Chapter 31: One Day

Yujin had just returned from Tsunade’s training facilities. He had completely demolished the hall where he was training. Tsunade had previously mentioned that the place was meant for such destruction, and it wouldn’t be a problem even if he destroyed everything.

However, she hadn’t mentioned anything about other areas. Some rooms near the hall had their walls knocked down, and the floor was cracked. Yujin planned to discuss this with her the next day after a night’s rest.

Yujin didn’t know if it was due to the training, but he felt better. He was at about 40% of his strength, a significant improvement.

Aside from the physical improvement, he also felt more at peace. Only he knew the terrible things he had seen, remnants of the war in his previous world. These were things he would have to carry for the rest of his life, the burden of what he had witnessed.

Thinking about the future, however, gave him a natural peace and tranquility that he hadn’t felt in a long time. It was clear to him what he wanted and what to do to achieve it.

More than ever, he understood his feelings for Tsunade.

Yujin was in love with her, more than he realized. Unfortunately, they had met at a challenging time in her life.

He didn’t know what the future held for him, but he was willing to fight for these feelings.

When he arrived at his apartment, Yujin took off his clothes and wet a clean cloth with water, wiping away the sweat.

In Yujin’s world, ordinary people cleaned themselves in a pond or with a basin of well water and a cloth. Although he knew about the village’s bathhouses, he hadn’t had the opportunity to go yet, but he was looking forward to the experience.

One thing he found useful, however, was how all the village houses had water. He just needed to turn an object, and clean water would flow continuously. Even with Tsunade’s explanations, he still found it impressive how different this world was.

After cleaning himself, Yujin put on clean clothes, sat on the bed, and picked up a book to read.

It was the book Jiraya recommended called “Her Needs.” It seemed quite simple compared to the other books he saw in the store with images on the cover. He didn’t mind, though, and opened the first page.

The book began with the story of a Queen and how she was unhappy with the King for not paying attention to her. He was always focused on work or some concubine, leaving her neglected.

She began to question her own beauty. Despite her subordinates constantly telling her she was the most beautiful woman in the kingdom, she couldn’t believe it when she saw the King mesmerized by the concubines, completely ignoring her.

Then she made an effort to become even more beautiful, but the King still ignored her. Better makeup, a different hairstyle, different clothes, a change in tone of voice; she tried everything she could think of and couldn’t get her husband’s attention.

During her attempts, she noticed that one of the soldiers stationed near her room was constantly aroused in her presence. When Yujin reached this part of the story, he found it strange.

‘It can’t be, right?’

Yujin had never read this type of book, and in fact, didn’t even know that such a book existed, but he wasn’t foolish. In fact, he had an way above-average IQ and quickly understood what was about to happen.

His prediction was correct. The Queen became even bolder around the soldier, enjoying his shy reactions and the “enormous package” in his pants. It reached the point where she created a situation where he saw her almost completely naked just to see his reaction.

Finally, she devised a plan, and the two slept together.

The scene was incredibly detailed, leaving Yujin speechless as he read. He was expecting the development, but even when it happened, he didn’t know what to say. Betrayal went against every instinct within him, but the author did such a good job making the King seem like a fool and the soldier appear as a good, kind, and caring young man that, although he disagreed with the events, he couldn’t be angry with the Queen.

The continuation was about how the two were becoming even more intimate, and how the sex was good. Yujin continued reading because he wanted to know where this immorality would end. He skipped almost entirely through the various explicit sex scenes, mostly just reading the dialogues, which became increasingly bizarre.

Yujin finally stopped reading the book when the soldier’s friend discovered what was happening and declared that unless the Queen allowed him to join in the obscenities, he would expose everything to the King.

Without a second thought, Yujin closed the book.

It was nighttime, and some people were still passing by on the street. They watched Yujin burning the book but continued on their way.

A few minutes later, while Yujin still silently watched the book burning, Tsunade appeared and joined him, observing the book.

“What book is this?”

Yujin didn’t look at Tsunade for a few seconds, lost in thought. He was trying to understand why Jiraya would recommend this book to him, but considering the history, it made sense. If he had known about the existence of such books, he would have been alarmed when Jiraya recommended it, and he wouldn’t have bought it.