Swear Fealty To Me, My Subjects! Chapter 99.2: What Is a High Cost-Performance Rating Relationship? (2)

Edaline let out a few protests that were not intimidating in the slightest bit after her cheeks were played with by Rayne.

"But… so? Rayne, what's going on?"

Edaline asked seriously, "Wasn't she your prey? You tried to get close to her even though you didn't really like her. Even if she rejected you, in order to make use of her in the future, shouldn't you shamelessly continue to court her? Or are you telling me that you've really fallen for her?"

"Of course I fell for her."

Rayne chuckled. "It's rare to see an interesting woman like Elktela in the mortal world."

"However…"

Rayne continued, "It's true that I might still succeed if I continue pandering to her in order to gain her affection, but that might not lead to the best outcome."

Edaline tilted her head. "Wouldn't it?"

Rayne explained, "If I do that, at the end of the day, we'll just become an ordinary couple that respects one another like guests. If our ideologies are incompatible in the future and there's even a conflict of interest, or if I neglect her in order to seduce another woman, all sorts of trouble will arise—the cost-performance ratio of a relationship as such is very low."

Edaline rolled her eyes. "Alright, I got it. You're a true-blue absolute scumbag."

Rayne smiled and did not refute.

However, at the end of the day, Edaline still could not understand.

What did Rayne do to that pointy ear?

Rayne replied, "It's nothing much. It's just that when she confessed to me, I rejected her and even belittled her."

Edaline went silent. "Doesn't that just mean it's game over for the two of you?"

Rayne replied, "No? Not at all."

Edaline said, "What else? Do you expect that pointy ear to come and beg you to be with her?"

She felt that it was impossible.

However, why did it seem like...

It was not impossible?

To be honest, ever since the first time the Great Teacher left her post without permission and was forced by Rayne to stay and guard the greenhouse with him...

Edaline could sense that something was amiss.

The relationship between the

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