「 Oh, right. Kou, speaking of which, recently, in school… 」
Mariko changes the topic with a smile but the atmosphere’s quite heavy.
Kanou Sakurako-san and her attendant, Shiranui-san have a dark expression.
Sunday Morning, Tea Room of the Hotel owned by Kouzuki SS>
Ruriko, Mariko, Michi, Rei-chan, Kanou-san, and Shiranui-san, and I sit on the round table, drinking coffee.
I knew it, something must’ve happened.
Kanou-san’s driver seems weird too.
「 Shiranui-san, do you not participate in our joint training session? 」
Michi talks to the bodyguard, Shiranui Shie-san.
Since the last garden party in the Kouzuki house, the bodyguards of the young ladies were holding a joint training session at the Kouzuki SS facility.
The combat young lady, Kuromiya-san joins in every day.
「 I can’t find the right time 」
Shiranui-san replied just that.
「 Is that so? 」
Michi looks at Shiranui-san with her usual blank face.
Even if she doesn’t go to the joined training group, Shiranui-san probably won’t miss her daily training.
I can see from the gloss of her skin the quality of her body.
I watch Michi, Edie, and Mitama train every day, and so I can somehow tell how’s the physical condition of the bodyguard girls.
And Shiranui-san right now has a too-good of a physical condition.
Meaning, she’s come here ready to fight.
If anything happens to her master, Kanou Sakurako-san, she’s ready to fight, even if it’s against us.
I can see that tensed spirit in her.
I’m glad that we have two people here, Michi and Rei-chan.
Michi’s fighting strength is amazing, but Rei-chan’s a professional.
Shiranui-san won’t do anything absurd like facing Rei-chan.
「 Onii-sama, I think it’s time 」
Ruriko tells me.
Yeah, everyone finished drinking their coffee.
We should go up and hear Kanou-san’s complicated story.
「 Yeah, let’s go 」
We stood up.
No need to pay.
This is a Kouzuki house’s facility. Ruriko and Rei-chan are with us.
The bill will reach Kouzuki house or Kouzuki SS later.
Knowing that’s how it will be, Kanou-san won’t say that she’ll pay for her coffee.
I bow lightly to the waiter and went to the corridor.
Then, we all got inside the elevator.
We went up to the Kouzuki house’s exclusive floor.
「 ! 」
Jii-chan was with us when we came here the other day, and so there is Kouzuki SS security deployed in the corridor, but…
They’re not here today.
「 This floor is closed to everyone apart from us 」
Rei-chan said.
Meaning, nobody can come to this floor.
「 Using the room service is a different case, but, when it happens, you can rest assured that my people will bring you the food and drink 」
Only staff from Kouzuki SS that Rei-chan knows can come in.
「 This is the room 」
Rei-chan leads the way across the corridor.
She stops in front of a door, inserts the keycard to unlock the door.
This is a different room from the other day.
「 Come in 」
Rei-chan opened the door and we all went inside.
Oh, it’s the same construction as the last time when I had a conversation with that weird politician.
You enter the front room from the hallway, it becomes the servant’s waiting area, and there’s a room further back.
「 I’ll stay here. If you need something, then please use the interphone or this door. I won’t be able to hear anything beyond that door 」
Meaning, this is the room where the bodyguards have to stay when Jii-chan’s having a private talk with people from politics and business.
Therefore, they make sure that nothing from the room can be heard from here.
「 I know about this room 」
Ruriko tells me.
Yeah, Ruriko should know everything in this room, like where the interphone is.
She must’ve used this room together with Jii-chan before.
This hotel is close to Ruriko’s school after all.
Jii-chan probably called Ruriko and the girls on their way home from school after his private talk and enjoyed tea with them.
「 By the way, Kanou-sama, what about Shiranui-san? 」
Ruriko asks Sakurako-san with a gentle smile.
「 If you’re to bring Shiranui-san with you to that room, then we shall bring ours too 」
Right.
According to Mariko, Kanou-san’s desire for prostitution is involving some kind of private problem.
Mariko is Kanou-san’s cousin so she knows what’s the problem, but…
Anyway, Mariko called for me because her cousin, Kanou Sakurako consulted with her that she wants to do prostitution.
Sakurako-san and I, with Mariko as the mediator, will enter the room and have to hear the details from her.
Then, Ruriko’s here because this is a Kouzuki house’s facility, and I’m only acquainted with Kanou-san because of the Kouzuki house, so she has the right to come with us.
