Chapter 97: "DO YOU LOVE ME?" NAIRA FINALLY ASKED LUKE
Soon surrounding winds flowed across its 15-foot body, but they didn’t hinder it. Instead, it’s increased his speed to extreme levels.
A few seconds later. Everyone’s expression turned to horror because suddenly a big red ball of fire appeared in the distance and was now expanding with crazy speed, on this everyone already guessed that it was an explosion but it’s happening very fast.
Margaret, Kai, and other knights who were 30 km away from the location also saw this doomsday scene and felt they were going to die today.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The next second, its deafening sound also comes, which makes everyone tremble, and they instinctively crouched to the ground while closing their ears.
Luke and others also heard the explosion sound, but fortunately Luke had already made some distance with his fast speed. And now he is constantly making distance from the explosion.
While they were escaping, Oryn was also escaping from the explosion location.
Soon a portal emerged in front of the portal for everyone who was inside the secret realm, which indicates that exit conditions have been triggered.
This brings relief to everyone’s face, and everyone entered the portal while giving a last look toward the explosion, which is just keeping increasing. Likely it’s going to swallow the whole secret realm.
Luke’s knights and maid also saw the portal. So with relieved face they also exited. and this same scene was happening everywhere.
"Portal?" Luke and others felt many portals opened in the surroundings, so he also, without thinking, took the three of them toward the nearest portal to escape this shithole place.
WHOSSH! WHOSSH! WHOSSH!
With that, everyone inside the portal returned back toward the previous location from where they had come.
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With a whoosh, many portals opened in the stadium, and everyone came out one by one.
"We are safe!" "Finally, I escaped!" "Damn those demon whispers!"
After emerging, everyone shows different reactions. Some cursed while some hugged their family. But one thing is true: all those who have returned were happy.
When Luke come outside of portal, he also returned back into his normal form. So now he was also in the same place as everyone present, but he felt something was not right.
After looking around, he noticed. That the whole stadium was burning while many places also got destroyed. And corpses of both black-robed men and knights of Stormveil County were also spread across the ground.
"Did a fight happen here as well?" People from the crowd also noticed the corpses and muttered. While trying to figure out what happened earlier or at least hoping to find someone from Stormveil County.
THUD! A thud sound comes. to which everyone turned toward the sound; and there was a person standing fully armed along with their armor, but seeing the person brings smile at everyone face.
"Lady Octavia!!!" Yes, Octavia just returned after feeling the presence of so many portals. But when she saw that, her family, along with others, returned safely. She sighed in relief.
"Please, everyone, follow the inspection before stepping out of the stadium." After a moment of reunion, she said this to everyone.
When everyone heard her words, they got baffled by this sudden inspection. On this Octavia answered that maybe someone among them is a demon whisper member. So they are checking for demonic mana.
After hearing Octavia answered, many nobles got displeased, but still, they didn’t say anything. Because just now they have escaped that shithole, and now, no one wants to waste more time on it.
Oryn, who was also transported back here along with his bodyguards and demon whisper people, who have already changed their clothes.
But when he saw Luke was also alive, he got shocked. Because according to the calculations. If by some miracle he somehow defeated the owl-beast, then he should have died in the explosion. As he doesn’t have any means to escape that large explosion at all.
While he was gritting his teeth and giving Luke a death glare, he heard Octavia’s words. On which his face paled instantly. So he immediately made distance from the demon-whisper people while giving them a last glare. ’Don’t come close to me.’
"Why did he do this?" Because he knows they are loyal and their gods need Oryn for their plan. So they will not harm him in any way.
Soon everyone lined up and moved toward the exit one by one to check. There knights hold positions to check everyone with a light crystal. and workers were also entering the stadium to do the work of moveing the corpses.
The ten demon whisperers saw Oryn actions, but didn’t say anything. Instead, they exchanged glances among themselves, and soon all of them nodded.
BOOM! The next moment. Two demon-whispering men charged straight toward the entrance, while the other eight moved straight toward the walls of the stadium.
"STOP THEM!" Octavia, who was happily talking with her family members, heard the shout and saw this scene.
So without hesitation, she attacked the eight demon whisperers who were now close to the wall and were about to escape.
