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"Who's there?"
Amamiya Natsuki's sleep was light. Upon hearing the tent being opened, he immediately woke up. He looked up and saw a familiar figure quietly sneaking in.
"I can't… I can't hold it in anymore. I can't keep going."
A familiar sweet voice entered his ears, sounding particularly plaintive.
"Chika?"
Amamiya Natsuki's tense body relaxed.
The figure who quietly slipped into the tent was none other than secretary.
Good.
It wasn't the most terrifying Spy Maid.
A person with a jealous mushroom, once they lose control, could truly sneak in and harm him.
"Can't hold what in?"
Amamiya Natsuki sat up and asked softly.
"I want to eat." Fujiwara Chika knelt beside him in a duck-sitting posture, clutching her stomach, looking pitifully, like a cat forgotten to be fed, "I was just on watch, and then I got hungrier and hungrier. I really want to eat."
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"That's because of the mushroom on your head. Hold it in. Don't succumb to your desires."
Fujiwara Chika said aggrievedly:
"I know, but I just can't help it. Appetite is the most basic human desire, even more terrifying than withdrawal symptoms. I absolutely can't hold it in."
Hey, hey, you make it sound like you've experienced withdrawal symptoms. That state is definitely many times more terrifying than the current desire to eat. If you really got addicted, you'd be rolling on the floor in agony by now!
"Quickly give me a piece of bread." secretary stated her purpose, which was actually to ask for food, "Let me get some relief."
The side quest for the glass slipper hadn't been completed yet, so the game backpack couldn't be used temporarily. And she didn't want to ask the passerby player who was on watch with her, so naturally, she sought out the person closest to her.
"There's only one piece of bread, no more." Amamiya Natsuki said in a low voice, "You're only hungry psychologically; your body isn't actually that hungry. Eating too much will upset your stomach."
"Got it, give me the bread quickly."
"…"
Amamiya Natsuki took out a bag of bread and handed it to Fujiwara Chika.
Ordinary emergency food could often be found in Blind Boxes, and the purchase price wasn't high. Except for novice players, most old players would buy some in case of need.
"Ah Wahhh… I'm alive."
Fujiwara Chika bit into the bread, letting out a satisfied sigh.
The bread wasn't big.
Fujiwara Chika quickly finished the bread. Eating could temporarily relieve the body's desires, but it was only a temporary solution and could only last for a short while.
"I'm going out now. You continue to rest."
Fujiwara Chika was satisfied and prepared to leave.
"Wait a moment."
Amamiya Natsuki grabbed secretary's wrist.
"Eh?"
Seeing Amamiya Natsuki's burning, fervent gaze, Fujiwara Chika suddenly felt something was amiss.
Amamiya Natsuki said in a low voice:
"There are others on watch outside, right?"
"There are, but there are…"
One person on watch easily gets sleepy and falls asleep, so at least two people are needed.
The dwarves couldn't be trusted one hundred percent, so to be safe, at least two players needed to remain awake.
Amamiya Natsuki extended his other hand and gently wrapped it around Fujiwara Chika's soft, slender waist, saying in a low voice:
"Then it's fine."
"You, what are you doing?"
Fujiwara Chika leaned back slightly, suddenly feeling a sense of danger, like a little white rabbit stumbling into the Big Bad Wolf's lair.
Amamiya Natsuki suddenly pulled with force, embracing secretary in his arms, then said:
"I can't… I can't hold it in anymore. I can't keep going."
"Are you imitating me?"
Fujiwara Chika's cheeks puffed out slightly.
"I really wasn't." Smelling the sweet scent of milk and fruit mixed on secretary's body, Amamiya Natsuki tightened his grip, as if he wanted to crush her in his arms, "Did you forget that I also have a mushroom on my head?"
Fujiwara Chika: "..."
Crisis!
Big crisis!
Only caring about how hungry she was, she crawled into the tent, forgetting that Amamiya Natsuki had a super terrifying lust mushroom on his head.
To be caught and forced into lewd things just for a bag of bread was too not worth it!
Fujiwara Chika was already starting to panic. She pressed her hands against Amamiya Natsuki's chest, leaned back slightly, and quickly whispered:
"Hold it in for me! Don't succumb to your desires!"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Lust is humanity's most basic desire, even more terrifying than withdrawal symptoms. I can't hold it in at all."
Fujiwara Chika: "...You're mimicking me again!"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Don't worry, I won't have time to talk soon."
Fujiwara Chika: "..."
Seeing Amamiya Natsuki lean in, intending to tease her, Fujiwara Chika's pretty face flushed, and she still wanted to struggle a bit.
"W-wait a minute, I still have to go out and keep watch tonight."
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Don't worry, I'll let you out in half an hour."
"Half an hour is too long." Fujiwara Chika couldn't help but say, "Ten minutes at most."
