Xu Jingming lowered his head and looked down.
He saw his teacher's usually aloof, unattainably beautiful face.
It was currently buried against him..., her cheeks slightly hollowed, her red lips stretched to their limit.
Frost Crown Dominator seemed to sense his gaze and looked up at him.
Her ice-blue eyes were misty.
The corners of her eyes carried a flush brought on by the cold, revealing a vulnerability and dependence she would never usually show.
"Jingming... it's not enough. I'm cold. I need more..."
"Gasp! Who could possibly withstand that?"
Vera, the little Succubus floating in midair, could not help drawing a sharp breath.
"True. I can't withstand it either."
Xu Jingming was panting heavily as well. He let out a low roar, and then...
Six hours later.
Inside the cave, the freezing mist slowly dispersed, leaving behind only a strange, tranquil warmth.
Xu Jingming lay flat on the ice.
At some point, the ice beneath him had become smooth and warm, no longer piercingly cold.
His chest rose and fell faintly, his breathing gradually steadying, though the muscles throughout his body remained taut.
As for Teacher Frost Crown...
She was curled up at his side, her long ice-blue hair spread out like seaweed.
Part of it was wrapped around his arm, while the rest draped across the ice.
That breathtaking, delicate body that had left Xu Jingming's mind reeling.
Now lay completely exposed to the air, yet it was no longer cold.
Her skin was lustrous and fair as jade, glowing with a gentle sheen beneath the ice crystals, as though she had been carved from the finest warm white jade.
Most heart-stirring of all was her sleeping face.
That exquisitely beautiful face, usually as cold as ice and as dignified as it was noble.
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