Chương 347: Chapter 330. A Sparkle In The Light

Anna Ericsson's Point Of View" What happened, Anna?" I need to quickly find a way to explain it..." It's just that I saw Emily in the bath... Her towel dropped... It was surprising."" Oh..." I could see from his eyes that John had imagined the scene I just described. While I could feel a pang of jealousy erupt from me, I knew that I needed to control it. Sarah and I were just thinking about how to get them to correctly appeal to him after all. Maybe using Emily's God Given Gifts is the way to go?

Is the answer really to just appeal to him with their natural strengths?" Well, either way, I don't think you should spy on her during a time of day you know she might be bathing. It feels... Wrong to do that, don't you think?"" Well, I thought about pulling a little prank is all." I smiled innocently after speaking, hoping to move the conversation forward and away from the little surprise that everyone in Paradise had made for us.

I may have spoiled the surprise for myself, so I figure the rest of our group can enjoy it. In particular, I'd like to see the looks on Wendy, Ellie and John's faces." Well, I can't say I'm not a little jealous of you."" How so, Darling?" As one of his Wives, I don't think it's too wrong to be a little curious why he might be jealous of me seeing another woman naked... Even if I did promise to help said woman and others marry him."

Well, by the time we'll get back, it'll be around 2 months since we've seen everyone. I wonder how they're doing, you know?"" I see. Well, you shouldn't worry too much. From what I saw, they were quite fine... Better than fine actually. They also mentioned that they can't wait for us to come back as well."" Really?" I nodded to his question. John seemed to have trouble believing me." Well, I guess we need to get back as soon as we can?"" It all starts with our first steps from here, Darling."" Oh?

What steps are we taking now?"" The steps to head back home."" Ah." Sarah seemed to have finished her conversation with Alice. Now they're both joining our conversation. It'll help with taking his mind off of asking me about that surprise from my earlier peeking." Are you feeling homesick, Matthew?" Alice overheard the conversation, no doubt she overheard it from the start. Since she's been in the know from the start, she already had this question for him before she even walked over here.

Sarah and I already have an inkling that's what it is, but-" No, I don't think it's that? Maybe it's the fact that I know I'll have mountains of paperwork to do when I get back? I can already feel my hand hurting from holding the pen."" Huh? Bu-"" Well, we can always help with the paperwork, My Love." And there it is, for someone who was able to piece together that he Fell In Love with Sarah and I as fast as he did, John doesn't seem to grasp other emotions well.

Sarah and I have noticed that he's begun to feel like Paradise is his Home, as it should, considering that he's poured so much blood, sweat and tears into the town, it only makes sense that he would begin to care about it." Besides, "Home", to me, is wherever Sarah and Anna are. The entire reason I even accepted being the Lord Of Paradise is because they wanted to stay in Diablos."" You're only a Marquess because Big Sis and Anna wanted you to be?"" No, Warrick and Aqua were quite...

Adamant that I take the Noble Title regardless of where we ended up going."" Why did you want to leave Diablos, then?"" I didn't want to leave or stay. I don't really have any attachment to any Country really. Wherever Sarah and Anna wanted to go, that's where I'd end up going. I could've sworn I mentioned all of this back when I told you and King Alan about my origins, didn't I?" Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author's consent. Report any sightings." Oh, right!"

John was matter of fact about his reasoning for staying or leaving Diablos. We ended up choosing to stay here since Sarah and I assumed that we'd be able to live a better life if we had a good place to put down our roots. While we both weren't excited about the prospect of living in the Paradise of the Rose Swamps, we thought it'd be the best option in terms of people.

Since it was so scarcely populated with the dwindling career prospects causing most people to migrate to the bigger towns around it or even crossing back from the Eastern Border to the towns and cities in Diablos. That was one half of the people, the other half simply joined the Military to make a living with retirement packages. Sarah and I both thought that the 3 of us would be able to spend our days without interruptions, but then John continued his tradition of surprising us.

From the 3000 Demons who migrated to us, to letting Humans settle into Diablos, figuring out how to feed them all... The surprises just won't let up." Right. And now with that, Sarah and Anna wanted to stay, so I stayed. And I'll go if they want to go. Until then, I'll keep working towards my original goal."" Right, making Paradise a place to raise your kids."" Our Kids."" What!?" Alice took that the wrong way. Her blushing face was quite cute." They would be Sarah and Anna's Kids too."

