Legacy of the Dark Sage - Chapter 962: Unwanted Visitor (1)

Cyneah’s brows knitted ever so slightly as the biggest flaw of using magic sense to see finally reared its ugly head. She had thought seeing the contours of Kyran’s face and his build would have been enough for her, but the more she touched him, the more she wanted to see more. At the moment, she could barely guide the magic energies to follow his brows and the shape of his nose. However, as soon as she tried guiding the magic energies to form his eyes, she felt an ache in her heart as she realized she could not see the color of his eyes.

Cyneah heard from the Eidums that Kyran’s eyes were dark. She wondered if they meant his eyes were a dark shade of brown or blue or if they were pure black because they never explicitly mentioned any color. Still, she knew whatever color they were, they were not real. She remembered that as a Regis, Kyran’s eyes were dark gray. Stella also confirmed it. The latter even said that in natural lighting, his eyes were a lighter shade of gray that appeared as if one was looking at a sky on the verge of a storm. Besides that, very rarely, depending on his mood, his eyes would turn to silver gray, like mercury.

Stella’s description made Cyneah want to see Kyran’s eyes and observe as they changed color.

Even at that moment, knowing how flustered Kyran was after she felt the fierce pounding of his heart yet still trying to keep an indifferent expression, Cyneah wondered what color his eyes were now.

Even at that moment, knowing how flustered Kyran was after she felt the fierce pounding of his heart yet still trying to keep an indifferent expression, Cyneah wondered what color his eyes were now.

Cyneah had no idea that not seeing the color of Kyran’s eyes at that moment was her fortune. Because if she could see them right now, there was a chance she would be frightened at how dangerously dark it had turned.

It was not a stretch to say that Kyran’s raw desire was reflected in his eyes for the first time. Still, his years of training his emotions and controlling his impulses kept him from doing something he would likely regret. But even then, he could barely contain his desire. As long as Cyneah does not do anything that would make Kyran lose what little restrain he had left, then the chances of a regretful incident from happening would be averted.

Unfortunately, Kyran underestimated Cyneah’s determination. He was way off the mark about why she was determined in the first place.

Cyneah had yet to trace Kyran’s face with magic energy completely. At that moment, the only part left untraced was his lips. Cyneah’s heart had been beating almost in sync with Kyran’s. But unlike the latter, who still tried to restrain his emotions, the former willingly embraced them. As a matter of fact, she was very excited and even felt a little mischievous.

Kyran had always teased her before. Now, it was Cyneah’s turn.

Although she knew teasing him at such a time would definitely result in an accident that would either help progress their relationship or regress, she wanted to take that chance. She had waited long enough. And to be honest, she might not seem like it, but she could be impatient.

With that in mind, Cyneah threw caution in the wind as she reached for the spot where Kyran’s lips should be. Fortunately, she managed to pinpoint his lower lips. She lightly traced his lips with her fingertips while keeping her other hand over his chest and observing his heartbeat.

Frankly, Cyneah did not need to feel Kyran’s heartbeat to know he was already teetering at the edge of his control. Because the moment her fingertips touched his lips, he caught his breath, and his brows furrowed as if he were in pain.

Since Cyneah was still controlling the magic energies in the surroundings, she was able to see the minute changes in Kyran’s expression. Although the magic energy that covered his face was still a little unsteady, it was enough to make her see those changes.

A light smile appeared on Cyneah’s lips, and she laughed softly.

And that was all it took for the last strains of Kyran’s control to break. He lowered his head and captured her lips with his without allowing Cyneah to react.

Because Cyneah had just laughed, her lips were parted slightly. Thus, when Kyran kissed her, he did not even need to coax her to let him in.

The sudden contact made Cyneah gasp with wide eyes. When she decided to tease him, she had already expected something like this to happen. However, she never expected that the mere feel and taste of Kyran’s lips would have such a reaction in her.

Due to her innocence and surprise, Cyneah reflexively pushed Kyran away.

Kyran might have allowed his desire to take control just now, but that did not mean he had lost all reasons. Thus, the moment Cyneah pushed him, he did not try to force his way. As a matter of fact, it helped clear his mind a little.

A tense silence ensued between them as both tried to restrain their breathing.

In the end, Kyran took a deep breath and made up his mind to apologize. Though it was true that Cyneah was the one who teased him first, he should have known better than to allow the situation to get in his head.

Hopefully, Cyneah’s teasing was not her wanting to test his patience because if it was, then he had already failed big time.

With this in mind, Kyran wanted to apologize.

“… Just now I—.”

Before Kyran could say his piece, Cyneah seemed to have recovered from her initial shock. And hearing the troubled tone in his voice, she knew at once that he had mistaken her action as rejection.

Not wanting Kyran to misunderstand, Cyneah moved at once. Using the hand that touched his lips, she grabbed the hem of his coat. Her other hand, which was still placed close to his heart, grabbed his front coat. She tiptoed as she pulled him close, and this time, she initiated the kiss.

“—Ah!”

Unfortunately, because Cyneah lost her composure, the magic energies that traced Kyran’s features were disrupted. Thus, she could no longer see where his lips were. Because of this, she kissed nothing but air and bumped her nose on his chin instead.

Kyran tried not to laugh, but it was simply impossible after seeing Cyneah’s pout after failing in her attempt. Hearing his chuckle, she closed her eyes in embarrassment. She wanted to reprimand him, but before she could even say anything, he had already adjusted the angle of his face and caught her lips once more.

The words Cyneah wanted to say were drowned out as her own desire burst out from her this time. She immediately wrapped her arms around Kyran’s neck, wanting to pull him closer to her as humanly as possible.

Kyran intended their kiss to be slow and gentle. Unfortunately, he had once more underestimated Cyneah’s own desire.

The kiss, which was meant to be slow and gentle, had turned deep and passionate to the point that they seemed to have forgotten that they were standing in a spot where others could easily see them.

When they were finally forced to separate to catch their breath, Cyneah’s mirror-like eyes stared at Kyran as if she was genuinely looking at him.

“You won’t misunderstand my feelings this time, won’t you…?” she asked breathlessly.

Kyran tilted his head slightly as he looked straight at her. He blinked twice, trying to comprehend what her words meant. It was not that he did not understand what she meant but more that he did not know when he misunderstood her feelings.

Sensing Kyran’s apprehension, Cyneah frowned slightly as she said, “So you didn’t even realize it.”

“No,” Kyran shook his head. Then he stopped upon seeing Cyneah’s frown deepening. He belatedly realized that she probably misunderstood his answer. Thus, he hastily explained, “Rather than not realizing, I’m not sure what you mean by ‘this time.'”

“I did not dislike being called your Mistress.”

Kyran raised his brows in confusion. He did not expect her to bring that up.

“I actually like it… because being called one felt as if I truly belonged to you. To me, you are my benefactor. But more than that, I want to be able to stay by your side.”

Cyneah lowered her gaze as she smiled wryly.

“But you’ve always thought I only saw you as my benefactor. It also made me feel like you were drawing a line between us.”

“That’s not…” Kyran started to say, but then he stopped as he somehow realized that, looking at it from a different perspective, that might have been the case. However, instead of drawing a line between them, it was to keep a leash around himself so that he would understand her seemingly innocent actions.

Cyneah gathered the magic energies around them once more and traced them over Kyran’s silhouette. While doing this, she gazed back at him and said, “I may end up blind for the rest of my life, Kyran. Will you still want me?”

Kyran solemnly looked at her and was about to respond when suddenly, a loud crackling sound reverberated from the sky and shook the whole land.