#Side Story Cradling Harem Marriage Strategy (2)
A few days later.
I went to the Persian mansion in the capital to meet senior Astina.
I originally made an appointment with Astina around this time.
It was originally an appointment made for work reasons.
The commercial aspect of the work I am working on was a promise related to it because I received consultation from senior Astina.
However, the intention behind making this promise was not so.
The reason I made the appointment at this time was to tell senior Astina about my intentions.
We are together with everyone.
To put it bluntly, a leg of lamb…… No, I’m saying I’m going to hit the octopus’ foot.
I confirmed their feelings.
Whether it’s Yuni, Rie, Luna, or Astina, we already know how they feel.
But I don’t know if they will allow me to be with everyone.
Everyone has a desire to monopolize the person they love.
“Is Rudy here?”
When we arrived in front of the Persian mansion, Senior Astina came forward with her eyes smiling.
She was wearing light leather clothes.
Nobles didn’t wear leather clothes like that often, but they were comfortable clothes for everyday life, so it wasn’t a problem to wear in a mansion.
Of course, that didn’t hurt Astina’s charm.
The clothes were tight and highlighted her body, and the comfortable atmosphere stimulated my heart.
“Hmm… ….”
I felt awkward, perhaps because I had come to confess to her, or because her clothes made her body stand out.
“Don’t just stand around like that, come inside.”
Senior Astina gestured inside.
I got her nod.
“What should I give you for tea?” Just coffee?”
“No, can you give me something cold?”
“Really? “Because the weather is hot?”
“Ah…… Yes.”
It wasn’t because of the weather.
I was thirsty right now, so I wanted to drink something cool.
What should I say?
I already had something to say, but I didn’t know how to bring up the topic.
Senior Astina moved with her own steps.
I tilted my head.
Why are you going directly?
Normally, I would have ordered her to be her maid.
It was natural for a Persian family, such as a marquis, to have a maid to do such chores.
But when she walked alone, I was just confused.
Astina brought hot tea and iced water for her to drink.
“There is no maid in the house right now, so the only thing I can give you is water.”
“Don’t you have a maid?”
“Oh, I took a short vacation.”
“Are you talking about the maid who will do these chores?”
“Oh, everyone should rest. “It’s a bit difficult to let him rest during the coronation ceremony, so I sent him now.” “I see… ….”
After her coronation ceremony, Astina will be resting for a few days, so she will need someone to attend her.
She is a senior Astina who does her best in every task, so even when she rests, she does her best, and it seems like she intends to relax.
“Anyway, you didn’t come here to talk about this, right?”
“Ah, yes. “Then shall we talk about work?”
Astina and I had a serious conversation with the documents in front of us.
I felt a little more at ease when I talked about such things, but I felt a vague sense of tension at the thought of bringing up a story that had been hidden in a corner of my heart.
“Then it would be better to do it this way. Food is provided by the Persian domain?”
“Right? “Because we’ve done it that way every time.”
Time passes like that.
Slowly, the story came to an end.
“Thank you. “It was very helpful.”
“Yes.”
The problem was that I couldn’t find the right time to say something.
Isn’t it so strange when you bring up words related to love or marriage in the middle of a work conversation?
“Ha. Under. Under.”
I looked at Senior Astina with an awkward smile.
Then Astina looked at me with a happy smile.
“Why are you doing that?”
Senior Astina rested her elbows on her desk and brought her hand to her chin.
He looks at me with warm eyes.
It was as if the sight of me hesitating was amusing.
I asked senior Astina carefully.
“Senior… …. “Do you know?”
“hehehe, what do you mean?”
“Hmm… ….”
The person who told me about the jeweler was none other than senior Astina.
If it is Astina senior who runs a commercial estate there…… You might have found out that I made the ring.
I looked at Astina with suspicion.
Even when I looked at him like that, Senior Astina was just smiling.
“So, do you have anything to say?”
“…… There is.”
“Then give it a try… …. No, wait a minute. “Please wait a moment.”
Senior Astina, who said that, began to search through her drawers for a moment.
What came out of Senior Astina’s drawer?
“…… Video seats?”
“That’s it. You can do it now. hehehe… ….”
Senior Astina said with a big smile.
“Oh, no. Senior. Why is Yeongsangseok… ….”
“If you don’t leave something like this, what else will you leave behind? “It’s a once in a lifetime experience for her.”
“As expected, you know… ….”
Senior Astina shrugged her shoulders.
“If you ask so much about jewelers, how could you not know? “Isn’t it your fault for not being careful in that respect?”
Astina went out shamelessly.
Well, Astina didn’t do anything wrong.
Just because she says that doesn’t mean I won’t say what I have to say.
I swallowed her saliva and looked at Astina.
As I looked at Senior Astina in silence, her laughter subsided and her face turned red, as if her Senior also felt something awkward.
I tried to speak to her with all her heart.
But the video seat in front of me caught my eye.
“…… “Can you please remove that video seat?”
