God Of Crafting

Chapter 80: The likely reason behind the kidnapping attempt

"Would you?" I asked as we parted our lips, only to raise and slide my hand up Claire's side, track the curvature of her waist turning into her chest, over her armpit, and across her neck, all the way to the point where my hand laid down on her cheek.

But I wasn't done there.

Moving my hand just a little bit higher, I locked Claire's bottom lip between my thumb and the side of my forefinger, pulling it down as if to open her mouth for another kiss.

Claire's hands moved up and rested down on my chest as she obediently followed my guidance, allowing me to pull her mouth open... and thus rendering herself unable to voice her answer.

Instead, she pushed the top of her head down, wrapping her upper lip down against my finger only to then look up, giving me a perfect look at her upturned eyes.

'This cannot mean anything but yes,' I thought as I felt her tongue start to lick all over my fingers all the while she maintained eye eye-contact between the two of us.

Which only made it harder for me to follow through with the next step.

"Well, that's good to know, but this time I will have to refuse."

I first relaxed my fingers to let Claire's bottom lip slip out, before sliding my forefinger out of her mouth and then dropping my hand down to my own hips just fast enough to escape with it before Claire could catch it with her mouth again.

"Huh?"

The shock on Claire's face was real. And in all honesty, it didn't take a genius to figure out why.

"If it's about those questions, we already have the answers though?" Claire spoke while leaning her head over her shoulder and moving her upper body ever-so-slightly closer to mine.

'She's really making it hard to believe they had anything to do with it,' I thought, sensing how my answers made Claire relax as if I didn't voice out the reason behind my wish to meet those would-be-kidnappers that she was worried to be behind my motivation.

"Care to share them?" I requested while raising my hands just a little bit higher to return them back to where they felt to be in their fated spot - right at the indentation of Claire's waist.

That place... it felt as if the creation itself was behind making it feel just so damn right for my hands to hold!

"They attempted the kidnapping because they learned about your connection to my clan and realized they couldn't afford to offer anything we wouldn't bid over," Claire answered without even a second thought. "They went through it in the first place because they believed you were about to craft a certain thing.

As for why they didn't approach you... well, my first answer already serves as a fitting reply to this question too, doesn't it?"

Thinking back to the questions I posed, I couldn't help but nod my head in agreement.

"Then, why did they deem my abilities important enough to attempt something so bold if not outright stupid as kidnapping right in the middle of a damn city? Not to even bring up the fact of actively using their powers while doing so?"

This time, rather than turning surprised, Claire's face outright darkened.

She then lowered her eyes and took a deep breath, calming herself down before slowly raising her eyes back and looking straight into my face while her hands moved to rest upon my shoulders.

"Tell me, what do you know about Vahanea structure?"