Volume 13 Chapter 210-2 Kohina Yukari, The Price of Losing a Bet
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
Uh-huh!
Uh-huh!
I nodded along to the dog owners’ conversation, arms crossed.
”Whoa!”
While I wasn’t looking, Aqua was swarmed by female dogs and getting all sorts of attention.
Oh, good for you.
So popular, I’m jealous.
Heh.
”Haha, they’re all so energetic. There, there, good doggies.”
The dogs Aqua was petting rolled over and wagged their tails.
Just female dogs, I guess.
They’re so simple, just submitting after being petted by a guy.
”Amazing. As expected of Aqua-sama!”
”My dog just growled at the sight of a guy!”
”Yeah, yeah. Animals have a good sense, so they bark at guys who do bad things.”
”He’s the king of creatures, alright. He makes animals understand him!!”
”There’s no way humans can win against someone animals instinctively obey.”
”I’m so jealous of my dog…”
”If I rolled over with them, I wonder if they’d accidentally pet my belly button too?”
”I’m going to go!”
You’re not just ‘going’!
I glared at the shameless owners who were trying to get petted along with the dogs.
They immediately scurried back to where they were before.
Yes, yes, that’s right.
Stay there!
Your dog can stay, so you can stay too, right?
”Kohina-senpai, look at this dog’s sleepy face, isn’t it just like our Ruuna-senpai!?”
”Haha, it is! That half-closed look is great!”
I reached out to pet the dog with the half-closed eyes.
Hey!
Why does it always try to bite me when I try to pet it!?
”And this dog has a crescent moon shape right here!”
”Oh, you’re right!!”
Oh… this is good!
I immediately activated my phone’s camera, got close to Aqua, and took a picture together.
I showed it to Aqua right away.
”See, how’s this?”
Both of us are smiling more naturally than before, and the dog in the middle fills the space between us compositionally, making it seem like our distance has closed.
This should definitely get a better rating than before!
If this ends up being a 0 or negative rating, I’m seriously going to confront the creator of this piece of junk.
”Wow! I think this is way better than the last one. Let’s post it!”
I type out a message and post a photo on social media.
[Found Ayana-chan!]
Come on!
I can’t let my pride take a hit by quitting right at the starting line.
I keep refreshing Aqua’s social media feed to check for updates.
[Tsukimachi Ayana: Huh!? W-wait, me!? Oh, I think the photo is, um, nice.]
[Shirogane Kanon: Wow, so cute! I think this is way better than the last one! By the way, I still haven’t interacted with Shiro-chan yet…]
[Kirika Kotono: You two look like you’re having a great time. Animals really do bring out a natural vibe, don’t they?]
I smile at the 3 comments.
Right? Right?
[Yukishiro Emily: Kohina-senpai… relying on animals just because you can’t win is unfair.]
[Morikawa Kaede: Exactly! Taking cute photos with someone else’s dog is cheating!]
[Sayamu Inko: Ugh, that’s lame. Yukari, that’s just low.]
Ugh, so annoying!
Hey, staff!
Block those 3 trolls!!
[Jou Maron: That’s nice~. I want to have a dog too~]
[Victoria: Hehe, dogs are so honest and sweet.]
Aqua whispers next to me, “Your dogs are right here.”
You know that’s all being picked up by the mic, right?
Think a little about the staff who will have to delete that later.
[This is unfair, but I’m okay with it!!]
[Wow, guys with animals, especially Aqua-sama, are just unbeatable.]
[Compared to that awful photo from earlier, this is a huge improvement.]
[This is great. Having pets as a couple is nice, right?]
[Aqua-sama playing with Shiro-chan is a classic, but Aqua-sama and animals are a perfect match.]
Hey!
You guys, it’s not all about Aqua!
I’m an actress too, you know!?
So you better compliment me a little, okay!!
[Kohina Yukari isn’t fighting with animals… right?]
[Kohina Yukari, who used to fight over grilled fish stolen by a cat, has really grown up.]
[If only Aqua-sama were here, even that Kohina Yukari could play with animals.]
Are they trying to pick a fight with me or something?
My hand holding the phone is trembling with a shiver.
”Kohina-senpai, calm down. The important number is just what the AI has generated!”
”Y-Yeah, right.”
It takes about 10 minutes to tally up the results after posting, doesn’t it?
I’ll check social media again in 10 minutes to confirm the number the AI has determined.
[Hmmm. Not bad, but I rely on the dog too much, so the lovey-dovey factor is probably only around 12%. Looking forward to the next one!!]
12%!?
Don’t joke around!!
If 1% is worth 100 yen… that’s 1200 yen!?
There’s no way that’s happening!!
”Hey, you, I’m gonna take a bunch of photos and post them!”
I hand my camera to one of the nearby dog owners and take commemorative photos with the dogs present, then post them on social media, repeating the process.
[YukishiroEmily: Kohina-senpai, you’re a bit too reliant on dog posts…]
[Sayamu Inko: But you can make some money off of it, so it’s all good!!]
[Morikawa Kaede: Don’t you have any other photos to take?]
You’re *so* *annoying*!
If I had other photos to take, I wouldn’t be going through all this trouble!!
”Alright, I’ll check now.”
After 10 minutes, I check social media.
800 yen, 1000 yen, 500 yen, 800 yen, 700 yen, 600 yen, 300 yen, 100 yen, 0 yen, 0 yen…
That’s 6000 yen in total from 10 photos, or 11 if we count the first one.
From the AI’s comments, it seems like people are getting upset about the dog photo spam, so I’m probably going to get negative feedback if I keep this up.
”For now, let’s head to the city streets. And…”
”What’s wrong?”
I sigh as I look at Aqua.
”Anyway, you might want to take a bath or at least a shower first.”
I’m in a bit of a predicament here, being licked all over by a female dog, and I’m starting to smell a little.
I grab a taxi nearby and have the driver take me to the cheapest hotel around.
There are manga cafes too, but that’s just too risky.
This guy looks unfazed, but as an adult, I want to make sure I choose the safer option, just to be safe.
”Come on, hurry up and take a shower. I’ll take your clothes to the laundromat for you.”
”I’m sorry, Kohina-senpai… for my sake.”
I told you not to worry about it.
It can’t be helped.
While I wait for Aqua’s clothes to wash at the laundromat, I glance at the mobile device I received.
That’s when I froze, staring at the top news article.
[Shirogane Aqua-sama and Kohina Yukari-san disappear into a hotel in the city. Is a romantic relationship revealed!? – Saint News]
Are you kidding me!!
Your newspaper has been nothing but fake news lately!!
I mean, you must know and are writing this on purpose!!
I shift my gaze to the comments on the news article.
[Ramen Hagetoru / Owner’s Comment: The two of them entering the hotel from behind. This is a 100% love level!]
[I tried diagnosing this image with AI3510, and it came out as a 1200% love level!]
[Ah, if only I had posted this picture earlier.]
[Kohina Yukari was desperately posting pictures with her dog just a moment ago, lol.]
[Wait, doesn’t this mean they’ve already reached the finish line…?]
[I see, so the goal was to get into bed at the hotel!!]
I told you that’s not it!!
While waiting for Aqua’s clothes to dry at the laundromat, I repeatedly call Saint News to complain.
”Hey! Why can’t I get through on the phone!! Ugh!!”
At this point, I’m going to keep calling until I reach someone!!
In the end, I couldn’t get through to Saint News at all while waiting for Aqua’s clothes to finish drying.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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