“Any plans of getting married?”0

“Kagh-heuk.”0

This sudden question had Eugene coughing up the mouthful of alcohol he had just been about to swallow. The eruption came without any warning, but proving that all of his previous training hadn’t been for nothing, Cyan reacted calmly and immediately leaned his chair backward to avoid the splash.1

“Kah-heuk, gahk….”0

However, Eugene couldn’t deal with the violent coughing fit with as much grace as Cyan. The strong alcohol that flowed back up from the inside of his throat stung both his nose and eyes.0

“Why would you suddenly ask me that?” Eugene protested.0

“It’s not like my question is that unwarranted,” Cyan replied, allowing his tilted-back chair to slowly fall onto all fours.0

They were currently in Cyan’s room. Eugene had taken the seat across from Cyan after the latter had invited him to share a late drink between brothers, just the two of them. So how could Eugene have expected Cyan to suddenly spring such a question onto him?0

Eugene wiped his mouth with the back of his hand as he glared at Cyan and growled, “Who told you to ask me that?”1

“W-what?” Cyan awkwardly feigned ignorance.0

“I said, who told you to ask me that?” Eugene repeated himself. “Was it the Patriarch? Lady Ancilla? Or could it perhaps have been my father…?”0

“Ahem,” Cyan cleared his throat as he looked away.0

“No… hold on. It might have been one of the others,” Eugene muttered as he narrowed his eyes.0

Glug glug glug.0

Pouring out the brown spirit once more into his empty glass, Eugene considered the possible candidates.0

In addition to the adults of the main family, who were the first to come to mind, there were far too many people who might have ordered Cyan to float the idea of marriage to Eugene.0

There was Signard, who was currently living in the forest. Although they were of different races and were born to different parents, Signard and Sienna saw each other as siblings. He could be a bit of a doting idiot when it came to matters involving Sienna, and there were several times when he had teamed up with the other elves living in the forest to put some pressure on Eugene and Sienna to advance their relationship.0

There was also Lovellian and Melkith. A few days ago, they had come to visit the Lionheart’s main family while claiming to be acting as the representatives...1