Shadow Monarch: Heroines Could Hear My Thoughts?!

Chapter 65- Mmm, Good Morning? (Part 2)

Elise's face then turned pale and her beautiful eyebrows crescented tightly as if she was in pain from what was happening in the dream. Small beads of sweat fell down her fair white skin and made it glow slightly under the rays of the sun.

As much as the sight looked breathtaking, Rin couldn't care less about it as he felt slightly worried about Elise. He knew that it was merely a dream but he couldn't ignore her pleading murmurs.

"Leave me alone… No… No…"

'What should I do?' He thought to himself urgently.

He knew that trying to forcefully wake her up will be wrong as it could scare her. Besides, he had tried to wake her up multiple times now and she still didn't respond. Having no other choice, Rin decided to do something he had never thought will ever happen.

Extending his arm, he grabbed her hand that was out of the blanket and hanging to the side. He was hesitating at first but when he heard her frail voice again, he resolved himself and grabbed her hand. Then, he started rubbing it gently while making sure not to put too much pressure on it.

"Elise… It's ok, relax." He whispered close to her.

He tried to sound as gentle as possible not to scare her awake. A few moments passed while Rin kept whispering soft and reassuring words to her as he kept massaging her small hand.

He had never thought this small gesture could actually feel good for him. For some reason, touching her fingers, her small palm, and feeling every part of her cold hand made his heart beat slightly faster.

"Am I nervous because I touched her hand? What am I? A toddler?" He sighed at his weird reaction and ignored it for now.

As he kept watching her ever-changing expression, he could see that she wasn't as pale as before and the frown vanished from her face. Instead, she now looked relaxed and… happy?

A small smile crept to her face out of nowhere. Rin felt his heart beat even more loudly when he saw that smile on her face. She just looked so bewitching that he could only keep his eyes on her.

'I really am a fucking creepy bastard. But, I really can't pull my eyes away from her. What is wrong with me? Did I fall in love or something?' All these thoughts kept crossing his head every couple of seconds.

Sighing, he shifted his gaze to the hand he was kneading since a while ago. A flash of complicated emotions appeared in his eyes.

'Even though she's always brave and cold. Somehow, at this moment, she looks so weak and vulnerable.'

Rin had a deep respect for Elise. He didn't know much about her as she kept everything to herself, including her emotions. Ever since he knew her, he kept seeing how she acted and could only respect her more and more as time passes.

The way she treats others was cold but he knew that deep down she wasn't a bad person. The fact that she was ready to protect everyone at the shelter and help them when they needed her was already enough for him to judge her as a kind person. Not only that, but her calm demeanor, cleverness, and composure made him look up to her.

But, seeing her right now suffering like that, he asked himself: Is she really as strong as she appeared on the surface? What was she hiding? What could be her goal for accepting that reincarnation offer in the first place?

Then, as he was like that, he heard a sound behind him.

*Knock* *Knock*

Someone was knocking on the door. Rin froze in his place and didn't say anything. If someone finds out that he was really inside the crown princess's room, he was as good as dead.

"Your Highness. Are you awake?" Maya asked from behind the door.

'Shit! What should I do? Where should I hide?'

Standing up, he tried to release himself from Elise and leave the place before the maid decided to enter the room to wake her up.

But, much to his bad luck, Elise suddenly grabbed his arm again. Her face frowned slightly as if she didn't like the idea of him letting go of her hand.

'Mmm, princess! What are you doing? Let go of my hand.' He tried to release himself quickly as he could hear the doorknob twisting ever-so-slowly behind him.

Yet, he didn't know that this situation could get worse. With a swift move, Elise pulled him in and threw him on the bed beside her. Rin was amazed that she did that with one hand and could only question how strong her body was.

After putting him on the bed, Elise then wrapped her body around him and rested her arms on his back before pulling him closer to her body. She was now basically hugging Rin like a pillow.

'Oi! What the hell- Leave me-' Before he could try to wiggle out, the door opened and Maya walked in.

Holding his breath in, Rin had no other choice but to get closer to Elise as much as possible and make it look as if he was a part of her body.

Now, that was good and dandy… Until he realized the grave mistake he did. His nose caught a very beautiful smell coming from the girl next to him. Then, he felt two soft mounds pressed against his chest and getting deformed.

His neck was also feeling tickly from her rhythmic breathing.

'Fuck! This bad! Hold it in, Rin… Hold it in… Think of something peaceful. Oh! I got it! Cats…'

*Fuuh*

'Cats… Soft and fluffy… Cats.'

The smell of Elise was invading his mind and body without any restraints. He had slept with Aria before on the same bed but he never had this intense of a reaction at all. In fact, at this moment, he could feel his heart almost leaping out of his chest from how fast it was beating.

The cat trick was useless against this lethal woman who was pulling the strings of his heart while still sleeping peacefully.

"Your highness… Wake up…" Maya said as she shook her shoulders lightly.

Her eyes fixated on the other side of the bed as she felt that it looked odd. Was her princess' body that big? Or was she just hallucinating?

"Mmm… What is it May-" Elise seemed to have opened her eyes at that moment.

Then, her hazy blue irises fell on the person next to her.

'Ok, I may rest in peace now. I hope I was a kind person so that I can go to heaven or something.'

Elise kept looking at him for more than 5 seconds as if she didn't understand what was going on.

However, much to his shock, she then turned around and spoke to Maya again.

"I'm awake now. You can go."

"Yes, good morning, your highness."

"Good morning."

After that, Maya gave her another glance and left quickly.

After making sure the door was closed, Elise turned around to Rin and looked at him silently.

"Mmm, good morning?" He said with an extremely awkward smile.

"..."

"Wait! just before you do something. Let me explain."

"..."

"I swear that I didn't do this on purpose."

"..."

No matter what he said, Elise just kept looking at him silently. The more bewildering detail is that there was no anger in her eyes at all. In fact, she looked far from angry, and instead… she was in a good mood?

'Am I hallucinating? Why is looking at me like that?! Hello, Mrs. Elise?!!!'

"Can you leave the bed first?" She asked.

"Ah! Yes, sure."

The whole time they were speaking, their bodies were glued to each other as if it was the most normal thing to do. He then jumped off the bed.

"When did you come here?" She asked.

"20 minutes ago, give or take."

"..."

"No, I didn't sleep beside you for 20 minutes straight. Actually, I didn't even do anything. You pulled me into the bed while you were asleep."

"... I see." She murmured with a calm gaze.

''I see' my ass! Mrs. Elise! Why are you not even remotely displeased by this?! Am I dreaming or something.'

"So it was indeed your voice, after all." Rin didn't hear that whisper under her breath.

"Sigh, I heard the news so I came rushing here. But, when I found you asleep and seemingly having a nightmare, I just sat down on the chair and waited for you to wake up. What did you see? It didn't look normal at all."

"A look at my past." She replied mysteriously.

"A look at your past? What does that mean?"

However, Elise stood silent and looked out the window for a few seconds. A flash of emotions passed through her eyes.

"I faced my own past… and I lost…"

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