Chapter 165: The Honeytrap Along With An Seductive Offer
A smile so gentle...
...that it felt more terrifying than an army of monsters.
In her hand, she held the imaginery purple sword, which she raised slowly-
One clearly aimed at castrating something.
’Huh...? Castrate?’
But before he could process the thought—
[Luke! that’s a freaking real sword! RUN!]
The system’s panicked shout exploded inside his mind.
Luke’s eyes widened to their limits.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he threw himself backward.
CRACK!!
And the next moment a crack sound echoed through the Mage’s Residence Area.
Aurielle’s sword flashed like a streak of violet light, slicing cleanly through the massive tree beside him as though it were made of paper.
For a split second, the tree remained standing.
Then—
BAAAAM!!
It crashed onto the ground with a loud roar, sending dust and leaves flying in every direction.
Luke stared blankly at the fallen tree. While a cold bead of sweat slowly trickled down his temple.
Then another.
He silently wiped his forehead, forcing a stiff smile.
’...That was way too close.’
"My Elena~?" Luke heard Aurielle’s sweet voice once again.
This time, however, her gaze slowly drifted downward. Toward his soaked clothes.
’huh? Why the heck are my clothes still wet?’ Luke’s heart skipped a beat. And a wave of panic washed over him.
’Don’t tell me! she saw Elena and me at the lake?’
Maintaining a rather stiff smile, he forced himself to speak. "H-Honey. weren’t you with Aurora?"
The moment those words left his mouth. Aurielle’s smile disappeared. It was replaced by a slight frown.
’Seems like Aurora ran away again.’ Luke sighed inwardly, though his eyes never left Aurielle’s face.
"Darling~" Her gentle voice rang out once more.
"Would you mind explaining~ why you’re in the Mage Bath Area~"
She paused. "...with your clothes completely wet~?"
As the last word left her lips. She took a slow step toward him.
Instinctively—
Luke took one step back.
Seeing that, Aurielle’s lips twitched ever so slightly.
Without saying another word, she took another step forward.
And Luke also took another step back.
The distance between them remained exactly the same.
For a brief moment...
Silence filled the forest. Only the sound of rustling leaves echoed between the two. and the system speechless emoji. [0-0]
"Darling~" Aurielle tilted her head slightly.
"Why are you backing away?" She said, with a gentle smile on her lips.
"Why don’t you come over here and give me a hug~?"
’Aurielle! At least look at my face before saying something like that!’
Luke roared inwardly.
Because, her beautiful purple eyes weren’t looking at his face.
They were fixed at his little brother.
Then his eyes slowly shifted toward the gleaming purple sword in her hand. Which seems to had blood on its edge.
’Hell no!’ So without the slightest hesitation, he shook his head so vigorously it was almost a blur.
There was absolutely no way he was getting any closer.
Watching his reaction, Aurielle’s smile stiffened.
A faint vein pulsed on her forehead as irritation quietly surfaced in her eyes.
She knew perfectly well that Luke could escape whenever he wanted.
If he truly decided to run. She wouldn’t be able to stop him.
That was precisely why she had tried a gentler approach. using honeytrap.
Lure him close. Wrap him in her sweet words.
Then...
Interrogate him lovingly- ’Cough!’.
Question him lovingly.
Unfortunately, her husband had chosen survival over romance.
If Luke could have heard her inner thoughts. He would have screamed without hesitation.
’Are you out of your mind?! Who tries to "Question lovingly" while holding a freaking! bloodstained sword?! And where did that blood even come from?!’
Which innocent soul had already, sacrificed by her hand.
Seeing honeytrap was not working. She thought about something different and a few moments later.
Aurielle’s eyes suddenly lit up, as though a brilliant idea had crossed her mind.
Which brings a sly, enchanting smile curved her lips.
"Darling~" Her sweet, seductive voice flowed into Luke’s ears like honey.
"How about tonight... we try those positions from your world."
She deliberately paused before adding with a teasing smile,
"...the ones you’ve always wanted to try~?"
The moment those words reached him. Luke felt the fear in his heart lessen.
Instead several of those "special" positions from his previous world involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
One after another.
He licked his lips, thinking those.
So before he could even realized. He had become completely lost in his imagination, where he was riding Aurielle.
[Luke! Wake up! Just look at her hand!]
Suddenly system’s urgent shout exploded inside his mind.
[Do you seriously think, that your little brother will survive long enough to try any of those positions?]
"Huh?!" Luke instantly snapped back to reality. Because system word hold truth and wiped away his lar, which was dropping to the ground.
But next moment, his eyes widened. Only then did he realize.
Without him noticing in the slightest. Aurielle had already shortened the distance between them by several steps.
’Honey trap!’ Luke inwardly cursed the tactic.
The terrifying part was...
It had actually worked on him.
Taking a slow breath, he forced a gentle smile onto his face and spoke in the most loving tone he could manage.
"Honey."
"Why don’t you put that sword back into your Spatial Ring first?"
He chuckled awkwardly. "Then we can sit down and talk nicely."
"You know... like we always do."
Hearing those words, Aurielle came to an abrupt stop.
"...Tch." She clicked her tongue in annoyance.
She genuinely hadn’t expected her usually horny husband to escape her little honey trap so quickly.
"Fine." Letting out a reluctant sigh, she dismissed the purple sword into her Spatial Ring.
After all, if she kept holding it, Luke would probably flee the moment she took another step.
However—
The instant the sword disappeared...
Whoosh!
Luke suddenly appeared right in front of her.
"Wha—!"
Aurielle’s beautiful purple eyes widened in surprise.
But before she could even react.
Luke gently clasped both of her hands within his own. His grip wasn’t forceful. It was warm and reassuring.
’Now I’m safe.’ Luke silently sighed in relief.
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Author Note: Thanks for Golden Tickets Ricardo_Marquez_4013 ,crawken815 ,Zanatox and everyone for your power stones as well.