Chapter 280: Coaxing your lover is different from coaxing your familiar
"Was?" Natha expressed his surprise and looked at me intriguingly.
"I used to," I said, shrugging my shoulder a little. "But after reading this, I started to...hmm...getting greedy?"
I recalled the red letter from my storage ring, giving it to Natha. He hadn’t read the content yet, because our Demon Lord surprisingly respected a certain level of privacy.
"Oh?" Natha took the red envelope and read the letter inside. I watched his eyes move and his brow arch while sipping on a glass of warm milk the servant put on the bedside table.
I waited until he finished reading it, and once he gave the letter back, I stood up to hold his arms. "Nat, can I ask something? No--two things!"
"Let’s hear them," he replied easily, pulling me along to sit on the bed.
I looked at him hesitatingly, and only managed to speak after fiddling with my shirt for half a minute. "Umm...I want to ask for the Amrita--"
"It’s yours."
"...thank you," I replied awkwardly at his swift answer that was bare of any hesitation, as opposed to the way I made the request. Well, he did say he acquired the Amrita solely for me, so I could see why he easily granted it to me.
But my second request might be trickier, since it had nothing to do with a physical item. And...it might be a sensitive topic for Natha.
I fiddled with his green pendant and looked at him carefully, feeling my voice waver even more than before. "And...is it okay if I use my ability again? The purification, I mean..."