A little while later, Shien emerged from his room alone.
"I'm going to take a bath. Want to come with me?"
Shien tossed that line at Roxie in the room, only to be driven out by a pillow the next instant.
But he was not discouraged. Instead, he strode spiritedly toward the bathhouse.
After all, she was already here and even planned to stay the night. Shien had no intention of doing nothing.
That's right!
Tonight, he was definitely going to win Roxie over!
Putting the past aside, ever since that kiss with Roxie, Shien had been craving that girl, and he had not wasted little paper because of it.
Coupled with his extremely strong desire to stop being single lately, Shien could hardly wait to take this girl down.
"The Kingdom's Treasure, huh?"
Thinking that the goddess in countless people's hearts was in his room, and that so many young noblemen had come to hate him because of it, Shien felt not fear, but excitement.
As he had said before, the past was one thing, but now that so many young noblemen already hated him and he had gotten into trouble several times because of it, there was no reason not to claim the compensation he deserved.
Before, he truly had nothing to do with Roxie, so Shien had considered being targeted by those noble youths a nuisance and avoided it at all costs.
But if they really had that kind of relationship, then what did a little trouble matter?
He would take it all on!
The more Shien thought about it, the more excited he became, and even his steps toward the bathhouse quickened.
However, before heading to the bathhouse, Shien remembered someone in the house. He paused, suddenly changed direction, and headed elsewhere.
As for Roxie, she