Chapter 118: Ayda's decision

I was someone who had a system that appeared to be unique not only in the entire world I was born in but in all of the words I visited. I was someone who met with a god-like figure, that wasn't a god only because of its own arbitrary decision not to call itself like that. Even as little as I could understand from all those events and situations, there was no denying that my level of interaction with the secrets of the universe was way greater than that of your average Joe.

Yet it didn't make it any easier to uncover the secret arts that Ayda used to teleport me from standing position in the entry of the room directly to the bed, with my head buried in her soft thighs.

Feeling her hand gently rustling through my hair, I felt the last shreds of the terror of meeting with a god vanish from my mind. What even the most disciplined breathing practice of mine couldn't achieve, just a moment of hiding my face in Ayda's lap did just like that. 

"Are you okay now?"

Rubbing my scalp as if nothing else mattered in this world, Ayda asked.

"More or less. Thanks."

There was no need for any more elaborative sentences. Even though in normal understanding, our relationship was fairly short, the level at which we were able to connect easily made up for it. The two of us could understand the other feelings with just those few words.

"So, about that flask…"

Just when I managed to relax and forget about this risky topic, Ayda arbitrary decided that I was now ready to tackle it. And to tell the truth, she was actually right. In the end, putting this problem for later would make it continue to burden my mind, while not contributing to anything at all.

"Krist, look at me."

It was a rare chance to hear such a determined voice of hers. Obediently raising my face from her thighs and directing my sight at her head, I could see the sparks of determination and faith blinking in her eyes. 

"You already did way more than I ever hoped you will. As you surely know by now, I initially approached you because I sensed that you could become a true mage. From the very moment that you restored my emotions…"

Using the fact that I already raised from her lap, Ayda snuggled forward, wrapped her arms around my back and hugged herself tightly to my chest. With my nose buried in the flurry of her silk her, with my neck experiencing the breeze of her warm breath, with my skin reveling in the slight trembling of her delicate body…

"Ever since then, I decided to fully devote myself to you. While I know that I'm imperfect, I tried my very best to be the best that I could be for you."

Suddenly stopping the hug, Ayda placed her right hand on my chest only to push herself away a bit. 

"With that said, do you really think I would hesitate right now?"

Looking to the side where I left the crystal flask, Ayda quickly moved her sight back on my face with a slightly ironic smile.

"No, I would never accuse you of not being decisive enough… But isn't that the problem here?"

Suddenly interrupting Ayda's passionate deduction, I moved my hand up to my chest, grabbing the girl's hand and moving it on top of my own cheek.

"You see, as eager as I was to bring you to my world… I just wanted to see all kinds of faces you would make while experiencing the good sides of it. But now that I think about it, I finally realised how selfish this desire of mine was. Deconstructing it to the lowest level, it's not that I want to bring you to Earth in particular."

I only realised how I committed a slip with my tongue, I ended up completely ignoring it. Ayda would understand the meaning of the 'earth' word from the context, while I wouldn't lose or even risk anything by bringing up the name of my world.

"What do you really want, then?"

Keeping her hand on my cheek, Ayda pulled my other hand towards her own lips. Placing a gentle kiss on top of my fingers, she rubbed her head against my palm, waiting for my answer with her eyes tightly glued to mine.

"Isn't it obvious?"

Moving my hand ever so slightly on her face, I wiped the slight trace of saliva from her lips with my thumb. Reacting to my delicate caress, Ayda caught it with her lips, before locking it in her mouth.

Feeling her tongue rolling all over my finger as if she wanted to tightly cover every inch of it with her saliva, I felt something rising in me. As expected of the girl, she was the one who could invoke the greatest raising events outside of some rising heroes in other worlds.

But I wasn't going to let myself be distracted. There was still something I had to openly tell her.

"I just want you to be happy. I wanted to bring you to earth so that you could enjoy its delicacies, its sights, its culture, its innovations… You could say, I wanted to appear as someone from a cool background in your eyes!"

Gently pulling with my thumb on her mouth, I brought Ayda back into my embrace. With my finger leaving her jaws, her lips quickly reached for mine, gracing me with a long, sloppy kiss.

