7 - Humans are worthless as pearls.
Humans are worthless as pearls.
“It felt good.”
「…… I’m embarrassed after all…………”
“I wonder who was nailing it with a rough breath while saying.”
As soon as dinner is over, it’s time to take a bath. There is a large public bath in the basement of this mansion, and basically the first people to enter are me and Eina. You don’t have to explain it to me, but of course it will be a mixed bath. Even if you try to take your eyes off as much as possible, you will inevitably be drawn to your gaze as a man because you are together from the time you change your clothes, and if you are not tied to each other, you will not be able to do anything about it. When taking a bath, Eina is active in skinship. As a man, I always feel like I’m dying of embarrassment in front of her who looks at her reactions that I can’t hide and sometimes shows ecstasy. How many times have I wished I could hide it if it were much smaller? The size is a grudge. It’s weird to me.
There are exceptions. It was the day Eina asked to have a party and the year-end and New Year holidays. Only on that day, there is no order, and everyone, including the maids at the laundry, uses the large bath. Put me in there, of course. I wish they would treat me more like air, but without exception, they look at me and react in the same way as Eina, so I immediately get stuck.
In this case, it hurts more than embarrassing. A man would understand.
Appearance is also an important factor in finding value in people. If you look at Hasekura, you can see that people are not just about appearance, but it is not enough to focus only on the inside. Just as a dirty person full of spit is not convincing to preach cleanliness, appearance is a very important factor. Every girl that Eina bought is in the category of beauty. The group of beauties was there as far as the eye could see, and they were looking at me. Eina won’t allow me to close my eyes, so I can’t help but react. It’s force majeure (and they talk to you normally. While blushing)
Moreover, on such days, the maids, led by Eina, carefully wash my body, so even if I close my eyes, I can’t prevent that part. I think I’m too poisoned by the area where everyone is happy to do it.
“I’m better at drying my hair than I was a year ago. I want to stay in it forever if I’m allowed to. All the way until our bodies melt together.”
“Don’t say scary things.”
“Just kidding, but you can do it harder when you wash it. It’s always awkward when you touch me.”
“Stop, don’t remember any more! um… I can’t sleep like that! Oh, maybe you don’t know because you’re a girl, but that’s it. Painful…… I can’t sleep.”
“I’m glad you care about me that much. If the excitement doesn’t subside, will you walk around the mansion for a bit? I’ll be ready for bed, so come back in about fifteen minutes.”
Saying that, Eina sticks out her little finger. Her favorite form of promise. I do this every day before going to bed because I bought it, and when I do this, Eina feels very relieved and sleeps deeply. Maybe it’s because of her mind, but she looks younger than usual when her fingers are tied.
“Oh, that’s what they do… Thank you very much, Eina.”
「………… Go, I hate being lonely, so be sure to come back.”
I left Eina’s room and went down to the entrance hall. The reason why it is quiet without the sound of fluttering around is probably because the maids are moving to the large bathhouse. I guess there is no problem if I enter the area where the mixed bath is done peacefully, but an extremely strong reason does not allow it. I feel like I’m not good as a person.
“Oh, Kageya-kun, it’s rare that you’re not with Eina-sama.”
“Mr. Hachizoku”
The kitchen was noisy with preparations for tomorrow, so I tried to avoid it, and when I walked aimlessly, I met Mr. Hachizoku, who was wearing a suit instead of his usual maid clothes. I’m not sure what its value is, but I know that the material looks very luxurious. It’s smooth to the touch. When I touched her unusual outfit with concern, I didn’t notice that she was looking down at me with her ears red.
“Oh, excuse me, do you still have any work to do?”
“Well, it’s like that, I’m going to leave the house for a bit, so please don’t call me if you need to. This is an important order from Eina-sama.”
“You’ve been with me all this time, but I don’t know when…”
“There was a note on the back of the dinner plate. What I encountered here is also the edge of something. Is it true that Rokuya Hasekura says “classmates?”
“There’s no point in lying, because if you’re not a classmate, you won’t have contact with Eina. That…… I’ve gotten used to the rules of this house. I don’t know much about the future of Aitsu now. But what do you actually think about it? Don’t you care?”
“Yes.”
The answer was immediate. I thought I was just in tune with Eina, so I was amused by the speed of her response that exceeded my imagination. Hachizoku took my hand and bent his knee lightly, making eye contact and smiling.
“The environment distorts a person, and it is also difficult to change it later. I don’t think he can endure life here, and I don’t want to. I made a fool of Kageya-kun. I made a fool of the eyes of the young lady who bought Kageya-kun. That’s enough reason.”
「………… You didn’t make me a fool.”
“What if we don’t feel appeased by the one who bonded with Eina-sama? Don’t worry about Rokuya Hasekura’s jokes, you’re a much nicer man than you think.”
“Aha… It’s embarrassing to hear that. I am delighted. One last moment… I want to talk, can you tell me about Hasekura’s room? There are so many rooms here, so I don’t know.”
It was quick to ask Eina, but she said she didn’t want to say it at dinner, so it was hard to hear. This mansion has four floors, and Eina’s room is on the third floor. High-value servants, led by Hachizoku-san, have rooms upstairs. The rest is probably on the first floor.