And like that, her blushing ceased and the sparkle in her eyes went dark from John's words." Alice, are you oka-"" Marquess Matthew!" Just as John was about to check on Alice, a fearful voice yelled for John. They all turned their heads to see that Kim was now running up to us, her mother, Mrs. Victoria was around 200 feet behind her. I see they figured out that it would be quicker to just come to us with all of their luggage." Kim? What's the matter? Are you hurt?"" No.... Just.... out of breath....""

Well, catch it, it's okay, we were waiting for you and your mom. I said we would wait to see what she wanted to do. So, don't worry. Do you want some water? Blackfruit juice?"" Wa... Ter..." John turned to Sarah as she was retracting her hand from her Mana Storage with a bottle of water in her hand." Here you go!"" Thank you, Sarah." John handed the bottle to Kim and she took to gulping the water down as if she was dying of thirst. Once she had finished drinking her water, she began to speak again." Haah....

Sorry about that. Mom and I want to come with you, we were stuck at the house looking for something that we couldn't find for the longest time. We have it now though, so it's all good!"" Okay." John must've decided to not push the issue about what it was they were looking for. He simply just nodded his head and accepted what Kim had said. When Kim had finally caught her breath, Mrs. Victoria was finally in eyesight for everyone else in our group." Hello, Lord Matthew."" Hi, Mrs. Victoria...

I don't mean to sound insistent, but you don't need to use Formal Titles with me right now."" Yes, I know, Lord Matthew. But from now on, I'm going to be working for you and moving to Paradise, I figure I should get used to calling you correctly now. I don't want to show up and anger my seniors when I arrive by calling you an informal name."" Well... Just do whatever you think is right, I guess?"" Thank you." Once Mrs. Victoria thanked John, he rose up to his feet and asked a simple question."

Well, even though Kim sort of already told us your answer and you're carrying all of that luggage, I think I should still ask you it. So, Mrs. Victoria, do you want to come with us or stay here until you feel ready to come to Paradise?" Mrs. Victoria nodded her head and answered the question." I hope you'll treat us kindly, as both Kim and I decided that moving to Paradise is the best thing for us to do." John smiled at her answer and nodded his head. Then he began to answer Mrs. Victoria's request."

Of course, I also hope you'll treat us well. Huh?" John turned his head to the side as if he saw something of interest. I couldn't see what it was he saw, it took until I saw a brief sparkle, like a shooting star that I realized what he must've saw. John turned back to Mrs. Victoria and with a solemn look on his face explained what he just witnessed." Mrs. Victoria... Patrick just moved on."" What?" John looked back to the spot that sparkle was and then back to Mrs. Victoria's face." Patrick.

He smiled at you and Kim and then he disappeared into the light from the sun."

".... What about Victor?" Mrs. Victoria's neutral expression became one filled with sadness and worry." He's still here." John confirmed that Victor was still here with us, he then turned back to that spot and started to nod his head. Victor seems to be telling him something, eventually he turned back to Mrs. Victoria and began to speak." Victor just told me about Patrick. He says, "Dad's been feeling content since last night, when you decided to leave for Paradise.

He's gradually been more and more cheerful as the day went on. When you confirmed it to Lord Matthew and he agreed, he let out a satisfied exhale and then... He was just gone. Now that he is, the only thing he said to pass on was that he Loved You and he'll always Love You. Kim, Daddy will always Love You and he'll always be Proud that you're his Daughter.", is what he said."" That idiot..." Mrs. Victoria was holding back her tears after what John said, Kim wasn't doing much better.

John's eyes were filled with sympathy towards Mrs. Victoria. But then he turned back to Victor and began to nod his head again. Once Victor was done, John turned back to Mrs. Victoria and Kim, he began to speak again." Victor has his own words for you, are you both okay to hear them?" Mrs. Victoria raised her hand to John's question, he did as she asked, after a few minutes to compose herself, Mrs. Victoria nodded her head.

Kim seemed to try to hold herself together as she looked at John with her face contorted into a shape that makes it hard for her to cry." He says, "Mom, I've always been Proud to be your and Dad's Son. I Love You, Mom and I'm sorry that I let what happened, happen. It's not your fault. Kim. I'm sorry that I can't play with you anymore, make sure that you eat all of your vegetables as well. I Love You, Sis. Mom, I Love You So Much.", that was it."

John turned back to that spot again with an even sadder look in his eyes. I saw the sparkle and I knew that Victor went to join his father. Mrs. Victoria and Kim took a long time before they were able to stop crying, we all tried our best to comfort them in the meantime.