Chapter 328 - Recharged and Refreshed
I woke up the next day feeling like I just had the best sleep since the time I first opened my eyes in this world. With the amount of work that I did with my husband last night, I should have been feeling somewhat drained but I don't feel like that at all. I looked at Laerad who was lying next to me and I saw him staring at me with an aggrieved expression.
I smiled at him and greeted him, "Good morning, my handsome husband!" He stared at me then suddenly turned his back on me then muttered, "What's so good about the morning when you bullied me all night?! Shameless, perverted woman."
I inched towards him and pounced for a back hug. I snaked my arms around his body while pressing my chest to the wide of his back. He tried to squirm away but I placed my left hand on top of his lower abdomen and my right hand on his chest. I then placed a kiss on his neck, making his whole body shiver in my embrace.
He immediately stopped squirming and I heard a gasp coming out from his mouth. I whispered to him, "If your morning is not so good, I guess we'll have to do something about that, right?"
After hearing what I just said, he was about to complain again when my right hand moved up and gripped his chin to turn his head towards me. I gave him a fiery kiss so he could not speak further. He could only moan instead of complain which sounds a thousand times better by the way.
When he realize that he was being tricked into submitting again, he tried to squirm again but he couldn't stop me from kissing him. The hand that was caressing his lower abdomen, lowered even further as I started caressing the impressive thing between his legs.
His moans became more incessant and he totally stopped struggling, turning into putty in my hands. I turned him over so he's laying on his back. Once he was laying on that position, I immediately straddled him by his hips. At this point, he was as good as eaten by me.
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A few hours after, Laerad is now sleeping soundly which is something he rarely does unless he is super drained. While he was asleep, it was now my turn to watch his beautiful sleeping face quietly. As for the "shameless, perverted woman", she is feeling fully energized for some miraculous reason.
I gave Laerad a gentle peck on his lips and his eyes flung open immediately. He started squirming away as if his life depended on it. I watched him go on panic mode and I couldn't help but chuckle. I used a coaxing voice this time, "I am just giving you a goodbye kiss. Calm down. Don't fall off the bed."
When he heard that what I gave him was a goodbye kiss, he stiffened and stared blankly at me. For some reason, his eyes began to water immediately and he said, "We- we can do it again- if you want to. You can do it as many times as you want. Please... Can you stay a bit longer?"
I sighed and looked at him helplessly. I guess there is really a phase like this whenever a guy is pregnant. I remember Ioannis being like this at least once every week during the first half of his pregnancy and it seems like it is Laerad's turn now though he is only barely two months on the way.
I snuggled next to him and gave him a tight hug, my left hand resting on top of his lower abdomen. He stiffened with the sudden skin contact but then relaxed just as quickly when he realized I chose to stay next to him longer as he requested. I did not move, stayed in the hug and just inhaled his natural yet unique body scent. He's a plant, alright. Inhaling his scent has calming effects on me, a lot like how lavender or chamomile does.
After a few minutes, he squirmed and asked, "Aren't we- doing it- umm... again?" I chuckled and said, "You were begging me to stop last night and also this morning, didn't you? How can you change your mind so quickly?"
He sighed and said, "If I don't give in, you'll leave..." I stared at his face in surprise and replied, "Even if we just hug like this, it's fine. You can just ask me if you want to cuddle a bit longer. I am quite sure though that I won't be the first one to ask for more than a hug if we only ever do this whenever we meet though. "
As I prolonged the last few words of my sentence and used a teasing tone, I chuckled mischievously again. As for Laerad, instead of denying what I just said and defending himself, he just blushed and stayed silent. I just won this round, didn't I?
I stayed with Laerad for about 2 more world tree realm days before he was coaxed in to letting me leave. Contrary to what I said that we can just cuddle, it was his idea to do it whenever he felt like it. The time and place he wanted it was totally irrelevant for him. Where was that guy that was accusing me for being the one who is shameless and perverted? He must be looking at a mirror at that time!
After leaving the world tree realm, it was finally time to go back to the Academe of Gnosis. I do receive preferential treatment from the headmaster but I can't stay outside the academe for too long and not enroll in any subject for the current semester.
I teleported to the portal in Eieneos first then teleported once more back to my villa inside the academe before anyone from the palace notices my presence. I reappeared in the living room of the villa and checking the time, it was currently around lunch time and it was a Thursday today.
I released my mana to sense my surroundings and it seems that nobody is at home as of the moment. I have always been the only one who wanted home-cooked meals but for the others, they don't mind eating at the school cafeteria whenever I am not at home.
I went straight to my room to change my clothes so that I would not stand out once I roam inside the academe. I wore my regular student clothes and ventured out to go to the students' admission office where my favorite person, Mr. Jonas works.
I hurriedly walked through the familiar corridors and once in front of the door, I knocked excitedly but kept it at just the right volume. Once I heard Mr. Jonas' voice telling me to come in, that's the only time I went in just like the polite little girl I am.
Once inside, I gave him a few gifts and souvenirs from my trips outside. He gave his warm thanks and immediately gave me the list of the current classes being offered for this semester like it was business as usual. I also took out my student identification bracelet and wore it.
The bracelet is quite helpful not only as an identity token but also as a storage tool, a protection tool and lastly, a class enlisment tool. It records the number of subjects I have completed and the total number of academic units that I got from them. Enlistment in classes is done conveniently via this bracelet as well though the final list of available subjects that a student can take can only be manually requested from the students' admissions office.
Since I will be busy during weekends most of the time and sometimes there were unforeseen events that prevents me from coming back on time, I decided to only get classes that have their schedules between Tuesdays till Fridays. This will give me two free days to do whatever I needed to do plus one more day as leeway for unforeseeable events.
I chose a combination of short-term and long-term classes to make most of my 4-day school week. I chose seven short-term ones where I only need to attend the class for a few weeks and once I pass its final exam, it is deemed as complete and I can get credits for it.
As for the three long-term classes which can be about two to three months long, they were just extra subjects that I decided to take in advance since I have completed all the required ones for the current year
Most of the short-term courses were part of my preparation for my final certification as a physician. I have already planned to complete my immersion in the warring camps near the northern borders on the first semester of my second year in the academe. I still took a lot of classes since I want to make sure that I can reach the minimum number of academic units per semester and also to steadily gain academe points. These will all be converted to money when I graduate anyways.
Since I am done with enlisting in the classes that I liked, I decided to go visit the Moonlight Inn next. My classes won't start until Tuesday next week anyways.
While I am at it, I can also check the progress of the construction for my new property block which is right next to it. I teleported to my suite in the inn, changed to civilian clothes and went out like I have been staying in the inn all this while.
My presence immediately caught the attention of Kayden and Lark whose senses are now much more keen since the completion of the deification process. My father-in-law detected me almost instantly as well. All three of them greeted me as I entered the dining area of the inn.
We had an early dinner together while catching up on the stories about the latest things that happened in Halcyon and our lives outside of it as well. At the end of the meal, I reminded Kayden that we will be going on a 2-week trip back in my hometown this coming weekend which visibly made him happy.