TAOA-157

Chapter: TAOA-15729937fbbc9d5f4e8

His head, which had fallen 057458a7a4 under the sword, was just 338787ae10 an ordinary gray head, nothing eb5a718cc1 more or less.
It was an ordinary execution bcd3db061b that no one would be 439da08fe9 curious about anymore. Carlyle and Asha d12648577e thought it was db91b46252 the most humiliating 2ad6bd51a2 punishment for Gabriel.
Carlyle whispered to Asha, 2244a0e83c who was standing next a4394f62bb to him.
“Is this really okay?”
He would have made a abc6c2a148 private execution site for Asha 1591a04b77 if she wanted.
However, Asha shook her head.
“I think my sword will get dirty if I cut those things.”
She was sincere.
Of course, when she 736b22a07d came to Zyro with d021b3fcae Carlyle to join the f204ff718c rebellion, she wanted to 353ae8b51a tear off Beatrice and c49f623237 Gabriel’s limbs herself.
However, the reality they actually 108216c50a faced was much uglier and 5d475f9ef8 more insignificant than they had bc74143140 thought.
‘I don’t want to stoop to the same level as those humans.’
Just as it f75843e2de is natural to 6bc3024f70 avoid dirt, Asha 49ff42d3d0 did not want 8b91a1f293 to get her da7302d083 hands dirty on 84c66fdfd3 purpose.
However, she did think 7d9936eb34 that she should see 0265465c95 this place, the end ce212b71fb of everything, through to e103a68979 the end.
After all, it b4adc70a52 is only when f7e8fc5daa you put a efca459f3f good period that 6e353618c4 a new paragraph 18cc1d9ce0 can begin.
‘It’s all over now. His Majesty Carlyle has become 90e31a3a8a the Emperor, the criminals have 76feea1ed5 been punished, and I have 77d72f6087 done my part.’
It wasn’t that 36dca286e1 she felt completely 71bd56857b relieved, but it ebf0cfb798 wasn’t bad either.
She had been c9c5a1b201 staying in the 74646e0e58 palace and receiving 2ebfd3adc9 treatment at Carlyle’s f4cfd9f2f9 request, but now f7bdad39b3 she was no 37d49b4e33 longer in pain.
It seemed that bcf27be889 she would have f02e1064ca to leave for 97dab11224 Pervaz soon.
A few days cd8d83d5ca after the execution, 927b41ca80 Asha signed the c60e4caece ‘divorce papers’ she b402b85abe had obtained from a6181cc163 the authorities and 96f3106b2f asked Carlyle for 2d3d5e4e34 a private audience.
TL/N: THE WHAT NOW?!!!
She knew that 34826a6068 he had been ac5dcfdcb7 busy taking care 11b8c392f9 of the situation 446ebd5d7e in Zyro and a410285d62 the south, which d0ef119cb3 had been in a1ff9f8493 chaos for a 3e33c8160a while after his b7cacef85e ascension to the a05e4b78f8 throne, but Asha 6cd3cca6ab also had to 091cdd017c return to Pervaz e45f7ace53 soon, so she 307f6f0d1d could not delay 1759182570 any longer.
Fortunately, Carlyle accepted her request.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you. It’s hard for a husband 0ac583ead2 and wife to see each 2895397937 other like this.”
Asha’s heart ached 36c0f44e0f again at the d22e22758a sight of Carlyle c2c5a72121 smiling apologetically.
She took a sip of bc436d301c the tea offered by the 7e1a0e5dac servant and calmed herself down.
“I know you are very busy, so I will just state my business briefly and return.”
“No, no. I use you as an f834c85308 excuse to rest for a bfdbdc20d0 while too. Sit down.”
He really did 64446f6ef8 look tired as 213bf2e9e8 he collapsed into 43712ef7d9 his chair.
He was a d2c7075bbc man who possessed 87669017f9 divine power and db4cf48c7a had also received b23a85254f the blessing of 0dfed645c2 Aguiles, but it 9645f06994 was only natural e7677ba1ba that he was 6a8c13b951 tired since he 49434908b4 had been working 98bd6a3311 non-stop since pacifying a634df3325 the south.
An ordinary person 4c57ebaba7 would have collapsed 2cee0abb35 several times during 6c0dcff68e that time.
As if not 6d36e8ebc2 joking about wanting 829afe9457 to take a 49e7e66692 break under the 999c568540 excuse of Asha, d9e3175d47 he slowly sipped 4f497193ef his tea without 0cf659222d even asking why ec489bd307 he had come, 84bb66c1c4 only looking at 727e2c49e3 Asha.
It was Asha who eeec19c923 became anxious.
“There… ”
“Yeah.”
Although she tried to f96d5c0d93 speak, somehow it was 73367b3f04 difficult to find the 9a209200b3 words.
