[Host, should I disable Conduit?]
'No, instead concentrate it on the demon army. Those mbers are just here to test the waters; there is no reason to show our full strength to them,' Ryuk ordered as he arrived outside a door, appearing large enough before it slid open.
Rumble
[Host, do you want to create an isolation do around the ship?]
The system inquired about the execution of the do to prevent any outside surveillance inside the ship, where this room existed in which a woman lay.
'Yes.'
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"Uwwahh...hic... s-sis.. waaah," a child cried out, her voice trembling as she looked towards another infant nestled in another woman's embrace. Both won carried a child, all four of them possessing white shades for hair colour.
The two small children had sapphire and golden eyes, their tears reflecting in each other's gaze as they sobbed.
"Elsa, please take care of Alia. Es is... slightly special, okay?" A woman, shrouded in shadow and obscured for reasons unknown, spoke urgently.
"Tch, just take this garbage with you," the woman with dull white hair replied, her face twisted with disdain as she saw her sister taking one of the daughters while leaving the other with her.
"Elsa, I will be back in a few years. Please, my child's life is in danger," Dalia pleaded, desperation evident in her voice as she looked at the infant in her sister embrace while intending to take the other child to safety.
"Just leave," Elsa scoffed, irritation clear in her tone as she slamd the door in her sister's face.
BAM!
"Haah... Haaa..." Es awoke with a start, her body jolting forward abruptly.
thud
But found herself colliding with sothing firm, warm yet soothing at the sa ti.
"Are you okay?"
'?!'
Hearing the words, Es's eyes widened in surprise before softening with relief.
Her mind gaining clarity that right now, she was safe, prompted her to part her lips. "...No," she whispered, her eyes gentle as she closed them, her face digging in his firm chest.
"But, You did great, Es," Ryuk said gently, holding the woman softly, his eyes slightly turned down to observe her in his embrace yet found her hair visible from the angle.
"...You already told that," she shook her head, her hands between both of their bodies while being wrapped inside his arms.
"Can you tell sothing?" Ryuk inquired, though it was definitely not the right ti, it was necessary.
"....Yes?" she replied, already completely exhausted from reaching her body's limit, yet not wanting to sleep, she kept herself wrapped around his arm while trying to forget those mories of nightmare.
"You told about your story, but never asked mine. Why?" Ryuk took a slow approach, with his final intent being to understand why Es's mother left Alia in Heindal instead of bringing both children.
It seed unnecessary, but after the revelation, he realized his presence would inevitably attract the heroines or sons of heaven one way or another—it was inevitable that he would et Alia again.
Just like today, he wanted to deal with a system while on a journey, leading him to use Drishti as a facade to also keep her in check, but everything aligned in such a way that he collided with a son of heaven.
Technically, there shouldn't have been any reason for what happened today; his intent was to deal with Demon Queen Morana, not so moron.
Though he could take it as coincidence, what about the Riantains helping out Edward?
And at that, Diana, not anyone else.
Of course, he had already sown the seed to deal with them accordingly, but they couldn't be killed.
The best he could do was to break them ntally, just like what happened to Edward, who was a special case due to his presence being indigestible for Ryuk.
A special case got a special treatnt.
"...I feared you would not answer," Es murmured, not having enough energy left to speak up loudly, also added with the soothing embrace she was in just made her remain calm.
'....' Hearing her words, it was clear to him that her intentions were rooted in the fear of creating a distance if he found her question unsuitable or not to his liking.
"I will tell you everything before this year ends. Will that be fine?" He finally felt there was no reason to hide the truth about the Selvius kingdom and him being from Heindal from Es.
Naturally, he knew that Es would have at least guessed this much, but telling her everything directly held more value.
"Okay..."
Hearing her fading tone, he looked down to see her body had fallen asleep again, causing a teasing smile to form as he said, "Sigh, and here I thought to reward you for the hard work you did."
'?!'
"R-retard?!" Es abruptly pushed her hand, eting his eyes.
