Chapter 24: Skill point

Baam!

Ha Joon Kim slammed the paper on the bed before standing up, still naked with his butt exposed.

"Welp, I'm done. And you didn't ev answer my question." He said, walking towards the mirror, his butt cheeks moving with each stride.

"You're done? With everything?" Artoria asked, a bit of surprise on her face, mainly because her gaze was fixed on Ha Joon's fine ass.

"Well yeah, I've se what I need to focus on, and so forth. The total asset in the kingdom is currtly 4 billion eres. With army equipmt taking the largest part, of 400 million eres, and domestic trade 00 million, which is all wrong." replied Ha Joon.

"Yeah, the Knights' well -being comes first." Artoria replied, her eyes not leaving Ha Joon's crouch.

"See that's where you're wrong. I understand the need to focus on the Kingdom's strgth, but if the economic situation is crashing, ev if your knights are 0 fold, it won't matter." Ha Joon moved closer to her.

He placed his hand on the bed, and leaned forward, his nose only a hair's lgth away.

Artoria's face instantly turned red as she began to look away, keeping her composure.

"Tell me, wh was the last time you took a look at your kingdom's state of affairs? How do your people trade? The number of commoners suffering from corrupt nobles." He kept throwing questions at her.

But Artoria was unable to answer a single one, her head was going into overdrive.

She was only able to maintain herself because Ha Joon was far away, so it was easy for her to divert her eyes. Now that he's so close to her, naked, and she could smell him, she was so flushed she didn't know how to react.

His body looked so manly, his muscles molded clearly under his skin. His red eyes so dashing it could make ev the prettiest maid fall.

"Artoria?" Ha Joon moved closer, wondering why she wasn't speaking.

Her eyes turned dizzy and she fell to the bed, breathing heavily while gripping the bed and closing her eyes.

"Wow now, hey are you okay?!" Ha Joon positioned himself on top of her.

Artoria gtly oped her eyes, her cheeks still beat red. She looked to the side with a forfeiting stare, as she spoke -

"I can't take it if you stand too close to me like this."

"Stand to... oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." Ha Joon stepped away, one step after the other.

"Oh I was just thinking about something." He gtly touched her hand.

Artoria flinched a bit, her face beet red once again.

'Wha...wha...whaa, what is he doing?!!!' She screamed internally.

"You've be cooped up inside this castle for so long, you need to step out every once in a while, don't you agree?" Ha Joon pulled closer.

The momt Artoria looked at him directly in the eye, it felt like something inside her snap.

She began nodding her head to everything he was saying, like a robot. But her stubborn nature didn't let her gaze soft.

"I knew you'd understand what I'm saying. You're so smart. So why don't we go on a date? You can use this opportunity to show me a Camelot." Ha Joon said with a smile, looking ev X more attractive to Artoria.

Once again, she nodded her head.

"Very good." Ha Joon's face was beaming with joy, "Why don't you go get ready, and we'll start our date tomorrow morning".

"Yeah, okay." Artoria replied with a robotic voice before standing up and walking out of the room.

As soon as she was outside, Artoria rested her back on the wall, her face ev redder as she slowly fell to her knee.

She gripped her chest, and punched the floor as she gave out a weird grin, filled with a mix of fluster and stubbiness.

"Keep it together Artoria, you're not weak".

Meanwhile...

The momt she was gone, Ha Joon's cool boy art shattered and he began to break down.

"Ahh what the hell?! She didn't say a single word! She just sat there and stared at me like I'm some kind of maniac who can't pull bitches but still tries anyway!" He rolled frantically on the bed, "She wasn't ev the slightest bit into me! Dammit it!".

He stopped, looking at the mirror before him, "Blonde girls are always so hard to deal with, ev with my charm skill, i couldn't get to her".

He sighed.

"I think...I miss Merlin".