As soon as Elise and Nero's lips parted, they kissed again and again. Finally, after one last slow kiss, Elise rested her head on Nero's chest.

"Uhh…" Nero took a deep breath and placed his hands on Elise's shoulder to push her back and look at her face.

"I... want to ask you something," Nero stuttered.

"Go ahead."

"What is your… uh… last name?"

"Bannet. Elise Bannet," Elise replied.

"I see," Nero nodded while averting his gaze, and then asked, "And…do you know your mother's maiden name?"

Nero was behaving oddly.

"It's kind of hard to pronounce, but it was Ava—"

Nero interrupted Elise and asserted, "Is it Avamévouisteaul?"

"Yes, but how and why do you know that?" Elise asked with a puzzled and curious look on her face.

"Well, I was friends with someone with that last name," Nero replied reluctantly.

"Wait… my mother was your friend?" Elise looked even more confused now.

"No, your ancestor. But before I say anything more, let me confirm I am not mistaken here."

"Okay?" 

"Was your mother a magic-user?"

"No," Elise replied instantly.

"Alright. So Elise, what I am going to tell you might disturb you a little bit, but do you know why your or your mother or heck anyone with 'Avamévouisteaul' name can't use magic?" Nero asked with an inexplicable look on his face.

"Nope," Elise shook her head.

"I just thought we couldn't use it because… well.." Elise shrugged her shoulders and continued, "Because we can't use it."

"That's not the case. You see, the 'Avamévouisteaul' clan has a special type of blood in their body. So they are all born with the same power— to suck the mana out of one's body," Nero explained.

"Wait, you are telling me that I absorb mana from others?"

"Not only mana, heck you can even suck lifeforce if you want to. But you need to awaken your bloodline to do that. So, you don't have to worry about 'accidentally' killing anyone by hugging or touching them."

"This is my first time hearing about this." Elise was still wrapping her arms around Nero, but when Nero explained everything to her, she let him go.

"Was I… sucking your mana too?" she asked with a concerned look on her face.

"Yes, and after all those kissing. I suppose you actually drained half of my mana. But worry not, it has already been regenerated."

Nero moved his hand closer to Elise's face and touched her lips.

"It felt exhilarating when we kissed, you know? My mana was being drained so fast, and the pleasure of kiss— it was something new; something I…" Nero kissed Elise and continued, "Something I want to keep doing."

Elise pushed Nero back and shouted, "Why are you still touching me when I can absorb your mana?! It's dangerous."

"Not for me. My power is limitless, so don't worry about me," Nero replied as he stepped closer to Elise.

"But…" Elise shook her head and looked at Nero. "How do you know about my powers and my clan? And if I am truly absorbing your mana, then why can't I feel anything? Where is all that mana going?"

Elise was surprised enough, and it was a lot for her to take it at once. She just found out about her bloodline powers and how dangerous it was. She remembered why it was so easy for her to defeat anyone with powerful mana. She recalled how easily she could kill monsters and achieve a feat no one could ever achieve.

It was all thanks to her bloodline.

"You just drain the mana from one's body; you don't receive it. So it's like a… uhh… how do I explain. You can say it's like a medium." Nero couldn't think of a fitting example because he couldn't think straight.

His curse was acting up.

Kissing was already a trigger for his curse to activate. And after the pleasure of his mana getting drained, the pleasure doubled, and he was about to lose his control.

"Your ancestor was my friend. He was a very pessimistic person. He was always having negative thoughts and thinking of bad and sad stuff. He hated his bloodline and called it a curse because he couldn't even touch the girl he loved," Nero said with a distant smile as he recalled his old times.

"It must have been hard. Not being able to touch the person you love even though they are in front of you— It is sad, you know? I can feel how he must have felt," Elise nodded.

She could understand her ancestor's feelings because she was feeling the same right now. She was afraid to touch Nero.

"Yes, and I helped him. I found a way, and he was able to touch his girl," Nero stated.

"Oh? How?!" Elise asked curiously.

"I killed the girl."

Elise gasped and covered her mouth with a horrified look on her face.

"Oh, come on. That was obviously a joke," Nero scoffed.

Elise frowned her face and puffed her cheeks as she glared at Nero.

"I drank his blood— all of it. And… well, fed him a crystal made and filled with raw mana. So he no longer had that blood, and he regained his power and blood through the crystal," Nero explained.

"I don't understand."

"Of course, you don't. It's written all over your face. But, let me explain it in simple words."

"Someone with 'Avamévouisteaul' can't use magic, so to produce mana in his body, I first had to extract all his blood from his body. And by the time his blood started regenerating, his body had already inhabited magic. So the bloodline traits were exterminated," Nero explained in detail and hoped Elise would have understood because he couldn't explain it any simpler.

"I think I got it. The bloodline drains mana from others, but if the mana is in the bloodline itself, it won't work," Elise repeated.

"Yes," Nero nodded.

"So… can you do it to me too?" Elise asked with a hesitation in her voice— seemingly afraid of rejection.

"No." Nero rejected with a straight face.

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