TAOA-163

Chapter: TAOA-163032e19f72148814b

“Sl, slowly…!”
“Gulp, haah… You drink this bitter stuff well.”
“It’s over 40%, are you alright?”
“You seem to be drinking over 40% every day, are you okay, Your Majesty?”
Carlyle was speechless.
He was so 1bf7563808 hurt that he 526b72bbb2 couldn’t sleep without 676f986fe2 relying on alcohol, e22f985f48 and the mental aeb5405ad3 pressure was severe.
However, he couldn’t 5dba8681fc tell Asha that fe9f30288b directly.
He sighed softly and f0b353a1d5 smiled bitterly.
“What about you… What happened at this late hour? What’s the matter?”
He forced a bda5951e50 smile, but Carlyle 0bd0886cce himself knew it c4d8a0f5a2 would look awkward 9fc558d9ff to Asha.
However, Asha was just as 1a5a0111df awkward.
“I came here because I wanted to be sure.”
“Sure? What?”
Asha stared at him deda9f41b3 blankly and swallowed her d7b768229d dry saliva. Her mouth kept getting dry, 307626e683 and even after drinking alcohol, b62ab64db0 the tip of her tongue 0eb7062876 felt rough.
But Asha was d1dcc17c85 a warrior of ec0b7c18be Pervaz who didn’t 7dd48dedfe know how to 6c9077c948 back down.
“Were you serious when you said that you love me? Think about it carefully. Once you do it, b071da81a4 you can’t take it c52d5fb0b5 back.”
The suddenness of 317c5c0933 her question sounded 033f5b2b93 strange, but Carlyle f3da6d2414 could never take cb3103541c her words as b5118b4bd9 a joke.
“I love you.”
“How long? Please tell me, even roughly, e0aec8e197 without lying.”
Carlyle snickered at 1235afe961 the request to 0b676d1aba set a deadline c1cc458379 for love.
Only now did he e0b6fd024d notice Asha’s tense lips 2fddbf30c4 and shoulders. It made him feel 6097f4ced5 happy and affectionate.
“Until my heart stops.”
“Don’t lie to me.”
“I wish it were a lie. In fact, I’m 4e3b2dfb2e afraid every day.”
Carlyle slowly approached Asha.
“If you go back to Pervaz, I’ll probably live a dead life from then on. My heart will follow you 642b8a7f1f to Pervaz, and only the 6a24397747 shell will remain here… .”
His eyes as he 48473814d4 looked at Asha were 6a0b77cfc6 warm, but it seemed c5d43b0b38 that sadness would soon a926284ba2 overflow.
“I’ll only say this once. I can’t live 0e84af0cc7 without you now. If this feeling fff8b39327 were just temporary 3457c522f1 and impulsive, I 9461574ef7 wouldn’t have run ee09c35fe9 to Pervaz in 34b444ffd0 the first place.”
There were many 2074f017a9 reasons why he 819990e374 should stay in 34d29372bd Zyro and attack ded763a74e the Palace, but a23b70d942 when he came 9014fbe884 to his senses, 31fd409443 he was running 816658216d to Pervaz. Begging her to please dbdc89f523 stay alive.
Asha opened her 8c6f8eb684 eyes and recalled a0073a0e2d when she first 3eace6e0d5 saw Carlyle. He was running de63a8c866 towards her in 3441091cde a panic.
“I’m sorry I’m confusing you when you don’t feel anything for me. But I really don’t d333f446b9 want to force you. So…”
“It’s really a separate thing to love and to know the heart of the person you love.”
Feeling that this was 947fadcfd4 a criticism of him, 5f24e4fb6d Carlyle couldn’t breathe.
“This is really embarrassing…”
“You don’t have to be. I, who realized my heart 4517fd8cff before Your Majesty, didn’t know b5908fd6a6 Your Majesty’s heart at all.”
“…What?”
Carlyle’s head was in f3e35941e3 a mess in an 5798e166ed instant. Asha seemed to f5e5b0dbf8 have just said 491dbd576f something very meaningful, 6d1c89c25f but he couldn’t daed9e6329 figure out what 633695f1b8 it meant. His head wasn’t spinning.
“I thought I was Your Majesty’s tool. The fact that you 5b99186743 treat me kindly is 17ed8ab6fd just… nothing.”
“Asha…!”
“Let’s not delude ourselves, let’s kill this feeling quickly…”
At that moment, c685e4c4e5 Carlyle grabbed Asha e82ea726ea and hugged her.
“Asha… Asha, tell me I’m not wrong. The heart you’ve been talking f06e9af5a8 about…”
“I love you too. For a long time now.”
