Every Meeting Must End in Parting

How did it end up like this?

“The thing is, Vice-Captain, you probably wouldn’t know since you’re not interested in that sort of thing, but men have a limit to how much they can be drained.”

“Master should at least be able to function as a man, shouldn’t he?”

I cursed my earlier self for suggesting to the old man that we all have a meal together for once.

“Ren. Are you even listening?”

“I am. I’m listening.”

“Good grief… You never even pretended to listen when I told you to meet some women, but it hasn’t even been that long since your body changed and you’re already sleeping with a man….”

It was bad enough that the food on the table was getting cold.

But for some reason, the old man and Lucy were treating me like a criminal.

“Come on, honestly, isn’t it wrong to enter someone else’s room without even knocking?”...