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Chapter 90: Always by Your Side

At dawn the next day, the campfire beside them had gone out, and a few rays of sunlight streamed through the cracks at the cave entrance.

Ella opened her lovely eyes from sleep, blinked a few times, and then scrambled up in panic.

She saw that the cave was empty and the soft hay beside her had lost its warmth.

An inexplicable terror flooded Ella’s heart, a feeling she had never experienced in her 23 years.

The lonely fear swallowed her like a wave, and like a drowning person she cried, “Ashura, where are you?” while tears poured down like a broken dam.

After several unanswered calls, Ella ignored the pain from the wound in her right leg and staggered toward the entrance while sobbing.

The entrance was high above, and her injured leg lacked the strength to climb, so after a few tries she collapsed to her knees and wailed.

Covering her face, she sobbed, “Ashura, you jerk, how could you leave me here? You said you would protect me, you bastard, I will never trust you again, boo-hoo!”

A sudden voice rang out above her, “Instructor Ella, bad-mouthing someone behind his back is a poor habit; since when am I a jerk?”

With that, Ashura jumped down from the opening, his body beaded with droplets of morning mist and a freshly killed Tier-2 Beast dangling from his hand.

Ella knelt on the ground and stared blankly at the indignant Ashura, crystal tears still clinging to her cheeks, and Ashura was about to ask why she called him a jerk.

Suddenly Ella threw herself into his arms, and the impact nearly knocked Ashura off balance; he reached to feel her forehead, wondering if a fever had muddled her mind.

Ella’s heart-rending cries froze his outstretched hand in midair as he sensed the beauty’s distress.

After a moment’s thought, Ashura tossed the Beast aside and wrapped both arms around Ella’s back.

Ella’s sobs grew even louder, and she clutched his waist with such force it seemed she wanted to merge him into her body.

The intimate embrace pressed two large, soft mounds against his abdomen, and the young Ashura instantly reacted; unable to push the beauty away, he could only arch his hips backward in embarrassment.

Still crying, Ella suddenly demanded, “You jerk, you big jerk, where did you go? How could you leave me here alone? Don’t you know I was terrified, boo-hoo!”

Struggling to control his unruly body, Ashura coaxed, “I only went to find food and check if the area was safe; how could I leave you alone? I will always stay by your side, okay? Be good, calm down, my waist is about to snap!”

Her sobs stopped abruptly, and she lifted her head to stare at him; the tears on her flower-like face only enhanced her delicate charm.

Ella asked blankly, “You said you will always stay by my side?”

Ashura finally caught his breath, hastily straightened his magic robe, failed to notice her odd look, and answered casually, “Of course, I… ”

Before he finished, a pair of red lips sealed his in a fiery kiss.

Ashura’s mind went blank, and his widened eyes brimmed with disbelief.

Yet the clumsy kiss told him it was real, and the spear he had just subdued sprang up like a dragon.

A hot-blooded youth could not resist such temptation; desire flooded Ashura, and he took control of the kiss while his hands began to roam.

The onslaught left the inexperienced Ella defenseless; her body went limp under his teasing as her clothes slowly slipped away.

Just as they were about to cross the final line, Ashura glanced down at the bandage on the inside of her right thigh and froze.

He pulled his head from between the towering peaks, pushed off the ground, stood, and sprinted into the cave’s small pool, disappearing beneath the surface.

Immersed in passion, Ella saw his action and seemed to understand; two silent tears rolled down as she lay on her back, arms hugging her chest.

After a long while Ashura surfaced, hurriedly pulled clothes from his storage space, dressed, and spotted the silently weeping Ella.

Confused, he walked to her side; seeing her alluring body but empty gaze, he suddenly felt a pang of pity.

He quickly asked, “What’s wrong, why are you crying again?” while trying to drape the torn magic robe over her.

Ella slapped his hand away and demanded angrily, “Do you despise me because I’m 6 years older than you, or because I’m less attractive than the other girls who fancy you, or is it because I’m your Instructor?” Her voice trembled more with every word.

Struggling not to stare at that impossibly sexy body, Ashura listened to her doubts.

He shook his head with a wry smile and said, “I don’t even dare look at you now for fear my desire will overpower my Magic; how can you question your charm when your suitors are no fewer than yesterday’s Red-Lotus Serpents?”

Ella, still shedding silent tears, finally sniffled, modestly covered her chest, and blushed as she said, “Then you…”

Ashura explained helplessly, “I saw the bandage on your leg; you’re still injured, so how could you endure my roughness? I jumped into the pool to cool myself down.”

Her eyes lit up, and though she covered her chest more shyly, she still pouted pitifully and asked, “You’re not lying? You really don’t dislike me for being older?”

The questions made Ashura’s head spin, so he swore to every god in the sky that he was not deceiving her, and only after much coaxing did Ella finally smile again.

Ashura had never imagined that the refined Instructor Ella could act like any ordinary girl in love.

Ella also realized how embarrassing she looked, but since she had confessed, she did not shy away from his burning gaze.

She wrapped her arms around his waist again, buried her head in his chest, and rubbed against him like a spoiled kitten.

Poor Ashura, for now he truly felt both pain and joy.

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