NOVPUBFrom that day on, Rex was trapped with a hungry lioness.
Advancing his cultivation to the Eternal Spirit rank—needed preparations to really make it worthwhile. It was better for him to get used to utilizing his Spirit Genesis, life energy, and also his new assimilated Echoes—the Dark Auctoritas and the Spellcaster Echo.
Once his mastery increased a bit, progressing further would be a lot smoother.
But this meant a change in his routine, he didn't need to meditate anymore.
He would need to be fully awake and alert to train those masteries.
Normally, it wouldn't be a big deal, but that's different now.
Rex was currently on one knee, training the manifestation of his Soul Artifacts through using the secret technique April taught him, which surprisingly also trained his life energy mastery, a good morning exercise.
As he struggled to pull his hand away from the rune, his eyes caught sight of April.
A few meters ahead, April was doing her daily morning routine.
She always stretched before training.
Of course, Rex has no problem with this, but it was a completely different story if she were not wearing her chausses. She was deliberately facing away from him—allowing her barely covered bottom to face Rex.
Knowing that she had his eyes, she bent down to touch her toes.
Everything.
Rex could see the shape of her most intimate part through her lacewear.
Such a sight suddenly made his throat feel dry.
I left her all alone yesterday, but the heat hasn't passed yet? Shit. I can't face her.
Naturally, the right thing to do was to turn away right now.
But his body was paralyzed, and his eyes were glued onto her exposed, most intimate place.
It was like a magnet, and his eyes are steel.
Gistella would probably be sad but wouldn't say anything. Evelyn and Adhara would kill me. And shit, Calidora is probably watching me right now, somehow—through the damn Eternal Curse. If I somehow fall for this, I'd be going back to Hell.
But still… April is really flexible.
Pretending not to notice the stare, April went down to do a split.
She stretches her inner thighs, even bending forward—until her chest touches the floor for good measure. Her figure was enchanting, especially knowing the fact that she is a lady of status.
Splash!
"Fuck!"
Rex cursed when his Soul Artifact shattered at his loss of focus.
<Notice: Manifestation progression for the Red Dawn of Kaiser was decreased by 0,001%>
Seeing the notification, he cursed inwardly again.
He was too focused on April that he didn't realize the rune was still pulling hard on his Soul Artifact.
Hearing the popping sound, April glanced over her shoulder with smouldering eyes and smiled.
It was clear that her effort was working.
Rex was watching her, and that's exactly what she wanted.
Okay, okay… I need to calm down.
Rex turned around, finally able to avert his gaze from April and gain his sanity a bit.
Oh, right, I still have that.
Almost instantly, Rex used the Symphony of Two Souls skill, hoping on the fact that Evelyn's presence would be able to calm him down, somehow. Evelyn would feel what he was feeling through this bond, but he had no other choice.
Doing it with April is not a good idea, no matter how he thought about it.
If Rosa heard about this, the deal would be undone.
Considering that she readily accepts his proposal, knowing that he wouldn't stay behind in the Spirit Realm—it was obvious that she didn't want him to stay. She would give a helping hand to help him grow, but once he was finished with his business, he should leave.
If he has a relationship with April, that'd mean a chance of him staying in Rosa's eyes.
And that is bad news.
Slowly, the warmth and comfort began to brush his senses once again.
A purple hue could be seen seeping out of his chest and permeating across his entire body.
Like a thick blanket, it hugged Rex tightly.
But there was something wrong.
Cancel! Cancel!
Rex screamed inside his head—when the purple hue didn't brush his lust away—but did the complete opposite instead. Even though it lasted only a few seconds, the impact was done, his lust was reaching the boiling point.
He was already breathing very roughly, and his face was already red like a tomato.
If only you could teleport here for a bit, Evelyn. Shit!
Moments later.
"No, not like that," Rex shook his head and stepped forward to approach April.
He was now overseeing her fighting style, pointing out the flaws in her style and also correcting them.
"You're already starting to make a habit out of aiming for vital points—that is good," Rex said before he pointed at her hand, her left hand. "But you still need to cover yourself. Every time you attack—always expect the opponent to retaliate with a counterattack. Keep your guards up."
Then, he looked down at her bare legs, gulping down the temptation.
"And your legs too," He added sternly, trying to remain calm. "Always keep them wide and ready to move left or right."
"You want me to open it wide?" April asked playfully and spread her legs wider. "Like this...?"
"Ekhm... Yeah, that's wide enough, but bend your front leg a little." Rex replied.
He rubbed his neck, the chamber somehow felt hotter than usual.
"Wouldn't it be far more effective if you touch me and correct my bad posture directly?" She asked with a composed smile, hiding behind the venom of seduction. "I can assure you, I do not bite—unless you want me to."
Rex moved back again and sighed.
He was having a hard time holding back, and he didn't know how long he'd last.
Especially with the notification from the System earlier.
<Notice: The user's libido is increased with the activation of the Alpha's energy.>
I'm destined to fail here.
"I know you're trying to mimic my aggressive fighting style, " Rex ignored her remarks and changed the topic. "But it's not for you."
Rex noticed it from how she always left her defense open.
Since he was extremely trained to be a human weapon, prepared to battle Supernatural even when he was still a normal human, he could sometimes afford to let his defenses down. His reaction was fast enough, and usually, he knew what his opponent would attack with—if he did decide to drop his guard.
