At last, after finishing her nails, Kaguya Otsutsuki let out a sigh of relief and placed her hands properly back on her lap.
To her, such an action had been far too intimate.
In her long life, she had never experienced a moment like this...
"How did it feel?"
Wuye rested his head on one hand and asked her with a smile.
"What... feeling?"
Kaguya Otsutsuki looked ahead, but her gaze was unfocused. Her attention remained on the figure beside her.
"I mean..."
As if nothing was amiss, Wuye placed his hand over the backs of her clasped hands. "Did that feel good?"
Kaguya Otsutsuki wanted to pull her hands away, but she was unwilling to make such a weak-looking gesture. For a moment, she did not move.
So Wuye simply covered both her hands, letting the warmth of his palm seep into them.
Kotone, the perfect wingwoman, wore an inexplicably delighted smile.
After quite a while, Kaguya Otsutsuki finally pulled her hand back as though she did not care. "Mm, it felt..."
But she had only focused on withdrawing her hand and forgotten that it had been lying flat on her thigh. Once her hand moved away, Wuye's hand ended up covering her leg.
That firm sensation...
The next moment, Wuye lifted his hand and withdrew it.
Sneaking in a little touch was fine in theory, but actually doing it at this stage would have been somewhat frivolous...
"Come to think of it, we've talked so much since this morning. Didn't you originally intend to tell me what lies behind the God Tree?" Wuye changed the subject.
Kaguya Otsutsuki let out a sigh of relief and nodded. "Yes. The God Tree was planted by our clan. We are the Otsutsuki Clan from another planet..."
When too many things had