Chapter 1026
Alysia and her husband danced once initially as part of the first dance, but after that, she sat down with the rest of the wedding party, including her brother and mother, while General Nova went off and spoke with others. Her veil was off now, and I could finally see the expression on her face. Rather, I should say I could see the lack of expression on her face. She showed absolutely nothing. Her eyes stared down at her plate listlessly, and she didn’t eat anything.
Her party, Titan Fall, seemed to be doing the emoting for them. They all had weepy or unhappy expressions on their faces. I had been the source of a couple of angry looks too. Like Harem, they had seemed to expect me to do something about it. However, it wasn’t my responsibility to save everyone, especially from their own choices. It only led to me feeling more awkward.
Her mother Xin left the party quickly, saying something about how partying was for the young. The King remained in his spot, occasionally toasting or speaking to those that were in a high enough position to approach him at the head seat. Time passed, and I was considering abandoning the party so that I could take the girls to the festival outside. Eliana really loved food, so I was eager to have her show me some of the best foods at this location. I was also eager as a cook to learn about the local ingredients. Faeyna was right there with me.
We weren’t in a rush though. I could always Portal home whenever I wanted, so we decided we’d be staying a week in this country. Most of the work would be done by Faeyna, who has some experience speaking to suppliers. The goal was to create trade agreements with local merchants. While I wasn’t interested in peace deals or anything on the national scale, especially since I shared no borders with this country, it’d be nice to secure some trade.
I was also interested in buying the slaves up, just as I had done in Chalm. Yes, the slave trade did exist in the Ost Republic, however, it was mostly humans who were slaves. There were a lot of restrictions toward the sale of humans from those who lived in Aberis, but those restrictions were supposedly lifted with this trade agreement. That meant it was a prime time to increase the population of free slaves.
“Deek.” A voice came from behind me.
I turned in surprise to see that Alysia had finally stood up. She had walked over to me. It was the first move she had made since the wedding took place, and it had caused many eyes to turn. The King’s look, in particular, was as cold as ice. I glanced around to see that she had picked a time that her husband had left on some duty, so he wasn’t here to hold her back.
“What is it?”
“Would you… care to dance with the bride?” She asked.
“S-seriously?”
“Please…” She asked. “Can you just give me this one?”
For the first time this night, she had just a bit of vulnerability on her face. I could see the woman who had done, no, was still doing something that she didn’t want.
“Okay.”
After all, she had finally asked.
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