NOVEL NEXT chapter 244
22. Fighting!
Dear esteemed father and mother,
I hope this letter finds you well.
The autumn in Belrand is somewhat cold; I wonder how you are faring there.
The chrysanthemums in the duke’s residence have bloomed, and now is the most splendid season.
Since you left home, I have experienced many things alone, grown and gained much; I can now proudly call myself a top-notch man worthy of the Campbell name.
However, even a man has his limits, and there are foes he cannot defeat, like a humanoid mother tyrannosaurus.
Here, with this heartfelt letter, I express my sorrow to you.
Farewell, dear father.
Farewell, dear mother.
Farewell, my yet-to-be-born brother or sister.
I only hope you will still remember me in the future.
May heaven also have white breasts and thighs, amen.
“Come on, do whatever you want!”
Watching Celicia, who had already entered a state of deep intoxication, Mu En felt that any further action on his part would only invite more torment.
So he simply stretched his neck, lay down, and chose to give in.
Come on, don’t pity this delicate flower of mine; come and trample on me fiercely. I refuse to believe you can truly devour me!
Mu En closed his eyes, preparing to wait for the impending storm.
However, after a long wait, nothing happened.
Only a cold sensation, like a finger, poked at his cheek.
He opened his eyes and looked at Celicia, who was poking him, and asked with a sideways glance:
“What is it?”
“Do you… do you want to eat?”
Celicia shook the half-empty gift box and asked playfully.
Mu En was taken aback.
Damn, so cute.
Mu En stared at Celicia’s increasingly flushed face, his gaze suddenly becoming a bit dazed.
If the previous Celicia was a pool of melting spring water, then the current Celicia was the mist rising from a hot spring.
—
Don’t even mention being aloof; she had completely transformed into a soft and adorable version of herself. Combined with her still somewhat cool exterior, the sensory stimulation she provided was even more tantalizing than the previous shivering saintly maiden photos.
Indeed, the contrast cuteness is the most adorable point in the world!
But so what if it’s cute? Can cuteness make someone do whatever they want?
“I won’t eat!” Mu En said, defiantly lifting his chin.
“Won’t eat?”
With a snap, Celicia crushed the edge of the bed with a single slap, “Are you sure?”
“…”
All previous words were retracted; no matter how cute or lovely she was, it couldn’t hide the fact that she was a human Tyrannosaurus ready to explode at any moment.
“Come on, eat.”
Celicia pinched a piece of chocolate and personally brought it to Mu En’s lips.
Mu En’s body stiffened slightly as he lowered his head to stare at that piece of chocolate… and the two delicate, pale fingers that held it, like finely sliced scallions, made him want to take them into his mouth even more than the chocolate itself.
How to eat it?
Just like this?
This was delivered right to him!
Mu En leaned forward and suddenly took the chocolate into his mouth.
The soft fingers brushed against his lips, bringing a chill and a tingling sensation, further highlighting the sweetness of the chocolate.
“Is it good?”
“Good.”
“I think it’s good too.”
Celicia withdrew her fingers and picked up another piece of chocolate, this time placing it in her own mouth.
Without hesitation, she slipped her slender fingers into her cherry lips, her pretty face revealing an expression of enjoyment. Finally, she extended her pink, tender tongue to carefully lick the sweetness off her fingers.
Whether it was the liqueur-filled chocolate or the gradually warming atmosphere of the completely enclosed room, Mu En suddenly felt a bit parched.
“Want more?”
“Yeah.”
“Here, ah…”
“Ah…”
Just like that, one for you, one for me, under Celicia’s personal feeding, the remaining half box of chocolates was soon devoured clean by the two of them.
Mu En felt increasingly hot.
The chocolate he had eaten felt like a fire igniting, continuously roasting his chest and abdomen. Under the influence of the alcohol, he felt his cheeks burning, and the entire world seemed to sway a bit.
Damn, what kind of liquor is in this chocolate?
Although one or two is no problem, after many have gone down in succession, even Mu En feels a bit dizzy.
It seems this wine is not only expensive but also quite strong.
Fortunately, he is not like Celicia, who collapses after just one; even after consuming so many, he is completely sober.
Hmm, he feels not a hint of intoxication.
“Mu… Mu En Campbell…”
At the edge of the bed, Celicia has consumed even more than Mu En, and now she has become like a puddle of mud, slumped there with her eyes incredibly dazed.
“You… you still haven’t answered my question?”
“Wha… what question?”
“I… Anna Karberlin… and your little maid… who is prettier…”
“Wh… why is it still this question?”
Upon hearing this, Mu En suddenly becomes furious.
Once is fine, but again and again—does she really think Mu En Campbell is a soft persimmon?
Mu En abruptly sits up in bed, glaring at Celicia:
“Enough… enough, shut… shut up! Don’t ask such questions again!”
“Why… why not?”
“Just because… just because I say so! If I say you can’t ask, then you can’t ask!”
“Mu… Mu En Campbell, are you going to rebel against heaven?”
Celicia suddenly ties up her brows, swaying as she stands, and a crystalline long sword appears in her hand once more.
“Don’t… don’t think that just because you can turn into three, you can… you can rebel against heaven! As long as I’m here, you will never turn the tide!”
“Nonsense… I’m a man who aspires to rise above!”
Mu En stands up directly from the bed, pointing at Celicia’s nose, speaking fiercely:
“You’re the one! Just because you’re a bit stronger, have a higher realm, and come from a prestigious family, what’s there to be proud of? I… I’ll show you today who truly holds sway in this house!”
“Hmph, just… just you?”
Celicia sways unsteadily, sneering:
“My swordsmanship is not to be taken lightly!”
“My superpower is no mere decoration!”
“Then let’s cut the nonsense and let our skills speak!”
“Alright, whoever… whoever wins gets to be on top!”
In an instant, they are poised for action.
The two stare fiercely at each other, like predatory beasts, using sharp gazes to search for each other’s weaknesses.
Then, as if the heavens had thundered and the earth had erupted, the two moved simultaneously.
Celesia swung her longsword, the blade moving like a shadow, the pinnacle of royal swordsmanship, already reaching a transcendent state in her hands, its might terrifying, almost transforming into fleeting phantoms within the room.
Then… the sword slipped from her grasp.
Celesia tilted her head, looking at her hand, a hint of confusion on her flushed face, as if she didn’t understand why, while dancing, the sword had simply vanished?
As for Mu En, he was much more straightforward and crude, directly activating the alchemical core, initiating a tenfold time dilation!
The alchemical core operated automatically, naturally, there could be no error.
However, at the moment he burst out, he stepped onto the bedding on the bed… and slipped.
No matter how slow time became, slipping… could not be reversed.
Thus, in that brief instant, Mu En and Celesia exchanged a bewildered glance.
But as if it were an unavoidable twist of fate, the two still touched in this peculiar manner…
And then, they ended up in a tangled embrace.