性瘾者

It was as if someone was ripping her heart out of her chest.

And it wasn’t only her.

Tteokbokki also dropped to the floor while clutching his chest, just like her.

Only Regina, who looked like she was in a trance, remained standing. However, it seemed like the crow wasn’t herself. The look on her face was void of emotions, and she was stiff.

[It’s not the right time to think about the enemy...]

Neoma coughed up a chunk of blood.

.....

Then, the next thing she knew, her Spirits were forcefully pulled out of her body. To be precise, her soul since it was the home of her Spirits.

Mochi, the Wind Spirit in the form of a white bunny.

Soju, the Water Spirit in the form of a toad.

Kimchi, the Fire Spirit in the form of a Leopard Gecko.

Her Spirits were shouting, but she only heard static in her head.

Neoma couldn’t hear the Spirits, but she could tell that they were worried about her. But she felt the same.

After all, her Spirits started to look transparent.

[They’re disappearing!]

“No...” Neoma said weakly, her trembling hands reaching out to her Spirits. “Stay with me, Mochi, Soju, Kimchi...”

However, her wish wasn’t granted.

Mochi, Soju, and Kimchi disappeared and turned into dust in the blink of an eye.

Seeing them vanish right in front of her while she couldn’t do anything to save them was pure torture.

“No!”

“Thug... princess...”

Neoma immediately turned to Tteokbokki.

Then, much to her shock, the Soul Beast had turned into his baby dragon form. Not only that, his body had also turned translucent!

“No...” Neoma said, forcing herself to stand up despite her aching body. She forced her legs to run towards Tteokbokki, passing by Regina Crowell who was as still as a statue. “Tteokbokki, return to your dimension!”

“Thug princess...” Tteokbokki said in a cracked voice, reaching out his little paw to her. “Take care of yourself...”

[Why do you sound like you’re already saying goodbye?!]

Neoma knelt and hugged Tteokbokki. However, she was already too late. Her Soul Beast turned into dust in her arms. “Ttteokbokki!”

She didn’t have the time to mourn the disappearance of her Spirits and Soul Beast when every inch of her body began to hurt like hell.

To be honest, she couldn’t pinpoint where it hurt.

The pain was everywhere, after all.

She couldn’t understand what was happening. After all, she didn’t see Regina Crowell do anything strange. In fact, it looked like the crow had fainted.

[And the color of her eyes changed.]

Neoma tried to stand up, but she fell to her knees again.

And the next thing she knew, she already SHRANK. It happened so fast that in just the blink of an eye, her long limbs became short. For some reason, the clothes that she was wearing adjusted to her size as well. It was obviously magic. But whoever came up with that magic was considerate- wait, this wasn’t the right time for this!

She looked at her hands and was horrified when she saw BABY hands.

It wasn’t that she had shrunk- her body turned into the body of a toddler!

Neoma touched her face and was once again horrified when she realized that her CHUBBY cheeks made a comeback. “I became a baby again?!”

***

“YOUR MAJESTY, thank you for stalling time for us,” Dahlia said to the king standing behind her. She knew it was rude to talk to His Majesty without facing him properly. But she knew that the king understood that she couldn’t take her eyes off Calyx Dalton. “Please leave the crow to me.”

“I’m sorry, Miss Dahlia,” King Glenn said apologetically. “I’ll leave the young lord to you.”

“I am a PRINCE,” Calyx Dalton insisted. “A royal prince, at that.”

“As far as I know, there’s only one royal prince in the Great Moonasterion Empire- and that’s His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince Nero de Moonasterio,” King Glenn said. “I hope we never see each other again, Lord Calyx.”

Dahlia gulped as she watched the king walk past by Calyx Dalton casually.

To be honest, even though she provoked the young lord earlier, she was scared inside. She didn’t like fighting, but now she was on the frontline.

It was taking her all that she got to stop herself from crying out of fear.

[No, I have to be strong.]

“Do you think I’ll just let you leave after you insulted me?” Calyx Dalton said, then he grabbed the king by the shoulder. “You disrespectful scoundrel-”

Dahlia gasped when she saw King Glenn suddenly swung his sword.

The next thing she knew, Calyx Dalton was already screaming in pain while covering his bleeding face with his hands.

It was fast.

And Dahlia saw it clearly.

If Calyx Dalton didn’t use his Moonglow in time to block King Glenn’s sword, then the prince- no, the YOUNG LORD would have been beheaded already.

The king looked like he felt bad that he missed cutting off the crow’s head with one swing.

“It seems like the fact that I let you think you dominated the fight earlier has gotten into your big head, huh?” King Glenn said indifferently. “Young lord, you may have de Moonasterio blood in you. But your natural gift isn’t superior to my experience in several wars.”

After saying a piece of his mind, the king left the portal room.

It wasn’t King Glenn’s job to finish Calyx Dalton.

His Majesty was only there to “greet” the young lord in order to spare Dahlia and Manu some time.

[Now it’s my turn to do my job.]

“Are you saying that the king only toyed with me to spare you some time?” Calyx Dalton asked angrily while removing his hands from his face. “Spare you time for what?”

Dahlia was startled.

Not because of Calyx Dalton’s glowing red eyes- but because of the huge and deep slanted cut from his left eyebrow down to his right cheek.

[Oh, god...]

“The new saint,” Calyx Dalton whispered, his face looked like the realization just hit him. “The new saint is already born, isn’t he?”

Yes, the young lord got it right.

[But Calyx Dalton doesn’t need to know that.]

Dahlia, instead of answering, just summoned her wand- the one that looked like a twig with pink flowers attached to the end. “Lord Calyx, please leave while I’m still asking nicely.”

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