78 Aria punishments
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That night, we didn't make love just for a while. As a consequences, Aria pour ice water right on top of my face in order to wake me up in order to have my breakfast.
"Cough* Cough* C-Cold!!"
"Master, breakfast."
"Oh Aria, good morning."
"....Good morning master."
Aria seems to have a very bad mood this morning. Her expressionless face is somehow much more scary than usual.
"A-A-Aria, I go first okay?"
"Yes, Shana, I thank you for telling me the location of master."
"D-Don't worry about it Aria, it is also my master afterall."
Shana run out from the room while closing the door wildly. She look as if she is running away from her life. Did Emelia had something to do with it once again?
"Master, breakfast."
"Ah yes"
As I starts to eat my breakfast Aria turn her head and glance at Emelia who is still happily sleeping. I kind of feel envious of her as she doesn't have to force awake my Aria. Oh wait a minute, what time is it?
I immediately turn towards the scenery outside to know what time is it.
"Sh*t we are late. Emelia! Wake up!"
"Is something the matter master?"
"Isn't today the deadline for anyone from the Henson Kingdom that would like to join us?"
"Master, don't worry about it, I got it covered."
"Eh? Don't you need me..."
"Master, Amanda insisted that I shouldn't wake master up. At the same time, master can come to the place during the evening when everyone is there so master do not need to wait for any other latecomers that would force master to repeat what you are saying over and over again."
"You are right, phew… Oh well."
Emelia didn't even budge even when I tried to wake her up. Not surprised, she was having so much fun just hours ago before I fell asleep. I probably need to exercise more in order to have that much stamina to be with her. I wonder when will I be able to see her fall asleep before me.
Finishing my breakfast I pass it to Aria but something is different this time. Aria didn't do her usual actions, a slight nod of her head while walking out from the room. This time she just takes the tray away from me but continues standing there and glancing at Emelia sleeping.
"Is something wrong Aria?"
"EHHH? N-NO nothing wrong master. It's just."
Wah, that's a surprise. I am able to make Aria surprise for no apparent reason. I didn't even intend to anyway.
"Just?"
".....Master, I've decided."
"Hmm? What have you decided on?"
"Your punishment."
Eh? Ah.. oh yeah, she did say that previously. So she was serious huh. I wonder what would I need to do. I am powerless though, hope the punishment won't be that drastic.
"Master, I want to be like Emelia."
"....Eh? It is my punishment, right? What has that got to do with you or Emelia?"
"Master will allow me to follow master like Emelia."
"You have done that before though?"
"....?"
Aria tilts her head. Oh, so I am wrong. What does she mean by be like Emelia? ….. Oh wait does she mean that she wants to have a similar relationship between me and Emelia but now wants me to treat her like Emelia?
Oh, that's is kind of hard, as a matter of fact. Even now, I have a little of trouble of communicating with Amanda and it seems that she is also keeping some secret from me. Now, what if another woman to come in between them. What would I do…
"Aria, are you sure? Do bear in mind that the final decision will be decided by both Amanda and Emelia."
"Master…. You understood what I am feeling?"
".....What do you mean by that Aria?"
"I consult Shana and Amanda about it but they just smile and didn't comment about it"
".....So Amanda knew huh. Did she say anything?"
"No….Master, did you use your power on me?"
"I don't have that kind of power Aria. Anyway, it comes to me as a surprise that you haven't had this kind of trouble. What about the rest of the demon king that you have served before me?"
"...They do evil things, worsen the relationship between the demon and the human kingdom. Resulting in numerous wars, and most of them die."
"...There's something I am curious and want to talk to you about. If the demon king is killed how are all of you still alive?"
"Master within the demon kingdom we are immortal."
".....W-What are you doing here then!? What if you got killed? Come on, go back to the demon kingdom then."
Aria suddenly clutches her heart and give me one of her most beautiful smile ever seen from her.
"Master, this is the first time I felt happy when someone tried to chase me away to go back to the demon kingdom."
"..... Er, what are you a masochist?"
"..No master, the fact that you are worried about me."
"...Aria, you were lonely all this while huh? Don't you have eight other great demons that are always with you. Assuming that all of them is immortal, you must have known them for so long.
"We always operate separately and they will only listen to my instruction when the demon king is reborn in the world. As without master coming into the picture, each of us is weakened and would be forced to stay within the demon kingdom to avoid being killed by the summoned heroes from the other kingdoms."
"Hmm, back to the main topic, Aria. I do not have any feelings of love for you but I can accept you within my harem if both Amanda and Emelia agree to it. With their consent, I will then try to..."
"I understand."
"...."
Aria went back to her usual expressionless face and walk out of the room.
No matter what I felt like I am playing with her feelings. The correct thing would be to reject her straightaway, what if I am unable to face her like how I face with Amanda and Emelia? She would be more devastated then…
Sighed…
Well no matter what, I could easily reject Eliza. Mind you, she is the second princess of the Gwendal Kingdom if you have forgotten. I wonder why I do not have the heart to reject Aria?
Other than that, what sort of punishment is that? It feels like a reward to me unless she doesn't mind no matter how much I do to her, she just want to stay close to me huh. Feels like some sort of punishment for her if I hate her though.
Oh well, luckily everything turns out fine for now.
"Are you going to accept her then, my love?"
"...You heard that?"
"Mmmm..."
Emelia suddenly voices out to know what is my opinion about what just happen. It surprises me as I didn't think that she was awake all along.
" I could reject her within my head but my heart doesn't allow to, but once again I already told her that the final decision will be decided by the two of you. It seems Amanda already knows about this."
"Yes, I will go talk to her about this later but for now... "
Emelia pull me back by my neck and made me fall into her clutches. She started grinning to herself and snuggle her face on my face.
"E-Emelia? You look happy for some reason?"
"Other than the thing happens just now, it is rare to have you by my side like old times. I should take advantage of this before Amanda or Aria join the big picture."
"Come to think of it. Aria told me that I could show my presence after they are done with all of the registration on the number of people that intend to stay and be the citizen of the Gwendal Kingdom."
"Love, I don't think it is the citizen of the Gwendal Kingdom anymore as basically, they are working for you and within the world. I don't think the Gwendal Kingdom exist anymore. You should just take over the crown and rename the kingdom to your name instead. The Evergreen Kingdom or the Raul Kingdom."
"Doesn't sound good though."
"You can think about naming it later, more importantly, I am saying that all of us are not bounded to the king anymore. He himself knew that without you in the picture he would begging down to his knees to let the Henson Kingdom come by and take over as we wouldn't have any food resources if you are not here my love."
"I understand but I still don't think I am good enough to take over the whole kingdom if possible I would want everything to stay this way. There will be various problems and Amanda might have to cut off her relationship with her family if her father decides to stop me."
Emelia kept quiet but shrug her shoulder. She tilts her head and leans on my shoulder. Both of us were staring blankly at the ceiling for some reason. We didn't speak to each other for one whole hour but for some reason, I felt that it was relaxing this way and enjoyed spending time being with Emelia.
