(MC POV)
If you must know, this was the woman who has tortured constantly for several years and abused like I was a piece of worthless dirt.
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She was also infamous for never liking to talk to any man directly if she could help it, resorting to using her subjects to relay her words instead.
Said person was now on her knee and asking for my hand in marriage.
When faced with such an outrageous situation, the only thing I could respond to her earnest plea was a very eloquent, "What?"
"Ah! You're right! I know so much about you but you don't know anything about ! Once again, I am Lunamaeniera Sharrow, but please call Luna. I'm four hundred and twenty years old, a hundred and eighty centitres tall and my three sizes are ninety-nine, fifty-nine and eighty-eight centitres! My hobbies include painting, singing, dancing, knitting, eradicating my political enemies and cultivating. Oh! I'm also the current Matriarch of the Spiritual Plane, I had conquered the entire place back when I was two hundred years old! Are you cold? Would you like to knit you a scarf? I can knit you one right now!"
Her words rapidly fired one after the other, leaving no opportunity at all to talk.
Before I knew it, she had taken out two needles and a ball of yarn to begin knitting at high speeds. In the blink of an eye, she had knitted and wrapped a blue scarf around my neck.
"Oh my, oh my. I was afraid my skills were not up to par but this definitely looks good on you! Look at this, the blue matches my hair, doesn't this look like we're already a couple? Ah, what am I saying, we already are aren't we? When should be our wedding? What would you like as your dowry? I can provide everything for you, you don't even need to do anything. Could I call you husband instead? I'll call you husband from now on. Yes, this feels like we're much more closer. How about we share a--"
I raised up my hand, stopping her rapid fire of words in its tracks.
I thought she might take offence at my actions but she had quickly snapped her mouth shut, waiting for what I had to say quietly with sparkly eyes.
"I'm sorry, your majesty… But--"
"Luna."
"Ahem… I'm sorry, Luna, but I'm completely lost at the mont. What are you talking about?"
She tilted her head at , "What am I talking about? It is obvious isn't it? We are now engaged are we not?"
"Umm… First of all… I never said yes… Seco--"
She grabbed both of my arms, staring at with a desperate look on her face, "Why?! What about do you not like?! I will change it! I will change it right now! Do you not like my hair? I'll cut it! Or am I not pretty enough? I will find beauty enhancing pills that will make prettier! I'll give you money! I'll give you a position in court! I'll give you power! Anything you want can be yours! Anything at all! Just don't leave !"
I held up my hands again, "Wait, wait, wait. I'm not rejecting you… At least not yet… I'm just… I guess, overwheld? I an, you just t today, isn't marriage sothing you should take your ti to consider?"
Ok, seeing as how I'm pretty much sleeping with a lot of people, I'm the last person qualified to tell her that. Still, I have never seen her like this before.
She would always be composed and calm even when she's torturing , as though it was just a process she had to go through and not sothing she enjoyed doing.
Even the lessons she did with were conducted emotionlessly, much less the punishnts.
Wait a minute… No way…
The entire ti she was grooming to be her husband wasn't she?!
She was exceptionally harsh when it ca to questions about politics and such, that was just her preparing to rule beside her wasn't it?!
Why the hell did she pick though?! I was literally a cripple with only a little bit more knowledge than normal you know?!
And since now I've shown to be able to answer a number of her requirents correctly, she thinks I'm the perfect fit for her?!
Arrrgghhh!! What the hell is wrong with everyone on this Plane?! I want to go ho already!
While I was despairing over my situation internally, Luna had grasped both of my hands in hers, "Oh my dear husband, it was love at first sight, there was no need for to doubt anything! Your body, your eyes, your aura, your personality, your disposition, everything is perfect! I will give you anything to stay by my side! Do you wish for fa or fortune? I can grant you both! Do you wish for ? I can give myself to you right here and now!"
I quickly stopped her when she tried to strip herself.
"Stop, stop, stop. You need to co down your… I an, Luna. Please calm down first. Like I said, I am pretty overwheld at the mont. I'm just an ordinary man who t the ruler of my country for the first ti in my life. So it's kind of a big deal for when you started proposing to all of a sudden."
"So… So you don't hate ?"
Hate is kind of a strong word… But I can't deny I actually have negative feelings about you considering what you did to in my previous life. But such feelings are quite complicated now that I know what you were doing them for.
Not to ntion the fact that I did, in fact, benefit greatly from her ministrations despite the thods she used.
But right now seeing her like this, my entire view on this woman was completely flipped around. I wonder if Muon was aware that her queen was like this?
"I am more of bewildered right now… But I guess? don't hate you at least..."
She clasped her hands together, "Oh how wonderful! Let us set a date for our wedding! It will be a national holiday and we'll send invitations to everyone so that everyone knows about our union! Oh how great this would--"
"But I already have soone else I have to return to."
"--be when we… What?"
I took a deep breath, "I already have soone else that I want to return to."
She smiled at , but there was no mirth in that smile, "Is it your mistress? Who is she? I'll go and have a… Talk… Yes, a talk. Just a talk. With her."
Should have known that wasn't enough to dissuade her.
I was still considering what I could do when the carriage ca to a halt.
Luna sat back down on her seat and reverted herself back to normal just as the doors opened, revealing the maid from before bowing her head there.
"We have arrived, Your Majesty."
Luna ignored her and tilted her head slightly at , "We will continue this conversation later. Shall we?"
Right, I'll try to slip out once I'm able to then.
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