A Battered Husband

Ebodia Encampment

"You do know nothing will happen with your staring, right?" Krisha snorted as her mouth twitched at Taro sitting beside her. She was currently sitting with him while waiting for Zaila with Dani and Abel talking with Atlas and Princess Ezme not far from them. "Also give your sighing a rest, will you? It's getting old." 

"I just can't believe how things happened so fast," Taro seethed. "I mean… I haven't been gone for too long, and yet those two are already betrothed?"

"The early bird catches the worm, and it looks like the Chancellor is as quick as a hawk," Krisha teased, ignoring how Taro's face dimmed at her words. "Next time, you should move faster."