Only now did Iroha Isshiki feel that the Senpai she was familiar with had returned—yes, the Senpai she knew and understood had come back.
She was a little happy, but also a little regretful.
She'd been so close—just a little more and she and Senpai would have broken through this level of their relationship, entering a new stage. But then something had gone wrong on Senpai's end, and everything had changed.
What Iroha Isshiki wanted most was to break through to the most intimate relationship with Senpai in his current, normal state—but given his present attitude, she knew full well that was impossible.
Faced with her fine, alluring body, Senpai seemed to have not the slightest interest.
What was she supposed to do about that?
'Rustle, rustle…'
The sound of clothes being put on.
Every now and then, Iroha Isshiki would touch him, teasing and provoking Lin Ye.
Before, she wouldn't have dared, because back then Senpai had been utterly aggressive, brimming with desire—if she'd dared to tease him, Senpai would have dared to actually devour her.
But now it was different. Senpai was thoroughly herbivorous, with no real designs at all, and in the face of her teasing he only showed distaste.
Distaste!
How infuriating. Just a few minutes ago he'd looked ready to eat her alive, and now it was distaste—men really do change their faces fast.
If she didn't know that Senpai hadn't yet possessed her, hadn't yet had her, she might almost have thought Senpai was the kind of scumbag who eats his fill, wipes his mouth clean, and runs off.
Iroha Isshiki's feelings were complicated. A moment ago she'd been thinking Senpai shouldn't touch her, and now she was hoping he would.
Aah, aah, aah.
This was so hard.
Truly, truly hard.
A girl's clothes were a bit more complicated than he'd imagined. Lin Ye didn't have an easy time buttoning up Iroha Isshiki's buttons—though, of course, that had something to do with her teasing and taking little liberties with him every now and then.
The subtle sensation transmitted through his fingertips didn't disgust Lin Ye too much.
If anything, he actually rather liked the feeling—it would have been even better if the girl were Yukino, or Mai.
"Senpai,"
"What is it now?"
"You took off my clothes, and then you put them back on me. I—I… up and down, inside and out, you've seen every bit of me, touched me all over. I—I can never… get married now."
Lin Ye: "..."
In this day and age, what did a little thing like this even count for? It wasn't ancient times, when a woman's chastity was everything.
"Fine,"
That single word left Iroha Isshiki dumbfounded. She'd assumed Senpai would refuse—would refuse firmly.
"Then don't get married. I'll give you a living allowance every month."
Iroha Isshiki: ???
A monthly allowance? What did that mean? Wasn't that basically… being a kept woman? Did Senpai want to keep her as a mistress?
"No way! That won't do. I don't want to be kept by Senpai. I want to be Senpai's girlfriend, and marry Senpai in the future,"
"In your next life, maybe!"
"Wah! Senpai's just made a promise with me for our next life! Boo-hoo-hoo, this is wonderful, I'm so happy, I'm so thrilled."
As she spoke, Iroha Isshiki excitedly threw her arms around Lin Ye.
Her soft, tender body pressed against Lin Ye's—that plush, springy sensation, smooth and delicate. Lin Ye had felt it before, and today he'd felt it even more.
Lin Ye soon regained his composure and pushed Isshiki away. "I'll give you this much a month."
Lin Ye held up a single finger.
"A hundred thousand…"
It felt like a little on the low side, but not unacceptable.
For a High School Student like Iroha Isshiki, it was acceptable. "Senpai, if it's you… then I suppose it's not out of the question! From now on, I'm officially Senpai's girlfriend."
"It's one yen,"
"..."
Hearing that, Iroha Isshiki laughed out of sheer anger. "Even if I were ugly, there's no way I'd be worth just one yen a month! And I'm so cute and charming—who knows how many men have their eye on me!"
"Do you want it or not…"
"I do,"
How could she refuse? If she really refused, then Senpai would have a legitimate reason to keep rejecting her—and she, Iroha Isshiki, would never give Senpai that opportunity.
"Fine. From now on, you're the slave girl I've bought with my money,"
Iroha Isshiki: ???
"What slave girl?! Senpai, at least show me a little respect—give me the title of lover, at least, or a secret lover!"
