My Novel Antagonist is My Husband
Chapters 27. Expressless

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"Where do you know all that ...?"

Lucius was wide-eyed as I exposed all his plans in the future. I let out a breath.

"Yes, I know. It's all in my dreams" I replied. Of course I lied to him.

Lucius looked worried. I added by saying, "I can help you get revenge. I can help you summon your own mystical creature. And also," I knocked on Cass's arm, sitting on a low tree branch, "Sister Cass can help you practice swords. He's number one in the academy!"

Cass is swerving towards me. "Lho, I-I-"

"Already, quiet!" Kubalas.

Lucius looked at me and Cass from head to toe. "Who are your names?"

"I'm Alissa, and this is my brother, Cass."

"Hi, I'm Cass." My brother waved his hand.

Lucius came to a conclusion. "So, if you help me, make myself strong and able to summon mystical beings, instead, I protect you from any danger in the future?"

"Fright!" seruku happy. More precisely, the danger coming from Prince Rion, who was somehow still where it was now.

"Alright .. ." Lucius replied in the end. "How do you help me?"

"Oh, that's .. Can we find a comfortable place to sit?"

Cass raises a hand. "So I saw an old hut around here. Want to try it there?"

***

"Close your eyes, focus on collecting what particles are inside you, and then ... ."

I was driving Lucius, doing a mana gathering ritual, like I did to myself, Theo, and Cass all those years ago.

Lucius sat behind me. Both of his palms fused in front of his chest. His eyes were closed, trying to find and collect which particles of light as I asked. Meanwhile, I sat behind him, sticking my hands on his back. My transformation of Kyu hasn't stopped since. Kyu and I combined forces, draining the mana into Lucius' body.

Back then, when I was guiding Theo, there was a warm light flowing from my brother's back towards my hand. Same with Cass. But that did not happen to Lucius.

When I closed my eyes, both of my hands that were attached to the silver-haired boy's back were hot. The heat travels so fast and the temperature increases. Instantly made my sweat flood on the forehead.

Where Lucius I saw from my shadow was so big. But with each other, the particles have not yet gathered together. I did write that Lucius had such a big mana. However, I did not expect it to be this big. From one of them the particle light alone was already so dazzling, what if all of this were put together?!

"Abs!!"

A burning sensation spread in my hand. My shout made Cass who was sitting relaxed on the hut bench, come straight to me. Cass caught my body looking back. Lucius also gasped and looked back.

"Alisa!" Cass yelling. I held onto my brother's arm.

"What's wrong with you?" ask Lucius.

"My hand ... is very hot .. ," I replied. I quickly shook both hands. Cass scrunched his forehead. He was curious, then touched Lucius' back with one hand. In just a second, Cass pulled his hand back. His palm turned red instantly.

"Crazy! Are you a monster?! So hot!" squeal Cass.

Lucius looked confused. He tried to touch his own body. However, he didn't feel the heat that Cass and I were experiencing.

"Sister! Don't insult her that way!" my nagging to Cass.

"So, she's hot!" reply Cass.

"That's because his mana is so big!" myrag.

"Yes, that is," I said.

"So, how now? If it hurts you, we'll stop it." Lucius was about to get out of his seat, but his hand held.

"No. I promised I'd help you!"

"Then?" Lucius sat down again, this time facing me. Asked that, I was confused myself.

"What if we try both?" proposed Cass.

"Can't you?"

"Just flow where, right, like you used to do to me? I think I can! Maybe the heat of this kid can be halved, if I help."

"Sister! His name is Lucius, not 'this kid'!" my protest. Lucius agreed without him protesting himself. Cass nodded. "Yes, yes!"

"Sister Cass can also transform, right?" many ensure. In an instant, a circle of spells emerged from the empty air next to Cass. His mystical eagle, Sam, jumped out. Without speaking at length again, Cass fused with Sam. He has a winged hand right now. Then, he sat next to me.

This time, on Lucius' back was my hand and Cass. Our four hands filled the back of the protagonist of my novel on the right and left sides, up and down.

This flow of mana from me and Cass aims to control which particles in Lucius's body cannot yet gather, also stabilizing his power. With the help of the outside, the particles are more quickly fused and become a ball of mana. The ball is what will later be able to bring up a circle of spells for summon.

The stabilizing process where Lucius caused his back to feel very hot, because the mana was also so big.

I opened my eyes while the ritual was still going on and glanced at Cass next to me. The sweat is pouring down. However, he did not stop helping me to drain some of Lucius' body heat into his hands.

I began to have no heart, when I saw Cass whose stamina was so strong, started breathing heavily.

"Enough for today."

Lucius shifted his seat to face me. Lucius himself seemed to be flooded with sweat, just as Cass was wiping the sweat on his forehead with his hands. I was also exhausted, but not like I used to when I first performed this ritual on Theo. Now, I've been able to transform with half Kyu's body. I'm much stronger now than I used to be.

Me and Kyu broke away. My hairy hands and feet are back to normal. Similarly to Cass, his next wing disappeared when he stopped his transformation. Kyu and Sam jump back into the spell circle to rest in the spirit world.

"Today, enough to get here first. We three are tired. It's not good to force yourself."

Lucius nodded. Me and Cass stood up.

"Then we say goodbye, yes! Tomorrow at noon, we meet again here," I said, then took Cass' arm to go home.

"Wait!" Lucius ran over. Me and Cass looked over.

"What's wrong?" my many.

Expressionless, Lucius said, "Thank you."

I smile. Lucius was not a proud or arrogant child. Only, he was indeed not so able to express his wishes. Living with smaller children in a home makes him have to always give up without being able to ask for more of something.

"Well, you're welcome!" myrag. "Until tomorrow!"

***

Four days later, Lucius was already able to perform a summon. It was very fast, after every day Cass and I performed a ritual on it. The amount of mana in his body was already very large. Me and Cass just helped out a little bit. Lucius immediately understood what I taught him about controlling which particles.

Which is great and good control. Great talent, seen from a mystical creature that jumps out of the circle of spells belonging to Lucius.

He managed to summon a being from the spirit world. Not the usual kind of fox like my Kyu fox, Cass's Sam eagle, or Theo's Firio tiger.

Lucius managed to summon Naiad.

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