Chương 348: Chapter 331. Gestures Of Friendships

Sarah Ericsson's Point Of View" I apologize for that..." / Sniff... /" Mrs. Victoria, you don't need to apologize for something like this, just take your time for right now, we can leave when you and Kim feel able to."" No... We can leave now."" I appreciate that you want to be strong, but..." / Sniff! / John and Mrs. Victoria both looked at Kim who was still trying to stop her tears from welling up in her eyes. It's been 40 minutes since John announced that Patrick and Victor had moved on to the afterlife. Mrs.

Victoria, as the elder, was able to calm herself faster than her young daughter, but waiting a bit longer shouldn't be too large of an issue, it's only the afternoon after all. I'd rather spend the time here and now to calm both of them down so the journey can be smooth. / Sniff! / That may be more difficult than I would like it to be. It also doesn't help that we're still not close to the 2 of them and that means our words don't mean much. That's the reason why Mrs.

Victoria refuses to take John's words at face value." Hm?" John took his hand and began to pat Kim's head gently. Mrs. Victoria was worried for a moment as she didn't know what he was going to do and made that sound no doubt from nervousness. / sniff... / It looks like the repeated strokes of her head has begun to calm Kim down somewhat. I guess I can let her borrow his Kindness for now, but tonight, I'll have him return twice as much to Anna and me." Come now, Alle. There's no sense in being jealous of a child.""

Huh? I'm not-"" The look in your eyes says otherwise. It's the same look I had when he would interact with women before I Married him. Instead of that, you should think about how to make him desire you instead."" Haah!?"" I have some ideas about that, by the way." Just as I was taking out the small amount of frustration I had by teasing Alle, Anna joined the conversation as well with something surprising. From the look in her eyes as she spoke, I could tell that Anna wasn't joking about what she said.

This made me wonder what she's thought up. The only reason that we all could speak like this is that John was currently speaking to Mrs. Victoria and Kim. With him not paying attention, we've been able to speak a bit frankly even with him in our sights, it felt strange to say the least, like watching a deer you're hunting before attacking it. I... No, we, waited to hear what Anna's idea was." Well, you see, I feel like I've figured out a way to make John reciprocate their feelings.

The way to do that is to use their natural charms to do it!" Alle and I just looked at Anna with a look of confusion... I mean weren't they already doing that?" Sarah, Alice, think about it! Have any of them actually try and appeal to him with their natural gifts? Has Emily appealed with her breasts? Has Ruby used her toned body? Hell, Sarah, did we ever really try? All you did was kiss him a few times and he confessed to me after I made him fall for me accidentally." Well... When she puts it like that..." What?"

I turned to look at Alle for a moment... Would it be the toned body along with the animal ears and tail? I know that some Noblewomen have tried to buy specially made replicas of Beastmen ears and tails to spice up their bedroom lives with their husbands..." Should we invest in replica ears and tails?" I turned to Anna and asked her the question that was swirling in my head. Anna was quick to turn me down. Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author's consent. Report any sightings."

Maybe after Alice uses her charms to appeal to him.... And if he actually does show a fondness for them? I know he's always complained about how we don't have pets... Also, he does have the habit of petting children's heads to comfort them... Maybe we really should look into it? Maybe the Tailors in Paradise cou-"" What happened to waiting for me to use them!?"" Huh? Are you okay back there?"

John called out to us as Alle yelled at us, seems she's found a unique advantage, and she wants to use it to the best of her abilities. How shrewd of her. I quickly turned to John and began to answer him and tell him that everything is okay." We're fin-"" Marquess Drake!" A familiar voice called out to John before I had the chance to answer him, the annoyance I felt from someone interrupting my chat with My Husband is something I'll keep to myself." Hm? Oh, Lord Byron! Lady Cindy! Hi."

John responded to the Fracks children. It looks like they were able to make the time to see us off. Originally, we planned to leave in the morning, but we waited for Mrs. Victoria and Kim. Perhaps this was good though? John seemed happy to see the Fracks siblings this afternoon." How could you just up and leave? You said you were going to depart in the afternoon and when we woke up, you were all gone?"" I thought a big farewell was a bit much. I mean, eventually we'd see each other again. Also...

