NOVEL NEXT Chapter 95: Lia Date.
Chapter 95: Lia Date.
*Celia’s POV*
An oddity that occurred from that whole zombie event, is that Nia and Lia now sleep in the same bed as me. Which means that our mornings are spent together. Currently, we’re eating breakfast. We had also already done our entire morning routine.
Celia: “Lia, would you like to go on a date with me?” I ask with a warm tone.
Lia: “…”
This question of mine, caused Lia to choke on the food that she was eating. One of the maids helped out with the whole choking thing, and she regained her calm.
Lia: “Apologies if I’ve heard wrong, but did you just ask me out on a date?” She asked with an unsure tone.
Celia: “That’s right, I already planned out a date. Which was why I went out alone a few days ago.” I reply.
Lia: “I would love to go on a date with you!” She exclaimed.
Celia: “Please do not worry about your dress, as we will be buying you new ones today.” I say with a smile.
Lia: “New clothes? I guess that wearing your clothes, won’t be a thing that we can do forever.” She said with a giggle.
Celia: “Do you want to leave right now?” I ask.
Lia: “Sure… but won’t Nia be upset?” She asked while looking at Nia.
Nia: “I will not be, as I have already looked into the future, and know that Celia plans to take me out on a date as well. Ah, but tomorrow instead.” She replied with a shrug.
Lia: “Okay, then shall we leave right away, Celia?” She asked with an excited tone.
Celia: “Yes, I do hope that you’ll enjoy today.” I say with a warm smile.
After that, Ria tasked five maids to follow along with us. And oddly, like a parent, she gave me spending money. Didn’t I already have a shit ton of completely unspent Celestium? Whatever, I shall just accept her kindness. Though, I am decently sure that she did that just to mess with me…
Anyway, with our escort of cute maids, that only Ria and I know are actually perverts, I set off on my date with Lia. First stop, buying cute clothes! Now I know why Amelie went so crazy when she picked out clothes for me…
Lia: “Um… Celia? I think that we’ve bought enough outfits now…” She said with an embarrassed tone.
Celia: “Huh? Oh, sure, yeah, we should have enough.” I reply with a nod.
Look, I know that I bought you fifty different outfits, but can you blame me? Lia looked so good in pretty much everything that she tried on… I am sure that at this point, the owners of this shop most love my family… And I also now knew why Amelie hid the price from me. All in all, this little shopping date, cost me 87 Platinum Celestium…
Eh, I bought cute outfits for Lia to wear. Regardless of the price, I do not regret my purchases. As Lia’s eyes are a pretty color, I asked her to wear a dress that matches them for our date. As such, that is what she is wearing at the moment. That includes her shoes, and even some jewelry that I bought her as well.
They weren’t high heel shoes or anything like that, so a walk in the park, won’t cause any damage to her feet. Once we made it to the park, it wasn’t that crowded, frankly, it was just the right number of people. The magic of this park wasn’t dimmed by too many people being here, and the number was just right to somehow increase the beauty of this place.
I was worried that Lia wouldn’t like this place, but as I glanced over at her, all I saw was her bright and beautiful smile. If I am being honest, her smile was far more beautiful than this park. It could barely even compare to such a pretty smile…
Celia: “Have you never been here before? Unlike me, you’ve lived in this kingdom all your life, right?” I ask with a curious tone.
Lia: “My mother never asked it of me, but my life before meeting you, was very busy. I would hardly ever go out to play. In fact, I didn’t do so until I did meet you. So, no, I have never been to such a beautiful place before.” She answered.
Celia: “This isn’t all that this place has to show for.” I say, before grabbing her hand, and guiding her somewhere else.
This park had a beautiful stream that goes throughout the entire park. And of course, you can rent out a boat to ride along it. This was my plan for the rest of our time at the park. Luckily, the boat wasn’t rented out yet.
As I wanted this to be extra special, I bribed the boatman. Just a Platinum Celestium. The ride only cost two Silver Celestium, so this bribe was pretty substantial.
I specifically requested him to ensure that this boat ride, would be the most magical one that he ever gave. I took Lia by one of her hands, and lead her to the seats on the boat. Of course, I choose to sit on the couple’s seat. This boat didn’t have a roof over it, so you could enjoy every view that this park had to offer.
Honestly, I felt sorta jealous of this park, as Lia focused all of her time so far, just looking at the scenery. Granted, I did the same. Nearing the end of the boat ride, Lia laid her head down on my shoulder.
No words were exchanged. We just sat like the rest of the ride. It was at that exact moment, that knew that Lia was at least one of the women that I would marry.
Nia spoiled this to me already, but this realization is different. Having someone tell you that you will marry another person, is one thing. But actually having the feeling, no, the absolute need to marry that person, is on a whole other level.
After the boat ride was finished, the boatman wished us a happy life together, which was something that made Lia blush greatly. I found that reaction to be quite cute. In every way possible.
As we walked to the final destination of our date, the restaurant that I picked out, we held each other’s hands the entire way there. Nearing the place now, I felt the need to speak my mind.
Celia: “Lia, if I realized that I already loved you so much, I would have bought a ring to marry you tonight.” I say with a slightly embarrassed tone.
Lia: “I… I don’t think you realize how happy hearing you say that makes me…” She said with tears rushing down her face.
I was struck, like a stupid baby that was supposed to be cupid, just struck me with a love arrow. I asked Lia permission, which she gave, and then I held both of her hands, and kissed her. This wasn’t my first kiss in this life, it was my first kiss ever.
Such a thing was just too intoxicating to part our lips so quickly. Nor was it enough to just leave it as a peck, so it developed into a full deep kiss. As such, our kissed last for a long time. I don’t quite recall how long it even lasted… Silently, we held hands once more, and walked into the restaurant.
Rather than the topics that we talked about being related to love, we talked about various other things. On my part, this was because I couldn’t stop remembering the kiss. The feel of Lia’s lips upon my own, the taste of her mouth and tongue. All of it was far more amazing than I ever thought that it would be…
Lia: “I do wish to marry you, Celia, but we both know that we aren’t the types to settle down so soon.” She said with a warm tone.
Celia: “That is true, but I would at least like to get you and me rings. That way, whenever someone asked about my ring, I can gush about you to them.” I reply with embarrassing words, that put a blush on my face.
Lia: “Hm… Maybe you, Nia, and I, shall go shopping for some rings in the future? We don’t need to have a wedding just yet.” She proposed.
Celia: “Sure, that sounds nice.” I reply with a smile.
The food at this restaurant, well I am sure that it tasted great. But the only thing on my mind, was the taste of Lia. As such, I do not even recall the taste of the food at all…
Now back at home, I gave Lia a peck on her lips, and a hug, after I guided her back to her room. Sleeping in the same room after a date, would be leading us to do things that we aren’t quite ready for. And having Nia sleep in my room after this date, would also be a slightly bad idea.
This night was quite restless, as all I could think about was Lia. How beautiful she is, how nice it was to touch her… My thoughts were solely on her. As such, when I did finally sleep that night, I had a wet dream. I have never had such a dream before, and yet, it was all about Lia… How can I even face her in the morning!?…