But, Michi…
If Kanou-san thinks that Michi shouldn’t hear her private life, then, she should have her remain in the room before and not let her in.
Just like how the professional Rei-chan said she will.
Although, if Kanou-san doesn’t want Michi to be in the same room, she will have to leave her bodyguard, Shiranui-san out of the meeting room.
It’ll be discourteous of her if she’s the only one who had a bodyguard during a locked-room conversation.
「 I can’t leave Sakurako-ojousama’s side 」
Shiranui-san says before Kanou Sakurako-san could answer.
「 But, Shie, that’s… 」
Her master, Sakurako-san is clearly hesitating.
「 Then, I will accompany 」
Michi moved forward and said.
「 It’s okay, Sakurako-san, Michi-san is tight-lipped. She’s Kouzuki Misuzu-sama’s bodyguard so we don’t have to worry about her 」
Mariko said.
Oh, Mariko thinks that letting Shiranui-san stay with Sakurako-san is better for her current mental state.
「 Then, shall we? 」
I said, opened the door, and went inside the room.
「 Oh right. Reika-oneesama, we will call you when something happens so please remain on standby 」
Ruriko told Rei-chan and followed us.
Michi follows from behind naturally.
「 S-Sakurako-san. let’s go in too 」
Mariko urged nd Kanou-san brings Shiranui-san inside the room.
Shiranui-san, the last to enter the room, closed the door.
Now, nothing inside the room will leak outside.
◇ ◇ ◇
I see. The room’s structure is similar to the one where I met the politician before, but…
As expected of the room Jii-chan’s using.
It’s spacious, and the furnishings are luxurious.
Also, there are more doors inside the room.
「 That’s because it’s built with a resting spot during work for Grandfather in mind 」
Ruriko said.
There’s also a bedroom and bathroom connected.
Maybe, when Jii-chan was younger…
He would call over his mistress and have sex here.
「 He gave permission to use them freely to me 」
Ruriko told Jii-chan that she wants to enjoy sex with me so he’s letting us use this room.
So, we can use the bedroom and bathroom as we please.
「 Please take a look 」
Ruriko said and opened the room to the bedroom.
We peeked inside, and…
「 Oh, it’s a Japanese style room 」
「 Yes, grandfather loves resting in a Japanese-style room. 」
The room with the smell of fresh tatami already has beds in place.
It’s got two pillows.
The alcove has some flowers arranged.
「 !! 」
Seeing that, Kanou Sakurako-san blushed.
This must be too vivid for her.
「 It depends on our conversation with Kanou-sama whether we use this room or not 」
Ruriko said.
「 Well then, let’s hear the details over there 」
She points at the sofa in the room.
「 Right, I don’t know what to do unless I hear Kanou-san’s story 」
I took the initiative and sat on the sofas facing each other.
「 Onii-sama says so 」
「 Y-Yes 」
Ruriko urged Kanou Sakurako-san and she sat in front of me.
Ruriko sits to my side and Mariko does to Kanou-san’s side.
Shiranui-san stands to Sakurako-san’s side.
She’s declaring her intent that if anything happens, she’ll move to protect Kanou-san right away.
So, Michi stands across me without sitting on the sofa.
「 Anyway, can you tell me what happened? 」
I asked.
Despite losing their past brilliance, the young lady of the Kanou house, one of the big three is…
「 Well, uhm 」
Kanou-san looks up to me.
「 Uhm, can we just not ask anything and proceed with me selling my body instead? 」
That’s…
「 Sakurako-ojousama 」
Shiranui called her master right away, but…
「 Shie, shut up, I’ve made my decision! 」
Kanou-san seems to be determined.
「 So, how much? 」
I asked.
「 W-What? 」
Kanou-san’s confused.
「 No, Kanou-san,, I heard from Mariko that you wanted to prostitute yourself. So, that means you’re selling your body. What I’m asking is how much is your body? What’s the price for Kanou-san’s prostitution? 」
I asked her straight.
「 T-That’s… 」
Hmm.
She seems confused.
「 Uhm, how much is the market price? 」
Sakurako-san says.
「 How much would someone of my age sell? 」
Now that cleared up one thing.
Sakurako-san’s not selling her body for money.
It’s not about Kanou house’s financial situation becoming tight that she wants to sell her body to save her family.
「 I don’t even know that 」
I replied flatly.
「 However, Kuromori-sama’s house is an expert in that field I heard 」
I see. So she knows about the Kuromori house’s trade.
「 Uhm, I don’t mind if it’s the general price 」
I wonder how much does it cost for an ordinary high school girl prostitute.
