Early Morning
Jun An, who had spent the night exhausting Anna, stretched lazily.
After the night, the number of wedding dresses and rings Jun An needed to prepare increased by one.
He touched Anna's ice-pure, jade-like cheek. Amidst her chestnut hair was a highlighted streak, perfectly complementing her beautiful eyelashes. She was undoubtedly a beauty.
Slipping his hand under the covers, he gave a gentle squeeze. Perhaps due to her Herrscher Core, her body temperature was slightly lower than normal. Both inside and out, she felt cool, but not unpleasantly cold – just the kind of temperature that felt comfortable. It had been quite enjoyable yesterday.
Unfortunately, it wasn't summer now; otherwise, Jun An would definitely be tempted to hold Anna all day long.
And even though it was early morning, Jun An naturally wouldn't remain indifferent with such a beauty lying before him completely unequipped. He immediately dove under the covers, embracing the sleeping Anna.
Anna had an excellent figure. Of course, her figure wasn't voluptuously S-shaped in the unconventional way Himeko's or Aponia's was, but rather perfectly proportioned.
In Jun An's impression, her figure had perhaps the best proportions among all the Valkyries: a slender waist, long legs, and breasts that didn't feel overly heavy.
"Husband?"
Anna was woken by Jun An's movements. Her thighs felt a little ticklish, but she endured it and hugged her petite lover back.
"Oh, you're awake, Anna."
Being embraced by Anna, Jun An naturally hugged her back. "Want to sleep a little longer?"
Anna shook her head, feeling resigned. Being woken up like this by the Captain so early in the morning, who could possibly fall back asleep?
But even so, her heart couldn't help but fill with happiness.
He had expended so much effort on her last night, yet this morning he was already eagerly expressing his affection again. The Captain must really like her~
And so, it took the two thirty minutes to get out of bed, twenty minutes to get from the bed to the bathroom, and another two hours in the bathroom. Finally, after much dawdling, they managed to wash away the sweat left from yesterday's excessive exertions.
After satisfying Anna, Jun An planned to start attending to proper business.
"Leaving so soon? Husband," Anna's eyes held reluctance.
"Yeah, I've been back for three or four days now. I should at least report in to the others."
Jun An found his clothes on the floor and got dressed. Because yesterday's events were somewhat unexpected, Jun An had only brought one set of clothes, so he had taken them off before starting their activities to avoid getting them dirty.
"You haven't told the others?"
Anna fastened her bra, somewhat surprised. She had assumed she would be among the last to know, but hearing the Captain, it seemed she was actually one of the earlier ones.
"Yeah, I'll just tell whoever I happen to run into for now. I don't plan on making a public announcement, nor do I plan on having people notify each other."
Jun An sighed helplessly. "After all... sometimes those kids can be quite impulsive. Like Kiana. If Theresa weren't on the moon holding her back right now, she probably would have rushed back already."
Anna immediately understood. While Kiana's example was somewhat extreme, most of the girls close to Jun An held important positions. If they were to abandon their posts without authorization, the consequences could range from simply causing trouble for themselves to potentially ruining entire projects.
"So who are you planning to see now?" Anna looked at Jun An plaintively, her tone laced with reluctance and a hint of jealousy.
"I was planning to go prepare some apology gifts or something for Kiana to calm her down."
Jun An looked at Anna, feeling guilty, and explained, "It's definitely not like I'm just going straight to another girl after playing with you. Besides, I still need to prepare a wedding dress and ring for you too!"
"Wedding dress and ring..."
Hearing these words, Anna was instantly flustered with excitement. "I-I haven't said I'll marry you yet!!"
Tsundere?
Ah, Jun An remembered Anna's personality did have a touch of tsundere in it.
Whatever the case, a tsundere who could be coaxed with just a few words was a good tsundere.
"But I want to marry you."
Jun An fully displayed his scumbag nature, caressing Anna's face. "Don't worry, I'll go find the best artist right away to prepare a ring for you."
"Mmm."
Anna nodded slightly, blushing, then took out her bank card and handed it to Jun An. "You need money anyway, so take this for now. Although it's only a few hundred thousand US dollars... that's all I have."
Honestly, spending several hundred thousand US dollars for one night with Jun An made her feel a bit uneasy about the price. After all, Susannah's rate was ten thousand dollars a minute; this amount of money could, at most, buy her a little over an hour of Jun An's time.
She had originally thought that for a man's stamina, an hour was already quite impressive. But the Captain's efforts had shown her that the Captain was still the insurmountable Captain. No wonder Susannah had needed to team up with Misteln; this truly wasn't an opponent one could defeat alone.
"What, aren't you going to take it?" Anna saw Jun An hesitating to take the card and felt even more anxious.
Although Anna wasn't worried about Jun An being irresponsible, business was business, and they weren't married yet, right?
He wouldn't think the money isn't enough and start disliking me, would he?
Thinking this, she suddenly grew worried again. Although Anna was also the young lady of a prominent family, Susannah was genuinely naive, rich, young, and busty. In terms of age and money, Anna really couldn't compare to that landlord's daughter.
"Wife! I love you so much!"
