This kind of thing must never happen!
“Wa, wait a minute!”
Liakade used the last shred of her sanity and strength to poke her little head out from the gentle encirclement, struggling free.
“Weren’t you just saying you wanted to know who that person was? I’ll tell, I’ll tell, isn’t that enough!?”
“Oh? You’re finally willing to tell us?”
At these words, Field finally let go of Liakade.
Alice also pulled back her offensive, retreating half a step to give Liakade some breathing room.
“Haa… saved.”
“So who is it, Miss Liakade?”
Even though Alice had withdrawn, she still looked at Liakade with a forceful gaze.
Although Alice and Field were both a little tipsy from the alcohol and had the urge to devour Liakade, rather than forcibly pressing forward, the two still hoped to share a mutual answer and deepen their relationship with Liakade.
Thus, both of them waited for Liakade’s answer.
“That person… that person is actually…”
Liakade was already drenched in sweat, her mind spinning rapidly.
Because, in truth… the person Liakade spoke of didn’t exist at all!
Back when she was asked this question on stage, at first, Liakade wanted to stick to the answer she gave to Sistem’s question.
But then Liakade had a flash of inspiration—if she said she had a target but didn’t name who it was, Alice and Field would probably ease up, since she already had someone she liked.
However, what Liakade didn’t expect was that both Alice and Field thought the person she referred to was one of them, and she just didn’t dare announce it on stage.
In the end, her cleverness ended up tripping her.
“Is it me?”
The two girls asked in unison from front and back.
At this moment, faced with this pincer attack, Liakade was at a loss.
If she answered wrong, she might become the filling in a meat bun.
“Ac-actually… it’s not either of you…”
Liakade swallowed hard, bracing herself to stammer out her response.
“Ah!? Is that for real? Miss Liakade, at a time like this, please don’t joke around!”
Alice looked at Liakade in disbelief.
If the person was Field, Alice could still accept it, but to find out it wasn’t either of them was such a shock it sobered her up.
“Th-this is true…”
“Miss Liakade…”
Hearing Liakade repeat her answer, Alice’s eyes grew wet.
“How… could this be? We both like Miss Liakade so much…”
“Eh? Wh-why are you crying?”
Liakade looked at the teary-eyed Alice, suddenly not knowing what to do.
Was her answer really such a blow to Alice!?
“How… how could it not be us? Could it be… you’ve really been secretly flirting around!?”
Field was also stunned.
She thought she’d already grasped all of Liakade’s relationships, but it seemed there were things she missed.
No wonder so many girls supported Liakade during the Culture Festival’s flower election—she must have been using the Yorozuya name to flirt around!
If the person wasn’t one of them, it must have been a client of Liakade’s Yorozuya. They met through a commission, grew close, and then Liakade was seduced away by this sneaky cat!
That must be it!
“Liakade… you shameless little thing! Say it! Who is it!?”
In a flash, Field, who had figured everything out, pulled out a black leather collar she’d prepared in advance from who knows where, and with lightning speed, fastened it around Liakade’s slender, pale neck.
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“Eh? Hel-…”
Realizing something was fastened around her neck, Liakade tried to call for help, but before she could finish, she felt a tug from the collar—a chain was attached to the back, and Field held its end.
Liakade was pulled back into Field’s embrace.
But this time, Field wasn’t so gentle.
She grinned mischievously, pinching Liakade’s cheeks and resting her chin on Liakade’s fragrant shoulder from behind.
“Such a naughty girl, Liakade. Looks like you need to be reminded who your master is.”
“No, don’t…”
“Isn’t it a little late to say don’t now? Don’t worry, we’ll be gentle… No, maybe we should be a little rougher, since Liakade is such a disobedient little wildcat.”
“St-still rougher!?”
Field’s thoughts were the same as Alice’s—if the person Liakade referred to was Alice, Field could accept it, but if it wasn’t one of them, Field couldn’t accept it at all.
At this point, Liakade was sweating all over.
She’d only wanted to buy some time to think things over, but not only did she end up making Alice sad, she’d also awakened Field’s strange attributes.
“Miss Liakade… I’m sorry… Even if I can’t have your heart, at least I want your body… I’m sorry…”
“Ah? A-Alice, what are you saying!?”
Liakade’s eyes widened at Alice’s words.
Why is she apologizing while slipping her hand into my clothes!? Why does it feel like Alice is becoming strange too!?
Now, Liakade really feared she was about to be forcibly taken.
“Wa-wait, actually, that person doesn’t even exist!”
Facing the impending crisis of losing her purity, Liakade could no longer care about anything else and blurted out the truth.
“Eh?”
At Liakade’s desperate words, both Alice and Field stopped.
Alice’s hands froze on Liakade’s slender stomach, and Field’s hands halted while unbuttoning Liakade’s pajamas—the pattern of her white bra barely visible.
“What do you mean?”
Field asked suspiciously.
“Ac-actually.”
Liakade swallowed and came up with an excuse.
“I just saw how excited the other students were and wanted to create a little suspense, that’s all.”
“And before, didn’t Her Highness Sistem ask me? I said there was no one I wanted to pursue. If there really was someone, I would have just said it on stage.”
Seeing the two had paused, Liakade hurried to explain.
“Is… is that true? That person really doesn’t exist?”
Alice wiped her tears, staring earnestly at Liakade.
“It’s true!”
Liakade nodded vigorously to reassure Alice.
Alice’s gaze passed over Liakade and met Field’s eyes.
Field also nodded, feeling that Liakade’s words were credible.
Now that she thought about it, although Liakade had taken on many girls’ commissions, the fees were always set by Field, who was usually present. There was no chance for any secret affairs.
“Miss Liakade… to lie to us about something like this, you’re such a bad girl!”
Alice pouted, wiping her tears and picking up her wine glass from the bedside table.
“S-so, can you let me go now? It’s so late… shouldn’t we go to sleep?”
“Of course.”
“Haa… thank goodness.”
At Field’s affirmation, Liakade finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But the next second.
Just as Liakade relaxed, the buttons on her pajamas were undone completely, and the little mounds protected by the white fabric were suddenly exposed.
“Did you think I’d really say that?”
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