Chapter 43: You are completely mine, body, soul and spirit
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Strax saw these messages in the morning. The bed was completely messy, and in his arms, Samira slept like an angel. They had spent almost half the night doing obscene things in the bathroom, and in the end, she passed out in the bathroom, and he had to carry her to bed. Both were still naked, and he just watched, pondering what should happen now.
"The System has limited my progress, but this is still interesting," he thought as he read a notification window.
[A lover's skill has been detected, Copy Love wishes to copy the 6* Fire Manipulation skill, do you wish to copy it?]
"Not yet," he replied, actually curious about something else. "When I defeated the ice bear, I obtained a similar skill...
"Glacial Ice Manipulation (5*)," he read, then the skill description was revealed.
[Glacial Ice Manipulation: Allows the user to create and manipulate ice, however, it only works for artificially created ice from water; naturally occurring ice cannot be molded.]
Strax still didn't know how to manipulate mana correctly, but he could already feel his core itching slightly in his chest. So, despite not having such control, he focused on this "itch" and tried to activate the skill.
"Ice Manipulation," he muttered, and a small icicle emerged from his hands. "This little thing... it hurt my back quite a bit last time. I imagine it could easily kill people who don't cultivate," Strax liked to analyze these things frequently whenever the system updated something in his body. After all, theoretically, the system was a guide for his development to progress, but...
"I need to get stronger... Xenovia is preparing something for me, and that's starting to bother me," he thought. In fact, currently, he wasn't even 1% of Xenovia's strength. He knew his sister, knew who she was and what her strength was... and that scared him.
Anyway, time passed. It was almost eight in the morning, and Strax hadn't left the bed yet. In fact, it was too comfortable to feel Samira sleeping in his arms as he stroked her hair. But all good things come to an end...
"Hmm." A grunt came from his left side, where Samira was. He looked to the side and felt her body movements enveloping him in a tighter hug, and finally, her blue eyes opened. "Good morning, Sunshine," Strax commented with a smile, and the sleepy woman began to sit up in bed. "G-good morning," she said, starting to remember last night...
"What time is it?" She questioned as she raised her arms to stretch. Despite being comfortable, her body was still numb after sleeping with her arms tied to Strax's. "Around eight, you should get ready," he commented with a smile as he approached. "My wife always has to be the most beautiful," and he finished with a calm kiss on her lips.
Samira didn't deny it. She had already crossed the barrier she had set. Although she wasn't totally against it now, she still wasn't used to being loved... it was something she personally thought would never happen. In fact, it would be impossible for someone to like her. Of course, that's how she thought...
Because in reality... it was even surprising that no one had hooked her, after all, she was an impeccable woman, at least Strax thought so.
"M-my clothes..." She said, noticing that she was indeed completely naked still, and looked at her private part, seeing that there were still remnants of... cum. "Take a shower first, you need to clean up..." Strax commented, and she nodded, quickly getting up still embarrassed. "So cute..." he commented, watching her run to the bathroom, which was a mess... but did it matter? Of course not.
Strax put on his clothes and got out of bed. As he heard the sound of the shower, he began to have some ideas of what he could do now to improve his skills.
"I need to increase the proficiency of Ice Manipulation, Sword of Tomorrow, and Brutal Cut. I can try to merge the three and create a new skill by blending the styles, and besides... my cultivation, it needs to increase," he correctly analyzed, opening the System tab showing his statistics.
"What impresses me is still being at Level 10. I don't understand why the mission completely blocked my points and levels, but there must be something hidden in it. It wouldn't make sense to be just a coincidence... Besides, the Guardian Bear... It gave me a skill, and a skill with quite some power if well trained and enhanced. Will my proficiency with it be high enough?
What will I be able to do? At least I know that by killing something much higher in cultivation level, it's possible to receive its abilities. Does that mean it only works with beasts? No... it's hard to know. After all, it wasn't a common beast, it was a Guardian.
I don't know if the classification really matters. I'll have to observe better..."
All his thoughts made sense indeed, however, the lack of information to give certainty left him uneasy, but he couldn't even think about something of that magnitude now. Even if he wanted to ignore and just accept the system, he couldn't...
"How do I look?" Strax was pulled out of his thoughts by the woman's voice coming from behind him. He promptly turned around and saw Samira, wearing the same white dress she always wears. "What do you want me to say? I've already said, you're perfect," he commented with a smile, and she blushed slightly, but accepted the compliment, it was progress. "So, what are we going to do?" She asked.
He didn't understand what she was referring to.
"What do you mean? Let's go to the Ducate. I can't take too long, or they'll send the special guards. That will be a problem," Strax said, putting on the top of his clothes. "I'm not talking about that..." She muttered and gathered her courage. "I'm talking about us."
Strax looked at her. He really didn't know what to say, like "What about us?" he commented. "You're married!" She spoke quickly, blushing, after all, she really was, theoretically, being the lover at this moment. While Beatrice was working hard to sell the title, this woman was sleeping with her husband wildly... "Is that what you're worried about?
It's okay, you're mine," he said firmly, "Of course I'm worried! I don't want to be a mistress!" She replied quickly, and Strax could only laugh about it for a few seconds. "Hahaha, you're so cute."
"Stop laughing, you insolent! I'll burn you completely!" She said quickly, conjuring a fireball, but suddenly. "Not today, Sunshine," Strax said with a smile, and the woman's fire began to turn into a massive ice ball. "Huh?!" She quickly questioned, withdrawing her hand as she saw the ball forming and almost hitting her hand. "What did you do!" She roared quickly, and he approached her.
"A fire as hot as yours has to be extinguished, don't you agree?" For some reason... Samira thought maliciously about what he had said, but ignored her obscene mind and spoke again "I already said! I don't want to be a mistress!" She snarled.
Strax looked amused, but decided to speak seriously with her and looked deep into her eyes. "When I said you're mine, no matter your status, you're mine, only mine, and will always be only mine. My wife, my reason to live, my willpower. You are completely mine in body, soul, and spirit," he said, his eyes were like a black hole that began to swallow the woman slowly. "So...
beautiful," she said, murmuring to herself, seeing that man approaching her and holding her by the back as he prevented her from moving away.
"Forever," he spoke, completing his previous sentences and finally kissing her again, a rather aggressive kiss that lasted almost five minutes until she finally ran out of breath and pushed him back. "W-wait," she said, as she tried to recover. He, however, didn't yield to Samira's thoughts and concluded faithfully. "You will be my wife," he said, without even asking if she wanted to.
It was just an order and not a request.
And who was Samira these days? She was a woman completely in love who would do anything to move forward with this sneaky and charming man and she couldn't even deny it, after all, she wanted this.
"This bastard... why is he so..." She thought, trying to find words but she just nodded, Strax saw her and could only think about what an extremely cute woman she was.
"I hope I don't have any more problems... I need some time to enjoy my life with these beautiful ladies."