Chapter 197: Wakeup Call - Trust and Confessions Part II
The moment Nikita rushed inside, she kicked Nikolai away from Selene and then sat on a chair close to the bed and glared at the pair.
"Nikolai... sit here!" A low voice, almost a growl, as she pointed to the set between her and Selene.
"Tell me everything you were speaking about!"
Nikolai's body slowly started recovering from the drugs that entered his body, thanks to the medicine from Selene, but the pain from Nikita's dropkick made him sore.
"Ugh..."
'Why do they seem to be so synchronised with each other?' He thought to himself while sitting on the black sofa... on his right, Nikita and left Selene, both of them looking at him.
"Okay, well..."
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Nikolai told Nikita about him betraying her, but different from Selene. She nodded and crossed her legs, the black leather pants squeaking as they revealed her curves.
However, once he finished and was about to speak, she held up her hand. "Stop, Nikolai."
"COME IN!"
The next moment, a cute girl with cat ears and black hair entered the room. She wore a maid outfit and looked rather embarrassed when gazing at the three in the room. Then, before being told where to sit, she stood beside Nikita and remained quiet.
"Master..."
"Eh?!"
"Fufu..." Selene's lips curled into a slightly distorted smile the moment she saw Nikolai's stunned face.
'He looks so cute when seeing her beside that damn wolf... this is worth it. A cute new side of Nikolai that's just for me.'
He didn't understand what happened for a moment before he noticed the scent of blood from Risa carried Nikita's scent.
Then he watched as Nikita took the vial of blood from the table and tossed it to Risa. "Here, your meal, remember to behave in the future, cat."
'Look at his eyes... ah~ Nikolai... I want to lick your cheek!' Selene's mind entered a moment of bliss; while she knew everything, it made her so happy he told her first, even if the rest of his secrets would be shared as a group.
She felt she won the first round.
"Nikolai... that day we learned of your actions, do you think the Tepes and Fenrir clan cannot know you've entered a public hotel with a girl? Or that you didn't leave until the next day." The beautiful white-haired wolf cleared her throat before continuing.
"We also knew about the Nexus and the tower..." Nikita spoke with a heavy voice, yet her eyes were clear. She looked at him without anger or hysteria. Your next chapter is on mvl
"I didn't plan to forgive you at first... but that is because I want you to myself. This situation won't end with a simple solution, because of our standing. This time I could take action by making Risa my Squire, thus our engagement cannot be doubted by those old fools trying to aim at our families from the outside."
"I'm sorry... Nikita I never knew..." Nikolai's emotions in Selene's eyes made her feel happy; he was both guilty and accepting.
He didn't make excuses and owned up to this offence.
Selene then spoke over Nikita, who frowned at her counterpart. "So I hope you will ask before you ever do something like this again."
He gazed at the three women, took a deep breath and nodded. "I will take responsibility for all three of you."
This response made the woman in the maid's outfit the happiest. As she drank the blood that Nikita had prepared, her gaze watched Nikolai as she realised she was no longer an outsider.
Unlike Nikita and Selene, she felt dirty, but because he said everything there in front of them... Risa didn't need to hide anymore.
"You?!" Nikita's eyes narrowed, her lips parting to reveal her fangs. Meanwhile, Selene nodded, looking at Risa and the confident look on Nikolai's face.
'He didn't shrink... and wants to keep her, very well.'
'I like the handsome and confident Nikolai most.'
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The time passed as Nikolai mentioned small things he did, and thanks to him bringing it all out now, instead of acting like he was okay, he just revealed one secret.
He told them almost everything he had done since becoming a monster.
His company, making Sarah manage his business, the thralls he has been training and strengthening, meeting Alexei and his wife.
Risa, Nikita and Selene listened to him, angry at times, happy and laughing for others.
'He's truly different... the brush with death seems to have changed him.'
It wasn't just the meeting with Alucard where he learned that if Alucard truly wanted to harm him... he would be dead or a slave now, but driving around alone without protection.
"I also sent a letter to my dad before I went to the gym today... telling him about everything but my mother..."
This topic was the important part.
"Your mother?" Selene looked shocked, but her eyes gazed towards the entrance of the room, the same as Nikita's.
