Chapter 433: Chapter 371: Asleep For So Long

When Sang Luo awoke, she was lying on the great bed in her chambers in the Holy Palace. She stared at the ceiling, intricately carved with beautiful patterns, her mind a blank for a full half-minute before she came to her senses and looked down at her right hand. It was empty… completely empty!

’What happened?’

’Could it be that she couldn’t bring the Life Soul Bone over from the other timeline?’

The sound of footsteps approached the door, shifting from a steady to a hurried pace.

“Luoluo! You’re awake!”

The instant Sang Luo heard that gentle, familiar voice, it felt as though a lifetime had passed. Her eyes immediately welled up with tears as she looked up in a daze.

The man strode over and pulled her into a tight embrace. Soft, warm kisses fell in succession on her forehead, eyes, the tip of her nose, and her cheeks, covering every single spot as if he were afraid this was all a dream.

Sang Luo relaxed in his arms. After letting him release all his pent-up emotion, she said with a muffled laugh, “Shouldn’t I be the one hugging and kissing you?”

Minos cupped her face in his hands as if she were a treasure, gazing at her earnestly. The joy of having her back was tinged with a tremor in his voice. “It’s so good… You’re awake. I’ve been waiting every single day for you to wake up…”

Sang Luo caught the key point in his words. “Hm? Have I been asleep for a long time?”

It felt like just a moment ago, she was still in the past, saying goodbye to the young Minos before rushing back without a moment’s rest.

Minos chuckled and shook his head. “Not for very long. You were just exhausted and needed to get some good sleep.”

Sang Luo looked at the man’s handsome, deep-set features, reached out to touch his beautiful eyes and brows, then looked down at his chest and anxiously pulled open his robe. “How are you doing?”

Minos let her pull his clothes apart, revealing a sexy, firm, and smooth chest. His cool, fair skin was flawless like jade, and the strange black marks were gone.

He clasped her hand tightly, pressing it against his chest, his gaze as gentle and affectionate as spring water. “Thank you, Luoluo. Without you, I wouldn’t be who I am today. Every time I’m at my most helpless, you appear and save me.”

“You… you remember what happened back then?”

Sang Luo’s thoughts were in a jumble. ’Did she change the original timeline, giving Minos an extra set of memories…?’

“I remember, but not in the way you think. I just recalled a memory that had been sealed away by time. It turns out I met you so long ago,” he said. “After I woke up this time, that memory from all those years ago came back to me.”

Minos possessed a Time Rule Talent, so he wasn’t bound by the shackles of time. His previous Life Soul Bone had not been his original one, which was why he had been suppressed. Now that his true Life Soul Bone had returned, he had naturally recovered the memories sealed by time.

Her journey to the past was something that was always fated to happen.

Everything was simply a closed loop, determined by fate.

“Divine Sister?” Minos asked, looking at her with a smile.

Sang Luo covered her face with her hands. “I—I just made that up!”

A cringey title like that was fine for fooling a little kid, but hearing a grown man say it with a smile was just too mortifying.

“I like this title very much.” His tone, however, was incredibly serious. He smiled gently, leaned down, and lightly bit her reddening earlobe. “Luoluo is my Goddess, and I am your most devout believer.”

“Bathed in light, faithful until death.”

The tingling sensation on her ear shot straight down her spine. The man’s breath left Sang Luo flustered and infatuated, her mouth suddenly dry.

Minos pulled Sang Luo’s hands away from her face. Gazing at her flushed, impassioned cheeks, the smile in his blue eyes deepened. Without another word, he lowered his head and captured her lips in a deep, passionate kiss, grinding against them sensually.

“Luoluo, do you want me…?”

’He truly wanted her so badly.’

’He wanted to take her.’

’He wanted to love her fiercely.’

’He wanted to hear her call out his name over and over again, whether in ecstasy or in tears.’

