The Conquerors Path
chapter-174

"Looks delicious"

I spoke as I looked at the arrangement of foods that were placed at the table, the services here were 5 stars, the food that we had ordered had reached us within the next 15 minutes, all of them looked extremely appetizing, just its aroma was enough to make anyone hungry

"I picked it especially for you"

Scarlet spoke as she looked into my eyes and smiled, her warm eyes were just filled with love as she looked at me, I was taken back for a moment before I smiled as spoke back to her

"I see…well then I must one day have you taste my cooking too"

"You cook?"

Scarlet looked puzzled and surprised as she looked at me, well it was normal after all, I mean which powerful noble will learn to cook?, seeing the look in Scarlet's eyes I smiled mischievously as I spoke

"Well, in the past I was really curious about cooking, you see my family was never in the perfect state and I had thought that maybe by cooking for them I would get closer to them"

As I spoke my final words my face had a 'sad' and 'melancholic' smile, just my 'powerless' appearance along with my natural face was enough to sadly shake the hearts of all the women in the room, Scarlet felt like her heart was squeezing as she saw my 'vulnerable' appearance

"I see…it must have been hard for you"

Scarlet said trying to hide her true expression, seeing it I shook my head at her, as a 'bright' and 'pure' smile that blinded all the women in the room took over my face

"No I am fine now Scarlet, I learned cooking to make my family one and I was able to accomplish that goal, I don't care about any noble customs, as long as the people I love are happy, I would be happy too"

To finish it off, my face went into nostalgia, along with my bright smile was enough to smite all the women in the room, Scarlet felt like her heart beating faster as her face lit up in a red hue as she looked at my face, her heart was beating so fast that she felt some pain in it but that was not enough to take her eyes off my face

"Scarlet are you okay?"

I asked with concern as I looked at Scarlet, meanwhile, I was inwardly laughing at my victory

'Hehehe…..that's what you get for messing with my heart'

hearing me call her name Scarlet quickly broke out of her daze as she smiled and waved her, hand as she spoke

"Ye-Yeah I am fine, why don't we eat?"

Scarlet spoke trying her best to hide her embarrassment, hearing her words I nodded my head as both of us dived back into our food, like that we spent the next half an hour eating our food as we talked to each other, the calming music and song in the background was truly a relaxing environment

"That was delicious"

"I agree"

Scarlet nodded to my words, after that we stood up, I gave a punctual smile and nod to the maids before we walked out of the shop, just as we were walking out I felt a hand grasp mine, turning to my right I could see Scarlet holding my hand with a pink hue on her face, I chuckled as I intertwined my hands with her as we walked hand in hand outside

Feeling my hands intertwining with her Scarlet smiled happily as she lead me through the busy streets of Rosiana, the same thing as the past happened as we invisibly walked through the streets

"Where are we going now?"

"Shopping!"

Scarlet spoke without hesitation, I could only shake my head as I went along with her, within minutes we reached a building that sold clothes, without wasting any minute, Scarlet got hold of my hands as she rushed into the most expensive and enclosed area, as we walked by a guard was waiting outside, he too was surprised by our sudden arrival

At first, he looked at both of us suspiciously but he didn't do anything as he noticed our noble looks, though he did give Scarlet an extra look, he was also in a daze as he looked at her, Scarlet didn't give him any other words as she flashed another paper in front of him, seeing the paper the man's eyes widened as he gave way for both of us

We didn't give him a second look as we entered inside the room, though I did feel the man looking at Scarlet reverently, I shook my head inwardly at this behavior, as I had spent a lot of time with different beauties I had forgotten how beautiful Scarlet was too, her beauty was enough the daze any man but if anyone tried to lay their hands on her, well then I could only pray for those poor souls

"Did it annoy you?"

I asked as I looked at Scarlet who had a frown on her face, hearing my words her frown relaxed as she spoke

"A bit but I had gotten used to it now, it's not like I could go on killing them for looking right?, why? are you jealous?"

As she spoke the final words Scarlet gave me a mischievous smile, I wasn't fazed by it as I held her hand strongly and spoke as I looked into her eyes

"No, I wasn't jealous, I just didn't like the way he looked at you like you were just some sort of toy he could play around with, from what I know you Scarlet is a powerful and beautiful woman and I feel that you should deserve the respect for it, not to be treated as some sort of trophy"

I said with a serious expression, hearing it Scarlet went into a daze for a moment, I smiled at it

'Scarlet, how could I not know about you?;

I thought as I looked at the dazed Scarlet, playing the game I knew Scarlet's personality thoroughly, she was someone that wanted to gain recognition for who she is, she doesn't want to be treated as some trophy woman, she truly wanted to be recognized for whom she is and how would she feel when the person she loves thinks like her?, well I didn't have to wait for long to feel the answer

+50,000 affection

'Damn, look at that'

"Scarlet?"

I called out for her, hearing me call her she quickly broke out of her daze, she didn't even look at me as she showed me her back as she walked in front of me, I could only laugh at her cute action but it was a good thing that I wasn't able to see her face and if I did, I would have run out of here at that moment

Because right now Scarlet face was completely red, while her eyes were moving around erratically, she was taking deep breaths to control herself, she even used her mana to calm her mind but in the end, she could only bite her lips to control her emotions

'Calm down Scarlet, calm down, you can't bring out your desires now, I just have to wait but I reallllyyyyyyyyy want to kidnap him and make him mine, ahhh his smile I just don't want anyone else seeing it'

'I just have to wait, I will get my chance!'

Scarlet spoke as a determined light flashed through her eyes, meanwhile I was just smiling as I followed behind Scarlet, not knowing the danger that I was following, this time I had truly messed up again