Chapter 43.
After a moment of intimacy, the sun was high, and it was time for Eugene to leave.
He looked at the little fox in his arms. Even after continuous comforting, the worry on her brow was ultimately difficult to dispel.
What was this?
A lilac-like girl in a rainy alley?
Eugene felt it was time to turn up the heat.
He controlled his face, putting on a conflicted expression. Finally, he cupped Haruhime's somewhat bewildered little face in his hands.
"Miss Haruhime, what I'm about to say might disappoint you."
"Although it is disrespectful, I must confess to you."
"...I am a man of passion, even promiscuity."
This sudden confession made Haruhime's body stiffen.
Her expression went through a series of changes in a short time, including sadness and disappointment.
No woman wished to hear such a thing from her lover.
However, she ultimately settled into a calm state.
"Mhm, I can understand."
"An excellent man like Mr. Eugene would not be confined by a mere $\text{changfu}$ (prostitute)."
Her hand brushed over Eugene's face, and she spoke softly with great melancholy: "You have a long journey ahead, and you shouldn't be held back because of me..."
"You've misunderstood me."
Eugene's expression was utterly serious.
"I admit I will fall in love with many women, but that doesn't mean I will abandon them."
"I won't let my women be bullied by anyone."
He flipped his body over, pressing the startled Haruhime beneath him, his dark golden eyes rippling.
It was an incomparably resolute gaze.
"Don't look at me like this, I have some assets."
"I will definitely redeem you!"
"Whether it's a million, ten million."
"One hundred million, or even a billion!"
"Even if I empty my family fortune, I will save you!"
Eugene's acting burst forth again, his fingers tightening, his expression agitated, his words sincere and impactful.
For a lonely girl fallen into the world of vice, this kind of display was simply an overwhelming force.
They looked at each other.
In Eugene's eyes, there were eyes that were gradually becoming hazy and filled with a watery mist.
She didn't know if Eugene truly possessed such ability.
She couldn't even imagine the scene of the day she gained her freedom.
However, this tenderness still sprouted in her heart, soaking through her innermost being.
That was enough.
Something even Aisha never mentioned, a man she had just met for one night, Eugene, could say with such finality.
That was more than enough.
Even though she knew it was an impossible feat.
"Mhm, then, it's a promise, okay~"
Haruhime closed her eyes, her smooth little arm hooked around his neck.
Her feathery eyelashes were wet with tears, trembling gently like butterfly wings.
She made the bravest, and most indulgent move of her life since birth.
At this moment, she lost her first kiss.
At this moment, the fox spirit became devoted to the Minotaur.
Yes!
Eugene savored the exceedingly rare warmth and softness, silently thinking that his experience from his past life was not wasted.
Beast-eared girls, and a fox spirit at that, no person from the Dragon Kingdom could refuse, okay!
After a long while, their lips separated.
Their foreheads touched, unsure whether to cry or laugh.
"Miss Haruhime, do you like heroes?"
Eugene asked the question out of nowhere.
The girl was stunned, then let out a soft laugh.
"Mhm, I like them."
"Super~ like them."
If someone who can give hope in desperate times is a hero,
then Haruhime had clearly already taken Eugene as her hero.
But Eugene spoke a bit anticlimactically:
"Ah, but I'm not a hero, and I can't be one."
Haruhime smiled again: "Then Haruhime won't like heroes."
"Whoever Lord Eugene wishes to become, that's who I will like."
Because the heroes in legends are always accompanied by princesses and saints.
That dazzling man, she thought, likely had no place for a changfu by his side.
"Heroes and such, are too brilliant, stand too high, worry too much, and bear too much. I can't stand it."
Eugene said, showing the light, mischievous grin of a scoundrel: "I just want to live happily, and let the woman I love live happily too, that's all."
He tightly wrapped his arms around her waist: "Whether she's a changfu or a devil, if I like her, no one else is allowed to comment."
"As the saying goes, a biaozi (whore) and a dog, lasts forever."
"A complete scum-dog-man like me, and a delicate golden flower standing tall in the world of vice, are perfectly matched."
"Lord Eugene is belittling himself too much." Haruhime's beautiful brows furrowed, showing displeasure with Eugene's statement.
But in reality, her heart had already begun to melt.
Her fluffy, light-golden tail also swayed lightly.
"In any case, you can look forward to it."
Eugene raised his hand and placed it on Haruhime's sturdy magical collar.
This thing, in the original work, only shattered after the Ishtar Familia was destroyed.
Its effect was probably to limit Haruhime's range of activity and sense her location.
"Hope it works..."
The Goddess Ishtar should only be able to use her power to stimulate lust and not any other Authority.
So this thing should not be a Divine Weapon, just an ordinary magical item.
And magical items do not have a concept of master and servant.
Put it on, chant the spell, and inject magic power to activate it.
Then...
Eugene's eyes flashed with brilliant gold!
"Deep Plunder!"
"Become the shape of a Minotaur!!"
The wicked black mist rapidly encroached and covered it. The magic power that came with the collar could not withstand this unreasonable force at all.
After only a slight resistance, it was defeated.
According to the thickness of the Minotaur's neck, the collar immediately expanded by a large circle.
And a buckle that could be adjusted and removed at any time was added to the back.
It was genuinely very user-friendly.
"How, how amazing!"
Haruhime's eyes lit up.
How many years had it been since she felt this empty neck and the sensation of free breathing?
"With those people watching, I can't take it off for now, but it will be much more comfortable when sleeping."
Due to the progress of his plan, Eugene could not take Haruhime away for the time being.
Given the Ishtar Familia's focus on her, it was impossible for her to be harmed.
"I will come again tonight... What is it?"
He noticed Haruhime's conflicted little expression.
"Ugh... I, I don't want to wear it."
"I only just took it off."
Is she being petulant at a time like this?
Eugene looked at the utterly adorable girl and, without a word, went up and gave her a lesson.
"Let's see if you'll wear it now!"
"Ah ah ah! Lord Eugene is a big bad guy!!"
Haruhime covered her neck, her face flushed.
With so many marks, how can she face anyone!
She frantically put the collar back on to cover the marks.
At the same time, she did not forget to glare angrily at Eugene.
And the latter, as always, was utterly shameless, showing not an ounce of remorse.
"Trust me." He reached out again, stroking her flawless, jade-like face.
"I will give you freedom."
"..."
Haruhime smiled like a flower.
"Mhm, I believe you."
At this moment.
The Minotaur had won over the fox spirit.
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