TAOA-62

Chapter: TAOA-62333123790bafa366

“But what if 78f9a37b5a the lord drinks cd2f255ab0 to the point 0046473d3d where she’s out 6f84d085f9 of her mind? What if the barbarians 54a673b423 invade at a time 3140b1a2c2 like this?”
At that, 41f02ad06f Asha suddenly d38b23ee6b shook her 0881248fb6 body.
“They, they invaded? Sword! Now, I have to d2260f10c0 go out right now…!”
“No, no. I meant 43c8aba47a just in 5f93627a5b case… No, 6ee769df69 I was 3e93eba4d8 wrong. It’s a joke dfe29e7dc8 so calm down.”
Even though he b54c18a598 grabbed her arms, 6defb642da Asha struggled so ca70aedc10 Carlyle ended up 8802351c02 hugging her.
“Calm down. I said it’s a d20e5a9d00 joke”
Asha, who was 66ce86db5b flustered in his 06fedf8ec6 arms, gradually relaxed 7024e665c9 as Carlyle patted 57f8f5554b her on the 29cf03edab back and said 34ad2a1e71 “easy”.
Carlyle felt Asha’s 1892d610a9 breath on his 6ad448110d neck was hot.
“Ah, right! Thank you.”
Asha, who until now f276f79cfc was excited to go 8d90e35f2b out and fight the caf190e964 enemies, suddenly greeted him.
It was difficult to 9e99b00c7e follow the flow of fdb3eb45a0 consciousness of a drunk f228f6ffc9 person, but Carlyle decided a91fc5fc0f to endure it, thinking 4843f78a74 it was the punishment ea49f16535 for coming out to cdfa739b4e the balcony.
“There’s more than one 58a955ea6c thing to be grateful cbdbbc7a8e for, which one?”
“If it 83b6b2d0b9 weren’t for 9b2b604d9b Your Highness…the 2034a48e6d harvest festival…wouldn’t a42f10015e have been 76b51c954a possible…”
Even in the midst 379ecc8266 of this, Asha did c8550527d7 not stop laughing, giggling.
“Do you like cca5331530 the contract you 9e6d257c21 made with me d099b707a1 now?”
“Yes…Your Highness…saved Pervaz. For real…”
“You saved Pervaz. I just paid 2986988fe0 the price to 7c716d2e37 buy you.”
Carlyle tried 59f01e7aff to speak 743d8c9bff a little b060e0e038 dryly, but 01ec5e6a32 Asha just 0b0131df5d kept giggling.
“I, I don’t think f1b3b15316 I should be this ff412f77fc expensive….”
“Well, think of it 8bc7497998 as an investment in c53e7b6f05 future value.”
He meant the 4e64fe3920 value as a 523643ba65 great shield to cd5620e525 block the Empress.
But Asha shook 920e1bb977 her head, as 0438df0172 if sorry.
“Even so….Your Highness…is 79c2a22da3 losing money…”
“That’s true. Actually, if I helped 63fd9ade73 you this much, shouldn’t 18c337e1f3 you give me a cf9dddf043 kiss every time you a67048f53e see me? It’s hard to a9a2ffbc63 be this blunt 68f55a14df everyday.”
Carlyle just meant this 38a57efddb as a joke.
But at these eda4694c55 words, Asha suddenly e3e13331cc became serious and 2dffac9c1c raises her head.
“Really…?”
Carlyle thought he said 87682f1890 something wrong and hurt 0abff8e969 Asha’s feelings. Because Asha’s expression was 494025b08b very suspicious.
But it was a afc40ce5ce rule that you couldn’t 70164e5af5 show weakness to your 0df2507a58 opponent, so he didn’t df6d20a792 avoid her gaze.
But then Asha put 03f81f00c5 her arm on his 9897e077ea shoulder, not as if 6d84062cf5 to rest her chin.
‘What? Are you going to 003a068706 slap me…?’
Carlyle clenched his 92298a51c4 jaw and tensed e5be792ff7 his cheek, not c7e0310ef6 realizing it.
But the next moment, 9b16cf9768 Asha brought her other 75538e437c hand to his cheek 4f21609caf and pressed her lips 43f1535029 against his with tremendous 0472445370 force.
“Ugh!”
