3.2 The Life of Newlyweds is Full of ups and Downs (3)
Gaizel’s work took more time than expected—it wasn’t too long after the sun had fallen that he returned to the villa.
After a late dinner, the two returned to their room and went straight to the balcony. Unlike during the daytime, the humid, chilly wind patted her cheeks—Tistye squinted comfortably.
The skies were hazy as the clouds drifted vaguely around the waning moon.
“Thank you for your hard work, today.”
Tistye placed a glass in front of Gaizel, who sat silently on the sofa.
“What’s that?”
“‘Yashka’—or so this local liquor is known as. Please, drink it as you like.”
Finally, she poured the amber liquid into the glass.
Seeing small bubbles emerging, Gaizel picked up the glass. The moment he touched it, Tistye was already smiling grandly.
“Taste like water.”
“B, but I heard that it’s quite strong…”
After he had drank it, he passed the glass to her. Tistye also drank some.
However, the moment the beverage touched her tongue, a strong taste of carbon dioxide, and also a high concentration of alcohol assaulted her—as such, her mouth immediately went agape.
“I, it seems that I can’t drink too much…”
“Weak.”
Gaizel smirked, and took both the glass and the bottle from Tistye’s hands. Soon enough, he had already gulped down a second glass. But, once his glass was empty, his hand stopped, for some reason.
When Tistye grew worried, she heard the voice of his heart—although a bit fainter than usual.
[“Darn it… isn’t this basically an indirect kiss?! W-well, Tistye doesn’t realize it, so it should be okay, right? It’s not like I intended for that to happen, but what if she thinks I was!? What if she feels uncomfortable!?”]
For him to worry about such a thing! Tistye felt embarrassed.
Gaizel, who wasn’t aware she had heard his dilemma, continued to down more and more glasses as if to hide his frustration. Because of how fast he downed those drinks, Tistye became concerned for him. Softly, she stood up and headed for the jug of water in the room…
You’re already tired due to your work, so please don’t overdo it…
However, back at the mansion, they rarely had any time to spent together—only the two of them—like that. Therefore, she wondered if she should’ve stayed with him a little longer.
Returning to the balcony, Tistye shook off her worries and focused on the scenery, faintly expressing her admiration.
A slightly strong breeze blew, and the clouds covering the skies slowly diminished.
Then, the surface of the water turned into a mirror—two silver moons had appeared—in the sky, and also on top of the lake.
Looking up, the starry sky was right above her head, as if it could engulf her at any moment. The moon, which assumed the shape of a perfect circle, shone brightly.
Below, she could see the clear reflection of the moon on the rippling surface of the lake. Tistye was captivated by the beautiful scenery.
“—wonderful, isn’t it?”
Suddenly, Gaizel spoke to her. Tistye regained her sense.
“I, indeed, really, it’s truly a wonderful sight!”
“It’s autumn now, but during the spring, the scenery of Isiris is even more spectacular. Countless flowers are blooming everywhere.”
Tistye suddenly imagined the land of Isiris covered entirely with colorful blossoms.
The carpet of snow that was currently covering the land transformed into a carpet of vivid colors. Envisioning the beauty of it, a smile instinctively appeared on her face.
“I’m sure that would be a beautiful sight to behold! I do wish I can return to this place and see it for myself—even if only once.”
“Indeed. My father was also mesmerized by the beauty… it would’ve been nice if that was all that was there to it.”
“…by that, you mean, there’s more?”
“It’s exactly because the land is such a sight to behold that my father wanted to make it his own—then, he seized Isiris.”
Upon hearing Gaizel’s tone become stronger, Tistye immediately stopped talking.
The history of Isiris, which was unraveled by her tutor, was still fresh in Tistye’s mind.
The former emperor, whom was also the father of Gaizel—the late Dilph Verscia.
His reign was filled with long history of invasion and colonization. With the massive investments he made to his army and armed forces, he took over the kingdoms neighboring Verscia.
He was the Emperor with the highest record of colonization—which was the reason Tistye’s homeland, Lacie, was put into submission by him.
She knew Isiris was one of the kingdoms he seized—but who would’ve thought that was the reason?
“…It’s also an undeniable fact that I share blood with that man.”
“Lord Gaizel, too… wants to seize control of other kingdoms?”
Immediately after saying that, Tistye regretted and was ashamed of her mistake.
However, Gaizel didn’t seem the least bit angry, and instead muttered in a faint voice—
“—who knows?”
The reply was as unreliable as that which a lost child would spout when trying to look for his parents.
Gaizel closed his mouth as it was, but the voice of his heart quietly flowed into Tisyte’s chest.
[“I… don’t want to end up being the same person as that man.”]
He didn’t want to steal someone else’s hometown, nor ruin the scenic landscape.
[“But, even I fail to convince myself when I say that. Now that the factions in the royal palace are undergoing major changes, to speak of such a notion in public would only be deemed as outrageous… then, what am I supposed to do?”]
***T/N:
[“Darn it… isn’t this basically an indirect kiss?! W-well, Tistye doesn’t realize it, so it should be okay, right? It’s not like I intended for that to happen, but what if she thinks I was!? What if she feels uncomfortable!?”]