Therefore, even if the second floor can be excluded, it is inefficient to crush the rainbow. Hasekura was suddenly summoned today and locked in a room without being shown the mansion, but it is really three times larger than he imagined. There is also an annex building in addition to the laundry on the premises, and although there are several facilities in the basement, they have not been used at all yet. If you walk normally, you will definitely get lost. If I looked at the garden from the solarium, I would have been stunned.
“What are you going to do?”
「………… I want to talk as much as I can because of my classmates.”
“It’s a waste of time, but if you must, I’ll teach you.”
Hachizoku-san is taking me around, but the way I walk in the room is strange. First, take an old key from the storeroom and go through a hidden door at the end of the door. There is an iron bar at the end, so I opened it with an old key and the rooms are lined up a little down the stairs.
I think most of the rooms are empty, but I knew with one shot because a knife was stuck in the door of the room where Hasekura was.
“This is rude, someone’s mischief. This way.”
“Why is there a vacancy beyond the hidden room?”
“I think it’s because no matter how much you buy, if you don’t have a place to put it, it’s cramped.
Collecting the knife, Hachizoku walks up the stairs. Hasekura’s state of mind and how he was guided to such a place. When I knocked on the door, the face I had just seen in the afternoon appeared.
Thank you for introducing me here!”
“Don’t call me by name, you don’t get along like that.”
“What are you saying, the same people who bought it~? My friend, my brother! Hahahaha!”
It seems to be a 20 million yen salary, and it is a simple room. There is a desk, a bed, a desk lamp, and nothing else. The room is small, so even if you bring someone in, one person will be the limit. I wonder if the food served to him has already been cleaned up, it is very beautiful.
“I tried to find you, but I got lost. What room are you? Show me~”
“I think it’s better to stop, but…”
“I know! You’re too lazy to show it, are you? Gyahahahaha!”
Hasekura is disgustingly soaring and doesn’t listen to me. The cause of the high tension is somehow understood. It must be an attaché case under the desk. He got 50 million yen and became friends with Eina, and he is aware of that. Another possible reason is that all the maids are beautiful. Whatever the reason, the biggest problem is that you don’t understand the seriousness of the situation.
“No, I never thought you would want me until you paid for it! Is this or that? That’s the inverted ball! If I go to school tomorrow, I’ll brag about it~!” Maybe I can say sweetheart.”
“Hey, listen up, I’m not going to say anything bad, so run away now. It’s better to leave money behind. If you do that, you might miss it.”
“Huh? Why do I have to do that? You’re going to rob me! How much did you buy it, so much so that you have to steal that kind of money!”
“Not really… Did you read the contract properly? You don’t know anything. I had better go home. Seriously.”
“No, I’ve already told you that I’m staying with whoever I want. Is that you? I liked it at first, but it’s cunning to come later! You’re a woman, you idiot! Fifty yen!”
It seems that the desperate appeal was counterproductive. Hasekura seemed to be depressed and thought I was being shoved, so I suppressed my neck and pressed myself against the wall.
“Ugh…………”
“You don’t have to follow the law, do you? I read it properly. That’s why I can treat you like this. Even if you hit me on the spot… Hehe.”
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That’s not what I meant.
He must have liked the face that suffers from no resistance, and the sadism that sleeps inside is an element that everyone has. Hasekura takes his hand away from me and goes back to his room, spitting condescendingly.
Well, you’re living a miserable life, so I’ll forgive you here. Not anymore.”
Stand up after the door is fully closed and locked. It was useless to say anything to the man who soared. Let’s go back to our room as a blessing in disguise that we weren’t beaten. Eina misses me.
“It’s late.”
“Bad bad. I went to the bathroom.”
In the room, Eina was waiting for me on a canopy bed, her eyes dripping. Most of the curtains are closed, only one direction is open. It’s a gap open just to let me in.
“If you don’t have anything left to remember, it’s time to go to sleep, tomorrow will be another happy day. Because I was happy today.”
Eina pulled me by the hand and went to bed. When I closed the curtains, Eina remotely turned off the lights in the room and invited me into the futon.
“It’s really just the two of us, and I’m so happy to sleep watching you like this… Hey, can you get closer because no one is watching? More until we can feel each other’s heat.”
“Eina………… That. There may have been a lot of things today, though. I was happy too. Don’t say it before going to bed because it’s not embarrassing. I love you, Eina. I’m happy to be by your side.”
「……………… Heh. When you’re in the bath, it’s the gaze of a beast, but here you’re like a gentleman. I love it too. I won’t forgive anyone who makes fun of my scenery. I wonder if you could see that the maids’ children were also full of enthusiasm. Everybody thinks so.”
「………… Don’t think about someone you don’t like. As usual. I only think about you, so you’ll sleep thinking only about me.”
“Yes, that’s right. It’s not like me. I can’t believe that there is someone I like next to me and I can’t think about not going down.”
Cross your fingers between your breasts and kiss goodnight.
“Good night, Eina.”
“Good night, Kageya.”
I didn’t care about Hasekura anymore.
Compared to this happiness, it is an insignificant matter.