Isshiki Iroha woke slowly, in a leisurely daze.
She was still groggy, her head a little dizzy, and above all her body ached in places—her lower back felt sore.
"What is this…"
"I still didn't sleep well last night."
She'd slept until her back and waist ached, and her thighs felt a bit uncomfortable too.
Isshiki Iroha's consciousness gradually cleared, and she made out the scenery before her—an unfamiliar environment.
"This isn't… home."
In an instant, the hairs on her body stood on end. A chill ran down Isshiki Iroha's spine and she shot upright, a faint soreness flickering through her body.
That ache immediately made her whole being feel a degree worse.
She wouldn't have been picked up and carried home by someone and violated, would she!?
If that were really the case, she'd probably be crying for three days and three nights.
Don't be fooled—though Isshiki Iroha had a glib tongue day to day, trading endless flirtatious words with a certain member of the opposite sex, even teasing him of her own initiative, in truth her heart was exceedingly simple and pure; she had never once had physical contact with a man.
And now, just like that—
Gone.
Taken by some man from who knows where?
"Ngh…"
Isshiki Iroha lowered her head and looked at her own body, and discovered that her clothes were still on her—somewhat disheveled, but with no sign of having been stripped off.
And though her body ached, a certain part of her felt perfectly normal.
"It's fine, a false alarm."
"Scared me half to death."
"This pain—it actually gave me hallucinations."
"Senpai was there. I fell asleep, but there's no way I'd be left all alone in a dangerous place."
...
Isshiki Iroha suddenly frowned.
How could she possibly have fallen asleep just like that, out of nowhere?
Her routine was regular, yet last night she'd grown wearier and wearier while eating, and finally dozed off.
This was definitely not a natural sleep.
Something was definitely wrong.
'Gulp…'
Isshiki Iroha swallowed.
She was fine, but that didn't mean the other two girls were.
If it had been a simple break-in and burglary, that would really be nothing—but what she feared was that the mastermind who'd drugged them had come to plunder more than valuables.
A pair of beautiful twin sisters!!
If a man bent on ravishing them broke in, who could have stopped him?
But, inexplicably—how to put it—
Isshiki Iroha was inexplicably angry. What did it mean, leaving her out? Did that mean he thought she was ugly!?
Though she didn't want to go through it, being thought ugly was an extremely unpleasant feeling, infuriating—it even made her, for a moment, want to hit someone.
Isshiki Iroha straightened her clothes and slowly let out a breath.
"It should be fine. I'm overthinking it."
"With Senpai here, it's definitely fine."
"It's not as if Senpai would be the one ravishing anyone!"
...
...
Isshiki Iroha cautiously opened the door, poked her head out, and looked left and right, but spotted no abnormal figure anywhere.
"Everything's normal."
Isshiki Iroha took a look around and decided to head for the room diagonally across.
She placed her hand on the doorknob.
"Pardon the intrusion,"
she said in a hushed voice, and opened the door.
'Click…'
The door slowly swung open.
She leaned her eyes close and peered inside, but it was pitch-black in there, nothing to be seen.
So Isshiki Iroha pushed, opening it wider.
Under the light spilling in from outside the door, the scene within the room grew clearer and clearer.
Clothes.
In disarray.
Quite a few things had fallen to the floor.
Isshiki Iroha even spotted a set of loose pajamas.
At once, her heart gave a lurch.
"It's just bad habits, just bad habits."
She stepped in two paces, slowly lifting her gaze to look—and at last she saw, lying motionless upon the bed, a purple-long-haired girl out cold.
The girl's clothes were in disarray, torn in places, vast swaths of springtime scenery exposed to the air.
She even saw those suspicious fluids.
What was this?
She knew all too well what this was!
Someone had violated Miss Kyou Fujibayashi.
The worst premonition had become reality, and Isshiki Iroha's whole being collapsed.
"Some—"
"Somebody, help!"
She cried out at the top of her voice; the dread she'd been suppressing tore free of her throat in that moment, no longer able to be concealed.
Isshiki Iroha's breathing turned ragged, an immense terror seizing her whole body and soul.
'Click…'
'Thud-thud-thud…'
After the sound of a door opening came the sound of footsteps.
"What happened, Isshiki?"
"Senpai,"
The moment she heard that voice, Isshiki Iroha found her anchor; she spun around and ran out the door, into the corridor.
But the next second, seeing the state of Lin Ye's attire, her face flushed at once and her eyes darted away.
"Senpai, put your clothes on first,"
"Fujibayashi—something's happened to Miss Fujibayashi—someone, someone…"
She didn't have the nerve to go on.
But just then, she saw the figure standing at the doorway of the room Lin Ye had come out of.
It was Ryou Fujibayashi.
At this moment Ryou Fujibayashi was clutching her clothes to cover her body, yet certain marks on her skin still fell into Isshiki Iroha's field of view.
