V2 Chapter 132

Cian chuckled as she watched Levelia made her fill.

She even snatched the second skewer that Cian offered to her when the roasted chicken wing in her hand was devoured completely, leaving only a pile of bones.

“Did you like it?”

Levelia nodded while chewing.

“Is it delicious?”

Levelia once again nodded, still savoring the meat.

“Do you want to taste it every day?”

“Hm,” she nodded again.

“…then, you promised to be with me forever?”

“Hm,” Levelia nodded once again. Suddenly, she realized what Cian had just said and her eyes widened in shock. Even her face turned bright red as she almost choked on her food.

“You—!!” she almost cried out in shock, but Cian ignored it and reached out his hand, wiping the grease at the corner of her lips with utmost gentleness he can muster.

“You promised already, you cannot take it back again,” Cian chuckled and then suddenly leaned towards her, replacing his thumb with his lips and kissed her.

Amidst the taste of the grilled meat, Levelia seemed to taste his lips and tongue as well.

Cian held her waist and he looked straight into her eyes. She didn’t understand what the deep contemplative look in his eyes meant. Still, her mind blanked out and she immediately snapped out of her daze. Levelia’s body turned frigid and she stared at Cian in shock.

“Yo-You!! You can’t do this!”

“Why not?” Cian smiled shamelessly. He saw the fury in her eyes and he laughed. He lifted her chin. “You promised, so you are mine now,” he muttered. "Pinky swear...?"

Cian’s face was just above Levelia’s face by ten centimeters. She looked up at his face and she felt something strange in her heart. Cian’s breath gently swept through her fringe, his eyes seemed darker due to the dark cave and deeper than a stagnant pool of water. She could smell his familiar scent, but it also smelt a little strange to her.

Levelia recognized his scent due to their little escapade that night they first met, it just sticks to her like a gum that couldn’t be peeled off.

She even had dreamt of it at night. But the little strangeness this time was caused by their intimate closeness. She felt at a close distance, his scent was easy on the nose… completely unlike all the men she knows and acquainted with, where their so-called manly smell was too much for her nose. She had always thought she might be quite sensitive…and she just got used to it.

But now…

Levelia was attracted to Cian’s scent. Though, of course, not just his smell but also his smile that suffocated her heart. She then realized that she feared this mysterious youth’s smile because whenever she saw his smile, her heart would pound chaotically. Biting her lips, she struggled to display a strong front, in which she knows she was failing to do it.

“I did not! You cheated me!” she growled dangerously.

But would Cian care?

While sitting beside Levelia, Cian reached down and took her hand in his. Cian looked towards her but she was trying not to look at him.

“You can’t do this…” she glared at him.

However, Cian noticed her voice was trembling, causing his eyes to gleam.

In the aspect of forcing his will onto others, if Cian says he was second in the world, no one would dare say they were first.

“They’re asleep,” Cian grinned.

Among adventurers, it was a necessary skill to be able to sleep in an instant. After all, saving energy is a must when outside the City and within the forest of danger. As long as there was someone who was staying at a patrol guard while they rest, they would do their best to rest and recover the energy they had spent along the trip as much as they can. In that case, they can preserve their energies and fight efficiently.

As long as there is no great disturbance occurring, they would not open their eyes.

Of course, most high-level adventurers learned how to sleep light so that they could immediately respond when there is an emergency. However, creating a dark spell domain, isolating the space they were in and disable any sounds to be heard by anyone within ten-meter range, is as easy as flipping Cian’s hand with his current power. Much less, his spell was strengthened by his {Night’s Eye} that cast an illusion around them.

Even if there was someone awake, they would surely not notice anything even if Cian stripped Levelia naked, right at this moment.

“No… please, they could wake up,” Levelia bit her lips in refusal. But his hands were like a vise gripping hard on her hand.

She wanted to get angry but instead of hate, she felt like she was turning into a girl before Cian’s aggressiveness. Was her will this fragile…? Was her hunger this strong…?

“They won’t, I promise. And besides, I told you before… I will make you mine.”

“…?!!”

