Fynn mused, “Putting the sniper aside for now, if the power rampage was indeed premeditated by someone, what was their goal?”
“Since they set a high-ranked Blazer up to be at a specific time and place, then it was probably either aimed against the Blazer, or against someone else who was supposed to be at the scene?” Noah offered his two cents.
“There were over a hundred people on the scene,” Fynn stated, “If they were aiming for a specific person, it would be difficult to find their identity. We can only start from the most likely targets.”
Fynn paused, his expression turning a bit awkward, “The Blazer, as one can tell from his power alone, is a… hot-tempered man. The list of the people he had offended at some point in time is nearly endless, from rich young masters in a bar to preschool kids in the audience of his show. And even if he could remember everyone he’d recently offended, the perpetrator could be among the people he wasn’t even aware he had offended with his brash behavior.”
Fynn rubbed his temples and let out a heavy sigh, “What we believe is, that while the Blazer might have offended the mastermind of the incident at some point in time, he wasn’t the main target of the incident. If the person wanted to deal with the Blazer, there would be no need to set up such a wide-scale incident that would attract a lot of attention. Taking care of the Blazer in a low-key manner would be preferable, no?”
Noah nodded his agreement, and Fynn continued laying out his speculations, “If the target was someone else, then it makes sense they wanted to pass of their death as an accident. But the same question remains. Why involve other innocent people in this? Either they really wanted to hide who their actual target was to the point of including innocent civilians, or this act of terrorism was their goal from the start. There is also a possibility that the incident was planned out this way because someone wanted to frame you for it. Perhaps they wanted to defame you? Discredit you in attempts to stop you from becoming the next city lord?”
Noah wanted to scratch his head in thought, but Levi was already servicing him in that regard, so instead, he just furrowed his eyebrows and wrinkled his nose.
“If they intended to frame you for it, expect to see some negative press soon. And if not, we are most likely looking at a new terrorist group with unknown motives. Either way, we need to rule out one possibility at a time, so Aris, tell me, can you think of anyone who might want to harm you? Did you offend someone recently? Can you remember anyone who might have a grudge against you?” Fynn started his routine questioning.
Noah went through his freshly obtained memories one by one, but in the end, he could only shake his head, “No.”
Fynn felt his head start to throb due to sheer exasperation, “Are you sure there is no one you know that has a grudge against you? You are the next city lord, for crying out loud, there must be hordes of envious people out there!”
Noah shot him a helpless smile, “Perhaps. But how am I supposed to know who feels envious of me? They usually keep it in their heart, and I don't have your skills, Fynn. And that is just petty jealousy, who in their right mind would do something like this out of petty jealousy?”
Noah honestly couldn’t remember anyone who might have held a grudge against Aris. And Noah could indeed remember far. Far as in everything that ever happened to the original Aris.
Fynn rubbed his throbbing temples again, “Just because you can't come up with anyone who might have a grudge against you, doesn't mean that there is no one with a grudge. Let’s put it in another way… who would benefit from your death?”
And Noah’s confident response was: “No one!” (︶^︶)ノ
At this point, Fynn felt like facepalming, “How can you say no one??
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"Even if you use your feet to think you’d at least be able to come up with one person! Like, what about your sister? Wouldn’t she inherit the city lord position if you died?”
Noah nodded calmly, “Yes, but that is not a benefit.”
Fynn’s face had turned comical at this point with disbelief, exasperation, and helplessness. “How can that not be a benefit??”
Noah patiently explained, “Sis hates administrative work. She has always been the strongest advocator for me to take over the job, especially after my power awakened. If father didn’t have her agreement on the matter, he wouldn’t have even started grooming me in that direction. Besides, my post is only temporary.”
Noticing Fynn’s utterly blank look, not understanding at all what he meant, Noah side-glanced at Levi to check whether Levi wanted to be the one to explain the matter. Seeing how the other had no intention to speak up, as expected from a reticent man, Noah took it as the other giving him the green light.
“Didn’t you hear about the marriage agreement between Concordia and Astarea to join the two cities together?” Noah started, Fynn nodded, but the doubts in his eyes didn’t clear one bit, so Noah continued, “Marriage is only the first step of the plan. The real purpose is to get a child out of this marriage that would become the city lord of both cities. I am only filling up the position of the city lord until the child is old enough to take over.”
