Henry continued sitting on the floor, and he pulled one of his wife's feet into his lap. He began to gently massage her foot through her stockings, slowly working his strong hands up the back of her calf.
"I've told you before that His Majesty sent me to Polona as a test to become the Duke of Tenetium," he quietly confirmed, immediately being met with a nod from Irene. "To get to the region from Hydrogia, you have to pass through Eastern Mountains that make the Northern Mountains of Chemois seem small, but that's only because Hydrogia sits lower, so tall mountains seem far more extreme."
"I've seen them on a map before," Irene responded.
Henry switched to the other foot that he massaged before he began speaking again.
