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Elven Forest (17)
“I’m sorry, Mom!”
While there was mana holding me down, my arm could freely move at long last. I pulled out the mana dissolving potion from my pocket and threw it at Mom. The content instantly dispersed the mana holding me down. Some of the potion sprayed onto Mom. Mom crankily wiped it off her face. When she opened her eyes again, I had already leapt at her. I forced her to the ground and pinned her there.
“Son!! What are you doing?! What are you doing?!”
Mommy Vyvyan possessed tremendously powerful mana, but it didn’t change the fact that her physical strength was relatively poor, much poorer than Mommy Elizabeth’s. Additionally, with my dragon body, I could restrain her without a hassle. The next step was to stop Mommy Vyvyan from thinking.
I quickly went down and kissed her lips. At the same time, I ripped a piece of material to tie around her wrists. I was aware that it wasn’t nice of me. Surprisingly, Mom didn’t resist. To the contrary, she showed that she looked forward to what was to follow with her eyes. I could see what she was thinking from her gaze. I, apparently, just wanted to try a different fetish.
I removed my lips then shoved a bunch of cloth into Mom’s mouth while she had her infatuated gaze on. She didn’t even realise that I had shoved stuff into her mouth. To be frank, I wasn’t sure if that’d work or not. I just thought that, since mana was required …
In the next instant, though, I levitated into the air and found myself pressed against a magic wall. Then, I had my head slammed into the ground. Next, I was restrained on the ground again. I heaved a big breath. I despairingly watched Mom spit the cloth out of her mouth. She then reduced the cloth to microscopic portions. She licked her lips and pursed her lips into a smile: “Son, what are you still struggling for? Why are you trying so hard to run from Mommy? Is it because there’s a wish that Mommy can’t fulfil for you? Can’t you get whatever you want from Mommy? You want power, Mommy’s body and a child. Hasn’t Mommy given you all of that?!”
“Mom! That… That’s not what I want. I want a family. What I want… is my family, my Lucia!”
“So you don’t want Mommy?!! You were once always by Mommy’s side. Back then, you were always by Mommy’s side. You only had Mommy back then, so why don’t you need Mommy anymore? What’s so good about Lucia? Mommy has a better body and background than her. Look, your child with her is just an ordinary elf, too. She shouldn’t be your wife. The only one who’s worthy of being your wife is me! Son! Mommy can give you everything you want! What else are you unhappy about?! How is Mommy inferior to that elf in any way?!”
“Purely because she’s Lucia. Purely because I fell in love with her when I met her in the flower garden that day. Mom, I love you, as well; however, my love for you is completely different. My love for you and Lucia is different. While I want to live with all of you, if you’re asking me who I’d dedicate my love to as husband and wife, I’ll choose Lucia!”
“Mommy can, too! Elves don’t have misgivings about that! Why can’t you accept Mommy?! It’s almost been a year! It’s almost been a year! Do you know how much Mommy has suffered in this year?! Do you know how upsetting and painful it was for Mommy to watch you two live together?! Do you?! Do you?!!! Mommy would be fine with living away from you two, as well; else, Mommy will definitely go crazy!”
“But you’re already crazy!!”
I noticed a golden light the sky in the distance all of a sudden. The wolves left a while ago. Only a couple of them continued watching us out of immense interest as if they were awaiting the continuation of our performance.
It was dawn before we knew it. The full-moon night didn’t have to wait until the sun came up. The effects slowly wore off. The crazed animals in the forest gradually recovered. I didn’t know what happened in the imperial palace, but it was already late. No matter what happened, it was too late for me to do anything. All I could do was pray that Lucia was able to overcome whatever challenge was thrown her way.
I blankly looked at Mommy Vyvyan. She, too, looked at me. I believe that she had returned to normal. She was more intelligent than wolves. I, therefore, reasoned there was no way that she’d recover slower than them. As a matter of fact, I suspected Mom pretended to be affected.
“You saw through me…? Son, it seems I couldn’t trick you… However… however, those are Mommy’s heartfelt thoughts. Thanks to that child, I was able to say everything on my mmind; otherwise, I might never have been able to bring myself to say it, Son.”
“My answer remains the same. I still want to be with Lucia… Mom, despite… despite everything that’s happened between us… I… I still want to marry Lucia… because… because I wanted to live with her as husband and wife ever since that time in the flower garden. Mom, can’t you accept being a mother by my side?”
“Because you only have one mother, and I’m your mother, what does that make Elizabeth? What are Elizabeth and I to you?”
“Mm… similar to Nier and Lucia’s relationship.”
“I’m amazed you can say that,” said Mom, as she knocked on my head with a smile. She then stood up with a helpless smile and sighed: “Mommy understands now. Consider this Mommy being too bored; actually, consider it something Mommy said due to a mana problem… Leave what happened in the forest behind in the forest. Oh, I almost forgot. You don’t need to watch anymore.”
Mom waved her hand. The wolves yawned. They stood up and wagged their tails as they left. The mana wall in front of us also disappeared as they left. Mom sighed again: “Let’s head back, Son. Don’t worry about Lucia. She’s a genius at dealing with white deer in the first place, so it should be easy for her to kill a group of white deer.”
“Yeah…?”
I began to walk toward the exit. I felt I forgot something.
“Help… me… help…” begged the girl.
Hearing the girl’s pleas, Mommy Vyvyan expressed, “Son, honestly, I don’t want to bother with her.”
“I don’t think we she should ignore her… After all… she’s just a kid.”