chapter 724 i thought you would know
he wanted to watch them for a while in silence, but almost immediately, lily's head flicked in his direction and then...
swoosh!
she rushed over and jumped toward him, her arms outstretched and a beautiful smile on her face.
max smiled and caught her before hugging her, "whoa! someone is happy today." he said, giving her lips a peck.
before she could respond...
swoosh! swoosh!
emily and sera also rushed over and hugged him, snuggling into his chest.
hugging the trio and feeling their radiating love and happiness, he became happy and forgot all his worries.
'how wonderful!' he thought, hoping the time to stop so he could enjoy this calmness and happiness in their embrace.
unfortunately, to his and the trio's dissatisfaction, just a few seconds later, a monotonous voice sounded.
[your time is up. please stand in the center of the room. you'll be teleported out.]
despite hearing the announcement, the ladies didn't show any indication of moving, causing him to smile wryly.
he then playfully swatted their bottoms and chuckled, "let's go, girls."
they reluctantly pulled away, and a few moments later, they were teleported to the transference hall.
almost immediately, he felt his communication crystal buzz in his spatial ring. when he took it out and heard the message, he sighed.
"who is it, my lord?" sera asked, and emily and lily also looked at him.
"it's wyâlady wyomin. she wants to meet me." max said, "let's go."
moreover, they could see she wasn't happy about the fact that he brought them along. so, they didn't want to anger her any more by sitting in front of her like she was their equal.
however, to their surprise, wyomin said, "don't be nervous. sit down."
after they sat down beside him, she glanced at max and asked, "i assume they already know why you are here. so, i don't need to hide it, right?"
max nodded, "you are right."
wyomin looked at him; though she didn't show any anger or dissatisfaction, max could feel the air in the chambers become heavy. however, he calmly looked at her, not a bit nervous.
sigh!
wyomin sighed and said, "it's my fault for not warning you beforehand."
while max raised his brows at her words, she looked at the girls before looking at him, "you should know if the news of this piece of wood somehow leaks, i most likely die, and all those who know about it too."
"so, i hope, if not for me, for your safety at least, you don't tell anyone else about it, no matter how much you believe them or how close they are to you. the more people know about it, the more the chances of an accident happening."
immediately, the trio's expression turned dignified, and max narrowed his eyes, "why did you not tell me this earlier?"
wyomin looked at him evenly and said, "i had thought after seeing how secretive i was being and how precious it was for me, you would know it's something very valuable and would know not to tell anyone else."
"..."
max looked at her speechlessly before sighing in his heart. 'it seems i should not share all secrets with them after all.'
"don't worry, little max. we will not tell it to anybody. so, you don't need to worry." emily said with a serious expression on her face.
max smiled and placed his hand on hers. "i know you wouldn't." then he turned to wyomin and said, "alright. give it to me."
nodding, wyomin took out the withered piece of wood and handed it to him. emily and others looked at it with curiosity flickering in their eyes and thought, 'indeed, just as he said, it doesn't look or feel anything special.'
max placed it in his palm before placing his other hand on top of it. then closing his eyes, he started, slowly, injecting the nascent energy into it while also trying to inspect it.
a minute later... ha!
he took a deep breath and threw the wood, which looked no different than it did a minute before, toward wyomin, his face pale.