Spoiler The planned first kiss 첫 키스는 계획적으로

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    We’re still back in the castle. Lydia’s heart still hasn’t calmed down when she enters the eating area, she literally drops a book seeing Marr in an apron cooking up dinner. He’s still hot looking. :blobxd: Lydia quickly picks up the book and walks to another area and ponders their “practice” kiss. She’s down as she thinks he’s helping her as a friend and how do you handle someone you like, who likes someone else. She decides that she doesn’t want to lose their friendship and current closeness so she’ll keep her feelings for him to herself. :blobcry:

    Resolving it’s a good idea to be friends, Lydia decides to act normal and they sit down to have dinner. During their salmon dinner, Lydia asks why Marr is wearing the same clothing as before as it’s no longer warm from outside and his shirt is still unbuttoned.

    Mar tells her because it’s comfortable and proceeds to ask her if this is inconvenient. Lydia is very distracted trying not to ogle looking at his exposed chest and eating dinner quickly replies ‘Oh no?! Nothing!. Unleash it all. You can take off more!” Telling herself she won’t care, they’re friends, she won’t be bothered by it. :notlikeblob:

    Which then Mar proceeds to open his entire shirt showing his abs and chest, smiles, and proceeds to eat dinner. (LMAO) :blobrofl:

    Lydia’s mind becomes chaotic, :blobdizzy: her face becomes red :blobhyperthink:, she’s trying to tell herself to not swoon :sweating_profusely:, and she’s feeling bad as she is trying to avoid looking at his, er...areas without gazing ‘black/insidious’ thoughts. :blobnosebleed:

    She quickly finishes up dinner and heads to bed trying and tells herself she must forget the entire thing happened. :blobexpressionless:

    The next morning a resolved Lydia is acting natural for breakfast which is beautifully laid out and delivered by Marr in her bedroom. Mar is wearing a shirt with sleeves rolled up showing his muscled biceps. :blobmelt: Marr mentions that it is hot these days and Lydia thinks summer must be coming so soon.

    Marr hands her a plate of amazing food and then proceeds to unbutton his shirt slightly at the collar area as Lydia starts to take bites of her breakfast. :blobrofl:

    Lydia looks at him wondering if he’s sensitive to heat so she asks “why don’t you take it all off” to a very startled Marr. :blobowoevil_horns: Thinking he’s sensitive to heat he should be more comfortable shirtless since she’s the only on there anyways and their just friends. Then Lydia proceeds to help take off his shirt! :blobrofl: Marr has gone stone stiff. Lydia realizes wow - he’s got nice wide shoulders and smooth skin and he’s big ...Marr suddenly grabs his shirt from Lydia walks to the corner and proceeds to button up completely to his neck. (LMAO...I’m dying!)

    Lydia rushes to a red-faced Mar wondering, ‘Does he have a cold?, is he getting sick?' He’s red so he MUST have a fever! :blobpats: Marr is trying to tell her he’s okay and to not get near him which makes her think he really is getting a cold so she forces a very reluctant and sputtering Marr to rest on her bed so that she can take care of him for the rest of the day. Mar gives up and lays there with an arm covering over his eyes. :facepalm:
    Lydia proceeds to head to the kitchen and get water and other things to take care of a sick Marr. Not finding what she needs she then turns toward the warehouse looking for more fruit to cut up and feed to Marr.

    There Lydia ends having an accident and ends up bumping her head as she is reaching for apples tucked in a difficult area. Checking to see if the apples have been damaged or spoiled she lifts up and the fresh smell of apples fills her senses and she has an epiphany. Lydia rushes up the castle to tell Marr.

    Lydia proceeds to tell Marr they don’t have to reveal the star flowers but what they can do is use tears to dissolve the star flowers into the fruit and that’s how she’s going to complete the 2nd task! Lydia rushes down to the flower bed to try out her idea as Marr follows. Lydia is successful with some fruit and she needs more ones that can strongly absorb the fragrance for the 2nd task.

