"I neither covet nor need your pity. After all, the amount of heart and love I possess far exceeds your imagination, girl!"
"Stop patting other people's heads. It's annoying..."
Though she protested verbally, the girl could not help continuing to stare at Ash until she confirmed that there truly was no sadness on his face.
The one you were referring to—the one that could make you so happy—was your Black Night Kingdom, right? Your tone had been filled with unconcealed pride when you spoke of it.
But Haruka recalled the scene where he had personally declared, "My citizens are nothing more than my tools!" Unable to make sense of it, she felt terribly conflicted.
He was clearly a tyrant who bullied his subordinates... No, precisely because he was a tyrant who wanted complete control over every movement within his kingdom, perhaps he cared even more deeply about everything, whether good or bad?
Knowing absolutely nothing about the ways of emperors, Haruka felt half-confused and half-enlightened, as though she had understood something new.
"But." Taking advantage of the girl's thoughts, Ash began scheming with his words again. "Since you're so worried about me, fine! I'll give you an opportunity! As long as you're willing to acknowledge yourself as this King's Queen, you'll become part of my family!"
Genius, right? I call this outcome, where both you and I get what we want, a win-win! Win~win~
"Whew... Ash-sensei really never lets an opportunity slip by."
But, family...?
This time, when Ash used that as an "excuse," even when he brought up becoming Queen again, I somehow did not feel as disgusted or resistant as before.
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"Family? I don't have one, so I don't understand. Do you think it's such a happy thing?"
"Yes, of course!"