Free Web NovelChapter 337: Status
As soon as Lucas arrived, the first thing that came into his mind was to check Pearl’s condition. As Pearl was the one who cared for him the most when he was in a coma, he thought that it would be natural for him to check if she was doing well. Therefore, he went to her room and knocked on it.
On the other side of the door, Pearl was just comfortably walking to open the sliding door, but then, she paused as she felt a familiar presence behind it. She stiffened, then slowly opened it as if she was expecting someone standing behind the door.
"Lucas..." Pearl said, ignoring all the formalities, then hugging him immediately.
Clouded by her emotions, she had already forgotten about the customs she was following when in front of a senior expert. She hadn’t had time to think about it. As for her, she already missed Lucas to the point that she would even risk dying if he got offended by it.
"Yeah... you can call my name." Lucas awkwardly mumbled, then returned the embrace to her.
After a warm welcome, Pearl snapped back to reality and disconnected from the embrace. She composed herself and fixed her appearance to be presentable in front of him.
Lucas scoffed and ruffled her hair as she saw that cute side of Pearl.
"You don’t need to be worried about me. I am just visiting you since I don’t want to neglect your physique," he said.
"Was that all?" she asked.
"Ah... of course, I missed you." After ruffling her hair, Lucas smiled and entered the room. He looked at Pearl’s average room, not feminine or even brimming with luxurious decorations. After all, Pearl was still the same. freewebnσvel.cѳm
"I apologize for how bland my room is."
"No need to apologize for something unnecessary. Come here, sit down beside me. I will check your blessed constitutional body." Lucas called her as he sat down on the soft white bed that Pearl’s room had.
Pearl followed him and sat down beside him. As she was asked to turn her back to him, she complied with it and started breathing in a fast and random rhythm.
Lucas shook his head, seeing this, and touched her back. It suddenly felt cold as his warm hands touched that sensitive back. Pearl closed her eyes, then convinced herself to calm down and breathe naturally, but her body failed her.
"Pearl..."
"Yes?" she responded in a slightly surprised tone.
"Calm down. I am not going to eat you."
"Ah, yes."
Lucas did his purpose of visit and started moving his focus on his hands. As he put his consciousness more focused on Pearl, his body was as if in a trance mode, and his consciousness was swimming through the violent meridian Pearl had. It was still the same; negative and positive were as if merging, but they were more in a calm condition.
The [Mutation through Illusion Ability], which gave Pearl the ability to materialize extensions she wanted on her body through illusion arts, had subsided from its ferocious state. Unlike in the past, when Pearl couldn’t control it and Lucas made a remedy for it to calm down, now it was as if tamed, but the meridian was still violent as its nature.
Lucas sighed and found it intriguing. Not only because he felt that he could copy it, but also because he thought that he could improve it. But, he still had more to learn about his focused copy of the constitutional body that was similar to Ji An. Hence, he was thinking of saving it for another time, as he wasn’t that greedy for power.
Control and flow were important to him, and to be more efficient, he had to master what he currently had.
Lucas then went back to his body and calmed down from his trance mode. When the session was done, he talked to Pearl about her condition and everything that he had discovered.
Pearl smiled with a sigh of relief after hearing that.
"I was afraid in the past that I might not be able to move my body anymore," she said, referring to the time before Lucas healed her body.
Lucas knew what the reason was behind it, and it was because of the faint nature of magic the Mortal Heaven had. For some reason, the aptitude for magic was still present, just like what he saw in Gabriel.
"However, after you healed me, I considered how I would repay your kindness, Lucas."
"You don’t have to repay me anymore. That time when you cared for me in my coma, that was already your payment for everything I have done, even though I am not expecting a payment as it was all done from my personal interest." Lucas explained.
Pearl shook her head and shifted her body to face Lucas. Her eyes were filled with serenity and sincerity as she looked at him. This brought Lucas to the same intensity of emotion she had.
"Even if you say that I still want to do things for you. You won’t change my mind."
At that moment, Lucas was out of words. He knew that Pearl was serious about it as he could see it in her eyes, and if he broke that moment, he didn’t know if Pearl would be even happy about it. Thus, to make it simple, what he could only do was acknowledge it.
"Thank you for that, Pearl. I will keep that in mind, and in return, I will do everything I can for you. Hope that makes us even."
Pearl suddenly pouted, instinctively, and returned to her composure. For a moment, Lucas thought it was cute for a moment and was about to chuckle, but she just ended it sooner.
"Why would you want to make things even?"
"Well... it is because I want you to know that I will be supportive of you. That is what I wanted you to know."
"You promise?"
"Yes... I promise."
’Pearl will undoubtedly follow me to the Upper Heavens, not only because of the words we exchanged but also because of her vast potential. She has already reached the Emperor Stage, which is not something I was expecting her to do in a short time. But, to acknowledge it, she deserves it.’ Lucas thought and smiled afterward.
Pearl, on the other hand, couldn’t help her heart to stop beating so fast. It was so fast that just looking at Lucas was making her crazy.
"Pearl, prepare for the banquet. I will be going to visit my disciples, and I will meet you there at the banquet."
"Ah, sure."
When Lucas finally left, she held on to her heart and tried to calm down.
’Lucas... how will I even tell you these feelings? I don’t know what to do.’
***
After some preparation, and after Lucas had finally met with his familiars and disciples, he went to the banquet. The main spot of the banquet was in a pavilion, as the whole Eastern Continent was celebrating Lucas’s return and success. And with the word he had for Pearl in mind, he went to find her and succeeded. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
As Lucas saw her, what reflected in his eyes were the bright and alluring eyes that Pearl had. Her heart-shaped face and sweet smile as soon as she saw him, like honey spread on bread, could only make Lucas’ heart skip a beat. The cheongsam green dress, embroidered with small flowers, was laid down until it touched the floor, highlighting her slim body and fair skin. The moment Lucas saw that time was slowing down and Pearl had arrived before him, he snapped back to reality.
’What was I thinking?’
"Pearl, you look good in your dress."
"You think so? Thank you..." she smiled.
Lucas and Pearl discussed his actions during their invasion of the Northern Continent once more. He talked about how it was hard for him, and basically, he was just depending on his luck and the things that he could discover on that continent. He didn’t have a clear plan at the beginning, but after considering things and the information he had, he succeeded in achieving the first phase of his expectations.
However, as she was having that talk with Pearl, suddenly, some young servant bumped into him accidentally. The lady bowed in front of Lucas and apologized, but instead of forgiving her, Lucas took a halt and stared at the servant, who seemed familiar to him.
He didn’t know what to say, as in front of him was a person he thought had an arrogant and brat nature. And the more he thought of how she became a servant, the more it bugged him.
"Sora Su?" he called, and the young servant hid her face more in her bow and didn’t raise her head from embarrassment.
"Do you know her, Lucas?" Pearl asked.
Lucas nodded. "Uhm, Pearl, can you give me a moment? I want to talk to Sora."
Pearl looked at the young servant and eventually nodded. "I will be at my father’s side for the moment."
