Chapter 220: Moon Fainted

For a while, he just didn’t want to think about anything else.

But in the midst of the thrusts, the pounding, and all the slapping and wet sounds, his gaze fell on the lonely figure far in the corner.

Rio was lying half-submerged in the water, eyes closed.

Moon suddenly felt an extreme loneliness.

As if his world had nothing left but a vast emptiness.

Even as the thrusts grew faster and faster, that emptiness refused to be filled.

He wanted to look away, but for some reason he could not.

His mind kept swirling around the one question he had buried deep inside.

’Rio... why didn’t you kiss me?’

The air suddenly became silent.

The thrusts and slaps suddenly paused.

The ripples on the pond water no longer danced like stars.

And Moon suddenly found himself standing in a vast white land.

No matter where he looked, every corner was white and empty.

There was nothing.

Only a little boy was sobbing far away.

Moon wanted to reach out, but he couldn’t.

He panted as he ran.

He was so close, yet so far...

The endless white seemed to have no end.

Just as he was about to touch the boy’s back and turn him around, he felt an extreme jolt in his dantian.

"Moon?"

"Mooney?"

"You hear me?"

Moon’s eyes gradually focused.

He saw a pair of green eyes looking at him with horror.

And just then a surge of pleasure shot through his spine.

He came all over Ugo’s abdomen as he panted hard.

His forehead was sweating profusely.

Nox was also very afraid. His fingers trembled as he brushed Moon’s hair away from his face.

"Sorry, sorry, baby... were you tired? We... we can’t..." he said guiltily.

He couldn’t finish the sentence.

They were already knotted and couldn’t pull out.

They had just knotted when they noticed something was wrong with Moon’s gaze.

That scare had driven the lust straight out of their bodies.

But their bodies were still not under their control, so the release finished on its own.

Moon slumped down onto Ugo’s chest and murmured,

"It’s fine... I am okay. Don’t worry."

He didn’t say more.

But inside him, the fusion started once again, filling his cores and the new spirit globe.

There were four tiny sparks, or buds, whatever they were, floating inside.

The four merged cores now flashed with red, gold, green, and silver light in unison.

Only a barren blue sphere floated alone beside the large one.

Moon’s heart trembled.

He didn’t want to think about that.

He didn’t want to feel that barren land.

Yet his heart felt so sad and upset that he almost wanted to cry.

Ugo patted his back slowly.

Nox caressed his hair.

Soon Moon fell asleep in Ugo’s embrace.

For the entire night afterward he did not know what happened to the brothers, or what happened to Rio.

How Rio managed to get through the rest of that night remained a blur to him.

When Moon finally woke up, it was already morning, and the sun was high overhead.

He jolted upright the moment he opened his eyes.

He looked outside through the window, saw the busy street, and cursed under his breath.

A few moments later, Nox came into the room carrying a pot of deer soup.

"You are awake?" he asked worriedly.

"What happened to the trial tokens? It starts in the evening! We need to activate them." Moon asked at once, still worried.

"Don’t worry. Something happened last night. Lord Alpha Elysian sent another announcement this morning. The trial will be tomorrow. Today we don’t need to go."

Moon exhaled in relief.

It should be this way. Just after a blood moon, how could they still hold the trial?

He sat at the table and took a spoonful of soup.

"Um... where are the others?" Moon asked hesitantly.

He had been with Nox, Ugo, and Axe for a while and was already used to them. Suddenly having two more men around made him feel a little awkward.

"They went outside. Mirali came this morning asking Axe and me to make those bracelets and the communication jades. She deposited quite a few siki. They went to buy the materials we needed."

Nox spoke while watching Moon’s fluttering eyelashes as he drank the soup.

This man was really something.

He had simply fainted when they knotted. It had been so awkward and so scary.

Nox was already thinking that next time he should check properly whether Moon was really okay or not.

"I have seen my wolf spirit," Nox finally announced happily.

"Oh?" Moon raised his brows.

"The others also saw theirs," Nox smiled. "But they are very weak. I don’t know why. They said it might be because of our physiques or something."

Nox scratched his hair.

"Hmm. What grade spirit do you think you have?" Moon asked curiously, though he already knew they should be of a very high bloodline.

Nox’s eyes dimmed a little.

"I don’t know. They are so weak... maybe Crescent, or Gibbous?"

Then he smiled again.

"At least now we have one. That’s enough."

He looked at Moon and held the free hand that wasn’t holding the spoon.

"Thank you," he said, a faint blush rising on his cheeks.

He had wanted to say this for a long time, but he had felt too shy to say it out loud.

Moon looked at the hand holding his.

For a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

His fingers twitched slightly under Nox’s gentle grip.

Nox’s ears were still a little red.

His amber eyes were bright, but there was also a faint shyness that he couldn’t hide.

"...You’re welcome," Moon finally muttered. He pulled his hand back and took another spoonful of soup, pretending to be calm.

He finished the last bit of soup and set the bowl down.

The room was quiet for a moment. Only the noise from the street outside drifted in through the open window.

Nox cleared his throat.