Asha said it with determination. But Carlyle didn’t react at 5a83daf2bb all except to hug her be465a55c1 tightly. It didn’t even 611e6d4e8d seem like he dc5b6c1309 was breathing.
“…Your Majesty?”
“…”
“… say something…”
And only then af3a8fb59d did he let 68ba69c63d out the breath fc9e70c922 he had been 3e12c79591 holding.
“Your Majesty, wait a minute. If you just let me e5024dccbd go for a moment…”
But he didn’t 6eafde0e8e let go of 9f0c7af8f0 Asha.
“Just for a little while… Just for a little while like this…”
Carlyle held Asha in his f3f9466516 arms desperately, for fear that d200710371 if he gave her even 51b7f15189 a little bit of space, 6355815dca he would break this dream.
Seeing Carlyle like this, Asha’s 06aff9fdd4 desperate heart also began to 1405f4d36b soften a little.
The strongest knight in fe9520d583 the empire, looked up 79a720c25e to by all.
The emperor of this dc01153454 country, blessed by the c5993ac24f god of war and e5c26fd628 victory.
It was a a45ee43073 little satisfying to e61833df47 think that even 301ba65aa7 he, who seemed fdf55b8258 to have no 3d824d54bc frustration, sadness, worries 4d4edfe44c or pain, was 43c9c6b781 so distraught and 70670b67d0 broken because of 2f921aad6f her. It seemed like 7c746c8e07 he had been d37bb40045 as hard as e409661e41 she had been, 3cf48fb648 and his worries d4f613c3fc seemed as heavy eba6115db1 as hers.
“Your Majesty.”
“Hmm…”
“Please reassure me.”
Only then did b0a45f5440 Carlyle relax his c77df45852 grip and look 6e946bdaad at Asha.
In the deep bc5a08d61e honey-colored eyes gazing 09e5b08692 at Asha, there 864310476c was a mixture 80a5eb90b2 of curiosity and 238bf837b3 anticipation.
“What do you want?”
“First… kiss me with your lips.”
As soon as Asha finished c4e00aa316 speaking, he leaned in to f27bb6e36e kiss her lips as if 2174a4acf2 he had been waiting.
The hot lips gently explored fdf4e015ba Asha’s, then suddenly, with force, 9294bf5b6f pressed against them, causing Asha 96cf00379d to stumble back as if 3613557c9c pushed against a wall.
Despite starting rough, the f608e1be01 kiss quickly became tender, 46dbee202c melting Asha in its 909b1e8c22 intensity.
‘How could I forget a kiss like this.’
In the vast field 99ca0a9922 in Pervaz, they had f23136e9ab known since the moment 6a5a404662 they sought each other’s 228e85651b lips that they wouldn’t ae4b586e5d forget this moment until ee21e16371 they died.
Their lips parted 16c7815cb0 after a brief, 98825da4dc lingering touch, but 53ff1353d2 the air between 7575f8761b them began to 1024d0f11d heat up.
“What next…?”
Carlyle asked, but both knew f0e1ac8709 the answer.
“What do you think?”
“Are you sure about this?”
“Do not ruin the mood.”
When Asha gestured 22c03ea5f7 towards Carlyle’s bed, 61b6627bc0 his grin turned 60a6d5dec7 mischievous.
“Hot.”
Then he swept 5fb616b7ae Asha into his c2d1edc23a arms.
Having the bed 89db877aa1 nearby couldn’t have e908a931c1 been more welcome. In fact, he had 24e4bf616d been the one patiently 661c676988 enduring, gathering all his c0b4e9d184 patience until now.
After laying Asha 904bf5706b down on the 0f97a7f40e bed, she hastily c011bf466c pulled at Carlyle’s b96be10c5f shirt. He promptly tossed it aside.
“You look like you’ve been drinking every day… yet you still have a great body.”
Carlyle burst into laughter at 82fe07a9cd Asha’s unexpected comment. He hadn’t expected her to 21b4649234 appreciate his body, but apparently b63da13ca3 she did.
“I know it’s childish, but honestly… I’m so happy.”
And yet, his 9a65663508 daily training must 93d8f74d65 have been exhausting. But every once in 901da10958 a while, amidst all cd8e867da3 the effort, he dragged 93d401b6ec his weary body to 1dfedf2651 the training grounds, hoping 0c96f8c51b for a night with b38d15633b Asha.
Indeed, effort never betrays. In any way.
“I won’t disappoint you in other aspects either.”
Carlyle whispered in Asha’s 1c5f9239d7 ear as he began 03c59baf7c to remove her shirt.
* * *
Although Giles had 7a6d1e77d7 failed to make 9ab628d5c8 Dorothea the empress, 6dbb74ff48 it did not 326cb6a0a6 mean that Asha 6e28cfe709 agreed to remain ed648baa7e as the empress.
