Wizard World Irregular

Chapter 981: A Cold And Dreamless Sleep [Part 2]



"You've come," Nicole said as soon as Ethan landed a few meters away from her.

A frown appeared on the young man's face as he approached his best friend.

When he was only a meter away, the frown on his face deepened as his eyes further scrutinized the beautiful lady, who had found a spot in his heart during his first year in Brynhildr Academy.

"Who are you?" Ethan said coldly.

The smile on Nicole's face widened a bit as she walked closer to Ethan. Only when she was only a foot away from him did she stop.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

She then looked straight at his eyes, where sparks of anger were starting to stir.

Nicole then felt the stirring of consciousness inside the Ice Coffin, but this stir lasted only for

a few seconds before dying down and once again going back into a peaceful slumber.

"Have you forgotten who your best friend is?" Nicole asked in a teasing tone.

"I haven't forgotten her," Ethan answered icily. "You're not her. Where is she?"

The smile on Nicole's face disappeared, and her expression changed to that one of aloofness as if she was someone that stood from on top of the world.

"She's gone," Nicole answered. "And it's all thanks to you. The moment you took her magic away was the moment her resistance also fell."

The young lady then moved her hand to caress Nicole's abdomen before making her hand go up to caress her chest, her neck, and her face.

"Everything she has, I now possess," Nicole stated. "But don't worry. Even in her last moments, she held you dearly in her heart."

As if to make a point, Nicole held Ethan's hand, and placed it directly on her chest, in the location where her heart was supposed to be.

Ethan's eyes widened in shock when his hand touched the young lady's chest.

It was not because he felt how soft it was.

No.

Something that was supposed to be there wasn't there anymore.

Ethan pulled back his hand, and pressed his ear directly on her chest.

Finding his actions quite amusing, Nicole wrapped her hands on the back of Ethan's head, and pulled him closer toward her so that he would be able to better hear the thing that he was looking for.

But no matter how much he tried, only silence greeted him.

Ethan then pulled back and glared at the young lady, grabbing her robes and pulling her close to him.

Their faces were only an inch away from each other as his gaze bore down on the cold beauty, who held his gaze with an amused expression on her face.

"What have you done?!" Ethan asked.

He was holding himself back because he didn't want to do something that he might regret later on.

Until he fully understood what was happening, he dared not harm Nicole's body and force whoever it was possessing her back to where she came from.

"Why are you getting angry?" Nicole asked. "I just froze her heart. That's why it's no longer beating."

"Who are you?!" Ethan growled. "Where is Nicole?"

"Asleep," Nicole answered. "As for who I am, you may call me Baradiel."

Sebastian, who was inside Ethan's Sea of Consciousness, gasped when he heard the name.

'Ethan, be careful,' Sebastian cautioned. 'Baradiel is a fallen Progenitor of Ice and can also be considered a Primordial Existence. She once covered this world in an icy storm, exterminating countless lives tens of thousands of years ago.

'However, she vanished from the pages of history. Many believed that she died during the great war of the Progenitors. If she really is Baradiel, then she is a full counter to your abilities.'

Ethan listened to Sebastian's explanation, but he still didn't let go of the lady in his arms, who was looking at him with contempt.

Several minutes passed as the two stared at each other. One was glaring in anger, and the other returned the look with contempt.

It was as if she was challenging Ethan to hurt her or force her to return Nicole's consciousness to her body.

In the end, the one who broke the iceberg was none other than Baradiel herself.

"Have you gone deaf?" Baradiel asked. "Do you wish to defeat me in a staring contest? If yes, then I will let you win. Treat it as my compensation for taking over your best friend's body.' A smirk then appeared on the young lady's face as she thought of something funny. "Too bad, you didn't take the opportunity to let Nicole feel what it was like to be a woman before she disappeared from this world," Baradiel said softly. "But if you man up, I might let you embrace her one last time so that she can disappear without any regrets.

"But if you do that, the other Progenitors will sense your presence. Are you prepared to be hunted down just for the sake of a... what do you humans call that term? Ah yes. They call it a one night stand.

"If you are brave enough, then I can let the two of you have one last night together. What do you say? Are you interested?"

Ethan didn't say anything, and simply stared at the Progenitor who had taken over his best friend's body.

The young man knew that shouting or even attacking Baradiel wouldn't bring Nicole back to

him.

This was why he forced himself to calm down and simply stared at Baradiel as if looking for a way to let Nicole's consciousness take control of her body once again.

A sigh then escaped Baradiel's lips before she pried Ethan's hands away from her robes.

"What a boring child you are," Baradiel said. "Have you become numb after learning that your best friend's body has been taken over by someone else? Or maybe the stimulation isn't

enough."

Baradiel then pondered a bit before clapping her hands, looking like she had thought of something interesting.

"Right, I'm sure that you already know that your wife, Lily, is pregnant, right?" Baradiel inquired. "But do you know how she got pregnant? As a freebie for trying to look for Nicole, I don't mind sharing this information with you.

"You see, there is this Progenitor of Magic who holds grudges. Since you offended her, she decided to play a prank on you. She made Lily immune to anything that would prevent her

from conceiving your child.

"That is how she ended up pregnant. Truth be told, that Progenitor of Magic was very

tempted to do the same to your other lovers, which would have definitely shocked you silly. Unfortunately, she didn't go ahead with it.

"It would have been funny if your lovers got pregnant one after the other. Too bad, I wasn't able to see something as interesting as that."

Ethan, who finally discovered how Lily got pregnant, couldn't help but curse the Progenitor of Magic, Lady Hecate, in his heart.

However, he had already come to terms with it.

But when Baradiel mentioned that Lady Hecate had initially planned to make his other lovers immune to the effect of contraception magic, his face almost turned pale from shock.

Seeing his reaction, a chuckle escaped Baradiel's lips.

She wondered what kind of reaction Ethan would have when he finally discovered that his best friend was no longer his best friend.

At the start, she planned to act as if she was still Nicole. Unfortunately, Ethan was able to discover that she wasn't the real one right away, ruining her plans.

Because of this, she felt a little spiteful, so she decided to spill the beans about Lily's

pregnancy.

This time, she got the reaction she was looking for, which made her laugh, something she hadn't had the leisure of doing for the past thousands of years.