After the Rain (17)
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That night, a small banquet was held.
The missing Princess Consort had been found, and Tarkan had once again defeated a great demonic beast, so naturally, congratulations were due.
Inside the huge barrier, people were relieved of their worries, and chatted loudly while clinking their glasses.
“Woah, to think Her Highness came to such a dangerous place for Milord’s sake. And she even persuaded Count Tallistan to take the border guards along.”
“Sure enough, our Princess Consort is amazing.”
“Right? How did she know that we would retreat to the Great Demon Beast’s territory just by seeing that communication was cut off?”
“I knew she was smart, but I can’t help but feel awe.”
“I guess that is the connection between couples. They have such a harmonious relationship, after all.”
People laughed and chatted happily.
However, the protagonists of the banquet, Tarkan and Aristine, were nowhere to be found.
This was because Tarkan had to leave first because he was exhausted after his battle with the Great Demonic Beast. Of course, as he was leaving, his hand was holding Aristine’s hand tightly.
Thanks to the priest who came along with the border guards, Tarkan’s wounds were recovering quickly.
Considering Tarkan’s usual stamina and the constant blessings from the priest, it felt weird to have him leave because of fatigue. Even more so because Tarkan did not like to reveal his condition outwardly.
There had been many times where Tarkan looked very okay on the outside that people thought he was fine, but later, they found out that he had internal injuries and the warriors under his command were frightened.
But this time, Tarkan himself said that he was not feeling well and left because he was tired.
If the court ladies were here, they would have definitely started snickering.
Being alone in a foreign land, it was vomit-inducing to see him holding hands with his wife and acting all lovey-dovey, but as the loyal warriors that they were, they pretended not to see it.
Honestly, it was more eye-burning to see him kiss that photo every night when it wasn’t even the real thing.
‘Now that they’re together, he probably wants to spend some time alone.’
If the demonic beasts didn’t exist, then a night on the plains would be romantic.
It was a place that preserved its primordial innocence, untouched by human hands.
The autumn moon lit up the world even more brightly, and the stars in the sky seemed to pour down like a canvas.
Even the warriors felt sentimental when the sweet scent of the vast plain brushed past their side.
Lying side by side on the grass, watching the moon and stars, and talking about each other’s story; imagine what a good memory that would be.
‘Plus, we messed up before we left…’
Jacquelin thought as he wet his lips with a drink.
They brought up his lord’s first love for no reason, making the relationship between the couple turn awkward.
He had been worried about what to do but seeing as Her Highness came to help like this, it seemed everything had been sorted out.
‘Honestly, when Her Highness was mad at Milord, Milord was just…’
Jacquelin shook his head.
When he saw the two of them on the podium during the battle ceremony, he thought it had been resolved but that wasn’t the case at all.
After they arrived at the demonic beast plains, Tarkan sat alone every night, looking at his wife’s picture, and mumbling apologies.
It made anyone watching feel pity for him.
It was the first time Jacquelin had seen him like that ever since he began serving his lord.
Of course, that pity was shattered once his lord kissed his wife’s picture.
The behavior at night was one thing but during the day, he slew demonic beasts like they were his mortal enemy.
It was practically a one-sided massacre.
The ordinary warriors were excited about Tarkan’s charisma, and it boosted their morale, but those who knew what was going on had mixed feelings.
Who knew why he was taking out his anger about being hated by his wife on some unrelated demonic beast.
For the first time in his life, Jacquelin felt sorry for the demonic beasts.
In any case, thanks to that, the expedition moved much faster than expected, so their return date was also sped up.
Of course, when the communication with other divisions was cut off, things got complicated, and he had to handle how they would move forward in the future.
“Milord and Her Highness must be looking at the moon by now, right?”
“It’s been a while since we met, so they must have a lot to talk about.”
“My dream was to walk holding hands while looking at the moon when I get a girlfriend.”
A huge warrior, seemingly drunk and flushed, began to mutter, “This star is yours, that star is mine…”.
Normally, Jacquelin would have turned away saying it was a sight for sore eyes, but right now, everyone was drunk, and no one was thinking straight.
On the contrary, Asena cackled and joined the warrior in counting the stars together.
“Honestly, no other place quite captures the view in the demonic beast plains.”
“I hope both of them can reconcile.”
Although it made their stomachs cramp, they smiled brightly at the thought of the royal couple walking on the grass under the moonlight.
However, they soon realized how pure and innocent their thoughts were.
Because the place where the royal couple was heading, was not a field under the moonlight, but a perfectly secret space where not even the moonlight could shine.