"Of course… I knew it."

Locking my head in place with her hands, Ayda mounted my lap and locked her hands behind my neck, fully committing herself to the kiss. With her tongue swiftly reaching for the insides of my mouth, I had no other choice but to enjoy the moment for as long as it would last.

Holding the feeble girl in my hands, I couldn't get over how soft and warm she was. Feeling her so close to my skin not only aroused me physically but also emotionally. Just from holding her close like that, I felt some strange sense of fulfilment.

"Uwa…"

Finally detaching her delicious lips from my mouth, Ayda kept her face so close, that our noses quickly started colliding. Staring deep down my eyes, I could feel the intense affection brimming in her aura.

"You see…" Leaning back on my lap, Ayda brought her hand up before using her finger to wipe a small strand of saliva hanging from her lips. Licking her finger clean, she quickly moved her hand behind my neck. "... if I were to let go of my restraints, that's how we would spend literally all the time in our lives."

As if she couldn't hold them in place, Ayda brought her hands away from my neck, moving them on top of my wrists instead. Guiding my hands towards her belly, she made me press my hand against her exposed stomach. 

"If I didn't hold myself back, I wouldn't let you leave the bed before I would overflow with your love. Even then, I would just clean myself up before pinning you down once again. That's the extend of awe and love that I have for you. So please, don't bother with appearing cool in front of me."

Moving my hands up and down on her slim belly, it seemed as if she wanted me to massage it. As soon as I followed her unspoken wish, her hands stopped controlling my wrists, returning right back behind my neck.

"This massage… Should I take it as a hint or something?"

Raising the corners of my lips as I said this light joke, I felt my entire body freezing all over when an uneasy smile appeared on Ayda's lips.

"Wait, are you for real?!"

I wasn't scared. I was shocked. Rather than feeling the danger of such a heavy burden suddenly slamming right on my shoulders, my mind just needed a short moment to process the meaning of Ayda's sudden silence.

"No, not yet."

Only after a long while did Ayda's smile turn from happy and mischievous to a slightly sour one. Moving her eyes to the side, she took a moment to gain enough courage to speak what was on her mind.

"You see, to a degree, I can control this. You know, whether you will impregnate me or not."

Lowering her head, Ayda seemed to shrink a bit. Even though her face didn't show it, the state of her aura was far more than enough for me to notice that there was still something on her mind.

"Dear, if you want to say something, just do it. I hope you don't think I will cast you aside just because you didn't tell me something in advance. As for the potential kid of ours… Don't treat my behaviour before as a bad omen. I would really be happy to have one with you. It's just that I would prefer to create a world where we could bring it up in peace and happiness rather than in the chaotic times of war and persecution."

I was still quite young. In fact, I have yet to obtain number two at the forefront of my age. Only when accounting for all the time that I spent in worlds affected by time-freeze would my age barely reach the earliest twenties. And yet, despite being so young, I was really entertained if not enthralled by the idea of starting up a family with Ayda!

"Ah, it's not that. It's nothing that heavy or troublesome."

Ayda's cheeks exploded in red as her head leaned to the side, making it look as if she wanted to hide it.

"The thing is… With everything that you said about your world, it made me look forward to visiting it a lot. In fact, it made me so excited about it, that I hoped that after our first date here you could have…"

Suddenly stopping her words, Ayda took a moment to make up her mind. But instead of finishing her sentences right away, she reached for the flask instead, uncorking it with her teeth before pouring the thick content inside directly into her mouth.

With her actions being so swift that I couldn't even think about stopping them, I could only watch how a small bulge travelled down her throat as she swallowed the thick fluid.

In one instant, it seemed as if a strange light gathered in her innards, only to explode as suddenly as it contracted right after that. Something happened. That I was sure off. But no matter how closely I attempted to inspect Ayda's state, I couldn't find a single clue of what happened to her.

At least, she didn't look to be in any pain or peril. Rather than that, the blush on her cheeks only deepened as she looked straight in my face with those big, enchanting eyes of hers.

"Once we finish our date in your world, I want you to impregnate me."