Chapter 7
Mika POV
Feoh outskirts
Day after Feoh's purge.
I couldn't help yawning as I rode with Alexia to Feoh.
Yesterday was quite a challenging day for me. When Alice found out about my upcoming outing, she became really angry. She understood that I was summoned by Celestine, but she felt it was unfair. After returning from my previous expedition, I had only one day of rest before having to go out again. I could tell she was saddened by my departure.
For the rest of that day, I spent all my time with her, desperately trying to reassure her. I'm the only family Alice has left after grandma died, so it's heart-wrenching to see her so distraught.
The day came then for me to go to Feoh with Alexia. Alice gave me one warning before we left.
"You better not die, Mika, or I'll have grandma haunt you for eternity.
I believe her.
So here I am with Alexia. Riding her horse to Feoh. Yes, her horse. I'm riding with her on one horse. She insisted on just using her horse to travel. Her excuse is that my horse was still tired from the expedition and there were no extra horses for me to borrow. I would like to believe her excuse, but the sight of her knights failing to hide themselves as they eavesdropped on their captain says otherwise. I relented to her gimmick rather than to waste time arguing against her. I will have my revenge shortly.
"Uhm, Mika…. are you comfortable?" Alexia asked as she drove the horse on the beaten path to Feoh. Her face was red in embarrassment.
" Very comfortable. " I teasingly said. Her source of embarrassment was me. She wanted me to ride with her horse, so we would make sure it would be a comfortable one. For me that is.
Alexia is riding in front while I'm behind her. My arms wrapped around her waist, and my bare torso was pressed against her body flush to hers. Alexia is wearing her full bikini armor while I'm wearing my usual expedition outfit, which was just my cloak and heavy duty pants. I know that she can feel my bare torso over her barely clothed back, hence her embarrassment.
"Are you perhaps uncomfortable, captain?" I put my chin over her shoulders to look at her expression closely. My, what a red face you have there, captainin.
"N… No, I'm comfortable enough." she stuttered. Her body was stiff as a board as she felt my torso rub to her bare back. Hah, that's what you get if you try to one up me, Alexia. I pulled myself away a little bit to stop messing with her. She visibly sagged in relief and in disappointment at the loss of close contact.
My, my, she is really smitten with me. I can't believe her feelings would develop to this as the years pass by. Heck, I didn't even notice when she started developing feelings for me. This is quite a conundrum.
As I lost myself in my thoughts, we finally entered Feoh's outskirts.
!
Suddenly, I felt all Zeonic MS and Armor cry out. I immediately activated my Newtype senses to see what alarmed them. I clenched my hand with gritted teeth when I felt what made them cry out in distress.
"What's the matter?" Alexia stopped the horse when she sensed my rising anger.
"Nothing. Just wondering what happened here." I pointed out the now empty ruined houses. I already knew what happened.
The little girl floating with us already told me.
I will have revenge for you, I promise.
The girl then vanished in thin air.
"I'm not sure myself, maybe when we get to the Fortress we can find some answer." Alexia then resumed our travel. I nodded to her absently. I stared at the broken homes in sadness and anger.
Alicia Arcturus, what you have done to these people is unforgivable. May the Goddess have mercy with you, because theywon't.
A chorus of roars of agreementechoed in my core.
Timeskip
Celestine POV
Fortress of Feoh
Well, they aren't just lively.
I watch as Mai and Alicia argue for the 5th time this morning. I already tuned out their argument, as it was a common sight when these two met each other. I look at the other occupants of the room, which we used to plan the campaign.
Vult, with his lieutenant Hicks and Kin, are seated on the giant table filled with maps and detailed reports that Claudia provided. Vult and Hicks are currently watching the two princesses argue with amusement, Kin meanwhile is currently reading as many reports hehe could have. His eyes keep darting to each report. It feels good to know at least that someone like him is in Vult's band. They arrived with Mai just last night.
Lulu and Claudia meanwhile are discussing how much supplies are needed and how the logistics should be done to effectively support the entire band through the badlands. Lulu arrived just yesterday at noon.
I sighed. I'm pretty useless in this scenario. I wasn't a commander or knowledgeable enough to provide help for the campaigns planning. I'm just a figurehead. I hate it.
