East Meet West

135- The hidden Defect 1

“I don’t know when, but I started developing some feelings for you, but still I wanted to ignore them.”

“But after we got ambushed by that hunting group, I realized that I should have at least expressed my feelings to you, I was filled with despair as I could not save you.”

“And the next thing I know, I woke up at your house and you, once again taking care of me day and night without any proper rest.”

“Do you know how I felt that time? I cannot express it in any simple sentence.”

“And when your mother put forward the condition that I need to marry you and only then she will help me cure the poison, I readily agreed.”

“I was extremely happy because, from my childhood, I always had issues in expressing personal feelings. So, if your mother never put forward this condition, then I don’t know if I ever would be able to express my feelings towards you. I would just be thinking- Maybe, Armelia did it out of favor or guilt. Maybe, she is better suited to someone else. Maybe, she will reject me and say ‘I always thought of you as a friend’, etc.”

“So, I just want you to know one thing- I love You, Armelia. I am not saying this because of your mother’s condition or because of my selfish reason to get cured of the poison.”

“This is my honest feelings for you.”

“I love You, Armelia”

As soon as I finished speaking, Armelia burst into tears. I took her in my arms and patted her back.

“I love you...”

“I love you too Orochi.”

“I love you too Orochi.”

“When you... when you risked your life to save me and did not abandon me when you had the chance to... and when you got tortured by those people, I was really scared and then I realized that you had become an important part of my life.”

“And I wished that everything that was happening was a nightmare and as soon as I wake up, I could express my feeling to you, or at least I could accompany you on your adventure.”

“And when my mother told me about our marriage, I was very excited. And when you said that I was going to be your wife, I felt that it was the happiest moment of my life. But suddenly, I realized that my mother might have forced you to marry me in exchange for treating you, I felt all my dreams shattering. And I hoped that if it was a nightmare then someone should wake me up.”

“But today, I could not hold back myself. I did not want to forcefully marry you. And if my mother still was to force you to marry me, then I would have taken some drastic measures.”

“But now you have woken me from this nightmare.”

“Thank you... thank you for being honest with me. I am happy to know all this... woo...woo”

With that Armelia, once again started crying.

“Hey, silly girl, don’t think of such stupid things in the future.”

I lifted her head and we both looked into each other’s eyes.

Armelia’s eyes were turning red from all the crying and tears building and overflowing.

I gently kissed her forehead.

“And now, don’t cry ok. The cute Armelia that I know of, does not look good when crying and I don’t want my about-to-be-wife to look bad when our wedding is approaching.”

“Bastard, don’t tease me.”

Armelia hit my chest with her small hands.

“Armelia, I am sorry about this. But I saw the feelings you had for him and as a mother, I wanted to give the best things for my daughter, like any mother would want to. So, I put forward this condition because, if he is at least married to you then I could see the happiness in your eyes that would make me feel relieved. I... I just wanted to see you happy...”

While we were hugging each other, Sheela spoke.

I don’t know if she is acting or not... but I must say that I almost believed her and I also feel that things are not so simple, but I have no way of squeezing or extracting answers from Sheela,

Armelia looked at her mother and spoke,

“I understand mother, but you cannot blackmail Orochi like this anymore in the future. If not then, see what I would do.”

“I understand.”

Sheela nodded with a weak smile.

“Orochi, I think you should take back Armelia to her room. And have some talk. After you are done, come look for me and we can be done with my treatment.”

Interjected Bertha.

I nodded and took Armelia to her room. I had small chat with Armelia and we talked mostly about my past, but of course, I did not reveal anything related to the Leon clan or Saurastra kingdom, I just told Armelia, not to worry about all this and just be prepared for the marriage. After that, I went back to the garden.

I honestly revealed everything because if I continue to lie, then that would make matters worse and Armelia would also be able to perceive that I am lying. So, with the truth, I also added my past story which would justify all my doings and actions.

Assume that, if I simply told Armelia that I was blackmailed, then Armelia would never agree with the marriage and even if try to persuade and reassure her that I want to marry her, she would not believe me. So, I had to reveal my past. And Armelia being a kind woman, will surely be affected by my past. So, I had to be honest but also had to add some ‘Sympathy’ elements.

Also, the reason I did not reveal the ‘Vishwa Sakshi’ oath to Armelia is, almost everyone knows about it and if Armelia knew about it, then she would never agree to this marriage or do something stupid that could make matters much worse. And my top priority now being, getting rid of [Devil's breath], so I cannot make some silly mistakes.

So, in my story, I degraded the power of the Leon clan to some small clan and degrade the Royal family of the Saurastra kingdom to a similar small clan. As for the first person I killed, which I mentioned as an act of self defense was also a lie. And the secret to my strength with some innate strength was just made up to cover up the system.

I went back to the garden and sat next to Bertha.

“Heh! Tell me brat, what you just said to Armelia is that really true?”

Bertha asked and I answered

“Do you mean the people who poisoned me and left me to die in the forest? Yeah, it is true.”

As soon as I finished speaking Sheela asked

“Oh! What about your feelings for Armelia?”

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