It was already very late when Karl was sent away. Elizabeth was supported by Bili and walked into the bedroom. She walked to the dressing room and sat down, then relaxed her tense body slightly.
Bili took off the waistband for her, took off several layers of heavy clothes, and then carefully took off the frontlet on her head.
Accessories like frontlet are nice to look at, but they are troublesome to put on and take off. Too many interlocking small chains can easily get caught in the hair.
Elizabeth herself felt nothing, but Bili felt distressed. She was reluctant to pull out even a hair as if she would have her belly disemboweled to apologize if one of Elizabeth's hairs fell out.
Elizabeth waited patiently for her to take off her hair accessories, then she put on a thin and lightweight nightgown and washed herself before climbing into bed.
The coolness of the silk sheets soothed her tiredness from the day, and Elizabeth couldn't help but roll a few times on the huge bed before lying down peacefully.
Bili looked at her with a loving smile like a mother. She waited until she finished rolling the sheets, covering her with a quilt, and then said softly: "Asius, he is here."
Elizabeth paused, stretched her head out from under the quilt, and looked at the closet in the corner. Then she glanced at Bili and asked, "Has it recurred again? How many days have it been?"
Bili looked sad and said softly: "For four days, he held back and didn't say anything. I saw that his face was not good, then I forced him to tell me."
Elizabeth nodded, no longer thinking about sleeping, and said softly: "I understand, you can go to bed now, it's okay."
Bili bowed, then left the room. There was still a look of guilt on her face as if she was blaming herself for not letting Her Highness rest well.
After Bili left, the bedroom became dark, with only the luminous stones placed in the corner emitting a faint light. Elizabeth stood up and moved the pillow from the middle to the outside of the bed, exposing one shoulder outside the quilt, and then said softly: "Asius, come out."
After a while, there was a squeaking sound of the cabinet door opening and closing from the corner, and a tall man stepped out of the cabinet. In the dim light, the man's figure was tall and lean.
He stood quietly with his back hunched over for a moment before slowly raising his feet to Elizabeth's bedside. He hunched over his back and stared at her quietly, even breathing very low.
Elizabeth looked at him on the bed, feeling a sense of grievance inexplicably, as if he was waiting for someone to coax him, but also as if he was angry with himself.
She sighed and waved gently, and the tall figure standing beside the bed immediately came over, knelt beside her bed, and bowed his head skillfully under her palm.
Elizabeth put her hand on the top of his shaved head and, stroked the big head in her palm to comfort him.
Almost instantly, Asius was like a dog being groomed, with the entire weight of his head pressed on the soft bed, allowing Elizabeth to gently and tenderly stroke the top of his head. The firm outline softens and softens visibly to the naked eye.
Elizabeth didn't look at his expression, she closed her eyelids gently, and stroked his head with her hands, occasionally squeezing the man's strong neck, as if to comfort him.
Under the soft light of the luminous stone, the gorgeous and luxurious bedroom looks like a very beautiful movie scene.
The beautiful bed curtain poured over the big bed like a water curtain. The beauty lay flat on the bed, with a beautiful and slender hand exposed outside the quilt, caressing the head of the young man beside her.
The young man knelt on his knees and pressed half of his body on the bed, enjoying the closeness of his master.
After about dozens of minutes, Elizabeth stopped her movements and put her soft wrist on Ashus' neck.
Asius listened to the small, even breathing next to him, and gently withdrew his head from her hand, pouring his enthusiastic eyes on the girl's soft cheeks. After a long while, he withdrew his eyes and lay down quietly, and then rolled his body and lay under the big bed.
The shallow breathing in his ears was a sound of heavenly music to him. Asius squinted his eyes and listened, enjoying the soft and peaceful atmosphere that could only be found when he was by Elizabeth's side.
Soon sleepiness came over him, he raised his head and kissed the bedboard gently before closing his eyes and fell asleep in peace.
Unlike the rancid and pungent smell of the slave camp, Elizabeth's bedroom had a warm fragrance that made people sleep peacefully. Encased by the warm fragrance and the even breathing of the girl on the bed, Asius didn't sleep for several days and now he Had a peaceful dream.
When he woke up again, it was about six o'clock in the morning. He opened his eyes and stared lazily at the bed above his head for a while, then looked sideways to the side of the bed. A slender arm hung down from the bed.
Asius squinted his eyes for a while, as impulse and reason were torn back and forth. He was silent for a long time, but in the end, he didn't control himself and gently moved from under the bed to the side of the slender arm.
It was still gray outside at the moment, but it was very clear inside the house. Looking at it up close, he could even see the crescent moon on her fingertips.
His throat was a little dry, and he licked his dry lips, gently approached the hand, and slowly stuck out his tongue, but just when he was about to touch it, those dirty scenes from the past suddenly flashed before his eyes. Those images attacked him like wild beasts, seeming to tear him apart.
As if his head was about to explode, Asius suddenly leaned back and crawled out from the other side of the bed with his body stiff.
He walked awkwardly to the open cabinet door, stepped in, and then turned back to close the cabinet door. Then there was the sound of the heavy wall being opened and closed.
Soon, the bedroom returned to quiet.
After a while, Elizabeth, who was lying on the bed, took back her hand that was hanging on the bed and stuffed it back into the warm quilt. She did not open her eyes, but her little finger trembled slightly under the quilt. She felt the warm breath when he was just approached.
Asius and Bili are brothers and sisters, and they have a frail mother.
