The Ancient Genes

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"I will kill you…" Lisa glared at Andriel while gritting her teeth. The more she thought about it, the hotter her face became.

"Now...now...don't be like that….you clearly enjoyed it as well….after all, there was always an option of killing yourself and escaping…" Andriel said with a smile.

"Y-You!! Why didn't you say that earlier?" Lisa glared at her.

"Is there even a need? It's common sense…would you have not done it if it was anyone else rather than him..." Andriel asked with a smile.

Lisa thought about it, and when she tried to replace any of those guys with Max, she realised that she wouldn't have been able to bear it and would really have done something to herself….

Then was she okay with Max?

No!!!!

It was just that he had done too much for her….they were in a fake engagement as well…..so even if she didn't wish it…. she didn't mi- No!!! What am I thinking?!!! 

It's all her fault!!

And all the blame was shifted to Andriel….

"You are not fooling me again…" Lisa glared at Andriel. This lady was playing mind games with her. She already lost once, she couldn't allow herself to lose into Andriel's words.

''Deny all you want, but you were pretty fiery after a few kisses….Ah! We are going to get married anyway….No one is watching!!! Who cares!!! I knew he had thoughts about me!!! I will just get back at him!!!"

Lisa's face turned pale as she heard Andriel say those words. She was using those exact words to convince herself earlier…to get a hold of herself... 

"S-Shut up! I was just convincing myself to get my thoughts together!!! A-And regain my strength!" 

"Were you?" Andriel asked with a smirk.

Lisa gritted her teeth even harder. 

Who was Andirel?

Someone who could tease Max to death….how could a mere Lisa stand in front of her.

'Ah! This is so fun…..' Andirel was really happy seeing Lisa turning red to the point where her eyes were watering.

Andriel was a loner, Lisa could be considered to be her very first friend seeing how they were bickering like old friends. She was really enjoying it.

'Is this called friendship?' Andriel thought.

'No definitely not!!!! You are just having fun teasing her!!!'

Anyone would have shouted those words if they were to know Andriel's thoughts.

When Lisa turned her face away from Andriel, she looked towards Max. It was time to drag him in as well.

Max had tone down his senses. He didn't want to hear their conversation which was giving him some misleading thoughts.

"Max!"

Andriel's voice rang out behind him. As he turned around, her face came right into him.

'Shit!'

Max immediately pushed his feet planning to fly away.

'You won't do that…' Andriel's voice rang inside him and he realised that he was holding Sera by her tiny hand.

He might pull her hand out if he didn't take her in his embrace.

But that didn't mean he couldn't do anything, his other hand went towards Andriel's face and he grabbed her face.

"What do you think you are doing?" He asked, staring at her.

"I was just trying to show my friend what the real thing looked like…." Andriel said pointing at Lisa.

Lisa's face exploded when Andriel dragged her in. She immediately turned her face towards the ground, trying to burrow a hole with her gaze to hide. 

When Max shifted his gaze away from her, she sneaked a glance. Even though Andiel had told her that she was throwing herself at Max, how could she think that she literally meant it.

Something was wrong with this lady's head!

"Lick!"

Max's eyes went wide and he immediately pulled his hand away as Andirel's tongue sent a shock through his hand.

Andriel moved in. At this range, she wouldn't be missing her target as Max didn't have time to retreat.

But at the last moment, Max turned his face sideways and felt a soft sensation on his left cheek.

Andirel immediately moved her hands to grab his head but Max had already pulled away by then….

"Tsk….you have gotten fast…" She looked a bit frustrated. With so many restrictions, Andriel was sure that the Max from a few days ago wouldn't be her match….but now...

Lisa was dumbfounded by the scene. They were fast...she couldn't even see clearly…

Max looked at Andriel. He had been using her to hone his instinct, he wouldn't be always losing…..

"If it's over...then let's go.." He said before turning around.

"Wait! Take this...I forgot to give it back to you…." Andriel said as she pushed her palm out and white flame appeared in her hand.

Max gave her a weird look, "Why are you returning it back to me?"

It was his life force, she needed it to keep his mom alive.

"It's more than needed….you can take it back.." Andirely replied as she passed it to him.

Max looked at her. Was there really a thing such as having extra life force…..anyway, she was the expert here….

Lisa looked at the flames.

'Wasn't this….could she be planning to trap Max in the illusion?'  She thought and felt a need to warn him….but wouldn't that meant that she remembered everything…what if he found out….

Lisa immediately decided to shut her mouth….

'Hmmn?' On the other hand, Max suddenly felt that this life force of his seemed to have some weird memories.

But, he hadn't reached the level of supreme for this phenomenon to appear….

'Why does this seem unfamiliar to me?'

As a few seconds passed and Max went through the life-like experience….

He was horrified….

"A-n-d-r-i-e-l…." Max muttered with a dark look on his face.

"Yes, Darling?"