This time she didn't even extravagantly ask to be his girlfriend; she just indicated that even the title of lover would be fine.
Iroha Isshiki had never imagined Lin Ye would position her as a slave girl. Senpai really didn't have the slightest care or affection for her—he'd always treated her as an object of disdain, someone he was trying to drive away.
"The life after your next life, then!"
"Boo,"
Iroha Isshiki was about to cry.
And Lin Ye had reached the point of putting on the girl's skirt. "Lift up a little,"
"Oh!"
Iroha Isshiki cooperatively arched her belly upward.
Taking the opportunity, Lin Ye pulled the pleated skirt onto the girl, and finally fastened the button.
"Senpai, Senpai, seeing how obedient I'm being,"
"I'll allow you to not sleep tonight."
Iroha Isshiki felt she couldn't quite keep up with Lin Ye's train of thought. How had this turned into not sleeping tonight?
"Alright,"
Lin Ye patted Iroha Isshiki's shoulder. "That's enough. I'll take you back. As for what just happened, I'd advise you'd best forget it."
It was all Haruno's doing, but he needed to shoulder part of the responsibility too—after all, Haruno had used his body to make a move on Isshiki!
"I'll never forget it. The way Senpai looked at my graceful body, burning with fire, desperate to devour every bit of me—I'll never forget that. I… have already been played with all over by Senpai, so I'm sticking to Senpai for the rest of my life."
'Thunk—' Lin Ye's hand rapped down on Isshiki's forehead.
He found this girl exhausting too. He'd kept up an attitude of driving her away, yet she simply wouldn't go—she just shamelessly stayed by his side.
Lin Ye genuinely didn't think Iroha Isshiki was clinging to him because she liked him.
More than anything, he felt that his rejections had triggered the girl's rebellious streak, driving her to keep making contact with him this way in order to win him over.
And in the end, even after successfully winning his affection, she'd cut off their relationship herself with a vicious "We're not right for each other," to get her revenge on him.
On this point, Lin Ye thought it quite likely. A woman's vindictiveness could be strong—let alone a girl like Iroha Isshiki, who seemed passionate on the surface but actually had her own little schemes inside.
"Don't hit me, Senpai, I'll get dumber,"
"An idiot can't get any dumber,"
"Really?"
The moment Iroha Isshiki asked back, she realized something. "I am not an idiot! Senpai, you're too much!"
Lin Ye paid her no more attention; he stood up and got off the bed.
This was a love hotel.
He knew all too well what Haruno and Iroha Isshiki had originally come here to do—but as for who was seducing whom now, he wasn't entirely certain.
Even if Isshiki bore the main responsibility, Haruno had to bear her share too—after all, Haruno hadn't stopped it, but had let it run its course.
That attitude alone was enough for him to punish Haruno.
Iroha Isshiki stuck out her foot too, and after a bit of rustling, tucked her feet into her shoes.
"Senpai, where are we going after this?"
"Home,"
"Oh!"
Iroha Isshiki's words carried little energy.
"I'll see you to the train station,"
"Hey, hey, hey, shouldn't you see me all the way home? Senpai asked me out to dinner, brought me to a love hotel, did all sorts of things to me…"
"Stop,"
Lin Ye called out. "I'll take you home. Let's go!"
"That's more like it,"
Feeling as though she'd won a round back, Iroha Isshiki's face was brimming with a faint smile.
Most of her gloom had been dispelled, and her mood was much better now.
The two soon left the love hotel and came out onto the street.
Neon-lit streets, shops on either side glowing in dazzling colors, steeped in the bustle and liveliness of the night. Occasional passersby went by, among them married couples and lovers walking arm in arm.
Iroha Isshiki trailed half a step behind Lin Ye. Watching him ahead and to her right, her eyes seemed to fall into deep thought, and she soon made a decision. She quickened her pace to come to Lin Ye's side and reached out to hook her arm around his.
"Senpai, this is much better,"
But Lin Ye quickly withdrew his arm.
"Senpai, just now, wasn't it someone who…"
"If you use one of your compensations, I'll let you hold my arm all the way home,"
"Then—then never mind,"
Iroha Isshiki immediately shook her head to decline.
Those three compensations were precious; she wasn't about to waste one on something like this.
