Cheat Awakening-Chapter 640. Hidden Wounds

"Wake up, sweety pie..."

"Let me sleep a bit more, Aisha. It's still early. I'll do the training later," Myne muttered, waving his hand left and right, trying to grab his quilt to cover his face out of habit—but found nothing. Confused, he opened his eyes, only to find that instead of Aisha, someone else was standing before him with a meaningful smile on her face.

"And who could this Aisha be?" she asked, her hands behind her back, showing no trace of being injured.

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"She... F*ck, are you alright? I saw you falling from the sky, and... and... Aren't you injured?" Myne, about to answer her, suddenly realized who he was talking to. He jolted up and asked, only to notice that she didn't seem injured at all. Instead, she looked even more beautiful—like she had just come back from a parlor.

"Do I look like I'm injured? Last night, I just traveled a bit too far and got so tired that I wanted to sleep—and forget about you. Even when I spoke to you, I was half-asleep."

"Phew, that's a relief. I thought you were hurt. I spent half the night worrying about your situation, but it seems I was overthinking," Myne breathed a sigh of relief. Still, doubts lingered in his mind. He circled around Cetus, only after confirming twice that she was unharmed did he finally nod, satisfied.

"By the way, I'm sorry for breaking my promise and keeping you waiting for so long. It wasn't intentional. A certain btch hadn't been bothering me for quite some time, but because of Ocea and other divine beast matters, I couldn't free myself to settle the score with her until recently. At first, I thought it would be an easy matter and end quickly, but who would have thought that while I was busy with my work, that btch would hit the jackpot and become even more powerful?"

If not for the fact that she underestimated me, relied on my trump card, which caught her off guard, and was beaten to death, I might have suffered a great loss this time. As she said those words, Myne noticed the corner of Cetus's mouth twist, and she clenched her fist tightly for some reason, with unwillingness and anger clearly visible in her eyes. It was as if she was talking about her own situation instead of her enemy's.

"That's good. Since you're done with your revenge, shall we talk about our matter? Where do you think we should start our date from? I know quite a lot of good dating destinations. We can start with them and try to understand each other more deeply before getting to the final stage."

Since he hadn't noticed Cetus's miserable condition and thought she was completely fine because of her perfect camouflage, Myne didn't care about those minor things and went straight to the point.

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He had been waiting for this moment for three days and had almost memorized every move he wanted to make with Cetus. After all, it's not every day you can make your dig as deep as you want and have fun with someone's cave, which is almost bottomless by normal standards. Thankfully, he wasn't normal and had quite a lot of support to help him achieve his first divine beast knockoff accomplishment.

"Ahm, about our date… I think you'll have to wait for some more time," Cetus sighed as she looked at the dense wounds on her body, from which blood was gushing out crazily. Her burn marks were also covered with big and small blisters. Although her body was different from a normal human's and had a high healing speed, the process was still slow, and some things were inevitable.

"Although I'm more excited than you can even imagine, I just came back from a tough battle, and I have almost no energy to do anything now. Even maintaining this human form is currently draining the little energy I have left. If I run out of it as well, especially during our 'fun activity,' and return to my original form... I don't think I need to say what would happen, right?"

"What?!" Myne, who was now feeling like a cheated husband who, after coming home from a hard day, found his wife having fun with a younger man while screaming in pleasure and insulting him as useless, suddenly didn't know what to say. Although he was dying to say that he didn't mind, he then imagined himself at the peak of passion, only for his lover to suddenly vanish beneath him, replaced by a giant whale tearing through their small love nest. The thought of being buried alive under her massive form left him completely speechless.

"But, but… Sigh. And how long will it take you to recover to your peak?"

Finally, temporarily giving up on his achievement of having sex with a divine beast, Myne looked at Cetus's giant breasts under her thin, nearly transparent blue robe, especially her hard nipples, which seemed to be inviting him to remove the damn clothes covering them and take them in his mouth.

"Don't worry, it won't take long. At most a week, then we can play as much as we want."

Although Cetus wanted to spend more time with Myne, she could feel her blood draining at a very fast pace in her human form. Her head was already spinning, and she could hardly stand on her feet. If she continued staying with him, it was very likely that her white lie would be exposed.

"Alright, that's all for today. Now, since it's already morning, you should go back. Otherwise, your wives might find out about our little secret if you stay too long here. I'm afraid then I wouldn't be able to see you again," Cetus said, chuckling softly.