The candlelight was blown out by a breeze. The temperature in the chamber gradually rose, becoming thick with romance. Robes were peeled away, layer by layer, as the gauze curtains fell, swaying gently…

「Late that night.」

Outside, it was silent, with only the faint chirping of insects.

Inside the chamber, the heart-pounding sounds gradually subsided.

Sang Luo was a boneless puddle, unable to muster even a shred of strength.

Utterly satisfied, Minos held her in his arms and pecked again at her flushed, full lips. He couldn’t seem to get enough kisses, as if he wanted to bite a piece of her flesh right off.

Sang Luo pushed against his chest. They were both covered in sweat, and the sticky feeling was uncomfortable. She cast a Cleaning Technique on each of them, which felt much more refreshing.

Minos wanted to press her for another round.

Sang Luo chided, “Too much greed will harm your body! You need to conserve your energy!”

“Luoluo, when you decided to tame a wild beast, you should have known that a Male Beast who has been starving for a long time can’t be satisfied with just a small piece of meat.” Minos’s voice was as gentle and considerate as ever, but the fire in his eyes could almost melt her.

’A man who’s been lonely for too long is terrifying!’

’And it’s not even his mating season…’

“No way, I’m tired!”

Minos’s voice carried a hint of unsatisfied desire. “Luoluo, you can’t even satisfy me by myself, and yet you’re so greedy, taking on so many Beast Husbands.”

’One after another.’

’The very thought is a headache.’

Sang Luo said, “I’ll stay here with you for a while. I’ll go back to them in a few days.”

Only then was Minos somewhat satisfied. He stopped pestering Sang Luo and thoughtfully let her rest.

She had just woken up, and he didn’t have the heart to drag her into more “physical labor.”

It was just that he desperately needed to confirm she was really there, and he had been unable to control his emotions.

Sang Luo wrapped her arms around Minos’s lean waist, feeling utterly content. Minos tirelessly played with her soft, silky hair, and the two of them chatted idly.

Then, Sang Luo thought of something, and her tone turned serious.

“Are Little Rose’s and Little Apple’s Life Soul Bones like yours? Do they need to develop and take shape slowly?”

Minos nodded. “Yes, their Life Soul Bones haven’t grown in yet, either.”

Sang Luo remembered how weak and sickly Minos had been as a child. Although the two children seemed perfectly healthy now, she worried they might still suffer the pain of the bone’s growth later on. “Will the two of them also have to go through the same pain you suffered back then?”

Minos shook his head. “They won’t. The root cause of my weakness as a child wasn’t the Life Soul Bone. It was that my Talent Power was too strong for my body to bear.”

“The two children have stronger constitutions than I did, strong enough to handle their own Talent Power. Even when their Life Soul Bones finish growing, they won’t suffer any pain.”

“That’s good!” Sang Luo was relieved.

The sky began to brighten with the dawn.

Sang Luo rubbed her stomach. “I’m hungry.”

“I’ll go get you something to eat.” Minos kissed her on the lips, got dressed, and left the bed.

After eating, Sang Luo wanted to send a message to her Beast Husbands and children to let them know she was back.

She then learned that Minos had already sent word to everyone else.

“Mother!”

A beautiful, silver-haired girl who looked to be about thirteen or fourteen ran over and threw herself into Sang Luo’s arms. Though she was overjoyed, she burst into tears. “Mother! I missed you so much! I… I thought you would sleep forever and never wake up, that I’d never see you alive again…”

“Little Zhi Xin! You’ve become such a young lady!” Sang Luo said, completely stunned as she looked at the girl’s delicate yet familiar face.

Her little Wolf Pup daughter.

’I’ve only been gone for a few months, so how did she get so big?! She’s shot up in height!’

She almost didn’t recognize her.

“You’ve been asleep for so long, Mother. Ten years have passed, so of course I’ve grown up~” Zhi Xin said with a playful pout, wiping her eyes.

Sang Luo froze. “Ten years?”

She looked at Minos. “I was asleep for that long?”

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