Chapter 1649: I really really.......... Love you, My son~
"Hmmm~"
Aether could barely process what was happening. One second ago, Lia had been teasing him with that slow, playful smile, and now she was kissing him with enough hunger to steal the air from his lungs.
Even the Log notification that appeared before his eyes vanished before he could properly read it. He only caught the final part... a strange evil face smiling at the edge of the screen before it disappeared entirely.
But none of that mattered right now.
Because one thing had already become terrifyingly clear. Lia’s cumulative affection had reached its limit long before he had even fully seduced her.
Should he laugh?
Or should he start worrying?
His thoughts tangled into chaos when her tongue pushed deeper into his mouth again, wet and shameless, greedily wrapping around his as though she wanted to devour every breath he took.
Hmmm~
The soft moan escaping her throat vibrated directly against his lips.
Aether’s fingers slid around her waist and tightened over her curvy assinstinctively, pulling her closer until her soft body pressed completely against his chest. The feeling nearly made his head spin.
Her body felt too soft, too warm, almost boneless beneath his touch. Every small movement made her ass rub against him in dangerous ways.
"Mmnh~"
Lia shivered inside his arms, but instead of retreating, she kissed him even harder. Her skirt shifted higher beneath his hand as his fingers slowly explored the smooth curve of her thigh before gripping the soft flesh of her ass firmly.
A broken, breathy sound escaped her mouth between the kisses.
Slurrp~ hmmm...
The wet sound of their lips and tongues filled the room shamelessly. Saliva glistened between their mouths each time they separated for even half a second before crashing together again.
Aether’s pulse throbbed violently. His shaft strained painfully beneath his pants while the scent between Lia’s legs slowly spread through the air, sweet and intoxicating enough to make his thoughts blur.
She smelled dangerous.
The kind of scent that destroyed restraint.
His hand squeezed her softer flesh again while Lia trembled against him, her chest rising and falling rapidly as though she had already lost control over herself.
Yet her eyes only grew hazier, needier.
For nearly half an hour, neither of them properly stopped.
They kissed until breathing itself became messy and desperate, inhaling each other’s breath between heated moans and soft gasps. The room turned quiet except for wet kisses, trembling breaths, and the subtle sound of clothes shifting against heated skin.
And finally...
Drip...
Lia slowly pulled her lips away from his.
A thin silver strand stretched between their mouths before snapping apart. Their lips glistened wetly, even their chins stained with saliva from the long, filthy kiss.
Her cheeks burned red while soft pants escaped her swollen lips.
"Naughty son~"
Her voice melted like honey. She purred the words against his neck while slowly inhaling his scent, her fingers brushing through his hair possessively. Then her tongue slid teasingly across his skin toward his Adam’s apple before she gently bit down.
Aether’s grip on her ass tightened instantly.
"Still this unruly?" she whispered softly near his ear.
"Even after Mother kissed you so sweetly?~"
The way she emphasised the word made his stomach twist strangely.
Even so, Aether smirked despite the heat covering his face. He tilted his head slightly, brushing his lips dangerously close against her neck before lightly grazing his teeth there.
"What are you going to do then?" he murmured deeply.
"Punish me~?"
Lia shivered visibly. A small gasp escaped her before her lips curved upward again, slower this time, more seductive.
"Punish you?" she whispered.
"Why would I punish my lovely son for loving his mother?"
Then she bit his earlobe softly, her warm breath trembling against his skin afterwards.
Aether’s lips twitched helplessly.
’She’s still continuing this?’
Part of him wanted to stop her immediately.
The words should have sounded wrong.
Forbidden!
But each time she called herself his mother, something dark and unsettling stirred inside him.
Something deep within his blood reacted to her voice.
As if his body wanted to accept her completely.
Accept her scent.
Accept her touch.
Accept her as Mother... while holding her down and ruining her with kisses until she could no longer speak properly.
And... And... thoroughly
’Fuck...!’
Aether almost got scared of himself.
The thoughts running through his head felt too dangerous, too twisted to simply ignore.