    She asks Mar why is he having difficulty crying :blobsweat_2: as he cried a lot last time why can’t he try this time to help her with their experiment. She asks him to think of something sad like the Emperor will marry (meaning someone but Marr) to make him cry. It doesn’t work. :blobsweat_2:

    When they’re done, Marr notices something. The scents are different than before. Some melted star flowers smell the same and others smell different. Marr thoughtfully asks Lydia what she was thinking for each of the different scents. She goes through her thoughts and tells Marr there were tears when she was sad, tears when she yawned, etc.

    Marr concludes seriously the intensity of the person's emotion affects the strength and different fragrances that emerge when melting star flowers with tears.

    Lydia looks at Mar more carefully now as she observed he always turns serious or his eyes become cold when they discuss the growth and production of the star flowers to the creation of the perfume. She realizes there is something that is bothering him. She tells him this and also says that when he’s ready if he can share it with her as his friend.

    As Lydia is carrying their success of the day, she’s happy as she will pass the 2nd test and will no longer be a concubine but a florist and tells Marr this. As Marr is opening the door he poses a question to Lydia. He asks if they can stay here just the two of them in the castle and they could open a flower shop and they wouldn’t have to leave the imperial city. :aww:
    Lydia is surprised at Marr’s question. Marr tells her he wants just a life of them together. Lydia wants that and she wants to have friends around too not just them, she wants to be social. Lydia thinks Marr is too distrustful. Marr is hesitant as he’s never thought of a different life like hers. She tells him that it will be amazing that they are out of the imperial city away from politics in a place that will be filled with friends with a shop, an ordinary house that’s not cold like a castle, etc. :blobmelt:

    Seeing Marr’s hesitancy , Lydia reaches out and holds Marr’s hand and interweaves her fingers with his telling him, “'I'll always be by your side. Like this, always."

    MTL →
    At the same time, we raised our hands together. There was now one small, soft hand, and one big, hard hand. There was a moment of hesitation, but Marr did not pull out his hand and followed me as I wanted.

    L: "We, let's start again in a new place."
    Together
    M: "......yes," in a low voice, there was an answer that I really wanted to hear.
    L: "I'll never leave you alone."
    ….
    L: 'Surely, I promise.'
    M: '...yes.'
    The eyes I met contained the same smile as mine.
    :aww::aww::aww:
    We are now a Sun Castle (Imperial Palace) and Lydia has arrived carrying a covered basket and is ready to present her answer to the judging panel. Yurishina and Dahlia are there as well.

    Lydia goes first. When she arrives there is a very skeptical panel and a hostile judge who’s impatient with Lydia to just answer the question. :blobunsure:

    An irritated Lydia opens her basket to reveal her answer. At first the panel just stares at her going, ‘huh?’ and the hostile judge tells her to not waste their time. :blobangery: Lydia retorts if they have time to replace a judge which startles everyone. :blobsmirk:

    The panel then tells her that she is supposed to fill the emperor’s room with one thing and she glances at everyone, do you not open your noses and soon a shocked panel starts to smell the fragrance that is filling up the judging room.

    Suddenly the panelist start to rush around the room and are amazed from every corner of the room they can smell the amazing fragrance that is coming from the basket of fruit she has opened up. Much to Lydia’s delight she laughs watching them. Finally the hostile judge apologizes and asks forgiveness from Lydia. :blobokhand: He proceeds to tell her that her answer was excellent and he feverishly writes down an excited result on her grading sheet.

    Lydia then proceeds to a small waiting area and a Geppetto is waiting there to greet her.
    Geppetto is warm and friendly and encourages Lydia to have some refreshments and to relax as they wait for the other candidates to finish.

    (I think Lydia has already passed and all candidates who pass sit in this specific waiting area. What we don’t know is the ranking)

    Lydia starts to glance around in the current area of Sun Castle that she seems to be in. She notices it has a different atmosphere. Whereas the other area were all regal and stuffy, the area she was in seemed more relaxed, down to earth, almost play-like.

    Geppetto watching her tells her he had designed it. He proceeds to tell Lydia he wanted to design at least one place in the castle where people can relax and made exactly like the room he had created for his grandson.

    Lydia compliments Geppetto and asks him if his grandson likes the room. Geppetto turns sad and tells Lydia both his son and his son’s pregnant wife passed away. :blobsob: Lydia quickly apologies and tells him he is still amazing that he could craft such a room.

