Narration: “While pursuing the Dark Merchant a few days ago, I, Tei Yuulin, met up with His Majesty again. Then, he brought me back to the harem to a cage-like room.” While still in Reishou’s embrace, Yuulin thinks that afterwards, she listened to his sincere words and their feelings are interlinked.. Reishou apologizes to her for making her stay in this kind of place. “Before I can properly make you go back to the harem, there are some things that I have to deal with first..” She tells him that it is alright, she’ll properly wait. Yuulin feels that she is going to quickly swoon. Seeing her expression, Reishou lets her go and says that it feels like he had carelessly overdid it, and even if he hates to part with her, but he should go. Yuulin says okay, she’ll walk him out. Reishou holds her face and kisses her. Smiling, he tells her to forgive him for that and he’s going. Holding her lips, Yuulin blushes and manages to mutter, take care. In a daze, she slowly walks to her bed and jumps onto it. She starts rolling around the bed and mentally screaming. “What is this..Is this reality!? Not long ago, I was prepared to become a ‘broken jade’, right!!! [from the idiom ‘Better broken jade than intact tile/’death is preferable to dishonor’]...