The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 105: Escaping reality

Well, I died spiritually. The knife only stabbed me in the stomach and, to me, it wasn’t lethal at all, but still, everything was spinning and darkening.

I couldn’t accept that my little Alice had stabbed me with a face loaded with so much hatred and resentment, which made the mental damage almost end my existence.

Or so I thought, until again Elena intervened and slapped me to wake me up, while she went back to contain Alice, who, had it not been for Elena’s intervention, would have finished the job and sent me to the afterlife.

Well, in the end, this time without letting go of her, I started, together with Elena, to explain to her. After healing me with some spells, since the wound was not so lethal.

When we finished telling her my whole story, and even my past life as Adrian, and explaining my abilities, as well as the doppelgänger, she finally believed me.... I think.

Whoever said she was naive was wrong; she was a tough nut to crack. I had to tell her everything I knew about myself, down to the smallest detail.

I even had to tell her things about her that only Seraphina knew, like her mole located near her ”back door” that would be impossible for Chris to know.

When she finally seemed to truly understand, with tears in her eyes, she ran to me. A little scared, I braced myself just in case, but this time nothing happened. He simply cried as he hugged me and apologized.

”I’m sorry...big sis, buaaaa! I didn’t know it was really you, buaaaa!”

”Don’t worry, Alice, I understand. It’s my fault for not telling you sooner. It was me who was a coward and didn’t tell you the truth.”

Yes, it was my fault for not telling her sooner, for putting it off because of my fears and insecurities, and because of the web of lies I created myself.

We hugged until she finally calmed down and began to speak.

”Big sister, so... if you can transform into a man, c-can we c-can we do t-that?”

”...” I don’t know if I’m wrong, but... what you’re referring to is what I’m thinking, right? I mean, a few seconds ago he tried to kill me, but now he assimilated everything easily.

Even Elena took a while to take it all in, but Alice went straight for the goal. Now I was the incredulous one, so I asked:

”Humm... this, leaving that aside, Alice... I mean, it doesn’t bother you that I cheated on you or that I was a man in my previous life?”

”Uhm, why would it bother me? Big sister is big sister, no matter what.”

Uhm, why does that seem like an obvious fact? It’s fine with me, but why do I feel like there’s something wrong...? Come to think of it, if it was for me that she was willing to kill Chris, other than her response...? This pattern is not that of a...humm.... No, better not to think about that.

’No matter what, you already accepted that you love Alice with all your heart, and she does too, she just shows it in her own way. It doesn’t matter, Alice is Alice, she loves me and I love her.’

I repeated to myself in my mind, which wanted to waver for a second, that things like that don’t matter.

After coming to a resolution, I was ready to satiate Alice’s curiosity, but Elena interrupted me saying that what Alice meant was that now I could declare without any problem that she was my girlfriend... and of course I was thinking the same thing and I didn’t misunderstand it at all. Anyway, there was no time for that either.

It took me a long time to explain the situation to Alice, so, with resignation, I went back to my Chris form and got dressed.

..

Well, since everyone figured out that the hunt was an excuse, there was no need to stay any longer, so today, Sunday, we would return to the academy.

When I left the room, to my misfortune and carelessness, I found a person who is like a thorn stuck, and it was none other than Eira.

”...”

”...”

It seems she was just passing by and we met in the hallway by coincidence, not to mention that she was going with Selene, as always half asleep. We both looked at each other and, remembering a bit about last night, I didn’t know what to say.

Well, the tension lasted a little while because, obviously, it turned to anger when he saw Alice and Elena leaving not long after me from the room.

Not only that, but apparently today was not my lucky day because not long after that more guys came down the hall.

It was William, Alex, Silvia and Auran. I didn’t even look Silvia in the eye, I couldn’t yet, and knowing her, neither could she, so I used one of the techniques I remembered recently.

So I decided what I thought was right: to run away from reality. Yes, what I was getting screwed over yesterday I used to my advantage and feigned complete and total ignorance of what was going on.

I simply ignored Eira’s judging face, avoided the guys’ stares and, finally, I took Selene by the hand and said:

”Good morning, my little angel, are you hungry? Come on, let’s see what’s for breakfast.”

Totally ignoring the atmosphere that made their doubts clear, I left together with Selene, because apparently the others also noticed that I left Elena’s room, especially Alexander’s, which was a little distorted, who knows why.

”Elena, now that I think about it, if he’s with that girl, it means...”

”Yes, Miss Alice, that’s it.”

