While Rudra and Miu were making out, suddenly Miu's phone rang. She hurriedly separated from Rudra, her face red with shyness.
"*Ahem*" She picked up the phone, clearing her throat as she spoke, "Hello?"
Rudra gave Miu a little space to attend to her phone call. While Miu was over the call, Rudra felt something old and forgotten stir inside him. He couldn't quite name it, but it was a vague sense of fulfillment or satisfaction that left him confused.
Meanwhile, Miu returned after the phone call with a dejected look on her face.
"Why the long face, lady?" Rudra asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Haa~ I got a phone call from my agency. I need to go. The model for the cold drink shoot got sick, so she couldn't attend the shooting, and I was chosen as a replacement," she sighed, explaining the reason for her dejected look. The truth was, she wanted to spend more time with her boyfriend and was silently cursing the producers of the cold drink.
"I need to go now, or I will also be late," Miu said, fixing her wrinkled clothes.
"Should I drop you to the location?" Rudra asked, not wanting to let her go alone, showing his possessiveness.
*Giggle~*
Miu giggled at his possessive words. She tiptoed and gave him a chaste kiss on his lips, then said, "My ride is already at the door. I'll come back in the evening," and left the house through the main door.
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**Meanwhile, in the house:**
"Do you want to eat something, Sera?"
"Yes, I want meat."
"Okay... oh, by the way, where is Night? I haven't seen him since morning."
"He's on the roof, lazing around. Apparently, he found some cat sniffing around, so he went to claim his territory. Let him enjoy."
" Hoo!.. looks like he is marking his territory 😺😺."
After a short chat with Sera telepathically, I went to the kitchen to prepare some deer meat from the forest.
"Humm...hn...hummm..." (Lost in Humming) Today I feel quite good, like I got something important back that was lost. I can't pinpoint what it is, but it must be a good thing because it made me happy.
*Humm* (Remains humming some random melody and tunes)
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"Burp~"
"Ahh~ that was nice," Sera said, patting her bulging stomach. She ate a lot, I mean a LOT! She literally ate the portion of seven people. My stock of deer meat is already finished.
"Hey, are you thinking something rude?" she asked, giving a chilling gaze. Her intuition told her he was definitely thinking something rude.
"No!" (A chill ran down his spine.) I shook my head hurriedly. Women's intuition is scary.
"Ne~Ne~ let's go somewhere, I'm bored sitting at home all day." (Said while playing with a lock of hair and giving him seductive glances)
"Why not... hmm." (Thinking deeply while his hands crept inside Sera's blouse.)
"...?" (Staring at him blankly.)
"Hmm..." (Ignores her)
*Vein bulge*
"You-! *Smack* Horny dog, you just did the deed last night till morning! Even I need rest; it's still swollen," she said, remembering his increasing actions in bed and his libido. Even though she is a system, she can't keep up with his techniques and stamina. She has begun to be overwhelmed with the insane amount of pleasure she gets just from his touches.
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Unlike Sera, Rudra's strength is always increasing with his training. He's a master of his powers, cultivated with blood and sweat. Sera, on the other hand, is like a queen bee in her colony, reaping the benefits while everyone else does the work.
Though Sera might be stronger in theory and on paper, when it comes to actual execution, Rudra— even with his parameters halved— can kick Sera's ass. He's become that kind of monster over the course of his uninterrupted training.
Imagine two warriors: one with decades of fighting experience who can adapt quickly to unexpected situations because of his transcendental skills, and one from a high-standing family who lacks fighting experience but uses expensive armor to compensate. You can probably guess who would win in a fight. The high-standing family candidate, even with expensive armor, would lose due to his lack of skills. The old man, even with a normal sword or inexpensive armor, would easily kick his ass.
In Sera's case, she had two consciousnesses: one of the system, which is mostly dormant because Rudra rarely uses it, and the other of Rudra's wife, where she lives her daily life.
