A warm breeze blew through the open window, causing my brows to twitch slightly as I stirred from my sleep. Slowly, I opened my eyes and was greeted by the sight of Courtney’s beautiful face, her features relaxed in the peaceful embrace of sleep. The soft morning rays had already started streaming through the window, casting a gentle glow over our bed and illuminating her delicate features.
With a smile playing on my lips, I inched closer to her and pressed a soft kiss on her lips. “Ah!” Courtney flinched slightly, and her cheeks flushed a deep shade of red as she woke.
“I know you’re awake, Courtney,” I said with a light laugh.
She averted her gaze, looking away shyly before finally opening her eyes. She fidgeted nervously, gripping the bedsheet to cover her naked body up to her breasts. The sight of her made my desire to be with her again surge, but I knew it wasn’t the right time. Morning had already broken, and the risk of being discovered was too great.
I couldn’t help but wonder if any of my classmates, who were residing nearby, had heard Courtney’s passionate moans throughout the night. If I were to make love to her again right now, there would be no way to fool anyone. Besides, I had my reasons for wanting to keep my polygamous tendencies a secret from Amelia and Aisha, at least for now.
The current versions of Amelia and Aisha would never accept such a relationship. I needed them to fall more deeply in love with me, perhaps even to the point of obsession, before they could entertain the idea.
While I had no doubts that they would eventually accept my desire for multiple partners, thanks to my extraordinary charm and luck, I understood that their Earthly upbringing had ingrained a strong preference for monogamous relationships. Polygamy was often viewed as unhealthy, a perspective I found fair but restrictive.
“H—hum, I should leave now before…someone comes up…” Courtney’s voice trailed off, breaking my train of thought.
“Why? You don’t want anyone to find out that you just spent the night with the class’s weakest and nerdiest guy?” I asked, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.
“Wha…n—no! It’s not that at all!” Courtney quickly responded, her voice filled with urgency as she met my gaze.
Her face had turned pale with worry, and her eyes were wide with panic.
Courtney was undeniably one of the people who bullied me. Although her actions weren’t as severe as those of Aidan and Nancy, she still contributed to my misery. We were classmates, but she seemed to harbor a dislike for me, which I suspected was because I was Siara’s stepbrother. Siara, who had an unrelenting crush on Jason, was in constant competition with Courtney for his attention.
Feeling threatened by Siara, Courtney’s animosity extended to me. However, she couldn’t openly confront Siara, who was extremely popular at school and had an even more popular older sister, Sienna.
I became a convenient target for Courtney, a punching bag for her negative feelings toward Siara. Perhaps she thought that by attacking me, she could somehow unsettle Siara. But Siara was too infatuated with Jason to notice anything happening to me.
However, things changed after the summoning incident. Courtney matured significantly in the short time we spent together. The traces of maturity I observed were absent when she used to hang around Jason.
Now, it seems Courtney feels guilty about her past actions and is afraid I might bring them up again and leave her. I am, admittedly, a petty person. I believe I’ve repaid her enough by severing her bond with Jason, which I think was ultimately beneficial for her. With me, she has a much better chance of success than she ever did with Jason.
But there are others I can’t easily repay with a simple threat like I did with Courtney—Aiden, Nancy, and ultimately Jason himself. Jason’s case is a bit more complicated, though.
“Then what? Are you ashamed?” I probed further.
Courtney vehemently shook her head. “No! No! I… I am not feeling anything like that. I… I am just scared…”
She finally admitted it.
“Scared of what?” I asked, even though I already knew the answer. She wanted our relationship, and her feelings for me, kept hidden.
“The others… Aiden, Nancy, and maybe Jason…” She bit her lip slightly. “I don’t care about myself, but if they learn about us… they’ll bully you more and others too… and we are in another world…”
I was quite surprised when she even mentioned Jason’s name. It seemed she knew him better than I thought.
And she wasn’t naive. She knew that Aiden and Nancy would undoubtedly take great pleasure in humiliating me, as if their old toy had suddenly become functional again, now with a new purpose. They would surely delight in making my life miserable, but the current me was far more resilient and untouchable against their schemes.
“Fine. I understand,” I nodded to Courtney.
Courtney searched my face for any lingering resentment, but there was none.
I gently patted her cheek and looked at her seriously. “You are mine, Courtney. The world doesn’t need to know for it to be the absolute truth.”
Courtney blushed deeply, nodding weakly.
I could feel my desire rising as I looked at her, lying defenseless on the bed. The urge to take her right then was strong, but I restrained myself. She had just lost her virginity, and even after being with Amelia, I knew it was best to give her a couple of days to recover fully.
“Better if you leave now,” I said, and Courtney nodded, standing up and shielding her body, which I had ravished the day before, from my view. Her modesty only added to her allure. She should have clothes in her space ring anyway.
Sighing, I stared at the ceiling. “Khione?”
I waited, but there was no answer. Was their meeting really that important?
It seemed a war was looming, and the gods were taking it seriously. I wanted to hear Khione’s thoughts about Radakel and the appearance of Liphiel. Usually, Khione would offer advice on how to handle such matters or approve my plans, but now she was absent, leaving me with no one to confide in.
Quite hard to decide but…
“In the worst case, I will have to enslave her with a New Forbidden Seal.”
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