Chapter 78 - Cancer

Inside the luxurious mansion, the situation here was started to become better. The two pushed themselves into seated positions and Arisu seemed ready to spit the reason for this matter.

"Now, lady Arisu, can you tell me why are you doing this?" He asked her in a deep tone, then slowly leaned his back against the thin near to him.

He could now breathe freely since the thing that kept bothering him from the start vanished in an instant. In his mind, he doesn't want to commit a mistake that sure would break Yui's heart. Moreover, he admitted Arisu was a beautiful woman, but for him, it wasn't enough to make him in love.

At first, of course, Arisu was embarrassed to face him after what she have done to him. However, it can be helped she have to explain herself so that Riku could understand why she was doing this.

"I-It's because of my father." She stuttered before adding. "I'm certainly not gonna do this if he didn't order me."

His eyes were as he was hearing these words, didn't expect Arisu's father could make so much request for his daughter. Aside from that, who's the father would ask her daughter to have sex with another man. "Huh?! King Luke really said that! Don't offend with this, but what's wrong with your father?! He must be the one who'll protect you first!" His voice raised a bit.

Arisu was blinking her eyes in surprise, didn't expect he was going to act in that way. Furthermore, her face suddenly blushed as she thought Riku was really worried about her. She can't stop herself from smiling before saying. "I can't do anything about it, Riku. Also, this is the only thing I can do to make him happy and that gives him a grandchild."

He couldn't blame her since based on the novels he read, the people in the old age were fixing their marriage even that was against their will. Yet, by observing the people in their village, he could easily that they weren't like them.

He raised his shoulders, wanting to hear some from Arisu. "Could you elaborate on the situation for me? So that I can't misunderstand something." He replied in a serious tone, still mad from King Luke's decision for his daughter.

She nodded her head without hesitation, then moved her position closer to Riku as she was felt comfortable when she was sitting next to this man. "M-My father, I have disease right now. No healing magic and heal potion could cure him, although they could lessen the pain he's experiencing right now, still, it isn't enough to perfectly heal the illness. He knows that he's going to die so he said to me that he wanted to see his grandchild before he loses that chance."

His eyes were softened after hearing the current situation of King Luke, understanding what he wanted that as Akio already asked him the same thing.

'Riku, before I die, I want to see you, child, okay?' It was the exact words he recalled from his father.

Moreover, he remembered the image of Arisu's father. His skin color, the color of his nails, and his face, it was the sign of a person who had cancer.

In his mind, people who have cancer could easily treat in his world, aside from the cancers that had no treatment which was the pancreatic, mesothelioma, gallbladder, esophageal, liver and intrahepatic bile duct, lung and bronchial, pleural, acute monocytic leukemia, brain cancer, and acute myeloid leukemia. He was hoping that King Luke's illness wasn't one of that.

Even though he had no basis to think about, for no good reason, he slowly patted her head as he pities about her current situation. "You can overcome this problem, lady Arisu."

And all of a sudden, tears welled up from her eyes since this was the first time that there was someone who pay attention to her feelings. Or to be exact, knowing that she was the King's daughter, the villagers and the people around her thought that she was a tough woman.

"Thank you, Arisu, so please let me do this even you don't love me that's fine. The only thing that I want is to have a baby especially if that's come from you. Because there's a high chance my baby would inherit the transformation magic that you have." She was so desperate to do this, but Riku understand the pressure she was experiencing right now.

"Calm down, Arisu, we can fix this thing without doing that." He didn't notice that he just called by her first name.

She hugged him tightly, then lifted her head a little bit while looking at him with her meaningful eyes. Yes! It was the face of the person who was stuck and didn't know what was the best thing to do.

"H-How? All the mages had a high healing ability to do what they could, still, the result was the same. I'm not saying here that you could give any help for my father, b-but..." She stopped as she was started to get emotional.

"Can I see him? If that's not the worst cancer there's a chance that I could cure him by using medical herbs that are effective." He jumped to the conclusion that her father had a cancer even though he was not sure about that.

"Cancer? What's that? A special technique? That only a person who possessed by transformation magic could use?" She asked him in a clueless tone, on top of that, it was the first time she could hear that kind of word.

Now realized the reason why Arisu was persistent in doing sex with him. Why? She can do that with other people since there were a lot of handsome men in this village. Aside from that, he is just an ordinary man who owns nothing.

"I can give easily a baby whenever I want. But the case here that is permanent once it has done you'll never forget it, Arisu. Also, I know you're still not ready for this, I noticed it when the time I kissed you." He said in a deep tone, eventually laid on the smooth bed, knowing Arisu wouldn't stop. "Arisu, if were you, let's sleep and let me see your father after our expedition tomorrow. Remember, our main priority right is to create land mines to protect our village."

She had a disappointed expression on her face as she saw Riku was refusing to do the request. At the same time, she was happy since this man was respecting him.

"RIKUUU!"

She also lay on the surface, wanting to stay with this man until the night ends. She was looking at the ceiling, happy to open a conversation with this man. "You know, Riku, if other men ask about this, I think, they'll not hesitate to do that."

"I know it right. You must give your virginity to the person you love, I understand that you're just doing this because of your father, but you'll be happier if you listen to my advice." He said nonchalantly, noticing Arisu started to calm down.

"You're right, Riku. But promise me that you'll help my father with this illness. He's the only one who I have I can't afford to lose him." She was sincere to say these words.

"I promise that I'll help him, but first let me see his condition to know if it not worst." He replied and slowly closed his eyes, tired of all the occurrences that happened to him. Aside from that, he have to get back to the Assima forest to collect the material he needed from the land mines.

"Thank you for everything, Riku. It's a big blessing that you have come to this village even you have bad experiences. I really appreciate that!" She replied, then moved closer where she could feel the mild heat.

For the first time, Arisu was sleeping with a man that he had never been experienced before. Yes! She admitted that this was a nice feeling and she wished that would happen again with this man.

"Let's sleep, Arisu, if you want to hug me do it right now before my mind change." He was doing this to help Arisu lessen the heavy feelings inside her chest.

She moved her face closer to him along with an excited expression on her face. "Really, Riku?! I can do that? Sorry about this but I'm happy to sleep with you."

"Yes, Arisu, you can do that. Honestly, all my problems are washing away every time you're doing that." For some reason, he spits what was the exact feeling he was experiencing right now.

She was so happy to hear that, then hugged him without hesitation. "Let's sleep, Riku, don't leave me here yet. I want you to stay here. I love y-" She paused for a couple of second as Riku also hugged her.

"I'll stay here until the night ends, if this thing only thing could help you."