Fenris only hummed and stroked Kanaru's hand in return. "I am aware of their characters. Ushka went through all of them in the first year of the concubines here. Some of them are simply unacceptable to be promoted. Perhaps, she failed to assess you the same way, leading to her demise."
"…it sounds like Ushka's pretty important to you…"
"As a tool, yes. As a concubine, I can pick someone I am more comfortable with." Fenris only tilted his head to the side as if fighting his disgust. The thought of sleeping with Ushka would haunt him. "Enough speaking about her. Let's go to the outer court's kitchen after this inspection. The kind of food that you had to eat before is more unacceptable."
Kanaru squinted at him. "I thought they were meant to taste bad, so we would work hard to be part of the inner court. Wasn't that the ploy of your liaison officer?"
