(EP-120.2) Gentle Prisoner #(Interlude)

120 – Gentle Prisoner #(Interlude)

Some time after Elga became interested in the Status Window.

Feeling exhausted from all the events that had happened today, I was dozing off while stroking Elga’s head.

“Hey, Theo, are you listening to me? You’re not sleeping, are you?”

Elga shook my body, which snapped me out of my half-asleep state, and wiped the drool off my mouth.

“Yes, I’m listening.”

“Oh ok, I thought you were sleeping.”

“…….”

If you knew I was sleeping, then let me sleep….

But those words never saw the light of day. Because if I said this, Elga would probably sulk.

I simply yawned without speaking, while Elga said.

“As you know, I am thinking of sending a letter to my father. A hawk would be better than a pigeon, right? It’s faster.”

“… What letter? What pigeon?”

Hearing my question, Elga lifted her face which was buried in my chest and slightly frowned, before pinching my belly with her hand.

“You weren’t listening to me!”

“… Euk.”

“I knew it! So you didn’t hear me say that I was going to send a messenger pigeon to my father?”

Did she say that?

I couldn’t hear because I was sleeping.

It might be best to just come clean.

“I wasn’t really listening. I was half-asleep.”

“How can you sleep talking to me? Being with me makes you nervous, doesn’t it?”

“No, that’s….”

“It’s all because you’re out of shape. Starting tomorrow, you’ll train with me every morning, alright? We’ll run two laps around Ark!”

‘… Training.’

My vision darkened upon hearing that scary word.

My Half-Fairy body was physically weak, so even a little rush of activity would make me out of breath quickly.

“Anyway, I’m going to send a few messages to my father. There are a lot of things I want to ask and a lot of things to report.”

“Are you going to tell your father about our relationship?”

“No, are you crazy!?”

Elga was furious at my question.

“If my dad finds out about our relationship now, he’ll rip your head off!”

“… Lord Reinhardt will pull my head off my body?”

I imagined the sight of a gigantic man grabbing my head. Considering his dignity and presence, such a scene was easy to picture.

That man could easily twist my neck like opening a soft drink. However, Reinhardt was a refined man.

“Will Lord Reinhardt actually kill me?”

“What do you think would happen if I brought home a random guy as his son-in-law? Of course he’d get angry! Someone who couldn’t fight off sleep because of his weak stamina wouldn’t fit the Lioness Family! When my father sees-.”

“…….”

Presented with hard facts, I had no counter. Then Elga suddenly trembled and added, as if she made a slip of the tongue.

“Of course, that’s what my father would say. I don’t think so, though…”

Then Elga stroked my belly.

It seemed like she was trying to comfort me, but since she had never comforted anyone before, her gestures were very awkward.

“But it is true that you are weak. You should at least be able to win against my father. Otherwise, he will definitely come and kill you!”

“No, Reinhard-nim is currently working as the chancellor of Monarch City. Are you saying he would come all the way here to just rip my head off?”

“That’s right!”

Then who would take care of the country?

I couldn’t even imagine what would happen if Reinhardt, who maintained order by ruling over Angmar, would deploy his troops.

After barely managing to stabilize the situation within the country, the thought of causing even greater chaos by touching Elga was dreadful. Thinking so, I calmly said, while cold sweat ran down my back.

“Then, we must keep it a secret from Lord Reinhardt.”

“Yes! At least until you can handle my father in a fight. We have to keep it a secret until we can win together.”

“Elga-nim will fight with me?”

At my question, Elga buried her head close to my side as if she had heard an embarrassing story.

“… Yes. I will fight with you now. You are too weak.”

‘I see.’

Elga seemed to have gathered the courage to confess to me in her own way. Was there any love confession more Elga-y than Elga wanting to fight alongside me?

Since Elga opened her heart to me, I decided to also speak honestly to Elga.

“I’ll also fight together with Elga-nim, no matter how dangerous the situation might get!”

“… Hmph, whatever. Mind your own business.”

Elga bit my side again, but it was not that strong. Rather it tickled me.

The atmosphere was good.

Taking advantage of this situation, I decided to confess a few more things.

“Elga-nim, I have another confession to make.”

“Confession…? What else do you want to confess…. It’s embarrassing.”

I said to the hesitant Elga.

“To be honest, it’s not really a confession, but something I need to ask forgiveness for….”

Suddenly, my throat tightened.

This was simply my survival instinct kicking in, because I felt that Elga might kill me once I said this.

“What are you asking forgiveness for? Did you do anything wrong?”

Elga’s demeanor had softened considerably. I felt relieved that she might forgive me regardless of what I said.

But what I was trying to say wasn’t just a bomb, it was a huge meteor. So I was still nervous.

But I couldn’t keep running away from it forever.

Who knew when another meteor would strike. It’d stack if I left it alone. Moreover, I could feel that this was the best time using my Calm Thinking.

But, I should properly buckle up rather than blindly rushing into it.

“Uhm, Elga-nim. Elga-nim and I are family now, right?”

“… Well, you can say that.”

“Then, if I take more wives, what will happen between Elga-nim and the other wives?”

“A family….”

Elga suddenly stopped talking. Then, she got up and looked down at me. Her ocean-blue eyes seemed colder than icicles.

“There is another woman besides me?”

“…….”

Elga looked like a hungry beast. I, too, got up from the bed and looked at Elga. I wasn’t going to run away. Instead, I would face her like a man.

Then Elga let out a small sigh and shrugged her shoulders as if she couldn’t win.

“You’re quite a guy, huh? Well, I didn’t think there would be other women besides me. How great is she?”

“Eum-.”

“As a noble with an open mind and generous heart, shouldn’t I accept it?”

Elga said as if she was pressing down her anger.

It was more appropriate to say that she was growling rather than talking, but I was relieved to see that Elga seemed to forgive me.

Elga continued.

“I’ll accept it. You can consider such sincerity from my heart. Anyway, I’m the main wife. The rest will be concubines. Won’t I be the highest? And there’s no connection with concubines… It’s just a physical relationship, no?”

Elga’s patience seemed to be on the edge with her rambling. Then she finally looked at me and asked.

“So who is it? It’s not that strange Imp, is it? The one who stole my pork cutlet.”

“It’s not Marmar.”

“Then who? I’ve never seen you with another woman besides that Imp…?”

Elga kept shaking her head as if she really didn’t know or just wanted to deny reality. I had no choice but to tell her the truth.

“Elga-nim is now like Mirna-nim’s family.”

“Like a family…”