The next day.
At the Dragon Kingdom's border.
The morning sun spilled over the streets. With such fine weather a rarity, the residents had headed out early.
Pedestrians hurried along the bustling streets.
Compared with major cities like Chun Prefecture and the Capital, the little town had a small population, but it had peace and quiet on its side.
With Guotai Min'an in charge, the Dragon Kingdom was stable internally, and infrastructure development was advancing rapidly. This little town was one example.
It covered little ground and had been built less than five years ago.
On the snow-covered street, two figures, one tall and one short, strolled hand in hand through the crowd.
The man was powerfully built, with spiky hair, and wore only a thin black coat despite the cold.
The girl wore her hair in a bun and was dressed in hanfu, with a Tang Dao on her back. One hand held the man's, while the other held a skewer of candied hawthorn.
They looked like a young couple deeply in love, inseparable, each reflected in the other's eyes.
"Wife, you did a great job this time. I've been fucking sick of Guotai Min'an for ages." The man's lecherous gaze swept over the woman's chest, and he swallowed. "I'll give you a proper reward when we get back."
"Okay." The young girl nodded earnestly, her words muffled as she bit into her candied hawthorn. "Then could you not make me wear those strange clothes?"
"Pfft." The spiky-haired man rubbed his nose awkwardly. "It's about setting the mood, setting the mood. You don't understand human kinks."
"In a bit... I'll go buy a nurse's uniform, hehe, and then we'll head back into the mountains to keep cultivating."
With a lewd chuckle, the man pinched the cheek of the harmless-looking