"Before I continue, how about I take some of your questions." Asked the goddess in a soft voice, her expression kind of sad from telling her story. Norlan could sense this sadness, even though Aurelia was trying to hide it with a smile.
"Considering all you just said,will I really be alright after I leave?"
" Don't worry, My Lady never mentioned the names of the gods in his story. Tehrain is already dead and...well,the dead tell no tales,let alone follow karmic lines to source who spoke their name." Melon took the liberty to explain. She concluded.." Also, your mind will be erased. Only the part about the celestial gods situation though, so don't you worry."
"Phew, wouldn't want to be fainting every single time i think of him now, would we?"
"Yes,that would be very creepy. It's not like he's your lover." Melon shared the sentiment and nodded her head at Norlan's query. Norlan looked at the little Lolita. He didn't find her annoying anymore.Well not when she's agreeing with him at least.
"Just ask what you really want to know Norlan. I can feel your question just like how you can feel my emotions right now." Norlan blinked at the accusation from the goddess.
"I hope you won't take offense my goddess..."
"I won't."
"Then I'll ask."
"Go on.."
"Well,I was wondering if the karmic bond we share is the same as what you shared with your brother."
Aurelia smiled, finally adjusting her emotions before answering." It's different. With you I don't feel restrained or restricted by our bond. With you I doesn't feel like we are two halves of the same coin. I don't need you to feel whole but I feel that having you by my side will be the most important thing I ever accomplish in my entire life.
You are like the sun, while I am the flower, I am the moon, while you are the waves. Like two different coins completely but they can add up to buy the most beautiful trinket."
"My goddess, did you just confess your love to me?" The goddess who was now actually seeping some tea,almost spit it out onto Melon. Only holding out due to her standing and station.
Seeing her reaction, Melon couldn't help but chuckle. Not missing the chance to avenge herself from when the goddess laughed at Norlan's chest joke. Aurelia sensed the hint of sarcasm in her laugh,but her thoughts were preoccupied with what she was feeling.
"You're doing this on purpose!" She reprimanded Norlan.
"Doing what?" Norlan answered innocently, looking at Melon for support.
Seeing Melon's inquisitive gaze, the goddess dared not speak of the increasing desire for lovemaking that she was receiving from Norlan's bond.
"We can't negotiate like this! " She protested. Norlan just smirked. His gamble had paid off. He was currently abusing his connection with the goddess. Using the karmic bond between them to think of the most kinkiest, sensual thing he could ever imagined.
He looked at the goddess, stripped her in his mind one garment after another. All the while his eyes were locked with hers.
The goddess blushed heavily. Melon could not understand what was happening. For her age, she was quite dense at this particular moment. Feeling like she was missing out in their conversation. In their negotiations.
"Negotiations? What negotiations. You already know what I want,right? Doesn't that mean you hold all the cards? Why would you want to negotiate when you can clearly get what you want for free?"
"What do you mean she has all the cards. What am I missing? What do you want Norlan?" Melon was fuming by the side,very very much lostby what was going on. And...and why was she so flushed?
"Free, don't make me laugh. What you're asking for is way out of your league.." The goddess couldn't take it anymore. A soft moan almost escaping her.
She tried looking away from Norlan,but she met Melon's eyes. She blushed even more. She concentrated, used her powers to reign in her emotions. For a split moment, she succeeded. But only for split moment. But for her, it was enough to dismiss Melon.
"Melon, please be a dear and go monitor the system for potential talents while I negotiate!"
Melon looked at Aurelia oddly.
Aurelia wasn't having it however,waving her hands to teleport her out of the room,sealing it away from prying ears.
"Out of my league she says." Norlan pouted,but still detoured the tea table to sit next to her.
"Do you really mean that?" He asked in a disappointed voice. Aurelia could literally feel this disappointment from their bond. And for some reason, the bond's strength weakened a bit. A sense of loss filled her.
"My goddess,did you feel that? That sense of loss came from you. Meaning that, subconsciously you also want this to happen."
"Want what to happen?"
"Do you really want me to spell it out? I know that ever since you were born, you have never experienced it. I know that because I can feel your desire.
Want me to tell you a secret?" Norlan didn't wait for her nod.
"Apart from the feathered snake and seeing the future,there was also a third section to my dreams. Do you want me to elaborate?" Norlan whispered the latter part softly in her ears. His warm breath releasing the suppressed disappointment from earlier which flared into something that reflected what happened during those sour sessions with his adopted stepsisters and mother.
