Hansen glanced at the still-shocked Asuka: "Regardless of whether you can accept it, these are the only people in this room right now."
"If you want to learn skills, you have to adapt to the environment."
"If you can't stand it, it's not too late to go back to Misato now."
Asuka bit her lip, glanced at the bespectacled woman who, despite her harmless smile, felt very dangerous, then looked at Hansen.
Go back?
What a joke!
Since I'm here, this young lady will never back down!
Isn't it just a perverted woman? Watch me suppress you!
"I'll stay!" Asuka took a deep breath and declared loudly, "But, I want to sleep in the master bedroom!"
"Rejected." Hansen turned and walked towards the kitchen. "The master bedroom is mine. The guest room is at the end of the corridor; you can go tidy it up with her."
"Hmph, stingy." Asuka mumbled.
She carried her suitcase, and thinking of Mari Makinami, who had already helped her tidy her room, her face involuntarily paled.
However, with her personality, backing down was impossible.
So Asuka gritted her teeth and strode bravely towards the guest room as if going to her execution.
As she passed the door, accompanied by a unique fragrance of a mature woman, the large-chested bespectacled woman suddenly appeared, leaned close to her ear, and whispered:
"Although Boss is mine, if Princess-sama is really lonely... I don't mind sharing a little bit~"
"Or... with me?"
"Get out!!!"
Mari Makinami was pushed out of the room by Asuka with an innocent look, and with a heavy slam of the door, the apartment finally returned to a moment of peace.
Mari Makinami pushed up her glasses, looked at the tightly closed guest room door, and the smile at the corner of her mouth deepened.
"So energetic."
She turned around and hummed a tune as she walked towards the kitchen.
"Boss~ I'll help you chop vegetables~"
In the kitchen, Hansen was preparing ingredients.
"You certainly have a twisted sense of humor," Hansen said without turning his head.
"I just think that child is too tense and needs a little stimulation to relax," Mari Makinami hugged Hansen's waist from behind, resting her chin on his shoulder. "And... teasing a tsundere is really addictive."
Hansen twitched the corner of his mouth. Your chest is big, you call the shots... Half an hour later.
Dinner time.
The dining table was laden with rich dishes, and the aroma filled the air.
Hansen's culinary skills had been honed through multiple worlds, enough to conquer anyone's stomach.
Asuka originally wanted to put on a "I'm angry, I won't eat" facade, but her stomach uncooperatively growled.
"Pfft." Mari Makinami couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"What are you laughing at?!" Asuka, embarrassed and angry, grabbed her chopsticks, picked up a piece of beef, and stuffed it into her mouth. Her previously tense expression instantly melted.
So, delicious!
This taste... it's even better than the chef at the German branch!
"Is it delicious?" Mari Makinami rested her chin on her hand, smiling as she looked at her. "Boss's cooking skills are the best in the world. To capture a woman's heart, you must first capture her stomach. Boss truly understands this."
"Whose, whose heart has been captured! I'm just hungry!" Asuka retorted stubbornly, but her hands didn't stop moving.
"Um... Hansen." Asuka swallowed a mouthful of rice, pretending to ask casually, "What's your relationship with that woman?"
"She's my assistant," Hansen said lightly.
"Does an assistant need to dress like that? And live together?" Asuka stared at him suspiciously.
"Because I'm Boss's private property~" Mari Makinami interjected, picking up a piece of meat and feeding it to Hansen's mouth. "Ah—"
Hansen ate it without changing his expression.
Asuka's hand gripping the chopsticks tightened, and the sour feeling in her heart grew stronger.
I was clearly here first... No, I was clearly the one who wanted special training first!
After dinner.
"Alright, now that you've eaten your fill, let's begin the special training," Hansen stood up.
Asuka immediately perked up: "Where are we going? The training ground?"
"No, right here."
Hansen pointed to the empty space in the living room.
"The core of the Breathing Technique lies in absolute control over bodily functions. First, you need to learn how to breathe correctly."
Over the next hour, Asuka finally experienced what "hell" felt like.
It wasn't physical torment, but the shame of the postures.
"Straighten your back, tighten your abdomen." Hansen's finger tapped Asuka's lower abdomen. "Sink your Qi to your Dantian, I'm not telling you to hold your breath."
"The muscles here are too stiff." Hansen's large hand pressed on both sides of her spine on her back, applying slight force.
"Ow, ow, ow! Lighter!" Asuka was almost in tears.
"Relax, feel the flow of Qi."
Hansen's voice was right by her ear, his warm breath fanning her sensitive neck.
Because he needed to correct her posture, their bodies were very close.
Asuka could even feel the warmth of Hansen's chest.
Damn it! This guy is definitely doing it on purpose!
Asuka's face was as red as an apple, and her heart pounded like a drum.
She secretly glanced at Mari Makinami, who was sitting on the sofa watching the show, and found that the woman was looking over with an auntie-like smile, even taking out her phone to take pictures!
"Click."
"I'm going to kill you!!" Asuka exploded.
"Focus." Hansen patted her head. "If your mind is chaotic, your Qi will scatter."
A cool current of Qi flowed into her body with Hansen's palm, and her previously sore muscles miraculously eased.
Asuka was stunned, then felt an unprecedented sense of power surging within her body.
This is... the Breathing Technique?
She composed herself and began to try to cooperate with Hansen's guidance.
Late night.
Training concluded.
Asuka was drenched in sweat, as if she had just been pulled out of water, but her spirit was unusually excited.
"Go take a shower," Hansen handed her a towel.
Asuka nodded, holding her change of clothes, and walked into the bathroom.
Warm water rinsed her tired body. Asuka leaned against the bathtub, her mind replaying all the events of the evening.
That powerful man, that strange woman, and this miraculous power.
"It seems... not bad," she murmured to herself.
Just then, the bathroom door suddenly opened.
"Yahoo~ I'm here to shower too~"
Mari Makinami walked in, wrapped in a bath towel, and unceremoniously stepped into the bathtub.
"Hey! What are you doing in here! Get out!" Asuka cried out in panic, hugging herself.
"Oh, we're all girls, what's there to be afraid of?" Mari Makinami squeezed next to her and poked Asuka's smooth shoulder. "And I want to chat with Princess-sama about Boss~"
"Who, who wants to hear about him!"
"Really? Like what kind of positions Boss likes, or Boss's weaknesses..."
Asuka's ears perked up.
Mari Makinami looked at this little cat who said one thing but meant another, a cunning smile playing on her lips.
In this world filled with the shadow of Angels, this apartment might become the only safe haven for this group of young men and women. And she would help Miss Yui protect this bond.
Of course, teasing the tsundere princess along the way is also one of life's great pleasures.
"Asuka-chan, your skin is so nice, what shower gel do you use?"
"Annoying! Don't touch there! Ah—!"
The sounds of girls playing could be heard from the bathroom. Hansen sat on the living room sofa, listening to the commotion inside, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
Mari Makinami really never learns her lesson. Weakness? How could he have such a thing?!
However... this domestic atmosphere isn't bad.
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