Frontier’s Redemption: The Unexpected Rise of a Villain

Clarice's POV

March 22 Year 853. The evening passed and Clarice who couldn't sleep noticed that Luke's fever started rising again in his legs. She thought the fever was rising again and checked his forehead. She then realized she was both partially correct and partially wrong. The fever was rising again but not equally. The fever seemed particularly mild in places where she injected her energy. She thought for a minute. Should she undress Luke a little and inject energy from cores in his stomach and back? and hands? Just the thought of it made her blush furiously. Lucky for her nobody was present to take notice. That might do but she soon realised that it might not be sufficient. She started thinking again. Should she wake up every few hours and inject energy? What if someone attacks them tomorrow during the travel like today? She shouldn't risk it. The best thing to do was to heal him fully now no matter how long it took.

If she had to do that she would need to continuously inject energy into Luke at a steady pace. In order to ensure Luke gets up in a position where he is capable of healing himself, she had to inject energy across multiple sections of his body at the same time. Then it suddenly struck her as she started blushing even more profusely. 'No. This is needed for Luke to recover. I'm doing this for Luke's health nothing else. She soon started stripping Luke till he was wearing only his innerwear and soon she followed suit by removing her night robe until she too was wearing her inner garments. This way she could get a lot more skin contact and try to heal him faster as she targeted multiple sections of his body at once. She then got into the bed and hugged his back while placing one hand on his forehead and another on his stomach. She then used her two arms legs and her skin as she slowly fed in energy to Luke at a steady pace. The clock kept ticking and soon, it was nighttime. The fever had drastically reduced and Luke looked like he could wake up maybe in an hour or so she assumed. But what happened next was completely unexpected.

Generally, we as humans dream the part of our thoughts that we suppress during the daytime so as to not to give in to desires. It was no different for the inhabitants of this world. Luke had suppressed his physical desires for over two years as he tried to be supportive to Vivienne and kept his distance from her as much as he could. Now on top of all of this core energy being injected in a small amount into someone makes them feel emotional warmth. Add two plus two and what awaited Clarice was a shock she was not ready for.

Not too long after that Luke started wriggling. At first, she thought he was waking up but soon realized that he was doing it subconsciously. Luke had initially started wriggling but it wasn't long before he turned around and started hugging Clarice. Clarice was initially shocked but since she knew that Luke was doing it subconsciously she paid no heed to it. But Luke did not stop there. He started wriggling again and soon his hands too. Luke's hand that was at her back was no problem but the other one... Luke had grabbed onto something soft that was covered with a layer of cloth. Clarice didn't expect this and was shocked for a moment. But Luke's subconscious didn't wait for her. He soon started squeezing the soft cloth which soon caused Clarice to go into panic mode as she tried waking him up. But her efforts yielded another unexpected result. As she was shaking him the hand which he held on to her back due to the shaking unhooked her garment. But it also gave Clarice the much-needed opportunity to force him to release his hands from her soft mounds. But Luke's subconscious wouldn't have it. He took a consolation prize, which left her top half naked.

Clarice noticed that Luke was still unconscious. She then quickly got up and put on another undergarment and her robes as well. Considering all the heinous acts Luke committed so far while being subconscious he should surely have enough energy to wake up now. Having decided that Clarice started injecting energy again focusing on his forehead. As soon as his eyes started twitching she used the opportunity to wake him up.

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Luke's POV

Luke had started pondering where he went as he got back on his carriage. First, it was Vivienne and now it was the bandits. Two for two he made wrong choices that had serious consequences. He needed to stabilize his mind to ensure he didn't make the same mistakes again. He had thought seriously about what Clarice had told him. He needed power. But power alone was not enough. He needed to be constantly vigilant. Not everyone thinks the way he does and not everyone behaves how he wants them to. He had made serious miscalculations with regard to Vivienne. He had sworn to himself that he wouldn't commit such mistakes out of emotions and yet he did it again. He had to seriously re-evaluate how he makes decisions. Luckily Clarice was by his side at least for some time and he had to use this opportunity to learn as much as he could from her. It was around this point that he noticed that his body was aching but he decided to write it off as lack of sleep. He could barely sleep last night and it was not a surprise that he was feeling this way or so he thought.

Not too long after the bandit attack they arrived at a small town. Luke who thought he was feeling tired asked Clarice to handle the carriage issues as he laid down on the bed. That was all he remembered from the day. He had a vivid dream of hugging someone and making a physical move on them subconsciously. But he was too tired to stop his subconscious and just continued dreaming. Soon he started feeling a familiar warmth. It was the same warmth one would feel if they were absorbing energy from a core. Soon he felt like someone was trying to wake him up. He slowly opened his eyes to Clarice who's face was very red. The reason for the red face was both anger and embarrassment. But Luke didn't know that. He knew he had done goofed up something but at this point, he was too afraid to ask. His instincts told him that he had to start with a sorry even though he didn't know what he was apologizing for else he had to prepare for a world of pain.

"I'm sorry Clarice" Luke started to which Clarice replied angrily," You'd better be. Once again fail to take care of yourself. But that's not the only thing that you did." turning her eyes away from him and towards his hands.

Luke didn't know what she was talking about but soon felt some comfortable cotton cloth in his hand. Not knowing what it was, he started examining with his hands what this cloth might be before looking down. A shiver ran down his spine. He was holding onto a bra. And to add to that, he himself was in his inner garments? What happened? But more importantly, he once again realized he had done goofed up. He should have directly looked at the cloth instead of trying to get a feel for what the cloth might be. Afraid for his life, Luke slowly turned his head, and soon, Bonk! Bonk! After being hit in the head twice Clarice snatched what was hers back from him as she put it away with the rest of her clothes that needed washing.

Clarice then tossed a core to Luke and added, "I had enough of nursing you for one day. You can heal your fever from hereon". Soon after which she laid down on the bed and went to sleep. It was then that Luke understood what happened. Clarice had gone out of her way to nurse him back to health. Two days and three big goof up that shouldn't have happened. Looks Like he had more to ponder as he used the core to become healthy again. Soon after which he too went back to sleep.