Book 7: Chapter 25
I didn’t directly ask Tarak what he spoke with Nara about after we left Karnashun. It’s fair to say that it’s their secret. Lorana seemed to really enjoy teasing him though since she’s carefree sort of character, so she’s always really interested in Tarak who’s straight-laced. Maybe I should say… she found herself a really fun toy to mess with. Lorana dressed as she pleased in the desert. The most unacceptable part though was her butt was exposed underneath her cloak. She’d deliberately bend forwards or face her back to Tarak causing the straight-laced guy to not know where to look.
Lorana looked at Tarak who was next to her and asked with a smile: “Man, Tarak, why don’t you confess to Nara? You can clearly see her feelings for you, can’t you? You’re handsome and she’s beautiful. You two make a good couple. Why do you let yourself get hung up over this and that? Wouldn’t all be well if you two just got together? You’re not young anymore either, so shouldn’t you get married?”
Tarak pulled on the rope, blushed and replied: “It’s our private business!”
Lorana frowned. She looked at the straight-laced Tarak as though she was the voice of reason and said: “But aren’t we companions now? We’re companions who can trust each other with our lives, yet you won’t even tell us about your feelings? That makes it difficult for us to trust you to help us when we’re in a pinch.”
“Of course you can trust me! I took on this mission, so I will protect his majesty even if it costs me my life.” Tarak looked at us anxiously. He was on the verge of going down on his knees to express his loyalty. I waved my hand with a smile to indicate that I wasn’t going to get involved with their conversation and to not drag me into it.
“Are you going to tell me about your romance then? When we travel or when we camp, we all share our love stories to fight the loneliness. You didn’t know that as a soldier? Can’t you tell we all really care about your love? Shouldn’t you share it with us? We’re not going to laugh about you and Miss Nara. It’s hard for us to view you as a comrade if you’re not willing to share this sort of stuff when we’re in the same camp.”
Tarak froze up and looked at me a little fearfully. It appears he wants me to help him out. I smiled helplessly, tilted my head and asked Luna for the water, pretending I didn’t see anything. Sorry Tarak. It won’t be any fun if I help you out. To be honest, I’m really interested in your love story too.
“Well… well… umm……”
Tarak noticed I wasn’t paying attention so he looked at Lorana and got a little flustered. The guards around went closer to him too, though I can’t say for sure if that was deliberate or not. It looks like everyone is interested in the love story of the handsome young man and the beautiful lord. We were currently on a peaceful and steady road so we weren’t too concerned about a threat.