Book 15: Chapter 97
I must say, Mommy Vyvyan was different to the horde of dragons. The dragons continuously absorbed my mana, while Mommy Vyvyan could bestow me with mana. Though she, too, was straddling my hip, I could feel a gentle and warm sensation that gave me an urge to tear up.
Mommy Vyvyan gently ran her slender fingers across my face and gave me a teary lip kiss. Elves’ mana was transferred via body fluids. She refilled my dry mana stores. She shifted her lips away from mine. Her tears fell pit pat onto my face. She gently caressed my face with her fingers. I could feel her bitter tears slowly coursing down my face. I felt Mom’s cold lips, but I didn’t want to say anything, not that I could anyway. I was too tired. It was the first time I had felt so tired in Mommy Vyvyan’s arms. I really wanted to just pass out in them forever.
Mommy Vyvyan gave me a firm hug. Heartbroken, she whimpered, “Son… Son… Mommy told you not to get too close to dragons and not trust them. Why didn’t you listen to Mommy…? If Mommy didn’t make it here in time, you really would’ve been ravaged to death, Son… Son… Mommy is heartbroken to see you in this shape…”
“Mom…”
I gently hugged Mommy Vyvyan back and curled up in her embrace. She tightly hugged me with an aching heart just as she did in the past. She pressed my head to her chest and stroked my head with slow and deliberate strokes. I was honestly so, so tired. It truly felt amazingly blissful and warm in Mommy Vyvyan’s embrace.
While tightly hugging Mom, I softly muttered, “Mom… I’m so tired… I’m so tired…”
Mom stroked my head and bit my ear. Next to my ear, she softly replied, “Mommy knows, Mommy knows. Mommy is right here. Sleep. Have a sleep in Mommy’s arms. It’s all right. It’s all right. It’s all over now. It’s all over now. Son, have a good sleep in Mommy’s arms. Mommy will always be by your side. Mommy will protect you from your side. Sleep.”
Mommy Vyvyan hugged me as if she was hugging an infant and hummed a soothing song in a soft voice next to my ear.
“This must be an elven song, I guess. Mom’s embrace is still as warm and gentle as always, but it feels distant to me. How long has it been since I last slept in Mommy Vyvyan’s arms? How long as it been that I haven’t been by my mom’s side?” I wondered.
