Yoru.
Konan saw Samui suddenly arrive and talking with Robin, Hancock, and Nami in the living room.
She went over as well. "Miss Samui?"
The four of them looked over at once. Konan asked, "What is it?"
Samui smiled. "Nothing. His Majesty will be coming to my place tonight, so I came to invite Miss Robin, Miss Hancock, and Miss Nami to come along."
What were they going there for...
Konan immediately fell silent, feeling somewhat embarrassed. She regretted coming out of her room.
Samui looked Konan over and saw that she was dressed appropriately in casual home clothes, with the lip stud beneath her lip removed. She asked, "What happened to the jewelry you used to wear on your lip, Miss Konan?"
This made Konan even more embarrassed. The lip stud and navel ring had drawn the Emperor's attention before, which was why she had deliberately taken them off.
"I found them a little inconvenient, so I took them off," she said.
Samui smiled faintly. "Is that so? It doesn't matter at home, but His Majesty seems to quite like that style."
"..."
Konan said nothing. She understood the implication—was Samui telling her to put those things back on when she saw His Majesty to please him?
Why should she?!
After a moment of silence, she said, "That's my own business."
Konan did not want to put it too bluntly, but she understood perfectly what the other woman meant, so this was all she could say.
Samui said nothing in response and left with Robin and the other two.
Konan was the only one left in the room. Suddenly, she felt a wave of panic. If the Emperor came here someday and wanted to do something absurd in this house, what was she supposed to do then?
She had