After Fara, with a huff, went to her room next door, no matter how much I racked my brain, I couldn't understand the aning of the phrase "toying with a maiden's heart," nor could I recall the situation.
At my wit's end, I sat on the bed and tried to summon my mories.
I thought about asking if I could review my mories.
"Since it was just yesterday, it should be easy to do."
Great, this way I can make up with Fara.
I sighed in relief, but he continued with a suggestive tone, "But..."
"Be careful when you look."
"Huh? Why?"
"Well, you'll understand when you see it."
Shortly after hearing his audacious laughter in my head, I closed my eyes, and the scene from that ti, along with the words I had spoken, began to replay in my mind.
"Wh-what, what, what...⁉"
I imdiately realized that my body temperature had skyrocketed, sweat was pouring from my entire body, and my face was burning bright red.
It seed that, overwheld by exhaustion and extre drowsiness, I had hugged Fara tightly and whispered embarrassingly sweet words of love to her.
Well, it's true that while I was in the Fox tribe territory, I had been eager to see Fara again.
So, the words weren't lies.
They weren't lies, but this was just too embarrassing.
As the words I whispered to Fara replayed one after another, I couldn't help but collapse onto the bed, writhing and rolling around in agony.
"You're the best wife I could have asked for. I'll make you the happiest in the world."
"I was so lonely without you."
"I'll never let you go. I won't give Fara to anyone."
Uwaaaaaah⁉
What on earth was I saying?
While holding my head, I tried to avert my eyes from my actions and cover my ears, but I realized that since this was a "mory playback," there was no escape, which only made writhe more.
But, if I looked closely at the images, Fara's ears were turning red and twitching.
Does that an Fara was happy too...? Thinking that made feel a little happy.
No, no, that's not the point.
As I was ntally berating myself, Fara, who had been buried in my chest in the mory, looked up.
Her expression seed a bit more mature than usual.
"Lord Ridd, do you really love that much?"
"Yeah. I love you THAT much."
"Then, in the future..."
"...⁉ That's enough, I get it. mory, stop the playback."
Startled, I instinctively shouted.
"Haha, you don't need to panic and shout out loud. That's why I told you to be careful when you look."
As his cheerful laughter faded, the images and sounds replaying in my mind stopped.
Even though I hadn't done any strenuous exercise, my shoulders moved with each breath, my heart was pounding, and my entire body was drenched in sweat.
It seems I got carried away after seeing everyone again after so long.
This must be so kind of carelessness.
I let out a deep sigh and shook my head in resignation.
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After breakfast with everyone, I visited Father's office with Diana to report on the Foxkin territory.
Now, Father's laughter echoed through the room as he sat on the sofa across the desk.
Looking out of the corner of my eye, Diana, who was standing behind the sofa I was sitting on, was also trembling slightly and looking away.
"...You don't have to laugh so much. That's why I didn't want to talk about it."
Puffing out my cheeks, Father gave a wry smile and said, "Sorry, sorry."
"During breakfast, you and Fara were acting so differently than usual. Well, if that's the case, then it's not a problem."
"Sigh..."
I let out a deep sigh and hung my head.
Thanks to the "mory playback" from mory, I fully understood all the words Fara had ntioned, so I imdiately went to visit her room.
After whispering such embarrassingly sweet words, I hadn't rembered any of it.
It's no wonder she was angry.
Fara cleared the room of everyone, including Asuna and Diana, and listened to my explanation alone.
"I see. So, if you've rembered everything through mory-sama, can you assert that all those words... were true and without deception?"
Her cold deanor, reminiscent of Mother Eltia, suddenly shifted to a cute upward glance, making my heart skip a beat.
"O-of course. It's embarrassing to say it again, but it's all true."
"Is that so? Then I'll forgive you. But next ti you whisper such things, please rember them."
"Y-yes."
Fara's mood improved after this exchange.
In fact, she was beaming with a smile I had never seen before.
When we went to the dining room for breakfast, even in front of Father and Mother, she said, "Lord Lidd, open your mouth," and fed one thing after another.
Though bewildered, I felt an indescribable intensity from her radiant smile and couldn't say anything, letting her do as she pleased.
Everyone's reactions to our unusually different interaction were varied.
The people in the mansion gave us warm looks, while my sisters l, Tis, and Citri said, "Wow, lovey-dovey from the morning," and shot us intense gazes.
"My, my. You two are getting along so well today. Should I do the sa for you, dear?"
Mother said this while looking at Father, who shook his head and said, "Nanali, don't tease them."
After breakfast, I parted ways with everyone and, along with Diana, moved to the room Father used as his office to report on the Foxkin territory.
As soon as I sat down, Father furrowed his brow.
"About Fara's behavior, judging from her usual deanor, this is no small matter. Ridd, what did you do? Surely it's not sothing that would escalate into a diplomatic issue with Renalt, is it?"
"N-no, of course not."
Whispering words of love couldn't possibly lead to a diplomatic issue... well, it might in so cases, but Fara and I had already held a ceremony in Renalt, and on paper, we were already married in the Empire, so there shouldn't be any issues.
In fact, it would be strange if there were.
But Father still looked unconvinced and suspicious.
"Is that so? Then what happened? Tell everything that might be the cause."
"Wha⁉ Please, spare that. I assure you, it won't lead to a diplomatic issue."
Explaining the words of love I spoke to my wife to my own father was unthinkable.
If sha could kill, this would surely be enough to do it.
I shook my head and refused vehently, but that only made things worse.
Father grew even more suspicious and his expression turned stern.
"No good. Whether it becos a diplomatic issue or not is for to judge after hearing the story. For the sake of confirmation, tell everything honestly."
"...Understood."
Resigned, I felt as though my soul was about to leave my body as I recounted everything that had happened between Fara and from last night to this morning.
And that brings us to the present.
As I hung my head, completely pale, I heard Father clear his throat.
"Now that we've established that there's no issue between you and Fara, let's move on to the main topic. How is the Foxkin territory under the leadership of Amon Grandork?"
As Father spoke, the relaxed atmosphere in the room instantly beca tense.
Sensing the change in the room's mood, I straightened up and said, "Understood," before beginning to report in detail about the events in the Foxkin territory.
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