The first thought 87d8d08aa8 that came to 9db9244a1d his mind was d324b3f058 that he almost 244bc71790 lost his front fb6cc0de5b teeth.
Carlyle tried f218e1ebbf to figure 3101f679cf out why 7da28ce12a Asha had 91e25dd1db attacked him e857a2572e like this, a8e0cd3b37 and then 317fa72a7e he remembered 6b66d11551 what he b429065f4e had just 85e4628b07 babbled about 38a9e271f9 kissing.
‘If I 6bad814ea5 said you 1e3f6e6db2 should kiss 1cc6cfe556 me twice fb12686d96 I’d have 96278ba7f3 seen blood.’
However, after a few 8ee9aa4d20 seconds, the shock of e2db27d3e0 the collision subsided and 767108d14b he came to his 2c26ebb6e6 senses, Carlyle realized that ccc19bb0e3 Asha’s lips were still 776a294960 on his.
He also 14f6ddf223 realized that 1bdb03b372 she was 4f990992b2 clinging to 31e9de35c0 him with c63d007c07 a desperation.
Perhaps she wanted to 53c86be617 repay in some way.
‘You’re that bold, fb7a6c32cf but you don’t 2afd80ee21 even know how d194a4dc56 to kiss….’
Carlyle supported Asha’s c186b28995 neck with one bac8a60722 hand and slowly ea91f8b75a traced her tense 22f7640d99 lips with his 8f26863101 cold lips.
Perhaps because 618234c680 her whole 3d99a96f64 body was 157a01e1f0 limp from fff6325b52 the alcohol, a1ba9c54c6 the strength 50c6bb9a7b gradually drained 5e7cb2e714 from Asha’s bd87946c64 lips. And soon, as 60a5b60b35 he intended, a f78f091665 gap opened between e9283c6b22 their lips.
‘Bitter…’
Asha’s tongue tasted of 9ebc96d6a2 bitter beer.
But it wasn’t so 2223d9980c bad. He was aa7b3abd2b so engrossed f2475f9330 in the 2ab7b1cab5 bitter kiss f78d25ea14 that he 568468fb6f didn’t notice 14d7441fa1 until Asha’s 88fb4688cd arms slowly a37f5e61ec loosened.
“Ugh….”
Carlyle looked down at 0d32eb3ef4 Asha, who had fallen 48494e58f0 asleep while kissing him, c5f515738e and barely caught his 18c846234e breath.
To be 7e2484f999 honest, he eeb38053f7 had never e84a7ff75b imagined that e46fdd8848 he would 2ce9650995 be so 99788ce4ce absorbed in 34c3817512 a kiss ea7d15dbea with Asha, 1cecdc6748 so he f722466ce8 was a 20968080f7 little embarrassed.
“Countess Pervaz…?”
He called 7ba6416da8 out to a6bb13ad87 her, just 7a4183cfdc in case a9f464b8b4 he woke 142fb4a751 her up, f50329c1c1 but the 2ac06357d7 drunkard who 9ff30ce41c had stolen f8090e22d4 the prince’s 5874134714 lips(?) was 01cc1ae9f7 unconscious.
Carlyle shook 595e9b2b89 her a 4c3e41e9ad few more 4f5d5916e0 times and 4b381e52ad looked at 1cf259f879 her sleeping d6b9e07d4c face with dbebbbc54b her lips 7bc59c0214 slightly parted, fe20c2c4e0 and whispered c498755359 even lower.
“Hey, Asha….”
Her name was like 855ce8c3c9 a breath of wind 1cd3c026dc on his tongue.
Carlyle licked his lips, 266c8d8914 which still tasted of 02003a25f2 beer, and smiled.
“Am I a a803a1c83d little drunk too…?”
He shook his head 29ea08bf9b slightly to clear his 233be83885 mind and held Asha 3286f25c81 firmly as she was e550c8ed86 about to fall again.
“Don’t worry about anything 600c2bcc56 today and get some c3455124f2 rest, drunkard wife.”
He decided 6759e2aa88 that he f68025b074 would support 67f2d43e7c her today, 63bb3c2688 whose shoulders b929a48c09 had always 466abdd62a been heavy.
***
“Ugh…!”
Asha woke up c9ed294c4f from her sleep, 7c27affe57 clutching her aching 81f1b343a4 head as if 45a1d7a9bc it would shatter.