Cian wasn’t sure but he thinks she was blushing. And he felt amused. Cian raised her hand up and kissed it.

Hearing Cian’s words, Levelia realized that she was really attracted to this strange youth. She had to admit though, that he was really a very handsome young man.

With that striking, disheveled, jet black hair, swept to one side as if he just has gotten a walk to the beach, casual, mysterious and somewhat indifferent. He always wears this sarcastic, troublemaker smile which can make any woman feel a throbbed in their heart.

Despite only known for a very short time, her heart can’t help but beat wildly whenever she was so close to him. This had never happened before. And yet, why?! Why can’t she refuse him? Levellia didn’t know, nor could understand what was going on with her. It’s as if she had been bewitched by him… or probably that was the case?

Will he get angry at me if I ask?

She bit her lips and glared at him, but Cian just smiled mischievously and winked at her.

Just what am I in his eyes…?

Was he thinking that I’m a casual woman…?

Levelia can’t help but create such unwanted thoughts and worries inside her mind. She glared at Cian, but there was no killing intent in her eyes. In fact, to CIan, it feels as if she was giving him a coquettish glare. It was amusing~

However, it is indeed the truth that I just met him and yet I…

Uhh… I’m the worst…

I thought I’m unlike any woman… but I was actually mistaken…

And why the hell is my heart beating so fast…?!

Not caring about Levelia’s discomfort because of his own doing, Cian’s left hand slid down her waist and he caressed her thigh under her battle skirt. Fitting red dress, revealing her cleavage and short red skirt—that was what she was currently wearing.

Unlike the conservative nature of women back on Earth, in this world, there were no such worries. As long as they can move efficiently and quickly during the battle, even a short mini-skirt would be worn by women without care. They didn’t have any misgivings on wearing revealing clothes in the public.

Well, it’s not like they are quite revealing, just the right amount of fabric to be able to move around.

Cian’s hot hand that caressed her thigh made her somewhat feel fiery and hot and she couldn’t help but let out a hot sigh after enduring no to moan, before giving the man who caused it death glare.

“What?” Cian asked with a ‘Punch-me’ kind of smug face. “I love you…”

Levelia bit her lips, sigh and then shook her head. Her flushed expression seemed to have displayed her current wild disturbed emotions.

“You are really bad at wooing women… don’t you know, being forceful can make women run away from you?”

“But you wouldn’t…” Cian smiled confidently. “If I won’t be this forceful, you would never take me seriously. Sometimes, men need to know when they would take a step forward, or took a step backward,”

“… …”

“For example, valiant beautiful women like you needs to be taken forcefully~”

“Am I just one of your trophies then?” Levelia smiled bitterly.

Levelia couldn’t break free from Cian’s {Herculean Strength} so she can only sigh and laid her head on his left shoulder.

“What are you talking about?” Cian asked with a frown. He propped his chin on her head. “I said I love you… that much is true. Trophies or whatnot, am I that evil in your heart?”

Levelia lifted her head. “Really?” She unknowingly moved her face towards Cian. The next moment, she realized that she was being intrusive as her forehead was only an inch away from his lower jaw. She could feel Cian’s manly aura all over her face, causing her to blush and tried to break away. However, Cian’s embrace was quite tight she couldn’t breakaway.

“Ten things I said. Nine of them are lies, I admit that.” With an amused, mischievous smile, Cian stroked Levelia’s hair with his left hand. “However, I wanted you, and that I want to treasure you forever, that’s the tenth and the only thing that is true.” then, he grasped her head gently and moved it towards his chest, “Can’t you hear my heart? It’s beating wildly—it’s because of you,”

Thump! Thump! Thump! Levelia closed her eyes and her lips arched into a smile. Obviously, she doesn’t believe Cian. She might be a fool, but she was not that hopelessly stupid. However, listening to the sound of this heart beating, caused Levelia some sense of security and she suddenly felt, being fooled by this scoundrel doesn’t seem too bad at all.

As long as this scoundrel stays by her side and shared a part of his life to her, wouldn’t life be wonderful… even if all he said was lie?