Jun An hadn't expected this tsundere wife, pure as a snow lotus who had practically offered herself up, would not only let him play as he pleased but actually give him money too!
Truthfully, Susannah giving money was part of their foreplay; she had already paid the actual hundred million, so Jun An technically still owed Susannah several days and nights.
And Helia giving money was purely teasing her. Jun An had only accepted a token amount symbolically. After all, Helia's money wasn't even enough for Jun An to come twice. Only two rounds? That was a complete insult to Jun An, alright!
So Jun An had just teased her a bit, and that was the end of it.
But Anna giving money? That was just purely adorable and fuckable. After all, she had taken out all her money and still looked worried; it was indeed quite cute.
Besides, her calling him "Husband" was purely because Jun An thought roleplaying was fun.
Thus, before leaving, Jun An had Anna put on a skirt and went another round, sending her back completely full.
Jun An naturally took the money too. After all, with another set of wedding dress and ring added to the list, Jun An didn't know if this money would be enough.
After leaving, Jun An's first stop was naturally the Elysian Realm to find an old acquaintance. He had two goals: first, to arrange for a wedding set for Anna, and second, to prepare a gift for Kiana to hopefully avoid being beaten to death when they met.
After all, while Jun An considered himself in a league of his own just below Kiana, Kiana also occupied a league entirely by herself.
Although Jun An could still grow stronger, before he reached that point, if Kiana activated time stop, she could probably make Jun An cum blood just by jerking him off, let alone beating him to death, which would likely be effortless.
So, for the sake of his own precious life, Jun An headed towards the Elysian Realm's Grand Hall while calling Theresa.
"Hello, Theresa?"
"Captain! You're back!!"
Theresa's voice held surprise but also a furtive undertone, as if she were deliberately hiding from someone.
"Since you're back, hurry up and come find Kiana and explain the situation clearly! She really misses you!"
Jun An instinctively felt something was wrong. If he met Kiana right away, Jun An was sure it would be a very heartwarming scene, referencing Chapter 25 of the main storyline.
But based on Jun An's understanding of that girl, if too much time passed, she would most likely fly into a rage. All the touching emotions would turn into anger and dissatisfaction, demanding Jun An give back her emotional investment.
Imagine: the person you've missed for so long suddenly returns. You invite them full of anticipation, only to find that out of the 99+ messages you sent, not a single one was answered. Even the greatest anticipation would turn into discontent and worry.
Then, you discover that your closest great-aunt knew all along but didn't tell you! Not only that, but he didn't even bother to let out a fart in your direction upon returning!
Betrayal! Utter betrayal!
He's definitely hiding something from me, doing something shady he doesn't dare tell me about!
—That's probably how Kiana's brain worked.
Therefore, Theresa's words could only be half-believed. The other half was the truth she was burying.
"Stop trying to trick me."
Jun An got straight to the point. "You're rushing me to go up there because she's probably driving you crazy, and you want me to go up and suffer in your place. Tell me, what's her mood really like now? She must still be bristling with anger, right?"
"R-Really, it's fine! I'm not lying."
Theresa's eyes darted around evasively. "Ahaha, she's overjoyed that you're back, why would she be bristling?"
"If she's really happy, then why haven't you come back?"
Jun An exposed his unscrupulous godmother's lie, sighing helplessly. "It's not like I don't know how to coax a single-track-minded creature like Kiana. Just tell me first, it'll be easier for me to coax her, and you can come back sooner, right?"
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Can't you just obediently come here and let yourself be squeezed dry a thousand or eight hundred times?"
Theresa sounded agitated. "If you don't come soon, she's going to leave!"
Jun An was shocked!
"That agitated?! What on earth did you do to piss her off?"
Squeezed dry a thousand or eight hundred times? So my illicit affairs with my two godmothers have been exposed, huh!
Based on Jun An's understanding of Kiana, if it hadn't been exposed, her single-track mind would absolutely never have thought of such lewd things!
"Uh... Can you really coax her?" Theresa asked suspiciously.
"Hard to say," Jun An was uncertain now. "You have to tell me what happened first."
Theresa swallowed hard. "Y-Your affair with Himeko was exposed. Since you haven't come back recently, she's worried you're just messing around with Himeko. She's worried that if she waits any longer, a baby might pop out... Himeko had a check-up; she has an easy-to-get-pregnant constitution."
"...You... How could you expose something like that!"
While Jun An didn't mind, that didn't mean he wasn't afraid of death!
Kiana's ability to jump to conclusions was second only to Susannah's!
"I-I accidentally let it slip... I didn't expect her to have gotten so much smarter."
Theresa scratched her head sheepishly, asking cautiously, "So, do you have a way to coax her?"
"Let's try."
Jun An said, "Just secretly tell her that the reason I haven't gone to see her for so long is that I'm preparing a big surprise for her, and this surprise takes a lot of time. You should be able to make up the rest, right?"
Hanging up the phone, Jun An helplessly continued walking towards the Elysian Realm.
This time, to prepare Kiana's gift, Jun An had to find two people to help him. One was relatively easy to find: Mobius, the biology expert. He should be able to get her cooperation by paying some public grain.
The other was Vill-V, the engineering expert. Without her, this gift could not be completed.