“No! Why is this guy so hesitant! Speak quickly! This stuffy…… !”
“Hmm…… All right.”
I regained my composure and opened my mouth.
“Senior Astina.”
“…… Okay.”
“…… “Can you marry me?”
When I said that, Astina’s face turned as bright as her red hair.
Astina, who was usually cool and calm, was not here.
She was just an innocent girl who had never been in a relationship.
“Ah, um, hmm. Uh… ….”
Senior Astina hesitated and lowered her head.
Then, she raised her head for a moment, made eye contact with me, and lowered her head again, saying, ‘Ha uhm…’ … It just made a sound like ‘.’
“…… “You knew I was going to say this, didn’t you?”
“Oh, I knew that… …. That and that are different…… !”
“What’s the difference…? ….”
“When your imagination becomes reality, joy and shame intersect…” ….”
Senior Astina spoke faster and became more talkative than usual.
Of course, she couldn’t look me in the eyes while saying that.
She lowered her head and just muttered.
I was looking at Senior Astina like that and then she quietly opened her mouth.
“Senior Astina.”
“Uh…… Okay… ….”
Senior Astina answered, and I opened my mouth once more.
“I love you.”
“Hmm…” ….”
Senior Astina’s body gradually began to shrink.
I burst out laughing at the sight of Astina looking like a little girl.
“Why do you keep reacting like that?”
“… ….”
Senior Astina said nothing and covered her red face with her hands.
However, she couldn’t even cover her bright red ears and nape of her neck.
I jokingly said this to senior Astina.
“Senior, you need to answer.”
“…… “Good, Joe.”
Senior Astina answered in a hushed voice.
This made her feel playful and I told her.
“When talking, you have to look people in the eye, senior.”
Senior Astina quietly opened her eyes between her fingers.
Her eyes were shaking greatly, and it seemed like tears were forming.
“Jo, I like it…… !”
I smiled at the sight of Senior Astina like that.
“Why is someone who was always so dashing so cute today?”
“Are your ears cute?”
“Yes, it’s so cute. So much so that I want to bite it.”
“Break, crack, bite…… ????”
Astina reacted to every word and was cuter than ever.
Of course, it may be that I’m being blindsided, but then what?
No, it may be better to look pretty only to my eyes.
Because I wanted to enjoy something like this.
Despite that wind, Astina today is beautiful even when viewed objectively.
Even if you are wearing shabby leather clothes.
Even if you don’t wear fancy decorations.
She was more beautiful than ever.
“What, why do you keep looking at me like that!”
“What do you think? I have to keep this pretty sight in my eyes. Ah, you don’t have to just look at it.”
I looked at the video table in front of me.
I turned the video seat that was facing towards me towards Senior Astina.
“Now, look here.”
“Well, what…” …. Chi, clean it up. Tooth… ….”
“Ah, didn’t Astina-senior want to include a picture of me too? “I feel the same way.”
Senior Astina ended up digging her own grave.
“Now, smile.”
“Clean it up…… !”
Senior Astina screamed at me, waving her arms wildly.
I just smiled and avoided her arms.
I teased Astina for a while like that.
“…… “Did it feel good to tease you like that?”
“I didn’t feel good because I was teasing you, but I felt good because you looked so pretty?”
“W-what…” …. It’s easy to say that…… !”
“I see. This was a bit difficult before, but once you do it, it becomes easy.”
I have never shown affection like this to others.
Of course, it was because I was busy with other things, but it happened because I didn’t continue.
But once I actually did it, the expressions of affection were overflowing like Cheongsanyusu.
No, rather, it may have been something I had been holding back on.
Because I thought so much and wondered if it was right for me to be with everyone.
If you show affection to someone and that person rejects you, it will hurt you greatly.
I was afraid of this.
“It’s still good. “After speaking, I feel somewhat relieved.”
“…… By the way, you.”
Astina opened her eyes thinly and looked at me.
I tilted my head at this.
“Yes.”
“You didn’t come here just to say that.”
“…… ?”
I looked at Senior Astina blankly and then her eyes widened.
I was just confessing, and there was a part I had completely forgotten.
“Can a so-called war hero be so sloppy? … ?”
“Hmm……. “Her wives can take care of that.”
“Wives”… ….”
That’s right.
What I didn’t say was whether I could marry everyone.
I originally tried to explain this while confessing, but I was so embarrassed that I forgot about it.
I took my stance again and looked at Astina.
Astina sighed and looked into my eyes.
So, I asked without her laughing.
“I…… Then… …. “Can I join everyone?”
Astina glared at me.
But that wasn’t how I looked at people I didn’t like.
The eyes were glaring, but they were filled with affection.
“Ugh… ….”
“… ….”
“How would you feel if I dated another man?”
“…… My heart is breaking. “We will stop it at all costs.”
Because I have already made up my mind about everything.
I like everyone.
This was acknowledged.
“Then how do I feel?”
“…… “I think it’s similar.”
