[If you don't want this little one to become a little mummy, you'd better stop her right now.]
Khonshu's sudden remark snapped Steven out of his own enthralled contemplation of the pharaoh's burial treasures. Cold sweat instantly broke out across his forehead. His eyes widened and his mouth fell open as he exclaimed, "What mummy?!"
His terrified expression made it seem as though he had seen the most horrifying thing in the world.
Reacting swiftly, Lin Ze drew his sword on the spot as though facing a formidable enemy. His brow furrowed, he watched the panicked Steven warily and asked:
"A mummy?!"
Paimon, whose hand had come within 0.01 centimeters of touching a gold coin, hastily pulled it back at Steven's words. She darted behind Lin Ze in fright, her little face deathly pale.
Clutching the hem of Lin Ze's clothes, she poked half her head out from behind him and looked around nervously, stammering, "A-a mummy!! Where is it?!"
Neuvillette and Cyno also frowned as they watched their surroundings, but even after the group waited a while, the enemy Steven had mentioned failed to appear.
"No, no."
Seeing that his "warning" had driven Paimon away from the "dangerous" treasures, Steven secretly breathed a sigh of relief before explaining his behavior.
"Khonshu just warned me that we can't take those treasures, or we'll turn into mummies."
Hearing Steven's explanation, Paimon shuddered at her narrow escape.
"You mean those shriveled-up corpses wrapped in rags from head to toe? No, no! Paimon doesn't want to look like that!"
Paimon patted her chest and gulped down air, her little face still filled with terror.
"Paimon was this close to touching a gold coin! That was way too close!"
[Hmph. The man lying here was a notorious miser in life.]
Visible to Steven, Khonshu