"Mama Eliza?"
"Before I mention that... I have something to tell you all, about me, my power... and what I've done to try and save my mothers life."
A figure standing at the door, a ghostly pinkish figure, seemed to smile before stepping into the room.
And what shocked Nikolai when he saw his mother was that...
"Ah... it's Nikolai's mothers!" Nikita's voice.
"Mother Eliza! I am pleased to meet you again." Selene's unphased look.
Nikolai gawped at the two because he even hid his mother from Risa... but she also seemed able to see his mother... no they greeted each other...
"Mother... you are here?"
[You silly boy... did you think I couldn't move around now I can maintain my soul force?
[I have been meeting them in secret for a while... to keep you safe.]
"Eh... but why?!"
[Because you took so long to tell them...]
'Ah... it was my fault for being too arrogant and self-conscious...' He thought to himself, covering his face with a bitter smile.
'Well if they know mothers current situation, I can tell them about everything for now. Dad promised to call me me soon after he finished his business.'
'So let's deal with this now!'
Elizabeth spent a short time with the girls gossiping and speaking about silly things, but then. Finally, once the girls ate their snacks, Nikolai took his medicine.
It was time for a conversation.
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"You met Alucard the former head of the Nosferatu family?" Selene's voice was low as she bit her teeth together and pointed at Nikolai. "Are you stupid?!"
'Ahaha...' To see such an angry Selene is quite a rare thing. Even with her distorted and unpleasant expression, she looked gorgeous as usual.
He didn't want to mention Alucard and Elizabeth because he wanted to achieve everything alone. But after almost dying twice and dealing with the large families at the arena, he was sick of being the underdog.
'Since I am the fiance of the Tepes and Fenrir clans... then I will stop holding back.'
"You can be a little dumb, even back when you were at college. You would finish group projects alone and never ask the others to help when your group ditched the work and vanished." Nikita revealed another of his dark secrets, something that led him to get a lower grade.
'She doesn't forget these things...'
"Yeah..."
"So, what did he want from you to help you with your mother's situation?" Selene didn't become soft, and her narrowed eyes looked like hawks targeting prey.
"He wanted me to contact a clan of ghouls... but they are already in contact with me because of something at the company..."
"Huh?" Nikita, this time, looked confused. "So that old man just wanted to teach you a lesson and help you for nothing?!"
It seemed she didn't like the old man Alucard. Her face scrunched up as she seemed lost in thought. "Damn Nosferatu old man... he used to send me poisonous creatures as birthday presents!"
"Continue Nikolai... so the old man will help you get the important books from the Faust and Nosferatu libraries because of this?"
Nikolai shook his head before placing his hand into his pocket and taking three rings. Two of which were the rings he won at the auction to share with the women.
He got them made into storage rings: the red ring went to Selene, the golden one went to Nikita, and then an Emerald ring went to Risa.
"The books are already with me..."
The moment Nikolai took out the books... the women let out long sighs.
"I was worried... that he might truly have some kind of plans for you, I even send Wilhelmina to follow you when you went to that mansion!"
"I send that bald old man, he said it would be fine, tsk... so this is what he meant."
"Why didn't you just tell us... you fool."
"Haa... I was so stressed that we almost attacked his mansion."
Selene and Nikita looked at each other, and it seemed they agreed for the first time in many years.
'...'
Nikolai realised just how stupid he acted... and that from the shadows, these two women always protected him.
"My mother is going to spank you..." Nikita grumbled while spreading her body out on the couch with a loud sigh.
[Well... I knew from the start, but Nikolai was so cute and trying to do everything himself.]
[Fufu~ but now... you won't be so selfish anymore, right?]
'Yeah... there's a difference between being doing something with my power and not using valuable resources and power that was at my fingertips out of my own ego.'
[Make sure you have a long talk with your dad; he worries more than anyone about you.]
[To him, you are probably still that weak and poor little boy from seventeen years ago...]
As the night dawned on the Scarlet Group building, so did the evening, as the group spent hours scolding and listening to Nikolai's journey and thoughts.
There were many doubts and words about him being an idiot, but because he survived, they accepted what happened and would watch and see where he would go.
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