Chapter 253: Aestrea Against The World (XXX)

“Haah…”

Aestrea let out a slow breath as he rolled his neck from side to side.

He looked towards Valieth’s figure, and his eyes were completely indifferent. He simply stretched his left hand.

『 Ice Series: Frost Crash! (✦ 6th-level Spell ✦) 』

“Bye.”

BAAAM!

A massive blast of frost surged forward like a collapsing glacier.

The ground beneath her froze in an instant, sharp ice spikes shot upward, impaling her legs and gut.

The spell slammed into her chest with a force like a meteor strike.

Her body twisted backward as her skin turned blue and cracked. Frost spread through her veins like lightning, making her unable to scream.

SNAP!

Her spine bent the wrong way.

CRACK!

And then, her entire torso exploded into frozen shards.

What remained of Valieth hit the ground in pieces, being a simple sculpture of blood and ice.

Aestrea turned without even looking back, but before his foot took its next step.

“WELL, well, well… you’ve gotten quite emotionless, my dear Aestrea~” That mocking voice, playful and honey-sweet, slithered into his ears.

But this time…

He didn’t wait.

His eyes flared, glowing like clocks ticking in reverse.

『 ✯ Time Stop ✯ (✯ 9th-level Spell ✯) 』

Everything froze, and the whole world turned grey.

Mana started being drained from his body like a river bursting through a dam; the flow was so fast it was visible, with faint strands of silver leaking from his pores.

But he didn’t care.

And instead, used even more mana.

『 Eternal Winter: Frozen Apocalypse! (✯ 8th-level Spell ✯) 』

CRRRRKKK!

The ground beneath Aestrea split as jagged veins of pure white ice erupted, rushing outward like serpents, coiling and swallowing everything in sight.

Trees exploded into snow, stones shattered like glass. The very air itself froze, forming thin translucent sheets that cracked with every tremble.

FWOOSH!

The storm swirled into existence, a vortex of screaming winds and shards of crystallized death, spinning wildly around him, ripping apart everything with merciless precision.

Above, the clouds twisted into a whirlpool of silver and blue as snowflakes fell like razors, each one slicing into the earth, leaving deep gashes wherever they landed.

Structures nearby, walls, statues, and even steel, were coated in thick frost before crumbling.

Their supports snapped like twigs. Some collapsed entirely, caught in the swelling dome of icy destruction.

Time itself seemed slower, suffocated by the weight of mana being thrown around.

“…That should be enough,” Aestrea muttered slighly, letting out a cold breath in the ice storm.

And as he blinked his eyes, time continued to flow.

Fwip!

He opened a spatial ripple before entering it and made his way towards Eternum’s Academy.

It took him less than a second to reach it.

“….I didn’t expect to get back here so soon…”

Aestrea muttered as he stepped out of the spatial ripple. Right in front of him was the Eternum Academy.

“Aha…”

With another light step, Aestrea crossed more than a hundred meters effortlessly, moving straight toward a very specific location.

Eleonora’s personal room.

He didn’t even bother knocking.

Bam!

The door burst open.

“Ahhn~! Mmm…! Y-Yes…! Just like that, my little moon…♡ Fuck me harder~!”

Aestrea froze.

Right in front of him, a massive screen lit up the room, playing a multi-angled recording of him and Eleonora… doing exactly what her moans suggested.

Bam!

He shut the door immediately.

“…Baby, don’t leave yet~”

Before he could react, an invisible force pulled him back inside. He sighed as he allowed himself to be dragged in.

“…Are you satisfied?” he asked dryly, glancing toward her.

Eleonora, now sitting in her chair with her cheeks slightly flushed, gave him a little smile.

“Not really,” she replied with a soft hum, brushing her dark purple hair behind one ear. “But I’ll finish watching it later…”

She cleared her throat and shifted in her seat, crossing her legs as her playful smile melted into a more serious expression.

“…It’s rare for you to come to me. What do you need?” she asked, cool and composed now.

“…Can’t I visit without a reason?” Aestrea sighed lightly, though his lips curled into a subtle smirk.

His gaze locked onto hers.

“Besides… it seems like you missed me more than you thought.”

To his words, Eleonora leaned back in her chair, resting her cheek against her knuckles as her gaze locked onto Aestrea.

A sly smile curved on her lips.

