Getting spoiled in a woman dominating world-Chapter 416: A spark of warmth in the cold [3]

Lying inside the tent, Brandon stared up at the low canvas ceiling, and his mind was filled with thoughts.

Naevora ducked inside, letting the cold night air slip in behind her for a second before she closed the tent flap again.

She carried the cleaned pots in one hand, setting them quietly in the corner before moving to sit beside him on the edge of the mattress.

Brandon didn’t speak at first.

He simply shifted, rolling onto his side and laying his head gently on her lap.

The bare skin of her thighs was warm beneath his cheek, and he exhaled slowly as he looked up at her.

Naevora’s hand came to rest on his hair almost automatically and began patting his head.

"How long was I unconscious?"

"About... six hours," she answered, her thumb brushing lightly over his temple.

He turned his head slightly, burying his face against the warm, flat plane of her abdomen.

"How are you feeling now?" he murmured into her stomach, his lips brushing her skin with every word. "You also fainted earlier."

Naevora gave a small nod, her fingers never stopping their gentle path through his hair.

"Mhm. I’m alright."

Brandon was quiet for a moment, and then he lifted his head just enough to meet her eyes.

"Naevora... do you know about that woman? She said that she knows you."

Naevora’s hand paused in his hair.

"Yeah," she said after a long beat. "She... is the right-hand woman of my mother."

Huh?

Brandon’s gaze narrowed in surprise.

"Wait," he said slowly, sitting up a little more, though he kept one hand resting on her thigh. "So she was sent by your mother... to kill us?"

With a shake of her head, she replied "Not kill; it seems like she wanted to capture you."

Her gaze quivered as the face of her mother flashed before her eyes "She... is a researcher. She likes to do inhuman experiments."

"Even me... I was also a part of her experiments."

What? Brandon’s eyes shrank in surprise.

Looking at him, she let out a sigh "That’s the reason I have better physical strength than others."

He blinked slowly... even he is also a part of his mother’s experiment to give birth to a male awakener. -[1]

Now he understood why Naevora always hated her mother and her last name, Vörtdämmerung.

She reached out and patted his head "Since you are the only male awakener, maybe she wants to experiment on you and find out how you can use ether."

A soft sigh escaped his lips "I saw her once during Eira’s grandmother’s funeral..." -[2]

Naevora lowered her gaze and muttered "I don’t know why I fainted when she appeared... Not sure if it’s her ability or something else."

Brandon frowned slightly "Anyway, we are both safe now... after leaving the rupture, I will tell this to Charlotte, she will take care of things."

With a nod, she fell back on the mattress, staring up at the tent ceiling "I always had my doubts that she would try to do something to you..."

He moved closer, lying beside her, before sliding his arm around her waist.

She gently caressed his cheek, "It is one of the reasons I wanted you to be my disciple, so I can keep you under my watch and protect you."

What? Brandon’s eyes widened in shock upon hearing this.

Looking at his face, she smiled faintly "At that time, I heard that there is a boy who awakened and he is the first male awakener."

"I know my Mother will keep her eyes on you."

"So I stepped up and wanted to train you, so I can protect you at the same time..."

Her gaze quivered as she remembered a little girl’s smiling face "I just... don’t want anyone to face the same suffering my little sister got."

Tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, glistening in the lantern light as she remembered the old days.

But she turned her head quickly to the side, rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand "S-Sorry..."

Brandon stared at her in stunned silence for a second.

Then he moved forward, wrapping both arms around her and pulling her tightly against his chest.

Naevora stiffened at first, then melted into him completely "Don’t worry, brat... I am over it now. It’s all in the past."

He just held her, stroking her back lightly...

After a long moment, he spoke again "Well... unsurprisingly, I am also a lab experiment."

Huh? Naevora looked up at him in genuine surprise "Brandon, what?"

With a dry smile, he spoke "Yeah, the reason I can use ether is because of my mother’s experiment on me."

Naevora stared at him, and he let out a small, humorless chuckle "We both have something in common, I guess. Our mothers using us as test subjects."

Her hand moved to his cheek as she brushed her thumb on his jaw "When?" she asked softly.

Brandon exhaled "Before I was even born. She... engineered me. Wanted a male awakener. I didn’t suffer much because of it though."

Naevora went silent for a moment upon hearing this and he leaned back slightly, stretching his arms overhead with a long, exaggerated sigh. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"Haa... every rupture I enter, good and bad things happen."

"Hm?" Naevora glanced at him from the corner of her eye, curiosity flickering in her gaze.

He turned his head to meet her look, a dry, lopsided smile tugging at his lips "Well, the first time I accidentally entered a rupture, I awakened my power, and my life changed..."

"And I entered this rupture this time, I almost lost my life, but...

His smile turned a little mischievous as he glanced down at her barely-covered body, then back up to her face "...a good thing is that I got to cuddle with my beautiful master half naked."

Her eyes narrowed and she swatted his chest playfully with a soft thwack against his skin "You perverted rascal."

"Hahaha..."

She pushed herself up and sat on the mattress. "Since you are at full health now, let’s prepare to leave. Wear your clothes."

"Mhm, okay."

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[1] - (A.n: Recheck chap: 148 if you forgot)

[2] - (A.n: It is Chapter 357)

From now on, I will put reminder Chapters like this, I just thought putting them amidst the sentences might ruin the flow of reading.