Chapter 78: Haruhime's Fantasy, How Embarrassing!
"Thud—thud—"
"Ethan-sama—"
A series of knocks on the door echoed, but after a long while, there was no response.
"Creak—"
The golden-haired Renard pushed open the door and expertly placed the meal on the table before heading to the inner workshop, moving throughout the process very naturally.
Opening the door, she indeed saw a man asleep on the desk, surrounded by various types of gems.
Not only that, there were many gem fragments on the desk, making one wonder what exactly had happened here.
Seeing this, Haruhime sighed softly, "It's this situation again."
Joining the Freya Familia brought significant changes to Haruhime's life, especially since her uniqueness meant that Freya paid a lot of attention to her, even allowing her to reside in the Tower of Babel.
Her duties involved managing various chores and spending more time at Freya's side, something like Freya's maid or something.
As for Ethan, Haruhime always harbored a sense of 'gratitude' towards him.
She learned from their goddess that she had been brought into the Freya Familia as part of Ethan's plan, which filled the once-despairing Haruhime with immense gratitude towards him.
So, out of gratitude, she took the initiative to handle all sorts of tasks for him, including laundry and cleaning, single-handedly.
"Ethan-sama, wake up, it's morning~~~"
Looking at the soundly sleeping boy, Haruhime approached and called out gently, as if she were a wife trying to wake up her husband.
Ethan, being a light sleeper, quickly woke up, but he was a bit groggy due to the poor quality of his sleep.
"Haruhime, what time is it now?"
"It's morning already, Ethan-sama. Did you stay up late again last night?"
"Just a little bit longer, I stayed up a little bit late."
"Breakfast is ready, Ethan-sama."
"Alright."
He got up and stretched; sleeping on the work desk was not comfortable at all.
He got up to wash up, while the golden-haired Renard started tidying up his cluttered desk, which was covered with various tools, metals, gems, and fragments.
However, on his desk, Haruhime spotted a beautiful ring that instantly captured her attention.
The silver-white ring, set with an orange gem, reflected the morning light in a uniquely beautiful way.
"So beautiful~"
She couldn't help but pick up the ring and carefully examined it in her palm.
Afterwards, various fantasies began to form in her mind: a loving couple, the man presenting such a ring to the woman, the woman blushing shyly as she accepts it, and then the two getting closer and closer...
Various 'adult-rated' scenes unfolded in her mind, and gradually, the faces of the man and woman in her fantasy morphed into her own and Ethan's.
"Ah—"
In an instant, Haruhime blushed deeply, covering her heated cheeks, her face full of shyness and anticipation.
"Ethan-sama—my dear—"
She murmured these words. She was still in a daze.
Coincidentally, at this moment, Ethan, who was wiping his face with a towel, came back and found the shy, blushing fox-eared girl in a daze, seemingly daydreaming.
"Uh, Haruhime, what's wrong with you?"
"Ah, Ethan-sama!"
Caught fantasizing about the other party in a lewd way, Haruhime froze, feeling a complete social death on the spot.
"What are you doing?"
"Ah, I was just looking at this ring, did you make this, Ethan-sama?"
Haruhime hurriedly tried to change the topic.
"Yeah, it's the final result of my research, but it's still flawed, it can only be considered a prototype for now."
Looking at the ring in Haruhime's hand, Ethan said this.
The space ring, after various buffs and skill enhancements, he finally developed it.
Using gems to store his magic power and then using the gems as a foundation to open a tiny Imaginary Space, he succeeded after ruining a bunch of gems and wasting a vast amount of magic energy.
However, this space ring only had a space of 10cm*10cm*10cm, or 0.001m³ in volume.
Although successful, it was too small to hold much; hence, it was considered a success but not a finished product.
"A flawed product? But, I think it's beautiful!"
"If you like it, then it's yours~"
Ethan said generously, not caring much about the space ring since it was not up to his expectations; since Haruhime liked it, she could have it.
"Eh? For me?"
For a moment, Haruhime was stunned, then the 'lewd plot' from her mind replayed.
"Yes, if it weren't for you these past few days, I don't know what I would have become. Consider it a token of my gratitude."
Ethan said this, but Haruhime, caught in a 'brainstorm', misunderstood it as something else.
["This is the token of my love, will you accept it, Haruhime?" 'Ethan' looked at Haruhime with deep affection, holding the ring in his hands and asking sincerely.]
"I do—"
Subconsciously, the words slipped from Haruhime's lips, but as soon as she spoke, all fantasies shattered.
Everything just now was an illusion, and Ethan, hearing her words, was utterly confused, "What do you mean 'I do'?"
"Ah—!!!"
Under Ethan's 'puzzled' gaze, Haruhime screamed and ran out.
If it was nearly a social death before, but now, it was total embarrassment.
"She said 'I do', and she was blushing earlier. Does that mean she was fantasizing about me?"
Ethan, having been through the information explosion of the new era, although initially confused, soon guessed what was going on.
And it's not that he is narcissistic; by now, he considered himself far more handsome than those fake celebrities (those with plastic surgeries) from his previous life.
Having a couple of little fans was normal.
"I remember, in the 'original story,' Haruhime is a Renard with 'erotic tendencies,' having come from the Ishtar Familia, embodying both 'shyness' and 'eroticism.'"
Thinking of this, Ethan also started to have some ideas, considering all the 'frustration' he had accumulated by being in contact with Freya, having a lewd fox-eared maid seemed like a gift from the gods.
(P.S.: Haruhime is still a virgin. Whenever she served a client and saw a man half-naked, she would faint, causing the client to lose interest. And with Aisha always taking her place, Haruhime remains unaware of this.)
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