[In The Basic Courtship Mode, the host will receive rewards for successfully strengthening the bond between himself and his future wives through affectionate actions.]
[Examples include: Spending quality time with your wives, giving thoughtful gifts to them, sharing emotional moments with them, engaging in physical intimacy with them (hugging, holding hands, kissing), comforting them during sadness, and fulfilling small personal wishes as well.]
[Each Successful level up could result in you being rewarded with Life Skills, Unique Skills, Attribute points, Title Unlocks, Combat Techniques, Romantic items, Wedding Items, and many more.]
[A new mode will be activated once the host has successfully married any of his future wives.]
Seeing the words displayed in front of him, Austin was awestruck by what he had just read, and he couldn't help but smile at what he was seeing right now.
In a way, he was slowly beginning to like this system.
Even the little doubt he'd had concerning the system began to vanish slowly, and now, he was more certain that as long as he made his wives happy, he would definitely become stronger.
Austin's grin widened even more as he contemplated on what to do now.
He stroked his smooth chin as he pondered over what he should do to make his wife so happy she would always want to remember the first day she met her future husband.
'Well, I could try to…' Austin began to formulate a plan in his mind, but while he was doing so, Sue stepped out of his room while holding the tray containing their empty bowls.
Then she noticed him and called out.
"Austin? Why are you standing out here?"
"Mmm? Oh, no reason. I was just thinking about something, that's all."
"About what?"
"About my wife, of course."
"Oh, is there anything I can help you with?" Sue walked closer to him as she asked him that.
Austin noticed her eagerness to help, and so he smiled and nodded in response. "Yes, there is. I need you to do something for me."
"What is it? Just say the word."
Hearing this, his smile grew wider as he leaned closer to his aunt's ear and whispered what he wanted to her.
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After some time, Austin could be seen walking on the path leading to a garden in his pavilion.
It didn't take him more than a few minutes to notice the beautiful lady standing on a bridge that was curved over a fish pond.
Lina's pointy ears stood out the most, but her silver hair was unlike anything he had ever seen before.
She was wearing a sky-blue chima skirt under a white long-sleeved upper garment, which complemented both her blue eyes and her milky-white skin, respectively.
From a distance, Austin could see that Lina was completely lost in her thoughts as she stared aimlessly while feeding the fish in front of her, completely oblivious to the young man who was approaching her.
But by the time he got to the bridge, Lina had finally noticed his presence, and she turned to her side to see a young man holding a tray in his hand.
From the way he was dressed, she guessed that the young man was probably one of the retainers of the fourth prince.
"Good morning, my lady."
"Good morning. Where is…" Lina replied, but she noticed that there was no one accompanying the young man. However, before she could ask where Sue was, Austin swiftly gave her a response.
"I'm sorry, my lady, the head maid won't be joining you today because she had other matters to attend to, so she asked me to bring this to you." He gestured towards the tray he was holding.
"Oh", A look of sadness appeared on Lina's face as she turned her gaze back to the pond.
'It's sad to hear that Aunt Sue will be unable to see me today.' Lina thought to herself as she continued to feed the fish.
'I was really looking forward to spending more time with her this morning because I couldn't wait to learn more about my future husband's embarrassing moments and experiences while he was still a baby.'
'Aunt Sue told me many stories about him and I loved them all, but the one I enjoyed the most was about the time His Highness was still three years old.'
'I heard that in order to avoid his bath time, he hid naked in the palace laundry basket.'
'His mom and the maids were only able to find him thanks to his tiny little toes which had been sticking out of the pile of royal robes.'
Lina could already imagine the scene in her head so vividly, it almost felt like she had been there herself, and her lips widened into a smile when she imagined the three-year-old fourth prince running around the palace with his cute tiny butt jiggling behind him.
Her smile deepened even more, and she unconsciously released a quiet giggle before realizing that she wasn't the only one in the garden right now.
Lina's eyes widened in remembrance, but she was too ashamed to see if the other person had noticed her giggling to herself.
Wouldn't he think she was strange for giggling weirdly to herself?
Due to this, Lina tried to avoid making eye contact with him, but she was almost certain that he must have heard her weird giggle just now.
Of course, Austin had noticed her cute giggle, but he could also see how worried she was about him having heard it, so he tried to draw her attention towards something else.
"Oh my, the koi fish look beautiful today, don't they, my lady?" He asked, which distracted Lina as she turned back to look at the fish as well.