The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 19. Honesty

John Ericsson's Point of View

" Okay Sarah, let the man breath."

Aqua's voice brought us back from the daze. We separated finally, breathing deeper than last time. Sarah looking deeply unsatisfied with her mother's interruption, refused to take her eyes off of me. Once I caught my breath, I asked a simple question to her.

" Why?"

Sarah looked at Aqua and Aqua began to speak to us.

" Wait for us to leave Sarah then you can explain it to him. Before we do leave John, I want you to know 1 important thing. We as parents will never force any of our Children into loveless political marriages."

With Warrick nodding to Aqua's statement they proceeded to leave along with the maids and guards. And now only Sarah and I remained. After spending some time to regain her cool, she Began to speak to me.

" To start with John, you need to know that I did not wish for a political marriage to bind you to my family or Diablos! I truly do love you. And my honest wish is for you to be my husband, and I to be your wife!"

She began to explain her feelings to me. My heart beating faster at her confession to me.

" For years I've held no interest in romance or marriage. Only focusing on bettering myself to protect those important to me. Thankfully my parents are firm believers in their children truly loving their partners, and do not believe in forcing my siblings and I to marry for politics."

She begins to speak in a calm tone.

" Having said all of this you most likely are wondering how I fell for you. The answer to which is in your Holy Heal spell, it seems that the caster can enter a person's mind to attack the source of the sickness, correct?"

She asks me and I nod yes to answer her. She continues.

" Well, it seems if it is not properly controlled that it's a 2-way door. As you spent time in my mind, I spent time in yours. At first, I thought it was a good way to alleviate my boredom of sleeping. But fate is ever so tricky. After viewing your memories and experiencing your joy, your pain, but most importantly your kindness. I have fallen in love with you John Ericsson!"

My eyes widen at the explanation. As she blushed crimson, she continues to speak in a heartfelt tone.

" At first, I thought maybe this was all a side effect of the spell, but after waking the feelings have gotten stronger not weaker! When you protected me when Peter attacked. When you smiled at me after I thanked you. My feelings only grew stronger, But the turning point was last night! When I thought of you leaving, or worse returning to those women from your world. I couldn't bear the thought of it!"

Continuing to be shocked, I saw how distressed she became at the thought of me leaving. Tears began to fill in her eyes, I spoke to her in a calm tone to try to calm her.

" I won't ever return to their side. There's no place for me there you saw my memories with them, right? I plan on staying in Diablos until I sort out this Hero business just to let you know."

" Not all of your memories with them but some. And even though that is how you feel now, there's no telling what might happen! Not to mention how they might hurt you again I can't bear it John!"

I was surprised at what she had to say back but still I continued to speak to her.

" Let's say I agree with you about this. Will this truly be ok? I mean it took using Sandra to even start to drum any support for this marriage. Will you truly be ok with this? I mean I don't even know how I feel about you, besides being physically attracted to you if I'm being frank about this."