Signing a Contract with the Snake Princess! (Continued)

She was just about to say something,

when her eyes suddenly widened.

"W-what is this feeling..."

Tagorihime clutched her stomach, surprise lighting up her lovely face.

She could feel it:

the Natural Energy inside her body was wonderfully warm,

and it felt good.

But that was only part of it.

More importantly,

she could feel her Natural Energy being refined!

It sounded absurd,

but she could feel it unmistakably:

her Natural Energy had grown purer!

She had cultivated Natural Energy for a thousand years.

Centuries ago,

her cultivation had hit a bottleneck.

She had thought that was as far as she would ever get.

Yet just now,

her bottleneck

had begun to loosen!

Aogetsu Hyuga was surprised himself.

It was one thing for this to work on shinobi,

but it worked on someone who possessed Natural Energy too?

"Is that... is that part of every human so powerful?!"

Tagorihime stared in astonishment

at the spot between Aogetsu Hyuga's legs.

Aogetsu Hyuga waved a hand.

"Of course not. I'm the only one like that."

With that,

Aogetsu Hyuga headed down the narrow path.

Tagorihime still wanted to ask him something, but after she took just two steps, Aogetsu Hyuga vanished from sight.

Her expression froze, and anger flared in her chest.

He had been so rough with her tongue just moments ago, and now that he was done, he had simply walked away?

"White Snake was right! Humans are no good!" Tagorihime declared.

Yet she pressed a hand to her chest in puzzlement. Somehow, she didn't really dislike Aogetsu Hyuga.

It made no sense. That human had just treated her like that!

Before long, Tagorihime shook her head.

Whatever else,

she had to report this to White Snake.

Something that could improve the quality of Natural Energy

would certainly interest White