Chapter 741 Prove it.
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Nolan knew the reason her son went up wasn't something simple even though he had tried hiding it.
He might be the best actor of this world, she was her mother. She knew even when he was feeling something special, catching his little act was a simple thing for her.
However, even though she was a master of bluffing and economic politics herself, it was difficult to figure out her son's intentions sometimes.
He was young, but he was too good that even she sometimes faced difficulties finding out his intentions.
But, it was fine.
She was his mother. She didn't need to know everything he was doing since most of the things he did, were either for them, or for his lovely fiancée.
She understood her little son well so, today as well, she knew he didn't just leave her alone for something simple.
He might have went upstairs to greet his Lady, or perhaps they suddenly had an urge to do something hot.
They were young blood, technically their relationship was pretty young, so they were always up to some fun things.
He was her son so she knew the kind of 'playing' happens between the two of them and she finds teasing both of them every morning one of the most fun things.
Well, she knew there was a reason he left her all by herself, and when she reached the ground and saw her little sleeping daughter, she thought that reason was her… that her son wanted her to see her sleeping daughter and the fun stunned faces of their friends.
It was a pretty scene. There were more creatures sleeping soundly around her than usual. And the scene certainly looked mesmerising to her as well.
So…
She stayed in the shade of their home, alone, and looked over her little daughter with a loving smile on her face.
She knew her son, his love, and their first friend Quin were all looking at them from above, so she believed this scene was the reason he left her and went up… however, after only a moment, she figured out the real reason for his sudden actions.
"Surprise." A low voice spoke up right in her ear and a familiar scent filled her surroundings.
A rough hand with some deep markings of cuts that had healed long ago had covered her eyes from behind when she was looking over her sleeping beauty.
"Surprise, hun?"
She did not need more clues to know who was daring enough to touch her directly, and since this person had been the reason for her lonely nights for last few days, she wasn't really happy by this behaviour.
-Dhum!
Hitting him with her elbow, which must have been painful since she used her strength enhancement skill, she pushed her ungrateful husband away.
"You have the audacity to say 'surprise' after coming back so late? Hun?"
He had fallen to the ground with his hands wrapped around his waist, a smile of relief present on his mature, attractive face… his deep red eyes looked up happily.
"Then, should I apologise for being late, my great Lady?"
He was a great mage of (tier-7) on the verge of breaking through into the next stage.
He was the sole viscount of this empire that was representing an entire race of beings, and he was the father of the two special children that were already well known all over this world.
"Get on your knees and beg for forgiveness. Then I might-"
He would never hesitate to do anything if it meant he would earn forgiveness from his lovely significant other.
"Hmm? Hey, no! I wasn't being serious this time, Jeez. Get up bastard."
Getting on his knees and begging to her was something he was already used to-, well, it was normal between the two of them but that was only when they were in private.
Not when there were guests watching them, children at that.
"You are a dumb idiot, Brian. Don't you see all of them? This barrier you have cast isn't going to block their sight."
"No but it will surely make things unclear, haha."
His long hair were tied in a ponytail, he was wearing his work outfit so he looked attractive as hell, there were some new scars on his hands, some deep while some light, but she was used to seeing these things.
"What happened to your legs though?"
But there were bandages wrapped all around his legs, something that usually doesn't happen when he goes out.
"It's a long story… which can wait." Without waiting a moment more, he took a step closer, and kissed his gorgeous Lady.
It has been more than a week since he had seen his lovely wife.
He couldn't help his urge to embrace her, kiss her, f-, cuddle and talk about all the crazy things that happened in the last few days.
He wanted to tell her all the things that happened in that fucked up dungeon, tell his son about his strange encounter, ask him about a few things concerning him. But, all of them can wait for a while.
"You're being greedy, dear husband. What's up?"
"Please don't talk. Please?"
"No. That's enough for now."
He wanted to keep going, but the place and the time were not appropriate for an long hot kiss.
The children watching them wasn't the problem right now, but he had just come back after a long time. Even she wanted to tie him up and do something much more than just these fluffy kisses.
She wouldn't be able to hold herself back if they continued, so they had to stop there.
"Please?"
But he didn't understand that simple thing.
"Brian?"
"i mean, not even for a-"
"Brian!"
And she had no choice but to use a heavy voice filled with her Authority.
"Alright. We will stop here, for now."
"Good."
She kissed him lightly after saying that, and shaking her head at the cute surprised response of her dumb husband, she pointed at the wind-water attribute barrier that he had put around them.
"Oh, right."
-Oooooong.
He was back, finally.
