79 – I want you to only look at me
After taking some time to cool off.
I told Jane that I would talk to Franklin for a moment and instructed Jane to take the tax collector.
“Is this an order?”
“Yes, it is an order. Please follow along.”
“… I get it. “I will wait for good results.”
“Uhm… “
Franklin leaves, leaving behind words that are difficult to answer truly.
Looking at her, I let out a small sigh,
Toward her, sitting behind her as she is…
I turned my gaze towards Franklin.
“… “
“… “
Franklin lowered her head, her face red from the shock that still hadn’t gone away.
And, this was the same for me as I looked at her.
I thought I had finally calmed down… Anyway, the talk about marriage and whatnot came as quite a shock to me.
‘Thoughts like that…’ It’s not that I haven’t done it all, but… ‘
First of all, we were definitely lovers, and as we were both adults, it was probably natural to think like that.
But as expected, the other person has such thoughts…
The fact that I heard that from a third party rather than myself was shocking in many ways.
In the midst of the awkwardness that never went away, I carefully took a seat next to her…
“… “
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Still, she and I could only keep her silence for a while and just quietly lower her head.
The bombs that exploded earlier were so huge that I had no idea what to say.
In such an uncomfortable period of silence where one second felt like years.
For now, I am. I opened my mouth cautiously, feeling obligated to say something here.
“I… that… therefore… this… First of all, thank you… “Yes.”
“… Huh? Radish… what… “Is that a sound?”
“That… marriage… I mean the story… uh… Anyway, the fact that you’re thinking that way means that you like me that much… “
“Ah… “
At those words, General Franklin lowered his head with a low voice and his face blushing again.
His usual cool and calm demeanor is nowhere to be seen.
I found it quite cute to see her acting like a little girl.
I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut again, feeling like I was becoming even more embarrassed for no reason.
At that time.
In my ears.
Her small voice began to be heard.
“… Divination… Fine… ah?”
“Yes?”
“My… Even if I have those thoughts… Fine… What? Therefore… marry you… I’m thinking about doing it… “
“!…”
I asked a question in a trembling voice…
Franklin actually asks for the answer to his proposal.
Regarding this,
I felt like I was speechless due to the sudden, intense tension…
Soon, I saw her staring at me nervously with a red face.
I began to feel a sense of obligation to give an appropriate answer.
Actually, there was nothing to think or sleep about.
It’s just that the person who said this first was different from what I expected.
Because the answer to this was already decided in my mind.
“… Good… Yes. Me too… do… I would like to. Texture… soul… “
“… Ahhh….”
To my words,
Franklin begins to tremble and not know what to do.
The deep tension felt in her. And as she felt her excitement and joy even more, a shy smile began to appear on her lips.
Next, Franklin gently rests his head on my shoulder.
Feeling her warmth that she conveys,
I began to carefully stroke the head.
A soft yet cozy texture.
Feeling the sensation coming from her fingertips.
A calm smile automatically began to appear on my lips.
She is something I feel every time, but the more I look at her, the more I think she is lovable.
Thinking that I would definitely be happy if I had someone like this as my wife, I gave myself over to this current atmosphere for a while.
At that time.
“Cromwell… Not me… Do you want to hold another woman in your arms?”
“N… yes?”
In this atmosphere, Franklin suddenly tells a subtle story.
Looking at me, who was perplexed by this, she spoke in a more serious voice.
“Just now… You heard it too. That guy… A story told by Seri. I think she likes you just as much as I do… “What do you think about that?”
“Uhm… “
At Franklin’s words, I began to worry again.
To be honest, I had already noticed that Seri had a certain crush on me.
However, I had no idea that it would be at the level of people openly saying they wanted to hug me.
‘Is it because they are natives and their culture is free-spirited?… But seeing as it is related to stories about marriage, etc., I don’t think that is the case… ‘
Anyway, looking at it simply, there was no particular reason for rejection from my point of view.
Regardless of cultural differences, a harem is every man’s dream.
I had no reason to reject a beautiful woman who said she liked me.
However,
At this moment, I saw her nervous expression and her asking me these things…
Watching Franklin, I realized that this question was not simply asking my opinion.
Although she cannot speak outwardly, her attitude seems to be that she wants to know something through this question.
About this.
I thought that my one word might hurt the woman I love,
First, I carefully asked her questions.
“Before I answer that… what do you think? “It’s about having a concubine or something.”
“… “
Franklin looks surprised at my question.
But then she slightly turned her gaze away,
In a quiet voice,
“I don’t like it.”
“… “
However,
Desperation…
He answered in a voice that conveyed emotion.
“That kind of thing… no. Sharing someone you love… I am… Cromwell I only want you to me… I wish you could only look at me. To another woman… I don’t want to lose you to someone younger and more beautiful than me. I know it’s greed, but… But I….!”
“….”
Franklin speaks as if he is bringing out something deep in his heart.
Feeling the feelings of her smallness and suffering contained within,
I am just like that,
I hugged her body tightly.
“….Nice… chrome… Well… “
“… “
The sight of her looking at my face, pausing for a moment at my actions.
Looking at her face, which was slightly teary due to excessive excitement,
I held her silently for a moment and carefully coddled her as she was hurting.
With the thought of magically healing the wounds in her heart.
As her lover…
At the same time, as someone who might become my husband.
While thinking about wanting to relieve that pain.
*
“… Sniff… “
“Are you feeling a little better?”
“Yes… Thanks to.”
As time passed, Franklin calmed down his emotions again.
Perhaps thanks to being in the arms of the man she loved for a while, she was able to escape from her confused mood a moment ago and regain her composure.
The warm feeling of her man comforting her.
Franklin was feeling her love for the man deepen even more as his words and actions seemed to touch the wounds of her soul.
“… Sorry. Because it looks ugly. Honestly a little… It was strange, right? “They’re being so unreasonable about something that has no legal issues.”
“No. Enough… I think that’s possible. But… “
“But?”
“… Honestly, it was hard to sympathize with just one thing. That… The story about Seri being prettier than you…”
“… That… “It doesn’t make me happy at all if I talk like that.”
“It’s true. From the first time I saw it. And until now. “I think you are more beautiful than any woman I have ever seen.”
“… Hmm… hmm… “
Franklin feels his heart pounding again at Cromwell’s words.
However, at this moment, instead of being swept away by these emotions, she corrected her wavering heart and maintained her cool.
“But, you know it too. “It’s not normal for me to do this.”
“… Well, by legal standards, that’s true… “There are quite a few people like that around me.”
“Is that so?… I… “Maybe I’m being too sensitive?”
“… Umm… “
Cromwell recognized something in Franklin’s repeated words.
Then he said those words to Franklin…
In fact, at this moment, she said what she wanted to hear most.
“… If you have anything to say, I will listen. “Please don’t feel pressured and just speak up.”
“… “
I couldn’t tell anyone…
However, this is a story that must be told to a precious person with whom you are promising a future.
Driven by a feeling of some sense of obligation towards it.
She told her story that was in her own mind at this moment…
She began to carefully bring out the story that had been in her heart.
Something related to the thorn that was stuck in her heart.
At the same time, she harbored a small hope that if it were this person, she would be able to pull out the thorn.