A/N: Yay! Congratulations on finally reaching the 300th chapter.
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Back to Alex's side.
Alex and Silveria were happily chatting when suddenly, Artemia's body glowed before she fell on the ground; she puked blood, her body started spasming.
''What going on?" Alex moved toward Artemia while asking Silveria.
Faster than Alex, Silveria appeared before Artemia and checked her condition; her face turned ashen.
''No good, master, you must save or else she will burst from too much energy. After combining with the other half of her Gift, the energy it contained was too much for her to bear. Normally, this shouldn't have happened; however, something happened, something got mixed with this energy. You must save her.''
''What do I need to do?'' Alex asked with a concerned face.
Silveria's face was grave as she said this, ''You need to copulate with her to share some of the overflowing energy.''
''I beg your pardon? Can you repeat it?" Alex thought there was something wrong with his ears.
''I said, you must copulate with her. Would you please act quickly? She will die soon if you don't do anything.'' Silveria explained again what needs to be done.
''You can't be seriously suggesting that I sleep with her. Stop joking.'' Alex was not convinced.
Artemia's body started emitting heat; it became red.
''I'm not joking; what are you hesitating for? It's to save her life, and at the same time you will be riping some benefits; and before you go saying that there is another method, such as using Erase, if you do, I can assure you that she will undoubtedly die, so there's no other alternative.''
''Ugh!''
Alex grunted when all of his options were cut off. His expression suddenly changed as cracks started to on Artemia's right arm, blood started to leak out.
''Master!!"
Silveria shouted, unexpectedly someone talked; it was someone Alex never expected to hear, not soon.
''Stop hesitating; you will not suffer any loss. Go do her.''
Alex was gobsmacked; never would he have thought that the first words Nyx would speak would that. He was beyond shocked.
''Big sister, watch your words. You don't have to be so blunt.'' Silveria chided Nyx.
''Shut Nemesis,'' Nyx said, her voice was still emotionless.
''Okay, I understand.''
Alex finally decided to comprise; if he chose not to follow the two advice, he was sure that he would regret it. There must exist another method save Artemia; however, he didn't have time to search for another method.
''Take your time!''
After speaking her mind, Silveria slipped away like the silent wind as though she were afraid that Alex would devour her in a single bite. Looking at her reaction, Alex let out a helpless sigh.
Gazing at the unconscious Alex, knitted his brows and thought. He didn't want to resort to such a method; however, there was nothing he could do about the matter; he could only bit the bullet.
If Alex were any other man, perhaps he would have already laid hands on this defenseless and beautiful young lady lying before him. But it was a pity that he wasn't aroused as he looked at the sleeping young lady. It wasn't that he didn't have any sexual attraction to her, but he wasn't interested in such one-sided behavior instead. He had his bottom line; adding Artemia to his Harem would bring more trouble than good; that's what he believes; too many women would be a hassle.
''Let's get started.'' He mumbled before sauntering toward Artemia, stooping over and gazing at her. He gently caressed her soft, mellow cheek. He had to admit that the sleeping Artemia had a certain charm; she was like a seductress, her lips were enticing.
The corners of Alex's mouth perked up. Then, he pressed his lips against hers.
"…"
Facing his kiss, Artemia couldn't refuse at all. Alex extended his tongue, pried open her clenched teeth, and wrapped around her savory tongue. Even though he effortlessly stole humanity's strongest empire, the third princess's first kiss, he wasn't excited in any way. On the contrary, he put up a focused look on his face. While he held his lips against hers, he used this chance to see if he could transfer some of the overflowing energy from her body to his.
All in all, it felt more like CPR for him…
"Hmm…"
At that moment, Alex's 'rescue' finally took effect. As Artemia let out a soft groan, she stretched out her arms and wrapped them around his neck, responding to his kiss. Upon realizing her reaction, Alex was delighted. He separated himself from her and gazed at her. He thought maybe she would wake up.
"Artemia, wake up! Princess, please wake up!"
"Hmm…"
〖Continue, she won't wake up; it's an instinctual reaction; keep up, I'm sharing for you. Rest assured, I'm not peeking. Definitely not.〗
'Screw you. I will dig out your eyes if you were ever to peek, I can assure you that.' Alex warned her, the only response he got was,
〖Tch!〗Sillveria clicked her tongue; she felt like being cheated because she brought out some popcorn to watch the show, only to end up disappointed.
Ignoring Silveria, Alex focused on what he was doing.
Having finally made his mind for good, Alex hesitates no more; he is lowered his head without any hesitation and kissed Artemia's soft lips.
"Hmm… Mmm…"
Upon feeling his kiss, Artemia leaned toward the man above her and coiled her arms around him tightly. The sound of kisses and gasps echoed in the quiet room. Her tender, savory tongue emerging from between her slightly-opened lips intertwined with Alex's tongue and demanded insatiably. Alex responded to her desires and reached his hands out to caress her body gently.
Through their exchanges, Alex could feel the energy leaving Artemia's body to enter his body; he could feel his XP bar slowly being filled; it was slow. Artemia's body was still burning hot; he needs to proceed faster if he wishes to save her.
At this thought, Alex changed his strategy immediately. He extended his arm and caressed the young lady's body, at the same time stripping off her clothes. Even though it didn't seem any different from ordinary fondling, as a matter of fact, Alex had coalesced his wind into his hands(Using Sleipnir's Unique ability).
"Haa… Haa…"
Upon sensing his caress, Artemia let out deep gasps. She lay weakly in his arms, her hands shrinking back to her chest as though instinctively protecting herself and, at the same time, luring him to take further action.
'Let's finish this.' Alex muttered to himself before gazing at the sleeping beauty; Alex appeared like a prince who was about to wake up the sleeping beauty; however, instead of using a simple method, he went for the hard mode.