Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

Will You Marry Me? (277)

"Will you marry me?!"

Four words Kai had not expected to hear at all, and definitely not in this situation.

He had no idea how to react. His face was blank as he stared up at Cecilia, wondering what the hell was she on about?

Marriage was a big thing. Was he even ready for it? He was only eighteen after all, he had his whole life ahead of him!

...

Oh, right. He was dying.

Cecilia's tears continued to drip onto his face, mixing with the blood that was coating his cheeks. It was an uncomfortable sensation.

"Please... Say yes... Just say yes."

Kai blinked.

Why was she so invested in this? What could she possibly gain from asking him to marry her?

It wasn't like it would be bad to get married before his death...

Opening his mouth, Kai resisted the urge to go into another coughing fit and just barely managed to croak out a single word.

"...Yes."

He felt something begin to stir within his soul.

Cecilia's eyes widened as she heard Kai speak, seemingly having not expected him to actually answer. It was almost like some sort of hope had been ignited in her once more.

Panicking slightly, the ex-Queen then began to move erratically. Her hands let go of Kai's wet cheeks, letting his head rest on her lap as she summoned another HP potion.

In his head, Kai was wondering what was the use of that. Even if he were to drink all of the health potions and use Minor Restoration, there was no coming back from this.

So, with a heavy heart, Kai opened his mouth to tell Cecilia to cease her efforts, to-

His eyes widened as he watched Cecilia take in a mouthful of the potion herself.

Then, he watched as she leaned down towards him and...

Tenderly pressed her lips against his.

Despite the severe blood loss, Kai could tell that his face had turned bright red.

He wanted to pull away, but he also didn't want to. It was like he was in a trance, addicted to the sensation of what he was feeling. This was how his first kissed happened? Him on his deathbed and the kisser crying her eyes out?

Just what the hell was going on?!

The health potion trickled between her lips into his mouth. This time, the potion tasted much sweeter than it usually did, like a strawberry.

Kai panicked and accidently swallowed it all down in one go. Once he had ended up drinking the mouthful of HP potion, Cecilia pulled away and wiped her lips.

Kai's vision cleared a little after that.

Cecilia's eyes were half closed, the back of her hand pressed against her mouth as she wiped at her lips.

She looked stunning.

Kai swallowed.

Was he... flustered?

So what if he was, what did it-

His soul suddenly thumped.

Kai froze in place, as if he wasn't already staying completely still so he couldn't cry out in pain. Maybe he was hallucinating, but wasn't it his heart that was supposed to thump in this situation?