It was a setup for him to launch a lethal counterattack.
But this was a nuance, only for experts.
"Why not?" April turned towards him with a raised brow. "I'm confident in my abilities."
"Even if you have the combat capabilities to read your enemies, it's not compatible for you," Rex shook his head—fully convinced this kind of fighting style is not suitable for her. "Since it's aggressive, you are bound to get hurt. You have no regeneration whatsoever, that's one. Second, you also don't have the pain tolerance needed to keep your focus while fighting."
"For regeneration, the house has artifacts for that," April answered, not backing down.
Then, she stepped closer.
April only stopped when she was right in front of him, looking up to meet his eyes.
"As for my pain tolerance," She leaned forward. "You can help train it if you want…"
"Okay, that's it." Rex walked away and rubbed his face hard. "Let's talk about this. We still have eight more years of training together, and we can't really tiptoe around this. So, let's talk. I'm going to start by asking why are you doing this?"
"Why am I doing this?" April tilted her head. "I'm doing this to help you get what you want."
"Help me?" Rex chuckled humorously. "Doing this is not helping me."
"Yes, it is," April stepped forward again, this time, she held his hands. "You need someone, and I know."
"Okay," Rex pulled his hands away—the softness of her voice was getting to him.
But he was determined to deter April.
"I have many women in the Mortal Realm, you will be the one-hundredth!"
"You're an Emperor, of course, you have a lot. Besides, we don't need to make a big deal out of this."
"I'm about to have a daughter."
"From the dawn of time, royal heirs have always been troubled. It's good for growth."
"One of my women, Calidora, is dangerous. That nosebleed I had yesterday? It's her warning for me and for you. She's the one who's pregnant with my child, and if she wanted to kill you, she would succeed."
"Rex—I'm a noblewoman. Almost all my brothers and sisters wanted to kill me. Do you think a threat like that would scare me? I already got used to those kinds of things when I was still in my mother's womb."
"What about Rosa? Great Elder Rosa? What would she think about this?"
"She's my aunt, and she marries my brother. I pretty much don't care what she has to say, and also, she would not dare to go back on whatever her deal was with you. Don't worry, I can make sure of it. You can trust me."
Rex was at a loss for words.
No matter the reason she thought of to deter her from pursuing him, it had no effect.
Unlike him, who came from a small and humble family, April came from the upper class, and she pretty much saw everything. No matter the problems that exist out there, she probably has already experienced them or is able to handle them easily.
It was clear that there was no way out.
Once he ran out of words, the silence began to charge the air with passionate tension.
Rex was scrambling in his mind, searching for another reason, but couldn't find more.
He could easily refuse this advancement outright, or even lock April out of the upper floors until she calmed down a little bit, and the cycle—came to pass. Nobody was forcing him to agree, but it was then that he realized he wanted this.
Of course, it's not that he would pounce on April at some point.
But she started this, and he didn't mind.
All those reasons were not uttered to deter April.
No—they were uttered to convince him that this was inevitable.
From the looks of it, April knew and understood what he was really doing.
She kept pushing bravely because of it.
She brushed off all those reasons so Rex couldn't hide behind them anymore.
Clearly, he was still extremely affected by Linthia's departure, Crimoria's death—and also Kei Xun's appearance. Holding onto it for two years made some of it slip out, and April noticed it. Also, there was the part of missing home.
But, regardless of all that, his time in the tower was quite peaceful for him.
For the longest time, he was now relaxed.
His main problem was time, but here with the Time Echo active, he has time to slow down.
Finding that Rex had no more reasons to spew and was now looking at the ground, April leaned forward and got into his line of vision. She smiled, showing that everything is fine. "Is there anything else? You can tell me all of it."
"I… I'm really rough when I do it…" Rex said lightly, running out of reasons already.
This one was his last-ditch effort to dissuade himself from this.
If April refused to do it, then he could use it as a reason not to go through with it.
But she didn't refuse it.
"Like I said, you can train—my pain tolerance," April whispered, now tiptoeing to get closer. Her lips and his were already inches away from uniting, "Do it roughly, or not, I do not care. Just don't bottle up your emotions. Let it out, so you can focus on achieving what you need to achieve…"
Both of them could feel the other's warm breath brushing against their faces.
For Rex, her scent, it was the biggest problem.
Having heightened senses made him more attentive to the small things.
Like her inviting womanly scent, the sound of twitching from her intimate part, and even her heartbeat.
Rex could sense it all.
"Great Elder Rosa once told me, it's easier to be truthful to a stranger," She whispered. "We have barely known each other despite being stuck in this annoyingly big chamber together for two years, so technically, we're still strangers. Are you ready to be truthful now?"
A moan, light and sweet, escaped her lips when Rex's big hands held her waist.
His touch sent electric shock throughout her entire body.
It was a moan that Rex didn't know she was capable of making, and that excites him.
Slowly, his hands go down to her round and firm bottom, grasping it tightly.
"We can still stop here," Rex whispered, still desperate for a reason. "Once I start, I can't stop."
"Stop talking and take me," April instructed.
Almost instantly, their lips sealed in a burning passion, unleashing their lust without restraint.
Rex wasted no time to lift her up while still making out, and pinned her against the wall.
"Hahhn…"
