Shady

Ky smiled at that but was careful not to comment on it. It was amusing, though, that even the king noticed Ash's chilling personality. She dipped her head.

"Yes, sir." Ky nodded, finally starting to actually recover and remember how to breathe. This was okay. This was better. "I think he's got a unique perspective on life. It's ...

"Seems he's a fan of building a family outside the norm," Ky mused. Marrying a farmer. Adopting a farmer. He really wasn't particularly good at this whole having a superiority ...

"That's very sweet," Ky said genuinely. "They really are so wonderful."

"Mixed reviews," Ky said with a smile.

"Yes, sir!" Ky said, the smile a bit more genuine this time. Thinking about her new family helped put her at ease. They were so wonderful. "I think Anneliese plans ...

(haha yeahhh... I'm thinking I may let her get a minor stab to her arm bc I'm envisioning her getting flighty and being like "BUT WHAT IF THEY HURT ONE ...

(lmao little do they know...) Tadaaki was happy for the silence. Ky wasn't. It was better than focusing on her embarrassment, but she still couldn't handle it. She needed to ...

"Yes, sir," Tadaaki murmured. He was still having a hard time getting his head wrapped around all of this. He looked at Ky. She swallowed hard, finally accepting that this ...

"Yes, sir!" Ky forced a bit more of a smile, but his words made her feel even worse, if that was even possible. She probably looked so ungrateful right now. ...

"Yes, sir," Ky murmured, finally looking up, but she was still as small as her frame would possibly get. She tried to smile but couldn't get out much more than ...

(That's fair!) For the past almost hour nothing else in the entire world had existed on either of their minds aside from the fact that they were in the presence ...

(aha valid) (that's actually really admirable bc i use an obscene number of adverbs and try not to but i still do lmao) Ky tried to take a deep breath, ...

"Yes, sir," Tadaaki answered with a nod. It was so frustrating to listen to powerful men talk like this. To pretend that they cared about the little peons under them ...

"I don't envy you, sir," Tadaaki murmured. Could Ky just gallop ahead? Maybe she could find a hole to climb into to die in.