Chapter 383: Appraisal 3 (2/2)

"Raer isn't everything Remember the last time I came here? When Medula made me pull that threat?" Aldrich tapped his te You won't have to worry"

Valera sed Aldrich, much to his surprise When not addled by bloodlust, she was surprisingly shy to physical touch Probably because of her training as a guardian knight: it did not look good to have guardian knights that liked to woo their noble clients, after all

"I know you will I always do But hearing it from your lips still comforts me" She spoke into Aldrich's ear almost seductively, oraway

She fidgeted, holding her ar on her pale cheek

"Forgivetoo forward," said Valera "It only see ahead in our relationshi+p, that, well, it would be right to start being more-,"

Aldrich reached out and took Valera's hand in his With Volantis re care of Chrysa in the Alter realh where he was cold all over, he could feel the war blood under her skin

"You're right If we're going to be so like it," said Aldrich

"W-wha!?" Valera turned beet red as she looked down at Aldrich's hand clasped over hers, but instead of drawing back, she just instinctively grasped tighter "Where did you learn this…this sorcery!? You must have been corrupted by the Death Lord's lecherous ways! Or…or…I did soes on the matters of the flesh on the quaint space of the 'Net' is quite common…perhaps you have been corrupted there?"

'What were you doing on those kind of sites in the first place?' was the thought that went unspoken in Aldrich's head

"I don't kno to do any of this It's true," said Aldrich "But youyour lead Doesn't help that I'm a quick learner, too"

"Ah, well, that…is true I did ot to accepting the situationeh

Hand holding…I had only read about it in romantic tales in my father's old library To think it would feel this…special"

"Bleh" Medula spoke frolare The journal lay removed froy wrapping around it from the table's stone surface "Such blatant displays of affection burn my eyes and soul"

"H triu Aldrich's hand

Medula sighed, closing her eyes "Perhaps It has been nine centuries since I last felt anything sily honest answer, especially when it came from Medula, the most deadpan, least ee, put both Valera and Aldrich to silence

Medula broke the silence by opening her eyes and pointing down at the journal "I have finished appraising this to hands and prepare to listen"

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