Chapter 574 Appeasing (1)
Chapter 574 Appeasing (1)
In the end, I would just let them decide over the next period of time since it was best to let them think it over. After all, those that were forced onto the battlefield would always have hesitation and hesitation would lead to death.
Not to mention, I didn't want to put any pressure on them to come since I agreed with the priest that we shouldn't force anyone to come.
I was their lord, so I could at least protect my territory and my people without having to rely on forced conscription.
So that was where I had left things for the day.
After all, there was an even harder battle that was waiting for me at home.
When I arrived, the servants all looked at me with awkward looks before turning to ignore me.
Seeing them act this way, I didn't get angry at all.
Rather, the moment that I saw them act this way, I knew what was happening here.
It seemed that Rose was still angry, so she had given the order for the servants to ignore me when I arrived.
This at least told me that she was still angry and I would have to do my best to appease her.
So without caring about the servants, I went right up to Rose's room.
I knew that she would be there since there was no sign of dinner being prepared.
It seemed that she had even been planning on letting me starve the entire time.
I knew that she was in a very bad mood if she was even planning on withholding food.
When I arrived in Rose's room, I saw that all of the girls were gathered there in the room.
The moment that I came in, they suddenly stopped talking and turned to look at me.
With the tea and cookies in front of them, it seemed like they were having a leisurely chatting time. However, I knew that this was impossible since they would most certainly still be angry with me.
So the first thing that I did after entering the room was fall to my knees and bring my head down.
There was no hesitation in my body as I went into a sliding dogeza in front of them.
I knew that the only way to show how sorry I was was to be as sincere as I could and there was no better way to do this than with a sliding dogeza.
It was so sudden that all of the girls didn't even know how to react at first.
But then they looked at me with expressionless looks on their faces, as if they still hadn't decided how they would react to this.
The only thing that I could do was keep my head on the ground and wait.
Finally, Rose spoke to me, "What are you doing?"
I didn't dare look up as I said, "I know I was being selfish and I apologize for that."
There was only silence that followed and when I looked up sheepishly, I could see that they were still looking at me with expressionless looks on their faces.
I had nothing to go on, so the only thing that I could do was keep my head down and wait.
Finally, there was a voice that came from above me.
It was Rose who said, "Then what do you plan on doing to make up for it?"
I was caught off guard when I heard her say this, but then I could see the special look in her eyes.
There was a part of me that gave a bitter laugh when I saw this, but there was also a part of me that couldn't help feeling a bit excited.
I made sure that the others all had similar looks before raising my head and said, "Can I show you what I'll do to make it up?"
Rose looked at me with narrowed eyes after hearing this, but she still gave a nod in the end.
I walked over to where Rose was sitting and came up behind her.
Seeing me do this, she looked at me with a confused look. However, I just turned her head back forward and said, "Just relax and leave everything to me."
I brought my hands up to her shoulder and then I started to squeeze.
The moment that she felt me squeezing her like this, Rose wasn't able to control herself as she suddenly gave a yelp.
The others all looked at me with gazes filled with suspicion, but Rose was the one that defended me as she said, "It's fine, I was just surprised by it."
I had stopped since they had glared at me, but Rose said, "I didn't say to stop."
I revealed a faint smile before I continued massaging her shoulders for her again.
This was the technique that I had learned from my parents.
Whenever my mother had been angry about something, my father had always gone to massage her shoulders. It would never take long before they became lovey dovey again and did things that they shouldn't have done in front of their child.
This shoulder massage wasn't the only technique that I had learned from my father.
After the shoulder massage worked, he would always go with a different technique…one that was inappropriate to show children.
That was how unafraid to show affection my parents had been, but that seemed to help me now.
My hands came down from Rose's shoulder and it went to her back.
As they were placed on her back, I started giving her a back massage as well.
It didn't take long before she let out a moan of pleasure from this.
Hearing this, I knew that it was time for the next step.
My hands went from Rose's back to her front and then in one swift move, I grabbed what was there.