City of Witches
chapter-101

༺ Love Is an Illusion (4) ༻

1.

As usual, Amelia went to her lab to calm her mind and grabbed a quill in her hand.

Then, she felt a sudden surge of mana, and hurriedly returned to her mansion.

She thought that something must have happened to Siwoo.

Upon entering Siwoo’s room, she saw Yebin’s naked body with white liquid dripping out from her crotch.

Meanwhile, Siwoo was in a kneeling position with his waist bent back over his knees.

When Amelia first saw Yebin, she was overwhelmed with rage, but as soon as she saw Siwoo, a fleeting thought crossed her mind.

His posture changed.

It was a position one could never take unless they moved their body themselves.

“A-Ahh…”

Amelia collapsed onto the floor as if strength had left her.

Meanwhile, Yebin realized that her dress was torn when she tried to put it on, so she quickly wrapped herself in a blanket and rushed toward Amelia.

“Is he awake…?”

“Um, well… I’m not sure how to explain this…”

With hesitance, Yebin began to recount the events that occurred earlier.

Siwoo suddenly got up during sex, moving of his own volition.

Then, he somehow absorbed her mana and amplified it before returning it.

Those were the two core issues that she brought up.

“Does that mean his recovery isn’t complete?”

“Yes! But, the fact that he could move his body is good news. There’s no strange aspect to his movements, so we can assume that his recovery is progressing smoothly.”

After Yebin finished her explanation, Amelia managed to calm herself and sat down, before she proceeded to organize her thoughts.

But even if her mind had calmed down, it didn’t mean everything was sorted out.

“Um… I think I actually met him inside the ‘Palace of Subconscious.’ He seemed to be doing something there… Probably modifying his self-essence magic circle.”

“Modifying?”

“Yes, he’d form his magic circle before collapsing it, then repeating the process over and over, each time producing different results.”

An unbelievable phenomenon.

But, such a thing had indeed happened.

Otherwise, she couldn’t explain how he managed to amplify the mana with such high purity.

He had created another ‘Self-Essence Magic’, something that was unprecedented.

“How’s his condition?”

“I’ll check right away.”

Yebin hurriedly approached Siwo, who was lying in a strange posture.

After glancing at Amelia to check her complexion, she pressed her body closely to Siwoo before releasing her senses upon his body.

She conducted a brief diagnosis of whether each part of his body was intact, if there was any damage to his organs, and if his mana circuits were functioning normally. The result; no abnormalities were found.

Then she moved on to his brain through the golden glint of mana in his left eye.

“Huh…?”

Yebin pondered for a long time to decide whether the information her senses picked up was true or not.

Amelia tilted her head in confusion at her.

“What’s wrong?”

“Uh…”

She checked again, twice, thrice, but the result remained the same.

Every neural circuit system that Yebin had temporarily stabilized was functioning normally.

In other words, his previously damaged brain had completely regenerated.

‘Brain isn’t made of clay, how could it regenerate so easily?’

Moreover, the shape closely resembled the neural arrangement that Yebin sketched out.

It wasn’t piled up randomly as it followed a certain pattern. This meant, around 70% of Yebin’s goal, where she aimed for his full recovery following a set of rules, were complete.

When Yebin was looking down at Siwoo with trembling eyes, unable to comprehend this inexplicable phenomenon, he suddenly opened his eyes.

As soon as Amelia saw his hand twitching, she quickly got up and stood right next to the bed.

While analyzing Siwoo’s magical achievement and anomalies was important, the fact that he woke up was even more important.

“May I have a moment alone with him, Smyrna? I’ll hear more about this later.”

“Ah, yes, Baroness… However, please keep in mind that he hasn’t fully recovered yet. You need to handle him with care.”

Yebin expressed her concerns and stepped aside.

Amelia gave Siwoo a long glance.

His eyes were cloudy and unfocused.

It seemed like his ability to recognize and respond to his surroundings were in decline. His eyes seemed to lack a clear sense of rationality.

Even by glancing at him, she could tell that he wasn’t in his normal state.

But, she couldn’t care less, he moved.

He opened his eyes, looking at something, it was clear that he was alive and responsive.

After lying like a doll, unable to open his eyes for a hundred days, he was moving again.

Amelia felt her eyes swelling with tears.

She leaned in, gently touching his cheek. In response, he turned his gaze toward her hand.

‘So warm.’

‘If I were to convey this feeling of relief and my remorse, will it reach him?’

Amelia lowered her head.

Then, she gave him a light kiss on his cheek as she whispered softly.

“I’m glad… You’re finally awake… Huh?”

Suddenly, her voice, which was trembling emotionally, was replaced by confusion.

-Squish, squish.

Before she knew it, Siwoo had extended his hand toward her chest.

Fondling her breasts with greedy hand movements.

“Ah…?”

Her pupils trembled, sluggishly catching onto what was happening to her.

His firm hand nonchalantly traced over her well-shaped bosom through her clothes.

‘He’s touching my breast?’

She made a startled sound and instinctively moved away. Her eyes fixated on something that moved in the corner of her vision.

Without even considering the option of pushing his hand away, she turned her head toward that direction like a broken puppet.

It was the direction she had been averting her gaze from.

His rod, which he had been caressing along with her breasts, slowly swelled and began to stand erect.

