Lackey's Seducing Survival Odyssey

Aether, a bit confused, bent down and picked it up. Nothing unusual happened.

Dora placed the mask down again, but this time, she flicked her fingers—

Snap!

Something snapped in the air once more.

”Now, pick it up again,” Dora said, her voice laced with amusement.

Aether frowned slightly but complied, reaching down to grab the mask

Trrr!

A small tremor suddenly ran through the ground, shifting the mask just out of his reach.

”The fuck…?” Aether muttered, narrowing his eyes. He reached for it again, but before his fingers could touch it—

Whoooosh!

A sudden gust of wind appeared out of nowhere, pushing the mask slightly away from him!

”….” Aether blinked in disbelief and turned to Dora, who was watching him with an all-too-satisfied expression. She gestured at him with a smug smirk, as if saying, ’Go on, try again.’

Aether’s lips twitched in irritation. Fine. If the damn mask wanted to play hard to get, then he would just use his power to grab it!

But the moment he did—

”What the fuck?! Why is there a monkey here?!!” Aether shouted in horror as a monkey—where the hell had it even come from?!—suddenly appeared out of nowhere and grabbed the mask, holding it in its tiny hands as it belonged to him!

Dora laughed. ”It’s not just about changing its Fate, Aether… It’s also about linking it to others.”

Aether glared at her... Dora only smirked and waved her hand again, silently saying, ’Go on, keep trying.’

’That’s it!’ Aether was about to get serious when—

Thud!

”What’s a monkey doing here?”

A new voice interrupted them, and before Aether could react, Emberlyn appeared out of nowhere and swiftly knocked the monkey out. She picked up the mask and, with a deep bow, said, ”Apologies for the interruption, Your Majesty. I saw your mask crack during your grand sacrifice, so I came here to repair it…”

She lowered her head even further in respect and quickly added, ”I am truly sorry for disturbing you. I will be on my way now!”

Then, without waiting for a response, she turned and hurried off, practically moving like a terrified rabbit!

Aether blinked, his gaze shifting to Dora, who smirked smugly and said, ”Told you. I knew you’d struggle.”

Still, Aether wasn’t entirely convinced. He crossed his arms and scoffed, ”It’s not like it disappeared into thin air or anything… I’ll get it eventually. Just give me some time.”

”Haha… We’ll see about that,” Dora chuckled mysteriously before waving it off. ”Anyway, you get the gist of it now, right?”

Aether nodded as he exhaled. ”So, you severed the Fate between Master Snape and his soul, making sure it could never return to this world, no matter what?”

Dora’s expression turned serious as she considered his words. ”Hmm… Not exactly, but yeah, close enough. That’s the essence of it,” she admitted, her tone firm. She folded her arms and spoke with absolute certainty, ”That’s why I believe that person has to be someone else. There is just no possible way Master Snape could be reborn… unless he had the power of the gods, those who can literally rewrite Fate itself.”

Her words carried a heavy weight, her deadly serious tone leaving no room for doubt.

’Hmm… Then why was he so possessive over Luna? That doesn’t add up at all,’ Aether thought to himself, running through the possibility that another soul might have taken over the vessel and trying to use the memories.

Dora seemed to pick up on his hesitation and stated firmly, ”That’s not possible. I didn’t just sever his soul—I cut off all connections, everything tying it to that body, ensuring that no other soul could ever enter it again. It was a complete severance, no loopholes, no second chances.” She spoke as if it were an undeniable truth.

Aether sighed, rubbing the back of his neck as he processed her words. ”Well, whatever… We’ll find out soon enough,” he muttered, rolling his shoulders. There was no point in overthinking it. Whoever this person was… they were his enemy, and that was all that mattered.

Dora studied his face before speaking again, this time in a softer, almost hesitant tone. ”Next time you go… why don’t you call me?”

Aether could tell she wasn’t just asking—she was furious, beyond furious, at whoever was daring to use her Master’s name so shamelessly.

He chuckled awkwardly, not wanting to make any promises. ”We’ll talk about that later…”

Dora hummed, clearly displeased with his response, but she let it go—for now. Just as she was about to turn away and leave—

”Be careful around Alaric.”