Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

[Nolan's POV: ]

Looking at my precious tiger with a serious look, I asked her once again.

"Prove it to me, Taika. Tell me why do you love him, how do you love him, why do you want to marry him, and the reason you are asking for my permission for this in the first place."

She knew I was serious right and there was no way I was just going to accept her as his second wife, or… let her have a taste of him in any way.

He belonged to me, and both of us sure as hell know he doesn't love her in that way.

There has been times when he expressed his affection for her in a certain way that might have made her think that he also loved her or something but that was not really the case.

Yes he liked her more than many things in this world but Love…

'I know this husband of mine better than anyone else in this world, especially his scars.'

He has not been the same, warm, loving father that he is right now in the past.

People called him (Red-eyed hunter) someone that did not have a spread of human decency when submitting his prey.

He ran wild across the hunting fields, and hated creatures that were related to the demons in any way.

His loathing for the demon kind that took away everything he had ever cared about was unparalleled.

She perhaps has an idea just how much he hated those demon bastards and had a little idea of why he was like the way he was whenever the topics related to the demons came up.

'He looked tough, and hot, but from the inside, he was a wounded young man that only had enough heart to share with this family, and his people.'

He was vulnerable to the worldly things. Society feared him. The eternal flow of time was a calming breeze to his heart burning with the experiences of the past, while his desire to protect what he possessed right now was greater than anything in this world.

He loved, he could love, but… his love was limited.

"How… do I do it though?"

"That's up to you, dear. Prove it to me that you love him unconditionally, that you would still love him even if he doesn't give you his own love, that you will be alright even if you have to suffer being in this kind of relationship with us, that you are ready to bear the weight of your Love.

Do whatever you want, say whatever you want, just prove it. Convince me… convince us."

I looked over at the two stealthy ones on one side, then at my sleeping daughter, and finally at my mother who was now watching us from the above.

"Take your time. Think about it. And when you are ready-"

"No, Nol. I am already done with all that."

"Hmm? You have an answer already?"

"I believe so…"

'You weren't supposed to have one though you damn feline bitch!'

This was unexpected, alright.

I had thought long and hard about this day and coming up with this question took a lot off things, a lot of time!

Damn even I would have difficulty figuring out a proper answer for this kind of question if I were in her shoes!

'If she was understanding my question correctly, then it means she was ready to prove her love! Which directly means she actually loved him, damn it!'

Taika was a tiger, and tigers are naturally smart creatures. They were born with high intelligence and they learn from every single thing that happens around them.

Learning the language of our kind in mere days might be easy for someone like my baby, but it was a beast who had never utter a single human phrase we were talking about here.

And still, here she was, using the empire's language as good as the nobles who train from a young age.

She was even using the word 'darling' when addressing me, something people usually only do in our hometown in the north!

Her accent was attractive, the way she was dressed made her seem free but the air around her was similar to father, or a highly experienced knight who knew the value and meaning of life and the truths that no normal human was allowed to know.

She was smart and amazing, yes, but she wasn't supposed to know the answer to my question!

Damnit!

[[ "Calm down mom. You look baffled even to us." ]]

[[ "I am calm, sweetheart. I am so damn calm moon's reflection would be visible on me clearly." ]]

[[ "…yes. Then please do as you wish." ]]

Eon must have figured out just what kind of chaos was happening inside me at the moment.

My baby should have also considered the possibility that Taika wouldn't know how to prove something that wasn't there in the first place.

'She has been a tiger her entire life, and even though she looked like a human now, she was still the same creature that had lived in mountains for decades of her life.'

She should have been confused when I asked her to prove her love for my husband.

From what I considered as the greatest possibilities for this scenario, she shouldn't even have known what the 'love' that I was talking about here actually meant…

But here she is now, a kind of bitter confidence in her eyes that only a person that understood our human love could possess, with that sweet smile on her pretty face that knew whatever she was going to say was not going to be something I was expecting.

"Taika…"

What this look meant… I knew what this look meant. And I didn't want her to have this look. Not this early at least. Not when we have just met after more than a whole damn week!

"Yes, Nol… I understand why you would ask me to prove something that could only be expressed through words, actions, feelings, and the kind of look in one's eyes that you have when looking at him."

"No, damnit. Don't make that kind of expression…"

That bitter look… she wasn't supposed to have that kind of look!

"I love him, I do, and I don't think you need any proof to prove your love.

He is amazing, you know right? Attractive, desirable, cute when we need, and cool when we don't expect…

Perhaps I wouldn't have had this kind of feeling a few days ago, but after what we went through together in that place, after all that happened, after all he did for me when I was expecting the least… it was enough, dear Nol.

I couldn't help it. I couldn't help this fall…"

Now what the hell did she mean by that?!

What the hell happened to the two of them in that damn dungeon!

"I love him, and I know he won't love me back… but that's alright. I will wait until he does.

Marriage, well I can wait for that as well… I want to marry him, but not until he loves me back. Not until he can sincerely give his entire being to me… well, you know the tiger way of doing those intimate things, right? We like it wild.

Though, not as much as the two of you. Or, with all those 'tools'. Bodies are enough.

I have decided to live a 'human life' anyway. I will be fine, hopefully."

"Taika…"

Hope is a bitch, damnit. Don't hope for something so ridiculous!

"Why are you acting like this…? Who are you? What did you do to my Taika?!"

"Haha, I'm still me Nol. Don't be like that."

"No! Taika wouldn't talk such nonsense! Waiting to love him back? Even though the day might never come? That's not how my Taika would see things!

She would undress him-"

"Nol darling…"

I didn't like this. This wasn't right! She wasn't supposed to act so calmly or in this manner!

She was a creature just until a few days ago! Damn she shouldn't even know what half the things she was saying actually meant!

"Gimme my old Taika back!"

This was supposed to be a marriage proposal! She was supposed to argue with me, shout and convince me to let her have a piece of my husband!

She was supposed to talk about how all three of us could have fun together!

She usually talked dirty things and she was supposed to do the same this time as well!

Then what is this shit?!

Why is she acting so mature and stuff!

"I'm the same person, dear. That's a fact."

She hugged me as she said that, and I could feel her heartbeat that was far faster than the ticking of the clock.

She was warm, her eyes moist. There were ears on her head, fluffy ears that I know Anna's gonna love dearly.

She also had a tail that we could use in many ways, but these sexy features changed nothing.

"No you aren't… you aren't my Taika…"

She was big and lovely the last time we saw each other but now she is tall and beautiful, a muscle mommy in the eastern sense.

She talks like mature people that understand everything. She behaves as a proper high society person should. And she even knows things that took me years to learn already!

"That would be quite difficult, Nol darling."

She said she was going to live the human way. Something I would never prefer over the tiger way…

"I chose this. I gotta see it to the end."

"No…"

Humans are despicable creatures.

They don't show their true nature, they pretend all the time, they hold themselves back, they are greedy, they even judge things based on only the little things they know.

There is nothing special about the human or the human way that she was talking about…

Then, why?

"Why are you doing this… to yourself?"

I don't understand what kind of calamity happened that changed her so much.

The evolution wasn't the reason she was like this, I know that much.

Something else definitely happened that changed her entire personality…

'I don't like this.'

She was good the way she was.

This version of her… yes it was better in all the ways, but it wasn't what made her so fun.

She was our big dumb kitty.

She wasn't supposed to be calm and understanding!