Chapter 278: The Freda Kingdom (1/2)
”Wait! I did a mistake, I'm sorry.” Arthur apologized as he pushed Larza away. However, her eyes were still dazed and full of lust. She pushed Arthur's hands away and kissed him again.
'Is this heaven's retribution?' Arthur felt his head spin as their tongues intertwined. 'My plan worked, but it worked too well that it's backfiring.'
He now had to find a way out of this. Larza was already unbuttoning his shirt as they kissed. Arthur was pushed against the wall as he reached out for the handle. As his hand wrapped around it, Larza grabbed his wrist.
”Are you trying to run away?” Larza's dark-brown eyes met his as she asked softly, but he could feel an edge to her voice. It held a threatening tone. Arthur's body stiffened as he let go of the handle. ”Good,” She smiled as she kissed him again. ”Now, give yourself up to me.”
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It was the wasteland again, bones scattered everywhere. As far he could see, there was nothing. He called out for anyone but there was only emptiness that found its way to its heart. Like a void in his chest, it tried to suck everything into it.
As he wandered into the wasteland, Arthur could hear someone sobbing. He kept following the sound until a small figure, a dot far away, appeared on the horizon.
As he approached the figure, another person was lying on the ground. The one on the ground was a woman that had a cherry flower blooming from her chest.
As he got closer, he realized the one beside the woman was a little child. She was standing in front of the woman, her face contorted as she sobbed.
The child's two arms weren't there, replaced by a stream of darkness. Arthur realized the identity of the doll-like child and he tried calling out but no sound came out.
”Mommy... Mommy...” The young Ellen sobbed as the darkness kept overflowing, covering the world. Soon, the darkness covered the woman, Arthur, and the young version of Ellen as Arthur reached out to her.
”Ellen!” Arthur's hand began convulsing in front of him as the world shook. The next thing he was staring at was the ceiling of the Larza's study as his whole body began shaking.
[A part of your recovery includes the realignment of your soul to your body.]
The words appeared in front of him as his body kept shaking with his body arched backward. Arthur gritted his teeth as two hands pushed his shoulder down to stabilize him.
”Are you alright?!” Larza tried to hold down his body while wearing nothing. However, the shaking didn't stop even with her help until five minutes later.
Arthur panted as his body was covered with sweat. His eyes were blurred out by tears that he didn't know what caused them. As he moved his body, Larza looked at him with furrowed brows.
”What was that?” Larza asked as she covered her body with her clothes. Arthur suddenly remembered the events of last night and found himself naked too.
'Great, my first time having sex was by being threatened into it by a horny demi-human.' Arthur glanced at his body. There were some scratches from the few scales on her thighs. 'Well, I'm the one who drugged her. Fucking inheritance.'
Arthur looked for his clothes and found them thrown by the door. He stood up but Larza grabbed his wrist and pulled him back down.
”Are you embarrassed now?” She smiled as their lips touched again but Arthur flinched backward. ”...” She looked at him silently, clarity returning to her eyes before she pushed him away. ”Get out.”
Before Arthur could say anything, she was getting dressed. He wore his clothes and left her room. On his way toward the cottage, he heard the whispers of many servants.
When he sat on his shabby bed in the cottage, Arthur sighed. He took out the golden book from his subspace.
'Are you worth it?'
Even if he slept with Larza, nothing changed. He still needed to escape and to find Solomon. If he didn't, he would die in the past. He felt weird trying to save his past self.
As he opened the book, the words Larza helped him memorize until now appeared on the page. Of course, how many words can he learn in a little over a week?