NOVPUB'Does she really have no self-awareness? Or does she really trust me that much?' Eren thought, resting his head on the pillow.
Even though Trisa knew him to some extent and thought of him as her son-in-law, she was still sharing the same bed with him. Even if she was confident that she could protect herself, it still felt a little surreal for Eren.
'My so-called father-in-law,' Eren mused silently, addressing the absent man in his head, 'I have no ulterior motives for your wife. You really can't blame me for sharing a bed with her.'
Eren felt it was morally wrong for him to be in this bed, and he had often tried to avoid such situations. Despite that, he frequently ended up in messes like this, through no fault of his own.
In fact, he had even left the Ice Maiden Palace partly to get away from Trisa. But his luck was so bad that he still ended up in bed with her, barely any distance between them.
'No matter how bad I might seem, even I'm not so morally bankrupt as to have ulterior motives in this situation. So you can sleep in peace, my dear mother-in-law.'
He reached out and gently moved a strand of hair that had fallen across Trisa's face, tucking it behind her ear.
'Though I must say,' he continued thinking, 'Lysander was quite lucky to have someone like Trisa. She is not only beautiful but also extremely strong. It's like he found the ultimate sugar mommy.'
Trisa had already fallen asleep, but her body subconsciously reacted, her brows twitching slightly when Eren's fingers brushed her forehead as he moved the hair back.
'I haven't even done anything, yet I still felt like a villain.' He sighed, and turned his face. Instead of looking at Trisha's face, he looked at the ceiling and was lost in thoughts.
Even though he had no ulterior motives, he was still a man. He didn't want to gaze at her, worried that he might actually fall to her charms, giving himself a sleepless night.
He tried to close his eyes and sleep, but his mind was in a mess and he couldn't find any peace. He wanted to go out to catch a breath of fresh air, but the shackles didn't even allow him to do that.
There was something strange about these chains that made it impossible for him to free himself. It was as if the chains hadn't just tied themselves to his physical body, but also to his aura and soul.
The only way to free himself forcefully, was to break the chains. It was something that he could still achieve, but there was no point in doing that since it would wake Trisa who would only scold him more for destroying a treasure like this.
There was only more way for him to free himself. And that was to use the key. He had seen Trisa keep the key in her storage ring, but the ring wasn't on her finger anymore.
'Did she expect me to steal her ring to take the key? Isn't she a little too cautious about the wrong things?' With his free hands, Eren rubbed his forehead.
He opened his eyes again, and looked back at Trisa. The ring wasn't on her fingers, but he was sure that it was still on her. The storage ring that she used was an extremely high tier storage ring, and couldn't be kept in any separate space.
'Where exactly did you hide that ring?' He had been with Trisa through this time, but even he didn't see when she took off the ring. The only thing he knew was that she did that after they entered the room.
"Could it be under the bed?" He thought of the most viable possibility. Even though Trisa said that he wasn't allowed to be away from her, but he couldn't bear this torture, especially since her warm breathing kept brushing against her neck, torturing him even more.
He moved closer to Trisa, and used his free hands to find the key. He first searched under her pillow without disturbing her much, but the key wasn't there.
It made him even more certain that the key was under the bed on Trisa's side. He tried to reach out his free hand, but he couldn't reach the edge of the bed.
He took a deep breath, and steeled his mind. He moved even closer to Trisa, getting on top of her while keeping a few inches of distance between them.
With that, he was able to get his reach to the edge of the bed.
While he was on top of Trisa, he kept thinking the same thing, 'Please don't wake up, for god's sake! If you do, I won't know how to explain this situation.'
His fingers moved under the mattress, and he searched under the mattress. The more he reached out his hand, the closer his body came to Trisa, to the point that her lips were touching his cheeks.
It was a problem in itself for Eren, especially since the woman could wake up anytime if he created any more disturbance. An even bigger problem was that he couldn't find the key, even under the mattress.
At least, as far as his fingers could reach, there was no key. If he wanted to search even deeper, then it was impossible to not wake up Trisa.
'If the key isn't under the bed, then where exactly did she hide it?' Eren thought while retracting his hand.
He moved his face back, not realizing that the mark of Trisa's lipstick was still left on his cheeks.
With his arms around Trisa, he gazed at her face, wondering where exactly she could hide the storage ring which had the key.
"If it's not under the bed, or the pillow, then it can only be on her. But she doesn't even have any pockets." Eren scratched the back of his head, supporting his body's weight with a single hand.
"The only other possibility is... No way, I can't search through her clothes. She would fcking kill me! It looks like I can only give up."
He gave up, and prepared to get back to his original position. But before he could move even an inch, an option screen materialized before him.
