As I drew closer to her, the scent grew stronger

So this is what it feels like to be just 1 inch apart from a girl?

My head is suddenly getting lighter and my heartbeat can suddenly be heard across the room

I touched her clothes and looked out for any signs of discomfort or resistance

Still straight-faced as ever, huh?

It should be fine, right?

It’s only a little teasing

Just a little teasing

I will stop before I even take it off

I will stop...

Can I stop?

She suddenly moved her hands into the air, upwards

Her sudden movement of hands scared me

“ This will make it easier, master”

“...Ok”

Dang, it!

I can’t stop

I am losing control of my hands

The temptation is stronger than my ideals

!!!

Somebody stop me... (∩ ᗒᗩᗕ)՞

“Master. If I may, What are you planning to change me into”

....

I jumped to my bed

“God I am so embarrassed. Please get out!” I mumbled with my head against my pillow”

“As you say”

....

“Ah...”

The relief of closed doors...

Fresh air is good and all but when you live 13 years in a bubble you get accustomed to closed doors and drawn curtains

More importantly, I need to think about what I just did

I don’t why but I wanted to be close to her

To...

Hug her...

I am so going to hell! (ᗒᗩᗕ)՞

I wonder how her body would fe-

“Young master, Are you in there?” Erika called out from behind the door

Erika?...

Did she found out I harassed her daughter?!

I only held her clothes though!

It was just teasing, Erika. Just teasing!

“His majesty has appointed you to go to Liesenberg, Northern district of Northern plains”

“He has?”

“Yes. As Isabella knows the area she will escort you”

“Is that so?...”

“Yes. If you are not satisfied with her I can arrange for the royal cartographer of that area to be your guide”

“No. It’s fine...”

More like, Can I even control myself for the whole journey -_-

“Then I will prepare a carriage”

Liesenberg, huh?

The place that Isabella grew up in

(｡-_-｡; ) I can’t help but feel excited about it

But it is a harsh place though

Cold in winters ad dry as a bone in summers

It was used as a battle camp in ancient times

It is, comparatively close to the central district after all

That is why people are still living in that place

Wounded soldiers from battle took refuge in that barren land

Poured their blood into it to make it fertile then started living there

The residents are persistent at leaving the land

They say that that will be an insult to their ancestors

And I have witnessed their persistence first hand when they came to talk to my parents about the same matter

Then why did Isabella’s parents leave their hometown?

Never mind I will just start packing

~

(BARF!)

“Are you okay, master?! . We should return to the palace”

Isabella said patting my back

“N-No.This much is not- (Barf)”

We are currently in the middle of a thick forest with the sun hung in the middle of the sky

I tried to act like a man around Isabella and didn’t lay down as I usually do to avoid my motion sickness

I never really felt sick in my previous life but this body isn’t stored in a 100% germ-free habitat 24/7

“We will arrive Liesenberg by night. It will be really dangerous, master”

“Yes you are right, Isabella”

We boarded the carriage again

It is just a standard royal carriage with a normal driver specializing in desert-forest areas

Though Erika insisted on an additional carriage for security I delined

I have personally invented a short gun

It was really hard to make, even for the royal ironsmiths

The iron didn’t hold the power and quickly broke at the point where the bullets could even kill the user

So I modified it which made it less powerful to only injured a fellow

But it was a revolution from the nation which used cannons

The accuracy and A.D.S speed has increased many folds

Along with my reputation, that is

“We have arrived”

“Mnh”

Huh?

“Did I sleep?”

“Yes, master”

When I looked outside the deep marsh forest was gone

Outside the glass panels, there was nothing

Seemingly, at least

It was a barren land, not a desert

Just barren...

Not a single tree in sight let alone a drop of water

A scene straight out of a wild west movie would be a way to describe it

How do they live around here?

Some wooden houses started showing up near the horizon

The air suddenly got dry

Really dry...

“(Cough) (Cough)”

“Master, are you alright?”

“Yes, don’t worry”

Sometimes she worries too much

But I can tell that he speaks out of real concern for me not just because of her duty as a maid

Isabella worries about me like my mom

If not more

But sometimes she just hits my nerves

“Uh, Isabella I haven’t asked you before but where will we be staying?”

Probably in some mayor’s house

“In my birth house”

????????!