Axel’s eyes darted all over her unreal beauty. Their faces were too close; with an effort of will, he pulled himself back and asked, "So, you spent 100,000 years in the trial, but still you couldn’t find any other man whom you didn’t feel outright disgust towards?"
She snorted in annoyance, "What do you think?"
Axel hummed thoughtfully, "But now I’m concerned about another thing, you were previously just 2 years older than me, back then had the fetish to be called as Senior sister, but now you’re more than 100,000 years old, what should I call you now? Great, great, great Grandmother?"
"TYLER, YOU FUCKING BASTARD." She instantly became enraged.
But he knew how to push her buttons and diffuse her anger, he uttered in a barely audible whisper, "Cute...."
All of Sophia’s anger vanished; she asked with a stutter, "What....wha.. what did you say?"
"Uh...cough, nothing, sorry, never mind," said Axel while scratching his head.
Sophia couldn’t get angry anymore after that, but only that last word spun through her head, and nothing else.
Axel, at this moment, leaned closer to her ear. He whispered in an alluring tone, "By the way, senior sister, do you mind if I make a request?"
Her eyes opened wide at the obvious flirting gesture of his, and since she had a fetish to be called a senior sister, ever since reading a Chinese romance cultivation story, "Um....hm....yes?" she agreed, her face flushed.
She moved uncomfortably in his lap, not understanding what this bastard was trying to do. Axel showed her a mischievous smile at her sudden embarrassment, "Senior sister, could you please call this junior disciple brother of yours Axel from now on? Please don’t call me Tyler anymore."
She was a bit surprised by the request and hesitated, "But Junior brother, I..."
He leaned closer in her ear and pleaded, "Senior sister....Please....??"
Sophia couldn’t take it anymore and pushed his face backwards, and got up from his lap, "Damn it, you pervert..... how dare you behave with your senior sister??" ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel⦿fire.net
Axel only showed her a dreamy smile. She sighed in defeat, "Fine, I will call you Axel from now on, though I still don’t like it."
Her tone turned serious abruptly, "Look, you shouldn’t tease me so much, the summoning brand in my soul, it’s..."
Her expression turned ugly as she was unable to finish the sentence, something from within stopping her from speaking a single word further, and the more she tried to fight against it, a terrifying pain started to assault her soul. If it were just pain, she wouldn’t mind it, but it was also causing damage to her soul, which could be harmful in the long run, causing damage to her foundation as a Seeker.
Axel got up from the ground, placing both hands on her shoulder, he shook his head and gestured for her to stop, "I know, I understand. Don’t worry, one day, one day.....there will be no more chains..... nothing."
She nodded, her expression turning sad and bitter. She understood what he implied; they both knew how much they cared for each other, but there was always an insurmountable obstacle placed between them. Something against which both of them were helpless.
She asked this time, "Tell me about what happened in your trial. Don’t hide anything."
Unable to refute, he began from the beginning, oblivious to the time that was passing around the two of them; they were lost in each other’s gazes and embrace, uncaring of the rest of the world. By the time he finished the story of what he went through during the trial. While obviously hiding facts about his demon bloodline, as well as his grandfather.
He suddenly found himself in a tight embrace, his head resting on her chest. She said to him in a sad and deeply consoling tone, "It’s been hard on you.....Thank you for making it through. And I’m sorry for what you had to go through."
He wanted to rebuke, that what he went through was nothing compared to the hundreds of reincarnations she lived, and in every single one of them, she suffered countless major tragedies. But another part of him could not help but be lost in that loving embrace. He really had a hard time, he really did, perhaps more than the sufferings he went through; he felt lonely. There were so many times he dreamed in his mind of the impossible scenario, what if Sophia were here too?
What if both of them are together in this new world? If only she were here, and now she was indeed here, and comforting him like that. He let himself be lost, for just a moment, or maybe her charm was so great that he was unable to resist her. But he didn’t care anymore.
Sophia showed a beautiful smile, seeing him let go like that, she wiped the tears that had come to his eyes. And kept patting on his head, her eyes shone in a dangerous intensity, "That’s right, Junior brother, you’re a good boy."
But that stupid statement brought him out of his trance. Axel sighed in defeat, pulling his head back from her embrace with a heavy reluctance, "Now you’re the one teasing me."
She chuckled in amusement. While Axel added in caution, "I think we should leave for today. We should also ensure that this remains a secret. After all, you wouldn’t want this news reaching the ears of the king, right?"
She nodded and hugged him one last time and left, without saying a word more. Axel was again rendered speechless by that gesture of hers as he went back towards his own apartment, with a vast smile on his lips, because that went so much better than he expected. However, he was still weakened, as he had to use all of his strength when fighting against Sophia and was nearly killed as well.
But the fact that she finally remembered everything, and how she cuddled with him so lovingly just a moment ago, unknowingly made his smile widen further. But out of nowhere, someone asked from right beside him, "So, why are you smiling like an idiot?"