Chương 236: Chapter 219. Carriage Explanations

" Really? Spiders with 8 mouths on their abdomens and fangs like hair on their legs that drip poison?..." I mumbled to myself as the carriage rode on and on further towards Zana. We've been traveling for 2 days now. It'll take 3 weeks in all to make it Zana at our current speed. Besides the change in personnel, not much is different from the journey to Darkheim. Sarah and Anna sat beside me, we made the time pass through talking or doing some reading.

Wendy and Ellie are playing some kind of a game with their hands where they take turns mimicking hand movements. I just sat back down from generating the next few miles of road we'll be traveling on for the next 3 or so hours. I've been getting out of the carriage periodically, Summoning Gil and together, paving the road we're traveling on. Whether I'd actually complete said road depends on the attitude of Lord Fracks when we arrive in Zana.

depending on how they treat us, I might just destroy the road on our way back." Grrr..." I move my eyes back down to the book that Daniel Claro made. Right now, I'm reading about his firsthand account as a young Paladin dealing with an Evil God's infestation in an old town. I'd think it was a fantasy novel or something, but the fact I've run into Gods, Demons and some crazy looking Monsters while hunting... Well, I just hope that these spiders are extinct right now.

But the book's contents are not where my true discomfort is coming from. It's the guard dog for my Wives that is watching me with a sharp focus that I've only ever possessed while fighting that Jessie guy to the death back when that idiot Hero tried invading Diablos. In other words, Princess Alice has been true to her words when she said she was going to protect Sarah and Anna from me. So, I've been stuck reading this book and have barely been able to speak to my Wives for the past 2 days.

My Wives have begun to be annoyed by Princess Alice's actions, but she still persists." Alle, he is Our Husband." Sarah tried to speak, but her words seemed to fall on deaf, animal-like, hearing enhanced ears." I know he probably has just made you say that, Sarah! It's all going to be okay as long as I'm here!" This argument has been happening since breakfast. Since Princess Alice can't follow us to bed, she's convinced herself that I've been manipulating Sarah and Anna to separate her from them.

If only she knew that they've been complaining about her while hugging and kissing me at night. Admittedly, it was quite cute to hear them talk about how much they missed me during the day, but we were all a bit annoyed at the current situation. But since Princess Alice is... Well...

A Princess, as well as our Guest and a Customer who's still working out the order she wants to place for our products, we ended up trying to use Sarah and Alice's relationship as Friends to slowly work her attitude back to what it was before, though I hoped we could have a better relationship than the standard of glaring at me from across the table that she did before." He didn't, Alle. Also, do you really think that I could be forced into something?"" But you've been acting so strange... And... And that night...""

That night? You mean when you nearly broke down our bedroom door?" Princess Alice simply nodded her head. Anna then looked at Sarah, and then Ellie and Wendy before Sarah said anything else. To make this go by quicker, I decided to use my abilities as a Lord to help this explanation go by quickly." Ellie, Wendy, Put your hands over your ears."" Why?" Well, that failed. Time for Plan B." Just do it, I'll give you an extra scoop of ice cream tonight." With my bribe, the girls did as I asked. I then turned to Sarah."

Go ahead." With my words, Sarah began to whisper to Princess Alice. She glared at first, then as Sarah's smile widened, Princess Alice went red from blushing. Then, Sarah's eyes began to come alive, and Princess Alice began to hide her face. Sarah seemed to be going towards the finish line finally and a look of realization donned on Princess Alice's face. She then looked at me then back at Sarah and Anna. She remained silent, and then Sarah and Anna moved from sitting next to Princess Alice to sitting beside me.

This narrative has been purloined without the author's approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. Grip! Press! Grip! Press! They then grabbed my arms and began to lean on my shoulders. I turned to Wendy and Ellie who were watching me and waiting for me to say they were in the clear." Okay," I mouthed it slowly, they understood and took their hands from their ears." This is the best after all." Sarah seemed to melt into my arm. I guess 2 days were as much as she could handle currently." Mhmm.."

