The Werewolf King's Bride

"Where?" I asked as I had just washed my face after getting up in the morning. Enjoy new adventures from empire

"To have breakfast," he replied.

"You haven\'t had breakfast yet? But you have gotten up so early…"

"I want to have breakfast with you," he said.

"You don\'t have to wait for me though. I get up late anyway, whereas you…"

"Honey, it\'s because I want to," he said firmly, cutting me off. "I have prepared pool breakfast for us. Just wear a swimsuit or bikini. I will wait there."

"Outside?" I exclaimed in surprise.

"I will be waiting," he said before walking out of the bedroom.

"A pool breakfast? I have never had it before…," I murmured.

I was still in shock while the maids brought three sets of swimsuits and two bikini sets from my closet. I had never seen them before even though I owned them. Well, I never went swimming after all. I never learned how to swim.

"What will Your Highness wear?"

"What\'s up with that bikini? It looks slightly different than the other one," I asked, pointing at the one with a bigger neckline than the other.

"Different? Is Your Highness indicating the fact that this kind of neckline will make your breasts look bigger?"

"It will?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Wow… I will wear it, then," I said.

Finally, I wore the bikini I chose. It was also my first time wearing a bikini. I never owned any before. I was oddly excited about it.

After the day we returned from the island after finding that box with a bottle, I could not return to before. Actually, I had not been myself since Mother\'s death. I could not help but wonder what if it was somehow my fault that she committed suicide. Was it because she thought I had taken her son away from her? Though Dem said it could not be true, I could not shake it out of my head.

I went to the pool. The pool at the Imperial Palace was huge. It was only private for the Imperial family members, so no one else could go there.

As I went there, Dem was already in the pool. He gave a smile at the sight of me. I took off my robe a bit hesitantly.

"Do… I look okay?" I asked.

"Why are you so hesitant? You look as beautiful and sexy as always," he replied. "Come on."

\'Is he even wearing anything?\'

I took the hand that he offered and slowly got into the water. A floating breakfast was prepared for us. Since we liked privacy, no one was there other than the two of us.

It took me only a second to realize I was wrong. There was another creature there. "What is it doing?" Dem asked.

"She, it\'s she," I clarified. "What are you doing, Sapphire? You will fall into the water if you walk so close to the edge."

"Let her. She will understand," Dem muttered.

"… Are you even wearing something?"

"I am wearing shorts," he replied.

"Ah…"

"My darling wife seems to have a dirty mind. Did you think I was naked?"

"… Well, you usually act that way…"

"Haa, you know I like to be naked while bathing," he sighed. "But you have not been in a good mood for the past few days. I can\'t think of a way to cheer you up."

"Is that why you prepared this today?" I asked.

"Yeah," he gave a nod. "I don\'t know how much I have succeeded. I just don\'t think getting naked right in the morning and doing what it will lead to will do any good to your mood at the moment."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

I did not know he was thinking about cheering me up.

"It\'s indeed surprised me," I said. "I have never had a pool breakfast before. So, I\'m quite excited."

"Is that so? I have never had pool breakfast either."

"Oh, you haven\'t?"

"I had coffee a few times, but not full breakfast," he said, shaking his head. "I heard couples do it sometimes, so I thought it would be fun. But what I don\'t understand is, why are you clinging to me like that? It\'s not like I hate it. It just looks like you are scared."

"I… I don\'t know how to swim."

"The pool isn\'t deep. The water reaches your shoulders only," he said. "Relax. Or, you won\'t be able to have fun at all."

"Uhm…"

I tried to relax a bit. In the meantime, he brought the floating tray to us. Our breakfast was more grand than usual. We had different things every morning. I did not remember a time when I had the same breakfast for two days in a row after coming here.

Having breakfast in the pool might seem fancy, but it was not comfortable. Dem suggested that we sat on the stairs of the pool which helped. Although it was not the best way to have breakfast, it was indeed fun. I enjoyed myself quite a lot.

"I\'m telling you- hot tea is the best way to start a morning."

"You are saying that because you love tea. Coffee works for me more. You are having a bowl of broccoli again?"

"Hmm… It tastes good."

"I have never seen anyone eating that much broccoli."

"What\'s wrong with it?"

"Nothing. I am just fascinated that you are not bored with it yet."

"Well, just because you have something every day doesn\'t mean you will get bored," I said and stopped for a while as a realization hit me. "… Are you… going to get bored of me?"

"What? No, of course not! Don\'t even think that way!" he said quickly. "I would never get bored of you!"

"I know. Just asking…"

"You are worrying a lot these days, my love. I understand that you are not feeling okay. But if you feel too burdened about anything, like work or thoughts, share with me," he said, touching my neck gently.

"Hm, I will. I have told you everything. I just… always feel like I am somehow related…"

"What happened surely is unexpected. But don\'t think that way. We don\'t know why Mother did that. So, don\'t pressure yourself with such thoughts when we don\'t know the truth," he said. "And you know, you took a good decision by not talking to that person anymore. He is behind everything; I am sure of it."

After a good talk with my mind, I decided not to talk to Azure anymore. I stopped going to the library. Whenever he would try to converse with me, I would just shut down the connection. I could do that now. Without my permission, no dark mage could contact me like that anymore.

Azure did not teach me how to do it. I could do it suddenly when I was tired of hearing his voice out of nowhere. After that, I could not do it whenever I wanted.

Dem was more than happy to hear the news.

"Wow, you guys are having a pool breakfast?"

"What the actual fuck?!" Dem groaned.

"Luc?"

Luc appeared out of thin air right behind us. Dem was cursing him nonstop while he just shrugged it off as usual. Luc bent over between our shoulders and took a pastry.

"Too sweet," he muttered, eating it anyway. "It must be Demetrius\'s favorite?"

"Why are you here, Luc? That\'s also so suddenly…," I asked.

"Is pool breakfast comfortable?"

"Not really. But it\'s fun," I said.

"Is that what you want to know? Then listen here, you punk, even if you take your wife to the pool of the magic tower to have breakfast, she is gonna hit you with a rock, trust me!" Dem said.

"What\'s wrong with that?" he asked.

"Dem is right. It\'s not a good idea to have breakfast there before cleaning it. You can get an odor there."

"That\'s just the magical trees. Their roots are very important."

"Well, you can just plant them in a small greenhouse or something. The smell is awful, Luc. No one can deny that. Even our Ruby, who likes to clean more than anyone else will get scared to even go near that place."

"Hmm… Can you find someone for me who can clean that place?" Luc asked.

"For fuck\'s sake, just open your eyes a bit! There is no shortage of people who will want to do it if you give them a fair amount of money," Dem said annoyedly. "Why do you have to ask Blue for every single thing? Do you know how hard she works every day? Don\'t burden her and go look for your things yourself!"

"Really? Will it be too much?" Luc asked me.

"Well, you need to do your things yourselves. But I can send someone to you this time," I said. "You will talk to them then, okay?"

"That will do."

"But why are you here? Surely not to see if we are having a pool breakfast or not?"