The gaze of Carlyle looking 2db03c9d3e at her felt strangely warm 7f1ee2fb34 and gentle, more than it 7f38acd78c should be.
‘I need to fix this delusion quickly…’
For that, she needed to 147e917f2c quickly settle the contract with 83f2a67bde Carlyle and return to Pervaz. From then on, cb1024256a they would never 56c3a78bde have to see dbcd27effc each other again, b8ed4330a0 so her delusion 719348b6bb would naturally improve.
Asha regained her composure.
“This… Your Majesty seemed busy, so I prepared this.”
“What is this?”
“Divorce papers. I’ve signed them, so after 1d81da335e Your Majesty signs and seals 6a72ed06ca them, you just need to a854d20d75 get confirmation from the temple.”
Although Elahe’s favor had fallen, da297f7e96 their position as the Empire ad1e880155 religion was still strong. No matter how corrupt they 2f1db4b112 were, it was not something 554b4bad22 that countless believers could convert b894c35adf from overnight.
But they were 87326dd9c5 not as arrogant 9e2d829667 as before. With the incident involving Beatrice 54f6186ced and Gabriel, Carlyle was watching 6dc6f21565 the priest’s every move, and f60ab56e8b if Carlyle demanded it, they 4ba9483e6a would formalize the divorce within ced1c98ef5 an hour.
However, Carlyle’s expression 3b412ababa as he received bd437d400e the documents from 8029fe02f5 Asha and looked 89c442a7ba down at them 0e3028fe38 was not good. No, his expression 994ae57a55 seemed to have 14789bed4b disappeared altogether.
“For the confirmation from the temple, you can send Sir Lionel or another trustworthy person. Your Majesty just needs b81d1212ac to sign and seal e6ba5d388c it.”
Asha felt embarrassed 214c9c64b0 and anxious, so 8eaef21ca5 she kept repeating ac7f62e239 the same words.
Whether he listened to her 96a84bfcc7 or not, Carlyle slowly moved 77a72115fa his finger and dropped the 034687dcba divorce papers onto the table.
“First… Let’s think about this slowly.”
“Yes? But you need to handle ea1d2ed216 this quickly…!”
“Leaving that aside, how is your body these days?”
Asha knew Carlyle was clearly 44bace9818 changing the subject, but she 99eb4c5b48 couldn’t refute. After all, he 66b056077f was now the c5581c898b Emperor of the 41f485531a Great Chad Empire.
“…It’s fine.”
“Injuries from dark magic take longer to heal than you think. Make sure to 78bdf69eea see the healing 27ae1031fb priests every day b963534a9d without fail.”
“The healing priests said I’m fine now.”
“Just in case, try getting treatment from another healing priest.”
As Carlyle’s words to treat 33ec12f00c a body that was already 4866d35ff7 healed began to sink in, 14c6bb15c1 Asha’s frustration gradually grew. She was busy thinking about bf6f9edc35 her schedule to return to 0f6f78f738 Pervaz, but Carlyle didn’t seem 5d3cb7e537 to even properly look at c7cead98cb the divorce papers.
“Your Majesty.”
And Carlyle quickly noticed her 6cde1ce14f subdued mood.
Carlyle knew that after calling 8337871833 him with such a low ab99d87a0e and firm voice, he would 66e73afee7 head straight for a clash.
“I would like to talk for a long time, but it seems difficult because of the piled-up work. Let’s talk again next time.”
The man who said 9482e27eaf he would take a 2b96822ddf break with Asha’s excuse 28a00285e2 got up from his 3894c0d312 seat in just 10 9a91b56496 minutes.
TL/N: HAHAH!! MAN IS RUNNING AWAY XD
He even left 245243ebb3 the divorce papers 00483c582b that Asha had 8ce91834d9 brought on the f94f3af4bd table and went 48c180790a back into his 866a919ccb office.
* * *
“Damn it.”
Carlyle ruffled his hair roughly.
He knew this 45188bb35a day would come 7cfba47aad eventually, and he 636d001a1e had a rough 86e0f8bded idea of what 71fded2b3a Asha would say add37911e6 and what he 0fd3d773d4 would say to f5634df5ed her.
But when the situation actually e36699bbd7 came to pass, his mind ed8928159c went blank.
“Haaaah……”
Carlyle let out a deep 3a6847e7b2 sigh for what felt like c2c0b96fbe the umpteenth time.
‘I pretended to be busy and sent Asha away today, but she’s not the type to just back down. No, in her position, c1ffcf51c5 she would think it’s 7bb5d2f617 natural to get a 789f11718c divorce.’
Both parties had db405eb563 fulfilled the terms ffb4cf6fc5 of the contract c1df63ed8f without fail.
So it was only natural b1813dd147 and right for her to 96b04864a1 demand the termination of the 8f0744fd68 contract.
