Ah, this.

What's it like to be proposed to right after arriving in the Otherworld?

Aske was stunned upon hearing this, only to hear Eleanor continue:

"I am your knight, and I swore to protect you for life, but your level is still only Lv.20, right? Now the Magic Tide's limit has reached Lv.40, and there will be many high-level enemies outside... I'm worried about your safety. If you marry me, I can better use my power and strength to protect you."

"And, Aske, tell me: do you like me?" The Knight Girl held Aske's hand and pressed it against her chest, her expression sincere and determined, "If you don't have the slightest bit of affection for me, then let's just pretend I never mentioned the proposal just now."

Aske: ..................

"Ahem." A certain subtle feeling welled up, and he could only say honestly, "I can't say 'not even a bit,' but we just reunited, wouldn't it be too fast to skip the dating phase and jump straight to marriage..."

"Okay!" Eleanor completely ignored his latter half of the sentence, beaming brightly, "Then let's have our wedding next week at the Aachen Great Palace!"

Aske: ???

Only then did he finally realize: from meeting up till now, Eleanor first showed surprise to dissolve the awkwardness of not seeing each other for years, then took his hand for a walk, casually brought up the subject of being pressured into marriage, and finally naturally proposed herself...

This series of actions was so natural that it wasn't until now that he realized: the current Knight Girl is not the slightly immature Knight Girl he left behind.

She is a mature, powerful woman who has been in a high position for years, lacking neither skills nor experience, even able to skillfully take the initiative.

Just as Aske thought this, his wrist was suddenly tugged by Eleanor.

He was pulled into her embrace.

Perhaps finding this too bold, the Empire's First Sword Bearer twirled lightly, reversing into Aske's embrace, then captured his lips with her warm, soft ones.

Her blue eyes were filled with love, making Aske feel dizzy, and as he was left breathless from the kiss, Eleanor gently separated from him, then pressed her face against his chest, hugging his waist and whispering:

"I've waited for you for so long, I don't want to wait anymore."

"Marry me."

.........

In summary, a man cannot say no.

Especially when a blonde beauty with blue eyes, slender waist, long legs, and high status is devoted and sworn to marry you, if you still say no... it can only be explained as not liking women.

When they returned to the castle, Aske could only bid farewell to Mao Zhongwei and the others, as Eleanor, eager as if reunited after a long separation, couldn't wait any longer—she planned to first take Aske away, whereas these others were planned to be sent to Aachen through other routes.

"Did you settle it?" As Eleanor talked with that Viscount Graff, the other three hurried over to ask in a low voice.

Comrade Mao Zhongwei's face showed inquiry and uncertainty, Academician Shao Qiangang had an expression of being gratified by the youngsters, while Comrade Yu Ziwen from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wore a faint sorrow of 'Indeed, there's no room for my skills here.'

"To be precise, I've been settled." Aske said helplessly, "Sorry, the harem we talked about earlier probably won't happen."

Mao Zhongwei and the others widened their eyes: ???

Wait, we wanted you to settle her, not let her settle you!

If you're settled by her, what about the other girls?! Especially Miss Nora from Italy...

"The wedding is next week, at the Aachen Great Palace." Aske said wistfully, "Anyway, I somehow agreed, maybe because I truly like her too..."

"What about the other girls!" Mao Zhongwei almost cried. After working for more than twenty years, he'd never encountered such a political mission of helping someone build a harem, and this person is actually quite a traditional man.

"Here's the thing, let me tell you." So Yu Ziwen pulled him aside, gently advising, "Although I'm married, I understand you young folk who haven't married yet. Sometimes there's an uncontrollable urge. But, you know, sometimes you shouldn't rush into decisions in life. You can completely consider other girls first, right?"

"But I'm already wholeheartedly committed to Eleanor." Aske said.

"Your wholeheartedness doesn't stop you from seeing other girls." Yu Ziwen continued to persuade, "As for the matters of love between men and women, Mr. Gu Hongming once had a brilliant analogy: men are like teapots, women are like teacups, there's no teapot that only matches one teacup, is there?"

"Even if, stepping back, you only choose one teacup, shouldn't it be the best and the one that suits you the most? Marriage is a lifelong big deal, you must choose carefully!"

"What you say makes sense, Comrade Yu Ziwen." Aske nodded and said, "But I've already promised her, I definitely can't go back on it now, no need to mention it again."

Aske adopted a decisive attitude, the three were left looking at each other, unable to do anything with a bitter smile forming inside.

After all, this guy is not within the system, can't be pulled down with the charge of 'messing around with relationships'... no, it should be 'not messing around with relationships'... Wait, does the system encourage young cadres to 'mess around with relationships'?

Thinking like this, the three got a little mentally twisted, after all, everyone is a serious cadre growing up in the new era, with reliable conduct. It can only be said that the times are so strange that what should be a complete blemish, they are painstakingly persuading the other to self-taint...

But think of the organization's needs behind them, the expectations of everyone, the mission of the era, and the heavy weight on their shoulders, they resolved once more.

Personal interests should step back for collective interests! Back in those days, those predecessors with important missions, those working underground for entry into the enemy's ranks, to gain trust, their self-taint truly had no bottom line: playing lackey, bullying innocent people, torturing revolution comrades... What didn't they do? Their hearts bled when they took action!

Compared to the humiliation they endured, the organization just wants you to build a harem, what's the big deal? Did they ask you to bleed?

Of course, Aske isn't within the system, even with their prepared mindset, they couldn't force him to accept such a concept.

So they could only reluctantly accept reality, pretending to bless Aske and Eleanor's marriage, secretly coming to a consensus:

No matter what, they can't let this conservative young comrade be bound to the Holy Solomon Empire!

Of course, not letting him be bound here doesn't mean stopping his marriage to Eleanor or ruining their relationship, since making good relations with the Divine Luo Empire is also beneficial for Earth.

It just comes down to a sense of proportion. Like in the last century, the White Elephant Country navigated between the two major camps of East and West, benefiting all around, thriving—thanks to the so-called 'balance'.

It's not about not getting close here, but if the relationship here gets too close, you should immediately develop relations with the opposite side, achieving the effect of multiple goodwill lines progressing simultaneously, that's the path of balance.

If this young comrade doesn't understand, then we'll just have to give him a hand!

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