Hearing Furina's somewhat stuttering voice, Yuto chuckled softly, then leaned close to the girl's ear and whispered,
"Of course, it's just as you imagined~"
"We'll sleep soundly, then wake up together tomorrow. I'll go to Palais Mermonia to handle the final batch of interviews for Jingshui Court personnel, prepare a little... and then I can rest."
Listening to the magnetic voice, deliberately lowered, Furina's small face flushed slightly, and she stammered,
"Who, who wants to sleep with you...?"
Furina tried to use her tsundere persona, which was already difficult to maintain in front of Yuto, to hide the feeling of her unique girlish thoughts being exposed.
Listening to her voice gradually fade, a 'just as expected' smile appeared on Yuto's face.
In Yuto's eyes, Furina's persona had long since changed from a tsundere girl to a cute girl with high attack and low defense.
So... he had plenty of ways to deal with her.
After a brief moment of thought, Yuto lowered his head slightly and continued to speak to Furina in his arms,
"Alright, alright~ Our cute Fufu doesn't want to sleep with me~ I want to sleep with Fufu~ Right?"
Hearing this, Furina froze for a moment, a blush flashing across her delicate, jade-like face, and then she completely lost her composure.
She quickly turned around, burying her head in Yuto's embrace, and quietly said, while gently hitting his chest with her hand,
"You always tease me..."
"This isn't teasing, these are my heartfelt thoughts."
Yuto chuckled softly, then reached out and gently stroked Furina's face, adjusting their position to ensure their eyes met.
"I'm serious, my dear Fufu."
"Since you've chosen to accept me, I will also accept you unreservedly and unconditionally."
"Don't you agree?"
Looking at Yuto, whose tenderness seemed to be overflowing from his eyes, Furina nodded gently, then curled up obediently in Yuto's arms like a kitten.
Yuto smiled softly at this, tightening his arms around the girl slightly, and then said nothing more.
For them, four hundred years ago, embraces could only appear in dreams, let alone lying in the same bed embracing... that was a scene that only appeared in rare, beautiful dreams.
And now, those scenes that could only be in beautiful dreams could be realized by them every night.
Just this... was already beautiful enough.
...
With Yuto's gentle comfort (and flirtation), the atmosphere in the room gradually became more ambiguous.
Feeling the girl's heart beat faster in his arms, a smile appeared on Yuto's face.
He knew that Furina was very nervous, afraid that he would do something to her, and she didn't know how to handle such situations.
With these two situations combined, Furina was in a state of confusion, which made her nervous.
But Yuto considered himself a gentleman; he would never do anything that would make her feel confused before Furina spoke or gave any behavioral hints like last night.
He had waited four hundred and eighty-nine years; a day or two wouldn't make a difference.
Thinking of this, Yuto lowered his head slightly, looked at the still blushing girl, couldn't help but lean in and peck her gently, then watched her with a smile.
Feeling the touch on her cheek, Furina raised her head slightly, only revealing one eye to observe Yuto, then asked in a muffled voice,
"...Can Jingshui Court's matters be concluded tomorrow?"
"Yes, the recruitment will be finished tomorrow. I will hire all the applicants corresponding to the three hundred and ninety-two resumes you selected."
"After all... my work is a bit too much, and only by distributing it evenly among everyone can we ensure that no one is overly fatigued."
Hearing this, Furina was slightly taken aback, seemingly surprised by Yuto's 'I want them all' hiring approach.
After all, in her opinion, even after her screening, there might still be some scoundrels who would sneak in and disrupt order.
"Is this... really okay? After all, I only looked at whether their resumes were competent for the job... I'm not good at judging character..."
Furina asked again in a muffled voice.
"No problem. I already conducted a rough behavioral assessment before you screened their abilities; there won't be any major issues."
"Furthermore... the most crucial diplomatic part will still be in my and Neuvillette's hands. Even if there are character issues, the Melusines of the Shadowy Court will deal with them."
Hearing this, Furina nodded her little head slightly and said nothing more.
She knew Yuto's always cautious approach to work, so she was very relieved to let him arrange the subsequent tasks.
"Why did you suddenly think of asking about this?"
Yuto's voice was as gentle as ever as he looked at the girl in his arms and asked softly.
Furina fell into a brief silence upon hearing this, and after a long while, she spoke softly,
"Nothing, I just wanted to know... when you can stop being so tired, so exhausted."
"Those documents, those diplomatic tasks, and internal coordination... each of them can be exhausting, and you've silently done them for over four hundred years..."
At this point, Furina's arm around Yuto tightened slightly, as if she feared Yuto would vanish into thin air the next second.
"I don't want you to be so tired..."
Yuto gently shook his head, patting Furina's back softly like an adult comforting a child, and gently reassured her,
"Soon, I won't be tired anymore. Once all the Jingshui Court personnel are onboard, and I oversee them for another ten days to half a month... I can officially enter the resting phase."
"After that... once we've mostly settled matters in Fontaine, how about we visit other nations?"
"The fireworks festival in Inazuma, the Windblume Festival in Mondstadt, the Lantern Rite in Ritou... we can go see them all."
"In those light novels or Fontaine Operas... the hero who saved the world always travels the world with their partner."
"Now, the hero who saved the world, which is Fontaine, is you, my dear Fufu, and I am your partner."
"May I ask... where will our next stop be?"
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