FROM NOW ON, THEE SHALL OFFICIALLY BE REFERRED BY I AS ‘CHERIZEL’–y’know, cuz i CHERIsh this man a lot and he is also a CHERI.
W, what’s this?! They did actual healthy communication, and he actually opens up with her!?!?!?! Usually, in a generic and usually bad shoujo, this kind of thing will need about 80++ chapters minimal before occuring, and something actually bad needs to happen to the heroine before the ML realizes how wrong he has been by withholding his past from the FEMML!
Burps…snuggles into bed eyes droop…
Thank you 🙂 cute
“‘Yashka’—or so this local liquor is known as. Please, drink it as you like.”
There is a line in a famous local song here in my country that goes “Pag may alak may balak” (If there is liquor, there is a motive). This is a term used when a person invites someone to drink alchohol because they have indecent motives……now Tistye what kind of motive do you have? Do you really just want to help our MC relax or you are going to be like a typical CN novel r@pey CEO???
Gaizel having a proper conversation with Tistye.
Good ML Counter: +1 point
Total points: 4 points
YES! YES! KEEP IT UP SON!
(In a voice used to talk to dogs) WHO’S THE GOOD ML?? WHO’S A GOOD ML??? OF COURSE IT’S YOU MY SON!!! GOOD BOY!!!
Commander please don’t give my son weird names. I’ll let it slide for now cause I agree that he is a cheri, a precious cheri, a golden ML who appears once every thousand years.
Do you still read Claire Gabe?
I just read the latest update and somehow I have a feeling that Claire might end up like Tia…….Claire just goes with the flow way to easily and that worries me….A LOT.
Did she meet the prince yet
She did. They learned that she actually has a lot of magic after she was re-baptized when they visited the place her mom was born. It seems her mom wrote a letter to her brother before she died instructing them to hold her baptismal in her hometown and not in their country Noston, but because her brother is a fool who believes that THOT he discarded the letter and Claire was baptised in Noston which resulted to her being blessed only with pink aura level of magic and not the actual blessing she should receive. The prince wanted to bring her back to the castle but she refused and looked for work instead but it seems the prince pulled some strings to help her find a decent work as a tutor with trustworthy employers. In the latest update the prince visited her in the middle of the night by climbing through her room’s window in her employer’s mansion and offered her to enroll in Paft’s Royal Academy to which she agreed (see!!! she just goes with the flow!!!).
Is she as dumb as tia?
Did her brain crash every little new thing that happen?
Not really she at least can think for herself but I feel that she doesn’t really want to think despite her capability to do so and instead she would just go with the flow just to avoid thinking…..that is what I feel about her though some might disagree with me.
I mean just like claire, tia also tried to find a job aka being the adventurer to be independent. And author pulled some strings to ensure that the toddler stay alive
She’s a bit more capable than Tia.
Here is a visual aid to help you understand my evaluation of the 2:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GzLTKx5_wqWeZzRTuDpDzJuCk8IHBJG0/view?usp=drivesdk
And Claire seems a bit more well written than Tia which is just a hodge podge of anything the author wants to add.
Under tia’s name… Is empty?
That is a graph for my evaluation according to their skills as MC so it can’t be helped if Tia’s bar is empty. But if the graph is about how annoying an MC is then Tia would have a bar that can reach the heavens.
Lmao like the beanstalk in jack and the beanstalk story. Know that folk tale??
Tia’s bar would probably be higher than the beanstalk. Think of the beanstalk’s height then multiply that to 3 or 4.
Is there any interesting Philippine folk taled
Do you agree that tistye is a successor to roze? Both are pure
We have a pretty weird one that fujioshis out there might love.
It’s a local mythology about the god of death (male) marrying one of the 7 moons (male).
Gaizel has the potential to be Roze’s succesor their pure but there are time when their inner thirst leaks, in Gaizel’s case no matter how hard he tries it gets automatically transmitted to his ML.
LMAO YOU ARE SENDING ME PANCAKE MIX WHY!?!?
Its funny how i dont recognize the name at first because its Gabrielle but when i saw its a pancake “OH GABE”
I saw it in my email when I checked. It was asking for some thing and unconciously sent it.
How do NU accounts work???Do you need to pay something like monthly subscroption for it???? Know something about it????
LMAO NO ITS FREE. i ve been on NU ever since 2017. All you need to do is sign up and then u can bookmark novels so they would highlight it whenever it updates.
Add me once u ve signed up.
Maid Chan
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The space is important.
I signed up and found something that says I have some dollars this is worrying me and makes me ask if they are gonna charge me for this…..and how do you find members all that appears when I type Maid Chan are series titles
Whats ur name Gabe.
Oh thats nuffians. Its our own dollar. Its for buying sticker. U get $5 everytime u comment
Wait I think I found ya!
My name is Ginko Biloba
P. S.
Veik is the first prince of Paft and Claire already knows
Took a while to get here, the links for next chapter wasn’t working so I assumed for a while that this wasn’t being translated for a while. Glad I caught up cause this is some wholesome stuff right here. Thanks for the translations!