Chapter 210: Sinner


    "Do you understand now, Lil Das?"


    "Yes"


    "Promise me you won''t do this again"


    "I promise"


    "You should be thankful that I haven''t told the King anything yet"


    "I am sorry. This won''t happen again"


    Just end this already!


    It''s been 80 minutes since she started giving me this lecture.


    She didn''t even let me eat dinner.


    It''s already past 10 PM, and I am hungry!


    <em>Knock~</em>


    Someone knocked on the door.


    "Who is it?!" Dau asked.


    "Dinner is ready, head maid Dau"


    "Alright, we areing"


    "Let''s go, Lil Das. Dinner is ready"


    Dau walked to the door. I grabbed her hand and hugged her from behind.


    "Wha...Lil Das! What are you doing?!"


    "Let me stay like this for a while"


    "We can''t--"


    "This is just a hug, nothing else"


    "Fine. But don''t do anything weird"


    "I won''t"


    I really needed a hug.


    "Where did you go today?" she asked, leaning back on me.


    "Didn''t you say that you won''t hear any excuses"


    "I did. So tell the truth"


    "Mom was attacked"


    "What?!"


    "Don''t worry. I took care of those pests"


    "You know, a part of me wants to p you for acting on your own. And another part of me wants to hug you tightly"


    "I am already hugging you"


    "What do you want? A p or a hug?"


    "How about a p first, then a hug?"


    She turned around and stared into my eyes.


    "How about you give that kiss?" she said.


    "Well then, I will just do that"


    I put my fingers on her lips and leaned close.


    <em>Knock~</em>


    <em></em>"Are youing, head maid?!"


    That maid is still on the door?!


    "Looks like you need to wait a little more time, Lil Das"


    She grabbed my hand and dragged me to the dining room.


    I was eating and...feeding Dau. Well, we were both feeding each other.


    "It has gottente" she said.


    "Yeah. I remember we have done this before too"


    "Is that so?"


    "That one day, you got sick and couldn''te out from your room"


    "And you came with a te in your hands, and fed me"


    "Yeah"


    "You were so cute back then"


    "And now?"


    "Now you are handsome"


    "Will you sleep in my room tonight?"


    "I can''t. I have some work to do"


    "But I will go back home tomorrow"


    "Oh right! Okay then, I wille in your room to sleep once I am done with work"


    "I will wait"


    "You need to sleep"


    "I slept all day today"


    "You still need to sleep"


    [Your body is exhausted]


    "I know"


    It may not look like it, but using my system makes me exhausted.


    I lost some blood too.


    I am d my wounds don''t leave any scars. Otherwise, I would look ugly as fuck.


    We were eating, but suddenly Dau looked behind me.


    I looked back to see a maid standing there.


    She bowed as soon as I looked back and said, "Good evening, prince Das. The king has summoned you"


    "Now?"


    "Yes"


    "I am eating right now. I will go after that"


    "As you wish, my prince"


    She bowed down again and left.


    Why so suddenly?


    "He must be missing you because you haven''t visited him since you came"


    "I doubt that"


    "Finish eating fast and go meet him"


    "Knowing he is waiting for me, I can''t eat anymore"


    I got up and washed my hands.


    The maid standing there gave me a towel.


    I wiped my hands and gave the towel back to the maid standing next to her.


    There was a time I told mom that I wanted to be a maid when I grew up.


    It was only a joke. I wanted to see her reaction. But I regretted that and embarrassed myself.


    After walking for a while, I reached his room.


    I knocked, but he didn''t answer.


    After waiting for a while, I went in.


    He was sitting on the chair on the balcony, facing towards the sky.


    "Grandpa"


    He didn''t react.


    "King"


    He still didn''t react.


    I quickly walked to him.


    "He is sleeping?"


    I grabbed his hand and checked his pulse.


    <em>Phew~</em>


    <em></em>"He is just sleeping"


    I slowly ced his hands on the--


    "Das?"


    "Hello grandpa"


    "You are here? I dozed off"


    "It''s okay. You should sleep. I wille again tomorrow morning as soon as I wake up. Should I take you to your body?"


    "Shh! Sh! Shut up"


    "..."


    "Come, sit here"


    I sat on the floor mat.


    "Why did you call me here?"


    "I just feel like talking to you"


    "I see"


    "Did you see the moon?" he asked, pointing both his gaze and finger at the moon.


    "I do"


    "What do you see?"


    "A glowing ball"


    "Haha. I see" he fixed his position on the chair and said, "Me and La used to look at the moon every night. Just like this. She often used to sit on myp and say, ''I have grown old but the moon is the same as always''. And I used to reply , ''Still not as beautiful as you''. I still sit here every night, but I can''t feel the joy I felt with her"


    "..."


    "You know...I was a very bad man. A failure as a human being"


    "That''s not true. You are a great man. I admire you. I want to be like--"


    "Don''t. Don''t. I am a sinner. I have done countless sins. Don''t be a sinner like me"


    "...."


    "You know about the attacks, right?"


    "I do"


    "I have been attacked ever since I was a kid. My dad, Isador once said, ''A great man always takes care of his family, but a king takes care of his entire kingdom''. But I failed at both"


    "..."


    "I failed in bing a man, yet alone a king"


    "That''s not true"


    "You don''t know my sis, Arthur. I have done deadly sins that can never be forgiven. But I don''t regret doing those sins. I did it to protect my family"


    "It''s Das"


    "Aww, shut up!"


    "..."