He glanced at her only to see her standing behind Lisa far away from him giving him a meaningful smile while staring at his pants. She was quick….

Max didn't move, he was having a hard time controlling himself after going through something like that.

If he got a bit agitated and got a bulge at this moment, she was surely to cause some trouble again. 

After a few seconds, Max calmed down…..

"Let's go…." He pretended as if nothing happened but that scene was something hard to forget. He never shared an intimate moment with a girl...he did with Andirel, but he didn't remember...as for Andriel taking advantage of him was another thing….

Even in the trial, Max didn't give into lust despite having a chance. It was to remind himself that it was all fake….if he gave into the feeling of pleasure….he was sure to lose himself….accepting the world meant that everything else was the truth as well….how could he accept that… Hence he didn't do anything in the trial...

But in this memory, he had experienced it in the first person. The one taking the initiative….

Max looked at Lisa from the corner of his eyes. It was a good thing that she had gotten over Axel….but why the f*ck does this have to happen?!!!

He swore to himself that he would never allow a girl inside alone. He couldn't understand why Andriel did it, he thought she was just crazy about him…It was true that he didn't think about Andriel when he sent Lisa in...but even at most Andriel should have just teased her a bit...

'You crossed the line…' Max didn't hide his anger as he sent the message to her.

'Hmph! How could I let anyone slander you? I am already being benevolent by letting her off the hook so easily….If she wasn't your friend, I would have let her have the taste of 69 Divine Poses of Succubus clan…'

Max felt a chill rising up his spine  as he heard her. He could literally feel that she was pissed and really meant it when she said about easily letting Lisa off the hook...

'I don't know about the slander….but it shouldn't be something serious….she must have joked or was just being unreasonable….'

'Even if it's a joke, I won't tolerate it…' Andriel was adamant on it.

'You sound cool…but you are wrong!!! You just wait, I will find a way to torture you…I am not letting you off the hook this time…' Max was kind to her. But he wouldn't sit back and let her mess with others. At the very least, he had to show his stance that he was pissed here....

But....

'I will be waiting….' Andirel sounded pretty confident. There was nothing Max could do to her...if he attacked her from a distance...she would run away...if he closed in...she would lunge at him...let him hit how much he wanted to…

…..

"Why does he look so pissed? What did you do?" Lisa asked, did he suffer under her too? Even Max lost?

"Oh...I didn't explain it to you...let me help…" 

Max had already gone ahead to calm himself properly. Looking at Andirel was not good for him due to his anger, looking at Lisa currently was also not good for him due to some complicated reasons….

But if he knew what Andriel was about to do, he would have dragged her back at all cost even if it meant being taken advantage at full extent….

"You know...I have a conscience as well."

Lisa looked at her. 

Conscience? What a joke?

"You already have a fiance, even if it is an illusion, if something happened...it would be considered cheating...adultery...."

Lisa's face turned dark and lines began to appear on her face.

"I will not let any such harm come to Max. So, I prepare something that will help him believe me in case you cheated on him..."

Lisa frowned even more. She was fuming in anger!! She wanted to beat Andriel up!

"Its not that I am trying to cause trouble...but if you really liked someone else...I would have asked him to help you....that was my true intention...you know Max would have helped you...''

Lisa relaxed a bit. it sounded true. He was that kind of a guy. If she said about liking someone else, he would have gone to all length to stop this marriage even if it was just a fake....

"That white flame I used earlier is called life force. It can be sucked from living beings….the one I used on you was from Max's body…it isn't needed for the test...but I used it because life force has another function...it can be used to store memories…"

"Max's clone was specifically made using 90% of the flame…the rest of 10% was used to capture the scene of your interaction with others..."

Lisa took a couple of steps back. Her body was shaking, she had an extremely bad feeling. She immediately stopped her brain from comprehending Andriel's words.

But Abdriel was cruel, "I returned him the memories of the test. It's good that you didn't cheat on him. Besides, you even did it with him….since the clone was made up of 90% of his energy...he must have felt it very life-like…..abd experienced it first hand..."

"I honestly thought you would just pass the test, but to think that you would ace it…..I have no words for you…." Andriel sighed in admiration.

"It's all over…" Lisa muttered as she fell down on her knees. Her face red and her eyes teary.

''I can't show my face to anyone…"

"I can't get marr-" She stopped half the way realising that it wasn't the case…

But still, how was she supposed to raise her face…just thinking about it made her legs weak…..

"Just pretend...he didn't say it to you after all….he is pretending about not knowing anything as well…." Andriel came to support Lisa at the time of need.

Lisa looked at Andriel smiling gently at her as she wanted her head abd hugged her. Lisa's brain had stopped function. She just looked at Andruel and felt that she wasn't that bad…

'No!! Lisa!!! She was the one who pushed you into the pit!!!'

Max would have shouted the same if he saw the scene in front.

Andriel smiled. Her plan was successful. Now she would enjoy watching the show as they pretend that everything was normal….