Chapter 274: Luke’s Playful Punishment Backfires!

They still remembered their earlier defeat and had no intention of humiliating themselves again, when there nothing to gain anything from it.

"Interesting." Zeyr and Alia muttered almost simultaneously, clearly impressed by Luke’s performance.

The remaining representatives simply stayed silent.

Meanwhile, the human representatives, Roderan, Drevian, Estelle, and Isaria were all relieved to see Luke safe and sound.

Luke noticed everyone’s gazes but didn’t pay much attention to them.

"Sorry, everyone. Selene is sleeping right now."

"So she’ll need some time to rest."

Hearing this, Roderan simply nodded.

"Of course."

Luke then carried Selene toward the academy’s resting quarters, with Estelle and Isaria guiding him along the way.

Once they had left, Drevian, the vice principal, stepped forward and addressed everyone.

"Students and professors, disperse."

He then turned toward the visiting representatives.

"Representatives, please follow us."

With that, he led them toward their designated resting area.

Roderan also left shortly after.

Before long, the plaza became completely empty.

No one truly knew what had happened behind the black curtain.

Not even the principal and vice principal.

They could have used their powerful senses to see through it, but doing so would have been inappropriate.

Using their abilities to spy on the Hero of Light and his wife could easily create an unnecessary misunderstanding.

So the mystery remained.

And soon enough...

It would become the newest topic of discussion among the nobles and wealthy families.

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3rd day of Fructus month, same year.

"Mmm... ngh..." Selene slowly opened her eyes, her body still feeling weak.

"Ngh... what happened...?" She felt that her essence reserved was low, and she didn’t remember what had happened earlier.

"Horizon Academy, then that tree rat shouted something..." She massaged her head, trying to remember, but to no avail.

"Sigh." With an exhausted sigh, she looked around and found herself in a large guest room.

The room was heavily decorated with luxurious furnishings, like portraits, chandeliers, curtains—

The moment her eyes reached the curtain, she noticed sunlight coming in through the open windows.

But her gaze didn’t linger there. Instead, her eyes fixed on the figure sleeping on the chair with a book in his hand.

The sunlight shone on his face, making his sleep uncomfortable, but he didn’t wake up.

"Luke..." A barely audible whisper escaped her lips before her eyes became moist.

Then, before her mind could react, her body acted first.

"LUKE!"

"Whoosh!"

She threw herself at him and hugged him tightly.

"Thud!"

"W-what!" Luke suddenly got startled awake, but when he found Selene in his arms,

"Haaah..." He calmed down.

"I missed you, Luke." She muttered while rubbing her face against his.

"I missed you too." He gently held her face to calm her down, but her eyes remained moist.

As if tears would fall the next second.

’It seems she didn’t remember what happened earlier.’ This thought came to his mind.

Then he got up, while also carrying her back to the bed, before gently placing her back down.

Though she didn’t break the hug.

Seeing there was no helping it, he also sat beside her, so they remained locked in each other’s embrace.

For a few minutes, neither of them said anything. They simply breathed in each other’s scent and felt each other’s warmth.

Somehow, it calmed both of their minds.

Finally, after some time, Luke gently caressed her head in his arms.

Stroke... stroke...

While gently asking, "How are you feeling now?"

Hearing Luke’s question, Selene didn’t remove her head from his chest.

"Mmm..."

Instead, she just hummed in response before snuggling a little closer to him.

"..."

Feeling her warmth against him, Luke couldn’t help but smile softly.

After that, he lightly pinched her cheek, earning an annoyed glare from her.

Then he asked playfully, "My wife is a professor at Empyrean Academy, but you never told me."

And this time, he bit her cheek.

"Luke!" She pouted and bit his cheek back.

So, for a moment, both of them ended up biting each other.

[Weird animals.]

"..."

Luke ignored the system’s comment and kept biting her. Meanwhile, one of his hands had successfully reached her as* without her noticing.

[Yeah boi.]

Then he gave it a tight pinch.

’Damn, so soft.’

"Ouch!"

"Luke!"

She shouted again, but this time, she pushed him onto the bed before getting on top of him.

"You are being so naughty."

She muttered, before noticing something poking her from underneath.

Upon seeing this, Luke smiled playfully. After bringing her to bed yesterday, he had changed her magical clothes into a maid outfit.

It was a combination of white and black.

So, currently, Selene was sitting atop him in a maid dress, yet she hadn’t even noticed it.

"What are you smiling about?" she asked, finally noticing his smile—before glancing down at her clothes.

Which results, her face immediately turned deep red with embarrassment. "Luke, you pervert!"

She began beating his chest, but Luke’s grin only grew wider.

"A master should teach his disrespectful maid a lesson."

The moment Selene heard those words—

"Smack!"

"Ow!"

Luke playfully spanked her, causing a small yelp to escape her lips.

"Now, serve your master." He rubbed her butt with force, using both hands. A teasing smile remains at his lips.

But the next thing that happened was completely different from the script.

"Hoh? Master?" Selene raised a brow before swiftly pressing both his hands against the bed.

"Thump!"

Then she leaned down, bringing her face close to his, and licked his cheek.

"What was master saying?"

She asked again, before slowly moving her ass further and down.

’Damn, she is hot.’ Luke felt bliss from her sudden action. Because that juicy ass was now doing the work.

But then, she stopped.

"That’s for today." She said with a satisfied expression before playfully patting his cheek.

As if he were some child she knew exactly how to control.

Then she got up and moved toward the window.

Luke stared at her figure before glancing down to his pants, where his little brother was bonking. Clearly asking, where was the meal.