WHOSSH!
She released the aether blade instantly moved toward them, but two people from them turned back and threw themselves toward the aether blade.
"Damn it!" A curse escaped from Octavia’s mouth because after that two people blocked her attack, and the remaining six successfully escaped. While the first two people were already impaled to the ground by a dozen spears.
Luke and his wives, along with everyone saw this. But they can’t help, as they were already very exhausted, and also their aether runs dry.
After that, his gaze turned toward Oryn, whose face had become ugly, and he was giving him a death glare.
Luke narrowed his eyes. Sadly right now he can’t do anything to the sea prince. Because he doesn’t have any evidence of him colluding with demons.
So he can’t announce this as well. But he was sure one day he would the settle scores with him.
Naira and Aurielle both were holding Luke’s hands from the moment they had come here from the portal.
So when Luke clenched his fist a little, they felt it and followed his gaze. There was Oryn glaring at Luke, but when he saw Naira was also looking toward him. He immediately turned his gaze away.
"Naira, be careful of him." Luke reminded her again, and she nodded.
Finally, after half an hour, all the remaining people checking were done. Then Luke, along with his people, also comes out of the stadium.
After coming out, they felt the surrounding atmosphere was also off. As the roads were completely empty, while fully armed knights patrolled the roads and streets.
"It seems like the whole central district got locked down." Luke muttered, on this both of his wives nodded.
"MY LADY!!" But just as they were moving to find an inn to settle down. A loud cry comes from the distance.
Everyone’s gaze turned toward the voice, and there they saw two female knights with armor that had golden lining running toward them.
"Your body guards are here." Luke said to Naira, who just looked ahead with different emotions.
Even though she can’t say she fell in love with Luke, she did feel a comfort in his presence that she only felt in her mother presence.
So now, her bodyguards have returned. This means she has to go back and separate from Luke.
Naira slowly turned toward Luke.
There Luke was also looking toward her with concern. Soon her eyes met his, and in those eyes she felt the same emotion that he always had whenever he met her.
"Luke." In a low, but gentle voice, Naira called out his name.
"Yes." Luke also replied in a gentle voice, but it contained sadness, as he knew where this talk ending would go.
Naira smiled slightly at his voice, which warmed her heart.
Then, without breaking that smile, she asked him one question. "Do you love me...?"
Luke heard Naira’s voice, which stopped at the end.
Though he didn’t answer immediately, instead he just kept looking at her blue eyes, and she also did the same, which is keeping her looking at his blue eyes.
Finally, after a moment, his eyes become a little moist, and he says, "YES!" though his voice sounds a little high this time.
Which Aurielle, who was beside him, also heard. Though it’s pained her heart... hearing her husband saying he loved other women. But she controls herself, because she has already decided.
’Among the five wives, she is first and will always be.’ With that, she turns her face away from them.
Naira felt her heart skip a beat when Luke said he loved her. which widens her smile and also makes her eyes moist as well. But before she could do anything, Luke asked her a question.
"And do you love me, Naira?" His voice didn’t pause as he asked her without breaking eye contact.
Naira felt her heart beating faster. So she smiled and leaned close to his ear before whispering, "When you claim my hand in front of Sea King, at that time I will give you my answer...husband~"
With that, she separated from Luke, before giving a kiss on his cheek, and moved toward her bodyguards with a satisfied smile.
"She is gone." Aurielle saw her husband’s foolish behavior, because he was now standing frozen.
"Huh?" Aurielle heard Luke’s confused voice when he came out of his thoughts. But his face still held a foolish grin, which irritates her more than Naira asking him about love.
So she came close to Luke and, with a napkin, removed the lipstick mark that Naira had left on his right cheek.
"For a whole week, sleep alone." With that, she throws away the napkins and starts moving toward the nearest inn.
"HUH?????" This time Luke’s even more confused voice comes, followed by panic. ’What the heck? alone for a whole week?’
While repeating those words in his mind, Luke chased Aurielle to asked her forgiveness.
Vaelira, who watched everything from the start to end. Add another note in her mind. ’Master is afraid of his first wife but can’t sleep without her.’ She nodded, and with Knights and Margaret, they also followed them back.
[Chapter End.]