    Geppetto smiles and then they hear someone else approach, another successful candidate.

    Geppetto tells Lydia that the wanted to carve a wooden doll like his grandson and put his heart and soul into it. Lydia thinks that amazing and Geppetto is about to tell Lydia the name of the doll when they are interrupted as Yurishina approaches and calls out Lydia’s name.

    Lydia turns to Geppetto to ask again what was the name of the doll he was thinking of carving. Geppetto whispers to Lydia that he wanted to name his grandson’s doll, “Pinot”.

    Lydia thinks it's a cute name and Geppetto asks to call her by her name and then stands up to professionally greet Princess Yurishina.

    Lydia's amused :hmm: asking herself if this is a coincidence as she is getting Pinocchio vibes and wondering about the author “To the Stars” and these fairy tale references. (i.e.: Ella and her step-sisters and step-mother)

    Yurishina and Lydia talk and Yurishina reveals her answer to the 2nd task which was ‘candlelight’. Lydia reveal hers as well and both girls are giddy saying each had a really good answer. Yurishina tells Lydia her answer is the best and she’ll probably win this round which a sputtering Lydia starts to deny saying Yurishina’s is the better answer.

    Both girls are greeted by the 10th Concubine by the name of Marriott who has also passed. She quickly rushes to congratulate Yurishina and then Lydia as well for passing. :blobhug:
     
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  2. biha

    biha Mr. Callisto's soulmate

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    Aaaaaaa I'm so high.. this is sooo cute:blobsob::blobsob::blobsob::blobsob::blobsob::blobsob::blobsob:
     
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    I KNOW RIGHT!?!? I swear I can't believe how adorable and funny this novel is.
     
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    @limulimu Wahh, thank you so much for the spoilers!! <33
    I really love the fluff in this novel, it's a good refresher from all the villain novels I've been reading :blobwhistle::blobwhistle:blobmelt_thumbsblobmelt_thumbs
     
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    @limulimu thank you so much for the spoilers again! You rock!!
     
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    Awww...these chapters...

    Concubines Yurishina, Lydia, and Marriott are sitting down and talking about who made it and who did not. Apparently 7 concubines have passed the 2nd gate and will proceed to the 3rd gate. The ranking of the 2nd gate will come a few days later and what they will have to do for the final gate will come as well.

    The girls have a good time talking to each other and finally each head home to their respective castle.

    - We are now in Sun Castle in the Emperor’s Room -
    Marquez is reviewing high classified documents. Though he leaves the day-to-day running of the empire with Jamie, high-profile decisions, etc., Marquez handles himself.

    Sitting there at his desk Marquez tells himself to finish up as he says he’s not going to come back. He knows the wars are over but to maintain the peace he has to clean up and quell rebellions (Periland group - Terrains) in order to have long lasting peace.

    Originally he would never forgive anyone who rebelled against the empire and his usual response was to march out and violently quell any rebellion by cutting them down, hence this reputation as a “blood-mad” monster that destroyed kingdoms.

    But...things are different now for him. Lydia’s dreams was to live in peace and happiness and he thinks whenever she said she wanted to leave the city he was heartbroken and so he made his plan to keep her with him by making her his empress. :aww:

    Sitting there he has second thoughts about his plan. Marquez compares Lydia to a flower that if you cut them and put them in a vase no matter how beautiful they are they will eventually wither and he associates his desire for him to keep her by his side is denying her the freedom she wants. :blobmelt:

    He thinks of her offering the shocking idea of them leaving everything behind and starting anew could be a possible ‘salvation’ to him.

    MTL → (Because it’s so sweet)
    He wanted to make Lydia's dream come true. No, he wanted to be with her in her dream. He wanted to be with her in her life. He wanted to be with her forever so that she could see only good things, feel only happy, and laugh without any worries.
    If... ...even if there's nothing left of him. :blobmelt:

    He knows his usual instinct is to fast tract destruction but now that’s replaced by his thoughts of her and her happiness. He realizes that he doesn’t want her to know he’s the emperor anymore. Instead he wants to be the Mar in her eyes. He doesn’t care that people called him the ‘devil’ or ‘evil’ but Lydia would.:blobmelt:

    He even thinks of the place they will settle needs to far from battle fires, etc. since he knows she’s deathly afraid of fire. He worries that quelling rebellions would affect her if a small skirmish happened by the rebellion if he doesn’t stop them now before they settle.

