Holy Night: My Husband is Definitely a Paladin - Chapter 180
âWhy are you smiling like that?â
Felix gently pinched Reynaâs cheek as she grinned mischievously.
âI was just thinking how everything got better after we met Irene.â
âThatâs true.â
Felix readily agreed with his pairâs words.
The two, who had been holding each other for a while, began strolling hand in hand through the fortress garden. Despite the tense atmosphere within the fortress, the garden remained serene and peaceful, as always.
They chatted about what Felix had practiced that day and the kind of dungeon theyâd face tomorrow. Suddenly, Reyna seemed to remember something and asked,
âFelix, Iâm curiousâare holy knights bound to the temple for life?â
âNot exactly⌠but most do live as part of the temple until they pass away. Thatâs why people say they âleave the temple through deathâ.â
Reynaâs expression darkened at those words.
Michael, the most renowned knight in temple history, would undoubtedly be someone the temple wouldnât want to let go of.
âBut there are those who leave. When I thought about joining the temple knights because I couldnât pair with you, I found out that while a lot of people apply after hearing of Sir Michaelâs fame, fewer than half remain after just a year.â
âI thought it was hard to leave?â
âIt is, but you only officially join after three years. Before that, if you break any of the doctrines, youâre automatically discharged.â
âBreak the doctrines? Like what?â
âLike this.â
Felix leaned down and captured Reynaâs lips in a kiss.
In the beautiful garden, the young couple shared a leisurely, long-awaited kiss.
âHahâŚâ
Breathless after a while, Reyna lightly tapped Felixâs chest before pulling away.
âSo, this kind of thing gets you kicked out?â
âWhy, are you planning to have someone expelled?â
âI wish Sir Michael would leave the Holy Order.â
Felix nodded as if he understood Reynaâs wish.
âThe atmosphere between him and Irene has definitely changed recently.â
âYeah, butâŚâ
Reyna touched her slightly swollen lips and muttered.
âI feel like this kind of thing might be a bit difficult for them.â
No matter how much the atmosphere had shifted, Michael was a paladin famous for his piety. Someone like him wasnât likely to easily give in to physical desires.
âItâs going to take a long timeâŚâ
Even holding hands might not raise suspicion, but according to Irene, Michael only requested purification in private, avoiding even minimal contact in the presence of others.
If he was that mindful of othersâ gazes, how long would it take to kiss her? A thousand years?
Unaware that Michael had already crossed far beyond what she imagined, Reyna both worried for and cheered on the coupleâs future.
Theyâll figure it out.
* * *
While Reyna was entertaining these thoughts, Michael was softly stroking Ireneâs cheek as she slept.
She had been so shaken by the dayâs events that she fell asleep mid-conversation with him.
Michael carefully withdrew his hand, clenching his teeth in frustration.
The fact that a monster had targeted her was unthinkable.
Most monsters obeyed his commandsâwhether in this world, elsewhere, or even across time.
If there was a monster threatening Irene, it could only be one thing.
He thought of the gray, clay-like monster he had encountered in the dungeonâthe one that continuously followed him, trying to become him.
âCan that even be called a monster?â
No, it was something else entirelyâŚ
Michael ran his hands over his face in exasperation. Then he turned and looked toward the open door of the room opposite.
The maids had been dismissed, leaving no one else inside.
âCome out.â
Michael spoke softly toward the door.
A moment laterâ
Gurgle.
With a peculiar sound, the apricot-colored tentacle sluggishly slithered out from the open door, as if bracing itself for a scolding.
Cagalli Athha
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