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[drawnbythesword]

[Filtered to Cheria | 50% unhackable]

Cheria, umm... I was wondering if you'd like to join me for dinner tonight.

[Filtered to Pascal, Sophie, Richard, and Isamu | 40% unhackable]

Could you guys give me some help? I really want to make tonight special for Cheria and I. [You should be happy, Richard! He's finally doing something!]

[/Filter]

[And now that those are out of the way, he takes care to propose one last question, this one publicly.]

What are things you usually do for people you care about? I mean... to show them that you really care about them? I guess I'm not really that good at expressing that, so... I'd really appreciate some help. Thanks.

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[healedbythelight]

[Cheria's just about to question the motives of this dinner when the following public query appears in the journal. Once she's processed that one, she becomes a bit flustered. Could it be...?]

O-of course, Asbel! I'd love to! [...] Where are we... I mean, are we having dinner in the house?

[Filtered]

[drawnbythesword]

Yeah. I was thinking just a quiet dinner at home for the two of us would work. ...Is that okay? [It's exactly what you think it is, Cheria.]

[Filtered]

[healedbythelight]

[The two of them having a quiet dinner... That's definitely something to look forward to, but there's just one problem.]

... What about the others?

[Filtered]

[drawnbythesword]

I've already got something figured out for them.

[You're in for a treat, Cheria.]

[Filtered]

[healedbythelight]

A-All right! [She's assuming this means Asbel will have sent the others out of the house so they can't somehow interrupt. He did say it would be a quiet dinner with just the two of them.]

Then... I'm looking forward to it!

[Filtered]

[drawnbythesword]

Alright, thanks. I'll see you tonight then, Cheria.

[Being Cheria must be suffering.]

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[healedbythelight]

Yes, I'll see you tonight!

[Asbel will have plenty of time to orchestrate everything in peace, as Cheria will be holed up in her room for a few hours while she frets over what to wear.]

[Filtered]

[drawnbythesword]

[Asbel heaves a sigh as he closes his journal. Geez, and he thought being the Lord of Lhant was difficult. Doing what he just did was way more difficult than anything he's tackled as the Lord.

And yet his mother expected him to be able to do that with random women he'd never even met before? Crazy!]