Re:Ant Lord-Chapter 43: Control Yourself

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His tiny ant form fit snugly between her massive melons, like a child curled in the lap of a goddess.

And in his hand still gripping with guilty affection on her melons stamp. His mouth went dry. His heart skipped. His body burned.

"This isn’t happening," he thought, even as his fingers squeezed the pink bud again, sending another jolt down his back.

"Why is she here? Why am I here? Did she... bring me here?"

He tried to sit up, but the motion caused his throbbing lower half to brush against the inner curve of her melons. A soft moan escaped him, unbidden, almost like a whimper.

He wasn’t just aroused. He was entranced. Her warmth surrounded him like a blanket of lust, making it impossible to move, impossible to think straight.

"Why didn’t she sleep next to me? Did she rescue me? Is she really sleeping... or pretending to sleep?"

His eyes roamed her face. Her lips were parted slightly, her cheeks flushed. Her breath hitched once.

"No... she’s not fully asleep."

The realization made his core quake. He couldn’t tell if the situation was a trap or a gift from the gods. His ant rod throbbed painfully now, he wanted to let it out and play with the craving friction. His hands trembled, still resting on her soft mounds. Instinct begged him to move again, to explore further, to taste this melons and take and indulge.

But his mind screamed restraint. If he made one wrong move, he could ruin everything. If she wakes up and watches him doing... that means Death.

In this dangerous situation, his body still wouldn’t stop pressing her melons, rubbing lightly, feeding the fire that blazed inside him.

He whispered, breath ragged and desperate, "Princess... Please don’t wake me up."

He had no clue that the system had automatically used "Lustres Mark" on her. Very slowly, and with infinite caution, Kai exhaled.

"O–Okay... Don’t panic, I must control myself." he whispered, voice raspy from days of unconsciousness. "I can just... gently remove my hand, slip out, and figure out what’s going on."

But the more he tried to extricate his hand, the more that softness slid under his palm, making it challenging to do so. He bit down on his mandibles to stifle a near squeak of shock. Then, with a final breath, he braced himself to shift. Finally he stopped his hands from touching her melons and the stamp.

Note: It’s side effects of his new skills. The mark made him do this.

Within seconds princess Mia mumbled something but Kai didn’t understand what she said. She leaned her head up slightly, eyelids fluttering. For a split second, her eyes half-opened, revealing a deep golden hue.

Her gaze flickered over him, not quite registering who or what she was seeing. Then, as if lulled by exhaustion, she sank back, returning to a drowsy doze.

His heart was hammered, "She—she just woke up?! Does she see what I did? Nah... if she saw me or felt me playing with her melons then she would definitely attack me."

A million unanswered questions rushed into his still-groggy mind. Meanwhile, the new environment sank in: the towering pillars, the swirling star patterns overhead, the plush bed... This was certainly not the standard worker’s dorm. Nor was it the Healing Hall’s honey pod. He gleaned from the décor that it was some kind of private, high-status chamber.

Kai took an experimental breath: no pain. Indeed, his injuries seemed gone. His exoskeleton felt brand new, stronger. The system’s faint hum at the edge of his awareness told him that he had fully integrated the evolution to Two-Star. So physically, he was in prime condition. Yet psychologically, he teetered on meltdown. The woman’s presence, her higher star aura, her questionably undone posture, the story behind how he ended up in the same bed with her, he had zero answers. Only an intensifying sense of shock.

At that exact moment, a system message flickered in his mental view, unbidden.

[DING! Evolution Complete: 2-Star Worker Ant (Elite Worker).

HP: 100%

Aura: 100%

Injuries: 0%

...

Additional Notice- New skill: ’Lustres Mark’ successfully placed on target: Princess Mia.

Impression Score: 05.

Next threshold: 80. (She will be loyal if you increase her impression.) ]

Kai’s jaw dropped. "Princess Mia?!? She got marked by my new skill."

He read the skill details in wide-eyed horror. Something about forcibly connecting him to a female with a beauty score over 80... The points, the loyalty condition. This was insane. He’d never heard of anything like it. Sure, the system gave him wacky missions, forced him to do daily tasks, but this was crossing into territory he never anticipated.

[Unique Skill: Lustres Mark

You have placed the Mark on: Mia

Beauty Score: 90

Initial Impression: 05

As impressions rise, loyalty grows.

Time limit to remove Mark: None (Mark is permanent once placed).]

He suppressed a groan. "Perfect," he mouthed silently. I have a forced bond with the princess. If my impression points reach 80, then... I can enjoy the earlier feeling everyday. Even go beyond and satisfy my new skill."

"Ha Ha Ha! It’s only a matter of time. Soon, You will be my woman." Kai thinks this with a perverted face.

At that critical moment, a small knock came at the door. It was gentle, but in the hush of morning, it sounded loud as thunder to Kai’s sensitive ears. The princess’s eyelids fluttered.

"Your Highness, are you awake? The morning court is in an hour. Shall I get your attire ready?"

A swirl of tension rippled through the bed. Mia’s eyes snapped open fully. She blinked, confusion swirling as she found herself pressed to a warm body. For half a second, the softness of the bed and the lingering exhaustion made her mind haze. Then a jolt of realization flickered across her features.

She jerked back, eyes locking onto Kai’s. He stared back, wide-eyed, arms partly pinned beneath pillows. The moment froze, electricity dancing in the air.

They were close... very close. Her cheeks tinted a faint pinkish hue. Her eyes twitched, and she parted her lips, as if struggling for words.