Translator: Pika

  Zu An was delighted by her words. For all his worrying, it seemed this young woman was fairly agreeable. This simplified the situation tremendously.

  “I understand,” Zu An replied.

  He heard the splashes of someone making their way out of the water, and his thoughts went wild. He felt incredibly conflicted—should he take a peek, or not? His sense of honor struggled feebly against his baser desires.

  Just imagining the young woman’s body rising from..