Anna wasn't too far behind her as well." Wow."" Yeah, it's always surprising when Sarah and Anna interact with Matthew like this." Ellie and Wendy were speaking among themselves. Princess Alice continued to blush and hold her hands over her eyes. I turn to Sarah and whisper to her." What did you tell her?" Sarah broke out of her euphoria and smiled as she answered my question." Just a little bit of this... And a little bit of that... She should be fine. She just needs some time. Uncle Alan has been a bit...

"Overprotective" of his children. In a lot of ways. I'm sure what I told her was a bit of a shock, but in time, she'll come around, just like you did in a lot of ways, My Love." Sarah returned to her euphoric enjoyment of contact with me. Wendy and Ellie tried to help calm down Princess Alice, but their work had no obvious improvement in Princess Alice's wellbeing. I returned to my book reading and finished the page I was on. Once I had finished the page, I thought my reading was over for the day, or so I believed.

/ flip. / As I was about to move my arm, Anna snapped out of her own joy and turned the page for me. Anna then whispered to me." There you go, Darling."" You were watching me read?"" You're my favorite subject to observe, Darling."" I can't imagine I look amazing while reading?"" It's my 5th favorite activity to watch you do."" You say that with such confidence. Out of curiosity, what's number 1?" Anna squirmed a little at my question. I waited for her answer.

"... I don't think I should say when Wendy and Ellie are in ear shot."" Ah, I see." lean... I lean closer to her ear and whisper one word to her." Pervert." Press... Anna buried her face in my shoulder to hide her expression and I began to laugh slightly. Time passed by, I felt joy in reading and then asking my embarrassed Wife to turn the book page for me. She eventually calmed down after the 4th page turn.

When we finally stopped moving, so we could stop for dinner and to start preparing for camping, we all removed ourselves from the carriage and began to stretch our legs first before moving onto anything else. Flare had walked up to my side and began to speak to me." What's wrong with Princess Alice, Lord Matthew?" Flare had also stretched as she, as well as every other person in our party were on horseback. I overlooked the Staff preparing the camping position as the Chefs began to prepare dinner.

It seems that everyone was just happy to be walking on the ground themselves, the horses were enjoying some feed and drinking water to replenish themselves for the next day. I'll also be using Holy Heal on them before I go to bed, so they'll be well-rested when we move out in the morning. I turned to Flare and began to answer her question." More or less, Sarah and Princess Alice had some "girls talk" earlier. Since then, she's been like that. Not even Ellie and Wendy could bring her out of her shell.

Sarah said we just need to give her some time to take it all in."" Take what in?" Flare looked confused." To take in whatever Sarah told her. If you're curious, maybe you should ask Sarah what she said?"" I guess I will." Flare walked off to where Sarah and Anna were getting ready to do a few sparring sessions and I walked up to Ellie and Wendy to see how they were doing." The carriage sure beats traveling by foot, we had to travel all the way from Nulrock to Paradise on foot.

My feet had blisters the size of my toes. This is heaven compared to that." Ellie's eyes were glittering as she looked at the carriage. I'd almost believe she was looking at a pop star back in my world with the look she had." As for me, the fact that we get 3 square meals a day and snacks is a blessing. Sure, the carriage is nice, but I'd rather deal with the blisters that come with traveling on foot with a full stomach instead of an empty one... And then there's all of the ice cream as well.

Honestly, looking at it now, I'm so happy we came on this trip."" Yeah, it's been really fun actually... And the ice cream has been great too." Wendy and Ellie both had an expectant look in their eyes as they thought about the ice cream." I get it already, here." I caved and went to Sarah before she and Anna began training, and we gave them each 2 scoops of ice cream. I guess this is what our journey is going to look like for the next 4 weeks? As I looked at everyone enjoying themselves...

Except for Princess Alice, who looked like her head was still in the clouds, I thought these next 4 weeks wouldn't be terrible.