I slowly bent on one knee before her and said in a low, soft tone,
"I never saw you as a second choice, U.
Yes, I did open up to you because Nyria left, but it isn't because I'm using you to fill her place. Her sudden disappearance made realise that I shouldn't hold myself back from how I truly feel, or it might get too late."
I gently held both her hands, still kneeling as I spoke further,
"Every mont I shared with U is solely intended to be shared with U."
I moved one hand into my pocket, took out a ring embedded with a blue gem in the shape of a cute fox, and declared,
"I wanted to give it to you at a proper place after leaving the mines, but since the things went this way, I don't think I should delay it any further.
U Kitsune, "
I put the ring on her finger and continued,
"This is the first ti I carved a ring, so it might look a little clumsy, but may you content yourself with it for now. I will provide you a better one later."
"Th-there is no need. It-it looks… really beautiful," U murmured, a tear rolling down her cheek.
Before the tear could fall, I imdiately rose to my feet and caught it on my index finger, letting it rest on my lips as I said,
"Silly, these tears are too precious to be wasted on soone like ."
"Dummy, you are the only one my eyes could get moist for."
She tightly hugged in her arms and whispered,
"Thank you for this gift. I really liked it."
U's ring in my hand began to glow, and an unexpected notification popped up.
Ding…
"So of the information about Goddess' Ring of Engagent is revealed.
Description: A Goddess' Ring of Engagent is an extrely rare and epic item gifted by a goddess to her betrothed.
Grade: Epic
Type: Growth type (current rank: A)
Skills:
– Lover's Compass: The ring can guide the Host to the goddess' location, and the goddess can detect the Host's location as well.
More skills – [Locked]
Conditions to unlock new skills and evolve the ring:
1. The goddess must accept the Host as her betrothed. [Completed]
More conditions – [Locked]"
"Does that an, even after giving the ring, she didn't accept as her betrothed from the heart?" I thought inwardly, but decided not to ask her anything.
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"How long are you going to keep looking at that?" I asked, sitting at the dining table in the castle as the maids set the table and the cooks prepared the al in the kitchen beside the hall.
"The carving on this ring looks so beautiful, and the material itself looks very rare," U said, sitting on the chair beside , her hand raised in the air and her erald eyes locked on the ring. "What material is this ring made of?"
"Well, it's not anything rare," I replied, scratching my temple. "I heated the Soul Stone in the blue fla and it turned into a blue-coloured crystal. That crystal is what I used to make this ring."
"Oh, I need to study that blue fla. It seems to be a saturated artifact of ancient tis. But that cos later…"
U leaned closer to , her ears twitching in excitent as she asked with an irrepressible smile, "When did you prepare this ring?"
"After I took the Sacrifice's place in the cage, I spent the free ti there to make this while thinking about you," I murmured, my face blushing with a rosy hue.
She rose from her chair, sat on my lap, grabbed my face between her hands, and whispered, "Since your right cheek was claid by Sister Nym, I shall bless your left one."
Before I could comprehend her words, she moved her face closer to , her hand placed on my eyes to stop from looking at her flustered visage, and her arousing sweet-blossom scent made my mind go blank as her heavenly lips marked a heart on my cheek with an affectionate kiss.
In the sa breath, she parted her lips. I lifted her hand from my eyes and gazed at her adorable face glowing with blushes.
"D-don't look at !" she blurted, her hands flying to her face as she tried to lift herself from my lap for a run.
I grabbed her by the waist with my right hand, placed her on my lap again, and spoke softly, lifting her hands that hid the endearing beauty behind them. "I'm not a child that you two keep kissing on the cheeks."
"Wh-what else do you want?" she stamred.
Without saying a word, I touched her lips with my finger and then touched mine, signaling what I wanted.
"Y-you didn't demand this from Sister Nym in the forest," she protested, her face almost fuming with heat.
"Well, she is scary. I can't possibly make a demand like this from her," I chuckled.
"Am I not scary? I'm an actual beast with divinity!" she frowned, her ears twitching, which only made her look more lovable.
"No, you are too cute to be scary," I stated, shrugging my shoulders playfully before continuing, "Now, how long are you going to keep waiting? My lips are getting dry."
"You are too pushy and an," U hissed in a low tone. "I hate you."
She closed her eyes and locked her hands behind my neck while my hands softly caressed her waist, pulling her even closer.
Her lips slowly parted, her nose brushed past mine, and our breaths began to sync with each other… and just as our lips were about to touch,
Thud…
"Ya goddamn idiot, yer a joke as a God o' Stealth if ya can't even keep yer body straight," Jambavan's groaning voice echoed.
"You were the one who kept leaning your heavy body onto ," Vyaghra's voice followed.
Vyaghra was lying on the floor while Jambavan stood on top of him at the corner of the wall from where the two were peeping inside along with the maids and cooks.
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