“It’s similar. “It’s not to that extent, though.”
I opened my eyes wide at those words.
“Because I knew to some extent. On the contrary, I was also afraid that I would not be chosen. “Couldn’t you have chosen just one person?”
I looked at Astina cautiously with some anxiety.
Astina smiled a little when she saw me like that.
“There is no need to make that face. “I have one answer.”
“…… ?”
“Do whatever you want. “I won’t bother to stop it.”
“…… Is that true?”
“Okay. I don’t think it will be blocked even if I block it. “If you think about it carefully, I think that kind of life wouldn’t be bad.”
When I heard those words, I felt completely at ease.
I felt warm warmth spreading throughout my body.
“Senior Astina!”
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“Ugh!”
Feeling that feeling, I rushed towards Senior Astina.
“This, this…” … !”
Senior Astina was held tightly in my arms and her eyes widened.
Her face, which had finally returned to its original color, turned bright red again.
I wanted to see Astina’s expression like that, but she didn’t want to let go of Astina’s warm body.
I spoke quietly, feeling Astina’s warmth.
“Thank you.”
My body was shaking slightly.
All the tension was released and I felt dumbfounded.
Astina, who was embarrassed, raised her hand and placed it on my back, as if she felt it.
“You must have been very anxious.”
“Aren’t you anxious? “I’m taking on this reckless challenge.”
“Haven’t you tried a more reckless challenge than this?”
“For me, it was a challenge that made me more nervous than any other challenge.”
I said with a small smile while holding Astina.
Astina gave me a small pat on the back.
“Try your best. “Aren’t there still three people left?”
“Yes, I will try.”
I stayed still, hugging Astina for a moment.
It was a really comfortable time while we were hugging like this.
After a while.
I slightly pushed Astina away from who I was hugging.
And with Astina holding her arm, she opened her mouth.
“Then I will go now.”
“Are you busy with work?”
“Yes, there is a lot to prepare.”
Astina smiled brightly.
I brought my face to Astina’s face.
Malkan─
“!!!!!!!”
It was a small bump.
Astina opened her eyes wide and pursed her lips.
I smiled at Astina and put her hands in her pockets.
“I have something to give you.”
What came out of her pocket was a small ring.
A ring with a ruby made by a craftsman.
It was a ring made to give to Astina.
I held Astina’s hand and listened.
And then I carefully put the ring on my ring finger.
“Now don’t take off this ring.”
I said that and stepped back.
“Then I will return.”
I walked out to Astina, her face bewildered, waving her hand.
***
“hehehe… ….”
After Rudy disappeared.
Astina lay on her bed, licking her lips and looking at the ring on her hand.
Astina smiled a different, more goofy smile than usual and continued to adjust her ring.
How many hours have passed like that?
Astina smiled pleasantly and opened her mouth.
“Come in!”
Astina shouted loudly, but there was no sound. Astina sensed something was wrong and tried to shout again.
“Come in…” ….”
At that time, Astina realized.
There are no occupants in the mansion.
That’s right.
Astina forgot one thing.
The reason she sent all her employees on vacation.
Even though Astina’s house was empty, she let Rudy go.
“This can’t be right…” ….”
Astina quickly ran to the bathroom.
Her bathtub was filled with water that had been warmed by warming magic.
Astina was ready for her first night.
She took the inconvenience and sent all her employees on vacation.
I made warm bath water.
The master bedroom that Astina was not using was beautifully decorated.
Nevertheless, Astina just sent her Rudy away.
“Oh my…” … !”
Astina was unable to come to her senses due to Rudy’s various attacks, and she even forgot about her plan.
Astina let out a deep sigh.
“…… “Can’t we do it?”
Today wasn’t the only opportunity anyway.
Now, the time I can spend with Rudy is almost infinite.
Now she is destined to become a wife.
Astina immediately looked at the bathtub with a small smile.
“The West will take care of it.”
She thought it would be fun for her to lead like this, but the thought of Rudy leading her seemed like fun too.
“The bath water I made anyway…… “I should write it.”
Astina took off her clothes and went into the warm bath, and after bathing she was able to have a very comfortable sleep.
.
But there was a problem here.
The next day, Astina went to work.
“Ah, Marquis of Persia. You came… ….”
When Astina’s female secretary bowed her head to greet her.
She saw something in her eyes that she shouldn’t have seen.
A ruby ring on her ring finger.
It was the ring finger.
The meaning is… ….
The female secretary carefully raised her head.
“Okay, good morning.”
“!!!!!!!!!!”
The scent of roses wafting from her body.
And his face is more irritating than usual.
“Hey, Marquis…… !!!”
“Huh?”
“Seo, no way…” …. “No, no, no.”
Astina’s secretary swallowed what she wanted to say.
And she thought.
‘Lu, you’ve finally crossed the line with Rudy!!!!!!!! Inside…… !!!!!!!!!!!!’
Astina’s secretary thought so and decided that she should tell everyone her good news.