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Chapter 131: [R18] Paying A Debt In Flesh (1)

Chapter 131: [R18] Paying A Debt In Flesh (1)

Bathing in the moonlight, Zuri stood in front of Dora’s bed, wearing a sexy purple lace nightgown.Her naked body was almost visible under the see-through dress and her hair was better maintained than usual.

Dora stood up, troubled by this difficult situation, but what worried him the most was the young woman’s expression.

"... Zuri? What... are you doing here?" he asked hesitantly.

The girl in front of him scratched her chin lightly, a little embarrassed.

"H-Hi... Dora... So you were awake?"

She held her right arm, closing her eyes to gather her courage, and looked him straight in the eyes.

"Well, today will be my last night in your room for a while. Freya, Iris, everyone will have their turn, so I thought I would take advantage of this opportunity."

She turned around, fully showing her attractive features.

She used to be a little frail, slightly underweight, and her ashen skin seemed to be able to tear at the slightest gust of wind, but now it was a tall, firm body that shone under the confused eyes of Dora.

The young boy had previously confirmed that she had matured a lot, but what he couldn’t imagine was the difference that a simple piece of clothes could make.

Zuri noticed his gaze and looked away, blushing a little.

"So... you see... I’ve been training a lot with the dean... every day... see... when your body reaches a sort of limit and breakthrough... it evolves in response to the increase of energy."

She put one knee on the bed and removed the clothes on her shoulders.

"This evolution makes us aging quickly... So now I don’t have the body of a teenager anymore... Maybe this is why Elizabeth was so beautiful. Do you think I’ve become beautiful too?"

Dora, leaning back more and more against the back of the bed, was speechless.

Zuri, knees on the bed slowly leaned on him.

"You know... people have been saying a lot that I’m unrecognizable... I’ve never been proposed so many times... but each time made me suffer a lot... because it reminded me of the very first confession I received..."

She put her hand on Dora’s chest and caressed his cheek, then slowly reduced the distance between their lips.

"Wait..." Dora finally snapped.

Grabbing her shoulders, he pushed her slightly away.

He took a little time to think, looking away, then bit his lips.

"Zuri... You... You can’t do that... I am not the Dora you know... it really hurts me to tell you that... I know he cares about you, I know you’re very important to him... and this is why I can’t do that... I can’t steal a girl he treasures, I can’t... do what you want if I’m not even sure to be him ..."

He lowered his head, ashamed to face the girl he just rejected.

Both stayed silent for a little time, then when he dared look up, tears were flooding over the young girl.

She lowered her head, with a smile.

"So... You don’t see me as someone you treasure?"

"... This is not what I said... I... I... listen...please, I told you all already. I don’t know what I am. I have Dora’s memories, but I am not this Dora’s universe, I care about you, but if I am not the Dora you know, then how can I affirm it? I am an anomaly in this body... I don’t want to see you give yourself to a... a stranger."

He lowered his head again, but a warm hand caressed his cheek.

He raised his gaze again, meeting Zuri’s dead eyes.

"I understand... This is true... I shouldn’t do that... You are not Dora, so I can’t do anything with you."

"... sorry."

She gave a warm smile.

"It was so obvious... Dora would never apologize, even if he was wrong... so I’ll just talk with him directly."

"... I really would like to help you... but I don’t have any... uh?"

*CLANG*

The noise of chains hitting the floor startled him.

He lowered his gaze and noticed that his left wrist had been freed.

"... What the... What are you doing?!"

Zuri grabbed his other wrist and proceeded to take off the chain.

"Quiet, imposter, since you’re not Dora, I have no business with you."

Dora tried to take off her hand, but in this state, the girl’s strength surpassed him.

Desperate, he shouted at her.

"He will kill You!!! He will kill you if you do that, please!!!" But Zuri pushed her hand against his mouth to keep him quiet.

She turned the key and the chain opened, completely freeing the shaking boy.

"I don’t want to hear you anymore... don’t look so pitiful when you have this face."

"... Zuri.... please... PLEASE... Don’t do that."

She put her index finger on his forehead, with one last tear.

"Then, become Dora."

A flash of light illuminated the room and left the boy lying down.

Zuri remained on her knee, wiping her tears.

She knew what she had done and couldn’t care less anymore.

Head lowered, she was waiting to die, and thus, the angel of death crossed his arms.

"...."

"..."

".....?"

"... ugh..."

"..... soooo... you’re gonna stay silent? cat got your tongue?"

Zuri took a deep breath and raised her eyes to meet the yellow gems of the thing.

"... hello... Dora."

Dora tilted his head and sighed.

"Hey, you’re gonna die."

".... I know."

"...You know? And you’ve still done everything to set me free? You know I could just teleport somewhere in the kingdom and no one could get me this time? You’ve wasted everyone’s hard work."

"I know..."

"... hm.... I was prepared for many things but not for that... tell me, I told you that there was a Dora in me, why didn’t you just wait for a miracle? Why did you throw everything knowing that it would be for nothing?"

They looked at each other in the moonlight, Dora on his back and Zuri sitting on his thighs.

The girl looked at his face with melancholy then spoke with a broken voice.

"Waiting? For how long? How much more do I have to wait?"

She undressed her clothes, leaving her naked body in full exposure.

"Tell me how much more I should have waited... look at me... look at my body... do I look like I’ll be waiting forever? I’m aging... I’m aging so quickly... I’m scared. Scared of getting old... scared of becoming too old to walk with you... scared of dying before being with you..."

She grabbed his hand and put it on her left breast.

"That day, when I thought you died... my heart stopped. I’ve never felt such pain before... I could never feel it again. My world crumbled, I wanted to die, and I was ready to die... I... I had written a letter... I apologized to everyone... I was ready to do it... because a world without you is meaningless. But when the dean reappeared... I had hope, I was sure that you were somewhere... and then Agiel said that you survived..."

She leaned forward and rested her head on his chest.

"Nothing mattered anymore... I was ready to do anything to see you again. I trained a lot, I killed so many monsters... I saw my body change, but I didn’t care, because my only goal was to find you again."

She raised her upper body to have a better view of Dora’s face and caressed his cheek.

With another tear falling down, she put a gentle kiss on his lips.

"I love you... I love you so much... you are everything to me... if I’m alive now, it’s only because of you... I learned to cook, just to be a good wife to you, these outfits, this makeup, I did everything so that your heart will beat when you see me again... I love you, you are the one who made me feel important, your words, and those nicknames you gave me, I cherish them very much, and I remember them all... I love you, the way you threaten people based on their actions against me, you are not a knight, you are my angel... I love you... your bedtime stories, you never left me, you never got tired of me... you called me your treasure... I love you... my soul, my body... they are all yours."

She lay on top of him again, crying slightly.

"I don’t want to live in a world without you, so I’d rather die than hear that you’re not Dora... and I’d rather die by your hands."

They lay there without a word to each other.

With only the moonlight illuminating the room, Zuri closed her eyes, fully content.

In the end, she could confess her love to the Dora who was closest to the one she knew.

A familiar feeling made her open her eyes as Dora stroked her hair.

"My... I really didn’t expect many things today. You love Dora? To the point of condemning everyone because he’s no longer here? I don’t call that love but love. stupidity. However..."

He stood up and placed his index finger on Zuri’s chin to straighten her gaze.

"I don’t hate your determination... you’ve caught my eye, so... what if I give you what you want?"