At this point, Yani sighed wistfully and dabbed at the almost nonexistent glimmer of tears in her eyes. "I've had such a miserable time. All my dreams, all my ambitions, all my knowledge—meaningless. You, you... Are you really only infatuated with my beauty and body? Your sex drive's as strong as a feline in heat, but you've also got the stamina of a primate from the human species. What's a girl supposed to do?"
So that was why there'd been, in the most literal sense, three thousand beauties in his harem just now?
"Besides, this excessive, surging display of desire is exactly like a short-lived species trying to leave behind more DNA. I don't enjoy it." She looked at Yu Lian's wooden expression and said irritably, "I told you, don't look like you've been cheated on. I haven't betrayed you!"
Yu Lian spread his hands. "I'm not accusing you. At most, I think you had one hell of an erotic dream. That's all."
"I told you I don't enjoy it. What erotic dream? Compared to this, those years in the Tempering Heart Bureau, that experience of uniting body and soul—that was closer to my ideal. But what could I do? I couldn't beat you in this timeline."
Yu Lian looked at Yani, who wore an expression of utter resignation, and felt an inexplicable pang of sorrow.
That Amida Berenkest, that Rainbow Rose Princess who was always in control and treated the universe as a chessboard, now seemed to have sheathed all her sharp edges, content to be imprisoned in a tower.
Could this be called a great conquest?
And yet he couldn't feel the slightest sense of achievement.
"My, my. It's rare to see a look of guilt on your face, but really, there's no need. This version of you