After two days of his scaduled return, he was finally back from that strange dungeon.
He had experienced some unexpected things in there, some good things, and some strange things as well.
But, the most unexpected thing that happened in that dungeon…
"Nol… I have something to tell you."
Was the person that was standing right behind them when he took off the barrier.
"Hmm? Who is-… wait. No, it can't be."
"Heya Nolan darling."
She did not need more than a brief look at this person, her all familiar eyes, those humanoid and beast features, and especially that awkward look on her face to know her identity.
"Taika…?"
"That would be me, yup."
Her voice still contained that unique beastly depth, the vigour she exuded was still the same, and her eyes, even after evolving into a humanoid form, had not changed at all.
She was now taller than her, nearly as tall as her husband. And she was standing on her human-like legs, not on all fours.
Nolan could still sense her aloof self from this new form, so she knew this was the same tiger that she has been with for the last few years.
"Oh dear… you look gorgeous now. Come here, damn it."
She looked majestic when she was a tiger, but now she looked a prettier Lady than even her. She would even compare her mature beauty with her sister Aug.
"Would you look at those muscles, wow~."
Nolan was surprised to her new look, and she was so overwhelmed that she couldn't help but go and hug her with a warm smile on her face.
She had liked this tigress since he brought her here for the first time.
There was a sister-like bond between the two of them already and she was always grateful for her presence and protection.
She could only imagine what her dumb husband would have done without her when fighting those ferocious beasts and demons out in the fields.
She knew very well how her docile husband had a weird tendency to go out and get crazy when fighting a large number of monsters, but thanks to Taika keeping him in check, he gets less hurt every time they are out for work.
"Hmmm~. Give me a little of these muscles, damn. Just the abs would do as well."
"Hehe, you can always train if you really want a stronger physique. But I doubt my darling Nol would ever be active enough to even try exercising,"
"Hehe, seeing you talk like this is so fun~. You have a pretty voice, Taika~."
"Oh my, thank you for the compliments, pretty lady with prettier voice."
The bond between the two of them was the same as the bond she had with Haze and her elder sister Aug and after her evolution, Taika had gained all kinds of worldly knowledge and new powers.
She had learned all the human ways she could in the last few days, and she was trying her best to act like a civil person since there were children curiously watching their interaction.
Nol, her husband, and this evolved tiger knew very well that this garden where their little angel was taking her nap was no place to reveal their wilder side.
Thus, they were even keeping their voices lower.
"Hehe, alright then~. Let's hear what you wanted to say, dear."
Her evolution was a cause of celebration, and Nolan knew Anna was going to be all jumpy and excited when she heard this.
They had seen their son jumping down the terrace with his fiancée already so even though they were being stealthy, all three of them knew they were watching them from the side.
"You… you already know, Nol. Taika… she…"
"Just say it directly, dear. She wants to marry you and make you her 'mate' in her words, correct?"
"…"
They knew this day would come already.
He had known her attraction, her infatuation for him since the day they met. That was practically the reason she had become his familiar.
And, though she started liking him for more than his looks, or scent, along the way… she still wanted to spend rest of her life with him.
Not just as a familiar, but as a close companion she could get intimate with… a companion that was at least as close to him as his wife.
"Taika."
All three of them knew this day was going to come.
Nolan especially had thought, and thought, and thought about this day and had finally reached a conclusion a little while ago.
"Can you prove your love for him?"
"What does that mean now, Nol darling."
She knew the bond the two of them had, and the fact that her own husband was in a tough situation right now.
He was her master and though he liked her, it wasn't to the point that he would want to marry her and spend his nights with her.
But, there was a guilt still present in his heart…
He did not know what to do here.
The political reasons and natural laws on one side, his conflicting feelings, these divided emotions and the facts standing in their way were all just too complicated for him to handle on his own.
That was the reason he had put his fate… their fate in the hands of his smarter, more capable wife.
"Prove it. Taika."
And, after thinking about it for months, and years… for hours and hours… she finally knew how to handle this situation.
"Prove it that you love Brian, my husband… the father of my children. And my love."
There were more upsides to their marriage from a political, social, and cultural standpoint even though their personal feelings were in the way.
She wasn't completely against sharing her husband if it was with someone as good as this newly evolved beastly beauty, but… she will only accept her as something more than his familiar when she confirms her feelings for her husband.
If she was only doing that because of her instincts, then there was no need to talk about this matter any further.
But… if she really loved him… if it was love and not instincts that made her want to marry him… then she will have to consider the other option.
Of course, that would be after they talk it through with their family, and their children.
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