"If you truly didn't want to accept our surrender, Lord Xuandou, you would probably have thrown me out already."
"Besides, Six Paths Tea is produced in such small quantities. Surely you wouldn't waste it on a dead person, Lord Xuandou?"
"Please make your intentions clear, Lord Xuandou!"
Cold sweat broke out on Fuen's forehead under Xuandou's pressure, but she forced herself to remain calm and spoke each word distinctly.
Sweat soaked Fuen's dress.
Her shapely figure traced breathtakingly alluring curves, and every inch of exposed skin exuded a mature fragrance.
The atmosphere suddenly grew suggestive.
"You're a clever woman."
"But while Six Paths Tea might be precious to you, to me, it's just ordinary tea."
"Giving it to anyone wouldn't be a waste."
Xuandou withdrew his pressure and controlled the Dragon Fire Technique to dry Fuen's sweat-soaked clothes, speaking earnestly.
Her clothes gradually dried.
Fuen opened her mouth to thank him, but when she remembered that he had caused all of this, she couldn't get the words out. She could only awkwardly pick up the teacup on the table and drink.
Xuandou refilled Fuen's empty cup, picked up the letter on the table, and opened a drawer, placing it at the very back.
Since Fuen had already seen through him, he no longer intended to keep up the pretense.
"Lord Xuandou, you must have received Teacher's message long ago?"
"You already know what's in the letter, don't you?"
As Fuen watched Xuandou put the letter she had worked so hard to deliver into the drawer without any intention of opening it, realization suddenly struck her.
Xuandou had received Kazuma's message from the very beginning.
Otherwise, Xuandou couldn't have so easily produced the letters Kazuma had written to Hiruzen and Minato, nor would his attitude have changed so quickly.
"Shouldn't that