Tangled By Fate

Chapter 424: THEIR WORRIES AND CONFESSION

“The promise that after marriage we will travel the world together” Arthur mentioned. “Are you upset that I couldn’t keep it?”

Veronica finally remembered that he had promised something like that before they got married.

Furthermore, it was because of that promise she agreed to marry him as quickly as possible.

“If you didn’t remind me, I wouldn’t have remembered,” Veronica stated.

“Are you upset about it?” Arthur carefully asked. “After our wedding, we hardly had time to go anywhere aside from visiting Utahill. Even that was for a mission, not an actual vacation.”

Leaning against his chest, Veronica looked at the magical ceiling.

She said, “What can we do? Both of us have responsibilities toward the tower. It’s not like we can abandon it. The more we try to finish our more, the more pile up. It’s almost like someone wants to tell me that I need an assistant.”

.....

“Do you want an assistant?” Arthur inquired.

Veronica shook her head. “I would if only whatever the assistant did would be saved in my memory. Unfortunately, that’s not possible. But I think it’s fine this way.”

“Are you okay with this?”

“Well, we just got married and it’s been a year. We have our whole life waiting for us. Who knows, maybe tomorrow you will take down the Queen and then we will be able to travel to any neighboring country.”

Arthur chuckled. “I’m glad you are so optimistic. But I worry that I will disappoint you.”

Veronica rubbed her face. “Hmm, if that’s what you think, I have a solution.”

“What solution?” Arthur was interested in her plan.

Veronica narrated shortly, “Well, I deal with Vincent and you deal with the Queen. Whoever finishes their business first will have the opportunity to choose where to visit next weekend.”

“It might take a month for you to deal with Vincent.”

“So what? Whoever finishes first will decide what to do the next weekend. The weekend could be next month’s first weekend. Who knows?”

Arthur felt better seeing her so carefree.

As long as she wasn’t unhappy marrying him, he had no regrets.

“Do you regret marrying me?” Veronica suddenly questioned him.

Arthur was taken aback by her question. His expression immediately became solemn.

“What do you mean? Why would I regret it?”

“You were... a Casanova. You had a carefree life until you met me. Now that we got married, you are stuck with responsibility. You don’t have enough time to breathe.”

Truthfully, Veronica kept telling others that both needed to sacrifice to have a happy marriage.

However, she kept feeling guilty inside.

If it wasn’t for her, Arthur would be able to enjoy his life however he wished. He would be with any woman without a string attached.

But after meeting a na?ve, weak girl like her, he had to keep worrying about their surroundings.

He was always tense and worried something would happen to her.

He wasn’t as relaxed as before.

Even at war, he was so carefree. He always had time to flirt with her even if they were in the enemy camp.

He was reckless and she was curious. That’s why they became a good pair and got quickly attracted to each other.

Now, she wondered if that kind of day would ever come back.

Arthur was a protective husband. He would never be reckless like before and have adventures like that with her.

She didn’t mention them to him, worrying that he would be depressed. He already had enough on his plate.

Nevertheless, she missed the old him and the old days before they got married.

And, she feared that he would regret marrying her.

Arthur’s arms around her tightened all of a sudden. He could see a pained expression planted on her face.

“Why do you think I will regret our marriage just because my lifestyle changed? What are you thinking right now?”

“I already told you what I’m thinking.” Veronica stared at him with her limpid eyes. “Are you really not regretting it?”

The back of Arthur’s finger brushed over her face. “Nica, I don’t know what you are thinking but I can swear that ever since I met you my life changed for good.”

“Really?”

Arthur nodded. “Yes, I’m sorry that I didn’t mention it before but I was just running away from my duties. I was acting like a reckless teenager. I pushed all my duties to Ovior and lived a carefree life. I shouldn’t have done that.

“After I met you, I realized you were the same as me. You were reckless and carefree. Moreover, you knew nothing about the world. It was all new to me and so, I got easily attracted to you.

“When you almost sacrificed your life for me, I realized how precious you were to me. At that time, I knew that I couldn’t deal with that kind of irresponsible life anymore.

“I understood that I couldn’t live a life where you weren’t there. I just simply couldn’t lose you. That’s why I confessed to you. Trust me, when I saw your motionless body lying on the bed, I was so scared that I couldn’t think of anything.

“That’s when I started to plan everything. I knew about my situation very well. I knew what I had to discard and what I have to keep in my life just to be with you.

“I was mentally prepared to be with you. I knew the moment I would take you to the Magic Tower we would both be busy with piles of work. I knew what we were going to face. I also had the Queen in the plan too.

“I’m sorry I had to hide it from you. I feared that if I didn’t hide it from you and lure you with the traveling, you might not want to be with me.”

“You are right, I wouldn’t be with you if it weren’t for the promise,” Veronica replied without batting an eye.

“...”

Arthur was speechless.

He did think she cared more about traveling than him, he didn’t imagine her confessing outright.

He had no idea what kind of face he should make.