"Master, You..."

Now that they had officially reunited, Yulin naturally stopped acting alone. She obediently followed at Shien's side, looking thoroughly delighted.

Lilith and Yulin had always gotten along fairly well. Even before Yulin took human form, the two had chatted across servers more than once. Now that Yulin had returned, the little girl showed no shyness at all. She climbed down from Shien, held Yulin's hand, and followed behind him. From time to time, they whispered to each other, looking every bit like best friends.

Shien had his beloved pet back, so he was in an equally good mood. He felt that he could press his advantage and cheer up the fiancées whose relationships with him had just been—no, confirmed.

Who would have thought...

"Master is already asleep."

"And before she went to sleep, she said she didn't want to see anyone."

Gratia and Blady stood before Aiyi's door like two roadblocks, refusing Shien entry with stern faces.

"Not even me?"

Shien pointed at his own nose.

"That's right."

Gratia spoke the blunt truth.

"More precisely, Master specifically instructed us that she especially doesn't want to see you right now."

Blady did not spare Shien even the slightest bit of face.

That made Shien realize that this Dragon Woman was probably genuinely angry this time.

There was nothing he could do about it. He had vanished right before her eyes, and she had waited for him all night. Yet when he returned, his face had been covered in lipstick marks. If this had happened in his previous life, she would probably have packed up and gone back to her parents' home already.

But Shien felt wronged too.

"It wasn't like I wanted to leave. I was dragged over there by force too, wasn't I?"

Shien felt like crying without tears.

Naturally,