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Chapter 141: Are You Some Kind of Succubus?
"You didn't leave with Kanae and the others?"
Seeing that he had hard-controlled Nezuko with a basic attack, Suyan waved to Saeko Busujima, who wasn't far away.
Since his Saeko-senpai was already here, he might as well trouble her to teach Nezuko about Breathing Styles.
Although Saeko hadn't been practicing Breathing Styles for very long, she had comprehended the Transparent World, one of its ultimate techniques. Moreover, during her recent battle with Yoriichi Tsugikuni, it could be said that she had received his true legacy. Teaching a beginner like Nezuko would be a piece of cake.
Suddenly, Suyan felt a tug on his shirt hem.
He looked down, only to find the doll-like girl with exquisite features, Kanao Tsuyuri.
Her small hand gripped his clothes. She remained expressionless and silent, just staring at him quietly.
For a moment, Suyan was a little bewildered.
"Is there something you want to tell me?" he asked gently.
Kanao didn't answer. Her hand still clutched his hem as she continued her silent gaze.
Suyan scratched his head. He really didn't know how to deal with a patient with severe social withdrawal like her.
"Here!"
Remembering something, he reached into his pocket, pulled out a handful of candies, and offered them to her.
"?"
Kanao tilted her head at him, a trace of confusion slowly surfacing in her large, empty eyes.
"It's candy. I gave a portion to Nezuko and the little ones at the Butterfly Mansion yesterday," Suyan explained patiently. "But because of Shinobu, I forgot to give you yours. I'm making up for it today."
Kanao's eyes shifted, but she didn't reach out.
Normally, faced with this kind of situation, she would flip her coin to decide whether to accept his kindness. However, not long ago, Kanae had warned her to interact properly with Suyan and strictly forbade her from relying on the coin to make decisions.
But without her coin... her current psychological state made it impossible for her to make an independent choice.
Staring at the candies in his hand, Kanao began to sweat profusely. Faced with a choice, her CPU was on the verge of overheating.
"Where's your coin? Why aren't you flipping it?"
Suyan asked, his curiosity piqued by her sudden cold sweat.
He actually didn't mind if she used her coin. There was no rule saying you couldn't ask the same question twice, right? As long as she got a rejection, he could just ask her again in a different way to make her flip the coin once more, couldn't he?
Or, even if she kept rolling rejections, he could just catch the coin mid-air the next time she tossed it. Then, all he had to do was place the 'accept' side face-up on her hand, right?
As for whether she would actually eat the candy afterward, that was a different story entirely.
Hearing his question, Kanao looked up and shook her head.
She couldn't use the coin. This was the one thing she would absolutely obey her sister Kanae about.
"Open your mouth."
After a moment's thought, Suyan directly unwrapped a piece of candy and popped it into the young girl's mouth.
"Mmf?"
Before she could react, the candy was already on her tongue.
Instinctively, she tasted the foreign object, and an intense sweetness instantly exploded in her mouth.
A hint of sweetness rippled through her previously dull eyes.
"So sweet," she blurted out.
Suyan smiled in satisfaction.
That was more like it. What girl didn't like sweets?
Even girls on a strict diet had cheat days where they stuffed their faces with desserts and milk tea. Not to mention they were in a backward era where sugar freedom hadn't even been realized yet.
He held out the remaining wrapped candies to her again.
Perhaps influenced by the lingering sweetness in her mouth, Kanao didn't refuse him this time.
She extended her small, fair hands and took the treats from him. Her fingers were slender, her nails neat and clean without a trace of polish.
It was obvious that despite her inability to care for herself due to her trauma, Shinobu and Aoi took excellent care of her.
Although she was a bit of a handful, her obedience made up for it. And obedient children were always more endearing.
Suyan reached out and gently patted Kanao's head.
"Can you let go of me now?" he asked softly.
For some reason, even though she had accepted the candy, the hand gripping his hem hadn't loosened its hold in the slightest.
At his words, Kanao froze.
She looked up at him, seeming to remember something else. She opened her mouth as if to speak, but no sound came out.
"It's okay. Take your time."
Suyan said with a gentle gaze as she savored her candy. He crouched down and leaned his ear closer, showing that he was listening intently.
Seeing him crouch, Kanao's eyes lit up.
She quickly tucked the candies into the breast of her kimono and finally released his hem.
Then, she placed her small hands on Suyan's cheeks and, under his astonished gaze, leaned in directly.
Suyan: "???"
Wait, why is she being so proactive? Did a few pieces of candy really just buy her off? Even though it was just a brief press of their lips, the candy Kanao was eating hadn't completely dissolved, allowing Suyan to taste the lingering sweetness she left behind.
Honestly, the candy tasted pretty good.
Kanao simply stared quietly at Suyan from an incredibly close distance.
Compared to the flustered Shinobu and Kanae, her performance was remarkably calm.
Perhaps because she had no concept of what this meant, she didn't even blink. She just let out a long sigh of relief in her heart.
This should count as completing the "contact" Sister Kanae asked for, right? At that moment, Nezuko snapped out of her shy daze.
"Mmf!!"
She gritted her teeth, glaring furiously at Kanao. Dammit, I was here first! At the same time, Aoi Kanzaki, who had left just moments ago, realized Kanao hadn't followed her.
She had returned to the training room to bring her along, only to stumble right into the scene of Kanao taking the initiative to kiss Suyan.
Aoi was dumbfounded.
A shocked thought echoed in her mind: Is Lord Suyan actually some kind of succubus?!
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