My mind then went back to Kaguya. Last night, a letter from her came. It tells me she will arrive by tomorrow. Her letter also came with a warning. She had an ominous vision which was disturbing enough. About a foreign invader entering Eostia. We just started to plan the campaign and a vision of impending destruction suddenly came, I don't feel like it's a coincidence.
"Should I stop them, Celestine-sama?" Prim brought me out of my musings. She pointed out her cousin who had a red face in anger. Mai meanwhile had a smug smile on her face. It looks like Mai had won the argument.
"Please stop them before they come to blows, Prim." I said to her with a sigh.
Suddenly a guard barged in the room, drawing everyone's attention.
" Your grace, captain Alexia and her scout is here." The guard said with a tone of uncertainty.
"Let them in." Claudia ordered.
The guard saluted. He then opened the door, allowing two people to enter.
One is Captain Alexia, a daughter of a noble who became a knight. She was a vital Captain of the Roseblade order which defended the outskirts and outpost of Feoh.
My gaze switched to her companion, and I felt my heart skip a beat.
It can't be!
Standing beside her is a familiar figure of Mika Noah, but more rugged and barely clothed. My gaze glued to his barely clothed torso, which his cloak failed to cover. His muscled torso glistened in sweat, and his dark skin emphasizes it even more. I gulped.
Alexia kneeled in respect while Mika didn't.
"Your highness, I deliver you my scout." She said while kneeling. She tried to reach for Mika to kneel, which he stepped away from.
The sound of drawn steel drew my attention away from Mika.
"Explain yourself, Captain Alexia, why have you brought an enemy to my Fortress?" Alicia ordered. No. She demands. Her sword pointed to my Mika.
Alicia, you dummy! I screamed inside my head.
Alexia had stood up, covering Mika behind her. Her hand reached for her weapon. Mika, meanwhile, is nonchalant at the casual threat Alicia posed. A small smile on his face with eyes filled with amusement of the current situation. I already knew Alicia would stand no chance against him.
"Lady Alicia, my scout is no dark elf or enemy!" The good captain defended her scout.
"Like I would believe that, you must be colluding with the dark elves!" Alicia accused her of treason. OK, that's enough time to intervene.
"Enough, Alicia! Captain Alexia is trustworthy. I believe her, so put down your sword this instant!" Claudia's authoritative voice stopped the ensuing fight before I could intervene.
Mou, Claudia. You're making me look bad to Mika.
I pouted furiously at my trusted knight and friend for stealing my hour.
"But Teacher, he is a-"
"Enough. The scout's skin condition is normal and you would know it if you read the reports instead of arguing with Mai." Oh, she is using her mother's voice. Alicia is in trouble.
Alicia can only grit her teeth but comply with Claudia's orders. She took a seat back at the table and took a handful of reports reluctantly.
" Hah, so the princess can be tamed." Mai chortled with mirth to the subdued Alicia.
"You too, Mai. Sit down." A stern voice warned her.
"Urgh," the female mercenary also sat down with a belligerent groan.
"Lady Claudia is amazing." The pink haired princess beside me whispered in awe.
I smiled, this is the reason why I chose Claudia to become my knight. I hope Prim would one day grow up like Claudia.
"Can you introduce us to this man, Dear Captain?" I resumed the conversation where we got sidetracked.
The good captain straightened herself when I addressed her. She then proceeded to introduce the familiar man behind her.
"This is our only expeditionary scout of our outpost, Mika. He's an orphan taken by Sister Margaret to live under her wing."
I was right, it was him.
We finally met face to face.
My dear knight.
MIKA POV
What an unpleasant mess.
My already bad mood worsened as I scanned the people I would be working with.
After that scenario at the outskirts of Feoh, the worse my mood grew as we rode inside the kingdom. My senses are bombarding me with many emotions.
Pain
Agony
Sadness
Helplessness
Greed
Lust
And many more negative emotions and feelings of hopelessness bombarded me. The entire kingdom was covered with it, especially the commercial district. My anger flared once more as I pinpointed the feeling of hopelessness.
Slaves
There are a lot of them. I can feel all of them suffering all over Feoh. Slavery was abolished by the Goddess Celestine many ago, butgo but slavery is one of the many cultures of humanity. She can't just erase or stop it happening even by her power. Even her own people of her church used slaves. A large concentration of slaves are kept under the local cathedral, which is proof enough.
