Curse the Mainframe! 354 Fluttering

Alec's voice was strangled as he grabbed her hand. "Elysia!"

Elysia peered up at him curiously. "Hm?" Confused, she squeezed lightly, drawing a gasp from Alec.

She then peered down at the thing in her hands again, before it registered. "Oh!"

Her face stared flushing pink. She had a bit of theoretical knowledge – she knew about a male's biological reactions, but in the heat of the moment, her mind had not equated it at all.

However, when she was stunned and staring at him with a bit of disbelief, she still had not yet let go of that thing in her hands.

Alec's voice was still strangled as he wrestled with his control. He would not touch her like that until she was at least eighteen, and only if she was the one who initiated it!

"Elyisa… Let go."

Elysia's face immediately burned red, and she immediately let go.

But her hands still flexed a little, as if remembering that foreign sensation in her hands before.

The two people who were newly in a relationship couldn't look at each other, and both of them felt as if the room was stuffy.

Both their faces were red.

Elysia uneasily cleared her throat before climbing off Alec's lap. "Sorry," she squeaked.

Alec closed his eyes. Her climbing off him just seemed to stimulate his body more. "It's fine. Just… let's not do anything until we're at least eighteen."

Immediately, Elysia's face fell. "Ah? No more kissing?" she said sadly.

Kissing Alec had lit up something inside her, and she still wanted to experience those feelings again. Waiting until they were both eighteen? That was still so long away!

Alec groaned.

Everything Elysia did and said sent scorching fire through his veins. Especially now that he no longer had the luxury to deny any of his feelings.

Acknowledging them only seemed to make him feel it stronger.

If Ye Sha was here, he would have laughed his heart out at how Alec was right now. It served the dense idiot right for thinking that he could suppress his feelings like that. Didn't he know that doing that would just cause them to burst out sooner or later?

However, the strangest thing to Alec was that he actually didn't feel awkward at all after kissing Elysia so deeply previously.

Instead, he felt rather relaxed now. Like he'd let go of all his burdens and worries.

The only reason why he felt a little awkward was because she had abruptly grabbed his erection that he hadn't been able to hide from her.

After all, Elysia was still… not legal.

He could kiss her, but anything more than that was just a no.

At this moment, while they were about to prepare to go to sleep, Loeri suddenly burst back into the place riding on Bunbun's head.

Behind them, was Fenrir, who had also returned at the same time.

The only familiar that was missing now was Elysia's Ash Phoenix.

"Master, master!" Loeri called out happily. "Are you done nibbling faces with mistress?"

The smile on Alec's face twitched.

Instead of replying, he walked forward and patted each of his familiars on the head, successfully distracting each of them as they preened happily.

It was only later that Loeri suddenly spoke up again, alarming him.

"Master that man that was a wreck got caught by the guards just now…"

Alec, who had just lay down on the bed, helplessly stared at the ceiling.

"What is it?" Elysia asked, confused. She could sense the sudden change in mood that Alec went through.

He'd still been contentedly cuddling with her earlier on before his mood suddenly changed as he tensed up.

"Loeri said that Mason got captured by the guards."

Elysia blinked, confused. "Wasn't he hiding well earlier on?" she asked, puzzled.

With how hard the guards had been combing the ship the past week or so, they still hadn't found Mason. This meant that his hiding skills were definitely sufficient enough to use against them.

However, he still got caught?

Was it a moment of carelessness or something else?

Loeri wriggled around on Bunbun's head, and Bunbun swiped at it to tell it to calm down a little. Loeri wilted sadly, but then perked right back up.

"He's captured, but not captured at the same time!" Loeri said happily.

Alec: "???"

"Is he poisoned again?" Elysia asked with curiosity.

"Nope," Loeri said sadly. It could have eaten more yummy things, but there was no more.

Alec silently handed Loeri some of the powder that he used to build up his immunity. Loeri happily wriggled around.

Alec thought about it before deciding to leave the man. "Leave him, then. He should be able to get himself out if he purposely got himself caught. If, on the last day, he's still caught, then we'll just rescue him before getting off board."

Elysia nodded, agreeing with his assessment. "He should be fine. Unless they're torturing him to make an example of him?"

The two of them stared at Loeri, who shook its head.

"Let him do his own thing. Loeri should have sensed if he was in distress anyway."

Elysia was still frowning. She hugged Alec tighter, burying her face in his neck. His tense body relaxed a little, and she smiled to herself when she thought about how she'd caught this big boss here for herself.

The silver-haired girl opened her mouth and lightly bit on Alec's neck, causing him to stiffen up a little.

Alec sucked in a breath, but obediently allowed her to do as she wished. It embarrassed him a little, but more than that, it was causing him to have reactions. As such, he remained very still.

It was only when Elysia was satisfied that she nuzzled his neck, her eyelids fluttering.

Alec smiled softly seeing how happy Elysia was, despite the sweet torture that he was put through. It helped to confirm for him that he wasn't making a mistake, and that he wasn't forcing his feelings on someone else.

Now, it was less that he couldn't acknowledge his own feelings and more that he didn't want to be a burden.

The realization stunned him. Had he always had that fear that he was being a burden?

Confused, Alec wrapped his hands around Elysia's waist, pulling her flush against him.

She snuggled into the warmth as her eyelids continued to flutter.

Alec couldn't help but lean down and press a few kisses on Elysia's eyelids lightly. They were so light that Elysia barely felt it at all.

It wasn't until Elysia fell asleep that Alec continued thinking about his various problems. He had likely been scared of being a burden when he became a System, because it was something that had plagued him his entire first life.

When he became a System, he worked hard, and he always followed the rules. However, it made his temper become worse, and he always came across as grumpy.

This time, however, he'd slowly relaxed into his life when his connection with the Mainframe snapped, leaving him stranded and without any rules to follow.

He thought back about how lost he'd been previously without anything to guide him. It was the height of irony considering a System was supposed to be the one guiding the Main Characters in the first place.

However, now, he had a goal for himself.

He wanted to find the transmigrators that the damn organization was hiding from the world and see what exactly they were trying to do.

He had a sneaking suspicion that it involved something like world domination.

At this moment, Elysia made a soft noise, her hand that had been clutching his shirt tightening.

Unbeknownst to himself, Alec's smile and eyes were completely warm, not showing any trace of alienation at all.

Without him knowing, he'd already completely and utterly fallen hard for Elysia.

Chapter end

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