Truthfully, she was tired… exhausted fighting and doing everything on her own. She might be able to protect and support herself and her mother right now, but she knows that it wouldn’t last long. She was a woman… and there will always be a limit in what she can do. Then, if that’s the case… would it be fine for her to lean on him? To depend on him…?

Would he honor his promise now in the future as well?

Can she really trust him…?

Levelia didn’t know. In fact, no one can tell her the right answer to this question. No one can tell the future. Only Choices made up one’s life. Whatever choices she picked now, that would determine her future—that is why life is nothing but a gamble.

The problem is… would the choice she makes now… would it be the right one…?

In the past, she was always alone, always planning out her own life and stubbornly charging ahead. While she occasionally feels lonely, she was never overwhelmed by it, but she always felt that she had an empty hole in her heart which made her wish she had someone beside her, encouraging her to persevere.

Told by ancient knowledge, in order to love someone you must first love yourself. While she had loved herself for a long time it was only after meeting Cian that she felt the need to love someone else and that the empty space in her heart was filled. She’s not the type of woman to fall madly in love, but for the first time, she felt that even if her future with Cian is filled with uncertainty, it’s still something worth anticipating.

One’s plans will never keep up with the changes in their life. But now she has someone who wants to accompany her in getting left behind, and the feeling…doesn’t seemed so bad.

Sighing softly, Levelia’s wavering gaze suddenly narrowed. Her lips arching into a wry smile, as under Cian’s delight, she took the initiative to wrap her arms around his waist.

Is this her answer? Cian’s smile becomes brighter. Levelia snuggled into Cian’s embrace, her mind deciding to abandon all her worries. If this was a mistake, then let it become a mistake she would shoulder. At least, right now, she had a shoulder she could lean on, a warmth she could feel in this chilling winter night.

“Are you having fun touching my body?” Levelia suddenly asked, feeling the hands that were traversing her body like a pair of hands of a sculpture molding his clay.

“Um. Your skin is soft and smooth to touch,” Cian said while chuckling in amusement.

His left hand stopped caressing her thigh when suddenly she moved her body closer to his body. Smiling mischievously, Cian returned his hands and continued to caress her thigh.

Their eyes locked and Cian’s generous mouth moved to meet hers. Any uncertainty vanished. Cian had never wanted someone so badly, buttressed by knowing she felt the same way.

He’s kissing me…?!

Levelia’s eyes widened in shock by Cian’s sudden invasion. Although inside her heart, she had already surrendered, still when the moment comes, she suddenly felt her heart panicked and her mind rolling in the blank. She wanted to struggle but it was of no avail. She resembled a little chick facing an evil wolf.

Cian’s mouth pressed onto her pair of lips tightly, making it impossible for her to scream. He not only kissed her but also kneaded her rounded breasts and body wantonly with his huge hands. Her breasts were very flexible, smooth and round, causing Cian’s blood to race, making that rock hard meat spear knock inside his pants.

“Nooo, stop!” she tried to push him away. However, her arms didn’t exude any strength that even though Cian didn’t activate his {Herculean Strength} to test the waters if she really pushes him away and stops. But when he felt Levelia’s strength less push, his eyes gleamed in satisfaction and suck her lips even stronger.

Like I’d let you get away. He mused.

After the swell of the initial contact, Cian parted her lips with his tongue and a flourish of heat deepened their kiss. Because of this sudden aggressiveness, Levelia can’t help but grabbed Cian’s forearms, reveling in the feeling of his muscles beneath the fabric of his shirt. Cian grabbed her in return, grasping her ass over the tight fabric of her skirt. As expected of a veteran warrior, this ass was fine quality—soft but with the right amount of muscles.

“…?!”

Levelia’s eyes once again widened in surprise and she felt her entire body losing strength. H-His tongue?! Cian invaded her mouth with his long tongue—Levelia didn’t know how long it was but she felt as if it was almost ten inches long as it wreaks havoc inside her mouth without any mercy.

Nooo! It’s tickling too much…!

Levelia continued her useless struggle.