Those words left Horn speechless—not because of the supposed heartfelt confession, but because the information hidden in Aaron's words had hit him hard.
"You've been in this universe for several years already. So you got three girlfriends before you were even twenty?"
"Uh..." Aaron smiled bashfully. "In my final year at Hogwarts, I accidentally ended up dating two more."
"Shit!" Horn curled his lip, then asked with interest, "Who were they? Which families or races did you marry into?"
"You can't call it a marriage alliance. This was true love."
"Right, right. In the entire Magic World, apart from the other three Hidden Families, no family is worthy of forming a marriage alliance with the Gaius Family."
Aaron hesitated for a few seconds before saying awkwardly, "One of my three wives is the little princess of the Darwen Family."
Horn blinked in astonishment. "The Darwen elders agreed to that?
They know the Gaius Family's traditions well. Were they really willing to marry their daughter to a scumbag like you?"
"I'll say it again: it wasn't a marriage alliance." Aaron seriously flicked his hair. "It was personal charm. We grew up together—we were genuine childhood sweethearts."
Horn rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "It's only because I can't beat you right now. Otherwise, I'd definitely smack you with a club.
Do you really think I don't know that the heirs of several families live together as children to cultivate relationships?"
"That's exactly why it was personal charm." Aaron became even more self-righteous. "There were only two girls in our generation: one big sister and one little princess.
I couldn't afford to provoke the big sister. She could hang me up and beat me.
But why did the little princess choose me instead of anyone else? That's a thought-provoking question."
Crack!
Horn