Supreme Magus - Chapter 766

Chapter 766: 766
Except for Manohar, of course . The Mad Professor would probably just look at those revelations as a means for his research . He was beyond morality, if not even beyond sanity .

"So you brought me here to show me the life you've saved, to not make me angry when I discovered why you're going to leave me?" Kamila pushed him away, her eyes watery and her voice hurt .

"Leaving you?" Lith asked .

"Well, if you're going to die, you can't waste your time with me . I'm older than you, I've yet to build my career and make a name for myself . I know that I'm just…"

"No, you got it all wrong . " Lith gently shut her up, placing his forefinger on Kamila's lips to get the opportunity to explain .

"I brought you here because I don't want you to waste your time with me without knowing that if my line of work doesn't kill me, my past could at any moment . Because I wanted to be honest with you before moving forward with our relationship, otherwise all we might build together would have lies and omissions as foundations .

"Due to the exchange of life forces, Protector knows almost everything about me, yet he accepted me nonetheless . It makes him one of the very few people I've been completely honest with, and I think you deserve to know the truth as well . "

Lith told her about his first tribulation in Kandria, how things had started to change, both inside and outside of himself, and how those changes had become deeper over time .

"So, not only do you have a crippled life force, but you're also… . Inhuman?" She asked, pacing in circles, trying to match the speed with which Mogar was spinning around her head .

"Some say a Dragon, others a demon, but they all agree on the term hybrid . " Lith nodded, without trying to get close to her .

"Show me . " She stopped abruptly, facing Lith with her hands clenched so hard that her nails pierced her skin, making Kamila bleed .

"Are you sure? It's kind of unsettling…"

"Just do it . " She cut him short, hoping that his story was just a convoluted, sadistic way to break up with her . Yet it was all true . Just like Protector's, Lith's shapeshifting was so fluid that one blink was enough to miss it .

Selia almost yelped from the shadows in surprise and only Protector's hand silenced her, leaving Kamila's illusion of being alone intact .

Kamila looked at the black scales, whose tips were reddened by the inner fire burning within . She noticed the razor-sharp claws that had replaced Lith's nails, the short tail full of bone spikes coming out from his spine, as well as the black wings on his back .

They were different from those he had created a few days before to defend her . They were twisted and unnatural, like the hands of a giant clutching him . Then, she looked up, way higher than she normally had to meet his eyes .

Lith had apparently no mouth nor nose, with just two small curved horns on his forehead and three eyes searching for her gaze . Just like Protector's, Lith's eyes hadn't changed, they were the same as before .




Honest, worried, and full of that pain that so rarely left them alone, making his gaze sad or cruel most of the time .

Kamila took several deep breaths until Mogar stopped playing tricks on her . Only then did she manage to open her hands, touching Lith's claws first and then his scaly neck .

She expected it to be cold and rough, maybe even sharp . Yet his body was warm and soft under her touch, the scales twitching as if that contact gave Lith goosebumps, either out of pleasure or fear .

Kamila felt a little itch on her hands, where the nail marks were quickly healing without leaving any trace of their existence . She instinctively flinched, as if she had just got hurt instead of being treated .

"Oh, gods!" Kamila yelled at the night sky while kneeling on the grass and holding her head .

"Don't worry . I understand this is hard to accept . " Lith's voice was different, sounding like a howl coming from an abyss that somehow had learned how to speak . "I also brought you here so that Protector can get you back home without having to see me ever again . I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt you . I…"

"You're hot, you know?" Kamila cut him short, making Lith aware that his inner turmoil had turned most of his scales into a white-hot color and that they were now steaming in the chilly spring night .



"Yes, I do . The scales actually contain the fire within this body . I've got no bodily fluids in this form . " Lith explained .

"No, I mean it . You're hot . " Kamila stood on her tip-toes just to drag the collar of his shirt low enough to manage to put her arms around his neck .

"It seems that Selia's not alone, I'm a pervert as well . " She said while stamping a kiss on the layers of scales that hid his mouth unless he willingly retracted them .

"What?" Lith's knees suddenly buckled and hit the ground, incapable of standing Mogar's break-neck rotation speed anymore .

"That's why I was yelling before . Knowing that you're a pervert is one thing, but admitting it to yourself is hard . " She kissed him again, looking Lith in the eyes now that the height difference was gone .

Outside he might be someone else, but the man inside that hardened shell hadn't changed one bit . He was still full of worry, pain, and scars, but he had been nothing but kind to her .

He had fought for her, for her family, never asking anything in return . Lith had protected her from humans, monsters, and everything in between them, but what made him most precious to her was that he had never taken her for granted .

Suddenly, her mind went back to their second date, when after singing that song for her, Lith had revealed Kamila the trick behind his masterful performance .



That night, he had told her that he wanted to impress her for who he was rather than pretend to be someone else . He had told her that he wasn't willing to build their relationship on a lie and he had been true to his word .

Lith had risked so much by sharing with her the truth about Protector and about himself, yet he had done it anyway . He had done it for her, with no strings attached .

Lith's hybrid form started to fall apart in patches, slowly reverting him into his human body and bringing him so low that Kamila had to kneel to not lose eye contact .

"It will take you more than a few scales and bad breath to get rid of me, Lith Verhen . " Even though the scale mask had remained closed the entire time, the pungent stench of brimstone was still in the air .

Kamila held him tight and soon Lith returned her embrace . He clung to her as if she was a lifeboat in the eternal storm that his life was, still incapable of finding his balance or even to believe his own ears .

"Are you sure? Wouldn't it better for you to find someone normal? Someone who can offer you a boring, peaceful life?" Lith asked while listening to the steady rhythm of Kamila's heart .

She wasn't afraid of him nor was she lying . All of her body gave off a feeling of tenderness and affection .

"I'm more than sure . " Kamila said before kissing him with the same passion they shared the first night they spent together .