"Then this will do,"
As she said this, Iroha Isshiki moved her hand and clasped Lin Ye's.
This counted as the second time she'd formally intended to hold Lin Ye's hand on the way home.
Last time, her parents had caught her; if they saw again this time, she feared even ten mouths wouldn't be enough to explain it away. But Iroha Isshiki didn't care—what she cared about more was getting to hold hands with Lin Ye.
"If it's a compensation,"
Lin Ye once again quickly pulled his hand back.
"Don't, please don't!"
Iroha Isshiki said in a mournful tone, "Not even just once?"
"You tell me!"
"Of course it's fine,"
"In your dreams,"
"I'll start dreaming right now,"
Iroha Isshiki pestered him the whole way, but in the end she didn't succeed.
Lin Ye knew Iroha Isshiki wouldn't give up so easily—if she really gave up that easily, things wouldn't have dragged on until now. But accepting her? That was even more out of the question.
He had no wish to enter into too intimate a relationship with Iroha Isshiki.
It was just… Looking back on how things with Iroha Isshiki had developed and changed up to now, and their current situation, he felt that, apart from wiping Iroha Isshiki's memory, there really was no suitable way to make this girl leave of her own accord.
Getting off the train, Lin Ye stayed by Iroha Isshiki's side, accompanying the girl all the way to her front door.
"We're here,"
"Senpai already knows the way to my house so well,"
"I've been here so many times already,"
"So… why not come in and sit for a while? Come take a look at my room? A girl's room, you know! Aren't boys usually pretty interested in that?"
Iroha Isshiki invited him with a beaming smile.
For a boy Lin Ye's age, the boudoir of a girl the same age was, generally speaking, of interest.
Strictly speaking, Lin Ye did have a bit of interest—he was curious to see what differences there might be between one girl's room and another's.
But compared with the misgivings Iroha Isshiki carried, this little bit of curiosity counted for nothing at all.
Besides, he'd already visited plenty of girls' rooms, and had even spent the night in them—Iroha Isshiki's room was nothing special.
"I'm more interested in Yukinoshita's room,"
"Guh!"
Iroha Isshiki suffered a critical hit.
"Then—then Senpai can't even see Yukinoshita miss's room, but Senpai can see my room right now! And, and, staying over is fine too!"
Iroha Isshiki giggled. "My mom and dad aren't home tonight, you know!"
In fact, they were home—but sneaking Lin Ye upstairs without her parents noticing was something she figured she could still manage. Probably!
Lin Ye glanced at the residence behind him.
Mm. Someone was there—a middle-aged couple—and they were looking over at him and Iroha Isshiki through the window. Not much different from last time.
"Your parents are watching!"
"..."
Iroha Isshiki instinctively wanted to turn her head, but her reason burst forth and took the upper hand. She quickly restrained herself and kept as she was, so as to avoid being noticed.
Only, deep in her heart, a faint trickle of shame still flowed.
"What… still want to take me to your room, and have me stay the night while you're at it?"
Lin Ye actually smiled. "I'd be quite happy to. Shall we? We could even do a few things tonight while we're at it."
He teased her even further.
No matter how outgoing or thick-skinned Iroha Isshiki was, she still felt shame in front of her parents.
Surely she wouldn't dare accept!
"Senpai, you're bullying me,"
It wasn't that Iroha Isshiki hadn't considered gritting her teeth and boldly accepting, since she was fairly confident Senpai would back out and leave. But the moment she imagined Senpai agreeing—and her either turning back or leading him home to her room, all while her parents watched every step—the shame deep in her heart kept welling up, battering her frail little heart.
And so, in the end, she could only compromise. There was nothing for it—she was the only one who could yield.
"If I were bullying you, I'd have dragged you off to your room by now. And if your uncle and auntie tried to stop us, I wouldn't mind putting them to sleep—oh no, putting them fully to sleep isn't ideal, let's just make them half-asleep, half-awake! And then, Isshiki, you…"
"Ugh, Senpai, you pervert, you big villain! Don't you dare imagine that kind of hentai plot, not one bit!"
Iroha Isshiki knew Lin Ye was joking; his character wasn't vile enough to sink to that level. But in the face of Senpai's teasing, she had to fight back resolutely, to resolutely put a stop to it.
