The taste of blood still lingered in his mouth, a taste unique to Xia Linyin, so sweet, so addictive. Arthur closed his eyes, suppressing the restlessness surging within him.
When he opened his eyes again, Arthur's eyes were calm again. He slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and said to Charlene with his back to her, "You can go now."
"Leave the town, baby. This time I won't stop you."
Xia Linyin looked at Arthur Li, her wide eyes filled with disbelief. For a moment, she wondered if she had misheard. Had Arthur Li just said he was going to let her go?
She couldn't see Arthur's expression, only the man's lowered head and slightly hunched back, a silhouette that seemed to exude a faint sense of loneliness.
“I am the son of an ogre, his blood flows in my veins, the seeds of crime lie dormant in my bones, and I have inherited the demon’s lust for human flesh. I am Arthur, the son of a cannibalistic maniac—”
'This is how the game designed me.'
Arthur didn't say the last sentence. His voice was low and calm, "I want to eat you, I really, really want to eat you. It's a repressed instinct. Lately, I've been finding it harder and harder to control this instinct. You know, there have been several times when I wanted to eat you, to really eat you."
Chad was right before; it wasn't that he didn't like eating human flesh, but he hadn't met the person who could arouse his cannibalistic desires. And now he had.
He unleashed his repressed nature through the woman he loved, and once released, he became madly infatuated. The deeper the love, the deeper the desire. He underestimated the impact of the game's settings on him, and also underestimated Xia Linyin's allure to him.
Her fair, soft, and supple skin, the delicate fragrance emanating from her body, and her throbbing pulse constantly tempted him. He could even hear the sound of her blood flowing, clamoring and urging him to tear her apart and devour her.
As he got closer to Xia Linyin, the restlessness within him reached a point where even his powerful willpower could not control it.
Ultimately, he's still too weak; he's not yet capable of competing with the game.
Arthur turned to look at Xia Linyin and said softly, "So, you can leave."
After saying this, his heart ached uncontrollably. Arthur quickly turned his head away, not wanting Xia Linyin to see the murderous intent surging in his eyes. He needed power, he needed to become stronger, even stronger.
Xia Linyin looked at him without speaking or moving. She seemed to still be reeling from the huge surprise. Just when she had given up on completing the mission, Arthur told her that she could leave the town to finish the mission.
Suppressing his anger, Arthur turned back, looked at Xia Linyin, and smiled with a hint of wickedness. "What? You can't bear to part with me? Baby, haven't you always wanted to leave?"
“How could that be!” Xia Linyin blurted out in rebuttal, but Arthur’s smile deepened, making his handsome face even more charming. Xia Linyin couldn’t help but blush; her rebuttal just now seemed like an attempt to cover up the truth.
Without another word, Xia Linyin quickly got out of bed and hurried towards the door, as if afraid that Arthur would change his mind.
"Wait." Arthur's deep, husky voice sounded from behind. Xia Linyin's heart sank. Sure enough...
Arthur brought a coat and draped it over Xia Linyin. He then took out a first-aid kit from the cabinet, applied medicine to the wound on Xia Linyin's neck, and bandaged it. After doing all this, he said, "Let's go. It's still a bit dark. I'll take you there."
Xia Linyin's eyes held a complex expression; she had just thought...
Sensing the tenderness in Arthur's movements, Xia Linyin's heart was filled with mixed feelings, like a spice box had been overturned. In fact, these past few days she had been trying her best to ignore Arthur's tenderness and constantly reminding herself of Arthur's sins, just to prevent herself from falling deeper into it.
I was captivated by the man's deep, focused blue eyes and his tender, affectionate gaze.
The sky outside was already turning a pale white, and the dawn was about to dispel the darkness. Arthur followed closely behind Xia Linyin, watching her walk out of the town.
He dared not get too close to Xia Linyin, fearing he would lose control of the violent impulse within him. Looking at Xia Linyin's back, he desperately suppressed the urge to embrace her. Two forces were pulling him apart. He clearly wanted to keep Xia Linyin by his side forever, but now he had to let her go.
I really, really want to keep her here forever, even if it means doing something so extreme.
“My dearest Arthur, think how wonderful this is! Every part of her body is fused into your bones and blood; you are so intimately connected, inseparable! Oh! Her soul will be with you!”
Chad's words were like a spell, and Arthur closed his eyes. He could no longer see, but his other senses became even stronger. The faint fragrance emanating from Xia Linyin drifted into his nose, a scent that only he could smell and that belonged to Xia Linyin alone.
Reaching the edge of the town, Xia Linyin stopped and turned to look at the man behind her. As if sensing her presence, Arthur opened his tightly closed eyes.
The bloodlust in her eyes had faded, leaving only clarity and purity, a blue like an unpolluted sea, crystal clear without a trace of impurity. Arthur smiled gently, a little shyly, and called out, "Sister~"
Xia Linyin's eyes widened, feeling as if she had been struck by lightning. The figure of Arthur Li gradually overlapped with the figure of the handsome young man in the wheelchair.
One was tall and strong, the other was frail and sickly; one had sharp, angular features and a handsome, mixed-race appearance, the other had soft features, red lips and white teeth, like a delicate piece of porcelain that needed careful protection. But the moment Arthur called out "sister," their figures overlapped.
Her head was spinning. Xia Linyin stared at him blankly, murmuring, "Xiao Li..."
"Yes, it's me." Arthur put his hands in his pockets, his smile bright and sunny. Although he was a mature-looking man, he exuded a youthful charm. "Sister recognized me."
"Why..." Why didn't you tell her who he was sooner? Why did you keep your identity a secret? And if you kept it a secret, why reveal it to her now?
"Because in the last game you said you saw me as a younger brother and that it was impossible for you to like me, so I had no choice but to reappear in front of you with a more manly image to get rid of your impression of me as a younger brother." Arthur blinked, his innocent expression making Xia Linyin almost vomit blood.
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