CHAPTER 528: CHAPTER 528 - EXPLORING CERYNEIA (PART 10)

Trying to make the situation less awkward, I chuckled then teased him, "I just want you to know that I do not have anything to do with what happened. I sleep as still as a dead log just so you know. If you have had enough, you can let go of me now."

I thought that by being light hearted about the issue at hand, he will be able to get back to his senses but I was wrong. Lir continued to shiver while being half sprawled on my body. It seems like he is still refusing to move for some reason.

I got a little inpatient and started moving my limbs to get off of him when I was startled by a sudden lewd sounding groan that came out from Lir. I looked at his face again with wide eyes and confusion. Don’t tell me...

I grabbed Lir by the waist and helped him move off of my body. He groaned once again and his hands refused to let go of my clothes. I tapped his cheek and called for his name a couple of times to get him back to the present but it isn’t working.

I totally forgot that this guy is a beast man. Beast men have their heat cycles that can come at the most random times. Lying next to a woman may have been a trigger since he was never the clingy type and I did not notice him showing interest towards me.

I sat up from the bed and dragged my body with a clinging Lir in tow towards the bathroom. Since it is a heat, I hope cold water helps a bit to at least let me talk to him properly. I had no choice but to take an early morning shower with cold water and clothes on since the guy does not want to let go of me.

It was good that I placed some sound barriers around our room or else, the whole floor might have thought that I am doing lewd things with Lir. With how well-known he was in both Cobalt City and Coal City, we would surely be the talk of the town and their favorite gossip topic once we go out shopping in this city.

Once we are inside the bathroom, I turned on the water to fill the tub with cold water. Lir was leaning his body weight on me and I can feel his warm breaths hitting my neck. This is honestly getting more and more uncomfortable for me as well, the longer he is like this.

Once the tub is at least half-filled with water, I stepped inside and sat together with Lir inside the tub. I made sure to use hands to pour water on his head and his body quickly. As the col water hit his body, he whined and said repeatedly, "No... Cold... Help me..." while clinging to me even tighter as if looking for any source of warmth.

After a few minutes, the cold water must have worked a bit as the hazy look in his eyes subsided a bit. I noticed it immediately as I felt his whole body stiffen and his eyes finally met mine and it showed some form of clarity. His eyes slowly widened as he realized that we are inside the bath tub all wet and clinging to each other.

I saw him breathe in deeply as if preparing to scream so I grabbed the back of his head and kissed his lips instead. And as expected, a muffled scream escaped his lips as my lips sealed his. He barely fought back for a second or two before he kissed back and clung even tighter to my clothes.

He smelled and tasted so sweet, I kind of lost my ability to think for a bit as well. The kiss lasted for more than a minute before I forced my lips apart from his. When our lips parted, Lir slowly opened his eyes and looked at me with eyes filled with arousal.

To avoid things from escalating further, I broke the moment by looking at him with a blank expression on my face and saying, "You can continue with your bath. The kiss is payment for taking advantage of me while I was asleep."

I hurriedly left the bath tub, walked big steps to get outside the bathroom and closed the door behind me. Once I was outside, I started gasping for air as I actually stopped myself from breathing inside the bathroom lest I will lose control again.

Damn. I did not know beast men will smell that enticing when they are in heat. It his you even stronger than a virgin human or other mystique race does. It will really make your mind hazy and one’s self control weak.

I quickly dried myself up and changed my clothes to something more presentable. I walked towards the bathroom door and spoke with a voice loud enough for Lir to hear me even with a door between us. I told him that I will buy some breakfast for the both us. I did not wait for his response and just bolted out of the inn room.

We eventually have to talk about what just happened since I want to be more familiar with how these heats happen since they seem to have a different trigger than that of the elves and heralds (they needed the full moon or something). As for my other husbands, they don’t technically go on "heat" but they do get in the mood since they want to be with me willingly or during honeymoon, I use "Ytroz" to simulate one for them like a fertility buff of some sort.

Heats make the man lose control and most likely, they won’t remember much afterwards like someone who was dead drunk. The beast man might also regret spending time with me if something intimate happens between us before they willingly became my husbands under Eienean law. With this experience, I have to be more careful around their presence since I don’t want to get in trouble.

I purposely shopped for breakfast items leisurely to give more time for Lir to calm down in the bathroom. I bought some soup with chopped seaweed floating in it and what seems to be a minced fish meat pancake from how fishy it smelled like while it was being cooked in the food stall. The breakfast might look very plain but I plan to supplement it with prepared food I have in my storage anyways so we will just be fine.

After about half an hour, I returned to the inn with all the breakfast that I bought. I walked inside as usual, placing all the food on the table. I called for Lir but he is nowhere inside the room. I knocked on the bathroom door but there was also no answer.

I can feel his presence inside the bathroom but I do not understand why he isn’t responding so after knocking I opened the bathroom door. As I peeked inside, I saw Lir still soaked in the tub filled with cold water, the same way I left him earlier. He was staring blankly on the wall as if he lost his mind.

I got worried and hurriedly fetched him out of the tub. I used magic to dry him and his clothes up then brought him out of the bathroom. I wanted to scold him but I am also currently pitying his plight so I am stuck between worrying and getting angry that it is starting to make my head hurt.

I sat him carefully on the one of the chairs next to the dining table and then I pulled my chair so I can sit next to him. I looked at his face and then asked, "Lir, are you okay? Are you hurt? Can you explain to me what happened last night?"

As if hearing a thunderclap, his shoulders jumped in surprise upon hearing his own name being called. He hurriedly looked at me then the surroundings for a bit before his eyes went back to looking at me. I patiently waited for him to get his bearing back and for the answers to my questions.

After what seems to be the longest minute in his life, Lir finally talked with a hoarse and shaky voice while looking down at his own hands. He started explaining, "I really don’t know what happened last night. The last thing bit and pieces that I remembered was waking up in the middle of the night feeling extremely thirsty. I breathed in deeply once but then I got bombarded by a very enticing and addictive scent. My body instinctually followed the place where it came from. I don’t know if I fell asleep again or I passed out but I think my sight blurred or darkened. The next bits of memories are in patches as if I was waking up and losing consciousness repeatedly."

I stared at him, trying to digest the details that he provided and pondering on how similar and at the same time different were "heats" for different mystique races. After some time, I broke my silence and said just one sentence to Lir. I looked at him with all seriousness and said, "I think my presence triggered your heat for some reason."