Xia Lin was a bit nervous and couldn't help but look at Karoon. Karoon gave him a reassuring look and said, "Don't be afraid. From now on, they'll also be your fathers. There's nothing to be nervous about."
Xia Lin nodded and politely introduced himself. "Uncles, hello. I'm Xia Lin. I'm seventeen years old. I'm glad... um... to become His Majesty's wife." Oh my god, it was a bit embarrassing to say the word "wife".
Karoon pinched Xia Lin's cheek and said, "I've said before that since we're now husbands, you can just call me by my name."
Xia Lin nodded and then asked Karoon expectantly, "Can I say I'm your husband from now on?" It always felt a bit awkward to say "wife".
Karoon was a bit puzzled. "Of course you can. Although you're also my wife, since you're a man, you can also be called my husband."
Xia Lin thought, "The husband - wife relationship in this world is so complicated!"
Watching Karoon and Xia Lin getting along so harmoniously, the mild - looking one of his two fathers smiled. "It's so nice. One day our son can be so gentle to someone else, right, Noren?"
The other man, with a serious expression and cold, tough features, nodded. "Now it's all right. You don't have to worry anymore."
The gentle man gently patted Noren. "As a father, you were actually worried about our son too, Noren."
The tough - looking man's face stiffened for a moment. "Aichen, don't talk nonsense. I wasn't!"
Oh well, one father was gentle and the other was an ice - cold and tsundere type. The question was, how did they raise a son who was like an anti - social big shot who always wanted to kill or exile people? Was it a genetic mutation?果然男男生子有危险 (Having two men give birth to a child is really dangerous. This phrase is translated literally here, but it might need more context - based adjustment in a real - world scenario). Stop stop stop. The wild imagination was getting out of control.
Xia Lin and Karoon sat opposite the two fathers. Aichen asked Xia Lin kindly, "I heard you met Karoon in the slave market. You look delicate and don't seem to have suffered. How did you end up as a slave?"
Xia Lin told the pre - prepared reason. Anyway, it was the background story given by the system, so strictly speaking, it wasn't a made - up story.
"My parents divorced, and I went with my father. My father was addicted to gambling. After he owed a lot of gambling debts, he sold me."
Aichen believed him. In essence, he was a simple man. He lovingly put his arm around Xia Lin. "Poor child. Don't worry. No one will dare to bully you from now on."
Where Xia Lin and Aichen couldn't see, Noren and Karoon, father and son, were having a silent eye - to - eye confrontation. "Tell your lover to let go of my darling!"
Karoon didn't give in at all. "You should control Aichen, Dad. Even if Xia Lin is a man, he can't be casually hugged in front of me."
Noren sneered. "Humph, little brat. If you have the guts, tell Aichen yourself!"
Karoon also curled his lips into a silent sneer. "I don't have the guts. If you have the guts, tell Aichen yourself! Don't be a coward and instigate me!"
Noren said, "You..."
All in all, Karoon's fathers accepted Xia Lin. On the one hand, Aichen really liked Xia Lin, and Noren neither liked nor disliked him. On the other hand, they were afraid that since their son finally liked someone, if they didn't agree, their son might be single for the rest of his life.
When they were leaving, Aichen gave Xia Lin a lot of gifts. Xia Lin followed Karoon back to the palace in a daze.