Chapter 73: 1 Yen Overnight Service

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Half an hour later, inside a love hotel named “Aquarium.”

Kasumigaoka Utaha sat sideways on the bed, relaxed and lazy, tilting her head to look at Himekoji Akito, who stood frozen and flustered by the room’s door, bewildered by the interior decor.

“Hime-Hime, you’re really not honest. Saying ‘no, no’ with your mouth, but your body still came along obediently, couldn’t wait, could it?”

“I did not come along eagerly!”

Himekoji flushed red, annoyed.

“You were the one insisting on coming here! As your editor, I couldn’t just ignore you!”

Huh, why was he blushing?

Because the bathtub in the room was placed right in front of the bed! And Kasumigaoka had already started filling it with water…

Hey, hey, hey, are you seriously planning to bathe in front of me?

That could kill a man! I’m not kidding!

“As my editor? Huh, just my editor, is that all?”

The girl gave Himekoji Akito a meaningful glance. After saying this, she shifted her position. Then, bending her slim waist, Kasumigaoka turned onto her stomach on the bed, stretching her slender arm into the tub, seemingly testing the water temperature.

“You first or me? Oh, couples who come to love hotels usually take mandarin duck baths (for two), you know?”

Damn it, a mandarin duck bath…

No wonder the bathtub was placed right next to the bed!

“Ms. Kasumi, I’ll come find you again tomorrow!”

Faced with this all-too-seductive senpai, Himekoji absolutely dared not stay in this room any longer. He threw out a weak-sounding excuse and immediately turned tail to run.

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The “prey” fled in disarray, but Kasumigaoka Utaha didn’t seem bothered. She merely smiled lightly, flipped over, picked up her watch, and started a countdown.

“Five minutes.”

She said.

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Himekoji had planned to book another room next door. However, when he reached the front desk to pay, an embarrassing thing happened—

After a whole day of “gathering material” (expenses), his wallet had unknowingly been completely emptied.

Is this for real?!

Well, of course it was real. Though he held the title “best-selling author,” Himekoji actually wasn’t well-off.

Most of his royalties were sent to his sister and his adoptive parents’ home to “repay debts,” leaving only a small part for his own tuition and living expenses.

Today’s spending had already far exceeded his budget.

His wallet was totally empty.

So, he could only slink back to his “big sponsor’s” room, feeling completely pathetic and awkward.

“Ms. Kasumi, can we discuss something? Um… could you lend me a little money? I promise, I’ll pay you back immediately after I get reimbursed by Sonoko-nee!”

Ah, how had he fallen to the point of asking a woman for money?

Himekoji hung his head, burning with shame. As a man, he felt he’d utterly lost all dignity.

“Four minutes and thirteen seconds. Quite a bit faster than I expected.”

Kasumigaoka glanced at her watch and said this.

“Huh?”

Himekoji was confused.

The girl didn’t offer an explanation. She looked him up and down, let out a soft laugh, then casually waved her own plump wallet.

“Want money, right?”

Himekoji was too embarrassed to make eye contact. He nodded his head almost imperceptibly and squeezed out a weak “Yeah” from his lips.

“Fine. Then name your price. How much for an overnight service?”

“Huh? Huh?”

Her shocking words made Himekoji jump.

“M-Ms. Kasumi, what did you say? I-I think I must have misheard…”

“Oh? I said, how much to be with you all night?”

Kasumigaoka turned slightly, lazily stretching from her position on the bed. She unhurriedly walked up to Himekoji, her hand brushing softly, almost teasingly, against his cheek.

“T-This… no! I just want to borrow money! It’s not a transaction! I’ll pay it back, as soon as I get back, I’ll pay you back tomorrow!”

The room’s heater was on, making it uncomfortably warm. A faint sheen of sweat appeared on Himekoji’s forehead.

Hey! Why does this senpai love stirring up trouble so much?! Didn’t she learn anything from how things escalated last time?

As a guy, he was struggling hard to keep it together!

[Pleasure Enhancement: Ready! Go!]

The System clocked in right on time. Himekoji ignored it completely.

“The water in the tub… it’s getting cold, you know.”

Kasumigaoka Utaha pressed her warm, soft body suddenly close to his and blew a light breath against the nape of his neck.