    As he’s writing down official decisions, he’s never thought of the idea of doling out ‘mercy’ from his hands and in his past many have pleaded and he has never given it. It was never an action he had ever considered until now. He signs an official decree to show mercy free the current prisoners he has captured from conquered kingdoms that he usually would have beheaded.:blobparty:
    Jamie enter’s the Emperor’s room only to be startled by a sitting Marquez at the sofa. Marquez comments Jamie looks surprised as if he was caught trying to sneak something in.

    Jamie defensively denies and then proceeds to tell Marquez that Geppetto is gathering the results from the Empress’s 2nd Gate task.

    Jamie asks Marquez if he wants to review the answers and Marquez coldly tells him no. Jamie is nervous and wonders if Marquez has found the secret to Astra yet because if he has then he would have no use for Princess Yurishina and Jamie believes he would harm Yurishina, the woman he loves, once he possesses the secret to create the perfume. Jamie proceeds to talk about the current plan which is to keep Princess Yurishina in high favor with the Empress contest in order to convince her to lure the Terrains out from hiding since they revere her as a symbol of the saint. Marquez ignores that and asks about the Terrains and Jamie cringes internally. :blobsad:

    Jamie informs Marquez that the princess and him are still working to persuade the head of the Terrain family to come to Heron Empire.

    Marquez comments how little progress Jamie has made on that front. Jamie quickly informs Marquez of the plan of how they would go about capturing them once they make contact to get the secret of the Astra flowers.

    Marquez listens to Jamie’s plan and thinks this is way too cumbersome and he decides it is best for him to handle this. Marquez believes the best route is to declare war on Periland and use Yurishina as collateral. Though it would break the current peace treaty, it was Periland rebellion who provided him the excuse by starting the rebellion outright.

    He cuts off Jamie and tells him he will end the war to a confused Jamie and then Marquez drops the bomb.

    “I will give you the throne of the Emperor” :blobfearful:
    Jamie stands there frozen and is shocked at this announcement. It dawns on Jamie that Marquez is serious and Jamie is now in awe.

    Marquez then proceeds to tell Jamie once he eliminates all the Periland forces the throne is his and then he thinks names and titles don’t need much as long as he could live within Lydia’s ‘salvation’ with this decision. This is how Marquez wanted it, to maintain Lydia’s happiness and peace in the continent. :blobmelt:

    Jamie proceeds to humbly thank Marquez and switches to about the 2nd Empress gate contestant. Marquez cuts him off telling him he does not like the rumor of the Emperor favoring Yurishina which makes Jamie nervous for Yurishina’s fate. Jamie is resentful at how much Marquez does not like the princess. :blobsob:

    As they discuss the plan to move forward to keep Yurishina in the running in order to lure the Terrains, Marquez informs Jamie that once they capture them, Yurishina will probably have the same fate as them. :blobfearful:

    Horrified, Jamie believes not only will Marquez destroy Yurishina’s homeland again as well but Marquez will take care of her himself. Livid, Jamie thinks the throne of Heron is nothing to him without the woman he loves and vows to do all he can to protect her. :sweating_profusely:

    Controlling his anger, Jamie quickly switches to talk about Lydia Odette and how high her ranking is. An annoyed Marquez doesn’t like another man talking about Lydia and tells Jamie to focus on the other concubines or he’ll disappear first before Princess Yurishina. :sweating_profusely:

    Marquez then tells Jamie to proceed with the 3rd gate and he writes down the rules. Jamie looks at the 3rd gate task. It’s a riddle.
    Back at Lilly Castle, Lydia is saying good-bye to Dahlia who did not pass the 2nd gate. Dahlia reminds Lydia to call her “Ella” now and that she will send amazing glass souvenirs to her once she’s settled in the new mansion. Lydia teases Ella to make sure your glass slippers have her name on them. :blobsweat_2: Ella looks at Lydia confused for a moment and then gives Lydia a ring. It’s the Lindgren seal. Lydia wonders why she would give something so precious to her and Ella reassures her a new one will be created since her name has changed and Lydia can use her name in the future if she has difficulty like entering the library the last time.

