The Third Boyfriend Privilege

Game time, Day 8.

Inside a crevice in the ravine.

Yimo and the Rain Emperor were shivering in a pile of clothes, looking far worse than they had two days ago.

The Rain Emperor murmured, "Uncle... I feel like I'm about to drop..."

"I'm so thirsty... so hungry..."

"So cold..."

"Even hugging you doesn't feel the way it did at first..."

Cold. So very cold.

The air temperature had plummeted over the past two days. It was clearly much lower than before.

Water had become their biggest problem.

The two of them had tried melting snow, then using scraps of cloth to filter it the most rudimentary way.

It was drinkable, but they didn't dare drink much.

It barely quenched their thirst, and their stomachs felt uncomfortable afterward...

Yimo pursed his cracked lips. "Then talk less..."

"And what sort of feeling are you hoping to get from hugging me...?"

"My wound's definitely inflamed. It's especially itchy..."

"Good thing it's winter. If it were summer, it'd probably be even worse..."

At his words, the Rain Emperor perked up a little. She weakly patted Yimo on the back. "Uncle, whatever you do, don't scratch it!"

"Hang in there, or you'll die even faster!"

As she spoke, Yimo's words piqued her interest. "Hey, of course I mean that feeling between a man and a woman!"

"Honestly, at first my heart was pounding, and I could feel my skin heating up. And then..."

"Pah, pah, pah! Some things can only be understood, not explained."

"You reacted too, didn't you? How could you not know?!"

"But now, I don't feel a thing!"

"Uncle, I thought I liked you."

"But looking at it now, that was just a misunderstanding caused by a moment of impulse. I've calmed down."

"Though, thinking about it carefully, maybe I'm just