Amamiya Natsuki readily agreed, saying:
"Deal."
Fujiwara Chika: "..."
She seemed to have made the wrong choice.
"Wait, I want to change it to three minutes... Mmph."
Before she could finish speaking.
Amamiya Natsuki had already sealed the girl's soft, cool lips.
The first time was in the Midnight Mall, due to a doll's curse, they were forced to kiss. After that, it was always on the school rooftop, under the pretext of eating chocolate sticks, trying to cover up their secret kisses.
Today, there was no reason or excuse, causing Fujiwara Chika to close her eyes in a fluster.
"To be caught doing this kind of thing just for a piece of bread... How unfair!"
"Especially mimicking me, that's even more unfair!"
"Anyway, it's only ten minutes, just bear with it... It's not like I haven't kissed before..."
It hadn't been a short time since they last ate chocolate sticks on the rooftop. Secretary couldn't help but raise her arms, wrap them around Amamiya Natsuki's neck, then part her pink lips, allowing herself to be teased.
She thought ten minutes would pass quickly, but not long after, Fujiwara Chika panicked again.
Unlike teasing the Sheltered Ojou-sama in the courtyard, it was snowing then and exceptionally cold, so they could only kiss.
Now, with the fireplace, the temperature in the hall was not low.
So Amamiya Natsuki was not satisfied with ordinary things; he wanted more.
One hand embraced secretary's soft, slender waist, while the other quietly slipped under the edge of her clothes, the delicate, silky touch instantly filling his entire palm.
"Mmm—!"
Secretary let out a low cry, wanting to stop him, but her body had already involuntarily softened, and a hazy mist welled up in her eyes.
For a piece of bread, not only was she kissed, but she was also subjected to more intimate actions. It was too much of a loss!
Unfortunately, not long after, a low cough suddenly sounded from outside the tent.
Following that was Hayasaka Ai's voice: "Chika-senpai, isn't it about time you came out?"
The voice of the Jealousy Witch echoed with the tones of the night, instantly bringing both of them back to their senses.
"Hanamori-chan is outside." Fujiwara Chika quickly leaned back to create distance, raising a hand to wipe away the trace at the corner of her lips, "I need to go out."
Amamiya Natsuki could only release secretary. Facing the Jealousy Witch, who could blacken at any moment, one careless move could lead to a complete internal wipeout. He had to act cautiously.
Suppressing the urge to hold her, Amamiya Natsuki released secretary and then helped her tidy her clothes before letting Chika go out.
"Hanamori-chan, I was a little hungry just now, so I asked Natsuki-kun for a piece of bread."
Fujiwara Chika's pretty face was flushed as she whispered.
Hayasaka Ai crossed her arms: "Then, Chika-senpai, why is your face so red?"
Fujiwara Chika's gaze drifted: "Because... because it's very hot inside the tent."
It's not hot at all, it's because you're a cheating cat, isn't it!
Fortunately, she was a well-trained professional Spy Maid, which allowed her to suppress the urge. She didn't say the words 'cheating cat'.
Hayasaka Ai took a deep breath: "That's perfect, it's very cold outside, I'll go into the tent to warm up."
"Wait a minute." Fujiwara Chika quickly stopped her, "It's too dangerous inside."
"I'm not afraid." Hayasaka Ai smiled, "If Chika-senpai can do it, of course I can too."
Fujiwara Chika: "..."
So dangerous.
Her smile was even more dangerous than Kaguya-chan's smile!
Jealousy really makes people lose their minds. Thankfully, I'm just a Gluttony Mushroom.
In front of Fujiwara Chika, Hayasaka Ai crawled into the tent.
Amamiya Natsuki had just laid down, preparing to calm his mind and enter a state of enlightenment. Seeing Hayasaka Ai enter, he was about to get up when the Jealousy Witch stepped on his lower abdomen.
"Pervert-senpai, talk to me while lying down."
The Spy Maid said, crossing her arms, looking down at him.
Amamiya Natsuki lay flat on his back.
Having been stepped on so many times, he was already used to it.
"Senpai, what were you and Fujiwara doing in the tent just now?"
Hayasaka Ai pressed down slightly with her foot, asking in a low voice.
She didn't even call her Chika-senpai on the surface anymore; the jealousy attribute was too terrifying!
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"I've been given a gag order, I can't say."
"Senpai won't say?"
"No."
"Tsk~"
The Spy Maid pouted slightly, her long, beautiful leg, encased in black over-the-knee stockings, slid downwards, and she said with a flushed face:
"Pervert-senpai, will you talk now?"
"..."
Hey, hey, your face is so red, don't pretend to be an old hand, quickly take your foot off!
"Even if you don't say it, I know." The Spy Maid bit her lower lip, "A cheating, philandering senpai needs to be punished."
