KING IN THE NORTH
chapter 13choose

On returning to Mara Artur began to feel anxious, really anxious thinking about how the girl had started to believe him.

Mara walked up to him with a warm smile, Artur still did not expect that he would get a sudden hug from the girl.

"Mara."

"Forget it, I'm not going home, and I don't care that even though you still want my manapu daughter, I've thought a lot about my own desires."

Artur was still staring at Mara, half in disbelief hearing what the girl was saying.

"Thank you, Mara."

Artur did not know how the girl who always wanted to run away from him suddenly could now be in his arms willingly. Yes, Artur would never want to let go back, if the girl would hate him though. Artur no longer cares about all the dust, as long as Marra willingly wants to be with him, it feels like all the burden of his sin will be worth it. Artur really still hugged Mara and did not want to let go until the girl began to complain - to draw a little breath with relief.

"I've agreed to choose you, Mr. stupid hunter," whispered Mara immediately made Artur's muscles twitch stiffen again. Artur is a target if not his real self who has made the girl fall in love, and it is indeed rather horrible to think about.

Mara pulled him to the dinner table, "This time I prepared dinner," somehow it seemed that the girl's smile was actually making Artur feel even more anxious. Even though they ended up spending an all-bland dinner it was in pleasant, simple warmth.

"How, did you meet Olive's parents? " suddenly Mara asked as she paced through the rest of their dinner.

Artur simply shook his head as he hung his shoulders, "He asked me to lower him near the village boundary." Artur grabs Marra to sit on her lap while talking.

"Theo, are you sure what you're doing?" Mara tilted her head as she asked, obviously there was a sudden anxiety that came as a surprise to Artur.

"Superiorly he doesn't want people to see us."

Mara knew where the Olive family lived and the village boundary was still too far from the palace fortress, "Did you realize you've left a young girl wandering around alone in the middle of the night like this ?" it is clear that Mara's anxiety is becoming more real.

"I don't know, Mara, I think she lives in the village," it seems Artur just realized that.

"Maybe you're right, he's too young" Artur recalled the incident a few weeks ago when he found the girl trapped among the delinquents.

"Theo, I can't forgive myself if something happens to her, she's Hook's daughter," and Mara knows how she grew up around her family all along.

"Who's Hook?"

"He's my horse's governess" so Mara was indifferent from not having time to think.

Artur still saw the anxiety of Mara who was still pacing back and forth, it seemed that the girl was indeed very concerned about the nasi-nanny of her horse's daughter. Artur believes it because of him, Mara. Beauty is what makes Artur willing to do anything for him.

"Why are you quiet?" tanya Mara sounded a bit upset because she found Artur just sitting watching himself back and forth in front of her.

"I should have known you had a horse nanny," Artur didn't mean to really mention the matter, maybe he just wanted Mara to relax a little.

"Theo, I'm serious!" Mara was getting a little angry.

"Well, I'll find out tomorrow, now rest I don't want you to be so anxious."

"Here comes my hunch that it's getting bad," the girl you touched her own chest while looking at Artur, then could only sigh in resignation.

"Come here, "Artur pulled the girl back to sit next to him.

"I promise, she'll be fine" Artur promised as he clasped Marra's fingers, and the girl finally nodded slowly.

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