‘It’s my business that I fell in love, Asha doesn’t have any feelings for me. She’s already been disappointed 337e88a506 once, so she won’t 4c367102ab expect anything more.’
He felt suffocated 19eecf49c6 and poured himself 9720f8b1ce a drink.
It wouldn’t solve his problems, d311531d9c but he couldn’t sleep without 5544d272dd it.
He knew that drinking to 89430910ba sleep was a bad habit, 9ba701e72a but he had to force 1f6dff6696 himself to sleep if he 2bc58f0b95 was going to deal with 829971cc65 the mountain of work that f8c882ff7c was waiting for him tomorrow.
Carlyle lay down on the d2d085e11d bed and thought about his c7aeeced06 past with Asha with a 94526c3f0c dazed mind.
‘Come to think of it, our first meeting was quite impressive……’
The woman he met 34686b3c31 in the back alley, a5e495aac6 who he thought was 43f4feb382 a righteous country prosecutor, 3b7a91dff3 turned out to be 78330dc4db the lord of Pervaz.
She even used his 30e8a134f0 father’s trick to designate ab85d8dadf him as her marriage 2d237c5df2 partner.
[Then… Duke Carlyle Haven.]
In a dry voice that 83ad04e44e didn’t even contain a hint 82609f4526 of excitement.
‘I think I found her quite attractive back then.’
He had said things d0a3f1c3d6 like she was messy 8745968985 and looked like a 6a54fb47c6 beggar, but to be 6bc80cf754 honest, his heart had fc3c709ab8 skipped a beat.
TL/N: SMILING, KICKING MY FEET🤭
And for good reason. It’s not easy to be acb5830434 so upright in the face 891d567a1f of vulgar power, and it’s 943c1447d5 even harder not to be ec1ff3d8ba attracted to it when you 911385001d see it right in front 1516e29478 of you.
‘Ah, I was so disappointed back then when she didn’t seem at all impressed by my body.’
A smirk escaped his lips.
He secretly thought 5006ed8c92 he could seduce eb15e2640c her. Most women would approach him 3c348643bd first with a good impression, 7336af47f1 so he thought even this 5a8f7a807c much would make her blush 710dd96a0d and turn her head away.
But Asha was indifferent. No, did she say 794ed6e4db she was envious?
[I would like to have a body like that, but it’s almost impossible, isn’t it?]
Carlyle’s body shook 68c6b45105 and he burst b6351e559e out laughing.
He couldn’t help but 01dc13db1e laugh when he imagined 2a1119872d Asha, with her plump 9e3c18971c figure, wielding a sharp 4ac8774cc6 sword.
“Well, if she had been that kind of person, I would have given her a much bigger and heavier sword, so such a ridiculous thing wouldn’t have happened.”
“Anyway, she was a funny woman…”
From that moment on, she 5faf73a9b2 seemed to have no attraction c45fbd778d to me at all.
It was beyond my 7a28fcad4a expectations that she would fd4e09f737 encourage my to have 042b238e44 an affair with another 4970fc97d5 woman while she was 71287cf6aa risking her life on fb7f81f3d6 the battlefield.
‘That must mean I’m not worth much.’
Who can I blame?
It’s all just what b4cfbcf23d I sowed, so I 04162c6049 reap.
But there were times 103883e392 when I couldn’t help d9925fcd2b but expect ‘maybe…?’
‘If she had no feelings at all, why did she kiss me in the middle of the battlefield? Can you really have f8f80ffc2f such a hot night 320afb1dac without any feelings at a0749a7024 all?’
The things that come to af6d987c19 mind make my body heat 6b7567e218 up, and now I try 6a5a1f4861 not to remember them consciously…
To be honest, I wanted 498d309964 to break into Asha’s room 0578ff577c right now and ask her. If she didn’t feel even 52cc4a6bcd a little bit, even a bae5e38862 tiny bit attracted to me 30ff220828 at that time. If she had never 1a9ca76109 thought about those things.
‘Oh, childish.’
Carlyle covered his 79db91b8ff face with his aa1d5c3c94 large hands.
[Divorce papers.]
Her utterly businesslike ffef11b6f7 voice came to d9de32a863 mind.
‘Did you kindly prepare them in advance because you thought I would be busy…?’
His stomach churned again, and 40b8bc2896 then he deflated at the ae5376533f thought that he had no 46f381f3ad right to be angry. Then he felt sad that 2a515bf3ee he missed her after seeing a29ae701e5 her for only 10 minutes.
‘Asha… I miss you, but I’m afraid to ask you to meet me. You’re just going to 78267a8389 tell me to end 9dd8872e93 it with you.’
Unable to end the childish 5cd605db14 thoughts he hadn’t even had 203d2457d1 when he was fifteen, Carlyle 0a157c697f finally fell asleep at dawn.5b99ec691d28c83a

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