However, she couldn’t 6a7826c960 immediately get up b32506018a even after waking 9e9a610939 up. Her stomach 631fb69f6e felt like 85af0c7965 it was 81bb62f97b going to 895cb8fbae turn inside b9accf4489 out.
She felt e0debe16f4 like she 4a1ef14c9d had slept 3fa65630ce soundly, but 353bfc4008 her body 8fd97f34c5 felt heavier 64911f0c95 than ever 64d26e2479 instead of fded5acab7 feeling refreshed.
‘I’m never… really, 40da34133f never drinking like 9422671c63 that again!’
Asha vowed, swearing that 477acdd6ae she would be called 49c2c992f7 a dog, not a fcac694b51 noble, if she drank 869c8dc3b5 like that again. She opened her eyes 6e9a2c3570 with difficulty.
And the moment fde94654b0 she faced the a5c75e1f35 unfamiliar ceiling, her 4619dbc910 thoughts stopped.
“Uh…”
A dumbfounded ea38c995fe sound came a18f54c044 out of af925e56ba her mouth bc14703313 without her 0711d97ec9 realizing it.
At that e0706a79ee sound, someone 25d63f4228 approached her.
“You’re awake. You don’t a2d5921f99 look so a608efbc27 good.”
Even after seeing 4dcda3c707 the person, Asha 77d7582485 couldn’t continue speaking. She couldn’t 7684b86dc3 understand this 20e1601ada situation at aa4403291b all.
“Your… Highness?”
Why was Carlyle standing c93e173a34 next to her bed 47f28f823e and looking down at 7766997f00 her?
“This… what…”
“You don’t remember anything eb6805013d that happened yesterday?”
Why did the words 1fcc3cf55e ‘yesterday’s events’ send chills 4421e7ceb8 down her spine?
“W-what… happened?”
“Tsk tsk. Well, what 07013b6164 do you e40b3144b9 expect to 755674ae0d happen when d33d86b2cf you drink 729da4a0bf everything without ab427324b4 even counting 8be1471bbf the number 6230ed55a9 of glasses?”
Asha’s vision swam 327d1dbd23 at Carlyle’s light 3dbedb60ba rebuke.
‘Yesterday… what happened… yesterday?’
She forced 8258b5931f her aching 71b011f93f and groggy 3b683c42aa head to 0d28336b18 work and fd337bbf43 tried to b5d91c86cb remember yesterday’s 3ea6966f52 events.
However, she had no e1074ba405 memory of anything after fa9447f9c6 clinking glasses with Hector.
“W-what happened!”
Asha jumped 77296465af up and acbb8edae5 grabbed Carlyle’s e258f5ed9e arm.
But something felt strange.
She wasn’t wearing a8c2ee39ba her own clothes. She was wearing a 2d8fe91dd6 sky-blue lace nightgown that d29368e697 noble ladies would wear.
Asha looked down 7570496bd1 at it and 7367ee8bd3 turned completely pale, 27ad810f1d gripping Carlyle’s forearm dd54ddadf0 tightly.
Carlyle could have 23bc4ad1ee teased her all 58d039c796 he wanted, but b6e051b19c he didn’t. Asha would be 4abbd9e9ec embarrassed enough just d1de4657e1 by what he 684bd5748a was about to f82ac5eb1e tell her.
“Let’s start with what 16d16de8f7 happened yesterday. I went out 3390103561 to the balcony 648b9d938b near my bedroom 0f859a0551 because I felt 51ddcd8d59 a stranger’s presence, 4979ff120a and I found 5d0df14ce0 you curled up e254a26b0e and sleeping in 31c20fede7 a corner.”
Asha’s eyes afb45c8514 widened at 86b21f1314 that.
“Th, the 7a1c161615 Harvest Festival! I had 866aba430d so much e1000f6eaa to prepare 1bf0f4b682 for……!”
“Don’t worry, 14e7919de5 the Countess 5445944c10 Pervaz’s husband 1f6d17e723 took good 122ac461a4 care of d3a4944c1e it.”
“Was there 8715f19c33 enough food? What about alcohol? Did anyone fight 17bfa565e5 or go missing……!”
“Easy…….”
Carlyle patted Asha’s excited 7cc6f4817e shoulder.
