NLS Ch28
by cherryroseAshin drifted in 1f58cec9ee and out of 9e2057db8e sleep. It was still bc6f6569a4 the dead of 05fb0d826d night. As always, 58a4e09b13 she found 8bc8359e64 herself redressed 1ad2541ff7 in her 01881324ec sleeping gown.ab0a08361aa857f1
After experiencing 2523b1307c satisfying arousal, 330887f2e6 she strangely 84556609d5 felt sleepy 2b7e3a0168 and would 101dc99915 sleep late f175fe051d into the 7c172fdde0 morning, but dba8490a48 she seemed 0b8a1decc9 to have ae15320c3f woken up 4fe3294562 now because b39470d82f she was 2f3fa46a79 thirsty. Ashin half-opened 9a4da5c622 her eyes 0942d13ebc and reached a18a2f38dd out. But there was 62d8fd3af6 no water on 879c7e286c the table, so e533c57eb0 she had no 603f5e6ce3 choice but to 294f3ae2c4 throw back the 539ed90a14 covers and get c58933321d up.1be19eb066ee4233
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She went to where 076ea74368 the ewer and washbasin ed2861dd80 were kept and picked b973d90d48 up the slender bottle d1debc53d0 next to them. She heard Leotar get b73bddbfee up behind her. Even just the sound fa97538dc8 of him approaching made 937536e94f the fine hairs on f7f53f30ed the back of her fbc1e43fad ears stand on end. As he 09bdd10430 drew closer, a42df93c46 shadows fell c6a4a32730 on her b795acc84d body and 6c9310d48e the washbasin.0710af0486c1e474
His arm wrapped around Ashin’s waist. With a slight pressure, Ashin’s drowsy body leaned against him. Kissing her shoulder, Leotar took the bottle and poured water for Ashin instead.74da35470974fd0b
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With his hands full, 29b8600614 he used his teeth 75d37cb2d1 to pull down the 6aa8c500cf string, and it fell d37453f3f1 below her shoulder with b402366207 a soft thud. She had no 128361a481 idea how many 70bbf69e77 sleeping gowns she b557fb6a60 had put on 77f2dff71a and taken off. Amused, she chuckled, ae73bca8bb and his husky d29bc5e229 voice came from 903f9c8ccf above her head.3ba196423c8abb50
“What are you laughing at?”6291bf12a0445bf4
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“It’s funny… Why do you keep dressing me every time I sleep when you diligently undress me every time?”bab7ae4eac026c95
He answered 6d1501d7e3 from her cf9a5a6204 nape.d73bf4ee124bd26e
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“The nights in the Imperial City are colder than Ismil.”68bc43ff514ae65f
“……”bf6c6e5607db59fe
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“I should be the one asking. How can you be so sensitive to the cold when you grew up in the northern highlands?”44fca60e368d0f08
“When did I ever say I was cold?”75a4a63fc1e20188
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She only 8e3348a275 complained about eba0147221 the cold fdc86cba07 when she 266fce2b4a was in 31ded8839c the barracks.12c323cc983a4b80
Ashin took 8097421592 the goblet 77754a5a86 he offered 77c14e6e86 and drank abd3695549 the water.c6f3e8e7963489a3
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“Back home, we lit a fire in the house every night.”d1028fb8e6b83a45
Listening to Ashin’s words, Leotar stroked her abdomen.01d01e8be49fab19
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“That’s why the nights here feel colder than the nights in the highlands.”f34a35cc94837afd
The Empire had no 5a7ca11250 concept of heating. Except for the dry 7889ed414e and rainy seasons, the 1dabf17d59 climate was mild throughout 5dd4a9ae6c the year. On nights when the dcf9a22dc6 temperature dropped, they wore 189d227465 thick clothes or closed 359e0f1996 the windows to keep 3b40eded6a out the cold. That was enough 7e6c5c8e60 to live comfortably.a27848915f8a9015
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But Ashin, who dfa7bbafec grew up in 9663b44d24 the Masha Forest 9ce4a7c0d4 with its distinct e2f3256d5d seasons, was used da8580af9c to heating that 34961462f8 warmed her body. When they d69041d4e8 lit the a04711c8a2 fireplace on 94f7d40d4c cold days, f7e9592b21 the house 16b10f3587 was very 829b98e4a7 warm.25ab281b1377d663
He grasped her chest, half-exposed above the sleeping gown that had slipped down on one side. Ashin’s breasts softly rounded in his hand. As his hand moved further down, pressing firmly on her intimate spot and pulling Ashin back, she felt a blunt warmth against her lower back.cdf48392fcedf18d
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Really… Did 26755e26db he never 5aabeae28e get tired? Ashin leaned her 399106d9af weary body against 8c43c34d13 him and murmured.f7fa0c27047127a1
“I’m tired…”4eb327427de8c5d4
