"What do you mean?"
"I mean I like you."
"What kind of like?"
"The kind between a man and a woman."
"Ah?"
"...Can you react normally? I think I mentioned before, when I restore my country, I'll ask you to be my Co-Ruling Emperor, right?"
"That did happen, but wasn't that like the 'I'll take you gaming' kind of invitation?"
"Of course it wasn't that kind of invitation. First, being a Co-Ruling Emperor is a highly honorable title, not something given out casually. In the earliest Solomon Empire, the two Co-Ruling Emperors had to be incredibly close, completely unconditionally trusting war buddies; but since the establishment of hereditary succession after the Fifth Epoch, you can basically understand it as a couple."
"So...can I take this as a marriage proposal?"
"Of course not!" Thira unusually got shy and annoyed, stomping on him hard, "I'm hinting that you can propose to me! But only after I restore my country."
