By the time Aiden came out of Shermie's room, more than an hour had already passed.
And the facts proved that he really was very capable.
"Just three of them, hmph. Even twice that many would be easy for me."
Muttering to himself with great satisfaction, Aiden turned around and went into Helena and Lei Fang's room.
Speaking of which, he and Helena had already had skin-to-skin intimacy, so he had no reservations when it came to her. But Lei Fang was different, the two of them were still in an ambiguous stage.
Ever since Lei Fang moved into the apartment with Shermie last time, Aiden had been driving the two of them to work every morning. Lei Fang had already been unhappy about Shermie teasing her back then and had sworn to snatch Aiden away from Shermie. But in Shermie's eyes, Lei Fang had fallen much faster than she'd expected…
Walking into the room and looking at the two women pretending to be asleep, Aiden curled his lips. Earlier there had been too many women, and he had almost forgotten that these two actually had very good alcohol tolerance, especially Lei Fang.
When she had nothing to do, she liked to have a few drinks at home or at a bar. She wasn't someone who could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, but she definitely wouldn't be so drunk that she couldn't wake up.
Still, seeing them pretending to sleep, Aiden didn't say or do anything inappropriate. Just like before, he helped them take off their outer clothes so they could sleep more comfortably.
Then Aiden discovered that the two women who were pretending to sleep were especially cooperative.
"Seriously… just like Shermie said, their courage is really too small."
Muttering to himself, Aiden first covered them properly with the blanket, then sat to the side and started folding their clothes.
But before he finished folding, Helena suddenly made a big kicking motion.
The movement was so large that it kicked the blanket completely aside.
Then her figure was fully displayed in front of Aiden.
This was obviously intentional.
At the same time, Aiden also saw Lei Fang's half-closed eyes tremble a few times, and then her face turned red.
"What's there to be shy about? It's not you…"
Shaking his head with a smile, Aiden sat down where he was and began to appreciate the stunning view in front of him.
If someone shows it to you, not looking a little would be a waste.
It was just that they were still too timid, or rather, Lei Fang still couldn't fully let go. Otherwise, Helena would definitely be just like Shermie, and then he'd have to fight another hour-long battle.
Seeing that Aiden didn't leave, Lei Fang's eyelashes trembled a few more times, as if she were hesitating about something.
Then she kicked her legs too.
And then, the blanket slid down…
———
At around eight in the evening, the women came out of their rooms one after another. In fact, they'd wanted to come out earlier, but since they were pretending to be drunk, they couldn't wake up too quickly.
Even though they all knew that everyone else was pretending to be drunk, there was an unspoken understanding not to bring it up.
After greeting Aiden and the Kagura sisters, they each went home.
As the hosts, the Kagura sisters originally wanted to be polite and keep them for dinner, since it was already quite late.
But after discussing it between themselves, the sisters eventually gave up on the idea.
If everyone suddenly got in the mood again later, pretended to be drunk again, and stayed another night, who knew what unpleasant things might happen then.
So the two of them took the initiative to send maids to take the women home. Very soon, only Aiden and the sisters were left in the shrine office's living room…
———
[In the Living Room]
Standing behind her older sister, who was kneeling on a cushion, Chizuru crossed her arms and swept an annoyed gaze over Aiden.
She said pointedly, "Aiden, this afternoon I seemed to hear the sound of cats meowing. I wonder if you heard it."
Aiden of course knew what she meant by "cat sounds." He scratched his head awkwardly, not knowing how to respond.
Then Chizuru continued, "Oh, right. How could you have heard cats meowing? After all, those stray cats were the ones you lured in yourself. You were probably enjoying it, weren't you?"
"..." Aiden was speechless at first, then coughed lightly.
"Chizuru, weren't you drunk? How did you hear anything?"
"I…" Chizuru froze, puffed out her cheeks, and said, "I was drunk, but my ears weren't deaf."
"Oh? Is that so." Aiden looked at her with a half-smile.
"Anyway, anyway, I heard it. Even when drunk, I could hear it. I… I'm going to cook."
Even though everyone knew that pretending to be drunk was an open secret, being directly exposed was another matter. Chizuru muttered, then hurriedly left the room.
As the door closed heavily, only Aiden and Maki were left in the room.
Watching Maki calmly drink her tea, Aiden asked with a grin, "Maki, did you hear the cats too?"
Clang!
Maki almost failed to hold onto her teacup, then quickly responded, "…N-no… I didn't!"
"Oh, looks like Chizuru's alcohol tolerance is better than yours!" The smile in Aiden's eyes deepened.
At the same time, he complained inwardly that the room's soundproofing was even worse than he'd imagined. He'd clearly covered their mouths, how did they still hear it?
"Doesn't that mean… Goenico could hear it too?"
Thinking back to that strange look in Goenico's eyes when she left together with Shermie, Aiden suddenly felt a strong sense of guilt.
As he was feeling annoyed and thinking about it, he didn't notice that Maki's normally cool face was now full of inner conflict.
Even though the two of them had already done some very intimate things before, she now planned to follow what was written in that book Chizuru had shown her.
But still…
'No, this is too embarrassing. Would Aiden think I'm a loose woman?'
'But the book also said that men like this kind of woman, in public… in private…'
As she thought this, Maki didn't even notice that her body had already moved to the other side of the small tea table.
In her heart she knew it wasn't good, but her body was very honest.
So when she realized that her body had actually taken the initiative on its own, her cool face instantly flushed bright red.
'How… how could this happen… How did I… Am I being too proactive?'
Her body trembled slightly. Maki looked up at Aiden, then… cautiously moved again.
In fact, Aiden had already noticed her movements. Looking at Maki's face, full of shyness and hesitation, he immediately had no other thoughts.
The shrine maiden was really cute.
Cute when drunk, cute when shy, no matter how he looked at her, she was cute.
Still, facing the suddenly proactive shrine maiden, Aiden pretended not to notice her actions, waiting for her to come to him on her own.
The willing one… will naturally take the bait.