NOVEL NEXT Chapter 72 Lake
"On that same night, while Freytan was still in a deeper sleep than usual, Fiona and Amanda were lying in the same bed, sleeping. The sight of the three women deeply asleep was beautiful to behold. However, Dantalian, with his eyes closed, sat on the chair at the vanity, facing away from the mirror.
The golden energy completely covered his eyes and ears, and when he looked towards Anna's room, focusing solely on it...
'Let's see who you really are,' Dantalian thought, creating a mental image of Anna's room in his mind, combining it with what he could see and hear, striving to achieve the closest possible replica. 'That should be enough.'
Several minutes passed, and apart from the gentle sound of Anna's sleeping breath, nothing was amiss. 'What a perceptive woman. Since when can she tell when someone is lying?'
It's obvious that something is wrong. Anyone who has played this game knows that the paintings on the walls of this castle are just meaningless drawings. And since the main rule of this world is to follow what is written in the story, there's no way he could have adapted the meaning of the paintings, and Dantalian knows that.
"It will be difficult to find a flaw in this performance. She really got into character," Dantalian thought, smiling, and so four days passed.
During these four days, Dantalian's training with Fiona continued, fortunately, this time no one nearly lost their neck.
As for Anna, she didn't show anything different in these four days. In the end, Dantalian simply enjoyed as he should, to the point that in these four days, he had intercourse with the three girls again. And now, at dawn on the fifth day, while all four girls were asleep, he was heading towards a lake where Echidna was.
"It's been long enough. I need to proceed with the revenge plan against Marian," Dantalian thought, a few meters away from reaching the lake. He arrived fourteen minutes after Echidna intentionally.
Echidna, noticing his presence, spoke, "Don't come here, can't you see I'm alone?"
"Huh? Is someone there?" Dantalian ran, reaching the edge of the lake, looking at Echidna, and asked, "Echidna? What are you doing here?"
"Huh? What do you mean? I should be the one asking why you're following me. That's not something nice to do," Echidna spoke, submerging almost her entire body in the water, leaving only her head above.
Dantalian pointed his finger at Echidna, speaking in a calm tone, "I've been walking around here every day. You know I train here, don't you? Wasn't it you who set up this whole situation? After all, you've been acting strange all these days."
"The reason is that looking at your face disgusts me, so don't stay here. Go away, go away," Echidna said, diving completely into the lake.
'So she sees me as a monster?' Dantalian thought about the whole situation. 'Well, it makes sense, but it will work anyway.'
After taking off only his shoes, Dantalian jumped into the lake.
This lagoon is one of the three in the elf region, and the one they are in is the largest. In a future chapter of the game, they will have to come back here and go deep into this lake. 'Just wait for me. I will retrieve you, my precious treasure,' Dantalian thought, looking into the depths of the lake, feeling as if two enormous eyes were watching him. 'Wow
, the pressure here is intense. I don't know how they haven't noticed it yet.'
'But it's not the right time for that yet...' Dantalian looked around, searching for Echidna, and saw her swimming diagonally to hide in a small cave nearby. 'Honestly, this shouldn't have "lake" in its name.'
Dantalian began swimming after Echidna, who increased her speed, distancing herself even further from Dantalian.
'Are you a fish or something? How are you so fast?' Dantalian increased his speed as well, chasing after Echidna.
'Damn it... Stop following me, just leave. I don't want to talk to you, just go away,' Echidna realized what she had done, shaking her head. 'What an idiot! What an idiot! Is he some kind of mind reader to hear my thoughts?'
"What are you doing, standing still like that?" Dantalian reached Echidna while she was distracted by intrusive thoughts.
'Wait, how?' Echidna thought, feeling Dantalian's embrace, and his voice entered her ear again. "What happened? Why are you like this? Haven't you seen me do something like this before?"
Around the heads of Echidna and Dantalian, there was a golden energy sphere with a long hose rising to the surface, allowing them to breathe underwater.
"But don't relax too much. If we stop moving our legs, we're done for, hahaha." Dantalian looked at Echidna's face. She tried to show disgust, but it was fake. If she really wanted to distance herself from him, she could simply leave the lake upon seeing him approach. What was the point of going to a place that would clearly be seen by him?
"Do you know the universal weak spot of men? Don't you?" Dantalian spoke, looking ahead and avoiding direct eye contact with Echidna. "If you want to escape, use your knee. You'd be doing something good, right? Hitting two birds with one stone."
'But what is he talking about? What nonsense is this?' Echidna thought, turning her eyes toward Dantalian, realizing that his mind was elsewhere.
'What are you doing? He pursues me and catches me, and now he's ignoring me and telling me to run away?'
Echidna placed her hands on Dantalian's belly, pushing him forward, to her surprise, it was easier than she thought. Her head passed through the golden energy as if it didn't exist.
"Just leave this place, Mr. Dantalian," Echidna turned around and swam towards the cave, her movements seemed faster than before.
'This girl really has no sense,' Dantalian thought, making the golden energy sphere disappear, completely covering his arms and legs.
When Echidna reached the front of the cave, she no longer felt Dantalian's presence. Turning in the water, she thought, 'Finally, I've shaken him off. Why doesn't he understand that I don't want to talk to him?'
After taking another look around, Echidna entered the cave. There was nothing but natural light coming from small, bright yellow stones on the wall. "Finally alone," Echidna said, holding her hair with both hands and twisting it, causing a large amount of water to flow out.
"So, does that mean I don't exist?" Dantalian spoke, sitting on the cave floor, tossing three small stones in the air and catching them one by one before they hit the ground.
A small whirlwind formed above Echidna's palm. "How did you get here? Leave now."
"But you invited me to come here, make up your mind!" Dantalian said, standing up and throwing the three stones in her direction. "Why don't you give it a try? It's good for testing your reflexes." Dantalian spoke, appearing next to Echidna seconds before the stones reached her.
"Be careful, Echidna," Dantalian said, catching the stones before they hit her. "Take them, you need to reflect a little."
"Oh my god, all this just to say that?" Echidna used a gust of wind to push Dantalian forward.
When he stopped, remaining still on the ground, he asked, "So, should I stay or should I go?"
Echidna propelled herself forward, enveloping her legs in wind, appearing in front of Dantalian and saying, "Why go through all this effort? Do you really want my body that badly?"
Echidna lifted Dantalian off the ground with a gust of wind. "Take it and then disappear, okay? I don't want to talk."
"You've misunderstood something, Miss Echidna."
"What would that be? You had your way with the princess, and now you want me, right? That's why you came here, for my mother's reward, isn't it?"
"You're beautiful, and you look even better in that bikini."
Echidna is wearing a bikini where the top is composed of contrasting colors on each side. One side is black, while the other is white.
The bottom part of the bikini features a pattern of three diagonal white stripes on a black background.
Dantalian raised his hand, gesturing for Echidna to stop speaking. "I told you your mother exaggerated things on Wednesday, didn't I? This is one of those instances. I only asked for an invitation to a party, and I declined you."
Dantalian touched the center of Echidna's chest. "But that doesn't mean I don't want you. I just don't want you as a reward. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to enjoy the moment."
Echidna smiled and said, "You can't lie, Mr. Dantalian, so all the trials on this day were for nothing?" Echidna took Dantalian's hand and placed it on her left breast.
'You're rigid and follow the rules; if you break one, you'll feel extremely guilty... What has your mother done to you, my dear Echidna?' Dantalian thought, pulling his arm back and slapping Echidna's face, sending her crashing into the right wall of the cave.