After Ginna finished hunting, she only carved off a portion of the meat for herself and left the rest behind for other wandering beasts.

There was already enough stored back at home from her share anyway.

The chunks she packed into the basket would mostly go toward Dalia’s portion.

Now it was Luke’s turn to accomplish the reason he had come here in the first place.

Gathering herbs.

Although he knew the required herbs grew somewhere within the forest, they weren’t conveniently clustered together for easy collection.

He had to search carefully, moving from place to place while identifying which quality would work best for his potions.

"These herbs are pretty strange," Ginna commented curiously after watching him gather three different herbs in large quantities. "Why are you taking them? They don’t go into any dish I know."

Luke answered vaguely,

"I’m trying to make medicine."

Ginna blinked in surprise.

"You can do that too?"

From what she had heard, medicine-making required years of study alongside guidance from an experienced mentor.

Seriously...

Just how many hidden talents did this man possess?

Luke hummed thoughtfully while scanning the nearby vegetation.

"I think we’ll find the last ingredient near the stream."

Ginna nodded.

"Then let’s head there." She lifted the pouch containing the meat before tying it high above the ground using a rope. "I’ll leave this hanging here so it doesn’t attract animals."

Even if a large bear wandered nearby, it wouldn’t be able to reach the bag.

Luke nodded in approval, and soon the two headed toward a hidden stream deep within the forest, a place most villagers didn’t even know existed.

Judging from Ginna’s lack of surprise, however, Luke assumed she had explored these regions many times before.

The sound of flowing water soon echoed through the surroundings.

Above them, thunder rumbled once more across the darkening sky.

Ginna initially wanted to help Luke gather herbs, but he looked so intensely focused on selecting the perfect specimens that she couldn’t bring herself to interrupt him.

Instead, she crouched near the stream and began washing her arms and feet, trying to remove the lingering scent of blood from her skin.

Tip.

Tip.

A few cold droplets landed against her nose.

Then her hair.

Ginna slowly looked upward.

Rain.

The light drizzle quickly began intensifying, the droplets growing heavier by the second until her hair started getting soaked.

Immediately, she rose to her feet and turned toward Luke. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Luke, are you done?" she called out. "We should head back soon."

The sky had already grown dark.

And inside a forest like this, it would only take a single wrong turn for them to end up completely lost.

Luke had already finished gathering the herbs.

Rising to his feet, he finally noticed that his upper body was completely soaked, several thick strands of wet hair clinging to his forehead from the rain.

’Who would’ve thought herbs could capture my interest this much...’

The thought crossed his mind briefly before he spoke,

"Let’s head back now."

Ginna nodded and immediately stood up as well.

But the moment she hurried toward him, her foot suddenly slipped against the wet soil.

Her body tilted dangerously toward the stream.

Thankfully, Luke reacted instantly and caught her before she could fall into the rushing water.

"Are you okay?" he asked immediately.

Ginna had her eyes tightly shut and lips faintly pursed in pain.

"My ankle..." she winced softly. "I think I twisted it."

Rain poured heavily around them now, soaking her face and clothes completely within seconds.

Their outfits were already drenched.

And now, on top of that...

She was injured.

Luke quickly scanned the surroundings before pointing ahead.

"Let’s take cover there first."

Not far away stood a massive tree with a hollow trunk wide enough for the two of them to shelter inside temporarily.

Without wasting another second, Luke bent down and lifted Ginna into his arms.

She was considerably shorter than him, and trying to support her by the shoulder while traversing slippery ground would’ve only increased the chances of both of them falling.

This was simply the quickest and safest option.

Still...

Ginna became visibly flustered the moment he carried her.

Being held like this by a boy who wasn’t even half her age felt incredibly embarrassing.

Yet despite the heat rising to her face, she didn’t protest.

Instead, she quietly allowed herself to remain in his arms while rain poured relentlessly around them.

Luke reached the hollow space and used his special eyes to detect if there was any snake or creature resting there. Fortunately, only a few bugs which Luke stomped on with his foot and then only rested Ginna on the ground.

*Crackle*

The sky was lit by the thunder that rumbled across the sky. The rain was growing fiercer by the minute.

Luke stood and looked ahead. It was barely visible as of now, and despite his powers, going back now like this with Ginna injured would be creating unnecessary problems

"Let’s stay here till the rain slows down." He told the woman and saw Ginna nodding in understanding.

As he looked down at the woman, his breath slowed down a little.

Ginna sat against the curved inner wall of the hollow trunk, completely drenched.

Her thin dress had turned almost transparent from the heavy rain, clinging shamelessly to every lush curve of her hot mature body like a second skin.

The soaked fabric molded tightly over her full, heavy breasts, outlining their perfect round shape and the dark circles of her areolas.

Her nipples stood hard and erect, poking obscenely against the wet material, begging for attention with each shaky breath she took.

Water streamed down her face, making her messy grey hair stick to her flushed cheeks and neck in wild strands.

A few locks trailed between her cleavage, drawing his eyes straight to the deep valley where her tits pressed together.

Lower down, the dress hugged her soft belly and wide hips, tracing the delicious swell of her mature figure.

The outline of her pelvis was clearly visible, the fabric stretched taut over her mound, showing the tempting shape of her pussy lips pressed together.

She shifted slightly, wincing from her twisted ankle, and instinctively pressed her thick thighs tight against each other.

That motion created a perfect V at her crotch, the wet dress sinking deeper into the crease and highlighting the plump, inviting shape of her sex even more.

Droplets of rain kept rolling down her exposed skin, tracing lewd paths along her inner thighs before disappearing under the hem.

He knew she was hot all along but seeing her like this...

Luke could not look away. The sight of this strong huntress reduced to such a vulnerable, dripping state made heat surge through his body.

Her cheeks burned red, partly from embarrassment and partly from something unknown, as she noticed his intense stare.

She bit her lower lip, trying to steady her breathing, but it only made her chest rise and fall more noticeably, those stiff nipples straining harder against the clinging cloth.

The storm roared outside, but inside the hollow tree the air felt thick and charged.

Ginna’s soaked body looked ready to be touched, tasted, claimed right there on the damp ground.

And Luke planned on doing just that today.

••••••••

A/N:- I hope you liked the Chapter.