Levi’s expression fell, turning as black as a bottom of a burned pot. He had been in agreement with this plan in the past, but now it was seriously starting to irk him. Wasn’t his little kitten working hard for someone else’s sake? (ꐦ ≖ ‸ ≖) Every day running around everywhere with his little legs, only to have the fruit of his labor enjoyed by some snot-nosed brat!
Levi had conveniently forgotten that he was one of the beneficiaries of this arrangement and that the mentioned “snot-nosed” brat would be his biological son. Instead, he concentrated all his ire on the would-be-mother:
As an older sister, shouldn’t she be the one pampering the little guy the most?! How could she be so shameless to let him do all the hard work in her stead while she plays around?! ╰(‵□′)╯
The sister that was shot while lying down: ‘What do you mean playing around?!?
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'I’m working my ass off here saving the citizens, ok!?! It’s clearly you guys who are playing around!! And what the hell, how can you treat the esteemed and the all-powerful position of a city lord like rotten vegetables at a market??’
(ノಥ益ಥ)ノ ┻━┻
Levi: ‘If the little guy is too busy with doing that wretched, thankless job, when will he have time to spend with me?!?’ >︿<
If the two city lords knew their son/future son-in-law viewed the prestigious heritage passed down in their family for generations as a thankless chore, would they be angry enough to spew out blood?
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No, wait, forget that… why is it that you don’t give a shit whether your wife has the time to warm your bed but are worried whether your little brother-in-law would have the time to play with you?!? Son, aren’t your priorities all wrong?!? щ(゚Д゚щ)
Fynn, too noticed some strange intents coming off from Levi, but he decided to ignore it. The man had brain damage, what would be truly weird is if his responses were normal. ╮(╯▽╰)╭
Instinctively noticing that the atmosphere in the room seemed off, Noah attempted to lighten up the mood with a joke. “Basically, I am free labor doing tasks she doesn’t want to do until her kid can take over. Where else would you get such a great deal? I say, out of everyone I know, she’d be the one who’d want me dead the least!”, Noah teased, though the affectionate way he talked about his sister couldn’t be hidden from anyone present.
To further lift the heavy mood, Noah even attempted a comical impersonation of his sister’s outrage and grief. He put his hands on his cheeks, widened his lovely eyes, and gasped out in a higher voice, “Noooooo!!! Brother!!! How could you go and die like this?!? щ(゚Д゚щ)You could have at least finished the mountain of paperwork first!!” Noah cutely wiped at his eyes with his cute little paws, feigning tears, “Even if I gave birth this very instant, I’d still have to do this shitty paperwork for 18 years!! Dear broooother!! Come back!!”
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Levi felt both amused by the little guy’s adorable performance, and mortified by the mere idea of him dying. Ah, if the sister didn’t know how to properly pamper such a precious little brother, then it was up to him, Levi, to spoil him in both of their steads!No, it would seem that father-in-law also didn’t spoil his precious baby enough, so, then, he’d spoil him three times as much? No! Four times as much! If his father was like that, then his mother can’t be much better, right?
At some point, Levi found himself wondering, was Noah intentionally trying to seduce him??? But that thought didn’t even finish materializing before it was discarded - if Noah was actually serious about seducing someone, everyone in this room would have been goners already. And he didn’t even dare think whether he had subconsciously included himself in that group of goners.Noah, who was slowly getting more familiar with his brother-in-law, picked up on the other’s discomfort, but his thoughts misinterpreted the cause. He figured that the man couldn’t take the spiciness but was afraid of losing face in front of his jun
After the dinner, the three (yes, though very much forgotten, the third wheel Trey was still there!) took a long walk following Aris’s usual route. The route passed by the cemetery, the jail, two orphanages, two nursing homes, and three hospitals, including a mental hospital.Aris had made it a habit to take a walk at the end of each day to use up the remaining soothing power left in him for the benefit of those who needed it the most. And Noah, who very much liked this habit of Aris, had decided to keep it.