Hey girls, don’t talk about it, you might embarrass me. Just pretend nothing happened, like I....

”Hey, you piece of shit, where are you going? Explain things... Why are you pretending nothing happened?”

At that moment, Eira reacted and ran after me. I not allowing reality to catch up with me, I grabbed Selene carried her and ran faster, After all, I am an adaptive being, I will use everything I have at the right time.

..

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As always, Eira was relentless with her questions, and I had no choice but to pretend not to hear her. In the end, breakfast was awkward for the rest, because Selene and I were in our own world while I fed her, not caring about the rest, I had in mind.

Alexander was looking at me with obvious suspicion and discontent, Lys, somewhat confused, was noticing the weirdness of the situation, and Ban, Ivan and Mike didn’t understand anything.

Alice kept looking at me, annoying Alexander even more. Also, during her explanation, I told her about my new ability that allows me to talk to her freely, without worrying about anything.

Now, I have to find the time to tell Selene that I am a woman. I don’t think it will be more difficult than telling Alice.

Finally, we came back, right after breakfast. William offered us to stay and take the last train of the night, but I declined, and others did the same.

There were great gains, even for those who didn’t make it to the end, like Ban and Mike, who got a very powerful martial art, fourth level of the coil, third level daggers, a breathing technique and a wand respectively, and the academy had the best places to start getting familiar with these things.

Ban was especially happy, since with this technique compatible with his family, he could regain his prestige. I, for my part, needed to get organized, as I had a lot of things and a lot to organize.

Before we left, William asked us an unexpected question: if we had noticed anything strange or seen anyone suspicious when leaving the domain or in the surroundings.

We all denied, it was obvious that he started an investigation, and even William could have received a question about it.

There was no reason to suspect me, since I was with them all the time, and I suppose that whoever controls William also saw it that way, so there are no flaws, in that and I could be calm.

..

”Let me get this straight: you want to go on a date with Selene and you’re asking me not to bother you?”.

”Yes, why are you repeating it, is it so hard to understand?”

”And you think I’m going to leave my sister alone with a guy like you?”

”Come on, stop being a siscon! Remember Selene and I are a couple, so obviously we have to spend time alone. You understand that, right? Selene, say something to her.”

”Yes, let’s go on a date... he’s my boyfriend.”

”....”

”....”

’Hey, Selene, I’m glad of the intention, but that doesn’t help anything.’

We were at the station, we were supposed to be on our way back to the academy or the homes of those who didn’t live there.

We had just arrived in the capital. And at the station, after getting off the train I was now telling Eira that I would have a date with Selene ’alone’.

Luckily, in the end, Eira had no choice but to leave and leave me with Selene. After all, she couldn’t do anything against the logic that I was Selene’s boyfriend.

Now that I managed to separate them, I had already planned what we would do. I wanted to strike now that the iron was hot. firsh I had a little date with Selene as we toured the capital, and I would buy her anything she wanted and we would go where it looked interesting. So far so good.

But just as I expected, the siscon was following us throughout the date, from a distance and hidden by a presence-reducing collar.

’Damn, don’t you remember that damn collar doesn’t work on me? I can feel your presence.’

I tried to confirm it with resonance, but the broad was smart and closed her resonance on her side. Oh, but for me it was nothing more than an opportunity.

I asked Selene to close hers as well. By this time, we were on our way back to the academy, where Selene and I were carrying a bunch of street food from different places and stores.

Just as we reached the academy, around a corner, we disappeared. Or rather, Elena was waiting for us and covered us with her spell and blessing.

Not long after, I could see Eira appear and look around for us, looking around in clear frustration.

’Heh, now what will you do, siscona?’ I didn’t have to worry about Eira anymore, and without the resonance she wouldn’t be able to locate me. She had nothing left but frustration, there was nothing she could do to keep bothering us.

Well, what we came to. Selene already knew I wanted to tell her something after our little date, so she followed me without hesitation, even under these suspicious circumstances.

’I definitely have to teach her more sense over time’. In the end, we went to my room, where Alice was waiting for us.

We sat down and got ready. I sat on the couch and, almost out of habit, sat Selene on my lap. But that didn’t take away the nervousness. Still, I started talking, while Alice and Elena just watched.

”Selene, I-I have to tell you something. Just like before, it’s a very important secret, do you understand?”

”Uhmm...” She nodded as I stroked his ears a little to ease the nervousness.

”T-The tru-truth is... I’m a W-Woman.”