[Host, did she just call you a retard =_=]
'Shut up, it was a slip of the tongue,' he silenced the inner voice inside his mind, tilted her head slightly, and used his thumb to caress her cheek. With softened eyes, he said in a hushed voice, "I am sorry for pushing you this far—um, Es?"
Though Ryuk tried to comfort her, seeing how her tongue slipped earlier and her now blank face, he felt confused, doubting if she was all right.
thump thump
'Kill ,' was the only thought reverberating in Es's mind, destroying the sanity that kept her grounded in the realization that she should act human.
And all this happened because of this man who didn't wear his mask.
"W-whhaaayyy?" Her already exhausted body caused her to inquire in frustration, feeling a huge attraction towards that man while the only thing keeping her away was her hand pushing his shoulders.
[Host, I told you to isolate your charm, your aura—]
'.....' Ryuk, seeing the effect he had observed only once in the Crawford territory inside the Devereaux family, with those won, had already isolated his aura for precaution.
Naturally, in this world, where different races existed with different standards of beauty, one's aura's charm is what decided one's attractiveness irrespective of their body tone.
The more charming one is, the more attraction others will feel.
But *Shunya* was able to isolate his soul aura, nullifying bodily charm with a handso face that could srize others but not stronger beings.
Of course, until now, it was his first ti turning off his ability to block any kind of aura leakage completely, letting whatever impact he had reveal itself.
"Why are you pushing , Es?" He grabbed her wrist, pressing his thumb into her delicate palm while massaging it, his other fingers wrapping firmly around her wrist.
'?!'
"...s..top it," she whispered, turning her eyes downward to avoid his gaze.
She bit her lip to stifle a moan, her body betraying her as he continued to play with her palm.
Each stroke sent an electric current racing down her spine, igniting a fire deep within her.
It was overwhelming, the sensation a dizzying mix of pleasure and confusion.
His touch was a spellbinding contradiction—both soothing and electrifying.
How could a simple press of his thumb send such intense tingles through her body?
Her mind spun, falling into a haze.
'...So it was indeed, huh?' As unbelievable as it seed, living with her for these few monts was enough for him to guess her sensitive areas.
And her erogenous zone was the thenar eminence—the muscular mound on the palm at the base of the thumb.
Not that Ryuk was using just her erogenous zone, his middle finger was massaging her ulnar nerve—a nerve known for soothing the mind when massaged—found on the hypothenar eminence, at the base of the thumb finger.
In conclusion, Ryuk was well aware of her weakness, and combined with her now weakened state, she was vulnerable.
[ An innocent maiden in hands of a monste—ERROR! ]
'?!'
"Es, why are you crying?" Startled by her golden eyes filling with tears, Ryuk inquired, his gaze softening as he wondered if he had overdone things.
"...l..eav..e," she murmured, biting her dewy lips, her sanity slipping. She told him to leave her alone, or else.
She didn't know what would happen here.
The room was closed, tightly shut with only her and him inside.
That face, crashing her heart—she knew she would pounce on him.
The only thing holding her rationality was the establishnt of a marriage pact between them—sothing possessed by a few special Tenebri with a higher purity bloodline.
Even her mother didn't have such a pure bloodline to establish a marriage pact with her father, making this crucial.
And the criteria to fulfill the pact required a suitable ti, another 10 months, aning when both turned 18.
"Wait, you don't need to cry." Ryuk, seeing her stance completely opposite of what he had expected, loosened his grip, consoling her, "It's fine, see?"
"H..ug ," she whispered in a soft, hardly audible tone.
'Huh?' Ryuk couldn't understand her shift from wanting him to leave to now wanting a hug.
Really, even for him, it seed hard to understand won.
swish
thud
"You want to sleep?" The mont he opened his arms, she fell against his chest, wrapping her hands around him, slowly making him lean as he realized she wanted to rest.
His hand traced her back, her scent filling his nostrils as he let her bury herself into him, hugging tightly while pressing against his chest.
"...I love you," she softly said, tightening her grip to not let him escape.
'....' Ryuk, hearing her soft tone, cald himself down and with a smile, replied, "...I see."
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