This son-in-law had been engaged to their daughter for two decades and never visited their home before! What could have possibly happened for him to pop up in front of their door at 7 in the morning?!“…son-in-law… is the situation dire??” (っ °Д °;)っ‘…what?’ Levi looked at the perturbed father-in-law uncomprehendingly, not understanding how the other had reached such a conclusion. “No?” He might have fal
Levi didn’t know how he even managed to find it in him to squeeze out a trembling, hoarse groan: “…where is your toilet?”The unguarded, half-asleep baby… pointed his thumb over his own shoulder towards the bathroom connected to his bedroom.Levi: “…” If this wasn’t a subtle invitation to come in and fuck him hard, then he doesn’t know what could be considered as one. (✧﹃✧)
It took a good half an hour for Levi to leave the bathroom.It made Noah recall that the same thing happened the day before.Noah: Poor brother-in-law! He must still be suffering from the same tummy issues! >︿<Blackie: …actually, you are right again! Same issues indeed! Wow, you are on a
Levi didn’t miss any of Noah’s little expressions and mannerisms, so he immediately noticed how the other was glancing towards the butter, which was just out of his reach. With his eyes both gentle and sparkling with amusement, Levi picked it up and moved it in front of his little darling.Noah’s eyes lit up, and he looked at Levi with a mix of appreciation, gratitude, and what Levi would like to think to be adoration. Levi felt himself melting into a puddle under his precious darling’s ‘loving’ gaze. Ah, ah, he had indeed been living life wrong for the past 24 years!! Now, THIS was how life should be like!
When Noah had seen the toaster and butter, his eyes had lit up with idea of butter melting on hot toast. On Cradle, butter was much more expensive than margarine, so it was a rare treat to be able to eat it at the orphanage. Which was too bad because butter on warm toast was simply heavenly! Not so much for margarine…And thus, when his toast was done toasting, in his haste, Noah singed his fingers trying to grab it before it cooled. He yelped cutely, then put his two now pink fingers inside his lovely mouth.
The rumble of Levi’s chest quickly settled down, but the sweet elation bubbling within remained. He dutifully moved his left hand up and down, donning an expression of a demure wife trying to placate her irate husband. However, if one looked closely, one could see a metaphorical fox tail swishing behind him, for his carefully measured strokes only prolonged the sweet torment. On the surface, he was scratching the little one’s “itch”, but in reality, he kept fanning the flames underneath the pot, stirring and mixing the boiling water within, yet not once letting it spill over the edge. While Levi’s left hand was busy producing obscene squelches as it bullied Noah’s needy little brother, Levi’s right hand cupped the little sack snuggly as if weighing a bag of gold coins. Really lovely, ah! ♥ The weight on his palm was pleasing, the velvety texture even more so, and the contents were even more valuable than gold. Levi’s thumb rubbed the base of the pink
Levi closed his eyes in desperate attempts to hold off jumping his darling’s behind. ‘His little ass has not been prepped yet,’ He kept reminding himself. ‘Endure. Focus. Put into practice everything you had learned through “educational” videos.’ Though, it quickly became apparent that his time and effort was better spent doing it than watching other people do it. To put it bluntly – he learned much more quickly with a “hands-on” approach. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) How could he not? With the presence of that magical resonance between him and his baby, trial and error became the best teacher. With each movement of Levi’s tongue and lips, the intense waves of pleasure crashed through Noah and rebounded back to Levi. The pleasure the little one felt leaked between the seams, seeping through onto Levi until he was nearly drowning in it, feeling the consequence of every single movement even more clearly than if he had been doing it to himself. And when that wa
He had such a lewd thing done to him, yet instead of feeling outraged, resentful, or repulsed, he actually… actually responded in such an improper way!!! Ah, ah! He should clearly be dissatisfied right now! And angry, so angry! He should push the other away and scold him! Make him sleep on the couch for a year–no, month–no, week!! But… but… actually… besides nervousness and shame, there was only… “Nngh!” The voice that came out of Noah’s mouth was so lascivious the embarrassment brought tears to his eyes. He bit his lip in a pitiful attempt to stop himself from letting out such appalling noises. Yet his quivering lips just couldn’t remain closed under the onslaught of pleasure, constantly releasing choked gasps and whimpering moans. Noah’s thick and long eyelashes shuddered, trying to blink away the moisture and hide the two amber orbs underneath. Those two gems were too mirror-like, clearly reflecting all of the thoughts that he didn’t wish anyone el
