Returning to the room, Luke felt slightly nervous. Laila wasn’t particularly silent when they were going at it, and the walls of the house weren’t too thick.
Should he have taken her out before fucking her senseless? But wouldn’t that have been boring? He wanted Caleb to have a part of this night always engraved deep into his consciousness.
But now, he was nervous that Monica might have heard them and must be upset.
However, when he reached the bed and gently called out to her, "Huh?" he found her already asleep.
Her lips were slightly parted, her breathing soft and even.
He scratched his head, wondering if this was for the best.
Shaking the thought away, he decided to sleep beside her as well. He was exhausted after a full day of hunting and the heavy "work" he had just done with his dear elder sister.
He quietly lay down next to Monica, then slipped an arm around her soft, huggable waist and pulled her closer.
She humd in contentnt and snuggled into him, her face burying against his chest.
Luke let out a quiet sigh. This really was the most comfortable way to sleep.
He was just about to close his eyes when the system suddenly notified him,
[The dungeon has been set up, host. You can access the feature anyti.]
Luke was excited, yes, but right now, all he wanted was sleep.
’See you tomorrow, system.’
....
Sowhere outside the village periter, a warrior insisted, "I’m telling you, he was too specific to be lying about sothing like this, Graham."
"Lance, you’re being unreasonable. Yes, I know Luke is a good hunter, and he has made a na for himself with his recent deeds, but in the end, he is still just a brat."
Lance clicked his tongue. "Let’s assu Luke was mistaken, but even then, I sensed sothing off about this place. Especially this side of the periter."
He scanned the surroundings before adding, "I can still feel sothing watching us."
Graham let out an exasperated sigh. "Didn’t we already search the area just because you felt sothing was suspicious? Co on, Lance. What could possibly be so deadly that it can hide from our sight?"
If it truly was sothing so deadly that it could push soone as experienced and strong as Lance to the edge, then by now, at least soone other than Luke should have sensed its presence.
But so far, no warrior had reported anything unusual lurking around the village, and no one had gone missing either.
Still, just to reassure Lance, Graham had accompanied him around the entire periter, even staying back after his shift had ended.
Yet all they had co across were a few rabbits and so antlers.
"Lance, listen to ." Graham gripped his shoulder, forcing him to et his gaze. "Tomorrow, so important people are arriving at our village. If you keep talking like this, there’s a high chance the others will panic. And if word reaches the chief that sothing dangerous is lurking around, even when there isn’t anything, and we fail to deal with it..."
Graham’s fingers slid loosely around Lance’s throat as his voice turned cold.
"He will kill you."
Lance swallowed deeply, his Adam’s apple bobbing. With a hesitant nod, he said, "I understand..let’s go back."
Without any further ado, the duo began to walk back to the village..pletely unaware of those red eyes looking at them from a few feet away.
...
Luke stretched his arms, feeling sothing pop in his back.
"Mmgh... ah!" A loud yawn escaped him as he slowly ca down from the stretch, his head spinning for a brief mont. Nothing beat an early morning stretch. No, wait... sothing did. Early morning cuddles. But unfortunately for him,
"She’s gone again."
The space beside him was empty and cold, a clear sign she had left long ago. Well, it wasn’t her fault. He always woke up late.
Shaking his head, he got up and glanced down at himself.
He was still wearing the sa clothes from last night, and they reeked. Damn, that woman was nasty. Peeing all over her mate...
Shaking his head, he decided to change after taking a bath, but the rear side of the house would already be busy at this hour.
He had no intention of putting his naked body on display.
Then... what should he do?
Hmm, maybe ask the neighbors?
Yes, that would be for the best.
Leaving his room, he walked toward the dining hall and found Ginna cleaning the table.
"Ah, Luke. You’re awake." Ginna smiled as she saw him, still a little dazed, rubbing his head.
"Yeah, morning. Where is Mother?"
"She must be cooking. Want to call her?"
Luke shook his head. "Nah, just tell her I’m going over to Dart’s place to take a bath."
Ginna humd. "Because of the construction, it’s quite dusty back there."
Luke nodded. Speaking of that, he needed to tell Monica to stop bathing in that area. It was too exposed to passersby.
Sure, n in this world might not care much about such things, but he still couldn’t stand the thought of others seeing her like that.
He was about to leave when suddenly, Ginna asked, "Umm...Luke. Were you the one who healed Caleb last night?"
Luke turned, "He was healed?"
Ginna nodded, "Yes. I checked on him this morning and saw Laila tending to him. His hand looked better and Laila said it was you who healed him."
He snickered. Despite his half hearted attention, that bastard actually recovered, huh?
’I wonder how much he rembers of the last night.’ Well, even if he actually rembers anything about last night, that how his mate was getting wrecked by another man, he still wouldn’t do anything.
That bastard was so selfish that he might as well sell Laila for a few Toras in the future.
Nothing to do with him anymore. He had his fun and now, he doesn’t have anything to do with those two anymore.
....
Soon, he left the house and headed toward the one next door.
As he walked, he noticed the streets were unusually empty. It was probably because of the special guests arriving today.
’Should I go check on them... or not?’
He wanted to see Roxanne, but after that day, when she left his side to follow her mate, a faint displeasure lingered within him.
Still, he understood her position. The chief... that bastard seed like the kind of man who would go to extre lengths over what he considered his.
Shaking his head, Luke pushed the thought aside. He would deal with it later.
He stepped into Dart’s yard and knocked on the door.
After a long pause, it finally opened, revealing a familiar face.
"Hey, Dart," Luke greeted.
For so reason, the man froze, clearly caught off guard by his presence. What? Did he co at the wrong ti?
"Hey..." Dart forced a smile. "Co in."
Luke blinked in mild surprise but nodded and stepped inside.
There, Nadia stood in the middle of the hall, her expression equally startled.
Dart cleared his throat. "Is there sothing you need?"
Luke scratched the back of his head. "Umm... can I use your bath? Mine’s under construction, so..."
Dart nodded, then turned to his mate. "Lead him there, Nadia... I’m leaving for work now."
Nadia’s heart grew heavy as she caught that faint gleam in his eyes, but she said nothing as he walked out—
Dhak
—leaving the two of them alone.
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