Chapter 160: Elena’s Awakening | Master, Don’t Leave Me
Aurielle and Osric were also stunned after seeing the amount.
For Osric, who earned only a few silver coins as salary, this sum was simply absurd.
As for Aurielle, she found it hard to believe that only a few days ago they had been a dirt-poor Baron territory.
Yet overnight, they had become wealthy enough to rival some lower-ranked Counts.
So with a slightly shaky voice, she asked,
"Luke..."
"Where did you get so much money?"
She asked out of pure curiosity, because the amount before her was simply unbelievable.
Hearing this, Osric and Edmund also raised their ears.
After all, they were Luke’s subjects, so they wouldn’t dare question their lord directly.
But Lady Aurielle. She was the boss of even Luke.
Unless, of course, he wanted to sleep outside for the night. Alone.
Luke’s mouth twitched after seeing Osric and Edmund’s shameless behavior.
He glanced toward Aurora and Vaelira, who were quietly looking at him...
Wait.
Not Aurora.
Her eyes were sparkling as though her master had suddenly become the richest person in the entire world.
’Aurora... don’t look at me with those eyes.’
So Luke hurriedly looked away before meeting Aurielle’s gaze.
On this She merely shook her head gently.
Perhaps she had only asked on impulse and didn’t actually wish to pry into his secrets.
Seeing that, a faint smile appeared on Luke’s face.
’This is also one of the reasons I love her.’
’Because she understands me.’
So Luke simply gave a vague answer. "I sold some of the things the Goddess of Luck rewarded me with."
Hearing this, Aurielle gave him a speechless look.
Meanwhile, Osric and Edmund exchanged puzzled glances.
’Our lord has connections with the Goddess of Luck as well?’
The next moment. Both of them slowly looked at each other.
Then identical sly smiles appeared on their faces.
’Our lord is playing with two goddesses... Hehe.’
Luke noticed those two sly smiles.
’What’s wrong with these two grown men?’
’Why are they smiling like gossiping aunties?’
But then he heard something which nearly freaked him out.
"Master is so Awesome!"
"That even the Goddess of Luck has fallen for you!" Aurora with an overjoyed expression said this.
Hearing this, Luke gave her an ugly look, ’Why Aurora...’
’Just why?’
And the next moment it happened, Luke felt the surrounding shadows become a little darker and even colder.
’Nah, it’s her gaze. That was colder.’
So with the expression of the world’s most innocent husband.
Luke slowly turned his head toward Aurielle.
She was smiling sweetly at him.
’Yeah...’
’Very sweetly.’
Luke also smiled back.
Though his smile looked more like someone standing before the execution platform.
Osric and Edmund also sensed the unusual atmosphere. So without exchanging a single word.
Both looked at one another. Then instantly ran for their lives.
’Traitors.’
Luke watched their disappearing backs from the corner of his eye before looking at Aurora, who still wore the same innocent expression, completely unaware of the disaster she had caused.
’Aurora...’
’No more chocolates for a month.’
After silently deciding her punishment, Luke immediately shouted,
"Honey! I suddenly remembered I have to meet the merchants!"
"Bye! Love you!"
The moment his words fell.
Valzerith Armor instantly enveloped his body.
FLASH!
Luke teleported one kilometer away.
"Phew..."
"I’m safe."
He wiped away nonexistent sweat before dismissing the armor.
Then...
"MASTER!!"
"SAVE ME FROM THIS CRAZY WOMAN!!"
Aurora’s miserable cry echoed across the entire city.
Luke immediately covered his face with one hand.
’Sorry, Aurora. I can’t save you this time.’
Silently he prayed for her.
Even though Aurora possessed the strength of a Golden Knight, she never resisted Aurielle during moments like these.
As a result Aurielle often dragged her to noble etiquette classes. Something Aurora hated more than training.
Luke shook his head helplessly.
But just then. He heard the distant roar of rushing water.
"Huh?"
’A waterfall?’
Confused, Luke frowned slightly. Only then did he realize. After teleporting away, he had been facing toward the city.
So He slowly turned around to see where the sound was coming from.
So Luke turned around and became shocked. ’Elena!’
Because there, Elena was bathing naked in the lake, as the waterfall from above dropped into the lake.
And she was looking at him shyly with a red face.
Upon this, Luke immediately covered his face and muttered. ’Why does this always happen to me!’
[Kekeke!]
Yeah, only the background music was left, which the system’s weird laugh completed.
"Master~" Then, Luke heard Elena’s little tipsy voice. ’huh? tipsy?’
So he removed his fingers slightly from his eyes and became shocked.
Because Elena had suddenly came in front of him and her big melons were bouncing back and forth, which he could see clearly. ’What the hell!’
But before he could process what was happening, Elena suddenly hugged him tightly with her naked body. "Master~"
Feeling her sudden touch on his chest and her tipsy voice, Luke froze in his place.
And even after a moment, when he felt she was not removing the hug, he immediately brought his shirt out of the spatial ring, before covering her naked body with it.
"Huuhh!" He released a safe breath, then noticed that Elena had slept in his arms.
What happened to her? "Elena." So he called out her softly, but she didn’t respond.
"She is hot." Not in that way, Because Luke felt her body temperature was rising fast and her whole body even became a little red from this.
"System, what’s happening to her?" Luke asked worriedly the system about her condition.
Because now, steam were also starting to release from her body, which freaked him out. ’Please nothing happen to her.’
[Hmm..., It seems like she is awakening her origin skill.] The system’s reply came, which baffled him.
"But why is her body becoming hot? Kai also awakened an origin skill and his body didn’t become hot."
Luke muttered, before picking Elena into a princess carry, while looking around where to bring her to rest.
[Luke, everyone shows different phenomena while awakening an Origin skill.] System added this, on which Luke paused and looked at Elena’s face, and she was repeating only one word.
"Master."
"Master."
"I am here Elena." So Luke said calmly to her, try to reassure her, but she seemed lost and couldn’t hear his words at all.
Seeing this, he became more worried and asked if there was anything he could do. "Tell me, how can I help her!"
His voice contained urgency, on which the System replied in a calm voice. [Just bring her back to the lake and be with her, until she awakens her Origin skill.]
Hearing this, his face became pale and he looked toward half-naked Elena, "If Aurielle saw me with Elena like that, then she would definitely make me castrate."
He muttered worriedly, but the system urged him to do it fast, or else her condition would deteriorate fast.
"Master, don’t leave me." Elena, in a sleep-like state, muttered this, while her face changed to fear. And she gripped Luke’s clothes tightly with her fingers.
Seeing this, he sighed and brought her back to the pool.
After submerging, he leaned her body toward him and hugged her.
Now they were sticking close together in a hugged pose, while Luke caressed her hair slowly to calm her down.
"I am here, Elena." He also muttered this gently, on which Elena’s grip on his clothes lessened, but her hug became tighter.
’I hope Aurielle will not see this.’ Luke hoped these, but rather than Aurielle, someone else was seeing everything.
The person who likes to note her master’s successful womanizer list, Vaelira.
’Elena also fell in love with master.’ She added her name to the list as well, while keep looking at Luke.
If Luke was here, then he would definitely flick at her forehead and shouted. "What’s wrong with my summons!"
But he should be glad that Vaelira was here, not Aurora, or else she would have said, "I also want to bathe with Master."