16 Sleepless

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<Ping>

<Mo Nan interest in host peeked>

<Favoribility stats increased>

'That fast? It wasn't even a day since I met her'

<Host is right; looking at the first expression toward you, I would confidently confide that it couldn't get any better, but it shouldn't have influenced her interest stats this much; it seems like you possess some kind of ability that she desperately needs>

I confusedly asked back, 'Ability? Something she needs from me?' I pondered about the matter, but I couldn't remember anything particular during our short encounter.

<I can't really tell what's the thing she needs, host should investigate himself>

I scratched my head, feeling troubled; as Rui went into someplace preparing for my forced shower.

In the way, I felt like Yu was still mentally restless, especially after seeing the little Hickey my sister left on my neck.

Lightly putting me on the sofa, striding to the bed, she rang, "Tsk, I shouldn't let you go to that party!"

Even though she appeared to be calm, her eyes were still simmering with fury.

'Eh, I should work hard tonight to comfort her, or things might get nasty after.'

Though, I didn't blame my sister for my current situation; after all, I'm the one who agreed to her request.

I answered her, manipulating my tone to the cuter side, "Mommy, are you angry at Cho?"

She turned her head, widely opening her eyes, before horrifiedly saying, "Angry?" She stood up from her yet to be warm spot, heading in my direction.

With every step she took toward me, her smirk stretched more in her gorgeous visage, deliberately reaching the sofa before putting me in her lap, muttering, "I am in fact angry, but not because of my little baby, of course; it's all toward myself,"

Her eyes brimming with sadness, she sighed, "Yet again, I failed to be a reliable mother for you,"

I couldn't understand Yu crocked so-called "motherly duties,"

'How did you fail? I just went with my own sister, and besides that, nothing really happened to me,'

"Mommy didn't fail!" I declared, this little body making my tone extremely childish, which complemented my act.

"Hmm? Of course, because I didn't protect you! A baby like you should never leave his mother side, nothing less the cutest son in the world; even after hundreds of years, My little dumpling is the only thing I care about; all the others are merely insects in my eyes, especially the shameless intruders bugging our sweet life, they all should die,"

After that emotional assertion, I knew that his mother wants consolation, and there's nothing she loves more than cuddling.

So, as scheduled, I looked up at her face and said, "Can I hug you?"

She delightedly glanced back, as the sadness in her eyes instantaneously extinguished, before nodding her head, "Of course, you can hug your mommy, any time you want," her excitement showed itself on how broadly she smiled.

We cuddled for some time, before she took me to the shower and "purificated" me, As she obsessively scrapped every inch my sister previously touched from my body.

I got out from the wooden shower whiter than a shiny lotus at a lively spring; her nose oddly sniffed my scent, in fear of having reminisces of Mo Nan's scent.

"Ah! Finally, you're clean. Shall I brush your hair now?" She inquired, holding my hand toward the bed.

"Un," I responded.

She proceeded to brush my smooth ink-black hair, feeling extremely amused, before putting me in the bed, tightly hugging me from behind.

Hence, Sensing the warm embrace, my tired body gave up to the shackles of sleep, peacefully fallen into a subtle slumber.

However, Yu didn't sleep; she kept waving her hand on my neck, caressing the red spot that refused to disappear from her constant efforts, gradually getting disturbed by the "scuzzy" mark.

'How dare she dirty my son!' this thought bothered her the most.

Furthermore, her emotions drifted in the blacker region of her heart, which led to her brain's sleepless torments throughout the night, as she felt bitter about my lost "purity."

A dreadful frown crept on her face, feeling miserable after glimpsing at the imperfection put in my skin, especially that such frailty didn't come from her.

Simultaneously, she closed up the distance between her face and my asleep corpse narrows, wrapping her mouth in top of the red hickey, sucking hard on the area, like she's trying to remove my sister's empreinte, consequently reclaiming my ownership to herself.

Her eyes wretchedly opened in satisfaction after glancing at the newly established Hickey. For some reason, she despised thinking about me having physical contact with someone.

'No one is worthy enough of my child! His body, soul, smiles, and eyes are all only created for me; even a single strand of his hair is mine, ALL MINE!! no one will ever be able to separate us in this lifetime!'

She sighed, feeling absorbed by the consuming emotions before entwining her body into my waist, covering me from the cold.

Likewise, two girls didn't sleep; one with an observing eye, always watching my figure from afar, regardless of the time or place, sleeplessly staring, and the other, ecstatically recalling my adorableness and 'unique' personality, while painstakingly cultivating.

The night passed, I woke up to the sound of the bird's melodious chirping; my goal today was to expand my sea of consciousness; feeling motivated, I stood up and lazily opened my eyes.

While Yu left early to take care of her business, the little maid, however, was sitting on the chair right beside me; I subconsciously turned around to find the girl's swollen face gazing at me, with enormous black bags under her eyes.

I was startled by the sudden appearance and uttered an "Ahh," reflexively rushing back to the other side.

She reacted calmly by saying, "Sorry if I scared you, young master,"

I took a breath of relief after hearing the familiar voice, "W-what time did you get here?" I questioned.

"I'm always here-... I mean just now," she got embarrassed for some reason and yanked my hand, pulling me straight toward the library.

The last few days, I had some problems understanding some of the alchemy concepts and requested her to be my teacher.

Which of course, She gladly accepted.

Her multiple talents baffled me at first; the level of comprehension she attained wasn't anybody can reach.

Somebody once said that "The easiest you can explain something, the better you understood it."

And indeed, from her simplistic way of teaching, I could confidently say that she's the best teacher I can ask for.

The notions poured inside my brain like a valley's clear water gushing into a pound, she had almost fixed all the messy intertwist threads of ideas, that bothered my brain for countless hours

Similarly, I wasn't aware that she had the same astonished feelings toward my mental capacity, if not even grander.

'How could a heavenly talented girl like this be a maid, Such an injustice!'

I felt pity for the wasted potential of Rui, but I had no way of helping her. I mean, how could I help someone that doesn't want help.