45. Reunion
“Tia.”
I reflexively turned towards the voice.
I was surprised that His Highness was so close to me, I almost jumped.
His Highness had a haggard look as he reached to touch my cheek.
“Tia, you’re Tia, right…?”
Towards his quivering, confirming, voice, I lost my reply.
I didn’t know how to answer, so I just shut up.
That was right—I had to say I was Tiarize.
Speaking of which, His Highness would surely recognize me and take me back to the Kingdom of Haulfa anyway.
But still, why couldn’t I say anything?
“What are you saying, she’s Fern…”
The woman pursed her lips in confusion.
His Highness stroked my cheek gently, but then dropped his hand to look at said woman.
The woman’s cheeks dyed slightly red.
It reminded me that His Highness’ appearance is pleasing to the eyes—especially a woman’s.
A graceful and calm beauty with a long nose bridge and long eyelashes. His slightly long bangs made him look like a boy and concealed his true age.
His Highness turned towards her for a moment, but his eyes soon found me again. He opened his mouth—
“—you’re Tia, right?”
After going through a process of elimination, I had decided that since things had progressed this far, I really couldn’t keep quiet.
I nodded vaguely, and told His Highness.
“It’s been a while, Your Highness, why are you here…”
The moment I said so, I immediately felt warm—
—before I realized it, I was already inside the arms of His Highness.
He held me tight.
It was a bit painful, but I didn’t dislike his embrace for some reason.
“Tia, Tia…! It’s you isn’t it! Tia, I’ve finally…!”
Both his voice and hands were shaking.
I finally realized—that was it.
His Highness was likely very worried about me—his trembling told me so.
This was the first time I had ever heard His Highness frantic.
For some reason, feeling his embrace, my eyes became wet.
For the first time, I returned his hug.
His body was as solid as I expected, but also warmer than I thought.
“Your Highness, I…”
“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry, Tia, I’m sorry for being so late, sorry, forgive me…”
Towards his dozens of apologies, I frantically shook my head.
I didn’t know why His Highness apologized like that.
I could see the confusion of the woman from before.
I tried to pull myself away from His Highness, but that didn’t happen as I was embraced tightly.
“I’ll explain later, please return for now.”
I said to the woman.
Then, there was the voice of Kevin. Both of them were leaving—
—wait, wait, wait!? You are going to leave us alone?!
I was suddenly assaulted by the thought of being alone with him—I wasn’t ready for this!
“Y, Your Highness, um!”
“Call me Will.”
“Huh?”
What did he suddenly say?
I was confused and raised my face—however, it wasn’t like I could see his face. He buried his face in the nook of my neck. His Highness then said, while still hugging me firmly.
“I want to make sure that it’s indeed Tia, please?”
“…but.”
“Please, just once is fine, Tia.”
I couldn’t refuse if he pleaded like that.
Above all, I knew he was concerned about me.
I muttered, holding the hem of His Highness’ clothes.
“Will… I’m home.”
I spoke in a faint voice that seemed ready to disappear at any given time.
However, it reached His Highness.
His Highness embraced me tighter, as if refusing to let me go anywhere.
His strong hug made my face hot.
“Yes, welcome home, welcome home, Tia…”
“Your Highness, by any chance…”
“What? Tia.”
His voice was surprisingly gentle, it tickled me.
“By any chance, are you… crying?”
I asked modestly, but His Highness tensed.
I thought so because my shoulder felt really warm, and his voice was shaking too much.
Slowly, His Highness pulled away from me.
His beautiful emerald teal eyes were indeed wet.
His distorted face was breathtakingly beautiful.
It was my first time seeing His Highness’ tears.
We had been engaged for more than a decade, now, but I had never seen him cry.
“…Yes. I am. Sorry for being so pathetic, Tia. However, I’m just really glad that you’re safe.”
“Wai—um, Your Hi—Will, don’t cry, please. As you can see, I’m alright.”
I felt like the moment I was about to say ‘Your Highness’, Will’s face distorted in pain—as such, I reworded it.
When called by his name, Will looked astounded and widened his eyes. But he immediately calmed down.
I extended my fingers to wipe Will’s tears.
Will touched my hand—the warmness of his hand was also comfortable.
“Yes. Tia, is it okay for us to stay like this for a while?”
“It’s okay, until you feel better, Will.”
“Thank you, Tia, I’m glad you’re alright…”
He told me with a blunt voice. Even my chest felt the pain in his sad voice.
Will hugged me until he calmed down.
***T/N: This is supposed to be a tearful reunion but the only thing this chapter managed to incite in me can be summarized using one line–“ugh who cares.” //insert squidward face here.
I utterly dislike (an overunderstatement) Tia because she’s dumb af. Nothing about Williant is likeable, this guy is questionable at best, every single one of his actions doesn’t seem to stem out of genuine sincerity. He would claim that he did this and that for her but in the end it’s him who got the greater benefit out of everything–there is always something in it for him also, a catch. Not to mention, whenever he did something, the first thing he always make sure was that there wouldn’t be any risks for him, rather than the safety, the feeling, or every other things that have to do with the other party–in short, he’s a fucking scumbag and this chapter makes me roll my eyes so bad I’m seeing stars.
What do you think guys? Has Williant redeemed himself by showing the almighty magical showdown and also tears to the woman he loved?
Absolutely not! Give me Vioris!!