Levi’s body shuddered violently. In an instant, his throat grew so parched he nearly choked on his own sharp inhale. Yet what grew the most was, naturally, Levi’s unbearably hard, unbearably swollen lower half. Though its owner was very bent, his shaft was standing up as straight as a flagpole wishing to pierce the heavens, throbbing painfully with every heartbeat. Levi’s original plan of slowly stripping off his baby’s briefs flew out of the picture in that instant. And so did the mentioned briefs. They slid down Noah’s pair of long, slender legs with rushed haste as if fleeing from a calamity, after which they shot off like a rocket to the unknown horizons of the condo. Levi didn’t even stop a single moment to ponder over the fact that he had just tossed his darling’s panties to who knows where. In fact, if you asked him, he’d rather they were never found. That way, his baby’s everything would unavoidably be laid bare in front of his eyes, free for him to admire an
Without further ado, this respectable S-ranked Enforcer used his noble powers to push Noah’s hands above his head, making one hand grasp the wrist of the other. After unclasping the wristband, Levi switched the target of his power to the communicator, making it fly into his own hand.He had initially wanted to hide the communicator away in the far corner of the condo, but after seeing it had been set to silent mode, he decided to just stash it in the second drawer of the bedside table, right next to his own.Levi hurriedly got off the bed right next to the bedside table.After safely storing his baby’s communicator in the second drawer, he opened the first where he had put the equipment he prepared last night. Levi retrieved a sparkly pink bottle that looked like an expensive perfume at first glance. However, if one observed it more closely, one would notice that the liquid inside was too thick to be perfume.Levi moved to close the drawer but
Levi used his power to gently push his darling, who had been lying on his side, to lie on his back instead. With this slight movement, the bed sheet covering the sleeping beauty slipped past his shoulders, down his chest, revealing the subtle yet gorgeous muscles underneath.Exposed to the sudden chill, the two pink buds on the fair, smooth chest immediately stiffened.When this alluring sight fell into Levi’s eyes, he couldn’t move his gaze away as if bewitched. His breathing sped up, his Adam’s apple rolled, and he swallowed hard. It took only a moment for the look in his eyes to turn from warm adoration to scorching hunger, from restrained anticipation to uncontrollable fervor.He had initially moved with an inspiring and righteous notion of fulfilling his husbandly duties to satisfy his little wife, but his idea of indulgent and pure love
That’s right! Instead of treating these last few hours of moonlight as his wedding night, why not treat the entire day as their “wedding night” day?! (灬✪﹃✪灬)Yes, yes!! Other husbands would just toss their darlings around for a couple of hours on their wedding night, but he, Levi, would be tossing his baby around for an entire day!! And instead of having trouble seeing all the naughty bits due to the lack of light, everything would be obvious under the bright daylight! Even if his baby felt very shy and wanted to turn off the lights, what use would that be with the sun shining bright outside?The more Levi thought about it, the more he felt that getting cockblocked like this was actually a good thing!His baby was tired after a long day; what if he ended up climaxing quickly and then drifted to sleep, leaving Levi halfway there? Wouldn’
Astar Levi stood frozen in place, staring holes into a thick clump of shiny brown hair peeking out of the crimson sheets. Levi’s chicken burrito must have remembered the existence of multiple bathrooms in the bungalow because the strands loosely framing his lovely face were damp. They cast shadows over the little one’s cheeks and eyes, making him look all the more delicate, like a little angel. A sleeping angel. Levi: “…”(。_。) Noah: “…”(*ᴗ˳ᴗ*) Levi: “…Baby?”( •᷄⌓•᷅)‘…please tell me you are just resting your eyes while awaiting my return?’ Noah: “……” (*ᴗ˳ᴗ*) Levi: “…Wifey?”ಠ_ಠ Noah: “…………” (*ᴗ˳ᴗ*) Levi:(ꐦ°Д°
Noah rolled on the bed, wrapping himself with sheets until only his head peeked out. Now that his mistake in apparel was perfectly covered up with bedsheets, this little red caterpillar rolled over to the edge of the bed and let out a breath of relief. “Ah, Blackie! Perfect timing!” ‘Uh-oh!’All of Blackie’s virtual hair stood on its end. His host ignored the roasting and even appreciated Blackie’s uncalled-for appearance?? This did not sound good!(っ°Д °;)っ“…Host… did the gravity of your current situation make your mind snap?! Ah, ah! Calm down! Don’t lose it! I’ll administer emergency sanity-preserving measures right away!” Noah’s response was as dull as Blackie feared it would be! He did not snap at Blackie or even curse him back! Instead, he solemnly declared, “Yes, yes. Measures need to be administered ASAP! Quickly! Knock me out cold before Levi comes ba