Chương 338: Chapter 321. Thankful For What You Have

Stroke." Hnnn...."" Good morning." Wrap... When I opened my eyes, I saw a still unfamiliar ceiling compared to the one I'm used to. I looked to my right to see Sarah, staring back at me with a bewitching smile that felt out of place this early in the morning. I was woken up by Sarah petting my head, she was lying on her side and had her arm above my head. Before I could respond to her, I felt another hand wrap itself around my chest from my left side." Good morning, Darling, Sarah..."

Anna must've been woken up by Sarah's movements. It's rare that Anna is the last one to wake up during the morning, I guess that's a sign that we've been tiring ourselves out recently. I was mostly to blame for that, ever since we found that basement, I've just wanted to be with Sarah and Anna as much as possible. For some reason, looking at Patrick's unmoving face just shook me for some reason. Besides the mornings where we and Lily restore the land, we've been spending most of our time together, just the 3 of us.

I mean, Princess Alice, Ellie, Wendy and our Guards were also around, but they seemed to notice something was off about me, so they gave us some space. Speaking of them, Princess Alice has seemed a bit off as well, ever since I hugged Sarah and Anna, it's like she's been wanting to say something, but Sarah and Anna said they already talked to her about it and I shouldn't worry. Pushing that to the back of my groggy mind, I responded to both of my Wives' greetings." Good morning, Sarah, Anna." Wrap... Wrap...

They both wrapped their arms around me this time." You finally seem like you're getting back to normal, My Love. I'm glad."" It's not that we mind all of the "us time", but we were starting to get worried, Darling. Though... Food for thought, maybe you should keep acting like this with us from now on? I know I wouldn't mind." Both of them breathed a sigh of relief. Today's the first day that I've woken up and it felt like there wasn't a lump in my throat. I explained to them as soon as I could about what happened.

Then I explained that I didn't know why I felt like that, but I knew that I just needed to be with them. Maybe I was just overworked and needed a few days? Maybe the changing point was that yesterday, they finally found Victor's body in the Western Lands of the mansion's grounds? Sitting here pondering doesn't really do much for me though. It didn't matter in the end, I still wrapped my arms around Sarah and Anna, who didn't ask any real questions, they just happily doted on me, and I did the same.

Thinking back on the past few days, I just squeezed them a bit closer and said the only thing on my mind." I Love You Both so much."" We Love You Too, My Love."" We're always going to Love You, Darling." We just sat there for a few minutes, just enjoying the morning, but with the call of a rooster a bit of a ways from us, we decided to start the day." Todays the day for the funerals finally. Darling, are you going to go directly after breakfast?"" We can always skip it, My Love.

I know it might seem rude, but if you're not up to it, we can always just pay our respects privately?"" No, I'll be okay today." I tried to allay their worries, but I don't know how well I did that. Honestly, I feel like a storm cloud has lifted off of me and it's all thanks to them. Not only that, but the Fracks siblings gave me space as well, even though this is technically their home. I should thank them before we leave after breakfast." Okay, let's get going then!"

Sarah and Anna were ready to leave and so was I, so we left for the dining room table pretty quickly. Since I've been in my mood, Sarah and Anna have taken turns holding onto me during the day, since our Guards were still around, it never really went past what could be called "mild flirting", but during the night, all bets were off.

They were surprised during the first night, since I've been saying we shouldn't do something like that in another person's home, even though they ended up having their way regardless, it was a different ball game when instead of resisting, I started initiating it. Last night being the wildest of the past 3 days. With that in my mind, I don't think it's a lie to say that we were all really hungry. This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience." Oh, good morning!"

Princess Alice was already at the table and was seemingly enjoying some Blackfruit juice. She greeted us in a happy mood. We all sat down at the table, Sarah and Anna sat on either side of me and Princess Alice was opposite to Sarah, who was on my left." Y-You seem... Good?"" Yeah, I'm feeling better, sorry about the past 3 days, I was technically rude to you since you're our Guest that we brought with us.

