I Became a Barbarian's Bride - Chapter 183

“Why?” She asked.

“Why?” He repeated.

Kagan tilted his head. Nisha nodded.

“You could just leave me alone. In truth… I am not a hindrance to Xieman, and I am not troubling you. Then why do you keep saying no to this and no to that….”

With her lips pressed tight, Nisha barely let her complaint spill out.

At first, she had thought it was enough that no one tried to take advantage of her ability. But this level of overprotection had gone so far that it was exhausting.

As she continued without even properly meeting his eyes, Kagan’s gaze narrowed.

“Princess. You should look at me when you say something like that.”

“……”

At his words, Nisha forced her head up and met his eyes.

Her eyes were filled with the same defiance as when they first met. But unlike then, there was no hostility in them.

When he first saw those eyes, Kagan had thought something struck deep into him.

“I do not understand why you are saying that.”

“I think there is only one reason a person worries about another. Am I wrong?”

“……Is there?”

“Yes. Because I like you.”

The words slipped lightly from Kagan’s lips.

Facing him, Nisha blinked blankly.

She tilted her head stiffly, then suddenly parted her lips wide.

Kagan stared at her quietly as her face flushed red.

“What, what are you saying…….”

“I thought about it carefully, and I think I like you, Princess.”

“So you mean, in a human sense?”

She hurriedly fanned her face with her hand as she asked. Kagan looked at her as if wondering what she meant, then shrugged.

“Well, in a human sense, there is not much I honestly find appealing.”

“……!”

At his words, Nisha jerked her head up in shock. Beneath her flustered expression, the corners of her eyes turned red.

Whether it was humiliation, embarrassment, or something else, it was hard to tell.

“You are always enduring, belittling yourself, hurting yourself, pushing yourself to the edge of a cliff, and never cherishing yourself at all…….”

With each word Kagan spoke, her face, which had been wavering, slowly drained of color until it turned pale and began to tremble.

“As for human charm…… perhaps only the fact that you are extraordinarily selfless…….”

“…….”

Since he did not stop, Nisha’s eyes began to fill with tears as she trembled.

As if struck by something immense, she wavered and gripped the seat of the rattling carriage with her palm.

“In Xieman, that is hardly considered charming.”

Thud-.

As if a stone had dropped onto her head, Nisha lowered it sharply.

Kagan watched her, then burst into a childish snicker.

“That is why I said it is not human charm.”

“I, I also…….”

Nisha trembled and glared at him.

She had intended to retort that there was nothing likable about him in a human sense, but when she thought about it, there were plenty of things.

He was bold, honest, stepped in when needed, readily offered his arm, and even had the patience to stay with her until morning.

“I, I just do not like violence……?”

The only thing she could bring up was the frightening impression from the first day.

Even so, afterward, he had treated her in a fairly humane and even gentlemanly way, so in truth, she had little to complain about now.

He was always courteous to her and clearly attentive to her comfort in daily life.

“I have never been violent with you.”

“……”

It was entirely true.

Since the first day, she had not once felt threatened.

“You are rough in bed. You…… keep going even when I say I do not like it, and you are persistent, and big…….”

Muttering under her breath, Nisha spoke while Kagan rested his chin on his hand and let out a quiet laugh.