Chapter 175 - Let's Fix Our Relationship 1_2

"Ah!" Ruciel cried out a moment after she land on the bed.

Immediately, the girl got up. Sitting there, she was now glaring at me with her sharp eyes, full of anger. And yes, she has no right to be angry, I am the one who should be angry here.

The girl broke her promise and she deserves punishment for it. So, I approached the girl. My intentions are clear.

"What do you want?" She asked warily. Her body moved, preparing for a fight.

I stopped, my ears made a strong twitch. "Seriously?! You want to fight with me!?" I asked and snapped at her at the same time.

Ruciel jumped out of bed, she stood there with steady feet. Her eyes emitted dangerous flashes. "Yes, I will fight against you. I won't let you mess with my body anymore! And more than that, I didn't do anything wrong to receive this kind of treatment from you!"

"You made a mistake! You broke your promise to play with my body!"

"I didn't break that promise, I said I would do it four times a week. You went asleep and your condition improved. I have no reason to fulfill our promise after seeing that, I'm not a pervert like you who plays with someone's body when they are asleep!"

"Don't make excuses!"

"I'm not making excuses! It was a sensible decision taken by a normal person! And didn't you hear me? Not everyone is like you!"

"Grr..." I gritted my teeth and approached the girl.

Ruciel's eyes narrowed, even more, her long ears making some strong jolts. "One more step and I won't hesitate anymore to hit you," she threatened me but I didn't care.

I kept going and...

Dwagh!

A subtle pain stings my nose. I didn't really feel it because of Pain Resistance but, no doubt, "You hit me! You really hit me?! And in my face!" My cheeks heated up as my anger rose.

"I already warned you." Ruciel pulled her arm and fixed her stance.

"Why do you always reject me!?" I kicked the floor, closing to Ruciel in a flash with my claws.

I tried to catch her but she escaped. Agile and swift, she gave me two punches, on my ribs and in my throat at a moment she keep her distance. Those attacks were deadly and if it wasn't for me being immune enough to pain, I would have stopped 

I have a high AGI, I can see her movements clearly, and I move faster than her. But for some reason, I couldn't dodge or block those attacks.

"I give you my love! Don't you understand that!?"

My feet are moving. Once again, I approached Ruciel to catch her. However, the girl fended off my hands with her fists. In the end, we exchanged attacks, my claws against her fists.

"Love?" Ruciel started. "No! You didn't give me love! What you're doing is forcing yourself on me, you're using me as your toy, and you, you never think about how I feel!"

The last sentence she said made me freeze. Taking advantage of my unguarded moment, she pounce on me and pushed me to the floor. Her soft ass occupied my stomach while her feet stepped on my hands.

I looked into her eyes. A voice came out of my mouth, "How can I know how you feel if you never want to talk about it!"

"Then ask me you stupid fox!" She made a sound then started beating my cheeks in turn. Punch after punch she launched to crush my cheek. I didn't feel any pain but my HP was reduced.

"You think I-"

Dwagh!

"-never-"

Dwagh!

"-asking about-"

Dwagh!

"-aaargh!" I used all my strength to throw the girl away from me. Her punches that always interrupted my words blasted my anger to a different level.

Ruciel tried to stand up but, "[Swift Movements]"

I moved my fast body close to the slow Ruciel. I took the rope from inside her Magic Bag. Then, before the duration of the Swift Movements ran out, I managed to tie her hands and feet.

"Let me go!" She ordered me.

I ignored her and used a Spell, Healing Water Ball to fix my cheeks. I tried to calm down but Ruciel who constantly ordered me to let her go didn't help me at all!

"Let me go!"

"Shut up, Ruciel!" I shouted then gripped her lower jaw tightly. I forced her to look at me. "You think I never asked you? Have I never tried to get to know you better? Have I never tried to make you love me? The answer is no! I did everything for you, to get your love, and yes, that includes forcing myself on you! But what?! You never change!"

The grip of my hand is getting stronger and...

Crack!

The sound of broken bones was heard.

The Fallen Elf girl made an expression of pain, her body gasped, she tried to fight back, and she seems to say something but I never loosen my grips. I don't care about what happened to her right now because her eyes that were staring at me sharply still emitted antagonism

That gaze, that antagonism made me even angrier, made my strength increase.

Crack!

Another voice sounded and the girl made a strong jolt. A moment later she became limp, like a marionette whose string is cut off. I retract my hands from her jaw then let her fall to the floor. 

The skin was torn, the flesh was cut off, blood flowed, and teeth fell.

I hurt the girl I loved and I-

"Damn it!" I screamed my anger, I kicked the bed with everything I had.

Bam! Break!

The bed was crushed after making a hole in the wall. I'm raging, I'm making a commotion, but this won't catch the attention of Kimi and the others.

Why?

Because I don't know why they left this house shortly after I brought Ruciel to this room. And now, it's not the time for me to think about them.

My body moved in search of my Magic Bag. I found it in an instant and I took something out of it. I took a bottle of Potion and this one is named High Potion.

I approached Ruciel and sat cross-legged in front of her. I poured the High Potion into her wound and then I forced her to drink the rest. Miracle appeared, her wound healed at a speed that could be observed by the eyes and even more amazing, her teeth grew back.

Two minutes was the time it took for Ruciel to make a full recovery. The wound disappeared and in fact, no scars were left behind.

The girl was panting so I waited for her condition to stabilize.

A few minutes later, the girl lay there, staring at me with no desire to speak. The antagonism was still obvious in her eyes.

"Why did everything become like this?" I started. "We get closer, you start to open up, and our relationships improved but why? After I removed that Slave Collar from your neck, you became your old self?" 

"If you hate me then you can leave me alone. Yes, we're in Uncertainty, Wistras Grand Forest, and in the middle of nowhere but that won't hold you back from leaving us if you truly want it. You can use one of Teria's boats and fly low to get to the nearest town. With your strength, I know you can do it."

"If you hate me and choose to wait to leave after this expedition is over, you can join others, stay away from me. Yes, I admit I will always approach you but if you keep staying away, don't want to talk to me, and keep saying no, I'll give up."

"But you don't leave and stay with me."

"Then, you said I had to understand you. Then, you told me to keep asking you so I could understand you. At the same time, you are always antagonistic to me. I'll say, you're so hard to understand."

The "Tell me, was the matter about the jerk killing your friends still be chains that hold you back? Didn't you promise to forget that matter after giving me a demand to fulfill? You know, I'm always waiting for it."

"Now, I want to make sure directly, do you want or don't want this relationship?"

I used all my courage to say that question. The answers I'll get will absolutely make me happy or sad. It's extremely scary but it has to be done.

This relationship is broken and I want to make sure if we can fix it or not.

Maintaining a broken relationship will only continue to hurt us.

Ruciel got up to sit in front of me. She raised her hand and she slapped me.

Plak!

With this, I know that, "you don't want this relationship, huh?. Then it's time for us-"

"I don't know!" Shouted Ruciel who interrupted my words.

I turn around and found her crying.