"Wow! How did this hot spring inn become so luxurious?"
When Temari returned to the hot spring inn she had been humiliatingly brought into years ago, her state of mind was completely different.
She looked around at everything with endless curiosity and novelty.
"It's not that the hot spring inn became more luxurious. It actually hasn't changed much. Your mood is just different."
Wuye walked beside her, his gaze seemingly casually brushing over her profile.
She was clearly only fifteen, yet she seemed so mature and composed. Was that the price of being clever?
Temari blinked at his words and nodded. "Maybe..."
"You won't have such nice hot springs to soak in after this. Will you regret it whenever you think about it?" Wuye asked again.
"Of course not!"
Temari shook her head. "It's just a hot spring inn. Once Sand Village grows strong, we'll have one too."
Wuye merely smiled without saying anything.
"Give us your best hot spring room," he told the receptionist.
The young receptionist glanced at Temari upon hearing that.
Temari's eyes darted everywhere but toward her, and the receptionist immediately understood what she was thinking.
Smiling, she handed Wuye a room key. "Please follow me."
Only after escorting Wuye and Temari to the largest hot spring room did she carefully close the door and leave.
Temari already looked like a young woman now. At the very least, no one would think Wuye was some kind of beast anymore...
"What a pity..."
Once Temari had changed into a yukata and entered the hot spring pool with feigned calmness, Wuye sighed as if nothing was amiss.
Temari's nervousness eased slightly. After sitting across from him, she asked, "What's a pity?"
Wuye rested one hand on the smooth edge of the bath, propping up his head as his