Wait, your current punishment is clearly a reward, isn't it!
Amamiya Natsuki grasped Hayasaka Ai's ankle; the girl's ankle was slender, barely a handful, and he said in a low voice:
"Do you have any spare stockings?"
"Eh?" Hayasaka Ai was startled, unable to react, "What does the cheating pervert-senpai mean?"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"If you have spares, then dirtying your tights is no problem."
"Pfft!"
Hayasaka Ai spat softly, her pretty face flushed, and she quickly took her foot away.
That was close.
She only had this one pair of stockings she wore in; if they got dirty, there was no way to change them.
This Hayasaka was rich in theoretical experience, but in reality, it was all talk and no practical experience at all.
With her momentum lost, she could only step on Amamiya Natsuki's bipedal form a couple more times before preparing to leave.
"Wait a minute." Amamiya Natsuki sat up, reaching out and grabbing Hayasaka Ai, "I have something to tell you."
"Tell me what?"
Hayasaka Ai's heart suddenly pounded.
Is it a confession?
He just did that kind of thing with her lifelong rival, and now he wants to confess? Pervert-senpai is too shameless!
Amamiya Natsuki said seriously:
"The mushrooms can probably be picked now."
When Amamiya Natsuki was helping Chika tidy her clothes and hair earlier, he touched the mushroom on Chika's head, and a prompt finally appeared: the mushroom had initially matured and become a collectible ingredient.
"What?"
Hayasaka Ai's eyes widened at the news.
The Jealousy mushroom hadn't made her lose her mind yet, but it was tormenting her all the same—her rationality told her to calm down, that a mere man wasn't important, but her jealous emotions were completely uncontrollable.
Hayasaka Ai had even considered, once the dungeon was cleared, luring Amamiya Natsuki to the basement, locking him in a cage, and making him her personal possession.
And if that wasn't bad enough, the Sheltered Ojou-sama was also a lust mushroom.
What if the person who crawled into the tent just now wasn't Fujiwara Chika, but the Sheltered Ojou-sama? The two of them would likely be like dry wood and raging fire, adding fuel to the flames, and by the time the dungeon was cleared, they might even have conceived a child!
Now, hearing that the mushrooms could be picked, Hayasaka Ai's heart naturally fluttered.
"Pervert-senpai, what are you doing?"
The Spy Maid snapped back to reality, her pretty face hardening as she looked down at Amamiya Natsuki.
"I can't hold back anymore..."
Amamiya Natsuki moved his right hand upwards, gently rubbing Hayasaka Ai's calf; the delicate feel of the tights was exceptionally comfortable.
"Can't hold back, huh?"
The Spy Maid pulled out a dagger and smiled: "I'll help Senpai calm down."
Amamiya Natsuki silently released his hands: "Thanks, I suddenly feel calm."
"..."
The two left the tent, one after the other.
Fujiwara Chika was waiting at the tent entrance. Seeing Amamiya Natsuki come out, she instinctively covered her chest, puffed out her pink cheeks, and lightly huffed:
"What are you doing out here?"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"The mushrooms should be pickable now."
"Eh eh eh?"
Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened immediately. Although she had just been teased, she didn't doubt Amamiya Natsuki's words at all, happily exclaiming, "Finally, I don't have to endure hunger anymore."
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Feeling hungry again?"
"A little."
"Then let's go back to the tent and eat something first."
Hayasaka Ai smiled, looking over, and whispered,
"Senpai, you don't want to be locked in a cage by me, do you?"
"…"
"I'll go wake everyone up!"
Fujiwara Chika turned and walked towards the others; when something happy happened, she naturally wanted to share it with others.
A moment later.
The fire in the fireplace flickered, its warmth dispelling the bitter cold.
Shinomiya Kaguya, Tsubame-senpai, and several passerby player players all sat down in front of the fireplace.
"Natsuki-kun, can the mushroom really be picked now?"
"It can finally be picked. The feeling of gluttony was so terrifying. Without food on me, I even wanted to go down and eat snow just now."
"I'll never be a mushroom person again!"
"…"
"Don't be impatient." Amamiya Natsuki stretched out his hands and pressed them down gently, "Chika's and Hanamori's mushrooms are definitely ready to be picked. You still need to check, after all, everyone's situation is not the same."
The method of checking was simple: just touch the mushroom.
After a round of checks, Amamiya Natsuki shook his head. Sure enough, some people's mushrooms couldn't be picked, such as Shinomiya Kaguya and another passerby player player.
"Why can't I pick mine?"
The passerby player player who spoke had a tone of anger; it was indeed still a growing stage mushroom.
"Perhaps it's because the stimulation wasn't enough?"
Fujiwara Chika extended a finger and analyzed, "Just now, it was because I ate bread that my mushroom ripened."
Shinomiya Kaguya: "…"
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