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Thanks for the translation and your efforts miss Ruby 💗💗😄
Are you fine now?!
Hope you feel good aging
Waiting for your recovery ❣️❣️
I thinking it, you thinking it… :3c
OH HOHO
HERE WE GO 👁️👁️
I know what’s coming and AAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I need to prepare my heart huuu.. Thanksies, Rubyy
I’m so excited for next chapters ❤️♥️😄….
Tarkan is really a shy guy “Kiss Rineh’s photo” 🙈…. I love him (and Rineh too)
Daaaang! Pleaaaseeeeeeee don’t leave us hanging! This is too muuuuch!
Please shatter our innocence by tell us in very detail description about what they deed , I meant did.
Likely did the deed lol.
And that information about Tarkan being 100% healthy, just imagine his bulking stamina. I hope Rineh could stand him.
Thank you for the chapter Ms.!
Rineh did, but the barracks didn’t.
Thanks for the translation miss Ruby.
Eu espero muuuuiiito que o próximo capítulo mostre o que eu tô pensando em detalhes… Se eles começarem a conversar sobre como ela varou lá nas planícies no passado, como mudou a cor dos olhos e cabelo e essas coisas eu vou chorar.
I know that Miss Ruby said that after Lucia she would never pick up any novel with sm/ut and I also know that there’s not any tag related to sm/ut on novel updates BUT I’M HERE ALL EXCITED FOR SOMETHING I KNOW WON’T BE DETAILED AS MUCH AS I WANT 😭😭😭 Thank you very much for this chapter Miss Ruby ❤️
Yay! Been waiting for this Ms. Ruby. Thanks for the wonderful translations as always. I hope the next chapter won’t be a cliffhanger anymore. 😄 Hope all is well on your side Ms. Ruby.
the real scene is coming, where they break the bed but for real
omg omg they’re going to make history y’all~~ a very hot history hihihihihihihihi
“Because the place where the royal couple was heading, was not a field under the moonlight, but a perfectly secret space where not even the moonlight could shine.”
😳😳
Esta es la verdadera razón por la cual pago el internet
Mientras leía, no pude evitar en pensar la estrofa de esta canción,
Hoy es noche de sexo, voy a deborarte nena linda
Hoy es noche de sexo y voy a cumplir tus fantasias
Hoy es de noche de sexo, ayyy voy a deborarte nena linda
Hoy es noche de sexo, lo juro por Dios que esta noche seras mia
it’s times like these where I wish that I could pay for patron cause I feel like im having withdrawal symptoms over this novel from the wait. Ruby~ hope you felling a little bit better as the days go by , don’t push yourself but I guarantee you that any chapter you post I come at the speed at light unless I got school.
Love the chapters as always and wishing you healthy days
What about Durante and Mukali?! Seems like they still are somewhere else 🙁
i have a strong feeling that (AND I HOPE IM WRONG PLEASE)
we aint getting any steam anytime soon. cz like… a hang-up over TWO CHAPTERS both suggesting something very (¬w¬) is low-key suspicious. but PLEASE HAVE ME BE WRONG!!!
also THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARDWORK OH DEAR ANGEL RUBY!!! <3
OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO 😏
RIP to those warriors who had innocent thoughts but soon to be shattered by two people. Never will they experience being single more than tonight HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I’ve been reading this non stop for a few weeks, now that I caught up I wish I could pay for patron, thank you so much for your amazing work
now THAT is an illegal cliffhanger wahhhhh
We want a R19 chaptrr. Yes we want.
Bora Aristine!
We want a R19 chapter. Yes we want.
Bora Aristine!
🙏❤❤💖💖🙌✨😆🤳
Am I the only one starting to worry about Miss Ruby? We have no news for one week now. Did I miss something?
Hope you’re fine Miss Ruby! Take care!
i mean on my end it says she last updated on the 30th which was last week , i am not familiar with the scheduling of when she updates but she said FMH: 2/week. Sat/Sun. CST, but i got my update on a Tuesday. Hopefully there is nothing wrong with Ruby but i guess give it a bit of time to hear from her?
The updates here have been pretty inconsistent for a while now , it might be that she updates the patreon at that time, but here it can really be updated at any time. I really hope Ruby is doing well and that the accident is not whats stopping her from updating on schedule
And what happened at night??? 😱 Cliffhanger my enemy.
Miss Ruby, are you okay? Is your health recovering well?
Please get well ❤️🩹 soon, we are worrying for you!
Esperando actualizaciones. Ruby no nos deje con la intriga