After everything ended in Arena, everyone took separate carriages to their home. We decided that we will discuss everything tomorrow at our home.
"Why we both riding in same carriage, isn't a duchess supposed to get a carriage herself?"
"You don't want to ride together with me?" (Esther)
"No, I didn't mean like that" It feels weird being in a women's body and sitting with a guy who is technically my husband.
I looked outside and saw people are celebrating. "Why everyone celebrating?"
"Well, this is the main part. After eradicating monsters, people celebrate by decorating entire city and opening shops for entire night. To represent that people are safe from monsters and basically this festival will go on till all three competition ends" (Esther)
I never got to visit festivals in my past life. Only seen fireworks through window and played games all night. well, I didn't have any friends to visits those kinds of things.
"Do you want to visit with me" (Esther asked hesitantly)
Is he asking me for a festival date? I never even had a date with a girl and now a man inviting me. hitting my head on door. "Ah, we are not welcomed by common people and after today's issue. I am sure that Enigma kingdom people hate us to death"
"I have masks for our face and besides this is nighttime" (Esther)
I should have come up with a better reason. Alright, I will just tag along.
After that we both wore mask covering our eyes and walked into the crowd.
Esther grabbed her hand.
"Now what?"
"We don't want to get separated in crowd. That's why"(Esther)
Seriously? This guy!!!!! We just walked together. I saw a shop. "What's that"
Esther looked at it. "That one is target hitting game. You can get 1 minute for one silver coin. you should hit the moving targets. Each target will have random numbers behind it and the corresponding prize for it. Those number will change each time a person plays the game. They will give you bow and arrows" (Esther)
"That sounds fun. I am going to try it" Isagi went to the shop.
She is damn gorgeous today. Thanks to the mask for covering my face from blushing. (Esther)
"Do you have any experience in bows?" (Esther)
Smirks. I played so many shooting games, this much should be a piece of cake. "Watch how I nail it"
1 minute later.
"I will kill you if you laugh"
"Of course, I won't. PFFFT" (Esther). Isagi punching his shoulders. "I didn't expect you to be this bad. You didn't even hit one."
"Well, that's because this guy must be scamming customer's by giving these malfunctioned bow"
"What? No!! Mam, please don't give bad reviews Infront of people"
"Alright, we will take one more turn" (Esther)
"What, you going to try?"
"I'll help you hitting them" grabbing her and putting his hands over Her's and gently shooting the targets
Wait wait wait. What's happening!!!!! please tell me I am in some dream. I should have been careful. This guy just used this opportunity. Well technically from his point of view, he is flirting with his wife but from my point of view, it is wrong in many ways.
"You two so many prizes, Congratulations. I will give you couple discount"
"My Buttler will collect the prizes" (Esther)
After that we walked together holding hands.
"Isagi, I am very happy now. Seeing you like this and this also new to me. Spending a night with my wife and playing game with her. Above all this, Christe got a mother who loves him" (Esther)
Isagi had guilty expression. "Why? Why you two love me so much. What is the reason. Is it just because I changed recently. Is that why you love me?"
"What are you saying? You saved Christe when my first wife Yvonne disappeared mysteriously. I still can't overcome that tragedy when she was accused my entire world. That all happened four years ago. I tried searching her all over the world. That was when I was told to marry you. Although I didn't object it because I thought you might fill the void in his heart. I ignored you as you ignored me. The maid's said you hit him one time. That night I had an argument you remember. You were so stubborn to give me the reason for hitting him. Later that night, I saw you crying alone on garden, cursing yourself for hitting him. That was when I started to notice you, want to know more about you. You speak to yourself sometimes. Always sad and lonely. It felt like you were hiding something or trying to hide from something? I soon felt like, just because my first wife disappeared doesn't mean I can ignore the person I married now. Yes, it was a tragedy, but I don't want another tragedy to happen with you. I thought even though you don't love me, I at least wanted to provide you a life you desire. But my thoughts about you being a cold person shattered one day. That day when I was suffering from fever, I was just closing my eyes trying to sleep. You came into my room and sat near me in bed thinking that I am sleeping. you checked on my fever. That was when you said "I wish I born into some other family, free from everything. Free from this burden. You know, I was very happy when you came to marry me. I never hated Christe, I wanted to be a good mother to him. I wanted a family that love me. But my situation is different, I don't think I can love you yet. May be one day, if everything is over, I wanted all three of us to live in some countryside, doing farming, spending every night chatting about the day. That's the kind of life I want." How could I not love you after you said that? It hurt, when you avoided me even more after that day. I tried to provoke you every day. To feel you out. To bring out your true feelings. You were the one who confessed your feelings to me first and now you are asking me the reason why I love you" (Esther)
Tears started streaming from Isagi eyes. I...I took away someone's dream. I took away her life and opportunity to live with her loved one. To spend time with him. To have their first date. To be a good mother. I took everything from her. I don't know what happened to her. What life she lived before meeting Esther. What was the reason she couldn't express her love to him. There are so many questions inside me, and I can't ask any more to Esther. Why? Why I got reincarnated into this body? She had dream of living happily with her family.
"Hey, don't cry now. I don't know what problem you are going through and you don't need to tell me if it's difficult to tell. I was just happy that today you were having fun, and I wish that to happen every day. If you like festivals, then I will host them every day in our Phrova kingdom much better than this. If you like to live somewhere away from people, then I will take you to some remote village and live as a normal person you wished. Christe won't mind it, you know" (Esther)
Fireworks started.
"It's pretty. see there" (Esther)
Isagi seeing him.
I don't know what kind of face you are making now. I wish we didn't wear masks today. I wanted to see your face when you speak about her. I said I am doing everything to protect the people that loves me. I wonder whether I said that or touching her heart did you made me say that....Isagi?