"Fay..."
'Fay, Fay, Fay, FAY!'
Freed from the prison of aura so deep, thin, and hard to notice, I only had one thought in mind.
In this one moment, only one thing mattered. And before I could even regain control of my senses properly, I squeezed with my arms at Fay's body, paying no mind to the state we were in.
"FAY!"
The warmth of her body, the slight movement of her chest as she breathed peacefully, her presence I could sense through our bond...
All of those things formed a refuge for me to hide from the overwhelming experience of Fay's aura seemingly trying to fry my brain.
Whatever it was that cracked the shell of that dark world open, I couldn't care less. But by creating this crack of whatever held me in the prison of that minute aura, it also allowed me...
No.
It didn't allow me to do anything. But the moment when I strained my perception to its very limits only to be slammed like a hammer when the normal, world's aura intruded upon the prison I was holed up in...
Back in that moment, I managed to perceive the aura that this prison of mine was choke-full off. And by mere comparison, the world's aura... It grew so intense, that just perceiving it felt like pouring burning oil upon my flesh, mind, and soul alike.
"FAY!"
Squeezing myself even closer to my girl, I paid absolutely no mind to the painful experience of getting myself used to the normal aura.
"You are back..." Fay's soft whisper filled my ears, turning into the sweetest melody I could ask for.
I took in a deep breath, nearly instantly getting myself high on Fay's delicate fragrance.
"I'm sorry for worrying you."
Just like back in that prison of darkness, I lost myself in the void where time might exist but certainly mattered not. And only when another round of extremely condensed aura suddenly surged towards us...
'It would be bad if it got any closer when I'm that sensitive,' I thought, casually filling my own, dark aura with intent and sending it off to block the path of the incoming aura projectile.
The very moment I returned to my senses, my bond with Fay opened up and reached its maximum capacity as our feelings, worries, and desires rushed to fill the other.
With our bond in its current state, any kind of pain I would go through would instantly transmit over to Fay's mind. And it was something I was determined not to allow to happen.
"Right, we are still in the middle of a battle, aren't we?" I muttered with all the reluctance my mind could produce.
To bring my fingers away from the softness of Fay's cheek felt like tearing my soul out of my body.
But the mess that came to be as a result of my plans and actions had to be resolved. And the responsibility of seeing things through fell squarely on my own shoulders.
"Come back soon and don't loiter," Fay gave me a cheeky smile as she muttered before slowly, gracefully bending down to her knees only to sit down on her heels. "As great as it feels to once again be connected with you, the side effects of our bond..."
An intense hue of red covered Fay's cheek right as she averted her eyes, too embarrassed to look me in the eye.
'For how wild she is during intimate times, she really gets shy when talking about sex, isn't she?' I thought, feeling as if my soul was about to melt inside of me.
"Hey!" Fay sharply raised her eyes and gave me a scolding look.
Right. Every thought that passed through my head would be made loud and clear for her too!
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," I laughed out a little, "you are just too damn adorable!"
With those parting words on my lips, I forced myself to turn around and walk a few steps, emerging from the blob of Fay's aura so thick, that it shielded her from anyone's prying eyes. And after a quick glance at the battlefield in front, I locked my eyes on the duo that rather than turning tail, actually went ahead and decided to resist our advance.
Looking down at their shocked and terrified yet determined faces, I couldn't help but sigh out.
"I guess you have no idea what happened," I spoke out loud while trying my best to keep my voice, at the very least, neutral. "Nevertheless, thanks," I added, hoping to shift their attention to the topic I had in mind.
"If it wasn't for your help, it would take me much longer to find my way out of this damned hole!" I laughed, recognizing the area brimming within one of the two men as not only the one that cracked my prison of darkness open but also the one that shot out in our direction before.
"Even if it wasn't your purpose, you helped me out a bit," I admitted while locking my eyes on the man whose aura I've recognized.
Quite noticeably, out of the two of them, he was clearly stronger... And yet, his clothes were nowhere near the level of the only one man who stood back and remained at that powerful man's side.
"Intentional or not, you helped me out. So, as long as you surrender and behave, I will guarantee your safety," I proclaimed while pretending not to notice the shocked and angry looks of the celestials and divines of the unit I was a part of.
Then, noticing the look of confusion on those two men's faces, I smiled at my own thoughts.
"Or would you rather go back to the piece of shit who sent you all to this forest to die?"
"He wouldn't..." the better-dressed and weaker of the two took a step forth, accelerated by my direct confirmation of what he had to be vaguely aware of.
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"He wouldn't send you off to die for no reason?" I tried to guess what the man wanted to say before he bit his tongue. "Oh, but he had a reason, alright?" I pointed out before allowing a wicked smile to appear on my lips.
"If my understanding is correct, the only reason why your leader rushed your entire army to the forest," I turned silent for a second just to build up the tension, "was to spite Etaria, the golden princess, who I believe to be the supreme commander of all the human armies."