Even though you kind of forced your way into coming, but still, it's not fitting treatment for a Prince-"" Matthew, it's fine, we're Friends now, aren't we?" Princess Alice began to pout as I went on with my apology. Eventually, she just interrupted me and spoke her mind." My Love, I think Alle is tired of being treated like a Princess by you in private. I mean, she's been a comrade in arms and you're the one who offered to be Friends in the first place, remember?

I think you're going to make the poor girl feel left out if you keep trying to be so formal. Even Anna is relaxed around her and she had to go through Trish's strict training that basically drilled decorum into her." Sarah was on Princess Alice's side it looks like. I looked back to Princess Alice and noticed that she was still pouting and stealing glances of my reaction to Sarah's words." Okay, okay. Alice, I'll stop apologizing so much." I waved the white flag of surrender to Princess Alice.

I seem to be doing that more and more recently with her. I wonder if I'm just cursed to follow her whims at this point?" Good!" Despite the question I was pondering in my head, Princess Alice smiled happily at my unconditional surrender. I noticed she was still looking at me, so I asked about it." Is there something on my face, Alice?"" No, it's just that, I was wondering how you turned it around?

I've seen some Soldiers act like you did after battles, but I never really had a chance to see how they dealt with it."" Oh, well that's easy to answer."" Really? What was it that snapped you out of that funk?"" I spent the past 3 days with my Favorite People by my side, it's kind of hard to be all doom and gloom when they're with me after all!" Grip! Grip! I felt my hands being gripped by Sarah and Anna as I spoke. I smiled at Princess Alice when I felt their hands around me." See?"" Y-Yeah..."

Princess Alice seemed to have something on her mind as she looked at Sarah, Anna and I flirting. Maybe it's not appropriate to do something like this in front of her even if we are Friends? As I was about to ask Sarah and Anna if they wanted to let go of me, I heard a surprised voice that was walking towards us." Ah! Matthew, you seem better! That's great! Princess Alice, Lady Sarah, Lady Anna, good morning to you all as well!" It was Byron, he seemed unusually animated today.

I wondered why, I mean, we bury his father today." Hi, Byron, you look like you're in a good mood as well. Anything good happen?" Byron had a wide grin on his face as he spoke." Of course! All of the work I was forced to do was finally finished last night! I finally got to sleep a full 8 hours last night. Of course, today isn't great, having to bury my Father and everyone else, but we were able to speak to him one final time before he left and he was clearheaded for the first time in years.

We're still grieving of course, but there's lots of upsides as well. We found all of the Victims, we've notified the Families of the Victims... At least, those who had Families. And we were able to restore the town's lifeblood in its land and vegetation thanks to you. Not only that, but I also can finally bring this to you." He walked towards us as he spoke and eventually stopped beside Sarah, Anna and me. Byron lifted a stack of paper with his arrival to us and handed it to Anna who handed it to me."

Last night we also finished talking to the needed parties, that's all of the paperwork regarding the orders for Roseland Products."" Woah. You really were busy!" The stack was about 2 inches thick, all of them were orders for Roseland Products. Quite a big stack of orders if I do say so myself, but this big of stack of paperwork isn't even worth talking about compared to what I have to go through during an average day in Paradise." And last, but not least, this." A single sheet of paper was handed to me from Anna."

That's the copy for our Partnership Contract that goes to King Warrick. You can overlook it and sign it after breakfast, once you do that, I'll make 3 copies for you, since having a few copies just in case never hurt anyone. You can take that one to King Warrick whenever you want though." With the hand off complete, Byron sat at the head of the table ready to face the menu the Chefs will be bringing us. He seemed slightly awkward in his chair.

I'd imagine it'd be from the fact that his father was the one who used to sit in the chair before him." While we wait for the Servants to come, Darling, why don't you hand me the paperwork for a moment, I'll take a look at it till the food comes." Anna offered to take a look at the paperwork, I handed it to her. I end up letting Sarah and Anna read up on most of my paperwork that I end up going through. That's how Anna figured out my plans for Paradise once I gave her some hints, Sarah on the other hand..."

I wonder what I should have?" She was more concerned with breakfast. I smiled along with my Wives as we all waited to place an order.