Chapter 30: The Stagiaire Program
The Autumn Elections, the biggest event of the first year at Totsuki Academy's high school division, had ended. Life for the students should have returned to peaceful routine—except that it hadn't. A new challenge was already waiting for us.
The Stagiaire program: a curriculum that sent students to external culinary facilities to learn through real on-site experience.
The program lasted one month. Each student would rotate through four different placements, one week at each. The passing criterion was simple: produce "visible results."
Anyone who failed to meet that standard or who tarnished the name of Totsuki would be expelled without mercy. A large number of our classmates were probably going to disappear.
Since expulsion was out of the question, I had no choice but to take it seriously. I could cook well enough on autopilot, but customer service and teamwork were also part of the evaluation. Slacking off would earn me nothing but a failing grade.
I had just finished my third placement without any problems, but it had left me exhausted. Maybe the price of coasting through everything except conquering women had finally caught up to me.
I thought about that while riding in the limousine back to the academy, an elite woman in my arms.
"Nn…! Y-you're… thinking about something else again, aren't you?! Pay attention to me… Naaah… properly…!"
The one straddling me in the facing-straddling position, taking my cock deep inside her, was Nakiri Alice. Our third placement had happened to be the same restaurant, so I had suggested we ride back together. Since I had arranged the limousine myself, no one would scold us for having sex in it. The windows were curtained, so there was no risk of being seen. It was a completely private, safe space.
"Yeah, yeah. Sorry, Princess. Here, let me make it up to you by thrusting deeper… There."
"Ngh!! Ahn… So deep… it feels so good…! More! Fuck me harder…!"
Every time I drove my hips upward, Alice matched the rhythm with her own. It was impressive how quickly she absorbed every technique I taught her.
Geniuses really are geniuses at everything. Since she's Erina's cousin, maybe Erina would be just as rewarding to train.
The last time I had slept with Alice was over a month ago. After I beat Kurokiba in the qualifiers, she had gotten cocky and told me she wouldn't contact me until I called first, so I had left her on read. I had other women to fuck anyway, so it wasn't a problem for me.
I had expected her to come crawling back in three days, but her pride let her hold out for a whole week. After that, the calls and SNS notifications came in nonstop.
Because of that, it had been a while since we had even seen each other's faces. During this week's stagiaire at the ramen shop, she kept stealing glances at me. It was adorable. She must have been dying for sex, because the moment we started she rode me with wild abandon.
"…Fuuu. There it is."
Since we were still on the way back to the academy, I couldn't creampie her. I came inside the condom instead.
"…I wanted it raw…"
"No way. What if someone smelled the cum? Then I really couldn't fuck you anymore."
Alice nodded obediently, though she looked reluctant. The fact that her rational side still worked showed that the most important thing to her was still being fucked by me. That was fine. Once the environment was right, I could creampie her whenever I wanted.
I disposed of the filled condom and helped Alice straighten her disheveled uniform. We were almost at the academy, so we buckled our seatbelts and sat properly again.
"Only one stagiaire placement left. It's been a long time since a single month felt this long."
"Really? I'm enjoying myself."
Of course she was. The sight of Nakiri Alice working at a ramen shop was something the world would never see again. In that sense, I was pretty lucky.
The black T-shirt made her pale skin look even brighter, and the white towel wrapped around her head made her silver hair stand out more. She was far too cute to be a ramen shop employee. The thin fabric also clearly showed the size of her breasts, adding an extra layer of eroticism.
"Autumn's almost over. Winter will probably bring even more tests."
"We'll be fine, won't we? We both made it to the main tournament of the Autumn Elections… Though I still can't accept that you lost to Hayama-kun."
"You're bringing that up again? A loss is a loss. Nothing more, nothing less."
As expected, some people had noticed. Alice clearly had doubts about my defeat. She had seen me go all-out in the qualifiers, so it was only natural she would feel that way.
In fact, not just Alice—Erina was probably wondering the same thing. She might not have reached "he lost on purpose," but she had likely seen through it enough to suspect there was a reason. I would need to do something about that.
While I was thinking, the limousine arrived at the academy. Since it was a Santoku family vehicle, I thanked the driver and sent him off.
As a matter of course, I escorted Alice all the way to her family residence. At the front door she turned around and spoke with a reluctant expression.
"Hey, Shogo-kun… Did my body feel good?"
"Yeah. Of course it did. Your body is the best, Alice."
"…Hehe. …Hey, kiss me?"
"No. If someone sees us it'll be a problem."
"…Muuu."
Alice puffed out her cheeks in protest, but my answer didn't change. We were already on Nakiri family grounds, right in front of the residence. Even though it was dark, there was no telling who might be watching. I couldn't take that kind of risk.
But Alice wasn't mature enough to accept that. I lowered my voice so only she could hear.
"…Next time I'll cum inside you."
Her face instantly turned bright red. At the same time her eyes melted with happiness and she nodded eagerly. I had trained her myself, but that was hardly the reaction a proper young lady should have. Not that I had any right to complain.
"Have a good last stagiaire. Good night, Alice."
"…Yes. Good night, Shogo-kun."
Alice walked into the residence with the face of a girl in love. Even if the smell of semen didn't give us away, that expression would probably make it obvious she was in love.
Well, that wasn't really a problem… probably. Her ridiculously doting father was overseas, and her servant Kurokiba wasn't the type to care about romance. At most, people might notice she seemed unusually cheerful.
"…Now then, what excuse should I give Erina?"
On the way back to the dorm, that was the only thing on my mind.
A clumsy excuse could lower her favorability and make future conquests harder. First I had to figure out the right opportunity to even make the excuse. It wasn't the kind of thing to handle over the phone, and since we were in the middle of stagiaire I didn't want to go see her in person either.
"It'd be easy if our last stagiaire placement was the same…"
I shook off the convenient but unrealistic thought and went to bed early to prepare for tomorrow.
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A/n: Since we surpassed last week's goal of 300 power stones, I will be releasing an extra chapter today. The new goal is 300 power stones again. Don't forget to give your stones.
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