The goddess Aurelia felt it clearly. The clearest it had ever felt. She whimpered,
"Tell me."
"That's too lame. What I wanna tell you,is what I plan to do. Do you want to negotiate?" Norlan extended his hand to touch hers.
"Hmm" A soft moan escaped her as she lost all divinity. Her mortal body unable to hold back the built up desires.
"You know, at first I was confused. Why would I suddenly start having wet dreams recurringly..," Norlan moved his hand softly over her tanned brown skin.
"I even thought I was a pervert. I thought I was a good for nothing that only thought with his second head. Imagine my surprise when I had you were the cause of such dreams." His hand moved again,making her flinch.
"How many millions of years of pent up desires do you have? Don't you want a release? I am certain no one else is going to man up.. Only I can make you a mortal,only I can make you feel things.."His hands moved slightly lower,a "hhmm" moan escaping without permission.
"You want me to tell you what am going to do huh,..then I won't keep you waiting." His hands were now in her belly.
"I want to let the cat out of its bag. Hopefully it will catch my tongue,and I'll feel it's sour taste as I turn it into a furrball." His hand finally reached her cameltoe. Ready to taste the waters. She was still and stunned stiff. Feeling his hand almost pet the cat.
Then she reacted, instinctively pulling away and looked at Norlan with a cold look. Her divine power returning the moment she let go. Her blush erased from her mind.
"I really thought you were different Norlan? So the price you are asking is,to fuck me!" She said the latter part in a low voice.
"Almost there and you pulled out. Disappointing. Your reaction just now also hurt my pride." Norlan actually wasn't disappointed and the goddess knew it. It was clear from his face.
A haughy expression that filtered out his thoughts. As if screaming ' I almost made it to second base with a freaking goddess. Even if I am rejected,I still win.' Of course that was all in his mind.
He was also thinking that her reaction was normal for her. Just imagine the fact she was born a goddess. To her, being revered and admired from a far was a fundamental part of her nature. Nobody had ever even thoight about pursuing her let alone fucking her.
Norlan could imagine her watching mortals making love all those years. She must have been thinking about how it feels,right? Otherwise,what were those wet dreams he had been having if not her inner desires brought to light?
Norlan stood up from where they were seated. Looked down on the goddess and..
"I don't just want to fuck you. I want you. I want the whole of you. The good, the bad,I want everything. You could argue that I am the same as your brother but we both know that's not the same.
I want you, but, it's not just to fuck you. I want you to be my wife.
I know I am unworthy as I am now, but I'll get stronger. Plus, what I can do to you,my goddess,no one else can. I can make you feel thinks you never thought possible. We can relive those fantasies of yours that cloud your mind every now and again. I can make you feel good. I can make you mortal.
But of course,that is all up to you. We both know I can't force you." Norlan extended his hand towards her.
"How about this,hold my hand for a minute. Feel what it's like to be a mortal. Think about it,and give me an answer..." He reached out. And although she averted her gaze when he stepped closer,she didn't move.
He held her arms, shedding her divinity the second they made contact.
He laughed.." The worst that can happen is for you to reject me. Don't worry, I'll still do your bidding. As long as you change my system's personality that is. That guy is just annoying.You..you can do that right?." He chuckled willy as he asked.
Aurelia could sense he was nervous. But her mind was now that of a mortal's. Her emotions running wild in her mind.
A few seconds passed as they touched. Norlan's heart was skipping multiple beats. A few more seconds passed and his mind interpreted the situation. The goddess wasn't opposed to the idea. She was just still holding back her desires.
Then a two minutes elapsed just like that. Norlan was panicking. Was he just rejected? It seemed so. Maybe this was just her way to slowly turn him down.
He was overthinking things. And so,he slowly pulled his hands away from hers.
Aurelia on the other hand had already made up her mind. He emotions and desires making up millions of reasons to not turn him down. But her reasoning held her at bay.
Then she felt him retract his hand. A sense of loss washing over her as she felt their karmic bond become brittle. It could break at any moment. She instinctively knew that is what would happen the moment he let go of her hand.
Her reasoning mind told her that it was a good thing. That she did not like being bound to anyone. Not again.
Her mind thought this way, but her body rejected such thinking. It did not care.
It pulled Norlan back from his lost grip and their faces came one inch to colliding.
Aurelia was startled. Why did she do that? Her face burnt hot as she felt their breaths intwine. Norlan smiled.
"So you have decided."
She let out a mosquito like sound of affirmation. That was all Norlan needed to hear.
He sealed her lips.