Ruri slept for hours, and upon waking up, she saw her master deeply meditating on the bed with closed eyes. She smiled and gazed at his lips for a while, remembering everything that happened, feeling an almost irresistible urge to jump into him and lose herself there again.
Her whole body pulsed with a new flame that emerged. However, she just sighed, controlling herself; she had taken significant strides toward a goal, and she couldn't ruin everything. Opportunities came and went. So, she turned around and left the room so as not to disturb him.
However, she didn't know that Alm and Bruno were watching her movements, equally assessing and studying possible evasive methods for the exact opposite. The silent war between them had begun, and each attack and counterattack was being scrutinized by both sides.
