Translator: Khan
Editor Group: Liber Reverie
“… I didn’t mean to sit on your lap, but you’re so unscrupulous.”
‘Who was it that seduced me, and who made me do something unscrupulous?’ Unlike Aria, who laughed happily, Asher was not laughing at all.
“Do you hate being unscrupulous?” Asher asked, brushing her hair, which was a little distracted.
The touch, unlike the usual, really contained self-interest, as Aria had said.
So Aria’s smile changed its meaning, too, and it had long since her playful giggles had disappeared, and she had turned into a face that was suitable for a woman who had been an adult today.
“… well, I don’t know yet how unscrupulous you are, so I can’t make a judgment.”
So was the way she spoke. Her tone was so secretive and stealthy enough to justify her lover’s unscrupulous behavior, and as soon as Aria’s answer was over, his hand, which had been brushing her hair, turned to her cheek.
The soft cheeks were cold from the winter wind, and when he felt sorry about that, he swept down several times, they began to flush as if they had not been cold.
“Your cheeks are hot.”
“… I guess I’m drunk.”
It was not a drunk face even if anyone saw it, but Aria answered so, and Asher did not suspect it, for it was not important whether she was drunk or not.
“I heard that if we shared pain, it would be half… Is it the same with what you’re drunk with?” Aria asked, putting her hand on Asher’s hand as it brushed her cheek. It was a question that was foolish, but more important and seductive to him than anything else.
“Well… will you try it?”
She didn’t have to ask how, because his fingers, which had been brushing her cheeks, softly touched her lips.
Aria closed her eyes slowly, without answering at his dense touch. Asher was no longer tolerable and bowed his head. No one thought that such a secret act would be seen in the garden under the terrace.
It was not like that he hadn’t seen her in a long time. The movement of the overlapped lips was filled with nostalgia because she had been far away. There was also a plea and a desire not to go anywhere again. And as he hugged her tightly and kissed her deeply as if he would not let her go, she also wrapped her hands around his neck and hung on to it, saying she would do the same.
Their kisses continued until the people beyond the terrace could not overcome their curiosity and rushed out into the garden.
* * *
Because he moved from the empire to Croa at once, Asher did not get up all day just like when Aria used the hourglass.
Unlike Aria, who had never got up by external stimuli, he opened his eyes and woke up when she shook him violently as a stroke of good luck in the midst of misfortune. However, he was not in a state of normal life, so he had to excuse that he was stuck in a room as he was doing something he hadn’t done yet.
“… don’t be so reckless again.” Aria gave the cold water to Asher, who had spent the whole day in bed, and said. She felt uncomfortable to think that it was only because of her birthday, not because of any other important matter.
Asher answered casually, “I won’t do anything for you to worry about.”
He did not accept Aria’s advice, but it was vague in his reply that he might do it again. ‘I can’t believe you said such an answer with this poor appearance!’ Aria furrowed her forehead.
“You’re too rash! What if the Crown Prince, who is no one else, does such a reckless thing?!”
He could open his eyes if she woke him differently, but if he was threatened by a sudden threat, he might have lost his life. As she got angry with this, he held her hand, saying, “Don’t worry about that. I would not do such a reckless thing unless it’s not related to you.”
“How can you say that now…?”
But when he smiled softly and said it was because of her, she couldn’t get angry anymore. She said, adding to the small advice that he could no longer be obstinate because it was something she could not pass on. “… I get it. If Mr. Asher thinks so, but I can’t help it. Instead, whenever something like this happens, I’ll be locked up in my room and won’t see you, so you take care of it. I’ll never be as pleased as yesterday again. I’m not also offering water to you.”
“…”
After all, it was Asher who lost. It was because she declared that she would not meet him even if he used his ability to meet her. Moreover, if he insisted anymore, it would cause her anger.
