Episode 104

Translator : Missme

Editor : Aru

The solid body that was entering through an open door stopped.

I was wondering where you were.

The faint, dejected voice made my ears a little sore.

Upon returning to the mansion, I could fully know who Ash was looking for first by hearing that.

Ash took off his overcoat and came towards me, while unbuttoned his cuffs.

I was sitting on the desk in the Oval Office, not on the reception couch.

I opened my mouth thinking that Ashs wrist, which was revealed by the unbuttoned cuffs, was seductive.

What have you been doing?

I didnt mean to do that, but it just sort of whined.

Ash, who had come to the point, stopped moving for a moment and quickly lowered me.

Did you wait?

..just wondering what you did outside.

Lydia.

A big hand wrapped around my forehead and swept it lightly. The bangs that tickled the eyes followed smoothly.

Whats the matter?

Hes really like a ghost.

Well, this may be because I dont hide it on my face, but I spoke frankly.

The Count came today as well.

Really?

Ash swept my hair back a few more times. The calm touch made me feel good.

I think Ive given him enough slack.

No, thats not exactly because of that why Im doing this.

Once I saved the Counts life, I continued my words.

The count said that I dont have to come back to the kingdom completely, but to just meet the queen instead.

.

He said just once is fine.

What do you want to do?

I raised my eyes. I met the golden pupil staring straight to me, gentle but straight.

I hesitated for a moment and then opened my mouth.

I dont know.

I dont know.

This was sincere.

He said that the queen is sick.

.

He said she has a chronic disease. He said her heart is not in good shape. Shes hiding it outside and still doing her duty on the day but no one knows what she will become the next day.

I dont think he said anything about the day and the next day, but thats what he meant anyway.

Thats why she wants to see me before she dies. Anyway, Im her biological child.

Is that all that Count Suena said?

yes.

Ash fidgeted with my hair more in the middle, and soon put his hand down.

Unknowingly, when I felt regret, I picked up some documents that Ash had put down on his desk.

I noticed that was what Ash had brought in as he entered the Oval Office.

Whats this?

The counts background check.

Ash casually announced the illegal results.

Want to see?

No, welltheres nothing I can do even if I see it but still.

I accepted a bundle of paper. The multi-page document contained quite a few letters.

I flipped through the papers one by one to look at the contents through quick reading.

First of all, the counts status was true. He is indeed a close aide of the queen.

Besides, according to this document, it was true that there was a twin legend of the royal family of the Kingdom Viroz, and that there was a rebel over the throne.

Its true that the Queen of the Kingdom has been living in a castle more than ever lately..

It was so detailed that I wondered how Ash found out about it in just a few days.

Wait, will this increase the credibility of Count Suenas remarks?

I hesitated when I passed the last page thinking so.

Guild Olkir, a murder contractor in the Viroz Kingdom.

..murder contractor?

The guild itself is gone. The more.

Ash took the documents back from my hand and added an additional explanation.

Its the guild that the men who were after you in the North Forest we were in.

Ash put the documents he had taken back on the desk. There was a clump of paper falling down.

I was going to wipe the guild off anyway, but theyre already been taken off by another party.

Another party.

Well, I havent figured that out here either.

Ash glanced at me gently. His lips were sweet.

I dont think the rebel forces are going to have to deal with things this loud.

..

I see what hes talking about.

Rebellion is an organization that is universally reserved for action, regardless of its size.

Why? Because its over when they get caught.

They had every justification to be wiped out by the nations armed forces the moment they were caught.

So moving unnoticed and secretly handling things was the basis of the basics for them.

In such a situation, it was only a foolish and inefficient waste to destroy a guild even if they had the power to do so.

If its really the rebel forces that erased the guild.

What do you want to do?

Ash asked again.

I stopped thinking and looked into Ashs glassy, transparent eyes.

The answer was easier said than done.

I want to see her.

You want to see her?

Im curious.

When the possibility arose that Count Suenas desperate claims might all be lies, another resolution came into my mind.

I wonder about the queen.

I want to see what kind of person she is.

What kind of face does a person have when she fails to kill her own child 20 years ago and goes so far as to reverse her failure?

I want to go and meet the queen in person.

I said so and then quickly added.

Just in case if he thinks Im trying to crawl in front of someone who wants to kill me without any countermeasures.

So Im going to do this

Although it just came to mind, I explained my opinion that I thought was not bad.

When Ash heard it all, he seemed to be silent for a moment, then whispered in my ear.

do it like that.

Huh? It doesnt matter to me, but then you.

I dont care.

Then I feel much better and reassured. I nodded.

This is how it was decided.

It was a clear and quick decision.

I felt a little empty because the time I had been worrying about it alone since the morning was so fast that it made me laugh, and I suddenly felt a soft touch on my forehead.

When I looked up in surprise, Ash smiled naturally.

Why?

Just on your forehead

Theres something on it?

Look at him, trying to be pretentious and flirting.

I lost my words and stared hard at him, and Ash burst into a giggle. Then he admitted.

Because I can see your forehead.

What?

Thats why its ridiculous. No, thats just no reason.

I rubbed my forehead as if it had been burned by a slight touch of body temperature, and suddenly I reached out my hand, thinking somewhere.

If he did it because he can see it, then me too.

what are you doing?

Just because.

I rolled up Ashs right-hand shirt sleeves on a desk and fiddled with the exposed wrist bone.

I answer as naturally as possible to the question

Because I can see your wrist bone.

It wasnt exactly now, but just a little while ago, when Ash unbuttoned his sleeve, I saw it at first glance, and from then on, I was thinking about it and wanted to touch it.

It might be said that popping out like peach bones stimulated peoples desire to touch (?)

How much was I satisfying my impure desire while groping Ashs wrist?

Suddenly my forehead felt itchy.

Huh? It tickles? Why.

Lydia.

Are you seducing me now?

Ashs voice sounded husky.

I knew what it was that tickled my forehead like a feather. It was Ashs hair.

Oh, no, wait a minute.

I cant talk to him this closeand seduction?

What, what seduction?

Because your hands are so soft and touch me so intimacy. I feel like Im being seduced.

What so intimacy!

Ugh, Ive never touched him so intimacy!

Wellmaybe!

I hesitated to protest actively. If I moved here more, I could touch his lips.

Ash whispered, keeping me locked between his arms.

I was tempted anyway, so I want you to take responsibility.

..

I mean, why would I seduce..

If so, wouldnt you be the beginning of temptation, since you secretly exposed your wrist bones to me?

I hesitated for a moment to say this and then quit.

To be honest, I dont think its an important issue who seduced first in this situation.

More than that I suddenly wanted to correct something else.

Seduction.

I raised one hand and swept Ashs shoulder slightly down.

Then I took the other hand to the front of Ashs shirt and put my index finger up and slipped it against his hard chest.

Slow and slow, touching buttons one by one.

Slowly.

its like this.

Well, hang on.

It was nice to have spontaneously followed it because I remembered what I had seen in the past, but the problem is that after I did it, the awareness that I was too frustrated started to come in. What should I do?

And Ash didnt give me time to think long.

He lifted me up right away and moved me on a soft sofa, not on the desk in the Oval Office.

Lydia.

I blinked, looking up at Ash, lying halfway down.

Somehow the turtleneck moved loudly.

Its not my fault today, even if the kiss gets longer.

Make it clear.

Dear God,

The first step was good.

Soon after, my thoughts were eaten by Ash with breathing.

I couldnt get out of Ashs office much later than I expected this day, but there was no complaint at all, as a matter of course.