She gave Myne a quick kiss on his cheek and gently said goodbye before floating away through the passage above his head.

"Sigh, what a loss. I have to wait for another seven days… No, I can't go back empty-handed. Since I can't 'eat' her, I need to find someone else to vent my excessive energy on."

Thinking about it for a bit, a certain figure with the characteristics of a cow appeared in his mind—a figure carrying his first child in her stomach.

"It seems I've been neglecting Hanaha recently. It's time to make her happy," Myne muttered with a smile, opened a portal, and walked into it.

...

Bang!

"F*ck! Who broke into my house!? Damn it, Elder Sis Cetus, what happened to you?!"

In a place surrounded by raw, active volcanoes with rivers of lava flowing everywhere—giving the feeling of hell on Earth to anyone who saw it—there stood a large house made of special red stone. This house floated slowly in the middle of an active volcano filled with lava, releasing unrelenting heat. Yet, the house seemed impervious to the extreme temperature.

However, the house that could withstand such harsh conditions now had a small hole in its ceiling. Inside, a figure lay unconscious on the broken floor, while a two-meter-tall bird with flaming red feathers stood nearby. The bird, with a silly and naive look on his face, appeared on the verge of a panic attack as he stared at the injured intruder before him.

"Elder Sis, can you hear me? What happened to you?"

When Cetus, the divine beast of fire, gave no response, the bird—Phin—who looked remarkably like the mythical phoenix that represented the cycle of life, death, and rebirth, rushed to the kitchen. He rummaged through everything in a frenzy before hurrying back two minutes later with a bright red fruit in hand.

Phin quickly knelt beside Cetus, opened her mouth, and squeezed the fruit hard, letting its juice drip into her mouth.

The fruit, evidently of high quality, began to work instantly. As the juice entered Cetus' body, her charred wounds started to heal, visible to the naked eye. She regained partial consciousness, and Phin helped her consume the fruit completely, knowing its full effects could only manifest when eaten raw.

"Elder Sis, what happened? How did you get hurt so badly? And why is there so much chaotic fire energy in your body? Aren't you tasked with guarding the World Tree? Where could such powerful fire elements appear there? Even the elemental planes don't usually have such high-level, pure elemental particles!" Phin asked, worry evident in his voice as Cetus regained enough strength to stand.

Cetus hesitated for a moment, torn about whether to tell the truth to her unreliable younger brother. Phin was notorious for being unable to keep secrets. However, in the end, she decided to be honest. After all, if she wanted to recover quickly, she would need his help. Only a fool would lie to their healer about their condition.

"What?! How could you go there?!" Phin exclaimed, stepping back in shock. He lowered his voice nervously, as if afraid someone would overhear. "Didn't Mother forbid us from going there? If she finds out you went there despite her strict warnings, I'm afraid you won't see the sun for hundreds of years! This is no small matter, Elder Sis. She's very serious about anything involving that forbidden zone. We should stay far away from it!"

"That's why I need you to keep silent about this, Phin. For my sake, can you do that?" Cetus stepped forward, grabbing his wing as she looked up at him with a pitiful expression.

"You don't want your elder sister locked in a dark, tiny cell for hundreds of years, do you? Or for your dear niece to be left all alone, crying day and night just to catch a glimpse of her mother?"

Phin hesitated. He was well-known for his big mouth, and he wasn't confident he could keep such a secret. However, the thought of Ocea crying for her mother, unable to see her for who knows how long, swayed him. In the end, he reluctantly promised to keep quiet. To ensure he wouldn't accidentally slip up, they sealed the agreement with a soul-binding contract. If Phin even thought about revealing Cetus' secret, he would suffer excruciating pain throughout his entire body.

"Good. Now, help me get rid of these fire elements in my body. Because of them, I can't even heal myself properly." Seeing the contract dissolve into golden particles, Cetus nodded in satisfaction and gave her order.

"Alright. I'll get my tools. You go outside and return to your normal form," Phin sighed helplessly, knowing he was about to work overtime. He shuffled to his workshop beside his bedroom to prepare.

"Hopefully, this ends quickly, and I can fulfill my promise to Myne. I really can't wait to have some fun," Cetus muttered happily as she floated out through the hole in the ceiling she had made during her dramatic entrance.