Chapter 83: A Cave
"By the way, may I ask something?"
"Why wouldn’t you be allowed?" Margaret chuckled with a strange expression.
"I want to ask about your heart. Is it weak?" Leonardo replied.
Margaret nodded.
"It’s not like I don’t have weaknesses. One of them is my heart. If I hadn’t received proper treatment since birth, I might have died long ago. Unfortunately, my genetics seem very complicated. There is no heart that matches me, so I can’t receive a transplant. But it doesn’t matter, this problem will disappear after I reach Level 31. Evolution will solve it, and even now I’m strong enough to avoid various diseases caused by my weak heart. But indeed, if I get too emotional, I can faint suddenly."
"Fainting suddenly because of being too emotional..." Leonardo smiled when he heard that.
"What if your heart is replaced with a Holy Tree Heart?" he asked.
"Holy Tree Heart?" Margaret showed an interested look upon hearing that.
"Of course, it’s very good," she said. "But it’s extremely rare. Those who obtain it use it themselves. It’s basically meant for Healers, but for other Awakener classes, it’s still a heart better than their original one. In the end, no one has ever been born with a special heart."
Margaret’s expression became more curious.
She clearly suspected why Leonardo brought this up.
"I’ll transfer it to your ring!" Leonardo only needed to hold her hand to send the heart directly into her ring.
And of course, Margaret immediately saw it.
She was stunned.
"You actually got it. Your luck is really high. But are you sure about giving this to me? You could use it yourself," she said.
"I’ve already used one," Leonardo replied.
"What do you mean?" Margaret became even more surprised.
"I somehow got two."
"Two?" Margaret’s eyes widened. "How did you get two items that rare?"
"It’s a coincidence that doesn’t make sense. One from the monster I fought, and the other was from the gate after killing that monster."
Leonardo said that, but he didn’t mention that there was also another Holy Tree Heart there.
He would keep it a secret until he could store it himself.
If he really wanted to store it, what he needed was a World Artifact.
"In that case, I’ll use this heart..." Margaret said and looked at Leonardo with a deeper expression.
Then she kissed his cheek.
"I was right to date you," she said.
Leonardo felt a bit embarrassed hearing that, and the bald driver felt even more embarrassed.
(Boss!)
Suddenly, he heard Ellie’s voice in his head.
It was unknown why she contacted him.
The problem was, neither she nor Liam had leveled up at all.
Leonardo even suspected they were slacking off.
(What is it?) he asked.
(Liam and I need your help. We found a large cave... Inside there are Ascension Potions Level 21, there are even five bottles. But too many monsters are guarding it. They are undead knights, very hard to deal with, even killing one is difficult because they cooperate!)
(Are you serious, five bottles?)
Leonardo found it hard to believe.
How could there be so many Ascension Potions, and even Level 21?
(It’s what I see from my current position...) Ellie replied.
(Alright, stay there!)
After that, Leonardo looked at Margaret.
"Honey, I’m going to the Monster World now, just drop me off here," he said.
Margaret was slightly surprised but then nodded.
"Yes! Baldy, stop!" she ordered.
Even though their relationship had deepened, it didn’t mean they were together all the time.
They naturally had their own matters like this.
For example, when Margaret wanted to go on an adventure, she could bring her subordinates. Leonardo didn’t have to follow her.
After getting out of Margaret’s car, Leonardo took a taxi toward one of the portals.
He walked calmly, but suddenly—
"Bastard, where do you think you’re going?"
A young man wearing a long black coat suddenly blocked him, his face full of anger, moving quickly with dark red light emanating from his body.
Boom!
His body produced an explosive sound that created a shockwave.
Leonardo was pushed backward, and weaker people were sent flying.
It was none other than Thomas Harper.
The weak quickly moved away.
Conflicts always happened, but rarely in public like this.
"What is the meaning of this, Harper?" Leonardo asked.
Meeting him here could be called unexpected, but attacking him directly—this was definitely a problem.
"Hahaha, Anderson, stop that fake innocent act of yours." Thomas mocked.
"I really didn’t expect you to have such guts. Tell the truth, you were the one who stole from the Association Head, weren’t you?"
"...."
His words stunned the crowd.
The question of who threw the Element Bomb Orb in the ruins that the Association Head was trying to open and stole its contents was still a hot topic.
Everyone was very curious who that person was.
Of course, the best part—whoever it was must be hiding priceless treasures.
There was no shortage of people who wanted to take them.
Was it this young man?
However, it was hard for them to believe.
Leonardo looked too young and didn’t seem capable of doing that.
"Have you become a liar now?" Leonardo asked Thomas.
"Don’t lie. Even the Association suspects you."
When that was said, the crowd became noisy.
Even the Association suspected this young man?
Now that was different.
Some people exchanged glances. Those with powerful backers reported to their superiors.
"I just found out about this..." Leonardo pretended. "But why haven’t they come to find me? I even know the Association Head."
"Hmph, Anderson, you’re really good at deception... But do you think you can escape trouble just because you’re dating Margaret? Hmph, even the Harvey Family won’t be able to protect you. And I will expose your crimes here."
His words finally made people realize this young man was not ordinary.
He was dating Margaret Harvey.
This rumor had spread, but most people didn’t know who the man was.
Whoosh!
Thomas charged toward Leonardo after saying all that.
At the same time, a pair of wings appeared on Leonardo’s back.
He avoided by flying upward.
"These wings?" Thomas stared sharply.
"Is this what you showed the police? Why is it different from what I saw back then?" he said.
"Hahaha, so you hid your owl wings and replaced them with wolf wings... Well done, Anderson. Now I understand why Margaret chose you. Your cunning and hers match perfectly. She must have felt a connection of fate after realizing your cunning. Don’t think you can escape just because you can fly..."
Buzz!
From beneath his feet, a propulsion force like a rocket appeared, launching him into the air at high speed.
Most importantly, it did not restrict his movement in the air.
He could still move as if he were flying with wings.