Asha felt her strength 2120b9a9d9 drain from her back 80f66b5faf at the strange sound a5df71c5e7 of ‘easy’ that Carlyle bdae3ea4c5 made.
“There was ede1cb2512 enough food a3b896e933 and alcohol, 0f1fbb4c8c and nothing 21fe964b9e unpleasant happened. There were fc5fbbd867 a few 1c7537c0d5 missing children, a3ee16c63c but they de54b7710f were found f4f202e83c and taken 2ca6df55ae to a c7ebb6d74b temporary shelter, 67fecc7580 and their f18b38c4fa parents were 5cd314edb1 later found.”
“Didn’t the people complain 6ab35c64a4 that they couldn’t even 41b01b9699 see the lord’s nose?”
“Everyone was so drunk, fb79d19782 who would have the 64d53d6fb4 mind to care about 0227ccab57 the lord?”
The strength finally drained 18e92e683a from Asha’s hand, which 9bed53e479 was gripping Carlyle’s forearm.
“Haah…….”
The first 8dbd661879 day of 0541a5152e the Harvest f79505e78e Festival passed 00fd072745 without any 716da64666 incidents.
It was 8c71f94f86 a real 0d7de551f2 relief.
Only then, after c857173564 the sense of ecd6ab4f4b relief came, did 8798460846 Asha feel that e1f825cf5f Carlyle’s expression, who 47571bcaed was strangely looking bc09de084f down at her e54dd7c1dd from in front 8b24a6c45e of her, felt 91536339b4 ominous.
“You…… You have something ee377fdef1 to say to me, 54574b7c3d don’t you…….”
“I’m more curious about 54a2e313d9 you. You are more 4a265c64f8 worried about the ebf3227521 Harvest Festival than 26d98375ed being in my 06ce22a03f bed in a 5cde1c94f5 nightgown that you 55d29b747f don’t even know.”
“Huh……?”
Asha came to her df280d2dd8 senses at those words 8661298884 and quickly looked around.
It was 263f06db80 definitely not 17fe049482 her room. Her room was not 02db05f0fe this big and luxurious.
“W…… What happened?”
“I found you sleeping 98b817dc54 on the balcony near f770d16f57 my room, so I e9f2109886 brought you here.”
“But why 14bf049407 am I f4d01ace00 wearing these 8873d7c309 clothes……!”
“I’m about to 9ec3e93511 talk about that.”
Carlyle sat on the c73470fd31 bed and said meaningfully.
Asha involuntarily 8f5e261036 backed away, a0d1337111 but Carlyle 8e53ef2e67 approached her 969a1012a9 even more e37ee696d6 with a 1b879353d4 serious face.
“Countess Pervaz. I would like c7d95da467 you to be a533f441ec more thorough in e49faecde9 fulfilling the contract…….”
“Yes? What do you mean?”
“What did ddbc1262d8 I ask 98080ce743 of you?”
“That’s…… to db251bf91d act as 9b39ccc92f a wife 05aa073055 on paper 5e42867df7 and then 90d43deeab break up 690027498c cleanly.”
Carlyle nodded.
“That’s right. And before d9e3e68cf6 we break 6c620182f9 up cleanly, c39ca279af I want 764bc56f3a you to 881d493f1f do your 50a35b1833 job as 45f4d3f420 a ‘wife 0302c7f2ba on paper’ abf789816f perfectly.”
This time, 00dfde79b0 Asha nodded.
The role of a 715f8055d9 wife on paper, who d6648dccd5 would not be shaken 6fa8f7a1af no matter what kind 124a4efa6d of fault the Empress 30c18bc45b found, and who would 0ac6e97f2e protect Carlyle’s position as 9ae9b87def ‘Countess Pervaz’s husband’…
“It’s fortunate 88f2f880cd that you 069a4397d4 remember, but 5d895d5af3 looking at a037a2c63c you lately, dbd439ca80 it seems 365727d02b like you’re 1edb36a5f4 taking that 7109f93867 clause quite ad91eb7dcb lightly.”
“Yes? I never did 5b2606ed01 that…!”
“You say you never 2b16c2c0ad did, but to anyone’s 698a87989e eyes, you don’t look b994c92631 like my wife. This way, a6e4fe4191 you’re just 8bf335eee0 asking for badaabb540 trouble. Don’t you 5e3cd7d9be think so?”25f2edf56c7ecd2c

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