It was already the latter half of the night by the time they returned to the hotel.
Lin Ao returned to his room and found that Sasaki Nozomi was already gone. The girl had probably stepped smoothly into the first level of the Mystic Maiden Sutra.
Lin Ao took a long, blissful bath, then went to sleep.
Eight o'clock in the morning.
Lin Ao, who was still in the middle of a sweet dream, was jolted awake by something crashing down on him.
"Master~~~~~"
"Time to get up~~~~~~"
Sasaki Nozomi's soft, sweet, sticky voice sounded by Lin Ao's ear. Still fast asleep, Lin Ao slapped out with one hand.
The imagined scream never came.
Lin Ao's strike hit empty air, and only then did he open his eyes.
"Hehehe! Master! Was my reaction fast or what!"
Sasaki Nozomi was straddling Lin Ao, her face full of smugness. She was already at the peak of the Post-Natal Realm now.
"Heh, and this is enough for you to get cocky?"
The moment Lin Ao finished saying this, Sasaki Nozomi immediately sprang away, moving extremely quickly.
"Master~ Now you admit my reaction is fast, right?"
Sasaki Nozomi's voice was extremely smug. She had been on guard, okay? If she had been just one second slower earlier, Lin Ao definitely would have grabbed her in an instant.
"Oh? Is that so? You are pretty fast~"
Sasaki Nozomi's pretty face instantly stiffened, because Lin Ao's voice had appeared behind her. The bed was already completely empty.
"Master... go easy..."
"Ah~~~~~~"
Before long, Lin Ao had finished washing up and came out, shooting Sasaki Nozomi, who was still rubbing her little bottom, a sidelong glance.
"That's what you get for getting smug. You don't even know how many catties and taels you weigh, yet you're brandishing