The Fate X Dungeon
Ch#07 - Heart Wounds
“So you have seen the truth..”
The emotions engraved in his eyes revealed both bitterness and sadness. His eyes were blackened thinking of various things. The woman I initially thought was very strong, looked completely chaotic.
“...Don't worry Lys, nothing can stop us. That freedom will be ours!”
“Sorry, Al.. I can't break the chain of heroes like you.. I know the truth, but my soul is still shackled..”.
The forced smile he could not hide from me. His face was completely messy hiding various emotions.
“Ap-What are you talking about...? We can get out of this situation, right? Just say... Right?” kelu. In my head I can only think of various ways how to bring this woman with me. Just this woman... It's just him. I don't care what happens to this world.
“Please, no time—”
“Erza's... Nyx... Alvena..” When I heard my name being called with a heavy tone by her, I was already unable to hide the despair on my face.
“Please! Just stop! Don't say..”
“...On behalf of the one I gave it,”
My heart churned at what she wanted to say. I know, I get it. So please...
“HENTAIAN!!!”
“Turn my head, and complete your hero tasks!!”
As much as I could scream I stopped him, making our voices overlap. Even if my voice drowns the commands that come out of his mouth, but I know that they are all for nothing.
He has used a name tied to my soul to give absolute command to my body. The worst-case scenario I've ever imagined in my head, I can't stop anymore.
As much as I tried to stop my body, but my body did not follow my will. I could only give up knowing that my body had drawn my sword.
I jumped towards the woman who was most precious to me with a sword over her head. Tears of despair melted in my face, and made me even more devastated.
Unable to hold my body, I could only scream pleading in my heart. Bringing my consciousness into complete darkness.
PLEASE STOP!!
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“Stop!!!”
I woke up from my bed because of my screams. I rubbed my face soaked in sweat with my hands.
The dreams? This dream is by far the most terrifying.
After waking up from a nightmare, I tried to calm myself down sitting on the bed. It took me a few seconds to control my breath that was still severed.
As soon as I calmed down, I looked around and realized I was in my room. The only private room I made on the ground floor of my dungeon.
Even after throwing away my humanity, that nightmare still haunts me every night. For people who have witnessed hell thousands of times, it turns out there is still a feeling of fear to make my hands tremble like this.
As I was thinking of getting out of my bed, I found something holding me back from leaving. When I found out, it turned out to be a woman who had a charming face with a small horn above her ears.
He fell asleep with a calm face while hugging my body. Covering a piece of cloth, her closed eyelids trembled slightly. I know he's pretending to be locked up.
Even though she was a succubus, I had no feelings other than a sense of awe for her beauty. After looking at her for a while, I poked her cheeks with a hint of strength.
“What does it mean to sneak into my bed? Stop pretending, I already know it.”
When she heard my voice, still in her position, she opened her eyes slowly and looked at me with a smile.
“Hmm, aren't you interested in my body? If you want to play, it doesn't matter to me.” he said with a teasing smile.
Without waiting for long, I ignored his words. Choosing to leave the mattress immediately after removing her hand that was still coiled over my stomach.
After releasing myself, I only realized that my body was not covered by a single cloth. Not wanting to get dizzy, I picked up my clothes that turned out to be lying on the floor just before I finally put them on.
“It is much easier to warm up if I take off your clothes. You know, when it's cold it's better to make body contact? Without clothes blocking the result will be more effective, right?” obviously without asking.
Still allowing myself to stay busy tidying up my clothes, I glanced at him with a flat look. Sella still remained on the bed, but facing her body tilted towards me.
One hand is used to support the head, and the other is used to pull a blanket to cover the body down the neck. Showing a pose like in a painting that makes any man fascinated, but to me she just looks like a 'beautiful woman'. That's all, nothing more.
“The woman... The person you call Lys, is she the most precious woman to you?”
When I wanted to leave the room after I finished getting dressed, a question that suddenly popped out of Sella's mouth stopped me. I just looked back, looking at him silently through my shoulder.
“Aha, sorry, sorry. I'm not polite to have seen your dreams, just forget that question..” Sella says that while forcing a smile. “I just... did not expect people as cold and as flat as you could be that desperate in that dream.” he added in a low voice.
The last spoken sentence could not be heard clearly by me, instead I could see a grim expression on his face.
Sella seems to have just peeked at my dream with a unique succubus skill, Dream Walker.
There's really nothing to be concerned about, even if he sees my dream. I don't intend to cover up my past. It's just, I don't really like talking about it.
Because it's been a long time since I locked myself underground, I don't know how to respond. The twenty years I spent without talking to anyone made me a cold person.
“Other times, if there is time to look into my dreams, it would be nice if you change my dreams with your other skills.”
“It will indeed make you better, but it is impossible to remove your regrets!”
It's startling.
His words had just hit right between the wounds in my heart. I can't deny it. The fact is that succubus does have the ability to control dreams, through his other special skill, Dream Manipulation.
But only my dreams have changed. And if Sella doesn't use her skills again, another nightmare will come back to me.
“Already. There's nothing to talk about anymore, we have a job today. Take your clothes and come with me!” I asked him, because I don't want to talk about my old wounds anymore. Even if it's an old wound, but the pain is still obvious.
Ach, who said 'time is medicine for wounds in the heart'?
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