BXBX NOVEL Chapter 214
It Looks like Athena was considering Desmond’s question for no more than three seconds before flapping her wings and with disconcerting speed, she appear right in front of Desmond again.
But instead of throwing herself at him again, Athena just watched him closely with curiosity, she seemed to lose herself for a moment as she looked into Desmond’s eyes before getting a little closer putting her face right next to Desmond’s face, and sniffing like a puppy.
Given her animal behavior, there wasn’t much that Desmond could do but wait for the girl to finish whatever she was doing.
Soon Athena withdrew for just a moment while her eyes were still fixed on Desmond, with her cute little face moving at every moment, Desmond had to admit that this gesture, although similar to birds in general; when it was Athena who did it she seemed infinitely adorable.
Ignoring Desmond’s face of fascination, Athena placed her hands on Desmond’s chest and then placed her pretty face on the center of Desmond’s chest and waited ... and waited ... and waited.
And then as if she had found the answer to a difficult question Athena jumped up happily and hugged Desmond again and said, “I don’t know.”
To which, for the second time in this conversation, Desmond and Kyuru responded with a, “Huh?”
“You are strong, you took good care of that human baby, Athena thinks you are a suitable male for her, also your eyes look like gems ... Athena likes gems, they are shiny ... oh, oh, and you smell very good” exclaimed the harpy with an enthusiastic voice.
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The problem was that leaving aside the childish way in which Athena described her liking for Desmond, as she advanced in her explanation the blush began to return to her cheeks and her breathing began to become more difficult.
It was obvious that the hormones were taking over her behavior again and what Kyuru had done to calm her was proving ineffective, that strong were the reproductive instincts of the little harpy that had entered her first mating season.
Luckily Desmond was not caught off guard this time around so when the harpy tried to jump on him again, he was quick enough to stop her, for another misfortune aside hold her still there wasn’t much that Desmond could do without hurting her.
Desmond tried to ask Kyuru for help, but the fairy only shrugged helplessly, apparently the harpy’s biological impulses weren’t something the fairy could control.
Out of ideas and with a harpy eager to reproduce, Desmond began to question the meaning of life when a soft, slightly damp sensation struck his lips briefly.
Seemingly unable to contain her urges, Athena took advantage of her closeness to Desmond and, guiding purely on instinct, she kissed him. Desmond was barely trying to process the first kiss when Athena seemingly encouraged by her previous success continued to kiss him.
And like a little girl playing that she is a wife, Athena kept kissing Desmond, the kisses were tender, brief, and more similar to a peck than a real kiss.
Her poor display of skill was so innocent that both Desmond and Kyuru couldn’t help but think how adorable this harpy was, as uncontrollable as Athena was at least she was adorable; was what they both thought.
And in what can only be described as the greatest display of mind over body, the dangerous glint in Athena’s eyes faded almost completely as the harpy gave a satisfied sigh and said:
“PUAF! Now Athena is an adult, I wonder when I will have the babies? ”
Of course, such a statement surprised both Desmond and Kyuru, but more than his statement it was the attitude of the harpy that surprised the duo, as it was obvious that the harpy had no idea at all of how babies were made. On the other hand, she got from somewhere the idea that she only needed to kiss Desmond for it.
The most ridiculous thing was that after believing so naively and genuinely that she had succeeded, the harpy’s biological urges had ceased as if they also believed that they had been satisfied and although they could not be sure, Desmond and Kyuru believed that Athena had to be the first harpy in history is to end its mating season with a kiss ... otherwise its species would become extinct.
“Are you satisfied?” Desmond asked in a tired voice.
Athena seemed to think to herself for a moment and after another MUACK! The girl stepped back touching her lips with her fingers and said with a smile: “Kurururu, Athena likes your lips, they feel warm, Athena is happy that she is no longer alone”
Athena’s words caught Desmond’s attention so he said, “Are you alone? Why?”
“Athena has a mission, the wolves gave Athena a mission ... but Athena doesn’t remember what the mission is ... she’s supposed to watch ... watch ...” Athena replied lost in thought and as if she lost track of what she was trying to remember she just looked at Desmond again.
“I don’t remember, but you were there, you killed those lizards and then you fought with the soldiers, you were strong ... then I followed you ... then I saw Kyuru and I thought they were a good person because you liked the butterfly girl and how I forgot what I had to do I decided to stay and see you ”
Needless to say, Desmond was quite speechless by Athena’s explanation but as simple and incomplete as it seemed; Desmond still managed to discover a couple of important things about it, and to be honest, he was not at all happy about what he had discovered.
Wanting to find out how much he could, Desmond couldn’t help but say: “Athena, you said that the wolves gave you a mission, was it the wolves who ordered the attack on the city?”
To which Athena replied absentmindedly: “Wolves are strong, the strongest in the mountains, they give the orders... but Athena remember that wolves work for someone else... Athena doesn’t know anymore... Athena is just an owl... owls are weak but good for watching... that’s why they send Athena ... but Athena doesn’t remember that she’s supposed to watch ... that’s why Athena watches over you ”
Analyzing what the harpy had said Desmond had a good notion of what was happening and of the role that Athena was supposed to play, in simple terms, she was in charge of observing the battle, its process, and conclusion to report the results to the Wolves.
Originally Desmond had the feeling that the series of attacks that took place a few months ago was only the first wave, the beasts testing their defenses, and Athena’s words confirmed it.
But they also confirmed something else ... this harpy was his enemy ... a threat ... a threat, with that idea in mind Desmond’s eyes, quickly grew cold and intense aggression began to form within him.
Feeling Desmond’s intense gaze, the harpy’s animal instincts reacted immediately but contrary to expectations under Desmond’s gaze, Athena just blushed and placing her hands on her flushed cheeks said:
“Kurururu, don’t look at me like that, Athena just became an adult ... but if you insist ... Athena will let me touch her more.”
And with that kind of response, there was no way that Desmond would really continue to consider this stupid harpy as a threat, it was just ridiculous how Athena thought Desmond’s murderous look was his wanting to kiss her again, but Desmond believed she was better that way... for some reason Desmond believed that having to murder this wayward harpy would be a shame.