Chapter 75: My Love
"You're probably unaware because the queen has suppressed the information, but upon our arrival, had Ikaris not stood her ground they planned on killing him, he does not fight for the queen, he does not fight for the country, he doesn't give a rat's ass about anything that's happening to Arkadia, he's only here because he is Ikaris's master, and without him at her side or watching her she would never fight either, she doesn't listen to anyone else."
"I see how it is," Lily gave Han a knowing glance. "Young hero, I have a brazen question, it is not my position nor my authority to ask so you have all right to reject it."
"Go on," Han have her his full attention.
"There were strange rumours before, I heard it on my way back to Argom that Sol Vestic is the one who killed Kane Angelman; the sword of the queen, that he beheaded him right at the generals feet and then threatened to destroy the very foundation of Argom if anyone tried stealing her away, is this true?"
"It is," Han nodded. "At that time I was shocked too; before then, none of us knew that he was strong, he had hidden his power, but when Ikaris's life was endangered he flew into a rage and murdered all of the intruders, and then upon finding out who the instigator was, he killed him on sight." He looked at her with a serious expression.
"All of the intruders?"
"That's right, it was confirmed afterwards, but it was the same weapon which killed Kane that was responsible for the death of the others, we were all overwhelmed, but in an instant he killed every single one of them."
"You are quite brave then, or is it stupidity that drives your actions, hero of the sword?" Lily raised a brow at him upon hearing of Sol's earliest known feat.
"What are you getting at?"
"The Queen was informed that the Red-headed woman was the one who killed Kane upon discovering his treachery, and with you now confirming the rumours, it is evident that the general and all of you lied to the Queen of Argom to keep Sol a secret, I doubt this was something you all decided without him."
"It was his personal request which the general agreed to," Han nodded.
"Meaning, you all fear him, correct?"
"Well..." Han scratched his head, remembering the way Sol had schooled them in their challenge. "With the power he has, he is easily capable of stealing power from the Queen herself... He's scary when he's mad."
"And yet you have the balls to pursue his woman whom he mercilessly murdered the Queen's sword to protect?" She asked, and Han froze. "You have no grounds by which to deny this, I have closely observed the heroes' party since their arrival, after failing once before you have secretly obsessed over that woman, allow me to warn you once young hero... Give up."
"Listen-"
"No you listen," Lily turned to him with motherly concern, slightly raising her voice.
"A man who is willing to destroy the last surviving nation of a dying world is not the kind of person you should be trying to double-cross, when I saw his response to the demons that day I saw foreboding death to anything that was his enemy, right now you are beneath his concern, but if you force yourself between him and Ikaris, Han Young, you will die a miserable death, you might fool the others, but I am an old woman, I have seen your kind before-"
"It's none of your concern what I do or don't do with my time Lily, don't you dare try ordering me around... Just shut up and keep your fucking nose out of people's business." Han's gentle facade bled away revealing his inner thoughts as she poked at a nerve.
"Fucking hell... stay out of my business," He leaned his head in her direction, looking at the shock on her face.
"Maybe when I'm a lot older I'll seek out pretty old women like you, I've heard that the older you get the hornier you get too so I'm actually looking forward to those days of endless fucking, be glad I'm not into old women, otherwise..." He commented, and she felt shivers across her skin at his gaze.
"Don't even think about repeating this to anyone else either, you got that?" Han straightened again, but she had shrunken into a shell of thoughts and missed his words completely until he grabbed her by her breastplate and raised her off her feet. "If I hear this out of anyone's mouth, I'm coming for you first, understood?" Han asked, and watched the woman shiver at his gaze again and nod.
"Good, good." He released her and assumed a passive stance again.
"You said you joined the advance army seventy years ago, so does that mean you joined the army as a child?"
"Fifteen years old, I met my husband when I was eighteen, married at twenty, he died two years later." Lily answered, focused on her guard duties again.
"That means you're ninety two, how the hell are you even able to lift a sword?"
"Ninety is not that old on Arkadia, humans live to a hundred and fifty years old on average." She answered again.
"Haha," Han smiled. "I might die before a hundred and fifty, but it definitely gives me a lot of time to enjoy my life.
"You do not intend to go back to your homeworld?" She asked dissmissively.
"Of course not, unless the powers came with me I'd end up an average magicless nobody again, but here I'm a hero and a leader, I can do whatever I want to whomever I want, whenever I fucking want to...
who would give this up, back on earth I'd never be able to reach her, but here I'm capable of it, Sol is all that stands in my way, I just need to get stronger than he is and Ikaris is as good as mine!" Hand thought to himself, leaving Lily's question unanswered while he smiled.
An explosion across a mountain range causing massive avalanches.
A river burning out within seconds and then getting flooded again by a bursting dam.
The gods were in confusion as they saw multiple sites of disaster popping up across Arkadia every few minutes, but because Ikaris had used her powers to mask their presence none was the wiser that it was her and Sol causing havoc across the continents.
"This is crazy!" Ikaris pinned Sol to the ground, huffing out mana like breaths of fire as she rode him, and Sol slammed his head against the ground, causing the soil in the crater they had caused to fuse like rock and smoothen, taking on a soft and clean texture almost like that of a bed.
"It's absolutely crazy!" She pressed his arms to his side. "I... I love it!" She reached down and bit into his flesh, drawing white blood as she was overcome with passion and an orgasm that left her shaking.
"Yeah," Sol slipped one arm free, grabbing her hair then pulling her off his neck and pushing her onto her back as she locked her legs around him to prevent him from escaping her grasp again.
"It's more than even I expected, to be able to exert this much power and knowing I won't break you, it's amazing, it's a thrill I've never experienced!" Sol pulled her onto his torso, locking his hands around her as she started moving again.
"But y'know what?" He paused for a second, allowing her to catch her breath and then reaching beneath her arms holding on to her shoulders from behind and keeping her fastened to himself.
"What is it, master?" Ikaris asked, swallowing and breathing heavily against him.
"This will always be better," He began slowly moving again, allowing her raging moans from earlier to be replaced with soft tones of delight as she closed her eyes and intertwined her fingers in his messy white hair.
Their overlapping mana caused the smoothened crater to sprout new life; short smooth and soft grass accompanied by small cool flowers with glowing white petals grew around them, turning the surrounding flatland into a starry meadow, the fires around them were douced out, and the mana in the air started shaking as Sol let out a soft moan in her ear and roughly dragged her onto himself one last time before her dinivity was suppressed again and she loosely clung to him, sighing repeatedly.
"To play rough is the peak of excitement, but your softness, the way you accept me, the charms you possess when our bodies are peacefully joined..." Sol stared in her eyes as he filled her insides. "It's the purest."
"Master?" Ikaris's already red cheeks seemed to go a shade darker as her sweat steamed away and her lips curved into a sloppy smile at his words.
"I love you, Ikaris." Sol smiled at her, reaching up and kissing her softly as her tears sprung and flowed down her cheeks. "Why are you crying again?" he chuckled, picking her up and standing with her.
"I can't help it," She cuddled onto him, staring up at him. "You say such embarrassing yet beautiful things."
"Haha, I'm an awkward man after all," Sol hugged her, taking a deep breath as his demigod appearance subsided and his hair fell loosely and regained its curls, turning brown everywhere but the ends.
"Shall we return then?" He asked, and she nodded as their ruined clothes and armours were repaired on their bodies in an instant.
"Of course," Ikaris was put to stand and she held his hand with her cheeks steaming.
"My Love."