Incompatible Interspecies Wives

Chapter 174: The Flow of Time (6)

Sien and I began to grow close again, quickly, just as we had in the past.

Returning to the starting point, we now had only each other.

I had lost everyone.

Sien, having renounced her position as a saint, had cast away all the power and honor that came with it.

She had severed all ties and connections stemming from her status.

I understood the immense depth of emotion behind her decision.

I no longer had to disregard her feelings.

After the embrace during the festival, we revisited our old ways.

We often walked hand in hand, leaned on each other's shoulders.

We spent time gazing at the plains, and continued to share meals together.

Step by step, we slowly approached each other.

Neither of us forced the pace.

We bridged the gap at our own stride.

Days passed like this.

When I wasn't managing the estate with Gale, I spent time with Sien.

We talked, joked lightly...sometimes we even visited Adam Hyung.

The tangled, chaotic emotions seemed to settle down one by one.

It had been over a month since Ner and Arwin had left.

No more letters came from Ner.

I had over fifty letters from her.

Each one thick and heavy with words.

I kept them all in a drawer, as reading them would have been emotionally unbearable.

I knew about her troubled childhood.

I hadn't forgotten her plea that I was her only ally.

The time spent with Ner, the happy memories, still lingered in my heart.

To avoid making clumsy regrets by reading her letters, I stored them all away.

I locked up my emotions before I could pity her.

I couldn't help but think that the lack of letters from her was a good sign.

Maybe she was trying to forget me too.

Though I had spoken many insincere words to separate from Ner and Arwin, one truth remained.

Perhaps we were never meant to be compatible.

It might have been better for us to find partners within our own species rather than pursuing an interspecies marriage.

Whatever the case, we parted ways with our purity intact.

There would be no obstacles in finding new futures.

It was perhaps best to think of it as a wartime connection.

One day, Blackwood's vassals visited us under Gibson's command.

They offered support for our new household, providing whatever we needed.

This could mean connections with other nobles, or abstract support like medical knowledge.

As I had no immediate needs, I arranged for Blackwood's vassals to stay the night and then sent them back.

I was steadily distancing myself from Blackwood.

I tried to erase Ner's traces.

Arwin was easier to let go than Ner.