"Did you put this blanket over me?"
"Regent King, please take care of your health. Uruk cannot do without you right now. If you wish to rest, please move to the harem, where someone will attend to you."
Siduri did not deny it. In fact, when she came to the Royal Palace last night to check on Higashino Kanade's work, she found that he had completed the backlog of two days' worth of work. She had been stunned by his achievement and realized that Higashino Kanade was a workaholic no less dedicated than Gilgamesh.
Seeing Higashino Kanade fall asleep with exhaustion written all over his face, Siduri had taken a blanket and covered him with it without waking him, then quietly left the Royal Palace alone. She did not return until the next day to call Higashino Kanade to work.
"The harem..."
Higashino Kanade's eyelids twitched as he instinctively recalled how, the night before last, he had been picked up by some unknown woman and nearly lost his virginity.
This was the Royal Palace of Uruk. Aside from ordinary maids, the only women who could appear here were Gilgamesh's harem of concubines. Higashino Kanade vaguely remembered that the woman who had done whatever she pleased to him was very beautiful, which meant she was very likely one of Gilgamesh's concubines.
Damn it! I absolutely can't go rest in the harem. Wouldn't that be walking straight into a trap?
Gilgamesh's concubines might all be beautiful, but I'm not interested in married women. The four lovely wives at home are already more than enough for me to handle. I can't bring another woman back to torment me.
The more Higashino Kanade thought about it, the more terrified he became. Cold sweat ran down his back, and for a moment, he even suspected