Read Novel Full Chapter 549: A Shark and His Young Love
Chapter 549: A Shark and His Young Love
"...Hehehe, you’re so one of a kind, Lycoris!" I say, clinking my glass with Lycoris. We’ve been studying together a lot, using all sorts of tactics to boost our grades. Lycoris managed to get the third highest score in the academy.
I got the second highest score, and Eclipsya took the top spot. As for Azazel, she didn’t even make the top ten. She’s lazier and more spoiled by her mom, so she puts in way less effort and isn’t very competitive, so she doesn’t even try to go that far.
It just shows her talent, since without any real effort she landed in the top 13, meaning she’s above more than 95% of the academy. If she actually tried, she’d probably take the top 3 spot from Lycoris, or be right below her at number four.
But it’s OBVIOUS she would never surpass me. The only damn bitch who can keep me from the top is that wretched Eclipsya. Ever since I was little, I’ve always known Eclipsya would be my rival and number one enemy!!
"Thank you!" Lycoris thanks me, drinking her coffee with a smile.
"Is it really that good? And I don’t really get why you asked me to put... ’that’ in there. It’s kind of embarrassing," I say, feeling a bit shy about it. Only she could get me to try something so shameful in public.
"Yes!! I love it! It has your special taste," she says, licking her lips while I drink my juice, unable to stop staring at that white, viscous thing in her coffee.
"Please don’t make requests like that again, okay? It’s embarrassing, and it would be awful if anyone had seen."
"I know, but I wanted to try it..." she says, downing it all quickly and licking the cup. She looks so cute doing that, it makes my heart race and my tail thump agitatedly against the chair.
"You’re a lot more perverted than I expected," I murmur for her to hear.
"Hihihi," she giggles, spreading her wings a little with an adorable little laugh.
"Well, you earned it. You boosted your grades a lot, so if you have any more requests, you can tell me," I say to her, finishing my glass of fruit juice. Since she helped me so much with my studies and magic tests, I’m giving her things she wants as a reward.
"But now I’m curious, did that even taste good?" I have to wonder. I don’t think the taste of her coffee could be good after adding "that" to it.
"Yeah, it tasted like coffee, but it also had that characteristic sweet bitterness of yours. Besides, lots of people drink coffee with milk, so I thought, why not drink it with my girlfriend’s milk?" She says this perverted thing without a shred of shame.
’Oh god, why did my girlfriend turn so perverted so quickly?’ She used to be so innocent. She’s become much more submissive and servile compared to when she was wild, but her submission came bundled with perversion.
"Although I still prefer drinking straight from the source!" She sticks out her tongue and winks at me, making me blush and gasp, getting excited as I press my skirt down so "that" doesn’t rise up.
’Calm down... patience... we need to be calm... we have to focus on our classes, we can’t get distracted with lewdness...’ I calm myself down quickly, looking at her. We’re in a period where initial grades are really important, so we have to keep our concentration on studying.
"Lycoris, Mom Delphina said that as long as my grades aren’t affected, our relationship isn’t a problem. That’s why I need to stay on top. I know it’s kind of hard to go without doing anything, but please be patient."
"Okay, okay, I will, sis Aqua! Don’t worry, I won’t get in your way! But today is a celebration, so I think it’s fine, right?" she says, which isn’t entirely wrong.
"Yeah, today we can do whatever we want, but tomorrow we already have to focus on studying! But don’t worry so much, it’s only three years of academy, and then we won’t have this obligation anymore!" Three years is a long time, but it also passes quickly. Once we graduate, we can try to do anything and live our lives as we want.
"Three years seems like such a long time..." she murmurs, poking a slice of cake with a fork, pulling me out of my thoughts about what I’ll do in the future when the academy ends.
"Well, not three. Now it’s more like two and a half years, since we’re already halfway through the school year," I tell her, and she gives a smile.
"Yeah, two and a half years still seems like a long time, but it’s okay... Mom Zephyra doesn’t really care what I do, so there’s no problem on my side," she says, sounding a bit dejected.
The only reason she’s been pushing herself so hard in her studies is because she wants to make me and Zephyra proud. In terms of obligation, the person who should expect the most from her barely cares.
I wish I could say that Zephyra will grow to love her in time, but she and I both know that’s unrealistic. Zephyra seems to deeply despise and hate Lycoris, and hatred doesn’t just disappear.