In an instant, the pieces of information wove themselves together.
Isshiki Iroha arrived at one possibility.
Why had she fallen asleep at dinner?
Why was Kyou Fujibayashi in that state, and why were Lin Ye and Ryou Fujibayashi in the same room?
This… this was surely Senpai having violated the twin sisters!
First the elder sister, then the younger.
The one who'd—who'd drugged everyone—was Senpai!
'Thud…'
Isshiki Iroha retreated in a panic, but in her carelessness she bumped into the wall.
She immediately winced in pain, her footing unsteady, on the verge of toppling over.
Lin Ye instantly reached out. "Careful, Isshiki."
He caught her.
"Let—let go of me, Sen—Senpai…"
But her words trembled.
She looked at Lin Ye with a trace of fear lingering still.
Lin Ye noticed it.
"What's wrong? I'll go change my clothes right away."
The moment Lin Ye released the girl, he watched Isshiki Iroha immediately put distance between them.
This left him all the more puzzled.
Lin Ye couldn't help but glance into the room, and the sight of Kyou Fujibayashi left even him staring wide-eyed in shock.
What was going on.
What was this situation.
Isshiki took the chance to back away several steps. "Sen—Senpai, I—I'll be heading back first,"
With that, she wanted to leave this dangerous place as fast as she possibly could.
Senpai—her beloved, respected Senpai—was actually the kind of man who drugged and abused girls.
Senpai had actually committed such an illegal, criminal act.
It was too terrifying.
She had to get away first; she absolutely could not stay in this dangerous place.
"Isshiki, you've got it wrong, I…"
Lin Ye caught up in two strides and grabbed Isshiki's shoulder. "This has nothing to do with me,"
"I—I know, I know this has nothing to do with Senpai, I won't say anything reckless, please rest assured, Senpai,"
She pursed her lips nervously and patted Lin Ye's hand. "Please let go, Senpai. I—I absolutely won't say anything, and I won't go to the police, so please, don't worry!"
So you're definitely going to go to the police, aren't you!
This made Lin Ye all the less willing to let the girl leave on her own.
This misunderstanding absolutely had to be explained clearly.
At this point Ryou Fujibayashi walked over to her own doorway, and the sight of her elder sister's condition sent a sudden wave of dizziness through her head.
"Sister, Sister… what's wrong with you?"
Could it really have nothing to do with Senpai? Otherwise, if Senpai had violated them one after another—no, it was also possible that Senpai had concealed it bit by bit, and then…
"Thunk…"
"Ow,"
Struck hard on the forehead, Isshiki Iroha let out a whimper.
"Letting your imagination run wild again."
"I—I am not,"
But her eyes couldn't lie.
Lin Ye knew Isshiki Iroha didn't believe him at all.
This junior of his could really be a troublemaker.
"I can explain. It's not what you think."
"…"
"All right then—I did the thing you're imagining."
"Senpai, so you really did violate the Fujibayashi sisters,"
You, Isshiki—so that really is what you were thinking.
If I'd violated both sisters, how could I possibly have spared you alone?
Won't you think about that?
Say what you will, you're a cute girl too—the kind ordinary men like.
At least where looks were concerned, Lin Ye would admit Isshiki had them.
As for everything else, that depended on the person; there were plenty of men who'd like a girl with Isshiki's sort of personality.
"I, I…"
Realizing she'd misspoken, Isshiki Iroha began to tremble.
Surely, surely Senpai wasn't about to off her to silence her?
Or else have his way with her this way and that, then snap photos to use as blackmail, and in the end, through that, make her do day after day the things the male lead of an ero-anime does.
A great many scenes surfaced in her mind.
They made Isshiki Iroha feel, for a moment, that Lin Ye had the innate makings and material to become the male lead of an ero-anime.
"You're next."
The instant she heard that, Isshiki Iroha's face went white, her whole body trembling.
She'd only been imagining it—she really didn't want to actually go through it!
"No, no, Senpai, let me off! I—I have an illness, really, a very serious illness,"
Isshiki Iroha's little head shook back and forth without cease. "And besides, I'm young, my skin's bad, I have no experience whatsoever, I don't know how to cooperate, it wouldn't be any fun,"
"So, so let me off!"
"I—I can give you money,"
But Isshiki suddenly felt that Lin Ye didn't seem short of money.
Then—then what else could she do?
"I—I… I'll satisfy you with my hands, Senpai, I'm begging you, please let me off!"
Lin Ye: "…"
This girl's startling words left even Lin Ye somewhat speechless.
So you know about using your hands, huh.
If a man really wanted to do this and that to you, you offering a hand—how could that possibly satisfy him? You did, after all, test into Sobu High; surely your emotional intelligence is still online?
"Isshiki, it's not what you think."
