Vol. 3 Chapter 10.4 - The bitter with the sweet

Vol. 3 Chapter 10.4 - The bitter with the sweet



He nodded his head slowly. Kloff was in disbelief. Was he being sarcastic by asking how well he had lived after Aeroc’s death? It was cute and touching at the same time. Kloff gently lifted the crying omega and placed him on his lap. He held Aeroc’s head, bringing it close to his own neck, while his other hand stroked Aeroc’s back. He blamed himself more in order to soothe Aeroc.

“There’s no way that I was happy. Even when I tormented you, it felt terrible, but after you died, it was the worst.”

“...Why?”

Aeroc asked as if he knew nothing about it, and Kloff smiled in response. Did Aeroc really want to know why? He didn’t want to expose his vulnerabilities, but since he was guilty of it, he had no choice but to explain it again and again.

“I killed the omega that I imprinted on with my own hands, living alone after that is just hellish. I swear to you, if it were real and not a dream, I would have already committed suicide.”

While being embraced, Aeroc swallowed his tears and jerked his head, looking at Kloff with a shocked expression, as if struck by lightning. It seemed that he couldn’t believe it, so Kloff immediately licked the tears streaming down the corner of his eyes, reassuring him once again.

“In the dream, I couldn’t die because of the children you gave birth to. But that’s not the case now, so if anything wrong happens to you, I’ll die too. So please, live a long and healthy life. I want to live a long life.”

Kloff smiled and tried to kiss Aeroc’s cheek, but Aeroc pulled his head back, avoiding him. Then, with a trembling voice, he questioned.

“...Imprinted? You didn’t say such a thing.”

“In the dream, we continued to deeply hurt each other. By the time I realized it, it was already too late. But now...”

In truth, he hadn’t wanted to confess about the imprinting now. He might completely become a slave to Aeroc as he was inferior to him in many aspects, so he deliberately postponed it. He had planned to confess later when he was more qualified, while evasively saying, “If you hadn’t thrown that huge feast, I was going to confess during that meal with a ring.” Of course, he had already bought the ring.

Come to think of it, there were quite a few things that got skipped because Kloff got angry and dragged Aeroc straight to the bedroom. To top it off, he even mentioned that he cursed Aeroc in his dream. To say the least, he must have lost his sanity a little. He might have gotten too ecstatic to finally have his omega and had lost his senses in the process. Yôur favorite stories on n/o/(v)e/lbin(.)com

Kloff had confessed already, but Aeroc didn’t believe him. He kept saying it was all lies. Given his constant anxiety, it might be expected for him not to believe it. Kloff had a feeling that if he couldn’t convince Aeroc here, it would always stay like this in the future. Unlike Aeroc, who constantly left room for doubt, Kloff had no desire to do so.

“If you can’t believe me, just wait a moment.”

Kloff wanted to bring his evidence and tried to get out of bed, but suddenly Aeroc urgently shouted, “Don’t go!” and clung to him. Kloff was taken aback, and when he looked at Aeroc, tears were flowing down his cheeks as he desperately held onto Kloff’s arm.

As Aeroc poured out severe criticism that would be considered extremely serious by aristocratic standards, Kloff turned the conversation around because he seemed so enraged that he might end up suffocating.

“You were also a bad guy. You killed Rapiel and purposely died in a gruesome way, making my life a living hell.”

In his defense, Aeroc vigorously shook his head.

“I never did that on purpose. It was all because you chose to say all those cruel things.......”

Aeroc was treating him as a real lout because he hid the truth about the imprint, so Kloff rested his elbows on his knees, rested his chin on his hand, and quietly observed Aeroc. Both the enraged Aeroc and Kloff, who had been startled by his tears, now had dried tears. Far from being pleased when Kloff confessed that he had imprinted him, Aeroc was very annoyed that he hadn’t told him before, and he blurted out.

“It’s as if you already know my dreams.”

Upon hearing that, Aeroc literally jumped as if his butt had been pricked by thorns. Then, with a slightly stiff expression, he looked at the person who was looking down at him and smiled awkwardly.

“Well, I just had a feeling that it was like that.”

“It wasn’t on purpose, but you had the meaning to do so? Why?”

Aeroc’s persistent act of pretending not to know wasn’t unique to him. Although Kloff knew he would appear condescending, he still raised the corners of his mouth. Aeroc turned his head, feigning ignorance. Seeing his white complexion contrasting with his trembling red lips, it was clear that he was vacillating. Kloff deliberately asked in a colder tone.

“Speaking of my dream. As an alpha, why did you have hostility towards someone else’s wife, huh?”

“Didn’t you know from the dream?”

“Well, I don’t remember.”

The truth was, Kloff had a very vivid recollection of a ridiculously cute scene at a party where Aeroc had asked him to fuck him straight up, with his trembling hands clasped behind his back and a fake faint smile on his face, but Kloff pretended not to remember it. He was sure that Aeroc would label him as a perverted demon if he told him of that dream.

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