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Chapter 30: Sleepover in manor

WARNING: 18+ content in the later part of the chapter, not much but still...

Arthur POV

The dinner ended with me and Alea being unable to even lift our heads from embarrassment. That "spell" my mom chanted made us unable to even think of looking upward

I don't know who was the idiot that said that chanted spells are inferior to chantless ones, but let me see that guy do something like this to me and Alea without chanting. He can't? That's what I thought

It's not like we never thought about marriage before, to hell, we even discussed it, but so far we couldn't even find time to take our relationship to another level, and now that my mom of all people made the marriage joke, we were both left speechless

With this entire thing about the council and our appointments as Lances, we had little to no time to spend together, so I didn't want us to rush into things. It's only once that girl loses her virginity, and I wanted to do anything within my power to make that experience as magical as possible for the love of my life

Thinking about this, I barely even noticed how we already finished the meal and changed the location of our discussions to the living room

Sitting on one sofa were Tabitha, Vincent, and Lilia while the other one was occupied by my family. Alea was sitting on the armchair, while I took a seat on the armrest. Sylvie took on her fox form and climbed up to her the spot that was her favorite ever since she was just a newborn, top of my head

" Since it seems that no one is asking, I will" Mom said and made eye contact with me and Alea " How did you guys meet? "

Getting excited over that question being asked, Alea answered before I could even open my mouth " We met during a mission. We were investigating the dungeon called "Pixies Labyrinth",  and I guess that's where it all began" she said with a smile

" Eh,  you guys started dating after the first meeting? " Vincent added, looking shocked

" Ah, we actually met twice before" I added,  trying to make the situation as realistic as possible without telling any lies or revealing too much "Though I must say that our second meeting left me with zero hope that we will meet again" I added, Aleas and mine faces growing darker at the resurfacing memory. I could even feel Alea shivering

' Maybe I shouldn't have brought it up ' I thought, regretting ever bringing up the second meeting, but even so, I knew fully well that even with all my powers, I can't go back in time. So I did the only thing I could do at that moment, I placed my arm on top of hers and offered her a reassuring smile

Everyone noticed that something was going on but they didn't ask. They could read the room and they knew that nothing good would come out of asking. Looking toward Mom and Dad, I realized that thanks to their regression they knew what was going on, so they gave us a smile that told us they are there for us

" Well, we realized that we are getting along very well during the mission" I continued,  breaking the uncomfortable atmosphere that previously surrounded us " And by the end of it we started dating"

" Oh! That's so nice"  Tabitha said in excitement, her eyes gleaming after hearing our story

" I never thought that Arthur would meet his girl like that... " Vincent added " I always thought that she would have to go after you for years before you confess... Maybe she would even have to kiss you while you have your guard down only so you can notice her," he said and started laughing

" Yeah... I thought so too" my dad added

" Yeah,  I am also surprised sometimes. Considering how dense he can sometimes be I suppose that I used a lifetime's worth of luck when he fell in love with me" Alea added with a giggle