TVRTH [Book 1]

Chapter 173

Revenge (III), Part X

Translator: Khan

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

It was not funny at all, but the man outside the door laughed loudly. It was a very strange man.

"All right, I'll come back later, just like you said. I can't get in the room as you are alone."

Fortunately, the man who said so soon disappeared with a clear sound of footsteps.

Only then did Aria barely take a breath, close her eyes as she buried herself deep in the chair. Rather, she wanted to go back to the empire quickly.

* * *

After going out during the day, Asher returned to his quarters only after sunset. Things didn't seem to have worked out well, seeing that he had a bad look. Returning, he ordered something with a pretty serious face to Lane, and then went out to dinner with Aria, trying hard not to show it.

"Does it fit your taste?"

"Yes. That's what Mrs. Asher said."

"It's a stopover every time I come to the Kingdom of Croa."

"I'll have to, likewise."

In the empty restaurant with no one, only the words of Asher and Aria sounded. As a matter of fact, she couldn't afford to think of the taste, but Aria smiled softly without trying to show it.

She was a little bit disappointed to think that this would be the last time she had a leisurely dinner. Because she no longer had to stop by the city to rest, she was going to head straight to the capital after a few big cities. In addition, the carriage that had already departed was heading straight for the capital, taking only a brief break. Unlike when she had left the empire, she would arrive in the capital in no time. Therefore, there would be no more time for her to stay with Asher like this.

She felt it was the same with Asher, so he was doing his best for this moment, too. So Aria spent the evening focusing only on Asher, and somehow a disturber appeared in the whole rented restaurant.

"Asher."

"... Lohan?"

"Why didn't you come to see me first?"

Aria gazed at Asher with great embarrassment at the sudden appearance of a stranger. It was to ask for an answer, but as Asher was also embarrassed, there was no reply.

"Roscent Aria said that you would come back in the evening and I went to see you, but you were already out."

It was only then that Aria recognized Lohan by mentioning her name. It was the man who had come to visit in the morning. He seemed to have an acquaintance with Asher, and he pulled out a chair and complained, and Asher's face froze in an unexpected situation.

"If Roscent Aria had told you that I came, I wouldn't have bothered you like this..."

Lohan, who had been complaining, turned his gaze to Aria, which had been staying with Asher all the time.

"..." Then he stopped talking with a very familiar response. It was a familiar reaction of those bewildered by Aria's appearance.

As soon as he realized this, Asher called his name hurriedly, "Lohan."

"... I thought it would be just an excessive rumor, but it wasn't. No, it was a rumor that would never reach reality."

He plainly looked Aria up and down. Aria, offended by him, furrowed her forehead.