057, Interlude

The night was deep, and outside the window all was quiet, yet warmth and softness filled the space beside him.

Rimuru opened his eyes helplessly and glanced at Sylphiel, who was lying in his arms with her eyes wide open as she stared at him. "Didn't I arrange a room for you?"

"Mm-hmm. You interrupted this lady's goal for today, so you have to take responsibility, Master~"

Sylphiel's little tail swayed before Rimuru's eyes, a smile hanging on her lips. "Besides, I helped you seize the other side's power seed. By all rights, you should satisfy me a little, shouldn't you?"

"Is that so?" Rimuru gave her a dead-fish-eyed look and yawned sleepily. "Fine, sleep wherever you want."

With that, he flopped back down, utterly unmoved.

For Rimuru, absolute control over his body was enough to suppress physical desire. As for mental desire... Absolute Reason had that covered.

Still, while he could suppress and ignore his body's cravings, having a succubus persistently toying with his body while he was trying to sleep—within seconds, a vein popped on his forehead.

"What exactly do you want?!" Rimuru sat up with a dark expression, picked her up, and placed her in front of him.

Sylphiel, meanwhile, blinked curiously. "Could it be that you really are... impotent?"

"Then I'm impotent." Rimuru did not care in the slightest.

"?? You actually don't care about that? Oh, I get it." Sylphiel's eyes immediately lit up. "Could it be that you're a girl?!"

"..." Rimuru stared at her with a dark face. "Hah, I understand now."

Great Sage, turn off Absolute Reason for me!

?? Are you sure?

You had to know that when people got carried away, they could easily do things that lowered their IQ. Absolute Reason, meanwhile, allowed Rimuru to resist confusion, bewilderment, charm,