Blood Awakening: The Strongest Hybrid and His Vampire Bride

Nikolai's arms wrapped around Selene as she lunged for him, her arms tightly gripping his neck like a crab claw.

'Come to think of it, normally I never acknowledge her as someone else...'

Despite feeling the explosive increase in her physical strength through this death grip, he couldn't help but feel emotional, maybe immersed in his thoughts and newly regained memories.

However, her scarlet hair-like blood and vivid blue eyes combined with her perfect facial features captivated him for a moment, so intense that his hands wrapped around her back, pulling her tighter than pushing her away.

"Luna, you've grown so beautiful."

The same line she desired to hear so long ago, this time from his lips directly—she began to tremble, her cold hands siding along the back of his head, while tears dripped from the corner of her eyes, forming small beads of ice.

"I waited so long to hear those words directly... from your lips Kai~ I feel so happy." Her voice was no more than a whisper, only for him to hear—before her arms dropped, now wrapped around his lower back, as she lifted her chin, brushing their noses together.

"Wait—" His body instantly caught on as he looked at her closely, not moving away an inch.

Nikita and Risa, in the background, looked on with strange reactions.

At first, Nikita's body trembled from the eerie sensation that Lunaria had brought upon her. But that soon transformed. Her upper lips shifted, and, baring her fangs, she began to scowl, scrunching up her nose in displeasure.

As for Risa—her body grew frigid, and her hands shook like a boat stranded in a storm in the Northern Sea, but before the panic could seize her—she tightly shut her eyes and snapped her vision away from the pair.

Her heart was pounding against her chest, and she slowly calmed before letting out a deep breath and becoming stable. She could not deny it; something about their dissonant intimacy made Ria's heart erratic.

A tight, aching pain and weight appeared in her chest, a pressure that made her uncomfortable.

"Wait for what~ It's okay, Kai~ just a kiss, okay? Don't you know how long I have waited?!"

His mind spun, and everything happened in a daze, but his eyes remained transfixed on the ice-cold tears that melted into his shoulder.

'What does this feeling mean? Why do I feel so... light, being hugged by her?'

He thought his own emotions were becoming out of sync, or rather, he was having trouble digesting them, but his body seemed to move on instinct.

With a tilt of his head and his eyes shut tight, they lightly pressed their lips together. Her cherry lips, soft and lush—he could feel himself drifting away, and it was only when Nikita, standing nearby, grabbed his free arm.

"Nikolai... that's enough!"

"Nn? W-Wha?"

'What just happened?'

Selene seemed to come out of her moment of insanity.

Her face flushed with a crimson glow. Although Nikolai did not take the initiative, he also did not reject it. The light suction force applied by Lunaria's kiss shocked him, and it was different from Selene's. The taste, the feeling, and the shape of her tongue that caressed his lips with affection. Everything was different from Selene's!

Nikolai's hands still reached out, cupping Lunaria's cheeks, the slightly cool sensation comfortable, as her dreamy wet eyes gazed up at him, her tongue slowly retracting, covered in his saliva.

His finger grazed her lip and, entranced, and once again, he almost became carried away by Luna's pace.

"Hehe... That's a French Kiss? I really enjoyed doing it with you, Nikolai." She winked as her snow-white skin was unnoticeably illuminated with a blue lustre—as if sparkling with glistening ice. Her pale skin, like moonlight, lit up the entire room.

"Okay, stop it, Luna. He's not only yours." Nikita's hand gripped Nikolai's shoulder tighter and yanked him back, the force causing him to fall against her soft chest.

'Right, not mine, not hers—'

Suddenly, her mood changed, and her vision flashed up, her blue eyes illuminating with a deadly edge. "Humph, can't even enjoy a kiss? That was my present for him, alright, fine..." Her mood had become irritated. "When I become stronger than the likes of you and the Red Queen, then I shall truly, happily declare him mine."

The moment she spoke of the red queen, scarlet red flooded her eyes, spreading from her pupils as she returned to normal—the Selene that everyone knew and loved.

The small gemstone between her breasts turned dark blue again from red.

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"Tsk... that insane—"

Selene's dry voice echoed as she placed her hand against her forehead while sinking her teeth into her lower lip, a grimace on her face as if suffering agonising pain.

"It seems you understand a little now, right, Nikolai? " With a colder voice than usual, Selene turned her face to the side and clenched her fists. Although it was necessary, she felt irritated and angry.

"Y-Yeah... it seems that the small gemstone that contained her soul seems to have become bound with you?"

Nikita's hands wrapped around Nikolai's body as she placed her chin atop his shoulder, with her lips curled into a wide grin. "Hehe."

"It's not quite so simple, but now she is able to take control. In the past, this could never have happened." Selene's voice remained cold, yet her eyes flickered with warmth each time she peeked at Nikolai's face. A slight flicker of fear showed when she looked comfortable.

'Why does Selene look so pained... what am I missing?'

Nikolai put his hands together. He sought to focus, closing his eyes and analysing what had happened and the reactions of both girls. His brows furrowed.

Nikolai rubbed his neck uncomfortably, "It's just—why did Luna refer to you as a Red Queen and say that she would become stronger than you both when she woke?"