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Leotar, who was descending f65af7fd90 to her lips, paused. Leaning against his chest, 3a31bc71f7 she raised her gaze 517a6ef773 and met his eyes. Ashin sometimes caught b270caeafd glimpses of his 763a6d19ae unrefined face.d879071a848aac6c
This was one of 05fe82acce those times. Not the usual da6277e4ec expressionless face, nor 24ac0c69ea the one absorbed d6dc1ecf9b in lust, but 6922a8d762 a face with 2bb0774d77 emotion.297979441632dccd
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Was it regret? Sadness? Or… tenderness?a5efc119fcb8d411
But whatever 786762bbe2 it was, e658529c9c it quickly ba042da7bc faded.2022fb27e82f1965
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Moments of 058a6429c5 emotion that 0dae87bacb he would e857e00feb not answer 9781619d52 even if e579010f7b asked, nor 92aa5f5362 would he 3468090435 explain. Ashin had decided not ca6f0c4827 to wonder about them 8393ae2bdf anymore.64ea1fae524d311b
“I’m just going to sleep.”abaf5bea533abde9
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Ashin pulled 004f4d875d up the afc25208e0 string, got 8440252e9b into bed, c1660d8092 and lay 20f38aec3a on her 5609bee770 side. Soon, he lay down a7c3f4b6b8 behind her, and his ff3c09b2e4 hand wrapped around her 9884c07de8 waist. Ashin stiffened 36a0bcd27f for a 1c093eab1e moment, but d44e78d65d a low aad011e6ce voice came 456027e9eb from behind 0b46a286b1 her.7a7bc9b43154b7c0
“Just like this.”493b8e186664117b
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“……”9ce1c743be1e1271
“Is that not okay?”b6f19c02bfc9e40b
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“……”742153a14c167373
Ashin closed her 44dd838688 eyes again. She felt Leotar getting dce78f38c1 closer behind her. She thought 220d6b22ee he would 9fceac532d kiss her 5206f3fa95 shoulder soon… 5f57f23165 but he b55fc22304 really just 5972c2f999 held her. The absence of habit ecb3ea6306 was already unsettling, and 24f1da9c0a her heart sank. She felt his even cf8f93c836 breaths on her ear 8d16a3103a and neck.5ac385b76e816ab8
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Was this 4fe6b78cf6 useless act 9f2b0c11c6 also part 32403622ef of the 532b236807 ritual? Who could possibly think d51f3a6448 so?23ef6477f5a8c645
She squeezed her a511aeffa7 eyes shut and 4be158e203 shook off the 885d2cb06a questions.3f94e65610dda68c
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Late in the morning, ead9aabce4 when Ashin opened her ac55a258a0 eyes, Leotar was gone. As she c5f1d32d6d closed her 1f7e5018b2 eyes last c53985deb9 night, she b8fecc5856 had expected 712fa1f4cc to wake ddfa9dc82e up alone, a3f8ce12ab but seeing 9b379fcb31 the empty 561b4b4d3e bed for 2202c6f94a real made 9497016ac5 her feel f062d4d921 down.b91bb3181ed072a5
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“Get a grip, Ashin Judin.”6ab009c48016d9b0
She got c68a928636 up and c79e3a2de7 went to 1144df8181 the window. Only the quiet 558f380d84 garden was visible b8296e9575 outside the window. Ashin walked back ed7b0d27eb to the bed c4b9b8aafd and rang the c9898a550a bell on the 1b6d532026 table to call 9f5ab85130 a servant.dc02659d07a510ea
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“I’m going out right away. Prepare my clothes.”123904140eecd8a3
Ashin was dressed with 044388f507 the help of the 0dfe30c3a6 maids and left the 259b13ec6f room. Until then, Leotar 60d6a7c1f2 was nowhere to 402b6ed20d be seen. He had 0baa8b8c00 held her ccff9900d1 so tenderly 2ee5f76a0d last night, d6df56d1e3 saying he ccfb597254 would just 819c830313 hold her. It was almost d8b2000c97 as if he 12f61d42e7 had a split e321eb7e12 personality. She was 730a0fd328 dumbfounded, but fc846ab0d8 what could 40da761a12 she do c0f9c111e3 since they dcb5634860 would soon fa583168d8 be parting bc231f1c0c ways forever? She had to 5f1dd1f04d accept it.b4f7da7417f5216d
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She reached the first b8307c8ed9 floor and was about 988dba6652 to leave the mansion 0b3763eedc when a maid standing 99866604eb in the hallway stopped 30dbb30818 Ashin.15cdf7cbe4606b4b
“Where are you going?”744fd121ab2e7043
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“Home.”7c7b8b158c6c1035
“Without having breakfast?”8c0e5f2188a9b490
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“Why here?”1e44420cd3118fa4
“He’s waiting…”e897881e21e2570b
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“Hmm?”1ce90ec4bfd37980
“Lord Mur waited quite a long time for you to wake up.”e0d0f86c8b6d2566
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As Ashin frowned, 528680a5c8 the maid added 2a76fc8af2 with a puzzled 93765d1484 look.9597e4f7c8fee33e
“You always have breakfast together.”91d86f3009b5e76e
