Bab 174: Rats

"You were—" From the moment that they had met in her second life, he had been there just when she needed him. The cliff, in the maze, and those times when she thought her life was going to end, he showed up.

"We made a deal," he said.

Indeed. This was all because of the deal.

"I am going to bring you out of the Aster Empire while you— you will become my person," he added. "And I always protect my people, Lady Rosie. You should remember that."

"Then where do you want me to sleep?" she asked after a few seconds of silence. He would protect her but that did not answer her question. Where did he want her to sleep?

"Next to me. Unless you want to sleep on the floor."

She swallowed. Memories of the 'incident' where she 'accidentally' teleported into the bathhouse appeared in her head.

"Is something the matter?"

"What?" she flinched and wondered if he recalled that thing too. "No. I was just thinking."

He narrowed he eyes. He knew! He must have known what she was thinking about.