Extra: Yandere Milfs Obsessed with me!

She reached him in just a few strides and immediately stretched out her hand, her palm opening above his body.

< Butterfly Effect ! >

An invisible wave swept through the air, a barely perceptible vibration that made the light ripple around them.

The time around Kaiser contracted slightly, a fraction of a second that seemed to want to go backward... then immediately returned to normal.

Kleopatra clenched her teeth.

Her power had worked... but barely. Barely enough to slow his degradation, not enough to reverse it.

She could only rewind time by six seconds. Six tiny seconds that would not be enough to save a man whose body was disintegrating from the inside.

And Kaiser remained an unstable bomb ready to explode at any moment. The energy of Sundering Eclipse inside him could burst out any second, taking everything within several kilometers with it...

She dropped to her knees beside him and slipped an arm behind his back to support him, ignoring the bursts of aura that burned her skin.

"But! How could you end up in such a state!?"

Her voice trembled slightly, despite all her efforts to control it.

Kaiser looked at her.

Her hair was slightly messy from running, a few rebellious strands stuck to her temples by sweat. Her face, usually so calm and hard to read, was tense, features drawn by worry.

She wasn’t crying but her eyes were red.

"Ah, that..."

Kaiser gave a faint smile.

"It’s a long story."

[ Fusion progress: 85% ]

Kaiser’s smile was weak, but genuine. Despite the pain, despite death approaching, he still found the strength to smile.

Kleopatra clenched her teeth.

She pressed one hand against his chest, right next to the wound where the most energy was escaping, desperately trying to stabilize his aura with her own.

But the Sundering Eclipse energy was too violent, too wild. She could feel that power tearing Kaiser’s body apart from the inside, ripping his muscles, cracking his bones, burning his organs.

She lowered her head slightly, her hair falling like a curtain in front of her face.

"You’re an idiot..."

Her voice was low, almost a whisper.

"You always get yourself into impossible situations..."

Kaiser slowly raised his hand.

His fingers were shaking violently, wracked with spasms, but he managed to reach her hair. He gently ran his hand through the silver strands, with surprising tenderness given his condition.

’It was ironic... So ironic.’

’After all those manipulations, those carefully crafted plans, those strategic lies... The last person seeing me before I die... is someone in front of whom I never had to play a role in my schemes... Someone I hadn’t planned for...’

He looked at her calmly, his Predator eyes having faded back to their usual blue.

"But strangely... I’m glad you’re the last person I see before I die..."

Kleopatra immediately lifted her head, eyes widening.

"Stop saying that!"

She brought her face closer to his, so close he could feel her breath.

"I’m sure if I use all my mana, I can—"

She stopped.

Their faces were very close. Just a few centimeters apart.

Kaiser looked at her silently.

With her... he had never needed to think about strategies.

No need for manipulation... He could simply be himself.

So he straightened up slightly, gathering his last strength.

And he kissed her.

A slow kiss...

Mixed with sadness, with months of unspoken words, with everything they had never dared to say.

Kleopatra remained motionless for a few seconds, frozen in surprise.

Then she closed her eyes.

Time seemed to stop around them.

The moon continued its course, the wind kept blowing, the ruins kept crumbling... but they were elsewhere, suspended in a moment that belonged only to them.

When Kaiser finally pulled back slightly, his breathing was weaker. His lips trembled.

"You know... you should leave, Kleopatra."

[ Fusion progress: 95% ]

She clenched her teeth.

Her gaze trembled slightly, tears she refused to let fall glittering at the edge of her lashes.

After all this time...

After all these years searching for her place, doubting herself, wondering if she truly deserved to exist...

She had finally found someone who genuinely believed in her.

Someone who had seen beyond her title, beyond her appearance, beyond everything.

Someone ready to do anything for her.

And now... she was going to lose him.

"No..."

Her voice was firm despite the tremor running through it.

"I’ll find a way and—"

An unknown voice interrupted her.

"He’s right, little girl, get lost..."

A sudden force exploded in the air.

Kleopatra was violently yanked backward, hurled several kilometers away as if an invisible hand had grabbed her by the nape and pulled without mercy.

"Kleopatra!"

Kaiser tried to stand up.

But his body flatly refused to obey.

He immediately fell back to the ground, his cheek hitting the stone.

Yet his vision remained clear. Death hadn’t taken his eyes yet.

He looked toward the voice.

A figure was there...

Sitting on a horse.

Because of the moon’s position, his face was hidden in the shadow of a wide-brimmed hat. Only the general shape could be seen: a thin man, dressed in a long dark coat, legs dangling on each side of the mount.

Kaiser narrowed his eyes.

"What the hell is that..."

He stared at the figure with long blond hair.

"A fucking cowboy?"

The figure slowly raised his head...

Moonlight slid across his face, revealing tanned skin. And, even more surprising, pointed ears sticking out from his hair.

’A dark elf.’

A strange, almost unsettling smile appeared on his face.

"Nyo-ho ho... You don’t recognize me?"

Kaiser stayed silent.

[ Fusion progress: 98% ]

He stared at the man for a few seconds, searching his memory despite the pain and exhaustion.

Then he spoke calmly, in a hoarse voice.

"I hope you didn’t hurt Olivia... otherwise..."

The elf burst out laughing.

A weird laugh that echoed strangely in the night silence.

"Otherwise what?"

He jumped off the horse with disconcerting agility, landing without a sound.

Then he struck a completely ridiculous pose.

One arm stretched toward the sky, fingers spread.

The other on his hip, elbow bent...

"Dude, I’m the one who’s gonna save you!"

’Who the hell is this clown?’

Kaiser stared at him, really tired of all this bullshit.

"Nahh... just let me... die."

The cowboy immediately shook his head vigorously.

"Niet! No! Nada! Never! Negative!"

He pointed at Kaiser.

"No way!"

Kaiser let out a faint sigh, barely audible.

"But who are you exactly?"

[ Ding! Fusion at 100%! Congratulations, you have successfully fused with the essence of Alexander Sulyvhan! ]

[ Ding! Path of the Usurper: 1/3 Essence! ]

The man narrowed his heterochromatic eyes: one golden, one silver, shining with a mischievous glint, no doubt because of his black sclera.

He raised his hand and quickly formed three mudras at a speed that defied the eye.

<Mystic Spells: Tripataka, Kartarimukha, Prana Mudra! >

He smiled, showing golden teeth with the words "FUCK THEM" embedded in them.

"You can call me Diavolo Star Giovanna!"

He tilted his head slightly to the side, his smile widening even more.

"Nyo-ho!!!"