As we arrived at the Fortress, I saw the suspicious glances from everyone who had seen my appearance. I don't need my abilities to sense their disdain and apprehension towards me.
We are then guided by a male guard towards the meeting room.
And then there's this self righteous bitch.
The moment we entered the meeting room of the Seven Shields, I already checked the room for any danger through emotion sensing.
I felt Celestine shocked by my appearance (which is understandable) but what I didn't expect is the feelings of longing and love. Deep love.
I filed it away, that's a whole can of worms I don't want to open for now.
The small princess beside her highness, Prim, oozed with curiosity as she studied me. This girl is a politician I would bet. Her gaze reminded me of Princess Mineva. I wonder how Banagher's been treating her.
I saw Claudia nod in respect to our arrival, whichever which I subtly answered back. A feeling of respect and gratefulness is what I could get from her.
At the side of what I assumed to be the Mercenaries, the black dogs.
I was not impressed.
Mai is mercenary at heart, even though she was elevated as a shield. I can feel her anger and disdain towards Alicia. I also felt her being secure and comfortable, possibly by being in the presence of mercenaries, especially to the largest one of them who I presume is Vult.
Vult oozed with Pride, Greed and especially Lust towards the women of this room.
One of his men just felt the same as him. But the one with glasses is different.
His very being is covered with arrogance. A feeling of superiority to everyone in this room. He sees everyone in here, even his own comrades, as beneath his level.
I hate his kind of people.
And there's the bitch herself.
The moment she saw me, I felt a huge amount of disdain and anger from her as she pulled her sword, pointing it at me. I can also recognize the feeling of self righteousness and superiority. A self-righteous elitist, just my luck.
Thankfully, Claudia mitigated the disaster before it happened and invited us two for the meeting. Although I have a question burning in my head.
Why are the leaders of this alliance dressed like strippers?!
Timeskip
3rd POV
The meeting is finally starting as everyone needed (with the exception of Kaguya) are gathered to discuss the proceedings of the campaign. A long table was used for the meeting.
Seated at the head table is the Goddess Celestine who would approve the campaign.
Beside her at each side, are her 2 shields, Prim and Claudia.
Prim is a prodigy in politics, her presence was needed if the campaign could need the support of the nobles or if it would affect them negatively.
Claudia is the head general and strategist of the meeting, as being a veteran and right hand of Celestine.
Seated beside Prim is her cousin, Alicia. She is here as her kingdom would be used as a staging ground for the campaign.
Seated opposed to the princess of Feoh are Lulu and Mai.
Lulu and her halflings would provide the weapons and armor and war machines needed to besiege the dark tower.
Mai serves as the Seven shields envoy to the Black Dogs.
Alexia and Mika are seated beside Alicia, much to Alexia's discomfort as she was used as a barrier against the two. Mika found the arrangement amusing as he felt the princess staring at him with hate.
The mercenaries meanwhile sat beside Mai, with Vult close to her.
"I hereby declare this meeting to start." The Goddess Celestine started.
"First, I thank you everyone for coming here and I apologize for my summons without any warnings." Claudia apologized to everyone, her actions have caused many problems to everyone as they scrambled to answer the summons.
"Bah, no problem at all here. I'm actually curious what plan you cooked up, Claudia." The halfling princess waves her hand, her stature might be a child, but everyone knows she is the second oldest among everyone in the room.
"The Kuroinu will always answer the call of the Goddess, Lady Levantine. No need to apologize." the king of mercenaries said smoothly.
The others in the room remained quiet and nodded to her apology.
"Now let's begin immediately. Here, I have already made a route for the Kuroinu to follow to safely arrive at the dark tower." She then put a giant map on the table which everyone leaned to see.
" Here at the Karrok Outpost would be the starting point of the campaign. Here, the path in the desert had the least amount of danger.'' She then showed the pins attached to the map connected by a string. It ends at the dark tower.
"Hmm, I might disagree with that, my lady." the scout said as he observed the map with a critical gaze.
"Oh, then what could a scout like you offer for a better plan? Huh? " Vult's lieutenant, Hicks, smugly said as he leered at Mika before ogling the Captain beside him.
Alexia took offense to that statement. She grits her teeth in anger at the audacity of this dirty man questioning Mika. She was about to speak up, but Mika stopped her by holding and caressing her hand under the table (an act noticed by Alicia). Alexia looked at him in question, which he winked in response.
