Chapter 523
"Ahem... My Lady, it is a bath I need. I appreciate the thought, yet I would not... be as unthoughtful as to undress in front of you."
"... undress?"
"Yes."
"... Ah... o-oh! I-I am sorry, I offered such without much thought..." — I stuttered after seeing his frame under sweaty clothes. Feeling shameful while the bit of disgraceful self I kept in my being was about to let out brazen thoughts he timely interrupted.
"I will come back shortly." — The crown prince said moving quickly, not meeting my eye. And I nodded in response as I feared the words that could come out would not be the ones of agreement but of brazen craziness. Putting down the basin in slow contemplation while embarrassment made me go mad.
’Marianne... why would you even think to say "go ahead and let me see" uh?! Do you want him to think you are a perverted woman?! After all this time we- uh- I have made myself look respectable and worthy??!?’ — Confused as also old habits came back, it was myself who used the water to cleanse my face in an attempt to clear such dirty thoughts that did not stop flowing in my head. Using the first sheet of paper I could find to wave some air to myself so the blush could fade completely once I was to welcome him back.
"Being two meshed in one... I need to balance this new self I am promptly. Otherwise, some brazen things may happen when they should not yet...!!"
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"... Pathetic and dumb... there are no other words to describe myself now, bloody hell..." — Zeleskiaz regretted while clenching his teeth in embarrassment, while also thinking back to the reasons that led to such an awkward encounter with his beloved.
— It’s late, man. Why are you still training at this time? — A tired right hand had said once he found the crown prince in the training grounds.