I'd prefer not having all of those Barons and Knights showing up to wish me good luck and goodbye when I haven't even spoken to them, you know?"" The strangers I get, but how are you so sure about us seeing each other again? You know, even Counts are busy!"" I'm sure you'd end up visiting Paradise at some point, our Contract only covers the next 5 years after all."" Even after these many days you still..."" Brother, you need to be a bit blunter to get through to him."" Huh?"

And here it begins, I was actually wondering if something like this would happen. However, from watching this happen, I wonder what Prince Delcan's reaction will be? It seems that John is finally about to make a Friend for the first time." You're right, Cin." Byron seemed to take Lady Cindy's advice. He took a deep breath before speaking again."

Marquess Drake, I feel like you don't understand how big of an existence you've become to this Town, just from the near 2 weeks you've spent here, you've saved the Town in more ways than one and you helped us with our own Family Issues. What I'm trying to say is... I'd like to think of you as a Friend now, and I think that my Friend deserves at least a warm send off."" I... I didn't think you'd want to befriend me?"" Why?"" I'm Human.

Like you said before, you weren't exactly thrilled at me being here and wanted to follow the proper decorum and that was it."" Yeah, but that was before you saved My Sister from being kidnapped or helping my Father pass on peacefully as himself. The list can go on and I'd call these your "lesser achievements" in the past 2 weeks."" Well... I was just reacting...

And besides it wasn't just me, if anything, the people who did the real work was Anna and Alice, without them, we'd have been killed before we even got the chance to defeat him."" Oh! And what about us?" Another familiar voice came out of nowhere." Phil? Gordon? Even you, Count Tye? What are you all doing here?"" Wait? Why am I the only one called by my Formal Title!?"" Well, you never said to call you by your name?"" Well start doing it!" John reacted with amusement to the Counts arriving.

All 3 Count Families had gathered at the Eastern Gate. With that, Count Tye seemed to feel like the odd one out, it made sense though, since John had made no secret that Count Tye's first impression was quite bad. The fact he attempted to kiss my hand has been the only time I can think of where John began to leak killing intent and was going to actually act on it.

However, over the past few days, Count Tye has tried to make amends with him, granted he hasn't apologized, but Count Sark and Count Gorse has told him that Count Tye does regret his actions. Apparently, he bought into those rumors about my Father bending to John's demands, one of which was marrying me. Quite foolish of people to believe something like that, as if I'd just meekly accept being married off even if someone healed me! I'd only accept an Engagement if I actually wanted to Marry the person.

It just goes to show that people will believe the worst of something without verifying the facts first." Well, Phil, Gordon, Ed. What are you guys doing here?" All of the Count Families, including Byron and Lady Cindy all slapped their foreheads in unison... Even the children." Huh?" Tana Sark seemingly couldn't take it, so she reached out to John's sleeve and gave it a tug to get his attention." I've noticed it over time, but you're really thickheaded, aren't you?"" Tana!!!"

Lady Kina quickly tried to scold her daughter, but Tana continued speaking." You're a Hero! You even saved Big Bro before you even stepped foot in Zana. You even saved me! Why don't you get it?" Little Tana's vocabulary couldn't fully explain what she wanted to express." What's she saying, is that we're grateful for what you've done. Even if you didn't beat the God Of The Blackwoods by yourself, you still did things here that no one else could.

That's why we're all here, even if you don't want to be called a "Hero", that doesn't make you any less of one. You're a good person, Matthew and I hope we can be Friends regardless of our Noble Ranks. Because at the end of the day, you're the type of person I'd like to be able to call my Friend." Byron reached out his hand to John. He was surprised at the straightforwardness of Byron's words. Thankfully, he finally seemed to understand Byron's intentions, he reached for Byron's hand with his own."

Yeah, I can get behind that, Byron." They shook hands while smiling at each other. It would've been a nice scene, if not for the fact that 2 middle-aged Demons and a young arrogant one lined up next to Byron. Obviously waiting for their turns to shake My Husband's hand as well.