Return of the Mythic Bloodline

That—that was definitely my brother's voice in the dream. Was it just my consciousness playing games with me? But the voice felt too real to be a dream.

And it wasn't the first time I heard these familiar voices. I heard a similar voice when I first arrived here, then I heard it again when Ruru put me in the Amrita water, and also when I turned unconscious fighting against the Deer Clan. Each time, the voice became clearer than before. And this time, I could totally tell it was my brother.

"Ughhh, what the actual hell is going on with me?" I growled, suddenly jumping out from the pond.

"Awaaa!! Are you out of your mind, jerk!" Nymeria shouted, covering her face with her hands.

"Why are you shouting? What happened?" I asked, walking towards her in confusion.

"Take a look at yourself, pervert!" she yelled, peeking through her fingers.

"Pervert?" I murmured as I looked down.

I was standing butt naked, water dripping from my body—my dick barely a foot away from Nymeria's face.

"Aaahh!" I shouted, sprinting towards my clothes, covering my dick behind my hands.

"Stop peeking and turn around!" I snapped as Nymeria kept taking glances at me through her fingers.

"I have been robbed—sniff... sniff," I muttered after wearing clothes, as I sat burying my face in my hands.

"Aren't you overreacting? It's just a minor matter," Nymeria spoke as she sat in front of me.

"Minor matter? That was the first time a lady had seen me naked. I have been stripped of everything," I snapped back, my face still covered.

"Haven't you seen my bare body as well? Forget about seeing, you have even touched me in inappropriate places," she murmured in a shy voice.

"I already told you I didn't see everything back then," I muttered, my voice calming slightly.

"Do you want to see then?" she whispered, getting close to my ear.

"That-that's not what I meant," I blurted, my ears turning red.

"Now-now, no long face," she coaxed and grabbed my wrist, pulling the hands away from my face.

The wet hair from my head was stuck to my face up to my nose, hiding my eyes behind it.

"Pffft," Nymeria chuckled, gazing at me.

"Stop making fun of me," I grumbled, looking down.

"I'm not making fun of you. You just look so cute that I couldn't hold back my giggle," she said, smiling softly.

"I'm not cute—"

"Wait a minute," she interrupted and sprinted inside the tree house.

After a brief moment, she brought a piece of cloth from her older dress.

"Sit there," she ordered, pointing at the ground in front of a rock.

I didn't know why, but I followed her command without any question.

She sat on the rock behind me, her lower thighs touching my face from both sides as she began rubbing my hair with the cloth to dry it.

"I could have done it myself," I mumbled, but to be honest, I was secretly liking it.

"Shut up and appreciate the gratitude I'm showing you," she hissed, pulling my hair.

"Ow! I understand... I understand, so please do it gently," I whispered in a low voice.

"Sighs… you do not miss any opportunity to be indecent," she replied. Then, after a brief pause, she continued,

"On a side note, is what you said earlier true?"

"I have said a lot of things earlier. Which one are you talking about?" I asked, looking upward to meet her eyes.

"That I am the first lady who saw you undressed," she whispered, rubbing the cloth on my forehead hair.

"You're the first woman who hit me with a stick, the first who flicked my forehead, the first who dried my hair, the first who touched my face, the first I shared a hug with… and yeah, you're also the first who's seen me naked," I replied in a soft voice, my brown eyes gazing into hers.

"You better not be lying to me," she murmured, pinching my nose.

"I wouldn't dare," I responded with a faint smile.

"By the way, why were you alone here while Jambavan and Ruru were sitting outside?" I inquired, turning around to face her.

"I was trying to remove the seal from my Soulforce and didn't want to be disturbed, so I requested them to stay outside," she replied, removing the cloth from my head.

"So, did you succeed?" I asked, running my hand through my hair to fix it.

"Unfortunately, I couldn't. The seal is like multiple layers of tightly knitted web—each more complex than the previous one. However, I managed to weaken it. I can harness 50% of my power now; therefore, you have no reason to exclude me from the next battle," she bragged, generating a small piece of ice crystal on her hand.

"Really? That's awesome, I will have someone reliable watching my back," I exclaimed, getting up from the ground.

She didn't respond. She kept glancing at me, her lips slightly parted.

"Do-do I look weird? I never wore this kind of clothes before," I asked awkwardly.

"No, you look good," she murmured, shyly tucking her hair behind her ear.

I was wearing a long grey robe, held by a black cloth belt at the waist.

The robe parted at the front in a deep V, draping from my neck down to the waist, leaving my chest and sculpted abs exposed to the moonlight.

"Oy, kids! If ya done with yer reunion, can we come inside?" Jambavan shouted, standing at the border trees, with Ruru and Vyaghra beside him.

Vyaghra had turned into human form as well, wearing a robe similar to mine.

"You don't have to take our permission for that. Every place in this forest belongs to you," I chuckled, shouting back.

"Is that man beside Jambavan Vyaghra?" Nymeria whispered, holding my sleeve from behind.

"Yeah, that's him," I replied.

"His appearance is eye candy," she blurted in a lower tone so that only I could hear.

I responded in the same volume, giving her side-eyes,

"What did you just say?"