Chapter 46: Treasures(3)

Luke smiled brightly while happily walking down the stairs like a little kid being given some of his favorite candy. They then finally reached the ground floor and Luke entered a secret wooden door that had been opened by the mechanism he had activated upstairs. The door leads underground. Luke went to the dark and cold underground and saw a narrow staircase leading further down. Luke smiled.

'There!'

Luke walked towards the staircase and slowly went down. His heart beats wildly, even more, when he saw a golden light below the staircase from a distance. Luke suppressed his big smile and went down and...

Gasp!

Luke clutched his chest, fearful that it would burst at any moment. He staggered for a bit and felt Liam from behind.

"A-are you okay?"

Nash then nervously asked.

"Hey? What's wrong? Does your heart hurt? Why are you holding your chest like that?"

Luke didn't answer them and instead looked at the mountains of gold in front of him. He also noticed a lot of high-quality magic tools in the mix.

'Shit, if this is the last thing I see before I die, that will be the happiest death of my life!'

Luke gasped for air for a second before returning to normal. He then turned around and saw Liam and Nash's worried stares. He then took three sacks containing spatial magic from his black coat. He requested Nash to make them earlier. He then smiled at the two of them, who was looking at him with worry.

"Let's take it all! Hahahahaha!"

Liam and Nash looked at Luke, who was laughing so hard that he was about to rip his lips off. They then looked at each other and just smiled awkwardly. They then walked towards Luke and each took a sack from his hands. They then heard Luke speak.

"Separate the magic tools and the gold. You will handle the gold, Liam and Nash, while I'll handle the magic tools.

The two nodded and started to pour the gold into their sacks. Luke did the same and carefully put the magic tools in his sack. He happily hummed while picking up magic tools.

So many rare and powerful magical tools are here. Luke can feel butterflies in his stomach as he looks at the free, powerful magical tools going inside his sack.

After an hour, they finally found all the treasures inside the secret room. He then looked at Nash, who was carrying a sack of treasure in his paws. Nash looked back at him while tilting his head.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Put these in your spatial dimension. Let's buy delicious food later. I'll even give you five gold coins as an allowance. "

Nash's tail wagged and he happily responded.

"Okay! Put it all here!"

Nash immediately opened his spatial dimension and Luke and Liam put their sacks in it. Nash also put him in his sack and closed his spatial dimension. Luke then stretched his muscles because he was tired. This is the same feeling he felt after mining all the highest-grade mana stones. Even with the blessing, he can still feel tired. It seems that it's true that the God of Light's blessing is the most active when he is close to Selena. It's like how wifi connections work. He then heard Liam worriedly asking him.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I am fine. I'm just a bit tired."

"I-I could carry you if you want."

Luke looked at Liam in shock. He then asked him.

"Are you sure? I'm quite heavy."

"Don't worry, I could even carry an elephant with my hands, so your weight shouldn't be a problem."

Luke's eyebrows twitched.

'Wow, what a monster.'

Luke simply sighed and climbed onto Liam's back. Nash appeared to be climbing on his head as well. When they all fully climbed onto Liam's back, he slowly stood up. Luke could feel him flinch. Luke then asked like he was sighing.

"What? I am heavy aren't I?"

Contrary to his expectations, Liam answered very differently.

"Brother Luke... Did you even eat properly?"

Luke looked at Liam's back with disbelief after hearing his unexpected response.

"Uh, I eat three times a day. What's wrong?"

"Nothing. I just feel like I am carrying air or a piece of paper. You're so light."

Luke blinked before answering.

"...Really?"

"Yes, Brother Luke should eat properly tomorrow."

Luke didn't answer. And just let Liam flawlessly carry him on his back. His back felt really comfortable, like riding a car on a concrete highway. After a while of jumping from house to house, Liam landed in Luke's room and put Luke down. Luke then stood up and looked at Liam, who was standing at the edge of his window.

"Alright, thanks for carrying me. You can go now."

"Okay."

Liam then quietly went out the window and went to his own room. Luke just sighed and landed on his bed. He then felt Nash next to him and cuddled him, feeling warm. Luke closed his eyes and fell asleep.

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Luke looked at his group, who were happily eating in front of him. They are now inside a luxurious restaurant, and all of the dishes appear to be extravagant. Luke looked at his steak and was about to eat it, but a huge plate with many kinds of meat appeared in front of his nose.

"Brother Luke, please eat more."

Liam was concerned as he looked at Luke. He then heard Nash's voice in his head agreeing with Liam.

· He is right! You should eat more! You are so thin!

Luke sighed and accepted the heavy plate of food. He then put it in front of his steak. He then could feel his group staring at him.

"What?"

Spencer then answered while pointing his fork at him and Liam.

"You two seem closer."

"Who?"

Selena then answered.

"You and Liam, who truly acts the part of a loyal knight. He's even concerned about your health."

Lina then butted in with a playful smirk.

"Like a wife who is worried about her husband."

Luke looked at Lina with a glare and then spoke coldly.

"You pay for your own food."

Lina's jaw dropped. She then immediately changed her attitude.

"I-I was just joking! Come on! Don't be like that!"

Luke ignored her and just continued to eat his steak. He then saw the children looking at his plate full of food. Luke then cut the steak in front of him into pieces and then let them bite it one by one. He then flinched when he saw Liam frowning while looking at his actions. He then heard Liam's voice.

"Brother should eat more."

"But I am already full."

Liam just frowned and ate his steak. Luke then thought.

'Am I really that light? Should I eat a mountain of chocolate so I can get fatter faster? No, no, Liam simply possesses such monstrous strength that even carrying an elephant is nothing for him.'

Luke just sighed and fed the children some of his share, which made Liam frown, but he didn't care. After finishing breakfast, they all left the restaurant after Luke finished paying the bills. Luke then looked at Lina, who was rubbing her stuffed belly with a satisfied face.

"You now have a debt to me."

"What?! You still remember it?!"

"Of course."

Luke smirked at Lina, who was stomping on the ground. He then looked at the rest of his group.

"Let's go to the forest now that we are all full."

Julius nervously asked.

"...Forest? Just what are we going to do in there?"

Luke smiled brightly at him.

"Just wait and see."

Spencer frowned at Luke's bright smile. He noticed that Luke was smiling brightly often these days... And that is never a good sign.