[BL]The Hero and his Party Won't Let Me Go-Chapter 123: Ch : Reassurance

"What kind of tea would you like to have?"

Shuu’s soft voice asked Kaiden and he blinked as he looked at the man in front of him.

The soft hair falling into beautiful eyes and a fair complexion looked back at him. Shuu’s eyes were shining and it made Emperor Kaiden feel lost. He could look at them for hours and not feel bored.

The subtle shift of emotions in them and the way they darkened when Shuu felt a little irritated was so beautiful. Just like right now-

"Ouch... Can’t you hit me a little softly, honey?"

Emperor Kaiden asked as he rubbed his head. He looked at Shuu with a pout on his face, but Shuu ignored him and went back to his original work.

"Are you even paying attention to anything I am saying?"

Shuu asked and the Emperor suddenly realized that Shuu had been speaking all this time. He had zoned out because of Shuu’s beauty and forgotten to hear anything his companion spoke.

"I... ah, sorry. You were just so beautiful that I got distracted by you. So, what do you want to talk about?"

The Emperor asked with a smile on his face. His hand went out to touch Shuu’s own knuckle and he looked at Shuu with a small smile on his face.

Shuu felt a little flustered by the small touch. It was fleeting and yet so precious to him. It reminded him that the Emperor did care for him... even if he was no longer Shuu’s.

"I... wanted to talk about Caelis and Rin. Now that you have a new companion, what will happen to them and-"

"Wait-! Stop for a moment. Do you actually believe in this stupid stuff? The mess with my companion is just the temple’s way of pulling a trick on me. Also, even if the prophecy changed, my mark is still imprinted on your skin and it will never go away as long as I am alive. You will have to kill me to get rid of me."

Emperor Kaiden’s hand stopped playing with Shuu’s knuckle and actually grabbed it. The Emperor pulled that hand up to his lips to press a kiss on those knuckles.

Shuu’s heart melted at that sight and despite knowing that he should not feel reassured, he could not help but feel like everything would be alright.

Still....

"It is a new prophecy from the temple, right? Are you truly allowed to defy it? People will start complaining and-"

"And what? Their words won’t change who I am. Even the goddess cannot change my choice, and I chose you. I will never let you go. So please, trust me as well."

Emperor Kaiden looked directly at Shuu when he said this. His eyes looked sincere and Shuu felt his own breath stopping for a second.

Emperor Kaiden’s eyes were filled with love, trust, and so much more when he looked back at Shuu.

"I... alright. Then I will try to endure as well. But even if I was not going to do this for you, I would have done it for the children."

Shuu tried to keep his voice neutral, but it was clear that he was tense. No matter how much reassurance he got from the Emperor, he was not sure he could calm down and assess this situation with a blank mind.

Emperor Kaiden knew Shuu well, so he knew what Shuu was thinking as well.

But this time, he decided not to reassure him and instead decided that he needed to show Shuu with his actions instead.

There was no need for Shuu to feel like he had to act a certain way to maintain his position when the Emperor was here for him.

’Tsk, I am getting rather tired of the goddess and her interference. Should I just do away with her...?’

A part of the Emperor asked and he felt surprised by it. Especially since he actually felt like he would be able to get rid of the goddess’s interference as well.

But as soon as that thought appeared in his mind, it disappeared as well and he spent the rest of the morning in Shuu’s chamber until the kids woke up and he was kicked out by them.

As he walked back to his office, he heard the maids talking about ’the prophecy change’ among other things.

Things were turning more and more annoying by the second.

’Tsk, that Saintess better keep her word and this situation in check. Otherwise, things are going to get messy once more.’

__________ 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"What are these marks? The signs of dark beasts? Is the Demon King about to wake up once more?"

Nero’s red eyes looked at the abandoned land in front of him. The once-fertile area was beginning to return to the barren land it had once been.

The landscape in front of him resembled the one from the great war fought between the Demon King and the goddess, before this world had been molded into a livable place by the Demon King.

"I should get back and report on what is happening."

Nero sighed and turned around. But he had not taken many steps when he suddenly felt something grabbing his feet.

He kicked the body trying to grab hold of him, but a few more immediately tried to make a grab for him.

"What is going on here? Tsk, what is this mess...?"

Nero asked as he looked around. These creatures kept trying to immobilize him and drag him back under. He tried to break them using his power, but it was of no use.

"Tsk, these things just keep coming after me. I better get out of here and inform Emperor Kaiden."

As much as Nero wanted to take care of this situation, he knew that any excessive use of power could break this world’s barrier apart.

But what worried him even more were the small traces of familiar power coming from all around him. It felt like... divine power... but not the one that current humans used.

It felt like the Goddess’s divine power.