Chapter 368: An Immoral Woman

Puffing out a breath, I burst out from the computer room—nicknamed the "Audience Chamber"—and there stood a couple: Ms. Kudryavka and her boyfriend.

"Wait... Iroh... Nya-kky and Mayi? Where are they?"

"They left. There was a summoning call for the 'Immortal Squad.'"

Oh dear.

Well, I suppose it's probably because of me, though I doubt it.

"What did you talk about with Reika? This is turning out to be quite the interesting... no, major event..."

"No, nothing special at all."

I have no idea why she suddenly became interested in me after that brief exchange.

Or maybe she was already interested in me from the start.

"Anyway, never mind. Hey senior, about that thing..."

When she called out, her boyfriend appeared, shuffling forward with a clumsy gait, and handed over a USB flash drive.

I tried my best to avoid looking directly at him—completely bare-bottomed as he was—

"What's this?"

"...This is... a recording of the audience just now..."

His voice is surprisingly clear and pleasant, this guy.

"Is this what Reika mentioned earlier?"

Taking it from him, he suddenly gripped my hand tightly and whispered softly into my ear.

"...I have a request."

"Huh?"

"If you have a human heart, please help me. I have a dead younger brother. I want to bring him back to life."

"Huh?"

I stepped back, trying to escape from his intense gaze,

"Please... I never meant to be here. I'm only with that woman out of necessity....Help me. I'm begging you."

"Are you deliberately making me grab you?"

"Yeah, that's right. I don't need money... No, actually, if possible, I'd still like some. I really want to get away from Kudo as soon as I can..."

Even Kudriafka wasn't so oblivious as to miss that lengthy monologue.

"Senpai? What are you sneaking around with?"

"Ah—"

And then, with a grip far stronger than any woman should possess, she pinched his skin tightly.

"Could it be you're trying to charm 'Nameless-chan,' huh?"

"No, that's not it at all, not at all."

Instead, was it wrong of me to defend myself like that?

"...Why is 'Nameless-chan' answering for you? After this exchange, the two of you have somehow become allies, covering for each other... is that right?"

"Eh?"

"Of course... it must be! That's exactly what's happening, right!?"

Kudryavka suddenly screamed like a bolt of lightning striking from her cheerful expression.

"See! Senpai really prefers young girls! Those beautiful eyes of 'Anonymous-chan'! That pale skin! That fluffy hair! That perfectly sized chest! Uwaaah!"

Then, she delivered an incredibly powerful right hook straight to her boyfriend.

He took the punch square on the face,

"Bu……………gaah!"

She charges straight into a pile of desks cleared for office use.

His body remains twisted at an unnatural angle, utterly motionless.

"Hey, Kudryavka! You can't do that! If the 'player' hits you for real... you'll be dead!"

In truth, that blow would have been enough to kill any character from the world of 'Detective Conan' at least a hundred times over.

"I don't know, I don't know! Senpai! I'm sure right now, your thing was swelling up!"

This is hopeless.

I reluctantly rushed toward my unconscious boyfriend,

"Please, stay with me!"

"Uuu… "

First, I brought the strongest fire spell to his mouth, checking carefully for signs of breathing from the flickering flames. Then, I used a healing spell to mend his wounds.

"Y-you're... you're receiving healing from someone other than me...?"

And Kudryavka is staring at me with a hysterical expression.

And suddenly, contorting his face into a grimace—

"I don't want it... I don't want it! No, no, no! Why? Why would you do something like this... It's cruel... I only have my senior! I love being wrapped in my senior's soft, stretchy skin, held close to that warm flesh!"

And right there, he flopped over dramatically, throwing a tantrum.

I suddenly felt like I was doing something deeply immoral,

"Ah, um...?"

"Please! Please, please, 'Nameless' girl! Don't take my senior away from me! I love him! His beautiful nipple shape is amazing!"

"I said I won't take him, okay?"

"Then why are you touching his body like that with such a filthy hand? And why are you glowing such a vivid green...! Ah... my bond with him... the mark of our love... it's fading away..."

"It's not a mark of love. Just a simple wound."

As I tried to explain to the frantic Kudryavka, I found myself wondering why I was even here.

I should be rushing toward the "Avienia Castle" to meet Reika, yet I never expected such an interruption.

...That was my thought, just moments ago.

The truth was, I had completely let my guard down around these two.

Suddenly, I noticed, without realizing when it happened, that the hand he'd just been using to heal me had moved to my left temple—

“—Gh!?!”

In an instant, I shoved his hand away with my right arm still locked in the healing spell, then punched him hard in the abdomen.

“Gyaah!”

This time, he truly cried out in pain, writhing in agony.

...Honestly, that was pretty dangerous just now.

I never thought even my boyfriend would be a "player."

"Aaah! Oh no! Aha-ha-ha! Senpai, that was so close!"

Kudryavka cackling, snapping her fingers.

No way, these people.

"If only you'd gone a little further, you'd have been a millionaire!"

Never let your guard down.

I was almost about to pay a hefty tuition fee.

By the way, I recognize that move from somewhere.

That was probably the skill called "Subjugation."

But that skill should only work on humans... right?