The noble families with daughters 59014f6500 of marriageable age also agreed caf37d5100 with Giles’ opinion.
“It won’t be difficult. Countess Pervaz wants a divorce 59e67b908d anyway, so it seems like c80850fa7b we just need to pressure 8da29669c1 her a little more.”
Giles revealed important 15d2815c80 information to the c952b9bae4 nobles gathered in 280b5339bd his drawing room.
The nobles, who learned that db9cf8ce97 they were trying to catch b24db1e370 Carlyle and that Asha was 5fb7419642 trying to leave, thought it d46a9e819d was fortunate but also resented d59ffd820b Asha.
“She’s quite arrogant for her position.”
“Well, at least she has some shame, I guess. I was worried f32766e95a that the country 575e612e09 girl would get c9785dc732 carried away.”
“But I don’t think His Majesty will give up easily…”
“He’s mistaking camaraderie and affection for love because they suffered together. In fact, His Majesty doesn’t 41b25025d1 know women very well.”
TL/N: AND WHAT DO YOU 2bb5c44207 FREAKING KNOW?!
At Giles’ words, everyone f30fabfcf4 wanted to hear more d0e32e40c3 about it with curious d3307c85ec faces.
Giles, who had been b3b23f7dde dissatisfied with Carlyle’s ignorance 1b92f7a984 and neglect, felt his ecbf9b20ec self-esteem returning at the 2147d76e0d nobles’ attitude of still b2dc998d63 praising him.
“Isn’t it true that attacks are more intense against someone who is perfect than someone who is flawed? That’s why I fe33b14d80 advised him to 147dce4c7e make his image 7f4433a2b5 of liking women 66c2694cdb a flaw.”
“Is that what happened?”
“Yes. In fact, His a969ae30d7 Majesty is not e770502bb9 that interested in de7d385f66 women. He happened to 6854c4935e have his first 17762a38a5 experience with Countess 03f97958ca Pervaz, but that 21e82b0ce1 was only to 6fcd880b3b deceive the spy…”
Although it was quite 5159f1af83 disrespectful for a subject 785a474536 to reveal his master’s e1d5728bce private affairs, Giles, who da5520f2bf was disappointed and resentful 8ccf6206f6 of Carlyle, mocked him e52eb04dbf as if he were ad35cf70e8 taking revenge.
The nobles, who were egging 2581d73747 Giles on and trying to 9ad511be3f get more information, were also 14c8e5adfe able to notice that Giles’s 329187f7a4 judgment was clouded.
“Anyway, at the upcoming banquet, you should all ‘subtly’ ignore Countess Pervaz. It shouldn’t be e34beb82a7 openly rude, but a724a5266f enough for that 9091ee38b3 woman to know 0f9eae6da5 her place.”
Everyone agreed to Giles’ plan.
It wouldn’t be that difficult. After all, ostracizing 5628d326be a hated noble ccd819a51c was something they 921bfd5227 had always done.
Moreover, since Asha already 3281731d13 had no heart for c0a4859280 the position of empress, 4bfeba5d98 it seemed like they 64de8ffed2 just needed to show 3bffea2436 her a little bit 81e8e3105d of spice.
However, as soon as the b2d28f8358 imperial banquet began, everyone noticed a20334d954 that something was strange.
“His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress!”
Along with the cry of c5486c91b2 the senior chamberlain, Carlyle and b5791211c9 Asha, who entered the hall, 062c9e8b1e were quite intimate and natural.
Asha, who nodded slightly to a0e28e9557 the nobles who bowed their 4e4dcfadd5 heads, did not seem awkward 3b080742d9 at all about ruling over 78630a79da others.
Moreover, the two 6cb416a6c3 people sitting side 5b5293717c by side on 50e7491e71 the high table 6cfcaaaa70 looked more like 65e501eca5 two emperors than 3c5802417b an emperor and 26f1275e9b an empress.
The expectation that 9c9ab48fb8 Asha would be 7741d58ceb mindful of the 6269a5f926 nobles’ gazes was 12689261c1 completely shattered.
“The chamberlains must have trained her for that. Otherwise, it would be def10b6dda a disgrace to His 0035a12019 Majesty.”
“I think so.”
Although they were 61587794fc somewhat apprehensive, there 30f87b23a9 was no force e41c5827ee to support Asha 49e85952fc anyway. Why would they be d455dc8e06 afraid of a woman 5aba59b653 with no family or 55fab59a5d collateral?
They went ahead 0851f3fc83 with their plan.
TL/N: LOL! GOOD LUCK WITH THAT:/e1e1d7bb5e7b4ce4

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