"Well, if you want to go that route, then you better prepare yourselves to die in a very slow agonizing death in a vast scorching desert, which also hides many monsters beneath them." Mika answered back at Hicks. Seeing that he had the attention of everyone, he proceeded to explain.
"The route that Lady Levantine used is the route I always use to enter the badlands. But here is the problem, that route is a desert filled with unseen predators."
"But do you have no reports of these predators in this area?" Prim asked curiously.
"Princess, that is a good question. But I already told you the answer. It is filled with unseen predators." Mika answered her with a wicked smile.
"You never saw them attack," Claudia said with a low voice. Mika was impressed by the female Knights deduction.
"Correct, I may haven't seen them, but I found multiple evidence of their existence. Piles of bones from Olga's legion of monsters are the most damning evidence but also found rancid waste from these predators. All I can gather about this monster are that they eat anything that enters the desert and that they are buried under the sand."
" Then why the hell are you not dead then,huh?. What makes you different? '' Hicks rudely exclaimed.
" Because I was alone. These predators hunt all over the desert where food is scarce."
Everyone was confused by Mika's answer until Kin voiced out his thoughts.
" So the monsters also practice cannibalism." Kin is deduced. He then continued when Mika signaled him to go on.
" If the monsters practice cannibalism, then they wouldn't hunt a lone prey where they would be exposing themselves for their own kind to kill them. If an army crosses their territory, they would treat it as a feast." He then looked at Hicks with a hint of smugness in his eyes. Hick merely snorted and crossed his arms.
"And that's why the desert is not a viable route for an army." Mika stated that.
"Hmm, that's a real problem. All routes except the desert would cause drastic casualties if we use it." Claudia murmured in worry. Everyone agreed with her. With the exception of the desert route, every single route had plenty of dangers that could lead to the campaign's failure.
"What route is least dangerous?" Vult's voice interrupted everyone's thought as he looked at the map.
Mika, sensing his emotions, pointed at the map.
"Here, north of Rarbya, a small town, is a massive swamp that leads to the badlands. The swamp had poisonous insects and predators in it, but they can be easily dealt with. Being poisoned or contracting one of the diseases of this swamp is a slow death for anyone. As long as you take care of what you eat, touch and fight, you can safely reach the dark tower."
" Hmm, it can be done. If I bring 5000 men, I would still have enough to fight the legion."Vult pondered, but Mika rejected his idea.
"You can't bring 5000 mercenaries without bringing the entire badlands on your head, Vult. Remember the badlands had scarce food, if the predators in it suddenly took notice of an army walking towards the badlands, they would surely come to feast." Mika explained.
" That's a huge possibility, Vult. These monsters practice cannibalism after all. If they somehow sense the army approaching, they would come scrambling to us in a frenzy." Kin supported Mika's statement.
"Then what do you two suggest then? I would fight the entire monster legion of Olga using minimal forces?" Vult angrily said.
"You might no longer fight Olga's legion anymore."
The room went quiet
"What do you mean by that Mi- Scout?" Celestine asked. Baffled by what Mika had said.
"This is not part of my reports because I'm still investigating this incident. For past years you may have noticed the decrease of monster raids until they suddenly stopped altogether."
It was Alicia who answered him.
"Yes, monster attacks from Olga's legion in our borders became non-existent for past years with the exception of monster attacks from the forest of Esride. There are no sightings of Olga's monster legion." her curiosity made forget she was talking to a possible halfbreed.
" That's why I started to investigate the reasons why they have stopped. Olga's legion is being hunted."
" Hunted? " Mai frowned. How could Olga's legion be hunted?
" I don't know what or who it is. All I found out is that the Monster legion have been hunted and they are being slaughtered. It became so bad, the monsters started to migrate away from the badlands"
This fact alarmed everyone.
"Where have they gone?!" Claudia demanded.
"You don't need to worry, they went away farther north. It's the main reason why I got delayed coming here. I was following the entire lycan clan as they prepared to leave. Right n-"
"What?!" The Captain screamed beside him.
"You followed an entire lycan clan?!" Alexia grabbed hold of his cloak and pulled him to her face. She asked him with gritted teeth in anger.
Mika can't talk in nervousness while sweating buckets as his captain continues.
"You promised not to find trouble and what did you just do?!" Alexia was fuming in rage. She then started shaking him as she rant about the stupidity of such action.
