After an entire ear-cleaning session, Kaguya Otsutsuki was drenched in fragrant sweat from head to toe.
She practically fled from Wuye, stumbling away as she had a maid take her to bathe.
"Wuye, you're amazing!"
Kotone sat where Kaguya had been sitting and giggled at Wuye, whose face was still full of lingering satisfaction. "From the way my lady looked, you'll have her completely won over soon enough!"
Wuye propped his chin on his hand, looking profound. "I hadn't even put in any effort, and she was already down..."
Kotone leaned closer and bumped him with her shoulder, asking slyly, "Hey, when are you planning to completely win her over?"
She had expected Wuye to say two or three days, but he only smiled and shook his head. "No rush. It might take another month or two."
"Huh? Why would it take that long?"
Kotone was full of question marks. "From the way my lady looked, even if you sneaked into her room tonight, nothing would probably happen."
"But that's only physical desire." Wuye shook his head and glanced back in the direction Kaguya had left. "She still doesn't understand me well enough or truly accept me. We need more time."
He was accustomed to keeping physical intimacy behind emotional connection and would not easily cross the line.
"Physical desire stimulates the production of certain hormones, making people feel impulses and sensations of love..."
Wuye said, "But that isn't real love. Only a meeting of minds and mutual recognition between souls can guarantee a lasting life together. That's why I use reason to suppress physical longing."
Kotone stared at him wide-eyed, her voice even stammering a little. "Wuye, you... you know far too much..."
"Of course." Wuye smugly ran a hand through his hair. "I've gathered the wisdom of countless