    Both girls hug and Lydia waves goodbye to her friend. :blobhug:

    Marr appears and asks what Lydia has in her hand. She shows him the invitation and ring from Ella (aka Dahlia) to visit her in the Kingdom of Vittra where Ella will be. Lydia goes on to tell Marr how amazing it will be to visit, like seeing the glass shop etc.

    Marr frowns and tells hers you know there are a lot of things to see in Herron and that she didn’t have to go all the way to Vittra to see the same thing. :blobxd:

    Lydia is internally laughing as she can tell for some reason Marr doesn’t like Dahlia and seems to be jealous. She teases him that she’s sure that Vittra has more exciting attractions than Herron and that they could live in the Kingdom of Vittra instead of Herron.

    Suddenly Marr says “Let’s go out.” so that she can see if one is better than the other and Lydia agrees. :blobsmilehappy:
    To escape the guards that have been patrolling all the roads, Lydia has to dawn a veil herself and act as Dahlia using Dahlia’s ring to escape the city in broad daylight (LOL). Lydia can’t believe how easy it was to get through the blockage thinking she should have escaped earlier. :blobsweat_2:

    Marr joins her when she passes away from the guards.

    Looking at Marr, she asks him why he doesn’t have a ring like Dahlia. While Lydia is using it to pass the guards, Marr is using his superhuman strength to jump around and catch up with Lydia when she passes the blockade. Also she wonders why doesn’t he run away since it’s so easy for him to move around without detection.

    Suddenly she grabs Marrs arm at her side and teases it’s because he doesn’t want to break up with her which causes Marr’s cheeks to be slightly flushed. :blobowoevil:

    Lydia thinks his expression is soo cute which eggs her on to pressure Marr to tell her how much he likes her. :blobrofl:

    Marr avoids her question saying he has to get back before nightfall to avoid suspicion which makes Lydia laugh and she holds onto a flushed Marr as they head through the forest on a path to the city. :blobsmirk:

    When they emerge Lydia sees a street market of business stalls and shoppers going around talking and purchasing items from vendors.

    Marr is uncomfortable and begins to put on a veil to cover his face before entering and Lydia asks him if anyone knows his face. He tells her no but he’s hesitant because people will see his blood colored eyes.

    Lydia puts both her hands on his face and pulls him to her telling him, his eyes are beautiful like jewels. Lydia sees how handsome he is and he could conquer the world with that face. Then she quips to him, “Hyuk, what if you're so handsome that others covet it? You're mine!" :blobmelt:

    Giddy she takes a blushing Marr’s hand and drags him with her into the city. They walk side by-side holding each other’s hand as Lydia looks from stall to stall. Marr is bewildered and relieved as people who pass by and see his face, smile admiringly. :blobxd:

    They stop by a theater booth that is selling animal headbands and one Lydia likes is the bunny ears one. Lydia is about to pay for it, Marr intervenes and pays instead.

    The vendor mistaken Marr and Lydia as lovers, Lydia corrects him but the vendor tells them tonight at the end of the square is an event for lovers anyways. :blob_pompom:

    As their walk Lydia ends up putting the bunny headband on Marr’s head and admires how cute he is stroking his furry ears.:blobrofl:
     
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    biha Mr. Callisto's soulmate

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    Their cuteness is killing me. I can't. :blobnosebleed::blobnosebleed::blobnosebleed::blobnosebleed::blobnosebleed::blobnosebleed::blobnosebleed::blobnosebleed::blobnosebleed::blobnosebleed:. Thank you so muchh @limulimu :blob_pompom:
     
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    aww
    owhhh how sweet :cookie: bunny ears:blobbunny: wow 10 more episodes to know the truth of the emperor... wonder what is Lydia reaction about Marr. So I think Jamie chooses to drop the emperor title from Marr and runs with Yurishina, doesn't he? Then perhaps Marr's plan to fulfill Lydia's dream is failed because Lydia is choosen to be the empress eventually? This is only my teory... :hmm:
     
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    Warning! More hilarious cuteness overload ahead! Caution more reading could lead to more nosebleeds, sighing, and fits of giggles.

