Riana insisted on bringing me back home, and it took forever to convince her otherwise. Thankfully, the others managed to persuade her that I seemed fine, and she reluctantly let me go.0

There was also talk about reporting the incident to the guards, but I managed to convince them that nothing serious had happened.0

After wiping off all the makeup and changing clothes outside the Temple, I finally returned to the dormitory. 0

I stored the dress in Eleris’s basement. It was an expensive dress, so it seemed better to sell it than throw it away. Naturally, I discarded the trophy.0

There’s a term in martial arts called “Jinwon Jinki.”0

It’s a concept similar to the fundamental life energy of a human, something one could draw upon in extreme situations, but using it all up would result in death. It felt as though I had used up a reserve like that, leaving me utterly drained.0

Since I had been out all day, no one in the dormitory had seen me. Of course, there were plenty of others who had been out and about as well. I returned to the dormitory quite late, and encountered some of the people I had seen earlier in a completely different context.0

Most notable was Riana de Granz, who had boldly declared that she would take me home.0

“Hey, what were you...0