Lin Ye explained, but the girl still didn't quite believe him; having already been branded a criminal in Isshiki's mind, the credibility of his words had dropped a whole tier.
And at this point, Kyou Fujibayashi woke up. Supported by her sister Ryou, Kyou Fujibayashi slowly rose to her feet.
"Sister, how are you feeling?"
It took Kyou Fujibayashi a good while to come back to her senses.
"Who—who hurt you…"
Before Ryou Fujibayashi could finish her words, the moment Kyou Fujibayashi's mind recovered and began to turn, words burst forth from her throat,
"Lin Ye—where's that bastard Lin Ye, I'm going to kill him."
Ryou Fujibayashi froze.
Lin Ye went rigid with awkwardness.
And Isshiki Iroha swallowed again and again, her eyes gazing in terror at the Lin Ye before her.
What do you mean, it's not what I think?
Senpai—you violated the girls, and here you are putting on an innocent act in front of me!
I—I very nearly believed you.
Give me back the trust I had in you!
Isshiki Iroha instantly realized that her own chastity was probably in danger too.
She edged cautiously, trying to slip away.
'Thud…'
Lin Ye braced one hand against the wall, blocking Isshiki Iroha's inclination to leave.
"Isshiki,"
"Sen—Senpai… I, I don't know anything, I won't say anything reckless, so let—let me off!"
Isshiki Iroha spoke with utmost caution, terrified of provoking Lin Ye,
But there was no way Lin Ye would just let Isshiki Iroha leave like this.
If she really left, the police might come storming in the very next moment.
Lin Ye had an idea, but he just hadn't yet made up his mind to use this method on Isshiki.
At this point,
Kyou Fujibayashi, propping up her weak and trembling body, staggered out the door, and spotted Lin Ye at a glance.
In an instant,
The immense negative emotions accumulated over the whole night erupted in this moment—her sister being abused, having empathically suffered that abuse the entire night, along with all the unwillingness, indignation, sorrow and other feelings woven together—all of it surged toward Lin Ye in this instant.
"Aaah!"
Her hoarse voice harboring intense emotion, Kyou Fujibayashi lunged at Lin Ye.
"Sister…"
But Ryou Fujibayashi immediately hugged her sister from behind.
She could guess that her sister's fury was because she had slept with Lin Ye last night—but this was of her own will, and her sister should know that perfectly well.
"This was my own choice, please don't—"
"Let go of me, Ryou, I, I…"
Lin Ye's attention was drawn to Kyou Fujibayashi.
Looking at this girl with her hair disheveled, her clothes in disarray, her snow-white skin exposed to the air—that wretched yet suggestive sight—he thought of what had happened last night.
The sisters shared sensations of taste; was even this the same between them?
Which was to say, last night he could be counted as having experienced both twin sisters at once?
No, that wasn't right either—there was a certain problem with that way of putting it.
"Calm down, Miss Fujibayashi."
"How can you tell me to calm down, how can you tell me to calm down! We agreed, we agreed on it all,"
Kyou Fujibayashi wept and cried, her hoarse words steeped in bewilderment and dread toward the future.
For Kyou Fujibayashi, the fact that her sister and Lin Ye had slept together was a tremendous blow.
How was she to fulfill her pact with Lin Ye after this?
Fulfilling it would only wrong her sister all the more, making it even harder to face her.
And if she didn't fulfill it—then… then she really wasn't the kind of girl who made a promise and failed to keep it, all the more so since Lin Ye had saved her who-knows-how-many times; without Lin Ye, she'd have died long ago.
She even recalled the anger—and the concern and gentleness it concealed—in the moment Lin Ye had answered her call.
A man like that—she ought to fulfill the pact, she ought not to break the promise she'd made.
But now, it was all too late.
"Boo-hoo-hoo…"
Tears fell without cease, the sound of her grief-stricken sobbing echoing.
In this moment the purple-long-haired girl was just like a heartbroken little child, sobbing and venting the emotions within her.
Watching, Lin Ye felt his heart clogged and aching.
The one thing he could least bear was the sight of a girl crying.
Isshiki Iroha pitied her too; under ordinary circumstances she'd surely have stepped forward to comfort her, doing all she could to soothe Kyou Fujibayashi's sorrow.
But right now, she couldn't even protect herself—how was she supposed to help!
Isshiki Iroha furtively prepared to slip away once more, silently, without a trace.
But just as she carefully reached the head of the stairs, ready to head down and escape this dangerous second floor, a figure suddenly appeared before her.
"Isshiki, you can't leave yet."
"Senpai… I, I'll cry too,"
Isshiki Iroha's words came out a little stammered. "If—if you try anything funny with me, I—I absolutely will not forgive you, I will… hate you for the rest of my life."
"Hate me for the rest of your life?"
"Yes,"
"There's such a good deal to be had."
Isshiki Iroha: ???
