"Then should I go take a bath first?"
Lin Ao asked Heavenly Mandate tentatively in his mind.
[Heh-heh...]
Heavenly Mandate laughed softly and did not answer.
"Alright, I'm coming right now~"
Lin Ao curled his lip. It had even learned to heh-heh now.
Lin Ao glanced at Sasaki Nozomi and Aragaki Yui, then gritted his teeth.
"You two go ahead. Something suddenly came up that I need to deal with."
Sasaki Nozomi and Aragaki Yui both looked at Lin Ao in puzzlement.
In an instant, Lin Ao vanished without a trace.
"Heh-heh, looks like Master ran away? Miss Aragaki, are you very disappointed?"
Sasaki Nozomi looked at Aragaki Yui with a smile.
"How could I be? Ao-kun may really have something to do. There will be other chances in the future."
Aragaki Yui put on the same smile. She also could not get a read on what Lin Ao meant; though she was somewhat disappointed, she would not show it.
"Then shall we? Go have a soak?"
Sasaki Nozomi looked Aragaki Yui over with great interest.
"Then let's go~ Let's relax properly tonight!"
The two women looked at each other, sparks flying everywhere, and walked toward the hot spring behind the inn.
At this moment, Lin Ao had already appeared on the roof of the inn.
He sat cross-legged there, eyes tightly shut. At this moment, he had already arrived in the Heavenly Mandate Space.
"I'm here~"
In the Heavenly Mandate Space, Lin Ao stared fixedly at the air. Before long, a door appeared there. The door opened, and Heavenly Mandate appeared in front of it.
"Where's Fate Two?"
Lin Ao looked at Heavenly Mandate in confusion. Where was she? Hadn't it said everything was already settled?
Just then, the figure of a woman appeared behind Heavenly Mandate's door.
She