Rising to her feet, Selene stepped forward and dropped her body beside Nikolai, her face lacking emotion, as if frozen... but her hands touching his chest, grasping his shirt, trembled with a sense of desperation. "Can't you figure it out, idiot... two women, two sisters, one body, both in love with the same guy... since she awakened—"

Suddenly, her voice cut off, and Selene's eyes widened, a flicker of blue light in the depths of her iris as she covered her lips, biting her teeth and slightly scrunching up her nose in frustration. She couldn't speak further.

Lunaria wouldn't allow her to spill everything.

"Heh, it's the first time I've seen Selene shut up before, hehe." Nikita gazed at the vampire, her eyes narrowed. Despite her positive and happy voice, her lips trembled and lowered into a dismissive frown, making her true thoughts a mystery.

'Is Selene worried she will lose control of her body because my presence seems to make Luna stronger and more resistant to control?'

Nikolai subconsciously tensed his stomach. 'But, how can that be?'

There was a feeling gnawing at the back of his mind. He could feel an answer at the tip of his tongue, but his mind and heart didn't want to blurt it out without showing tact to Selene and the other vampire that so eagerly wanted his attention, affection, and body.

"What am I missing?" He rubbed his forehead, becoming frustrated. His heart and body felt different, and he felt conflicting emotions. He couldn't explain it and didn't quite understand it.

"Am I overthinking?"

Risa sat away from the other three, her eyes focused on Selene. Her instincts told her that Selene was strict and unpredictable, while Luna was the true monster.

"I think we should... come up with a plan for the future, can't our issues be solved if we work together." Risa ignored her instincts and shifted closer, her voice weak but clear as day. She refused to remain silent any longer and took the initiative, placing herself before all three of them. "That way, we can achieve all our goals."

"Oh... then what do you suggest first?" Selene's voice carried a hint of sarcasm, and her icy gaze bore into Risa's emerald eyes.

"You're being too stubborn," Nikolai added with an exasperated tone, pulling Selene closer by tugging on her arm. The vampire princess soon calmed down when her head rested on his lap.

The room became silent once more as each person contemplated their options.

"Since Lady Nagisa is looking into the corruption, is there any of us comparable to her intelligence network, or ability? I believe not, so we should leave that issue to Nagisa and investigate a different source of this occurrence."

Risa held her fingers up like she was writing in mid-air.

"Lady Nagisa will take care of the issue here, while we will enter the tower together and investigate if any other words in the Nexus are affected, over time we can give our results to Lady Nagisa and compare the outcomes." It was the first time Risa showed her true intelligence and wit to the group.

Nikita learned her abilities when she became her squire, but Nikolai... his eyes opened wide, and he gazed intensely at Risa.

'If she has a brain like this... Why doesn't she ever use it?!' He stared at her with doubt, causing the lovely nekomata to shift uneasily under his scrutinising glare. "Nikolai~ what's wrong?" Her lovely voice purred as her cheeks turned red. His hand brushed across his forehead and wiped away imaginary sweat.

"This might just be the best method, more than enough to work." Nikolai's frustrated expression faded. His lips loosened into a soft smile, and his eyes relaxed as he gazed at the lovely Risa. Nikita was surprised that he took Risa's words so seriously.

"Then about, helping Nikolai's mother... I believe we should all work on it together too.."

'Eh?' Nikolai raised his eyebrow as Risa brought up another topic.

This was definitely uncharacteristic of her...

At least in his memory and perception of Risa, his heart thumped, beating faster as she spoke. Her words broke his current thoughts, shattering them to pieces. He found himself wanting to see more of these unknown sides of all three girls.

"Okay, that sounds good..." Although Nikolai's mind and heart felt a little concerned about saving her, then more people knew his mother's weakness might become a deadly crutch for him.

Yet if more people helped... there would be a faster and better way to save her. However, despite knowing that, it only made his heart twist painfully; deep down, he knew the most important thing was saving her no matter what.

'I must trust them... aren't these the women I chose? Don't be a scumbag, me... If I can enjoy their bodies, then I can at least give them my trust.'

Selene didn't speak. Instead, she closed her eyes tight and lifted her lips in a blissful smile while lying on Nikolai's lap. Nikita also seemed a little stunned but nodded and peeked at Nikolai's reaction as if to gauge her response.

"Regarding the other large issue..." Risa's eyes peeked at the adorable Selene, then back to Nikolai, then Kumiko and Nikita.

"I believe we need to find Lunaria's body. If her body is able to move, even without a soul, then something tells me it could be a big clue to solving every other problem we have right now."

At that instant, Selene's eyes snapped open, and her long, silky lashes fluttered to reveal one scarlet eye and the other blue. Her aura felt strange, powerful, irrational and serene all at once.

"That's a good idea! My body~ if I have my body back~ I can seduce him all the time!"

"True... your body also holds the key to his mother... I want to make him smile, so... let's stop fighting and work together."

A bizarre scene unfolded for a few moments as Selene spoke with alternating voices with different pitches, tones and styles... Nikolai and Nikita turned to face each other with question marks on their heads.

"W-What's going on now?!"

The pair blurted out in confusion.

"Luna and Selene are awake at the same time... how?"

Then, the beautiful vampire answered their question.

"To make Nikolai mine." "To help Nikolai's mother!"