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As the hall doors slowly closed, Asher's last glimmer of hope was also shut away. What to do... waiting online, it's urgent! Feeling the increasingly terrifying pressure from behind him, Asher secretly and anxiously calculated what would be the best course of action. Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Merlin, who was holding his staff and trying to sneak away. Asher immediately went up and patted Merlin's shoulder, saying with a smile, "Merlin, where are you going?" If he hadn't said anything, he would have almost forgotten.
Looking at Merlin, wasn't he clearly feeling guilty and preparing to run away?
Merlin stopped in his tracks, looked deeply at Asher, and slowly said, "King Arthur, I have more important things to do."
"What just happened involves you, doesn't it?" Asher asked succinctly.
"King Arthur, you mustn't accuse someone out of nowhere!" Merlin gently tapped the ground with his staff.
"I was merely watching the show with schadenfreude the entire time. I didn't do anything at all." Schadenfreude...
Asher's lips twitched slightly, his eyes still full of doubt as he looked at Merlin. Besides Merlin, it seemed no one else could have manipulated him in that situation, right?
It couldn't possibly be Odin, could it? No, no, impossible no matter how you think about it. That god seemed quite proper, completely different from this frivolous fellow in front of him. And Odin had no reason to do this.
"I really didn't do this!" Merlin said again, indignantly.
Merlin was indeed very innocent. Although he usually acted frivolously, and perhaps, possibly, might cause a little suspicion, this time it really wasn't him.
"What were you two mumbling about just now?" Skadi, having walked up to Asher at some point, asked. Her eyes were calm, but also seemed to flicker with a hint of unease. From the moment she walked up, she hadn't looked at Asher once, keeping her gaze lowered. Asher, who had been full of suppressed frustration and didn't know how to vent it, looked at the goddess beside him, his mouth slightly opening, but then he closed it again.
Looking at Merlin, could it be that it really wasn't him who did it? No, the problem now wasn't who the culprit was, but how best to explain what just happened?
Thinking this, Asher secretly glanced at the few people quietly watching him from the other side. They were still sitting at the round table, completely motionless. But just their presence created an invisible pressure.
Compared to worrying about being frozen into an ice sculpture by Skadi after explaining, Asher perhaps needed to worry more about being pinned to the round table and chopped up like a fish on a cutting board.
"I'm asking you a question again? Why are you suddenly silent?" Skadi's voice came again, pulling Asher back to reality.
"Nothing, just asking Merlin a trivial little thing," Asher shook his head gently, then hesitated, and cautiously asked, "By the way, you just now..." He wanted to ask what Skadi was thinking when she answered just now.
Was it really her own inner thoughts? If so, that would be too strange; his charm shouldn't be that great.
"Oh, you mean the proposal," Skadi seemed to realize something, then said with a slightly embarrassed smile, "I just accidentally agreed..."
"What do you mean 'accidentally'...?"
"Well, um..." Skadi pressed a finger to her lips, tilted her head slightly in thought, then lightly patted Asher. "You should know." Asher: "???" What do I know?!
"Are your idle talks finished?" Just as Asher was about to continue asking, a voice from behind suddenly interrupted him. It was Morgan le Fay. She had finally lost her patience after seeing the three of them chatting endlessly. She stood up and looked at Asher with a smile.
Asher's body trembled slightly. A strong sense of crisis spread through his heart. He instinctively turned to look at Merlin. As long as Merlin was still here, maybe he could shift the blame directly to him... However, before Asher could speak, he heard Morgan continue, "Merlin, you should have other matters to attend to, shouldn't you?" Merlin immediately nodded, then waved at Asher with a smug smile: "Then I'll be going, Arthur."
"Ah... don't worry, don't worry, I'll come find you later," Merlin said, gently patting Asher's shoulder, "After all, I still have something to ask of you." Asher was startled, "You have something to ask of me...?"
"Yes, something very important." Merlin nodded solemnly, then hummed a tune and walked away.
"Very important indeed..." Asher looked at Merlin's retreating back, a thoughtful expression on his face.
Then, feeling the shadow gradually enveloping him from behind, Asher's expression turned grave. He looked at Morgan and Artoria, then at Scathach and Uathach, and said seriously: "I'm sorry, I've never seen Merlin's expression so solemn before. It seems what he asked of me is quite important, and I must attend to it now." With that, Asher turned to walk towards the main entrance, but Artoria immediately reached out and grabbed the back of his collar.
"Wait a moment." Asher stopped helplessly, then stiffly turned his head like a robot. "Is there something you need, Lily?" Asher himself felt he had asked a completely pointless question.
"You've decided, haven't you?" Artoria stared into Asher's eyes. "About the Queen."
"Why ask such a question? Ash has already proposed, hasn't he? After all, Miss Skadi is a goddess!" Uathach said with a smile. "And she looks so much like Mother, it's perfectly normal for Ash to be moved." Asher's back was unconsciously covered in cold sweat. Calm down, if I explain well, they'll definitely understand... Asher constantly tried to reassure himself.
On the other side, Uathach was about to continue speaking, but Scathach raised her hand and touched her daughter's head, softly saying, "Calm down." Seeing Uathach close her small mouth, Asher's heart filled with joy.
Indeed, Shishou was still very rational! Asher felt hope, as if he had seen the light. He had just looked up at Scathach when, in the next second, he saw his Shishou smile faintly at him and say, "Congratulations. When are you planning to get married? I'll prepare your gift in advance."
"..." Asher's expression gradually stiffened.
"What's wrong? Do you have anything else to say, Ash?"
Morgan asked with a smile. "It's fine, say whatever you want to say." It sounded like he was giving his last words. Asher muttered inwardly, feeling the gazes directed at him. Finally, he sighed and confessed everything that had happened earlier.
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