If such talk went on too long and he actually got the idea to do it, then what? That would be too terrifying.
She'd seen Senpai's power with her own eyes—she'd experienced it firsthand.
After being hypnotized, those memories had been wiped completely clean. If she hadn't suddenly remembered, she really felt she might have forgotten for a lifetime.
And if even memories could be made to be forgotten through hypnosis, then what about everything else?!
Placed in the world of hentai, this power of Hypnosis was an ultra-powerful hypnotic ability, capable of who-knew-how-many things.
"What you say doesn't count for anything,"
"Guh—I, I'll tell Yukinoshita-senpai,"
"Heh heh,"
Threats were the thing he feared least.
And besides, Yukinoshita's threat against him now was close to zero.
Seeing that her threat had failed, Iroha Isshiki was left helpless—her heart ached!
"You can go in now. If you don't head back soon, your father's going to come charging out,"
"Pfft…"
Iroha Isshiki nearly failed to hold back a laugh.
She really hadn't expected Senpai to say something like that—there was a sense of him worrying that her father would come to take him to task.
"Got it. See you tomorrow,"
"Mm, rest early. Good night,"
With that, Lin Ye turned and left, without saying anything more.
Isshiki, for her part, watched Lin Ye until he vanished from sight before turning to go back.
Reaching her front door, she drew a deep breath, exhaled it slowly, then reached out and opened the entrance door.
Both her father and mother were there.
"G-good evening, Father, Mother,"
Even though she'd braced herself in advance, actually facing her parents still put her under pressure.
Isshiki's father gazed at his daughter.
"Come home earlier from now on. A girl out alone isn't particularly safe,"
"Mm, mm, mm,"
Iroha Isshiki nodded vigorously.
She knew her father didn't intend to ask any more.
Soon, just as she'd expected, her father turned and left, leaving only her mother.
"Mom,"
"You still remember you have a mother like me?"
"Of course I remember! How could I ever forget~! Hahaha, I could never, ever forget."
"Off on another date with your senpai this time?"
"Uh, mm, I had dinner with Senpai,"
"You didn't go anywhere else?"
"We did!"
Those words made Isshiki's mother's heart tremble. Surely her daughter hadn't been lured to a hotel where something had happened?!
Although it wasn't uncommon for High School girls in Japan to have sexual relations, Isshiki's mother would still, if possible, prefer her daughter not have such experiences too early.
"Senpai and I also went to the park, and strolled around quite a few places,"
This made Isshiki's mother realize at once that she'd been overthinking.
Her daughter hadn't gone that far after all.
"Alright, hurry upstairs, wash up and rest. You need your sleep for tomorrow,"
"Mm, I know!"
With that, Isshiki stepped upstairs.
Back in her own room, she let out a big breath. "No problems for now,"
"Next time, I'm definitely going to sweet-talk Senpai into coming to my room,"
Otherwise, she felt she'd be a bit unwilling to let it go.
Isshiki dug out her pajamas and headed for the bathroom.
Tonight she'd have a nice hot soak, relax, and then have a peaceful, restful sleep.
Tomorrow, a new day would come. So thought Iroha Isshiki.
Lin Ye, however, did not return to his own apartment, but instead headed over to Yukino's place.
He'd sent Yukino a message saying he'd be coming over to her place tonight.
Yukinoshita's reply was simple too—Okay.
Without the slightest hesitation or excuse, she'd agreed outright.
This came as something of a surprise even to Lin Ye, who'd prepared to explain his reasons.
A little over half an hour later, Lin Ye rang the apartment's doorbell.
'Click…'
The door soon opened, revealing the girl with long black hair in gray pajamas.
"Good evening,"
"Good evening,"
Lin Ye looked toward the space behind the girl.
"My sister isn't here. She sent me a message—she has important matters these next few days and needs to go out of town to deal with them,"
"Heh heh,"
Lin Ye chuckled. This was clearly her fleeing for her life.
On the way over, he'd also called Haruno, but couldn't get through.
Clearly, Haruno also knew that what she'd done would incur his revenge and punishment, so she'd fled a step ahead, before he could act.
Just wait. When Haruno returned, he'd make that woman pay a heavy price for today's deeds.
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