Chapter 25 - 24:I Miss Them!

A/N: prologue has been updated, the original one has been reuploaded, anybody confused about certain events can recheck the prologue..

Now let’s dive in..

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"Ughhh"....

I woke up groaning. A nasty headache splitting my skull..

"Well that’s the last time I try to carry the weight of an entire dungeon’s atmosphere." I chuckled..

"Yea, probably not"..

My eyes had adjusted already, and I couldn’t even recognize where I was, although I really couldn’t be bothered to care..

My mind was still foggy over how things ended, I remember seeing some notifications about dungeon destabilization?

Before I could take any actions..

Creak~~

The door opened up..

"Huh?.." I froze, my brain doing backflips within my skull.

"Aunt V?" I stuttered...

"Dante!!!!"

Before I could make heads or tails of what was happening, I’d been enveloped in unparalleled softness..

Her fragrance engulfing me completely..

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Sniff...sniff..

You’re fine...you’re fine..bless the gods"..

Her shoulders were trembling, I could feel her tears falling on my head...

"Sigh..."

I sighed...

"It’s alright aunt v, it’ll take a lot more than a measly mutated demon to take me from you.."

My arms found their way around her lithe waist, pulling her closer to me...

"After all, I still haven’t made you mine"

the last part I muttered to myself just content in being able to return to her warm embrace...

We stayed like that a few more minutes before separating..

She wrapped her arms around my neck, my hands still resting on her hips, palms finding the swell of her voluptuous ass barely contained in her towel..

"Aunt v, won’t you wear something else? You’re just going to get me in trouble looking like that" I said bitterly, looking at her form wrapped in a towel that was doing a miserable job of keeping her assets contained..

"Humph..you almost died and you’re already hitting on me? Do you know how scared I was? D, I...no...we thought we’d lost you" her eyes teared up again..

"It’s fine aunt v, aren’t I here? Healthy and strong? No need to cry!!". I panicked slightly. Not used to my aunt v’s crying expression..

I could see the worry and fear in her eyes and it made something twist within me..

Gratitude for having such a loving woman in my life..

Blistering rage towards the demon that dared make her worry...

I hugged her, firmer, tighter. Her soft body melting within my embrace, her head on my chest as we just stayed in the moment, letting our warmth bleed away the fears and uncertainty...

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"So, D, how’d you end up fighting a demon noble within what was supposed to be an E-rank dungeon" aunt v asked..

We were currently within the dining room of her mansion, unfortunately nothing else had happened upstairs..

But I could feel it, our relationship might have just taken that step I’d needed, though I’m not about to start rushing anything..

"I have no idea aunt v.."

I answered, stuffing my face with the spread of delicious meals before me..

"I thought it was just a normal mutated dungeon, then I saw it and all reasoning went out the window" saying so I slowed my eating, my expression forlorn, sadness creeping up my face...

"I’m sorry D, I know it must have been hard" her hand found mine, squeezing softly..

"I miss them aunt v. Mom. Dad. I miss them. That night still haunts me even in my dreams, seeing that demon just pulled out bandages that already had a hard time staying on" I said quietly.

I couldn’t lie to myself, now that the rage and anger had cooled, all that was left was ,

pain, hurt, sadness..

That demon brough back memories I would’ve rather left behind..

My parent’s sacrifice that night..

After being cornered by those filthy demons and their accomplices, all to save 5 year old me.....

Drip....

My mother’s smile...

Drip....

My father’s determined expression, his unyielding nature..

I couldn’t even bring myself to hate the man for leaving a kid like me behind, they were at the brink, it was either escape with me, or make sure the assailants stay permanently..

Drip...Drip.....

"D.."

"I miss them, aunt v, I miss them so much it hurts..." the tears came unbidden..

I hadn’t shed a tear for over 13 years, but this incident had pulled at old scars...

"I know.. D, I know.. I’m right here, let it all out..."

Her hug was tender. Soft. Caring. An Anchor.

It was in moments like these that I realize just how blessed I truly was..

She was my shining light when all I saw was darkness.

Without her, I wouldn’t even know what would’ve become of me or my quest for revenge.

And right here, right now, I was utterly glad to have her share my burdens.

"I love you aunt v.." I couldn’t help it.

Moments like these always left me vulnerable and exposed...

I couldn’t hold back from letting what I felt be out in the open, regardless if she understood what I meant or not..

"I love you too. D. More than you’ll ever know"..

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"Alright... I guess it’s back to business"..

After getting off my chest what needed venting, aunt v excused herself to deal with some "inconvenience" she’d called them, although not before handing me something unexpected..

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I was currently staring at the body of the demon I’d defeated. Or at least what was left of it..

I didn’t care to know what a demon noble was doing hiding within an E-rank dungeon..

I didn’t care to know why a demon was even within human territory to begin with..

Those worries I could careless about..

Right now, all that was on my mind was how to make whatever this demon had mine, and luckily enough for me, I was designed for exactly just that..

Now one would ask, with my hatred for demons so deep, why would I bother gaining anything from them.

Well on the road to power, there’s no such thing as an evil power or good power, power is power, and if a demon’s power is required to fulfill my desires? Then so be it.....

But before any of that..

"System, bring up my notification logs"

[DING]

[You have slain <VARETH KAL URG>.....]..

"Time to see just what a noble demon is worth"...

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A/N: gotta say, not my best work. Will probably be due for a heavy revision later..

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