… where is Vioris? *sobs
I actually like Williant. I think I’m one of the few (or the only one ?) who has a different take on his past actions. I’m seeing it in a different way from most of the people in the comment section I guess
I very much dislike Tiya though. Quoting that amelia(?) person, she is indeed dry. At least shes not totally OP
Alright alright I have finally caught up.
It’s still a mess, no, it’s even worse actually. I think I’m really only here to watch everyone roast the hell out of this novel.
Phew, I need some good stuff now. I just binged “I’m a witch requested by my crush to make a love potion” yesterday, but I am really in desperate need of fluff to erase Tia’s stupidity.
Also, watching our true beloved idiot Hadith is so much better. Because, you know, he actually cares about Jill and communicates that to her instead of the mess that is Tia’s and the prince’s relationship.
Pls try the noble lady who find a nerdy and plain guy moe, and also the kingdom of everlasting night
Sorry to say something different from everyone else here… but I think they are the perfect couple.
They just share so much in common:
Being completely pathetic.
Useless most of the time.
Good at making the situation worse.
And lastly both have half of a single brain cell!
Hahaha eeeh didnt williant has a grand magical showdown, how is he still pathetic in everyone eyes?
https://gph.is/1jY3lWN
Sorry I dunno how to just show the image…
KUQ KU THE KINGDOM OF EVERLASTING NIGHT IS TURNING GOOD
There’s like 10 or so chapters left with the extras right for this one? you know this chapter was the most WTF chapter ever…
Only 7 chapters left for tiarize main story
Fuck the extra. Not doing that. Nuh-huh.
Pats your back, you worked hard!
AND BELIEVE ME THIS CHAPTET ISNT THE MOST WTF EVER. ITS THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!
The only thing i feel right now is annoyance, they are both so useless
“It’s been a while, Your Highness, why are you here…”
What do you think is the reason Tia?? He is probably there for his dental check-up, such a simple thing you can’t even guess.
“—wait, wait, wait!? You are going to leave us alone?!”
Wait your face bitch!!!! No one wants to listen to your dumb conversation with the prince!!!!
“Will… I’m home.”
No you’re not you’re still in another country!!!! You’re not home yet!!!!
Commander I can’t forgive Williant yet, he was crying but there was no snot!!!!! That is hyper-unrealistic!!!!! No one can cry without inadvertantly having snot running out of their nose!!!!!!
Now Commander!!! I made a tanka for Tia!!! I am confident with the syllable count on this one!!!!!! (Gaaaahhh!!!! I am becoming too idle, my mind is starting to make tankas for dissing some fictional character)
Tia the dumb bitch
Her brain’s the size of a pea
Spring, summer or Fall
In any given season
She is as dumb as ever
Keep it up Gabe! Lets roast this bullshit through earnest, literary way! (Look at her own feral retort)
Some of these days I might try what Taylor Swift does best, writing diss tracks for her exes. But in my case I might write diss tracks for Tia.
GABE I AM FUMING. THE LECTURER STATED WE HV HOLIDAY FOR TWO WEEKS BUT HE GAVE FRICKIN ASSIGNMENT!!!!!
Just think of it as if you have a friend who gave you a plant that you have to water everyday so you wouldn’t forget about them. That way you won’t feel as bad as you are supposed to be.
Turns out the lecturer forget. Lmao. Im in awe over how fast my usually meek kitten friend voice their protests bcs their vacation is about to be taken away
…i have to admit that the lecturer is hensem.
But he is married.
Dammit.
And Gabe… About that plant… Why does it sound so romantic
How was your day Gabe~~~
Even if the lecturer is married, you can still admire his looks and if the wife is also a looker then you can proceed to shipping them….
Regarding the plant, it may sound romantic but I think its actually a bit annoying if someone gifted me that…heck man..I can’t even take care of myself properly, how can my friend expect me to take care of a plant???? If my friend don’t want me to forget about them lending me money would be a good strategy next to gifting me food that can give me stomach ache. I swear if someone did this, I will never forget about them EVER (strategy one will make me forever remember them because of gratitude and chances of me looking for them (mostly to pay my debt) is 95 percent guaranteed whilst the second one I will never forget you due to grudge and chances of meeting again would drop to zero unless I decide to rake revenge. LOL)
And I am not that fond of receiving gifts from friends cause I am also not fond of sending one.
I can’t reply that much cause I only have 30MB of mobile data left to connect to the internet so I decided to watch psycho-pass movies for the nth time…..and noticed how Gino sounds so jealous towards Kogami when he told Kogami not to appear before Akane again and when he told Akane that Kogami has changed and they should stay away from him. Aside from that I was also holding myself back from screaming “MY SHIP!!!!! MY SHIP!!!!!!!” when Akane and Kogami met again in the first film and when they stayed in one room to sleep while in the guerilla camp, although Akane was sleeping in the bed and Kogami was sleeping in the sofa. Basically that is the summary of my day, just shipping Akane and Kogami like how I usually do.
When will u refill ur data gabeee
Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, depends on when the person selling data refill would send it to me (person is busy as it seems and there is no other nearby place selling them due to quarantine)
That’s a “no” from me, Commander. For one thing…this is all just one big coincidence. Like, why was he there in the first place? Wasn’t he supposed to be helping with diplomatic things or something? (Honestly can’t remember he’s that insignificant to me xD)
B b b b but he is the male lead…. Oh well.
Ooohhhh!!!! So he was the male lead….I thought he was an extra.