His breathing remained uneven while Lia stayed on top of him, still warm from their messy kisses, her soft thighs pressed against his waist while faint tremors occasionally passed through her body.
The lingering taste of her tongue still remained inside his mouth.
Every time he looked at her flushed face and swollen lips, his body reacted instantly.
’Oi, Log... is that fucking Blood Essence affecting my body?’
!~Ding~!
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Aether sighed inwardly.
Great.
Another thing he needed to ask Lia about later.
Whatever this Essence effect was, it clearly wasn’t normal anymore.
His emotions, instincts, and even his possessiveness around her had become sharper lately.
Almost primal!
"Arh!"
A sudden sting shot through his lips. Aether hissed when Lia bit him hard enough to hurt before pulling back with an adorable pout decorating her flushed face.
"Bad son!" she complained angrily.
"How dare you ignore your Mommy?"
She sat firmly over his abdomen while glaring down at him, her cheeks puffed in frustration. The sight should have looked ridiculous.
Instead, it only made her unbearably attractive. Her skirt had ridden higher during their struggle, exposing more of her soft thighs while strands of hair clung messily against her heated face and neck.
Her chest rose and fell quickly beneath her clothes, still recovering from the intense kissing.
Aether couldn’t help smiling faintly at the sight.
"Since you got what you wanted," he said softly, "should we talk now?"
Lia blinked.
Then her expression slowly cracked apart. Her eyes widened before immediately turning watery, as though his words had genuinely hurt her.
"W-Wait... what?"
Aether instantly panicked.
Every single time he saw tears forming in her eyes, it felt like invisible needles pierced directly through his chest. The pain felt absurdly real, almost enough to make him apologise immediately without even understanding what he did wrong.
Was it because of the blood?
Or was it simply because Lia looked too heartbreakingly cute when she became emotional?
"Y-You’re acting like..." her voice trembled softly, "like you don’t want to continue... like I’m the only one forcing this..."
Well... she kind of, right?
Her lips trembled while speaking. Then, almost resentfully, her hand moved beneath the fabric of his clothes and wrapped around the hard outline beneath his pants.
"Even though you’re this hard..." she whispered accusingly.
"You want Mommy so much..."
Aether nearly groaned aloud.
The warmth of her palm alone almost shattered his self-control completely. His muscles tightened violently while a dangerous pulse ran through his body. Even through the layers of fabric, he could feel the softness of her fingers slowly pressing and rubbing against him teasingly.
’Fuck it...’
He cursed inwardly, forcing himself not to lose composure. His instincts screamed at him to flip her over, pin her beneath him, and lose himself inside her warmth until neither of them could think straight anymore.
Especially with the way Lia looked at him right now.
Needy.
Possessive.
... Hungry~
The dangerous mixture of innocence and lust in her expression nearly destroyed his remaining restraint.
But he stopped himself.
Last time, he had almost completely lost control under the influence of the blood. He still remembered the terrifying hunger clouding his mind, reducing him to something almost animalistic.
He hated remembering how rough he became, how desperately he wanted to claim her without thinking properly.
He refused to repeat that mistake.
Not with her.
Until he understood what was happening inside his bloodline, he couldn’t allow himself to fully cross that line with Lia... no matter how badly his body wanted her.
And more importantly...
He didn’t want to take her while her memories remained sealed or... erased.
Yes, he had intentionally used this situation to regain her trust.
But if he allowed desire to consume everything now... then what would happen once the real Lia fully returned?
Would she feel betrayed?
Would she think he manipulated her weakness?
The current Lia felt strangely different from the woman he originally knew.
Softer.
Needier.
More emotionally attached and conflicted.
Sometimes she acted less like herself and more like the affectionate, possessive version of her mother.
Still... Aether couldn’t deny he loved both sides of her.
One side looked like a cute little bat clinging to him for affection, demanding kisses while pouting adorably whenever ignored.
The other side...
A seductive, arrogant monster capable of swallowing his sanity whole with a single look and dragging him into dangerous temptation without mercy.
