--PoV Rachel--
'Shouldn't it be fine if I bite his hand and suck some blood? After all, no one is looking at us this time. But I feel like I forgot something,'
But the smell of blood was so delicious and pungent in my nose that I couldn't think straight like I was being hypnotized. This was the first time I had smelled such a delicious smell. Even the blood of a rare animal couldn't compare to the smell of blood that was in Teo's hand.
"Amu,"
I opened my mouth and bit Teo's arm. The salty and delicious taste can't be described just by the words seeping into my mouth. It makes me very addicted, I suck it hard this blood. The taste never bores me. I want to continue to taste this delicious blood. I don't know how long I sucked it before I came to my senses and pulled myself out of it.
"What's the matter? Is it done? "
I heard Teo's voice asking me. When I turned to look at him, he just looked at me with a smile. For some reason, I felt my face heat up, I took out a handkerchief and wiped the remnants of blood in my mouth and the one on his hand. Then I stood up and ran from there without looking back at all.
"Young lady, you are back."
I saw a carriage with two maids guarding the carriage door bending towards me. I didn't even speak to them and went straight into the carriage.
"Hurry back now!" I said from inside the carriage.
The two maids outside the carriage exchanged bewildered looks, but they still obeyed the young lady's orders and operated the carriage pulled by horses. A maid got into the carriage. She looked two years older than me. She had dark brown hair and bright purple eyes.
That maid looked at her young lady in a panicked and dazed state, because it was unusual for her young lady to look like this.
"Young lady, did something happen?"
"N-nothing," I said.
That maid didn't seem to believe it, but she didn't dig deep. She just wanted to say something that worried her.
"Lady, you are not supposed to meet that boy again. You are a noble and also a daughter of the Gretchen family. You should keep your distance from that boy, he's just a commoner. If the Duke finds out about this, he will be very angry," That maid said advisingly.
I became displeased to hear what she had to say. They always say this is noble, that is noble, manners, and all kinds of things that make me dizzy.
"I know it's Nia, you don't have to keep repeating it every time," I said, annoyed.
Nia just sighed, seeing her young lady's behavior. She had often told things about nobles, but her young lady didn't take it seriously.
I looked out the window, ignoring her, but suddenly I smelled a delicious smell of blood that made my nose twitch when I turned to my hand. It was the handkerchief I used to clean the blood that was in my mouth and on Teo's hands. Remembering what happened earlier, my face turned red again.
'How could I forget that?! My mother said I can only suck the blood of the man who will be my life partner, but I had just drunk Teo's blood earlier. What should I do now? N-no wait, didn't anyone see what we did earlier, this shouldn't be a problem right?'
Guilt overtook me, but I shook my head, calming myself with all kinds of thoughts running through my head.
'Teo, you have to take responsibility. Because of you, I became like this,'
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--Pov Teo--
"This is so weird, what exactly happened??"
I saw that my injured hand was healing very quickly. The bite marks made by Rachel and the wound on my palm hand healed without leaving a scar. Even when Rachel sucked my blood, I felt my blood not decrease at all.
"I have to check my body now,"
I sat cross-legged and closed my eyes, feeling mana flow and whatever was strange with my body. But I found nothing. Then I dug deeper until mana flow touched my bones, and immediately I opened my eyes in shock and disbelief.
"My bone... it's still in my body and, strangely, it's perfectly fused. How can that be? Didn't I go back to the past right now? Those bones should also disappear from my body, "
I met Master and received such harsh training from her. Before Master left, she gave me a backbone from an ancient dragon. Master said she got that bone from the ruins of the world she came from. Even Master herself didn't know that dragon bone.
Master was hesitant to give the bone to me because if I wanted to use it, I would have to perform an operation on my body and forcefully insert the dragon bone into my body. It can also fail as it requires a suitable body to accept that bone. If it somehow fails, I will die instantly. But I convinced Master to try to fuse dragon bone with my body.
Luckily, my body and the dragon's spine matched very well, so in the fusion process, it didn't kill me, although it was still very painful. Even though the fusion was successful, the dragon's spine still didn't blend perfectly into my body. I also got a special ability from those bones. It was an ability I had used when I was in the execution stage before.
It was my second time using that ability. The first was when I was with Master and went crazy after using the technique. If Master wasn't with me then, I might have died.
"But in the end, I disobeyed Master's orders and used the technique again," I felt guilty.
But what really confuses me now is that not only is that bone still in my body, it is now perfectly fused. All the bones in my body are ancient dragon bones. How can I not be surprised by all of this?
"Doesn't that mean, if I use that ability again, I can control it?"
Because my body wasn't perfectly fused before, I couldn't control my power when I was transforming into my half-dragon form. If my body is now perfectly fused, I should be able to control my power while in half-dragon mode.
Thinking of this makes my heart restless. Because I returned to the past, I can now change the future I don't want. With this power, I have another trump card against that scheming little brother of the king. I will save Mom and Rachel, no matter what.
"My blood too. It seems that because my bones are now the bones of an ancient dragon, my blood has begun to adapt and undergo changes. Is that why Rachel can't control herself? "
I didn't expect Rachel to suck my blood. I just tried to tease her and offer her even though I knew she would definitely refuse. But she seemed to lose her mind when she smelled my blood.
"I have to be careful in the future,"
I got up with a half-remaining lunch box. After so long, I want to see my mother again. I just hope she won't hate me like she used to.
"Huuh.. Haaahh..." I took a deep breath.
[Go!! Go away from here! You monster, I don't want to see you!!]
My body trembled, remembering the time my mother's beloved face regarded me as a monster with fear and hatred. Fear flooded my body, I knelt down holding my chest with cold sweat all over my body. Even now, that memory has never left my head.
"Mother, I… I…"
Tears fell from my eyes. I squeezed the ground, feeling the pain in my heart. Holding my breath, I closed my eyes, calming myself before opening them again with a look full of determination.
"No, it hasn't happened yet. I still have a chance to change it. I will not allow Duke Alfons to kill Grandpa and Grandma. "
After winning myself over, I went from the forest to the village where my mother and I had been living all this time. Village conditions seem to be getting worse because of continuous crop failure. This place only contains the elderly, and those who are younger choose to leave this village.
After I entered the village and walked a few meters, I came to a house made of wood. I took a deep breath, then slowly pushed the door open.
"Mom, I'm home"
Not long after, a beautiful woman with blonde hair down to her back and bright orange eyes was seen wearing clothes that looked a little shabby. When she saw me, she smiled and took my hand inside the house.
"You're home, Teo. Come on in. Mom will prepare water for you,"
Mom went into the kitchen while I sat at the dining table in a daze. When mom came back with a cup of water, I just looked at her without blinking.