CHAPTER 118: ENVY: AWAKENED

Breeze brushed against Mel as she soared through the sky on a Ka-broom, the empty cloud swirling above her.

Now in her Witch form, her hands clenched around the wood as her velvet dress fluttered, her thighs still shifting awkwardly against the bareness.

Curse the blasted game design: her Witch Form had left still bare beneath the dress.

Lila sat at the back, her trembling hands keenly wrapped around Mel’s waist, shivering against the cold.

"You alright, Lila?"

"Yes," Lila mumbled, her cheek nuzzling against Mel’s back. "Please keep going..."

"Kinky, but sure!"

With a little smirk, Mel nudged the speed higher as she breezed through the town.

They were so far above the town now that the lights below flickered like moth wings in the dark.

For Lila’s request to return to the forest, Mel snuck with her after Samantha tallied the students’ injuries and numbers.

Thanks to Class 1-A’s talents and Selaria’s swift leadership, Samantha’s sigh of relief still echoed in her memory.

And after she called for the others to board the Whale for a rest, Mel quickly jumped out of the air deck and rode with Lila back towards the forest.

"This is quite rebellious of us." Mel chuckled.

She thanked the thin fabric of her dress; her skin chilled to every shudder of Lila’s body pressed against her

"Sorry, Mel..." Lila’s embrace tightened, her chest burrowing deeper into Mel’s back. "I know sneaking out would make draw suspicion to you as a Witch, but... I have resolved the issue now."

Mel blinked at Lila’s forwardness before her lips curled to a soft smile.

Her palm covered Lila’s hand at her waist, fingers teasing the knuckles in playful reassurance.

"It’s the first time my Lila wants help from me, so it’s fine!"

Then her hand grasped Lila’s, tender with a hint of doting.

"Besides," Mel’s voice grew low. "We haven’t been alone together in a while, so it was only natural I complied."

A breath hitched in Lila’s throat, as a faint blush colored Lila’s cheeks.

"Dummy..." Lila grumbled, her groans muffled as she grazed against Mel’s velvet dress. "Didn’t you promise the entire tomorrow with me? So... I didn’t mind it..."

She has long concluded that Mel would not belong solely to her.

Of course, Lila would whine to Mel however she liked; but that was more of their... ’love play’ rather than anything serious.

It was not so much that Mel ensnared her, nor was it her painfully tolerating her lover.

"Mel." She giggled, a bubbly warmth rallying in her chest. "I love you."

Rather, she was confident she would ensnare Mel for herself one day.

Before that, she would gladly understand how Mel protected and cared for others rather than her alone.

"Hehehe." Mel’s posture arched, easing Lila’s chin as it dragged upwards before reaching her shoulder.

"I love you too, Lila."

Lila’s lips pressed together before eying Mel’s marked neck.

She leaned in to kiss the red mark, then lifted to near Mel’s ear.

"I’ve thought about this, Mel..." Lila whispered against Mel’s ear. "But it was your fault that I bore no shame as well."

She recalled too many of her love deeds exposed in public; too many embarrassments to count that she could curl up with her face dug into a mattress.

Mel’s eyes drew back, meeting Emerald’s eyes that frankly bore no blame.

Against the shimmering moonlight, the green shone of a peace and a promise.

Her smile bloomed with a swell of pride. "It’s not too late to withdraw. I might be a honey that will drown you instead."

Those emerald eyes shivered, the blush deepening a little before Lila’s lips curled up the same.

"Then I’d die this way, smothered by your love."

With excitement sparking, Lila’s hand shifted away from Mel’s grasp, and it slithered up towards Mel’s chest.

It timidly lingered beneath it; a territory she didn’t feel comfortable enough to surpass.

The insecurity seeded in her was just an excuse; her passion to grow stronger, though fierce, faltered against hesitation.

The Hesitation to possess Mel, just as Mel possessed her.

Yet Mel’s grasp caught her hand again.

With a little smile, she brought it upwards to sink into her chest, and a moan escaped from her lips.

"Overwhelming you with love sounded fun, but I’m a more venomous person than that, Lila."

Mel declared with hushed breath, her eyes curved at how Lila froze at the contact.

"There would not be a single day I will not drip-feed you with sweetness."

Lila’s eyes watered, the whimper she desperately held back slipped out as Mel’s hand twirled hers at the breast.

The velvet dress’s strap slipped in the motion as Mel pressed their foreheads together.

"Accept it." Mel tempted, her lips inching away from Lila’s. "And I promise bits and pieces of me will belong to you, so your tongue will desperately search for more."

The trance that used to clear Lila’s eyes, which kept her sanity intact, finally shattered.

"Mel..." She cried a little, tears sliding down her cheek in fulfillment and shame. "Please take good care of me, then..."

Mel’s lips parted as she finally bridged the gap and bit onto Lila’s lips.

Mel’s lips stayed firm against Lila’s whimpers, saliva mingling between them like a lifeline

The pale moon was rising beyond the horizon, as the couple sought a fulfillment that neither could quite understand.

One that possessed. One that desperately wished to be possessed.

Now, as the two tongues danced in the air, their breaths finally mingled together in a final vow that sealed their fates.

[ Envy Awakening Progression: 97% - 99% ]

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The two’s kissing session continued till they crossed the empty field, then to the forest they used to traverse with Rosana again.

The Ashen Erdtree stood tall in the middle as Lila and Mel landed, their feet tapping the lush soil on the ground.

Lila’s gaze lingered beneath them, on the soil that housed the roots.

At first, it was a creeping madness that would have consumed her mind.

Those roots sang of a desperation, with mixed cries of betrayal that she didn’t expect.

Elves who’d lent these plants to defilement.

A Familiar whose abandoned body found no peace.

As her heart beat firmer, she could feel something was being drawn from within.

Her eyes landed upon the Erdtree again.

It was not just this Erdtree, but others within Embervale who sought help.

"I’m sorry."

An unexpected apology came from Lila as she approached the betrayed kind.

"I know there are others out here in Embervale like you, but even I don’t know if I can save them next."

Her palm touched the bark; a desperate search for herself within its scars.

Not sympathy for the betrayed, but rather pity.

Because on second thought, she was never betrayed by Mel.

She has always accepted Mel’s openness, choosing to be petty and adorable to her Mel.

Even if her mind was almost muddled, she was nearly sure that they carried a different meaning now to her.

"I will make this quick."

Pure whitness seared into Lila’s emerald eyes, pulsing against the lava-veins that corrupted the tree.

Purity incarnate descended, and a girl’s wish to be devoured by love lay in the middle.

[ Envy Awakening Progression: 99% - 100% ]