    Marr still with bunny ears on his head watches as Lydia enjoys herself at the festival. :blobbunny: The atmosphere in the city is jolly as there is a peace treaty with Periland and there are no more wars. Lydia thought it would be heavy as Herron was at war with Periland for such a long period of time.

    By now the festival is in full swing and it’s getting very crowded. Lydia overhears an argument with two men arguing about the war and discussing the Emperor’s reputation as a blood war tyrant. :blobconfused: She doesn’t agree with them cursing the Emperor and Lydia not wanting Marr to hear them, pulls him away.

    Suddenly in trying to escape, Lydia gets violently jostled and is almost knocked to the ground when Marr catches and lifts her up in his arms asking if she’s alright. :blobdizzy: Feeling silly and embarrassed that she’s clumsy, she apologizes to Marr, as he continues to carry her through the crowd. :aww:

    Finally emerging into an open space, Lydia taps Marr’s shoulder telling him it’s alright to let her down. Instead, he refuses and holds her tighter. :aww::aww: A now blushing Lydia questions why Marr won’t let down and Marr replies, “shoes”.

    “Shoes?” Lydia looks down at her feet and realizes one shoe is missing. She is wearing white knee length socks to make sure her bare feet are not showing. :blobowoevil:

    Relieved that it wasn’t something more serious, Lydia looks around for a shoe shop. In her jostling around to search for vendor, Marr continues to carry Lydia tigher not wanting her to be out of his arms even as she is protesting she must be too heavy for him. :blobmelt:

    Lydia doesn't understand what the big deal is and is wondering why he’s so overprotective because she doesn’t have shoes and then she realizes the etiquette book around showing a woman’s foot and looks at Marr and asks him, is it because of that?! :blobsleepless:

    Marr, being a gentleman, turns red and Lydia bursts into laughter. :blobpats: To her he looks so adorable blushing with bunny ears on and proceeds to tell him that it's okay because that’s just an aristocrat custom and no one knows who she really is as she is trying to convince Marr to let her down.

    Marr instead shakes his head and tells her, ’Please, master....’ which causes Lydia to ‘GAH!” embarrassed that she frantically puts her hands over his mouth to stop him from saying anything else. :blobrofl::blobrofl:

    Marr wins this round as Lydia says fine and to go ahead and continue to hug her. :blobnosebleed:
    As the two are searching for a shoe shop, Lydia notices people are stopping to stare at them, especially women who smile when they see the couple. :blobowoevil:

    Lydia gets distracted at the candy vendor and they stop by as Lydia proceeds to order some sweets. The candy lady complements how handsome Marr is and asks him if he wore the bunny ears to impress his date. :blob_grin:

    Marr doesn’t answer and Lydia encourages Marr to interact with people other than her. Marr looks at the candy lady and says :blob_blush: ‘...yes.’ which causes the candy lady to comment how hot that is and that she wished her husband would do the same. :blobrofl:

    They still haven’t found a shoe shop yet and Lydia is getting so distracted by the crowd and everyone around them. They almost end up getting a bunny rabbit because Marr thinks Lydia wants one because she complemented how cute it was. :blobsweat_2:

    It’s dusk now and still no shoe vendor to be found. Still in Marr’s arms, they're nearing the square mentioned by the headband vendor for the lover’s event. Lydia notices a row of houses on the hillside and points to Marr that she would love to live in a peaceful and cozy house like that with him. Marr stops and looks at Lydia. Lydia asks Marr if he would buy her that house? And Mar says ‘yes.’ without any hesitation. :blobmelt::blobmelt:

    Lydia smiles contently. She tells him she’s just kidding and that she sees a shoe vendor ahead but Lydia throws her around Marr’s neck and holds him tighter being happy anyways at his answer. :blobupset:

