As Eterna spoke those words, filled with absolute love and conviction, Arfrotian felt a familiar yet terrifying chill run down his spine.

  This was not the chill of Pandora’s abyssal frost.

  This was not the chill of an eternal tundra.

  No—this was something far worse.

  This was the sweet chill of Eterna.

  Arfrotian clenched his jaw, internally screaming at the absurdity of the situation. "What the hell is happening to me!?" He had faced countless horrors, fought beings beyond comprehension, stood at the precipice of existence itself—but never, NEVER, had he felt chills like these.

  "How many times is she gonna do this to me!?"

  It was a nightmare. A dream. A trap.

  And he had walked straight into it.

  But Eterna? Eterna was simply enjoying herself.

  She was relishing every second of this, basking in his reactions, embracing the fact that she had completely shattered the composure of the one man who was supposed to be untouchable.

  Her darling was hers—and now, he would face the consequences.

  Eterna tilted her head slightly, a teasing glint in her liquid-blue eyes. She brushed a finger against her soft lips, pouting ever so slightly as she sighed dramatically.

  "Mhm, Darling, my lips are getting dry… could you…?"

  Arfrotian’s brain crashed instantly.

  His body locked up. His heart skipped a beat. His soul itself felt like it had been yeeted into the void.

  "Wait, what!?"

  Eterna turned to him, tilting her head cutely, but her eyes were locked onto his lips.

  A dangerous glint.

  A silent demand.

  She smiled too sweetly.

  "Hmm, Darling, what should I do? We don’t have any water here…"

  She was teasing him. She was doing this on purpose.

  Arfrotian gulped, his mind scrambling for a response, when suddenly—he remembered.

  "Oh yes! I can create water puddles. So why not—"

  But before he could even finish his thought, he felt it—

  A chilling gaze.

  Eterna’s expression didn’t change, but her eyes? They froze him in place.

  "Hmm, Darling~" she said sweetly, too sweetly, dangerously sweetly. "You know… for someone who teased me about having a child… and stole my FIRST KISS while I was depressed… and took advantage of me… and then even offered me your feelings…"

  She smiled. Oh, she smiled.

  "You sure are being quite dense now, right?"

  BOOM.

  Arfrotian felt like he had been struck by a divine thunderbolt.

  "SHE BROUGHT UP EVERYTHING. EVERY. SINGLE. THING."

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  He didn’t even have time to recover. Before he could react—

  "Trying to avoid me now, Darling~?"

  Eterna’s voice was syrupy, intoxicating, relentless.

  She bit her lower lip.

  Her eyes shined mischievously.

  She leaned in just slightly, her body pressing closer.

  "Hmm, you made this mess of me. Now IT’S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, DARLING!"

  Arfrotian’s entire system crashed.

  "WHAT THE HELL!?!?"

  Eterna’s words hit him like a divine decree.

  His cool strategist mind?

  Gone.

  His smooth-talker abilities?

  Useless.

  His entire existence?

  On the verge of crumbling.

  But then—something snapped inside him.

  "Wait a damn minute!"

  He had signed up for this.

  He had walked into this.

  And now, he was just gonna let her dominate him like this!?

  "HELL NO!"

  Arfrotian took a deep breath, composing himself.

  Then—he pulled Eterna in by her waist.

  Eterna let out a surprised gasp, eyes widening as he pressed her against his chest.

  He smirked. The tables had turned.

  "Ha! Honey, you think your Darling’s a coward?"

  Eterna blinked, then—she smiled.

  "Then prove it to me, my dear, sweety pie, sweetheart, soulmate forever, my life, my love, DARLING~~"

  Arfrotian’s brain exploded.

  "WHY THE HELL SO MANY NICKNAMES!? JUST ONE COULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH!"

  But before he could protest—

  Eterna closed her eyes and leaned forward.

  Arfrotian followed.

  Their lips were inches away.

  And then—

  "WAIT! WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING!?"

  Arfrotian’s mind screamed.

  "I was supposed to tell her why I came here for myself! How did it escalate to KISSES!?"

  And so—he smacked Eterna’s head.

  "WAH!?"

  Eterna looked at him, shocked.

  "What’s this, DARLING!? Don’t you love me!?"

  And that was it.

  That was the golden opportunity.

  The perfect chance to flip the tables.

  Arfrotian leaned in close, his lips brushing against her ear.

  "Honey, do you think only A KISS could express our love?"

  Eterna paused. Her cheeks turned pink.

  She blinked, then—

  "Hmm, then do you want to make babies with me here and now?"

  BOOM.

  Arfrotian’s mind completely crashed.

  "WHAT THE ACTUAL FK!?"**

  Eterna’s face turned bright red as she stammered—

  "Huh… ah… ha… oh…"

  Her breathing was erratic.

  Arfrotian felt his heartbeat SKYROCKET.

  "Honey… why are you making those moaning sounds?"

  Eterna smiled.

  And Arfrotian felt absolute dread.

  "Darling~ stop being so na?ve… you know, right?"

  She squirmed, her fingers playing with each other, her entire body trembling slightly.

  "Darling… this will be my first time… so… yeah, I, as your beloved wife… want to give you the best experience out there…you see, as per my knowledge...... while mating such sound by the female partner....... arouses the male more...... and gives them quite the pleasure as well....... so you know....... I was practicing......"

  Arfrotian died internally.

  "WHAT. THE. HELL. DID. I. SIGN. UP. FOR!?"

  But it wasn’t over. NO.

  Eterna covered her blushing face with her hands.

  "Darling is just so naughty! But I understand a man's deepest and darkest desires~ so it doesn’t matter if it’s only YOU!

  Her eyes shined with conviction.

  "ONLY YOU, DARLING! ONLY YOU, FOREVER AND EVER!"

  Arfrotian wanted to leave this world.

  "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH HER!?"

  WHAT THE HELL DID I SIGN UP MYSELF FOR???

  WHAT THE HELL IS SHE EVEN SAYING!?!?!

  SHE IS PRACTICING, AND WILL DO IT EVERY MOMENT WITH ME!?!

  I just wanna leave this dream world right now!

  He tried to recover, taking in deep breaths, he said,

  "Honey, you see, that mere act doesn’t define our—"

  Eterna laughed.

  “Oh, don't need to tell me Darling, I know such a mere act won't be showing off our love would it now?" She smiled sweetly.

  Hearing this Arfrotian kind of sighed a relief, that was BEFORE THE CALAMITY ACTUALLY CAME AS ETERNA SAID,

  "But, even if that and kissing doesn't define our love, its COMPLETELY TRANSCENDENT, even if I do it with you, it won't suffice, we are ONE, and our LOVE IS ONE, those acts are not actually entirely mere, THIS IS JUST......"

  Eterna trailed off and she said, "That's just my way of being COMPLETELY ONE WITH YOU DARLING!"

  Eterna said, with a very, very sweet conviction, as to which the ever master strategist had actually no answer as he muttered, "Okay she just plans on torturing my brain throughout our stay here right?

  Eterna said hearing the mutterings,

  "This was just a fraction of my love for you~"

  Arfrotian froze.

  "A FRACTION!?"

  He wasn’t making it out alive.