“Missed you?” she echoed, voice soft like silk and dipped in amusement.

“You show up unannounced… barge into my room… interrupt me mid-rewatch of our most passionate night… and you expect me to believe this is just a casual visit?”

Her fingers slowly played with the edge of her skirt, the movement subtle, elegant, suggestive.

“You know,” she continued, her tone lower now, more intimate, “if I really missed you… I’d simply visit you… Or…”

She tilted her head, her dark purple hair cascading down her shoulder.

“Were you hoping I’d beg you to visit me~?”

She chuckled faintly, clearly enjoying herself, but Aestrea didn’t respond right away.

His eyes lingered on her for af ew moments.

Then, with the same quiet voice that could freeze or burn depending on his mood, he said simply:

“…I missed you.”

That was it.

Just that.

Eleonora’s teasing smile faltered.

Her eyes widened, just a little. Barely perceptible… but it was there.

The words hit her harder than anything playful he could’ve said. A warmth began to spread across her face, her pale skin flushing with soft color as a rare silence settled in the room.

“…Y-You…” she blinked once, sitting upright.

For a moment, she looked like she forgot how to breathe.

“I… see…”

She cleared her throat, turning her gaze away for just a second, but that second was enough.

The smile that came after was different. Gentler, a little shy, even if she tried to hide it behind her usual confident expression.

“…You shouldn’t say that so casually,” she murmured quietly.

“You’ll make me think I mean more to you than I’m supposed to.”

Her fingers brushed her lips for a second before she leaned forward slightly, her eyes narrowing again, but softer this time.

“…Do you really mean it, Aestrea?”

Aestrea didn’t hesitate at all.

He looked straight into her eyes and answered with the same calm tone:

“…Yes.”

Before Eleonora could even react…

Fwip!

The air shimmered.

In the blink of an eye, she was no longer sitting in her chair.

She blinked once, twice…

Her body now rested against something warm and solid, which was none other than his chest. Her legs were draped comfortably across his lap, one arm instinctively looped around his neck for balance.

And Aestrea… was seated exactly where she

had been just a second ago.

The chair creaked softly beneath his weight.

Her dark purple hair fluttered as she looked down at herself, then up at him, her lips parted in visible shock.

“…H-How did you—?”

But she couldn’t even finish.

He leaned forward.

“Chuu~♡”

And his lips pressed gently against hers.

Her eyes instantly widened, but only for a second.

Because her fingers instinctively tightened behind his neck, her heartbeat fluttering wildly inside her chest.

“Mmn… ♡”

A soft sound escaped her as their lips pressed tighter together.

His mouth was warm, so damn warm, and each movement of his lips felt like it was melting the tension from her body.

His kiss wasn’t rushed.

It was deep… possessive… as if he was pouring every unspoken feeling into that single, slow kiss.

“Mwah… ♡”

Aestrea tilted his head slightly, letting their lips slide together even better.

His hand settled firmly on her waist, his fingertips pressing gently into the curve of her back as he held her against him.

Her breath hitched.

“Haah… y-you…” she tried to say, but his lips captured hers again before she could finish.

“Mmm… mwah~”

His tongue brushed hers, slow and smooth as if teasing her.

Eleonora’s whole body trembled for a moment as her thighs squeezed around his lap.

Her hips shifted slightly without meaning to, just to ease the aching warmth spreading through her.

Her hand tangled deeper into his hair, her mouth opening just a bit more to him.

“A-Ahn…♡ mmwah~”

Their kisses grew wetter now, louder, lips parting and meeting again with soft, messy sounds.

“Chu~… mwah… haah… mmn~”

She gasped faintly when his other hand slid up to cup the side of her face, thumb brushing her cheek with such gentleness it made her heart ache.

Her eyes fluttered half-closed.

She was sinking, completely and utterly, into him.

When she finally pulled back, barely breaking the kiss, her lips were glossy and slightly swollen.

A dazed, pink flush colored her face, and her voice came out in a soft, trembling breath.

“…You shouldn’t kiss me like that… Aestrea…” she whispered, panting softly.

“I-I might not let you leave…♡”

He stared up at her, his gaze steady, lips curved into the faintest smile.

“…Maybe I wasn’t planning to,” he murmured, brushing a final soft kiss against the corner of her lips.

Chu~

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