I don’t mind if we share a room, because one day we will. The sooner the better. And Gilbert-sama would like to have me by his side, as my feelings are understood by him.

Gilberto-sama pondered for a while, then nodded his head and said, “Okay”.

“There is another room on the other side of the door. I will have what you need brought there.”

Lydith nodded, “Yes, sir. Is there anything I can help you with?”

“You can spend your time as you like. You will be able to see a little bit of the inside of the castle, but you can change it to suit your needs. Astaroth would be a good person to talk to, but he’s in no position to tell you that, and he’s not in the best of taste.”

“I think Astaroth-sama has a little extravagance. He was managing the castle, so what about Shuzel-sama?”

“I don’t know,Chuzel is a difficult man. It’s been a long time since he’s worked properly. I don’t even know if he will leave the library, so there is a possibility that it is useless to talk about it, or even impossible to talk about it.”

“I understand. I don’t know much about Gilbert and the others or about the world anyway, so I was planning to study in the library when I have time. I will try to greet him when I see him.”

“Ah. Shuzel should be less dangerous than the snake or the wolf.”

If he doesn’t say no, then he must be good, just difficult.

For the next few days, maybe even longer, while I wait for Gilberto-sama, I feel like I should study in the library and help out with the maintenance of the castle.　I should know a little more about the world.

“Lydith. I am going to engrave the proof of the king’s bride on your body. Is that okay?”

A bride’s mark? I tilted my head and wondered what he was talking about.

“I’m going to engrave a pattern of my magical power on your body. We are sensitive to the magical power of those with a certain level of power and prestige, so if there is a hint of my magical power coming from you, everyone will know that you are my bride. It’s like a protection.”

“Okay.”.

Will it hurt? If it’s called engraving, it might hurt. I waited for the moment, a little tense.

Gilbert’s left hand overlapped my left hand. I felt the hand that was connected to mine slowly become hot. I was puzzled by the sensation, which I had never experienced before, and I kept my eyes down, not wanting him to realize how scared I was.

“Lydith, I like you.”

The gentle and sweet voice did not seem to belong to Gilbert-sama.

The words are simple and unadorned, but I love them more than anything I’ve ever heard before.

“I like you, too.”

The words slipped smoothly from my lips.

Overlapping lips, the entwined tongues, devouring me as if to take away both my breath and words.

The heat of his palms, the comfort, and the slight pain, made me frown.

From the palm of my hand and the back of my throat, I felt something forced into my body.

Gilbert-sama hugged my trembling body so that I wouldn’t struggle, although it wasn’t painful. Tears stream down the corners of her eyes.

It has been a long time since I shed tears. I think I used to cry when I was a little girl, but I thought it was foolish to cry, so as I grew up, I didn’t do that anymore.

I cried, “Hmph, ……!”

Tears flowed with sobs.

I didn’t feel resentment. Rather, my head was filled with euphoria, and I was comfortable with the strength of his hold on me and the overlapping of our lips.

It is not good to be too emotionally disturbed. But for now, I didn’t mind.

The heat in my palms subsided, and I was released from the long kiss.

He wiped my tears away with his fingertips and kissed my cheek to soothe me.

“Are you all right, Lydith?”

“Are you done…?”

I pulled my palms together as I  no longer felt the heat.

On the back of my left hand, a smooth, black, beautiful pattern emerged, like a tree branch entwined around a rose.

“Gilbert-sama, could it be that I can now use mysterious powers like you?”

I asked hopefully. I too would like to be able to teleport in an instant, walk on air in the sky, and build walls instantly.

“No, I’ve never heard of such a thing, It’s my first time, so I don’t really understand. Heinzolde remembers it, but… Lucis didn’t give anyone a testimony after all. , At the time of Yule, Aria was the older sister of Ria, the werewolf king, so there was no need to do this.”

“Didn’t Lucis-sama love… the girl who was the vessel of the goddess?”

“Oh, he was obsessed, but in the end he couldn’t have her. The more you can’t have something, the more you want it.”

“I am really the first then, aren’t I? I might be able to walk on air like Gilbert-sama.”

Gilbert-sama stroked my head as if he were petting his pet cat and said, “Maybe you really can do that,” and laughed pleasantly.

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