Late night in the
President's office
After replying to the
e-mail to Kitou, I stretch out.
Then I call out to a
young girl in a school swimsuit and high socks who is slumped on the sofa.
「Lolisla, if you are
going to linger around here, why don't you go back to your room and get ready
for tomorrow?」
「Eh... why not? I'm not
busy even if I go back to my room, let's have a drink after work」
On the sofa table there
is already whiskey, glasses, and ice. I wonder if the snack is barley
chocolate.
**a
「*Huff* really... you...」
Lolisla's true identity
is actually Kiyoka Yamauchi, the manager of President Kurashima's gang that
framed me.
KKO, is currently the
top sales person, and Danna-sama told me to be friendly with her, so I have
been treating her reasonably, but I still have a grudge against her.
In fact, I don't like
it even if we are breathing the same air.
It makes me feel
uncomfortable.
「But you know, I don't
want to talk anymore. Please~, onee-cha~n~」
「Who's your onee-chan?
Even though you're over 30」
「Did you think I
wouldn't like it when you mentioned my age? I'm sorry, age doesn't matter
anymore」
On all fours, she
turned her butt toward me and slapped it as if she was provoking me. Yes, it
pisses me off.
As Kiyoka Yamauchi is a
wanted person, she has remained in this Lolita (or deflated sexdoll) state for a long time,
but perhaps her mind has been dragged by her body, her words and actions have
become infantile.
If Danna-sama didn't
ask me to get along with her, I'd like to put her in a sake barrel at my
parents' house and let her mature slowly.
And the reason why she
is hanging around me is because she wants to talk about the demon world.
She was in the demon
world with Lili for a while, and she seemed to have enjoyed it very much, and
she wants to talk about it a lot, but of course it is not something that she can
talk about to anyone.
It is only me, Misuzu
and Akira, but Misuzu is not usually in Tokyo, and Akira is not told by
Danna-sama to be friendly with Lolisla, so she is very salty about it. And by a
process of elimination, she has been hanging around me. This is really
annoying.
Of course, there are
many things that I don't understand when I listen to it. After all, I am a
normal human being who just knows the existence of devils.
It doesn't make any
sense to me when I hear stories that incubus had a premature ejaculation, that
wyverns tasted like chicken, that Baron Moho is really handsome, or that she
was beaten to a pulp and almost eaten by a disgusting half-dragon woman when
she tried to fight with her. Wait, who's Baron Moho?
「I mean, why are you
wearing a school swimsuit...?」
「I told you, this is the
best fit for me」
Although I've heard
that her clothes are made of slime mucus, so she can wear whatever she wants,
she usually wears this outfit.
She wears it when she
does interviews for magazines, when she goes to events, and even when she goes
shopping at a local convenience store.
People seem to think
it's like a stage costume for a comedian, and some people send me e-mails
saying that they feel sorry for her or that they want me to stop abusing her.
「Even if I'm preparing
for tomorrow, Ponpoko-san is the one who coordinates, right?」
「Coordination, huh? I
mean, be careful not to let Ponpoko-san know who you are, it's too complicated」
「I know that」
Ponpoko-san has moved
to a consulting firm of Fujiwara group, and although she has a lot of business
relations with the firm because it is a partner company, she is not under
Danna-sama's control.
I wish Danna-sama took
control of Ponpoko-san, however, it was rejected by Danna-sama on the grounds
that she is not a harem member nor a person to be punished, which I do not
understand.
**b
「Well, it's not a bad
idea to go back to Okinawa for the first time. Fufu, I'm going to attract the
attention of my big friends with the charm of this Lolisla-sama」
I would say, "What
is a 30-year-old hag talking about?" but the fact, the sales of magazines
jumps when Lolisla appears on the front cover, which is really bad.
However, thanks to
this, there are several plans to do a photogravure for a young man's comic
magazine in the near future.
「Lolisla... don't forget
your purpose. Your role is to be a bodyguard」
「I know, I know, I just
have to stay close to Nitani, i mean, onee-chan, right?」
「Well, that's right」
As a matter of fact,
Lolisla will be the main model for a three-day photogravure shoot for a certain
youth magazine starting tomorrow, but we will also provide three more newcomers
for the shoot.
Despite our proposal,
the publisher is willing to pay us for the remaining three newcomers as a
freebie, as they understand that we would like to promote them. Thus, they were
willing to take me up on the offer.
The three are Ichida
Sanae, Asuka Nitani, and Mimura Doremi.
They are the three
second-year members of the basketball club.
When I recruited Ichida
and Mimura, I said to them, "If you decide quickly, you can participate in
the photogravure shoot this weekend. The place is located at Okinawa."
This means a three-day
trip to Okinawa, though they have to take one day off from school on Friday.
However, for high school students, this must be a very attractive offer.
And since Nitani was
already a member of the group, the other two readily agreed to be scouted without
any suspicion.
But when I told them
that I was going to promote them as a set of three, Nitani looked quite
dissatisfied. Well, I can understand her frustration.
She had worked hard to
pass the audition, but her two friends who had done nothing had caught up with
her in the same position.
（Actually, Nitani is
probably the only one who can make it as a model...）
Half of the reason for
the Okinawa trip was to catch the fish, but at the same time, the Okinawa shoot
was also an isolation measure to ensure Nitani's safety.
Based on the assumption
that Kitou's goal was to exclude Nitani from the airline's campaign, there was
a possibility that he would directly harm Nitani now that the contract had been
signed, and so forth.
All these instructions
came from Danna-sama.
As expected,
Danna-sama.
But if there is any
concern, it is that the only bodyguard is this young slime girl who is in a
good mood.
「I'm telling you, if
anything happens to Asuka Nitani, Danna-sama will be very angry」
「Hiii!? I-I know that!」
Lolisla shudders at the
mention of Danna-sama name. This is the only part that is very easy to do.
**c
* *
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[Cockroach POV]
After sending Monkey
and Kayama-sama home, Tapeworm and I step into the bathhouse.
In the bathtub, Earthworm
and Centipede were already soaking comfortably.
「Ah, good night,
everything OK there?」
「Well, I'm just dropping
them off. What about you?」
When I asked Centipede in return, she let out a hot breath and looked at the sky.
「To say the least, it's
great, I feel like I'm getting a super reward」
「I love it...」
At this response, Tapeworm
pout her lips.
It's obvious because Earthworm
and Centipede were
ordered to play with Confinement King-sama for the penalty to Sankon.
They know that they are
only allowed to play with their hands, but they are still allowed to serve the
Confinement King-sama, so how could we not envy them?
「But when Monkey gets
penalized, it's Cockroach, and Tapeworm, isn't it? It's a turn, you know, it's a turn」
「As long as Sankon
catches up with her properly...」
When I responded to Earthworm,
Tapeworm
opened her mouth as if she had just remembered.
「By the way, the head maid
told me earlier that "Earthworm and Centipede should come after taking a bath"」