As children who grew up in slave camps, their childhood was almost joyless. When they were almost five or six years old, they had to go out to find food. Fortunately, the family members had a good relationship and supported each other to survive.
But later, as the looks of the two brothers and sisters got better and better, a frail and sick mother could no longer protect them. To avoid being coveted, Asius's mother cruelly sent Asius into the Rose arena, hoping that he could gain a foothold in the arena and protect his mother and sister.
It was indeed useful at first. Asius was among the best among the young fighting slaves. With his life-threatening posture, he gained his place and protected his mother and sister. But later he seriously injured a powerful fighting slave in the arena. His mother and sister were forcibly sold into a secret prison overnight.
A place like a secret prison is not a place for people to live. Asius tried his best to save his family, but what power can a young man who has not climbed to the top of the rankings have?
But Asius never gave up, and he began to fight day and night, hoping to redeem the two of his family.
It's just that places are full of dangers every day. Before Asius could save them, Bili killed two stewards and escaped from inside.
Elizabeth still remembers the scene on the day she met Bili.
At that time, she was half-clothed and covered in mud. She was pressed tightly into the mud by the people in the secret cell. There was almost no good skin on her exposed body, which was covered with scars and there was even a large area of blue and purple on her back. One hand was broken by the man pressing her down, and it hung weakly and twisted in the muddy water.
She raised her head and looked fiercely at the men who suppressed her. She kept cursing those men who were like beasts. The blood flowing out of her mouth and nostrils was mixed with muddy water, and her bloodshot eyes stared hard. It seemed like her eyes would fall off in the next second.
Elizabeth had just traveled in the book at that time. In order not to expose her secrets in front of her father, she deliberately visited every corner of the slave camp to observe. On a muddy road, she caught her eye.
At first, Elizabeth was startled and took a few steps back in physical discomfort, but then the girl's unique protective desire for the same sex took over.
Elizabeth almost jumped out of the carriage, and when the stick was about to tear off the last fig leaf of Bili, she blocked it, using her clean cloak to block all prying eyes.
She had just traveled in this book, and she was not as rigorous about character setting as she is now. All she remembered was that Bill was a girl, a girl of the same age as her, who was being bullied. She didn't care whether her character would be ruined, she just held her tightly and knelt in the muddy water, telling those beastly men to go away.
When Bill recalled it later, she said that she held her head tightly in her arms, comforted her with trembling arms, and kept saying things like: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's okay, it's okay." There was a sob in her voice, and Bili always said that she still remembers it now.
But Elizabeth didn't remember it. She only remembered that day was Suya arrived at the scene. After handing over Bili to the manager of the slave camp, she forcefully took Elizabeth back to her castle and cleaned up Elizabeth before her father arrived.
Then Elizabeth's father came. Instead of being angry because of his daughter's gaffe in the slave camp, he asked Elizabeth very calmly what happened.
By then she had taken a shower and changed her clothes, and her mind was already clear.
She didn't have any explanation, she just threw herself into her father's arms and started crying bitterly. She was crying about her fate of being forcibly transported, she was also crying about her parents who would never see her again, and she was even crying about the hanging fate that was waiting for her in the future. The crying was genuine and pitiful.
She asked her father in a hoarse voice: "That girl was so scared just now. Mother...was my mother also so scared at that time?"
Elizabeth's eyes at that time were full of unwillingness and pain. She grabbed her father's arm tightly, and her voice was low but could stir up a storm. She said: "If someone could protect her once, would I have a mother now?"
Elizabeth, who inherited all the memories of the original owner, was deeply aware of the destructive power of these words to her father. Almost as soon as she finished speaking, the burly, powerful, and steel-like man collapsed in an instant.
He tightly held Elizabeth in his arms so that she could not see the tears on his face, but from his trembling posture, it was not difficult to see the pain in his heart at that moment.
Yes, she shamelessly took advantage of the original owner's mother being killed by a slave man and successfully protected herself.
Later, although her father did not explicitly stipulate that she could save Bili, he did not prohibit it either, he acquiesced to the matter.
So Elizabeth gave Asius her bracelet and asked him to redeem Bili and her mother. From then on, Elizabeth had the most loyal confidant in the entire estate.
But after encountering something like that, the mental state of both siblings was unstable.
Bili has a world-weary mood. Except for Elizabeth and her brother and mother, she hates all breathing people equally. Her body also has a stress response. Once someone else comes into contact with her skin, she will feel nauseated and vomit. She is also extremely protective of Elizabeth, if anyone makes any dangerous move towards Elizabeth, she will immediately draw her sword and fight.
Asius, on the other hand, found it almost difficult to fall asleep peacefully, there were always severe nightmares in his dreams. He even could not sleep peacefully holding a two-meter-long sword in his arms anywhere. Only by being next to Elizabeth and listening to her breathing would he feel safe and sleep peacefully. He regarded Elizabeth as his haven from the bottom of his heart.
Elizabeth didn't mind at all. After encountering something like that, they could still live, at least on the surface, living like a normal person. It has already made Elizabeth feels that they were very powerful, and she also feels lucky to have these two confidants.
However, Asius's feelings for her seemed to have changed a bit. Elizabeth turned over and gently held her little finger in her palm. She hesitated for a second and then decided to let it go.
Both Asius and Bili lived a very hard life. Elizabeth didn't want them to be unhappy, so just let it go.
Anyway, this era is different from modern times. Even if they get married, they can also follow her for life. At worst, he can follow her for life, until he likes other girls...