Hey, hey, hey, she’s crossing the line again!

Himekoji swallowed dryly.

He felt that if it weren’t for “Option Immunity” being strong enough today, the System probably would have triggered a dozen times already!

Just as Himekoji was feeling grateful in his heart, he didn’t notice—

The clock on the wall. The hour hand pointed squarely at twelve, while the minute hand had just swept past it.

May 1st, midnight!

[Ding!]

[“Option Immunity” Expired!]

[Please Choose!]

Huh, wait! How come there’s an “expire at month’s end” setting?! It was supposed to be immune for a full twenty-four hours!

Hearing that today’s golden leg shield, “Option Immunity,” had gone offline, Himekoji was so frightened that his little brother stood straight.

Hey, don’t be so sudden like this!

The skill expires and the options pop up immediately? What kind of seamless transition is this?!

Himekoji didn’t even have time to reactivate the skill.

[Please Choose!]

[A: Share a mandarin duck bath with Kasumigaoka Utaha, and fill the tub using Kasumigaoka’s water.]

[B: Allow Kasumigaoka Utaha to purchase one night with you for 1 Yen.]

How… how should he choose?

Damn this choice!

“Wait a second, if I use ‘Option Immunity’ now, will it work?”

Himekoji, grasping a last hope, asked the System quickly.

“Dear user, sorry, ‘Option Immunity’ cannot be used on options that are already triggered.”

Damn it, not possible?!

Then why say “dear user”? When have you ever respected me? I think you never cared about me at all!

“Dear user, congrats, you are right.”

“…”

He admitted it! Shamelessly admitted it!

So Himekoji made a face like he ate dung.

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“Choose!”

The System urged skillfully.

A or B?

This time, Himekoji Akito decided to listen to the Danmaku viewers.

He opened the Danmaku to look, dang it, the whole screen was filled with B.

Indeed, the Danmaku viewers were understanding and fair people, they knew the Senpai’s water couldn’t fill a bath.

Okay, pick B, pick B.

Huh, wait! Himekoji seemed to suddenly find something off—

If he picked B, that meant the Danmaku thought his Overnight Service was only worth 1 yen? Hey, 1 yen is like a few cents in Chinese money!

What the fuck?

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“Himekoji-kun, still want the money or not?”

Seeing him silent for so long, not knowing what he was up to, Kasumigaoka grew impatient. So, the girl pulled out a whole stack of cash from her wallet and patted it lightly on Himekoji’s face, looking very bold.

Himekoji Akito pressed his lips together tightly, feeling wronged!

This brat actually dared to insult him with money! Am I the kind of person who would let money insult me?

Joke!

“M-Ms. Kasumi, 1 yen… give me 1 yen, please…”

Himekoji lowered his head, squirmed and stalled for a long time, then reluctantly forced by the System, he tugged her sleeve and whispered the words, feeling ashamed.

Ack! In the end, I still got insulted, didn’t I? Voluntarily…

“1 yen? Why do you want 1 yen?”

Don’t ask when you already know! Do I have to say it word by word? I’ll die from embarrassment!

“Overnight Service… 1 yen.”

After saying this, Himekoji felt like he had died once already.

“Oh, that’s a fair price. But I don’t have small change, this is the smallest note, 1000 yen, let’s cover three years now.”

Kasumigaoka Utaha actually accepted this “one yen overnight” setup right away.

What the heck? My looks aren’t worth that much at all, right? No, wrong typing— not worth only that! They’re worth more!

The girl took one note from the stack, waved it in front of Himekoji, and then casually stuffed it into his pants pocket.

“There’s no yearly service! Later, I will give you back the 999 yen, full and exact.”

As Himekoji spoke, he suddenly felt the little hand in his pants pocket, which was just stuffing money, get careless. He shouted urgently, “Hey! Stop groping around!”

“What’s wrong with a touch? Since the overnight is set, can’t I even touch you?”

Kasumigaoka Utaha argued boldly.

“Not right! Who’s the Pervert here, me or you?!”

Himekoji Akito was almost crying.

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I was 17 years old, very handsome, and a virgin. Now I had Overnight Service with a flirty Senpai, and I didn’t want to lose my purity. What should I do?

Online help, super urgent!