"...Lycoris, I hate seeing you sad... so... I have this gift here for you..." I timidly pull a small box from my clothes. I place it on the table and slide it over to Lycoris, who opens it, confused.
"What is it?"
"...I-It’s... j-just drink it when you’re alone... don’t ask too much... it’s kind of embarrassing for me..." It’s a "special" liquid. I decided to give it to Lycoris based on mermaid culture.
"In mermaid culture, giving this to the person you love is a special form of trust. And if the other person drinks it, it’s a sign that they trust you, too." I won’t say what it is, but if Lycoris researches mermaids, she’ll probably find out.
"But the person who gives it has no way of knowing if you’ll drink it or not. I’ll never know, because it’s a vow of trust. I’ll trust that you’ll drink it, and I’ll trust your word that you did."
"And if you trust me too, you’ll drink it. But if you throw it away, I’ll understand... it’s kind of a strange thing, and it might not be the best thing to drink... b-but I hope you like it... a-and I’m giving you my trust." This was incredibly difficult for me. It goes directly against my instincts.
I’m a shark. Sharing, trusting, and yielding things are ridiculously hard for me. It’s like opening up a space in my physical and emotional territory that only I control, and giving that space to another being. Especially something so intimate. This is a histotrophic liquid. Simply put, it’s uterine milk that came from my body.
Giving this to her has no sexual meaning. Female sharks produce this "milk" inside their uteruses to nourish their young. I’m obviously not pregnant.
But my body doesn’t need pregnancy to produce it, since I’m not 100% shark and my body is different from a pure-blood’s. And since I’m only half, and the other half is monster like Mom Pandora, my body can do things others can’t.
It’s extremely embarrassing to give someone something so intimate. This liquid is thick, whitish, and nutritious, but it’s also kind of "gross" for someone to drink knowing what it is—after all, it comes from a very shameful place.
I shrink in my chair with a shame I never imagined I could feel. It’s even kind of humiliating, giving this deep part of myself to someone. But I love Lycoris enough to give it. Besides, getting it out of me was really hard.
What mermaids usually give is also a liquid similar to this, though with a different composition, but it comes from the same place. It’s a proof of real trust rather than being erotic. It’s kind of the ultimate romantic proof.
That’s why I didn’t even want to try to say what it is. I don’t want Lycoris to think I’m being perverted, or implying something sexually active with the gift. It’s literally a purely symbolic gift to show I trust her enough to give her my most shameful parts.
"Thank you... but we don’t need secrets!! I love you!!! And I want you to know everything about me!!!" She opens the vial and puts the whole thing in her mouth, drinking it as if it were the most delicious thing in the world. When I see her drinking it, tears of shame well up in my eyes.
’NOOOOOO!! WHY DID THIS IDIOT DRINK THAT HERE!! AHHHHHHH!!’ I want to scream. I feel like I’m going to faint from shame. I can’t believe she drank it in front of me. I didn’t want to see that. Nobody wants to see that!
"Oh... it’s tasty... But kind of strange... very nutritious, slightly oily and really thick with a nice creaminess. Even though it’s bitter. What was it? I don’t recognize the flavor!" she asks curiously. I get up from my chair, irritated.
"It doesn’t matter what it was. This meeting is over," I say, leaving the table. My tail is thrashing back and forth frenetically from the shame, even knocking things off nearby tables as I pass by.
"..." I reach the door and look back at her. She’s staring at my tail with a little smile. I leave, slamming the door so hard it’s ripped off its hinges as I walk away frustrated, with this humiliating shame.
’Dammit, dammit, dammit, why does she have to be so shameless? She could have waited until she wasn’t near me!!!’ I put my hand on my stomach. I feel so embarrassed by this that I feel like I want to kill something just to vent the frustration.
"Damn clueless little sister!!" I start climbing the structures, "hunting" for something—anything that looks delicious for me to eat. As long as it’s not someone important, I’m sure no one would care if one or two or ten demons go missing. Because I feel like if I don’t hunt something down and kill it violently, I’ll go crazy from the shame of having seen that.
She even had the nerve to describe the taste in front of me, as if I needed to know what it tasted like!! Ah, but I’ll get my revenge!! She’s going to have a terrible night tonight!!! Tomorrow, she won’t even be able to walk.