EDEN'S POV
After a while of kissing, my sister rotates her body, coming face-to-face with me, her hands moving around my neck as she closes her eyes and kisses me intensely.
Feeling the intensity, I understand that at any moment, I will be on the passive side.
So, I pull back from the kiss—with effort.
Sensing me pulling back, my sister opens her eyes, her brows furrowing cutely, as she pulls me towards her.
But... I put my hand on her lips, stopping her before she could kiss me again.
My actions make her brow furrow more.
Seeing her like that, I could not stop myself as a small hearty laugh escaped from my throat.
"Haha... I am not stopping, sis. Just let me lead today."
Hearing my words, her furrowed brow relaxes as she nods her head.
After which, I remove my hand from her lips and bring it to her waist, my hand moving inside her T-shirt and my fingers brushing against her toned stomach.
She doesn't stop my actions but instead looks at my lips, her gaze carrying an unhidden want, as her body shudders a little, almost imperceptibly, while she feels my fingers on her stomach.
I could see her eyes on my lips and could sense what she wanted, but instead of giving her that. I move my other hand, bringing it to her ass, and squeezing it a little before moving my hand inside her T-shirt and brushing her back, and running my fingers along her spine.
Every movement of my fingers makes her body shudder imperceptibly, as her eyes start to bore at my lips.
Even though I don't give it to her.
After a few seconds of not getting what she wanted. She looks at me, her emotionless face cracked, her ears flushed, and her eyes—those beautiful eyes—looking into mine, as if asking why I was not giving her what she wanted.
Seeing her face like this, my whole body shivers, and my heart hammers as I lean in before planting a kiss on her lips.
"Chu...!"
Following which, I kiss her for minutes before leaning back, breathing heavily, as a string of saliva stretches from both of our lips.
My eyes move towards her face.
Her ears were now more flushed, and her cherry-red lips wet due to our kiss, as she breathed out hot air, all the while still shuddering due to my fingers' movement.
Seeing her like this, I once more lean in, not giving a damn about my breathing, licking the saliva off before moving towards her cheek and then to her neck, planting kisses all the way.
"Chu...!" "Chu...!"
As if sensing what I wanted to do, my sister tilts her head sideways, giving me full access to her neck, where my lips were planting kisses.
After kissing her neck one more time, I move my hands that were still inside her shirt and clutch her waist as I bite on her neck gently before sucking and leaving a huge hickey there.
Done with what I wanted, I leaned back, stopping myself from going any further, as I know I can't, while looking at her, and planting a peck on her cheek and then her lips.
"Chu...!" "Chu...!"
"I should go take a bath now..." I mutter to her, removing my hands from her waist while leaning back and pointing backward, where the pool with steaming water was.
The truth was that I didn't want to stop this, but I knew if I didn't stop, I would not be able to hold back myself.
Not only because she was so hot, but also because just kissing her, my tangled thoughts about this morning vanished.
While I was busy with myself, trying to hold back, hearing my words, she snapped out of her stupor and nodded before leaving the bathroom.
...
"Clank...!"
Aurelia closed the door behind her, turning and leaning on her hands that were still around the doorknob, her back hunched forward a little, and her face pointing down.
A beautiful smile suddenly blooms on her face as thoughts of what just happened inside surface.
She closes her eyes and brings her hands around her neck area, where she could still feel the lips of Eden, causing her smile to widen.
After staying like that for a while, Aurelia finally decides to leave, moving towards the kitchen so she can help her mother.
...
"Oh, hey, Aur," Amelia mutters softly, looking at her daughter as she wipes her hands.
Listening to her, Aurelia hums.
"Hm."
Seeing Aurelia still standing, Amelia smiles.
"You don't have to help today, Aur... I have already prepared breakfast."
After ending her words, she speaks again, as her eyes catch the hickey on her daughter's neck.
"Is Eden still in the bathroom?"
"Hm, he is bathing."
"Okay..." Amelia mutters softly, as if to herself, before adding, "You should go join Grandma and Dad. They are in the living room. I will join you guys in a few moments, okay?"
Hearing her mom's words, Aurelia nodded before moving out of the kitchen, while Amelia continued to stare at her neck.
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EDEN'S POV
"Splash...!"
I bring my face out from the perfectly hot water, which makes me sigh in content, before leaning backwards.
"This feels good."
But that feeling didn't stay for long, as memories of this morning started to show up.
'What the hell was that?' I think as memories of that weird place and the weird things that took place there revolve in my head.
Then a thought crosses my mind—what my sister's master had said.
'Maybe the fourth element. Because she did say that I was feeling my elements.'
'But how can an element do that?'
Not understanding anything, I groan, "Ugh...!" ruffling my wet hair.
"Well, whatever."
I didn't understand why and how things happened, so I diverted my mind to another thing that had happened this morning—my system.
'Let's see what's up with the system.' I think, as a bluish hologramic screen blinked into existence.
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[STATUS]
Name: Eden
Species: Human
[Phase]: 8
Sub Rank: Lesser
Strength: ★★☆☆☆
Agility: ★★☆☆☆
Endurance: ★★★☆☆
Intelligence: ★★☆☆☆
Perception: ★★☆☆☆
Luck: ??? (Permanent Stat)
Charisma: ★★★★☆ (Permanent Stat)
Elemental Affinities:
▼ Fire
▼ Ice
▼ Earth
▼ [???]
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As my eyes move over it, I can see the change in it.
My stats had increased by one star.
'I was not wrong. My stats did increase. Must be because I had formed Essence Core now.' I thought as my fingers moved to my chin.
But another thought crosses my mind as my eyes move towards the dropdown symbol next to every element.
'What is this thing?'