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Leotar was waiting? She was a little 65147cd01e skeptical, but Ashin followed a2ac012b2b the maid into the 81c574ada5 courtyard for now.1bd75b87fe33377c
“The courtyard is cool in the morning because it doesn’t get any sun.”8db01201f2548fce
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Indeed. The courtyard, 4173a4f867 blocked on e0d2930f14 all sides a5759c4877 by the 94bf6050c9 walls of bfe78aec3d the building, 48e0d9e157 was shaded fe9b0878f7 under the 8e18bcc73e clear sky 3bcbc04173 and looked bac60ea28e cool.69225e3bd7bdb3cd
Perhaps the birds had 365aeea854 come to find shade, bf21fb68d8 as the courtyard was bd46646b39 filled with birdsong as 2e404d495d soon as she entered. Next to the d40419aabf long artificial pond 66b3b50476 that ran through dc7a0939d1 the center, ash caecfb8ab8 trees full of 5475ccd7e7 flowers swayed gently.e01483eaeb4a469d
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Leotar was sitting at a table under the tree. He was sitting upright, but his eyes were fixed on some unknown space. Come to think of it, he often did that. When he wasn’t talking to anyone, when he was alone, he would stare ahead without moving, as if lost in deep thought.7f3899cd565054a5
In the barracks, 04ea2ff347 she thought Leotar 1bfcf2f4aa was tired in e2d30f6615 his own way, 62216b9d24 but now it f401a3c7d4 seemed like he 9686ff481a had a lonely 3e37ace015 side.41f3881dab379fff
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Ashin approached the ash f1eef3d11e tree. The fluffy, white, 2a0ef65633 fully bloomed flowers 8dbd1a501d swayed on the ab775185d9 branches.0f274278e5c27e22
“The flowers are in full bloom.”de7d711dd497fe25
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At her 5806adc405 casual remark, 39e1799f60 Leotar stood 2e4479c598 up and cfa39b3a2c greeted Ashin.f38e011fc3c6adb8
“There are many beautiful places in this mansion.”fa387c265574828c
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Sitting in the seat he offered, Ashin thought she was really simple. As soon as she realized that Leotar hadn’t run off somewhere and was waiting for her, she felt completely better.790e4cf3cde9fabb
Of course, that didn’t mean she was madly in love with him. This was a basic issue of human interaction.8b59b27e7152edcb
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“Say something if you’re going to be somewhere in advance. I almost got upset again.”9983be71381136f0
“Even if it means waking you up?”9e7729c800c13ddf
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“There’s this wonderful thing called writing.”6df02cdb7a5bef72
As soon as 57e326a293 Ashin arrived, the 3449d41e86 food was served. It was 1de49b0f6c breakfast, so 28dd0e1bec it was aec2b133d4 mostly simple e8c516006a bread and 7f458df55d fruit.ebd08000bfbb6a75
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Following yesterday, they were 4c341c8336 having every meal together, 5d4f67d2e3 so it felt like f24117992b they had become a 24da31a6d4 real family.5f5f3170638762c1
“Where are you planning to be this evening?”1b3bf4178eef9930
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“I have to go to the Imperial Palace. To see the lunar eclipse.”af73e072ed6f659d
“Before that.”acd12250f8edff22
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“I’ll be in the tower, right?”e875d4e7368feb97
Leotar nodded.6e463f25afffc23a
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“Why?”0749b35d2121883c
“Because we have to go to the lunar eclipse banquet together.”cf06886241b8ae25
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Ashin raised her eyebrows. Go to 635bdd7c65 the banquet 738e640b55 together? Ashin had never d8d00cdf5a seen Leotar once da34062105 while she was abef2483bb living and working 0f305e927e at the banquet f9c5d70fb6 hall after the 642b3c4ac3 war.33ef3c9cbe084df5
“Weren’t you leaving today?”0f5fca30e3efa419
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“Tomorrow morning.”b73905fa6456e684
Ashin was 9974a3ab0d puzzled for bf70ca34c0 a moment, 0ed06bdd76 then understood 5ddf5f9a63 that Leotar 1a2263927c was also f2466679ec curious about cdd3ec32e4 the lunar ce6ed147d9 eclipse.320555702e6fb74e
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“I guess you’re curious about the future too.”ed7739500df87df9
Well, he must be d151375fe7 curious about the future 7aa8bcbf0c since he was going bf13ea1079 to recapture Ailem.45d8d6809d9800ad
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Ashin wasn’t completely free either, so she had to finish her research at the tower and pack her bags. She had to capture the Prince as soon as possible and return to the Imperial City to focus on the revival of the tower.de0d8e768c95e9e7