"All right—it can be explained, so don't go thinking about running. If you run, then don't blame me for resorting to some forceful measures."
Senpai, you really do intend to force yourself on me—acting against a woman's will is an illegal, criminal act, you know! You'll be arrested and thrown in prison!
Ryou Fujibayashi thought a little about Isshiki Iroha's reactions, and putting together Isshiki's resistance and panic toward Lin Ye, she realized something.
"Isshiki-san, Lin-kun did not hurt me or my sister,"
This wasn't hurting them?
Isshiki Iroha stared.
You haven't gone and caught Stockholm syndrome, have you—fallen in love with this man who hurt you!
"Really, Lin-kun was with me the whole night last night; what happened to my sister has nothing to do with Lin-kun,"
But Isshiki Iroha truly couldn't fully believe it.
If not Lin Ye, then who?
When she'd entered, that wretched scene—she could not forget it.
"I'll help my sister back to her room first; Isshiki-san, wait a little longer, I'll explain to you afterward."
Ryou Fujibayashi knew, too, that if she let Isshiki Iroha leave, it would likely invite even more unnecessary incidents and trouble.
Explaining—and getting the girl to accept it—was a must.
Moreover, in Ryou Fujibayashi's view, this was also an opportunity, a way to make Isshiki Iroha stop approaching Lin Ye of her own accord.
Lin Ye already had her, a woman of his own; surely Isshiki Iroha wouldn't still draw close to him one-sidedly, trying to get more intimate, would she!
Ryou Fujibayashi supported her sister, but Kyou Fujibayashi seemed not to want to leave just yet—she had a great many things to say to Lin Ye, even if much of it was dissatisfaction and anger.
"Sen—Senpai, you… you should go take a bath and change your clothes first too! I—I won't run, really… believe me."
She really wanted to run, but she felt that if she actually ran, she'd probably meet with something dreadful.
"Fine, I'll trust you this once. If you run, you know what happens."
Lin Ye returned to the room, gathered his clothes, and headed for the bathroom.
'Splash-splash-splash…'
'Splash-splash-splash…'
Lin Ye rinsed off quickly.
The warm water beat against his body, easing the soreness in it.
Yesterday, even his body had been a bit unable to take it.
And as for a girl whose Constitution was lower than his—well, women and men do have somewhat different endurance when it comes to this sort of thing.
But for Ryou Fujibayashi, whose first time it was, it surely couldn't have been the least bit easy.
He'd have to spend more time with Ryou Fujibayashi these next few days.
Lin Ye wondered whether he ought to stay here at Ryou Fujibayashi's side these next few days—he just didn't know when Ryou's parents would be back.
As for Isshiki Iroha,
if necessary, he'd have no choice but to use the Hypnosis superpower he'd just obtained this week, and make her forget all of this.
And as for the problem on Kyou Fujibayashi's end, Lin Ye had come up with a solution too.
Only, this method—he decided he had to discuss it with Ryou.
Outside,
listening to the splash-splash-splash of running water,
Isshiki Iroha let out a long breath.
"Safe for now."
But then again—what on earth was going on here?
Senpai and Sister Ryou had definitely slept together—they came out of the same room, and the marks on Sister Ryou's body could not possibly be faked.
As for the elder sister, that condition was obviously also that, right!
But Sister Ryou said it had nothing to do with Lin Ye, so who exactly did it?
"Is there a second man lurking about?"
Isshiki Iroha gave a shudder.
But since there'd been no movement at all up to now, she figured that man had already left too.
"If Yukinoshita-senpai found out about this, I wonder what she'd think."
"This is a handle on Senpai too, heh heh heh."
Suddenly realizing this, Isshiki Iroha chuckled out a heh-heh-heh.
But though a smile was on her face, within her heart there lingered a streak of gloom she couldn't shake off.
Why was it like this?
Why couldn't she feel happy?
She had a handle on Senpai now; she could use it to threaten Senpai into making all sorts of concessions.
But why couldn't this heart of hers feel the least bit happy?
Her heart sank, heavy and oppressed, as if something were clogged within it, unable to be relieved.
What on earth was going on?
Isshiki Iroha was utterly bewildered, questioning herself over and over.
In her mind surfaced some of the things from her time spent together with Senpai.
Bit by bit, they surfaced like slides in a projector.
Finally, the half-naked figure of Lin Ye from a moment ago surfaced in her mind—
That sturdy physique stabbed straight into Isshiki Iroha's heart.
She'd thought Senpai had a good build to begin with, and seeing his bare body directly like that, those abs, that strong and powerful figure—it truly set her heart racing!
In this moment,
the fear Isshiki Iroha had felt from the misunderstanding diminished to an enormous degree.
She was lost in the beauty of the male form.
A Senpai with such a good build—she, she just so, so, so… liked it.
How had she not copped a feel just now!
In this moment, she regretted it.
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