Chapter 870: Do the same
I felt dread as I headed to the room that I shared with my wives.
I knew that they were all waiting behind the door for me, that was what the maid who had come to my study to get me had said.
There was a part of me that wanted to run, but I knew that it would only be worse if I were to run.
The only thing that I could do now was face the music and own up to what I had done.
Taking a deep breath, I opened the door and found all of my wives sitting at the table in the living room of our private quarters. They were all just sitting there talking to one another as if they didn't have a single care in the world.
There was even tea and cookies that were set up on the coffee table in front of them.
When I walked in, they didn't even seem to care as they continued talking.
There was a part of me that wondered what to do, but there was a bigger part of me that just told myself to remain silent.
I didn't know what was happening, but it didn't seem like a good idea to draw attention to myself in this situation.
Especially since it seemed like they were in a good mood.
But that didn't last long as they finished up what they were talking about and turned to look at me at the same time. The worst part of it all was that they didn't seem to have any expressions on their faces for me to read.
It was like staring at a blank screen as they didn't give me any clues with their faces at all.
There wasn't anything that I could do as I just stood there awkwardly waiting for them to say something so I knew what to do.
In the end, Rose was the one that broke the silence by waving her hand at me and saying, "What are you doing standing there? Come and sit with us."
The others nodded in agreement to this.
I was completely stunned deep down, but I forced myself to reveal a calm look.
I had no idea what was happening here, but there was nothing to gain from showing that stunned look on my face.
After a moment of hesitation, I walked over to where they were sitting and sat down in the place that they opened up for me.
It was right in the center of one of the couches by the table, which meant that I was completely surrounded by my wives. They all completely surrounded me without giving me a single opportunity to run.
Though I wouldn't run away in the first place.
After sitting down, they poured some tea and picked out some cookies for me.
The way that they did this, it almost seemed like they were good wives that were taking care of their husband.
However, I just couldn't see it that way.
"Is this my final meal?"
That was the only thought that was on my mind when I saw them acting like this.
But it wasn't as if I could deny what they were offering me, so the only thing that I could do was go along with this and take a sip of the tea.
My wives just sat there in silence looking at me like there was nothing wrong, but that just made me feel more anxious. It was almost as if they were acting like this just to make me let my guard down so that they could trip me up.
I didn't dare let my guard down for even a second.
Finally, Rose was the one that broke the silence by saying, "How was it?"
I couldn't understand what she meant by this, but there was a bad feeling that filled me when I heard her ask this.
There was a part of me that could guess why she was asking this, especially in a situation like this.
So instead of reacting slowly, I decided to just take a risk.
I suddenly stood up and with a perfect ninety degree angle, I bowed to them all as I said, "I'm sorry."
I didn't hear anything in response to this, not even a single whisper.
There was only an awkward silence that followed after I gave this apology.
But even if I didn't hear anything, it wasn't as if I would move.
I knew that the key to all of this was sincerity, so I had to show this sincerity before anything else.
There was a long silence that followed after this apology from me, but eventually... "What do you have to apologize for?"
The moment that I heard Rose say this, there was a bitter look that appeared on my face.
It was a good thing that I had my head down, so they weren't able to see that expression on my face at all.
After calming myself, I looked up to say, "The things that I did to the dark elves..."
Before I could go on to explain myself, Rose suddenly cut me off by raising her hand.
I closed my mouth immediately and just waited for her to say what she wanted to say, but to
my surprise...
"What do you have to apologize for?"
This time, it was completely different from the way that she said it before.
I didn't understand why she said this before, but now I could understand why she said it.
The way that she said it was almost as if she was saying...
There's nothing for me to apologize for...
But...
"You were just doing what you needed to do for our kingdom. There's nothing that you need
to explain."
I was even more shocked when I heard this.
I slowly looked up and found that all of them were nodding in agreement to what Rose said.
The way that they looked at me...
It was as if they were saying...
"We'll support you no matter what."
It seemed that I had misunderstood them.
It seemed that I might have even been petty with them,
I had thought too little of them.
I thought that they would be disgusted by what I had done, but it seemed that this wasn't the
case.
Well, it was possible that they were disgusted by what I had done, but they were most likely holding it back.
They were saying that they would support me no matter what happened, no matter what kind
of things I did.
When they put it like this, I really didn't know what to say in response.
I didn't even know how to feel.
No, I did know how to feel, it was just that I didn't think that I deserved this kind of trust from
them...
At least if they were going to trust me like this, I should give them a reason to trust me like
this.
So I took a deep breath and said, "I'll do whatever it takes to protect you all."
All of them suddenly stood up and came to surround me before reaching out to take me in their arms at the same time.
It was a bit awkward with how many of them there were, but they did surround me in the end.
Only that wasn't the end of it.
I heard Rose whisper, "I am a bit jealous of what you did with them. You should do the same
with us."
I looked at them in shock and found that the others had looks on their faces that showed that
they were thinking the same thing.
If they were offering...I wouldn't be a man if I said no.
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