It was undoubtedly coated with both his own semen and Yebin’s love juices.

He slowly rose to his feet.

With his hand still fondling her breasts.

Feeling dazed as if a lightning had struck her, Amelia could only watch him with her mouth half-opened.

“Ah…”

Siwoo’s other hand reached out and wrapped around the back of Amelia’s neck.

Her lustrous golden hair fell with a rustling sound.

Caught by the neck, Amelia felt her upper body leaned against his bare chest.

‘What is happening right now…?’

Siwoo completely ignored Amelia’s bewildered reaction.

Then, he drew his face closer to her side.

“Sniff, sniff.”

He buried his nose in her hair, which always carried the fragrant scent of flowers from the perfume-laden comb, and began to take in her fragrance.

While he was doing this, Amelia couldn’t move a muscle. It was as if her entire body was bound by a spider’s web.

The fact that his face was right there as he smelled her hair.

It was enough to make her heart race to the point that she felt it might explode soon.

“W-Why are you doing this?”

“…”

Amelia gulped, her voice trembled at the end of her sentence.

For some reason, her breath inexplicably quickened.

There was a subtle emotion as if she was being appraised by him, but she didn’t hate that.

She involuntarily closed her thighs for some reason.

Then, she stretched out her hand, but because she wasn’t sure on where to place her hand on, she only awkwardly grabbed the air while waiting for Siwoo’s next move.

‘Maybe, I’m actually looking forward to this?’

“Ah…”

His face, which he had buried in her hair, gradually descended.

Part of his lips brushed against her earlobe, sending a shiver down her spine with a single breath as he moved it to brush her cheek.

Then, he opened his mouth and bit down on Amelia’s nape.

“Ah…!”

Amelia’s hair stood on their end like a startled cat.

She could feel his hot tongue lightly tracing her sensitive skin.

Her hands trembled as she made a peculiar voice that sounded in between a giggle and a snort.

‘What is this?’

‘He isn’t back to his senses yet, but why is he doing this?’

Amelia cautiously folded her arms that were stiffly extended forward.

“S-Siwoo… I-It feels ticklish…”

Even though she hadn’t granted him permission to suck on her nape and caress her breasts, she forgave him.

Originally, she thought that if they ended up becoming a couple, they’d spend around three years getting to know each other before they could become this close…

‘I thought I’d need a hundred days at least before we could start kissing…’

‘Is this normal?’

If he were to push her in this state, she’d be left defenseless.

She tried to hug him by the back of his head, but suddenly the hand that had been caressing her chest ceased its movement.

Her stiff and tense shoulders became relaxed to some extent.

At that moment, his hand slid inside her dress like a snake.

As for how he managed to do it, he lifted the hem of her dress and slipped his hand inside.

Since she was wearing a loose-fitting dress, it wasn’t hard for him to reach for her chest and grab it.

Before Amelia could react, his hand had already slipped in under her bra.

With a firm grip, he massaged her heaving chest and attempted to pinch her erect nipples.

“Eek…!:

Before she realized it, she pushed Siwoo away.

She couldn’t help but feel embarrassed at his sudden action.

Her face was filled with frustration, she readjusted the twisted strap of her bra and glanced at Siwoo. Then, a sudden realization came to her.

“A-Are you okay?”

Under normal circumstances, Amelia would immediately voice her dissatisfaction, but Siwoo was a patient at the moment.

Not to mention it was part of her fault for allowing him to go that far.

Siwoo, who had fallen on his back, slowly rose to his feet.

Amelia felt perplexed by the complex emotions swirling within her.

Siwoo got up from the bed and stood on his own two feet.

This was a sign that his recovery was going smoothly. But, all Amelia could take from his movement was his proudly erect cock.

“No matter how you look at it, that was a bit too much…”

“…”

His face was twisted in dissatisfaction.

Nevertheless, Amelia had no intention of changing her decision.

When Siwoo approached, she took a step back.

This sequence of action reminded her of the day when he burst out in anger and she ended up running away in fear.

His lips quivered.

After a long silence, he spoke in a hoarse, weak voice.

And yet, his words were clear to Amelia.

“…You, damn bitch.”

From Siwoo’s perspective, it wasn’t something he had carefully thought before saying it out loud.

It was merely a combined result of his frustration because he failed to achieve what he wanted and his less-than-favorable memories of Amelia.

Amelia felt her heart sink.

“…”

She had waited for a hundred days.

Ridden with anxiety and fear, she waited while accepting the fact that he was having an intercourse with another woman.

But, what came out of his mouth was a cold remark.

Nevertheless, Amelia didn’t run away this time.

Instead, she looked at Siwoo with a determined gaze that was tinged with a hint of sadness.

“I know.”

That was the only thing she could say.

“I know you hate me.”

There was no way that Siwoo would know what she had endured.

He had just woken up from his long sleep.

Even though she knew and understood his circumstances, it still hurt her heart.

She felt as if a lump got struck in her throat, like she had just swallowed something hot.

“I won’t give up… Until you can forgive me…”

But Siwoo seemed to have already lost his interest in Amelia.

He swiftly turned his body, gazing at the empty space.

“I’ll be waiting… Until that time comes…”

Amelia quietly closed the door while watching him in that state.