“Haah, it’s been a while since I have seen you, I didn’t think you would become a King Stage Cultivator in such a short while.”
Astaria spoke with a smile on her face.
“I just got lucky, Lady Astaria.” Evane smiled back.
“Grandma.”
“Huh?”
“You can call me Grandma when we are alone, I won’t mind.”
“A-Alright.” Evane nodded.
Astaria then turned towards Nux and spoke,
“You too.”
“Huh?” Nux frowned.
“Aren’t you her husband?”
“I am.” Nux nodded.
“Then since you are my Granddaughter’s husband, you are my Grandson-in-law, so you can call me Grandma as well.”
“I… I would rather not…”
Nux was quick to shoot her down.
“I would stick to Lady Astaria.”
There is no way he would call her ‘Grandma’, not after whatever is going on inside that mind of his.
“Hmm?”
A frown appeared on Astaria’s face, she could feel Nux’s aversion from far away.
“Hmm, you are the first person I have seen who is not trying to deepen his relationship with an Emperor Stage Cultivator. What? Is Emperor Stage not impressive enough for you?”
Astaria questioned with an amused look on her face.
Evane also had a smile on her face, she, who knew about Nux’s intentions was enjoying this situation to the full extent.
“That’s not it.”
Nux shook his head, he then glanced at Astaria’s body from head to toe and replied,
“Calling someone like you ‘Grandma’ is simply unacceptable. Someone as beautiful as you cannot be a ‘Grandma’, Lady Astaria suits you the best.”
‘Astaria is even better.’
Of course, he didn’t say that sentence out loud.
“You have a way with words.” Astaria smiled.
No matter how mature one gets, a woman would never hate compliments.
Astaria was the same.
Nux, however, was not done yet, he shook his head again and replied,
“Having a way with words implies that I am good at lying or currying favors, however, currently, I am not doing anything like that.
I am simply telling what I feel.
Lady Astaria, you are an elegant beauty, please don’t demean yourself by making others call you ‘Grandma’, you may not know it but there must be many men who regard you as the woman of their dreams.”
“Oh?” Suddenly, Astaria raised one of her eyebrows and an amused look appeared on her face.
“Are you one of those men?” She questioned playfully.
“If I get a chance, I would definitely try to woo you.”
Since he got the chance, Nux didn’t back down from taking his chance.
“Oh? You think you can say these things in front of your wife?”
“She is an understanding wife, you are a beautiful woman, of course, she would know that as a man I would be attracted to you.”
Nux replied.
“But isn’t that where your loyalty should kick in? Won’t you drag the Queen’s reputation to mud if you keep getting attracted to any beautiful woman you meet?” Astaria questioned.
“Do you really consider yourself as a ‘any beautiful woman?’ You should know that you are different from the rest, do you not?” Nux didn’t back away either.
“…”
Astaria was out of words.
“…”
Nux continued to look at her with that playful smile on his face.
“You are quite shameless,” Astaria commented.
“I only speak the truth,”
“Whatever, you are still too young for me, boy.” Astaria commented.
“Hmmm? Are you into old men? The ones with a bald head and a bloated belly?” Nux questioned.
Astaria squinted her nose.
“I was referring to maturity level, not bald head and bloated belly.”
“Ahh, got it, I thought you would be more adventurous since you have a fiery temperament but I guess everyone has their boring sides.” Nux nodded in understanding.
Astaria, for some reason, did not like his tone.
“What do you mean ‘boring’? I am just too done with all this tiring stuff, some level of maturity is important for me to keep my sanity.”
“Tiring stuff? What are you talking about?” Nux frowned.
“Haah. See? You are too young. You won’t realize it right now, but once you grow up, you will come to realize that keeping up all these relationships is a tiring job to do.”
“That will never happen.” Nux quickly shook his head. He then suddenly grabbed Evane’s shoulder and pulled her close to him.
“Staying with Evane would never be tiring for me. I am willing to spend the rest of my life, grow old, and die together with her.”
Nux spoke and a beautiful smile, accompanied by a small blush appeared on Evane’s face.
“That’s the immaturity I was talking about,”
“Well, if seeing my loved ones as dead weight is ‘maturity’ for you, then I don’t want to be mature at all.
I very much love all my wives and plan to keep it the same way.”
Nux replied, Evane looked at his face and smiled as well.
Seeing the two of them, a strange feeling welled up in Astaria’s heart.
Nux’s words resounded in her mind.
His definition of ‘Maturity’ was wrong, however, the more she thought about it, the more she realized that that is what Maturity was in real-life scenarios.
Wait…
Suddenly, she caught another thing that Nux said.
“Did you say Wives? As in, more than 1 wife?” she questioned as she narrowed her eyes.
“I did.”
Nux answered honestly.
He wasn’t planning to hide his other wives in the first place, since Astaria would joi- know about them eventually, why not tell her right now?
“Are you telling me Evane, the future Queen of the Skyfall Kingdom, will share her husband with other women?”
“Well… yes…?”
Suddenly, Astaria’s expression changed.
“That cannot be allowed.”
She spoke and closed her eyes, her action made it clear that we will not allow further discussion.
Harems were allowed in this world, however, the Queen of a Kingdom sharing her husband with other women would destroy the Kingdom’s reputation and Astaria, a woman who even let the killer of her own son live for so many years just for the sake of the Kingdom would never allow someone to tarnish the Kingdom’s reputation.
“Find another Queen then.”
Nux replied.
Astaria opened her eyes and glanced at Nux,
“You do not have the right to take this decision, it depends on Evane.”
Nux glanced at Astaria for a while, he then shrugged his shoulders and turned towards Evane. Astaria glanced at Evane as well, waiting for her answer.
Evane’s answer, however, was obvious.
“I will not leave Nux.”
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