Chapter 286.1
It’s been quite a while since Kasser has been displeased with the way things were going lately. He has anticipated much about spending more time with Eugene in Holy City, away from the palace where he was usually always swamped with too much work that he couldn’t even get to see her face throughout the entire day.
His such anticipation, however, turned out to be miles out, as his wife has instead been busy ever since they arrived at the city. She recently had been leaving the house at first light and returning only after dark. Despite his efforts to keep his cool, he could feel his discontent building up inside him.
‘It’s not surprising that Abu has tried to swallow up Kid.’
Although he’s explained to Eugene that Abu’s intention was nothing more than an attempt to establish a pecking order, he could easily tell that Abu had just been throwing one of his petulant hissy fits at Kid.
As far as he’s concerned, larks only come into conflict with one another when they are faced with those of the similar level in terms of ability. So in the case of Abu and Kid, where their ability wasn’t even remotely comparable to each other, there was no reason for Abu to be agitated to Kid as the weaker Hwansu would eventually keep distance and humble to not get under Abu’s skin. Besides, it wasn’t an unusual sight to see Hwansu, who are subordinated to the same master, to ignore each other’s existence completely.
Doubtless Abu has long been aware of Kid’s existence, as well as the fact that Kid has been tagging around Eugene lately. In other words, there was no better way to explain it than that Abu was blinded by his jealousy.
‘We better go back soon.’
Feeling absolutely absurd to find himself empathizing with the beast’s jealousy, Kasser grumbled inwardly, tightening his arms around her waist to pull her in closer as he rested his chin on her shoulder.
There simply have been too many distractions in the Holy City. And he never thought he would say this, but he would rather go back to his palace despite there being a heap of work waiting for his return. If needed, he could always hold off works which weren’t urgent or even allocate some of them to his men accordingly.