Chapter 882: Your Little Prank Worked Wonders
Chapter 882: Your Little Prank Worked Wonders
Ethan stirred and slowly opened his eyes.
His body felt heavy, as if there were bricks pressing down on him.
The last thing he remembered was Sofia forcing Samantha's Origin Crystal inside his mouth, forcing him to eat it.
After that, Samantha's memories played inside his head, which also revealed the true feelings she had for him.
The moment the Witch of Twilight plucked her Origin Crystal, Samantha also lost her consciousness as she became an ordinary mortal lady.
After reaching the end of her memories, Ethan saw red.
What happened afterwards, he no longer had any recollection whatsoever.
When Ethan opened his eyes, he saw a lock of blonde hair blocking his view.
When he turned his head to the side, he saw a young lady holding onto his arm, sleeping peacefully.
The girl looked familiar, so Ethan tried to recall where he saw her.
A few seconds later, his eyes widened in shock when he remembered who she was.
She was one of the Witches who were trapped inside the cauldron.
Just as the final dregs of sleep left Ethan's consciousness, he felt a familiar sensation in his lower abdomen.
He gently pushed aside the young lady, whose blonde hair was blocking his vision, and froze when he saw something he didn't expect to see while waking up.
Three young ladies were kissing his member, and a few more were licking his hands, legs, and feet, making Ethan shudder.
"You're awake, Husband," one of the Witches said with a smile. "You were wonderful."
The girl who was kissing his shaft raised her head and smiled sweetly. "It was the best. Thank you, Darling."
Ethan then saw dozens of other naked young ladies surrounding his bed and looking at him with eyes filled with affection.
The young man panicked as he hastily climbed off of bed.
A second later, he found himself staring at the face of Emma, who looked at him with worry.
"Are you alright, Ethan?" Emma asked. "You were squirming in your sleep, so I woke you up. Were you having a nightmare?"
"Y-Yes," Ethan replied as he glanced at his surroundings.
He found himself in a familiar bedroom inside of his Portable Treehouse, which he always carried with him.
"Thank goodness," Ethan muttered as he patted his chest. "That was only a dream."
It was at this moment that he heard Sebastian's laughter inside his Spiritual Consciousness, clearly finding Ethan's reaction quite funny.
'Your little prank worked wonders,' Sebastian said as he patted the shoulder of his partner in crime, who was none other than Ethan's Other Half.
'He was sleeping a bit too deep, so I decided to wake him up by force,' Ethan's Other Half commented. 'I just didn't think that it would be this effective.'
'What kind of dream did you show him?'
"The worst kind.'
As Ethan listened to their discussion, he finally understood that it was his Other Half's fault that he had dreamed such a dream.
Frankly, having over fifty naked young witches calling him Husband and Darling made him feel as if he had been stuffed into a horror movie.
After taking a few deep breaths, he finally regained his composure and suddenly remembered something important.
"Where's Samantha?!" Ethan asked Emma in panic. "What happened?! Where's the Witch of Twilight?!"
"Please calm down, Ethan," Emma replied. "Samantha is safe. The rest of the Witches are safe too. As for the Witch of the Twilight, she's dead."
"... Dead?"
"Yes. She's dead."
Ethan quieted down a bit before raising his hand to pinch his left arm.
He was trying to make sure that he was already awake. If he was still in a dream, he needed to
wake up as soon as possible because there was someone he needed to save.
Emma looked at Ethan calmly as the young man pinched himself repeatedly.
She didn't say anything and waited for him to finally understand that he was no longer dreaming.
"Where is she?" Ethan asked after confirming that this wasn't an illusion created by his Other Half.
"She's resting in the other room," Emma replied. "The two of you have been sleeping for the past two days."
"Two days?" Ethan propped himself up from the bed. "I slept that long? What happened to the other Witches?"
"They're outside the Tree House," Emma answered. "We are currently near the border of Northshire, so it will take some time before Cedric and Lilian arrive with the other Rescue Teams."
Ethan nodded in understanding, but just as he was about to leave the room, he noticed a colorful crystal ball on top of the table, which was composed of dozens of Origin Crystals
merged together.
'What you are looking at are the Origin Crystals of the Witches that are currently camped outside of the tree house,' Ethan's Other Half said. "The reason why I forcefully woke you up is because you need to decide on what to do with it before the rescue teams arrive.'
The young man picked up the Crystal Ball and immediately felt the potent magical power that could be harnessed from it.
He held it firmly in his hands before closing his eyes.
His senses went deep inside his consciousness, gazing at the central part of his Magic Core.
There, he saw a beautiful green Origin Crystal that shone faintly, supplying Ethan's body with
magic.
Samantha's Origin Magic felt so close, like a lover who had been with him for many years.
Having it inside of him was the same as having Samantha's magical heart fused entirely with
his body.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Ethan now knew more about Samantha than she knew about herself.
Mimir's Wisdom allowed him to perfectly remember everything that he saw after he peered into the very depths of the young lady's soul.
He saw her secrets, her strength, her weakness, and the dream she wished to fulfill.
Her entire being, merged into one crystal, baring herself to the young man, who now opened
his eyes, filled with determination.
"We're going to return it to them," Ethan declared.
'I knew you'd say that.' Sebastian smirked.
'Well, admittedly, I would have been greatly disappointed if you chose to fuse with it,' Ethan's Other Half commented. 'But separating these Origin Crystals is a delicate process. Right now, you don't have the ability to do it properly. Let me take over for a while.'
Ethan nodded, and allowed his Other Half to take control of his body.
After that, he went outside of the Tree House and returned all of the powers that didn't belong to him back to their rightful owners.
The only downside was that when it was all over, Ethan's face was covered with kiss marks, since the witches were very grateful for the return of their powers.
Naturally, Ethan's Other Half didn't resist and allowed the ladies who were very eager to
repay their benefactor with kisses.
Since the color of the young man's eyes had changed into purple, Emma knew that the one in control of her Master's body right now was his Other Half.
Among Ethan's lovers, only Emma and Lilith knew about Ethan's Other Half.
Luna and Lily might have their suspicions, but they didn't delve too deeply into it.
After escaping the grasps of the grateful Witches, who were willing to repay their savior in
any way possible, Ethan finally took control of his body and used Emma's handkerchief to wipe his face, which had been smooched by dozens of young ladies.
But there was still one more Witch whom he needed to attend to and, according to his Other Half, the way to return her magic needed a different approach.
When he told Ethan what he needed to do, the young man nodded in understanding.
Samantha and him had already crossed the point of no return, so there was no need to feel embarrassed by the method that he needed to use to return her Origin Crystal.
But if he was going to do it, he would do it properly.
He would wait for the young lady to wake up, so that the two of them could have a proper talk and discuss what they needed to do moving forward.