Chapter 137 - 137: Promotion
"Snap out of it!"
Aren tried shaking Athena by the shoulders, but she was still shaking from the intense experience.
"You…"
He scratched the back of his head in anxiousness.
Knock! Knock!
"Sister, are you there?"
Nike's voice started to sound more anxious.
With a grimace, Aren quickly pinched Athena's cheek, and that finally startled her awake.
With a blissful look, she looked at him and asked with a smile.
"What is it…? You in for another round?"
"Your brother is outside, you sex addict. If he finds us like this, he'll kill me."
Aren said coldly.
"…My brother?"
Athena sat up and heard the loud knocking from the door. She yawned, took a spare shirt from her wardrobe, and walked to the door without putting anything else on.
She wasn't wearing underwear or pants, and she still smelled like sex.
"…Idiocy!"
Aren hid in the bathroom, and leaned against the wall while contemplating about just escaping to Realm Between.
He could perhaps abandon the Beau disguise and take someone else's.
In that moment, Athena opened the door and leaned against the door frame while looking at her brother with a smile.
"Nike, what do you want?"
"…"
Nike silently looked at her sweaty self. Disheveled hair. Her beautiful face looked exhausted, and she looked to be breathing roughly.
The loose white shirt draped over her seemed to be sticking to her skin. Her nipples were slightly visible through the fabric, and her crotch was leaking like a faucet.
"W-What is this, sister?"
Nike asked with a horrendous expression on his face.
"What? I was in the middle of masturbating till you disturbed me. What is it that you could possibly want this late?"
Athena said boldly.
She wasn't shy about such things.
"A-Ah, I am sorry…"
Nike sheepishly scratched the back of his head and then said.
"I heard that something happened in the Brackenford Cross, and I came to check whether you are alright."
"Nothing of importance happened. Just some minor commotion. Is that all?"
Athena asked.
"…I just wanted to check that you're alright. That's all."
Nike said, cleared his throat at her sexual appearance, and then bid farewell to her sister before heading out.
With a roll of her eyes, Athena slammed the door open and stretched her limbs while making her way to the bed.
Aren slipped out of the bathway and started putting his pants on with urgency.
"What are you doing?"
In that moment, Athena grabbed his arm and pushed him down to the bed. She was on all fours, looming over him with a seductive smile on her face.
"You want more? Seriously?"
Aren asked with a slightly tired look at this point.
"We barely even started, and also, how often do you get to sleep with someone as beautiful as me? You're lucky that I haven't killed you.
"I've slept with many men, and most, if not all, have disappointed me greatly, and they have all found out what happens when you disappoint me.
"My long needle to the neck."
Athena said with a cold smile and traced her hand down his cheek.
"In this case, you're special. I don't know what it is, but you're different from those other men, and you're even different from my brother.
"There is something secretive about you, and I will find out what that is."
Athena said, then leaned in closer to him and started planting kisses all around his neck and face.
'…I will definitely have to stay far away from this maniac.'
Aren made a mental note.
…
Wednesday morning, at the forest patrol.
"You sure are lucky, man, Beau. First that woman over at Ned's Tavern, and now you got to spend time with Athena. Many of the guards are dying out of envy."
Chris said while trekking down the thick forest with Aren beside him.
"Nothing to be jealous of. I was just Athena's butler basically over there."
Aren said.
"Haha, most guards would be happy to be Athena's puppy even. They would be already happy to be in the same room as her."
Chris said.
With a chuckle, Aren wondered how they would react after knowing just how far he went with Athena.
They might actually try to kill him.
"Max died, huh. Well, there aren't many people that are missing him. He wasn't very liked, as he came from a good educational background, so he treated us like trash."
Chris said, and then turned to him.
"There are rumors that you protected Athena from a few assailants, is that true? You did well. If something had happened to Athena, her father, Jupiter, would've burned that place down to the ground."
"There were a couple of angry fathers and husbands. Is it common for the Hauwnted family to get rabbits from Brackenford Cross? Little risky, no?"
Aren asked.
With him now knowledgeable about several terms, such as rabbits, and knowing what the Hunt was actually about, it was easier for him to start asking questions as well.
"…Hmm, it depends. If it looks like there is a shortage of rabbits in the Hunt, then they might get some from the nearest source, which is Brackenford Cross."
Chris said.
Aren nodded thoughtfully.
In that moment, both of them heard some footsteps coming from behind, and they turned around to see a guard walking over to them.
This wasn't just any guard. It was Inner Guard. Which was easy to recognize from the silver cape that was draping over his left shoulder.
"Beau Fournier?"
The guard looked between the two of them, and when Chris turned his gaze at Aren, the guard also looked at him too.
"That's me, sir."
Aren said, straightening his back and raising his arm in salute.
"You've been officially reassigned to another task. From this day forward, you will be acting as Miss Athena's personal bodyguard. She personally asked for you, so go to her immediately to discuss your new duties."
The Inner Guard said, clinked his metallic shoes together, and then turned around to head back to the estate.
"…What the hell? You will be Athena's personal bodyguard? That's amazing. You basically jumped three spots in the societal hierarchy!"
Chris said.
This time around, he was quite envious, as that was the dream of every guard in the estate, and Aren somehow went from an ordinary guard to the personal bodyguard of one of the family members.
It meant that he was even above Inner Guards now. It also made sense why that Inner Guard was showing his respect by clinking his metal shoes together.
'…I guess she doesn't allow me to keep dodging her.'
Aren thought with a serious look.
However, this was also good, as this allowed him to get closer to the action, and in return, it would help him to get more information about the Hunt.