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hongsebaoshi:
His words were actually, well, reasonable. But her heart couldnāt quite react the way she wanted it to so her cheeks remained terribly red and her sleeves hid her face almost completly, while she tried to come up with something, anything, to say.
āI-I see.ā While his reason was valid, she wast still embarassed to be in his presence like that and memories of a previous experience where the King had been even more exposed than this floated into her brain, causing her to feel even more flustered. Now unsure of what to say at this point, the princess simply turned around and sat down near the entrance of the cave, focusing her gaze on the storm outside.Ā āI-I-Itās best if you stay there, s-s-so the cold air from outside doesnāt reach you, S-Sinbad-sama. I-Iāll stay h-here.ā
Sinbad had averted one crisis but the princessās reaction posed a new problem.
āIf I allowed you to do that, princess, I would be a very awful king. Thereās no way I would let my precious guest to stand out in the cold after we both got caught in the rain.ā
Even though he made this into a societal argument, he couldnāt allow it either as a man. Still, even if she went further into the cave with him to avoid the cold wind, there was a the issue of how would they keep warm after getting their clothes wet from the rain.











