A gentle breath of warm air brushed against her ear.
Hoshizuki Hyuga's pretty face flushed like a ripe red apple, the blush spreading all the way to her ears.
It was her first time being this close to a man.
Su Ye's approach sent an involuntary tingling through her body.
It felt strange, making her instinctively want to pull away.
But remembering that Su Ye had saved her, and that she really was curious about his true identity,
she resisted the urge to shove him away.
"Actually, I'm your ancestor..."
Su Ye leaned closer and whispered with a mysterious expression, as though revealing some earth-shattering secret.
"..."
When Su Ye's rich, resonant voice reached her ears, Hoshizuki Hyuga froze.
She felt so stupid. Truly.
She had actually been foolish enough to lean closer.
She should never have believed his nonsense from the moment he first claimed to be the Heavenly Emperor.
Su Ye was very pleased with Hoshizuki Hyuga's expression.
He had already hopped aside, ready to dodge any sudden attack she might launch.
This time, he hadn't dared to call himself the Heavenly Emperor again, afraid she would insist on fighting him to the death.
Instead, he had taken the relatively conservative approach of telling her the fact that he was merely her ancestor.
To his disappointment, however, after Hoshizuki Hyuga's initial moment of bewilderment,
her expression seemed to stop changing altogether, and she didn't ask him anything either.
"Huh? You're not surprised?"
Su Ye asked, puzzled.
Hoshizuki Hyuga cast him a sidelong glance with her beautiful eyes.
"Surprised by what?"
"By the fact that I'm your ancestor."
Su Ye spoke as though it were perfectly obvious.
"..."
Hoshizuki Hyuga fell silent again, her long lashes fluttering as she stared straight at him.
"What? You don't believe me?"
Su