Liyami stood in front of the full-length mirror in the bathroom, ready to release some of her pent-up desires.
As for why she was about to do such a thing, that story had to start from a dozen minutes earlier.
“Phew~ finally got everything tidied up.”
Liyami hid the clothes she bought today in her room.
She wasn’t foolish enough to just put them in the wardrobe—what if Colin accidentally opened it and saw the clothes she bought?
“Hmph hmph~ hiding them so well, and even using Presence Reduction and Yingzhi Fengsuo. Even Colin shouldn’t be able to find them now.”
Looking at her handiwork, Liyami hummed a little tune happily.
But as she hummed, she started feeling uneasy.
Her body gradually grew restless and hot.
She hurriedly checked herself and realized she had subconsciously made some inappropriate moves.
She immediately stopped herself, then sat dazed, wondering why she had just acted that way without thinking.
First of all, one thing had to be clear—she was definitely not a lecherous person.
Absolutely not!
However, although she wasn’t lustful, she still had normal physiological needs.
So occasionally, she would privately relieve herself alone.
But that was before Liyami became a woman.
Since she transformed, this was the first time such a thing happened.
Could it be because she hadn’t relieved herself recently?
Indeed, she and Colin had handled many dangerous incidents lately, so she hadn’t had time to relieve herself.
Still, even so, she shouldn’t have unconsciously started doing that, right?
That meant there had to be a culprit behind all this—not her unmet desires.
Absolutely not!
Liyami quickly figured out the culprit—the Silver Mark!
Exactly, it must be it!
The reason she subconsciously did that was because of it!
Definitely!
When the Shadow Veil Secret Society sent the message yesterday, the Silver Mark’s effect triggered too, almost causing her to throw herself at Colin.
This situation was just like yesterday—completely the Silver Mark’s fault!
Even knowing the culprit, Liyami had no solution now and could only endure it like yesterday.
Or…
Thinking of the second option made her conflicted.
After all, she was now a woman, not a man, so doing that kind of thing felt somewhat improper.
Besides, if she accidentally became addicted…
No, that was impossible!
She was a real man!
There was no way she would get addicted to something like that!
That’s right!
Even though she had become a woman, deep down she was still a strong and mature male.
Just a simple manual release shouldn’t scare a true man away!
Rather than hesitate, it was better to just go for it—that was the mark of a true man!
“Alright! I’ll do it!”
Having made up her mind, Liyami walked into the bathroom like a warrior who, despite being battered and bleeding, never backs down.
Her fiery red pupils seemed to hold a red dragon within.
(After an intense battle)
Liyami lay in the bathtub, recalling what had just happened, and immediately felt a wave of embarrassment.
Why had she wanted to do that just now?!
And she even thought once wasn’t enough—she wanted to do it more times?!
Just thinking about what she had done made a warm heat rise within her.
She submerged her whole body in water, trying to physically cool down.
After cooling herself for a while, Liyami calmed down.
Recalling those “true man” thoughts made her feel ridiculous.
How could she do something like that with such absurd ideas?
What was she even thinking?!
And she had almost gotten addicted.
The thought that she wanted to do it a second time made her shudder.
If she really got addicted and fell, she’d be throwing herself at Colin every time she saw him!
At that possibility, her newly calmed mind started to waver again.
But after some wild thoughts, she finally came to a conclusion.
What’s done is done.
No matter how much she cared about what already happened, it couldn’t be undone.
Liyami decided that from now on, until she transformed back into a man, she wouldn’t do such things anymore.
She made this resolution in her heart.
Of course, considering even her gender had changed, how long could this resolve last?
Meanwhile, Colin was heading toward Kit City, watching the sunset disappear with a slight regret.
“Looks like I’ll be back at the mansion late tonight.”
“Why, are you worried about her?”
Sifney noticed the regret on Colin’s face and teased him a bit.
“Why are you so worried about her? She’s not some helpless little girl—she’s a level 55 assassin. She can handle herself. Or could it be you’re worried because you like her…”
A problem.
“Ahem! What are you talking about! We’re just good brothers! There’s no way I’d think like that!”
Just as Sifney was about to say something more inappropriate, Colin quickly cut her off.
Sifney really did have quite the imagination.
How could he possibly have those kinds of thoughts?
Uh, hopefully not?
Yes!
Absolutely not!!!
Colin shook his head, calming himself and stopped thinking about such matters, instead turning his thoughts to Liyami’s contact with the Secret Society.
After moving forward a little more, he looked up at the stars gradually appearing in the sky and smiled faintly.
“You’re right. She really doesn’t need me to worry. She’s probably already ready to face the Secret Society contact.”
On the other side, Laviniya was buying local specialties on the street, planning to bring them back to her family.
More accurately, her younger sister—since it was only the two of them left at home.
Their parents were all killed by the Demon Race, and even the two of them had nearly been killed by the Demons.
Those were not memories worth cherishing.
But Laviniya sometimes recalled not the horrors of their parents’ deaths, but the person who saved her from certain death—the Hero.
She would never forget that day, the heroic figure of the Hero who rescued her.
Since then, she developed a strange affection for the Hero—perhaps admiration, respect, or even love.
Whatever it was, she intended to fight alongside the Hero in the future.
And she had, even if only for a short time, truly fought side by side with the Hero.
What she didn’t expect was that the Hero eventually perished together with the Demon King.
That left her depressed for a long time—until she met Colin.
His every word and deed resembled the Hero’s, giving her hope to see the figure who once saved her again.
That was why she clung to Colin—perhaps hoping to see the Hero’s image once more.
Unfortunately, Colin was not the Hero who saved her, and Laviniya would eventually come to understand this.