A King is Born on the Road

k, then laughed at how ridiculous it was.

It seems that she was not a person who gave him much trust.

Hayer didn’t know why, but he felt wronged, because he had a lot of trust in Iris.

Somehow, it seems that it was because she thought he had been noticeably uncomfortable with her for a while and thought she had been rejected.
He had become a man who unintentionally rejected a woman’s marriage proposal.

Anyway, fortunately, the misunderstanding was resolved, and the corners of Iris’s lips were softly rising.

She was someone with a clear sense of purpose.
Even in a marriage that has nothing to do with love, she is so happy when her goal is met.

Looking at her like that, he thought of Iris’s negative words earlier.
Wouldn’t you get tired no matter how much you love them and wouldn’t sleep with them.

…If you’re skeptical about love even if you love, are you trying to block it from happening at all?

A life of chastity… He never thought about it, but if he had to…

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For him, who suffered from his mother’s extramarital affair, ‘having an affair’ in life was an option to fall into the fire pit of hell.

“It’s good for me to take care of myself, but I’d like you to do it too.
It’s lonely if I do it alone.”

“What are you talking about?”

“You said you wouldn’t sleep and would get tired.
If I love you, but you don’t love me, you’ll be more tired.”

Iris paused at his words.

He said first, and his face as he licked his lips, seemed somewhat hurt.

Iris pondered for a moment and asked.

“Aren’t you tired? Things like that.
Considering the date you can get pregnant, it’s inconvenient to see each other after a few months… Let’s finish it quickly… It feels awkward…”

“No, why are you so pessimistic? Have you ever had a wrong marriage?”

“No! There isn’t.
I don’t have any.”

Iris was startled and denied two more times in a row.

Hayer speculated that the convent had instilled in her the negatives of everything sexual.

Otherwise, how could it be this negative?

While he thought so, Iris said to herself.

“Kissing… sounds good.
However.”

“……”

“I don’t know if it will be really good.”

Hayer felt like his mouth was dry for some reason, so he poured another glass of alcohol and gulped it down.

Are you saying you don’t want to, or are you asking me to come and kiss you? He couldn’t read her thoughts at all.

It was strange.

He thought it was the specialty of the Asheri family to be able to read other people’s reactions more easily.

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Until now, he had lived by making good use of such specialties.
But he didn’t know why this woman was constantly embarrassing him, bewildering him, and making him hesitate.

Iris asked, looking at his lips.

“…Would that be good?”

She thought it would be nice to do one thing, whether it was negative or expected about married life.
How is he supposed to react to someone with those eyes asking if kissing is good?

Are you asking me to play the role of talking like a friend of the same sex? Or is it just curiosity—or is it temptation?

Hayer approached Iris after deciding that he would stop if she didn’t like it.

“Wouldn’t it be different for each person?”

As he got closer, Iris had to raise her head to look up at Hayer, who was noticeably taller.

When Hayer got close enough with a single stride, Iris said.

“Anyway… if we really intend to get married, at least a kiss… Can’t we?”

Even though she expressed her consent, Hayer paused for a moment.

Marriage.

Kiss.

He chewed those words that remained sweet in his mouth until they tasted bitter.

“Give up.
Don’t hang out with her.
At least, try again after finding out who your father is.”

He thought he didn’t care at all, but it suddenly came to mind like this.

“Personally, now that the marriage between Iris and Sid has been settled, I would like you to leave for the post of the Knights of Tejas in the south.”

It was very familiar to be told to leave now that it’s settled.
It was a typical Hayer Asheri life.

Hayer thought that Celios Lepos had neatly outlined the control device in his chest that, from the day he first saw Iris, she pulled from the other side whenever he tried to be attracted to her.

afterword

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