"That's enough Captain. I'm sure your scout had a good reason for doing such a dangerous mission." Claudia saves Mika with a hint of mirth.
A young love. She mused.
"Right, I had a good reason so don't hit me. Where was I, oh. I just found out Olga had no longer enough forces to raid the kingdoms. Last I have counted, she had only 1000 orcs on her Citadel. Mika explained with hands raised in surrender.
"This changes everything." Celestine said in a serious note.
Everyone nodded. Now they know that the Dark Queen is weakened, this is the time to attack. But they have a limited time frame before Olga could bolster her forces. The meeting continued as they immediately formed a plan to raid the Dark Citadel.
The meeting lasted until late sunset before a conclusive plan was made.
Vult and his 500 men would cross the swamps with multiple long ferries ( made by the halflings) to speed up their travel. Mika would also join them to guide and find alternative routes if something unexpected happens to their travel.
When they would enter the badlands, they would have to March non-stop to the Dark Citadel and rest for one day when they arrived. It is to allow Kin to rest and prepare his spell to penetrate the tower's defenses. After all of this is done, it would fall to Vult to succeed.
Prim would curry the nobles' support in order to pay the Black dogs handsomely if they succeed.
Their mission is to capture the Dark Queen to face punishment for her actions.
The clock has started.
Timeskip
Mika POV
"I'M SORRY" I groveled to the floor for forgiveness as Alexia stood over me in anger.
After the meeting was adjourned, Alexia and I were given two rooms for our stay in the fort. Alexia then pulled me inside of my given room and proceeded to scold me for all my etiquette misdemeanors and my past reckless actions.
She still continued to rant why I should always show respect in front of the shield princesses which I paid halt attention with. The other half of my attention was being focused on the live data currently being fed by a smuggled Haro which is monitoring Vult and his companions.
Vult POV
Outskirts Feoh
"For the Kuroinu"
I cheered as me and my Black Dog's toasted in celebration.
My band of mercenaries are currently on one of Beasley's stolen land which was cleaned up for any evidence of the now dead owners. I was glad to offer my men for the job as long as he allows us to use it as a temporary base.
Claudia and her knights have been a headache for Hicks for always stopping them from their daily activities, Booze and women. The bitch also had the gall to arrest some of my men for causing a ruckus. So what, we are mercenaries. We do what we want.
And this place is pretty good. There are no other people to interrupt us for making merry. Alicia had done a good job in massacring her own people.
I snickered at the thought if she found out she had killed innocents but the dumb bitch would never know it.
"Oi, Vult. The whores are here." Hicks called out. He came to me pulling a long chain which was connected to 20 female slaves.
"Oh, that Bishop had good taste if these are his gifts." I licked my lips looking at the nude slaves. My men had already gathered around the slaves, salivating in lust. Who am I to not give them what they want?
I stood up from my seat and addressed my loyal dogs.
" Oi, everyone. You can fuck them all you want. These are your rewards for serving me and now we have achieved our greatest achievement."
"The subjugation of the Dark Queen! "
My dogs roared in agreement as they started to converge on the slaves and started to rape them. I went back to my seat and went for another drink of ale.
"Oi, Kin. That spell you told me, would it actually work?" I ask him again for reassurance. I don't want any errors on my plan and Kin's spell is vital in accomplishing my goal.
"For the 8th time, Vult. It will work, please don't doubt my genius because it is insulting." he sniffed at me in arrogance. I hate how smug and arrogant he is. Just because you had a proper education doesn't mean you're better than us. I clenched the mug in anger to distract myself before I did something to this arrogant ass.
The only reason I have Kin in my band is that he is good at his craft and I needed that.
"Just making sure, we don't want any complications when we are in deep."
"Oi, boss. I saved you a whore." Hicks finally joined us with a whore with him. A high elf from the looks of it.
Naturally I accepted my best lieutenant's gift. I had her service me under the table as Hicks joined us in our discussions.
"So boss, the boys are asking-" Hicks whispered.
"Are we doing it?"
I smiled at him.
"Of course, the plan is going forward but we're only taking 500 men with us. Better listen to that scout than die before we could get what we want."
"Hahaha, that's the boss for you. But….." Hicks suddenly trailed off. A deep frown on his face.
"What?" I asked him.