    Lydia sits down to try on a pair of shoes and Lydia notices the shoe vendor has a sweet smell around him as he lays his wares. He tells her he’s a traveler and glad to have some customers. As Lydia is picking out a new pair of shoes, Marr coldly tells the vendor the shoes are not from Heron. Lydia wonders :blobwoah: how he knows this and notices the vendor looking uncomfortable and looks at Marr and asks him what’s wrong. Marr doesn’t say anything and Lydia quickly picks a pair of shoes of which Marr pays for. Then Mar and the shoe vendor guy get into an argument of who’s going to assist Lydia putting on her shoe. Lydia can’t believe their fighting over something so trivial so she puts the shoes on herself and drags a reluctant Mar away. :blobrofl:

    They’re going to be late, so Marr picks up Lydia again and rushes her to the square for the event. :blobpats:
    The square is completely filled and everyone is looking towards the sky for the fireworks show that is soon to begin.

    Lydia glancing at the crowd suddenly realizes something. There seemed to be a lot of people wearing animal headbands and that it was predominantly men who are wearing them. Lydia notes that she didn’t recall that many men wearing them when they were walking through the festival early that day. :blobrofl::blobrofl::blobrofl: (LMAO...I’m dying...they started a trend....)

    She also notices that there are conversations of women looking over at Marr admiringly and pointing Marr to their boyfriends and admiring Marr. :blob_pout:

    A jealous Lydia thinks, hey, he’s mine! :blobangery: And throws her arms around a surprised Marr hugging him.

    Marr asks her what’s wrong and Lydia asks for them to go somewhere private as she doesn’t want people to ogle her ‘cute’ Marr anymore. :blobjoy:

    Obeying her command, Marr quickly finds tree branch located in a private area away from the crowds. They sit down with Mar protecting her by sitting on the outside to watch the start of the fireworks.

    Lydia tells Mar as they are waiting, it she had a wonderful day and Marr asks if she likes Heron better than Vittra. Lydia laughs thinking he’s still worried about that and realizes he really wants to stay in Heron as Marr feels it still a good country. She smiles and a loud popping noise interrupts Lydia's thoughts. They have a tiff again about the shoe vendor as Marr is still jealous of him.

    While more fireworks are popping in the sky, Marr looks over at Lydia and reaches out and holds her hand, they look at each other and smile, Lydia wishes that time would stop for them.
    Mar moves closer to Lydia and she leans in her head on his shoulder and then a slight voice says...

    (MTL )
    M: "I ..like you." :blobmelt:
    L: That's why it sounds so natural that it sounds a bit different. You know that it's not, but you're so happy that you understand it is sweeter and more ecstatic. But as of today, it seemed okay. I drenched in the happiness of soaking the whole body and whispered like an enchanted girl.
    L: "Yes, me too." :blobsob:
    Both hold each other’s hands sit and watch the fireworks explode overhead. :bloblove:

    …And we are almost at the halfway point through this novel. :blobhero: Thanks for staying with me as I summarize it. Just a heads up as we’re not going to see much of cuteness for a while and things begin to get more dark for everyone. :blobtired:
     
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    limueee Well-Known Member

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    Heh...accurate theory :blobwink:
     
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    limueee Well-Known Member

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    @ all. You're very welcome! :blobhug::blobhug:
     
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    biha Mr. Callisto's soulmate

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    you guys wanna know why i'm squeeling and feeling squishi squishy about their interaction? as far as their relationship had sail, lydia still being oblivious that Marr was the emperor:blobrofl::blobrofl::blobrofl::blobrofl:
    and @limulimu, i reaaalllly adore your enthusiasm for every sentence you put the emojis cuz it give me the vibe and making me love this couple mawr:blobcatblush::blobcatblush::blobcatblush::blobcatblush::blobcatblush:

    so for every effort you give us here, i would like to give you this LOVE AND THANK YOU:sushi_thankyou::blobparty::aww:
     
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    Cuteness overload!!!but the rule of novel is the sweeter we have, then the bitterness await for us:unsure: Thank you limu limu for giving us so much summary. Pardon me for being greedy and selfish, but I want to see more and can't wait for another summary:cry:
     
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    They are so cute together my heart:aww:
    Thank you very much for your spoilers. It really save us who can't mtl. Started reading this thread today:blobpats: and i can't keep wanting for more. I know its not easy to do this so thank you ones more
     
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