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Chapter 148: The Early Bird Gets the Worm
Kanzaki Aoi pointed at Takagi Yuriko, completely dumbfounded.
"Don't mind her. She's one of us, a Contracted partner just like you," Suyan said calmly, pressing Aoi's raised hand down. "You can just call her Yuriko-nee."
Aoi gulped nervously. Her gaze darted around, occasionally stealing glances at Yuriko before quickly looking away. She looked like she desperately wanted to stare but was too terrified to do so.
It wasn't that Aoi was shy around strangers. As the manager of the Butterfly Mansion, she dealt with injured Demon Slayers every single day. If she were easily intimidated, she could never keep the estate running so smoothly. The real issue was that Yuriko was completely Stripped—she didn't have a single piece of fabric on her body.
"What do you think? Do I look good?" Yuriko didn't mind the new girl's staring at all. In fact, she proudly puffed out her chest, generously showing off her mature, voluptuous curves.
"B-Big..." Aoi muttered instinctively. Realizing her slip of the tongue, she lowered her head like a child caught doing something wrong.
What huge white rabbits—no, what immense evil—no, that's not right either! Aoi fell into a state of utter confusion. This was the first time she had seen such massive proportions. Even Kanae paled in comparison. Was it even possible for a normal girl to be built like that?
"Say, Aoi, you're not looking much better than Yuriko-nee right now, are you?" Suyan remarked, gently flicking her forehead.
Reminded of her own state, Aoi shivered as a cool breeze blew past. The wet, sticky fabric clinging to her thighs was incredibly uncomfortable.
Turning his attention back to Yuriko, Suyan complained, "And Yuriko-nee, couldn't you be a little more mindful?"
"There are no outsiders here, so what's there to be mindful of?" Yuriko shrugged carelessly. She slowly ran a finger up from her thigh, striking a highly seductive pose. Blinking playfully, she teased, "Besides, weren't you the one who took my clothes off last night?"
"Ah, well..." Suyan coughed awkwardly, utterly unable to refute that. He quickly changed the subject. "Anyway, Yuriko-nee, why are you up so early?"
"Because the early bird gets the worm," Yuriko purred. She stepped closer and planted a kiss right on Suyan's cheek, right in front of a stunned Aoi. Turning to the younger girl, Yuriko added, "See? Proves the saying right."
Leaving Suyan's side, Yuriko draped an arm around Aoi's shoulders, completely unfazed by the girl's damp state.
She's touching me! Aoi's heart leapt into her throat.
Yuriko gently poked the girl's blushing cheek. "Tell Big Sister your name. I'll help you Rank Up later."
Aoi didn't understand the gaming slang at all, but she dutifully gave her name. Yuriko leaned in close, whispering something into Aoi's ear that only the two of them could hear.
Aoi's face grew redder and redder until she finally burst out, "T-That kind of thing is... it's absolutely shameless!"
"You'll get used to it," Yuriko replied with a meaningful look. She grabbed Aoi's hand, leading her toward the bathhouse. "Come on, let's get you cleaned up first."
Aoi clamped her mouth shut. While she found Yuriko's aggressive enthusiasm hard to handle, getting clean was her top priority. She let herself be dragged away like a wooden doll.
Suyan followed quietly behind them into the bathhouse. It wasn't a standard bathroom, but a massive open-air hot spring with an artificial mountain in the center. As for separate men's and women's baths? Please, this was Greed Island, accessible only to Suyan and his partners. There was only the mixed bath.
Before Aoi even realized Suyan had followed them, she had been thoroughly Stripped by Yuriko and dragged into the water. If Yuriko wasn't clearly involved with Suyan, Aoi would have suspected her of being some sort of perverted predator.
Still, the warm water felt heavenly, making her feel as though she had been brought back to life. But before she could let out a sigh of relief, she spotted Suyan entering the water from the other side, equally unarmored.
"S-Suyan-sama! Why are you in here?!" Aoi shrieked, desperately trying to cover herself.
Yuriko answered for him. "Didn't I tell you? There are no separate baths here."
"T-This is..." Aoi's face turned so red it looked like she might bleed. First she peed on him, then she signed a bizarre contract, and now she was completely exposed to him. Her fate was well and truly sealed with this man.
Squatting down, Aoi submerged herself until only her eyes peeked above the water, secretly watching Suyan from afar.
"Alright, Aoi, take your time washing up. I'm going over there," Yuriko said, unconcerned by Aoi's panic. Her goal of bringing the girl here was already accomplished—just like how she handled Makomo the night before, half-pushing, half-yielding.
Yuriko slipped beneath the surface, swimming gracefully toward Suyan like a mermaid.
"Yuriko-nee, why did you come over here?" Suyan asked curiously.
"Because the early bird needs to eat her worm," she replied with a double entendre. She kissed his cheek, then dove back under the water. Through the rippling surface, one could only vaguely make out her slender figure, leaving her actions to the imagination.
So, here was a question: which was hotter, Takagi Yuriko at thirty-seven degrees Celsius, or the forty-degree hot spring water?
Anyone with basic common sense would know forty is higher than thirty-seven. But Suyan had a different answer. He firmly stood on Yuriko's side. Why? Because of thermal expansion.
Aoi watched Yuriko vanish underwater in utter confusion. As a girl who hadn't even experienced her first kiss—her closest physical contact being the 'accident' earlier—she couldn't fathom what Yuriko was doing.
But as she recalled the shameless words Yuriko had whispered in her ear earlier, realization suddenly dawned on her. A wail of despair echoed in her heart. Not only was her body impure now, but even her mind had been corrupted!
Kanae-nee, save me...
While Aoi held her head in despair, Yuriko suddenly popped up from the water, likely to catch her breath. Locking eyes with the new girl, Yuriko gave her a friendly wave.
Aoi: Trembling intensely...
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