"Remember that scout kids face?" he suddenly said after a moment of silence. I raised my eyebrow. That's a pretty random question.
"Ya, looks like a dark elf bastard. So what?" I answered. The high elf under is pretty good. I started to caress her head, my release is near.
My answer only made Hicks shake his head. I frown at that.
"Boss, you didn't look at his face closely. You and him had the same face when you're his age." he revealed to me.
"What?!" I roared in shock. I pulled the elf from my junk. I needed no distraction.
"What do you mean by that Hicks?" Kin asked curiously.
"Of course you wouldn't know Kin. You were not part of our band at the beginning so you never saw Vult in his younger years but I do. That kid is the spitting image of Vult when he started as a mercenary. The only difference is that the kid looks like a dark elf. You did bang that one dark elf did you?" Hicks then proceeded to stare at me in accusation.
" Of course I fucked that dark elf but that was a slave. They had medicine so they wouldn't get pregnant and if by some miracle my seed took root, the child would become a slave like his mother." I explained. I don't believe I had a child and even if I had a bastard I won't care about them.
" Forget about the kid. I don't care if he is my son or not. We needed him for our safety for our campaign. So don't antagonize him. " I pointed at him with a glare. I knew Hicks, he would challenge the boy for disrespecting him or some shit just to satisfy his pride.
" The question we should be asking is do we dispose of him after the plan was set or do allow him to join us." Kin interrupted us, our attention going to him.
"Hmm, your decision boss." Hicks nodded to me.
"Tsk, we dispose of him after the plan is set. He is a loose end and I don't like loose ends." I then pulled the elf back to her rightful place, sucking my dick.
"Oh, that's cold boss" Hicks snickered while Kin merely raised a brow and just went back to his spellbook.
I smiled as everyone around had fun in celebration. Today is the first step of our dreams after all. A dream of promised pleasure and power.
The fall of the Seven shields and the rise of Cuntry.
Change POV
Unknown to all the mercenaries celebrating, they are being watched by a black ball. The ball looks metallic and its color allowed it to camouflage in the dark as it watched the mercenaries commuted acts of debauchery and made merry for the night. Its ears, which it unfolded from its body, recorded and sent the data to its master as it was given the task to follow the big human. It will do its mission no matter what. The ball then rolled under the cover of darkness to gather more data for the master.
Mika POV
Good work, Haro
The data that it sent to me is very useful. Now I know that the Black dog's had a different agenda with this campaign. I just need to uncover it and survive any attempts to kill me from them.
Although that bit of me being Vult's son is pretty shocking. But just like Vult had said, I don't care who he is as long as he gets the job done, I don't care about him.
Suddenly I felt Alexia move from her position on my arm. She then moved to my sides and draped her arm over my naked torso.
How did this happen? Well Alexia got tired scolding me, the entire day's excitement took a toll on her so I tucked her in. I then joined her as I was also tired. We miss dinner but sleep is more important.
I was watching the data Haro was sending until suddenly Alexia sat up but was still asleep. My eyes then widened when she started to strip off her bikini (I had already taken off her armor platings) and went to sleep on my arm cradling her. So here we are.
I sighed. Even though my heart goes to Alice, I find myself slowly falling to the beautiful woman cuddling with me. Unlike Alice, whom I'm afraid to make a move on because of the fear of our relationship being strained, I found myself falling in love with the older woman.
Throughout the years that have gone by, Alice was my anchor in keeping me steady of my goals. Yet, I never once confided to her about my hardships. Alice already knew I was working hard for her and Sister Margaret. She always tried to comfort me from my problems yet I always find myself rejecting her and if somehow she manages to force me in her comfort, it seems not to work.
But when I'm with Alexia, I always find myself relaxing in her presence. Since the beginning of our friendship, she never once asked why I go to extreme lengths in order to get strong. She just accepted everything she knew about me. When she became the Knight Captain, she took great lengths to keep me safe and secure from expeditions albeit unnecessary. We had stopped sparring at that time but it just gave time to appreciate how much she has grown into a beautiful woman.
When I felt her love and worry for me from her scolding a while ago, I couldn't help but fall in love with her. Feeling her love at that moment, my heart skipped a beat. It's undeniable. Her love for me exceeded any emotions I have felt for all these years. I am glad. So glad that I have met this woman.
I gave her a light peck on the lips and bid her goodnight.