Extra: Yandere Milfs Obsessed with me! - Chapter 287: My true name is Merope
" You are wondering where your power comes from, Julian ", she finally resumed, breaking the silence. " The truth is that you are not only the heir of the Frostvine. "
" My true name is Merope ", she continued.
" Merope? "
" I am the youngest of the seven Pleiades, the daughters of Taurus, the King of Spirits. Which makes you a being half-human, half-spirit. "
Julian widened his eyes.
From what he knew, the Pleiades were, in the Academy’s documents, millennial legends linked to the world-tree Yggdrasil.
" A Pleiad ? You... " he stammered.
" Yes ", replied Irene, in a tone devoid of any hesitation. Her eyes shone with a supernatural clarity.
" I committed the ultimate taboo by escaping from the Other World to live freedom in the world of mortals. I was cursed by my father for that, thus losing my memories. "
Julian remained petrified. He suddenly had the sensation that the ground was giving way beneath him. He was right to be nervous, his mother was supposed to be a spirit, what was she doing in the world of mortals and even worse, her existence was not at all something normal.
’ And if the spirits learned of my existence ? Am I going to be hunted or something like that ? "
He closed his eyes for a moment, concentrating all his attention on his breathing so as not to let himself be overwhelmed. Then he opened his eyes and placed on his mother a gaze that tried to regain a semblance of rationality.
" But how is this possible ? " he asked finally. He straightened up slightly on the pillow, ignoring the pain that radiated from his bandaged shoulder. " If you had forgotten everything, how is it that you remember today who you really were ? "
Irene let out a long sigh. She turned away from the bed and approached a large mirror placed against the opposite wall. Julian watched her brush her own reflection with the tips of her fingers, tracing a slow line along her image in the glass.
" Not so long ago, my memories returned ", she explained, without going into details like how it was when she met Princess Olivia. Because she would have to explain that she was going out to fuck with Kaiser that evening, details she judged inappropriate.
She turned back toward him, and Julian had to suppress a movement of recoil. Her gaze, when she fixed him, no longer had anything human. There was neither hardness nor coldness in it, but an intensity that seemed to probe his soul, reach corners of himself that he had never explored. For a few seconds, he was certain that his mother saw in him things he did not know about himself.
The water mana began to saturate the air around her, her olive green hair falling in waves over her shoulders. Suddenly, a spiritual shock wave crossed her body.
Her skin, so prized for its silky texture and generous curves, began to lose its opacity to become progressively translucent. Through this carnal envelope that was transforming, one could now glimpse the delicate structure of her bones and the complex network of her veins, shining with a bluish glow under the effect of the mana.
The air in the room dropped brutally, frost creeping on the stone walls and petrifying the wooden floor in a sinister crack. On her forehead, the ambient humidity crystallized instantly to form a monumental ice crown. This tiara of pure gel emanated directly from her spiritual authority over water and ice.
Julian swallowed becoming more and more uncomfortable.
Her fine features altered as light gills, remnants of her nature as matriarch of the sirens, appeared discreetly on the sides of her neck.
Along her spine, bony and translucent ridges delicately pierced the skin, floating a few centimeters above the frozen floor, surrounded by a veil of frost that swirled around her.
"Hum.. I... I think that’s enough for me to believe you, mother..."
" By becoming human, I was no longer a Pleiad ", she continued, finally breaking this heavy silence.
" Of course, I remained a Pleiad at the base, one does not stop being what one is, but I had lost the majority of my power."
" I am sorry that you went through all that. "
She paused, her gaze getting lost for a moment in the void.
" But deep down, it is surely my punishment ", she concluded. " I betrayed my family by becoming human. I renounced what I was out of desire for freedom, and the freedom I found here turned into a prison. Perhaps that was the true curse. "
Julian clenched his jaws, a confused feeling of anger and pity invading him. He wanted to say something, but the words failed him. What could one answer to such a confession ? He remained silent.
" By being born from me, Julian, you inherited my essence. That is why your mana suddenly quadrupled after your awakening : the spirit blood flowing in you has finally fully manifested. "
After thus revealing everything to him, Irene looked him straight in the eyes.
" Listen to me, Julian ", she resumed while plunging her gaze into his. " I will help you master your spiritual essence. "
Julian nodded :" What do you plan to do after that ? "
" I will have to return to the Other World, to Yggdrasil ", she declared. " I must face my father, he is the only one who can find Kaiser’s soul."
" How much time ? " he asked.
Irene straightened up, resuming her human appearance.
" If I have not returned in two years, then consider that I have failed and that I will never return ", she concluded in an unappealable tone.
Before he could answer, she added in a firm voice : " We will begin tomorrow, at dawn. For now, you had better rest. "
Julian nodded, Irene then headed toward the door. On the threshold, she turned around one last time, held his gaze for a moment, then left. The door closed behind her, leaving Julian alone with his thoughts.
" Fuck " growled Julian while passing a hand over his face. " With all this information, I feel like my head is going to explode. "
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