wait for Amadea to leave here so I could clean my body from sweat and traces of blood.
"You’re not in?"
"Huh?"
I turned to Amadea who was still standing in his place.
"You’re not going?" I asked.
"Huh? Going where? And what for?"
"I-I’m uncomfortable if you are still here watching taking a bath."
"Ah... that... but we’re husband and wife."
"Amadea ... we are not husband and wife yet."
Amadea chuckled then turned around. "I will still be here. I don’t want anything to happen to you. If that makes you uncomfortable, I’ll turn around so you don’t have to worry about soone seeing you."
I still had doubts. However, seeing Amadea sitting on the ground with his back to the lake, I knew sending him away would be pointless.
"Really, Amadea. I don’t feel comfortable if anyone is watching. You won’t turn around. Promise?"
"Yes, I understand."
I took a deep breath then walked a step forward to take off my clothes. If only Amadea was King Theodore, maybe I wouldn’t feel as free as this. I would still choose not to bathe even though King Theodore wasn’t facing . I would probably think of reasons not to take off my clothes.
I looked back when all my clothes were off and saw Amadea sitting cross-legged with his back to . I smiled at the man. Then, I touched my face that felt hot and imdiately put my feet into the lake.
I let out a long sigh as the fresh water enveloped my body.
"You’re already in?"
I turned again to make sure Amadea didn’t turn around and sighed with relief that the man was still holding his ground.
"Yeah, this water is really refreshing."
"I know, right? I like this place too because the water is so refreshing."
I walked deeper into the lake where the water was only up to my chest. Then, I touched the big rock in the middle of the lake as a support. The water around was so clear that I could see my own body in the water.
I rinsed so sweaty dirty parts of my body and hair then wiped my face. I felt like lingering here. I saw the sky of Birwick Mountain which was so beautiful. The white clouds looked very thin, as if hanging above the blue sky.
SSSK SSKKK!
I turned to the side when I thought I heard the sound of the bushes moving. I thought it was just my imagination because Amadea said that this place was his special place. It was impossible for any other creatures to enter here.
I washed my hair while combing it with both hands. And while I was so fixated on cleaning my body, I heard the strange sound again. I looked to the side where the moving bushes were, and it felt like my heart almost stopped beating as a pair of eyes were staring right at .
"KYAAAA!!!!!"
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