Aether chuckled softly despite himself before gently cupping her flushed cheek. His thumb brushed beneath her watery eyes as he forced her to look directly at him.
"You know this is too fast for me, right?" he said quietly. "Last time, I was under the influence of the blood. But now... I’m fully aware."
His voice deepened slightly while his fingers stroked her cheek tenderly.
"And when I finally take you..." he murmured,
"I want it to happen because you truly love me with your whole heart. Not because something is influencing your emotions."
Lia’s lips immediately puffed into an angry pout again.
"B-But I already love you!!" she argued stubbornly while tightening her fingers around him through his clothes.
"A lot!"
Her face burned bright red after shouting it, but she still refused to let go.
Even worse, she deliberately pressed herself down against him afterwards as though trying to prove her point physically.
"!!"
The movement nearly made Aether lose the rest of his sanity on the spot.
Aether almost felt like his poor shaft was about to snap in half from the way Lia kept gripping him through his clothes.
Somehow, he still managed to force out a smile.
"Y-Yes, I believe in you, but..." he said carefully before leaning closer and placing a soft kiss against her lips, far gentler than their previous hungry ones.
"You need to believe me as well."
Only then did Lia finally loosen her grip slightly.
Still, she remained curled against his body possessively, practically draped over him as though she had already claimed him completely. Her thighs rested on either side of his waist while her arms lazily circled around his neck. She stared directly into his eyes with a strangely vulnerable expression.
"B-But..." she mumbled softly, almost sounding like a child denied candy,
"I want to teach my son how to become a good boy..."
Aether sighed deeply.
For a brief second, he almost glared at her.
’What’s with this son obsession...?’
But he quickly controlled himself again. The blood connection clearly affected her somehow.
Honestly, every single time he called her "Mommy," his own blood reacted violently inside his veins, surging with strange excitement as though it had been desperately waiting to hear those words.
It was disturbing!
Shaking away the strange sensation crawling beneath his skin, Aether narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Tell me honestly..." he said seriously. "This whole mother and son connection... is it because I drank your blood?"
Lia blinked slowly before tilting her head in thought.
"Maybe?" she answered uncertainly. "I don’t know, but..."
Her voice suddenly softened.
Then her eyes changed.
The playful haze inside them deepened into something darker, emptier, almost endless.
For a moment, Aether felt as though he was staring directly into a silent abyss capable of swallowing sanity itself. The atmosphere around her shifted unnaturally, heavy enough to make the air feel colder.
"I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really love you, my son~" she whispered sweetly.
"..."
Aether stared blankly at her, ’T-That’s... very ’Really’ long, isn’t it?’ he thought.
Something definitely wasn’t normal here.
That day when he drank her blood, Lia had not acted like this at all.
She resisted him. Fought back. Tried to push him away.
Back then, he had been the one losing his mind over her.
But now... everything had reversed.
Instead of resisting, Lia kept pulling him closer as though she wanted to merge with him completely. Her possessiveness had become terrifyingly intense within such a short period of time.
It didn’t make sense.
And this definitely wasn’t normal love.
Considering her affection had only recently reached two thousand, it should have meant she was beginning to genuinely fall for him emotionally.
Yet the obsession she displayed felt far beyond an affectionate level.
Even without her memories, Lia was never the type of woman who casually threw herself at someone.
She had always been rational, cautious, and prideful... take, for example, in Kai’s situation, she never let him touch her even though she did love him once.
Which left only one conclusion.
Aether’s eyes twitched faintly.
’Yup... yandere.’
He almost wanted to curse aloud.
’That fucking blood turned her into this.’
Then another thought suddenly struck him like lightning.
’Wait... is that why Mary acts so obsessively toward her daughter too? Is this bloodline causing all of this insanity?’
The more he connected the dots, the clearer things became in his mind.
If this Primordial Demonic Vampiric Blood truly amplified emotions and twisted affection into obsession... then that would explain far too many things.
Aether slowly looked back at Lia before asking carefully, "Did... your mother ever give your father’s blood to you?"
!!
Lia visibly flinched.