The reason Sera is so adamant about Rudra making a harem is because she cannot provide what Rudra lacks, even if she wanted to. She is a part of Rudra; her origin is his soul itself. It's like he's with his own separate identity, which has kept him sane until now.
But he lacks proper human love and care. Although he is no longer human—though he doesn't know this—he unconsciously yearns for it. Sera has only one goal: to make Rudra happy, and for that, she will go to any length, and I mean any length.
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Because of Sera's insistence, they went to the other side of the door and enjoyed the backward magical culture of the Arcelia Kingdom.
They disguised themselves as merchants from afar, posing as husband and wife.
Entering the town legally, they explored various foods and magical items of the different world.
They enjoyed a great deal. Though the items might not be mind-blowing, they were creative and fascinating, given the backward world where science and technology hadn't advanced much.
They lingered around until evening and returned home at night. Miu had already arrived at her home, so they had dinner together, and Rudra walked her to her home.
After a night filled with moans and passions, Rudra and Sera slept blissfully.
The entire week flew by with them exploring and having the time of their lives. Halfway through, they had to explain the supernatural and magic stuff to Miu because they couldn't always hide their tracks. It was better to tell her themselves than have her find out from other sources.
Miu's reaction after the revelation couldn't be described in words. Sword and magic are things everyone has dreamed of at least once, but when they become reality, her common sense collapsed.
Seeing the real proof was so shocking that she fainted with smoke coming out of her head.
Rudra had an awkward smile on his face when he explained his origin to Miu, whose only thought was:
"I fell in love with a man who is older than my whole lineage, but even then, why are my feelings for him only increasing?"
Despite Rudra revealing some of the dark sides of the supernatural society and the pros and cons of magic, she still loved him. Or rather, her feelings intensified.
Rudra explained his origin as an ancient human from a lost dimension, but the truth about his reincarnation, he would take to his grave.
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**Tomorrow is finally the day of the duel between Rudra and the flaming chicken, and Rudra is as relaxed as ever.**
His duel is scheduled before the clash of Gremory and Phoenix, and for a good reason. According to the bet, this is going to be quite an interesting match.
After school tomorrow, someone will come to guide him to the underworld. He can already guess who that person might be. Who else but the Silver Queen? For some reason, she was adamant about being his guide. He didn't know why, but being escorted by a mature beauty—who would reject such a chance?
**Today, Miu moved in with him.**
Miu is an independent woman; her family doesn't care much about her. She was living on her own with her own money. The apartment she rented had no issue with her moving out.
As she was already aware of the supernatural, Rudra gave her a tour of his castle, which at every turn challenged her common sense and knowledge. She was in awe and fascinated by the intricate crafting and the design of the castle. It was such a beautiful and majestic structure that it put even the most beautiful castle on Earth to shame.
After the tour, she chose the room just beside Rudra's bedroom. You know, that's a woman's romance.
**They threw a heavy and hearty party for Miu's welcome.**
She met Night and immediately became infatuated with his cuteness. Night was just freeloading and playing around all day as the pack leader of a street cat group, which incidentally consisted of all females. So, he was assigned to Miu for her protection.
That night, Miu was once again in shock and awe at her darling's cooking skills.
**Miu:** "Rudra, how do you manage to make even a simple dish taste like heaven?"
**Rudra (with a grin):**"It's all about the secret ingredient, Miu."
**Miu (curious):** "Secret ingredient?"
**Rudra (leaning closer, whispering):** "Love."
She felt herself undeserving of such a talented person, but before she was lost in dark thoughts, a flick on her forehead by her darling was enough to get her mind out of the gutter.
**Rudra:** "Hey, no gloomy thoughts tonight. This is a celebration!"
She enjoyed the night like it was the best night of her life, unaware that it was just the beginning of her adventure filled with incomprehensible and bizarre situations.
Just like that, the night of celebration continued till late at night.
Miu became drunk and ended up sleeping with Rudra and Sera in their bedroom. Night also joined them in the room, taking his reserved seat beside the lamp table and flopping down, drifting to dreamland and looking forward to his master's fight tomorrow.