Chapter 105 - Confrontation (2/2)

”Alright, enough.” She felt her heart clenching when Sokka gave her a disbelieving expression, yet, she continued, finally deciding to speak her mind out.

”I...” And yet, it was way harder than it sounded within her mind. She wished to proclaim how she wanted to move on from her past. How she wished to enjoy Nik's companionship without anything holding her back.

But, she failed to figure out how she should actually speak those stuff.

Move on? How? Forget the memory of her mother dying with chest ripped open right in front of her eyes?

How could she possibly move on?

Her spiralling thoughts quickly grew into a chaotic twister that wished to devour her entirely while never letting go of her past guilt and anguish.

”I think, that nothing I say will change your mind.” Nik broke the silence with a smile as a threatening, yet, sweet scent exploded out of his body, finally, his scent even started affecting his own partners and Sokka, too.

As the group grew dizzy, they once again witnessed how sad Nik seemed while smiling.

”Sleep.”

And they slumped on the ground, his skill affecting their mind greatly, except for Virya.

”What's with this strange scent... it's the first for me...”

She muttered curiously. Though her eyes were already half-lidded, she seemed genuinely intrigued, her question made Nik smile a bit before he took Virya's chin between his thumb and index finger.

”I planned and planned for a perfect ending. Where we all can be happy. But... I finally understand the hypocrisy of that delusion.”

Before giving Virya any time, he leaned forward and seized her soft lips, a warm sensation exploded within Virya's mouth as Nik played and ravaged her upper lips furiously, as if trying to vent his frustrations.

Now, in such close proximity, she found out how enchanting Nik's scent had actually become, yet, Nik continued with his kiss, not leaving Virya's mind any room to process anything other than his otherworldly skills.

A trickling sensation touched her lower torso, once again, something new that Virya had never sensed before.

”Fwhaaa!”

Nik finally let Virya go, but kept hugging her waist while keeping her in air. Seeing her flushed cheeks, Nik smiled and spoke gently, soothing her somewhat erratic heart.

”Sleep tight. I'll return in a jiffy.”

***

At Sokka's words and Katara's complicated expression, Nik finally felt his own foolishness. And honestly, he was thankful that he found the hindsight on his own thoughts at his first travel, technically.

He cannot keep everyone happy.

But he wished to be happy.

When Nik finally separated the fact that everybody's happiness does not affect his own happiness, Nik suddenly felt a weight disappearing from his shoulders.

He like Katara, he wanted her and honestly, she seemed interested in him, too. But, all this time, he had been restraining himself due to his consideration for Karna and Yue.

Even now, he felt nothing wrong with being considerate about his own women. But he was restraining his own personality. Sokka's words and determination only woke him up from his stupor.

He could have gained ten partners on several occasions and yet, here he was, entangling himself with thoughts of other people he won't ever meet after he left for his own world.

So, he simply used his Mind Control ability to trigger a change within all of them.

Planting a seed, if you may.

Acceptance.

He didn't touch their personalities, their core beliefs but instead, planted a safety mechanism in the form of acceptance when things revolved around Nik. And that too, wasn't an easy task to achieve.

5 Days, he gave himself his own deadline.

In five days, he would leave this world for good. He had already become a murderer in this world, so, he also didn't mind committing other atrocities.

Looking at the sleeping group, Nik smiled gently.

Though, he felt a bit sad after the moment of realisation that he would be rewiring each and every partner of his in such a fashion from now on, the emotion was only momentary.

This action wouldn't change the fact that they were his women. Someone, he wouldn't let go of.

It was scary, Nik reckoned, but he needed to accept his own devils, how he made others accept his own devils.

Looking at the tall walls surrounding the city, Nik's eyes flashed grimly.

'Alright, you stupid wall. Time to open the gates.'

He gave the group one last look before jumping out of the hiding spot they had created. Once he was done, he will finally take the initiative and get rid of Katara's pain and enlighten Virya.

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