Hmmm.
「 Master, May I? 」
Michi speaks.
「 Sure, what is it? 」
Michi’s much smarter than me so she should be able to come up with a good answer.
「 Kanou-sama, you’re 16 this year, aren’t you? 」
Michi talked to Kanou-san.
「 Yes, it is as Michi-san knows, I’m in my first year in high school 」
The school for young ladies only has few enrolled students. The young lady of the Kanou house and the bodyguard of the Kouzuki house should know each other well.
「 The wines from sixteen years ago don’t have the same price 」
Michi said.
「 There are precious wines that cost millions of yen per bottle, and there are inexpensive wines used in everyday cooking too 」
I-I see. That’s a good example, Michi.
「 Oh, so it’s the same as that. Women also don’t have a general price 」
Mariko agreed with Michi.
「 I-If that’s the case, Kuromori-sama, please put a price on me 」
Kanou-san looked at me and said.
Even if you say that.
Sakurako-san is definitely a cute beauty.
That little weary look of her is charming.
She has enough charms that I want to tease her on the bed.
But…
She’s not an ordinary high school girl, she’s a young lady of the nobility.
「 I-I’ll take the amount Kuromori-sama offers me 」
Kanou-san says with a lonely look in her eyes.
「 You’re making an aggressive sell, Kanou-sama 」
Ruriko said sullenly.
「 You know your status as a young lady of nobility, and yet you say that? 」
Yeah.
This cute beauty of a first-year high-school girl has a high lineage and is a young lady of nobility.
There will always be rich people who want to have sex with her, no matter how much it costs.
「 Kanou-san, are you a virgin? 」
I asked.
「 T-That’s… 」
Sakurako-san blushed in embarrassment.
「 I’m asking whether you have experience in sex or not as that changes the price 」
I insisted.
「 I don’t have any sexual experience 」
Sakurako-san replies trembling.
「 Meaning, you’re a virgin, right? 」
I asked to make sure.
「 I-I’m a virgin 」
「 S-Sakurako-sama, that’s improper! 」
Shiranui-san tells her Master, but…
「 We came here today because of what Kanou-san offered, we’re having an important talk here so could you please shut up Shiranui-san? 」
I said.
「 Indeed. If you continue to hinder the conversation then please return to the room earlier and stay with Fujimiya-san 」
Mariko also stared at Shiranui-san.
「 You have no right to speak in this place 」
「 I-I’m very sorry 」
Shiranui-san bows her head to Mariko.
I…
「 Kanou-san, let’s return to the topic. Have you ever kissed someone before? 」
「 ?!! 」
「 This is an important matter to confirm. Girls who haven’t kissed before having a higher price 」
I speak like a professional.
「 I-I haven’t 」
「 Not even once? 」
「 Y-yes 」
Sakurako-san replies with her body trembling.
「 Have you ever dated a man before? 」
「 I haven’t 」
I thought so. That school for young ladies is run by Jii-chan and Kaan-san to isolate the young ladies of nobility from men.
「 In sixteen years of your life, you’re a virgin, you never kissed, and you never dated a man 」
I look into Sakurako-san’s eyes and confirm with her.
「 Let’s see, if a woman like that were to be auctioned underground, then, Kanou-san’s first sex would have the price of 10M Yen I think 」
I made some lazy numbers.
「 The truth is, I don’t even know how much would Sakurako-san’s virginity sell.
But, no matter how you look at it, it’s going to go past that mark.
If it’s Minaho-neesan, she won’t mind selling Kanou-san for that much.
「 I-Is that so? 」
Sakurako-san’s honestly surprised.
「 But, I can’t buy you at that price. I don’t have 10M in my hands. Even if I do, I can’t pay up that money to buy Kanou-san’s virginity. If I have that money, then I’ll use it for something more worthwhile
Paying up 10M for single-time sex with a virgin isn’t my thing.
「 And so, I can’t buy Kanou-san within reasonable pricing 」
I said.
「 U-Uhm, I-I actually don’t mind the price 」
Sakurako-san?
「 I’m okay with the money that Kuromori-sama can pay for 」
You mean…
「 Does that mean that Kanou-sama will sell her body to Onii-sama even for 100 Yen? 」
Ruriko asks.
100 Yen is extreme, but…
「 I-I don’t mind 」
Sakurako-san says while trembling.
「 Are you sure that Kanou house’s Sakurako-sama is only worth 100 yen? 」
Ruriko pushed further.
「 I-I…I don’t have that much worth 」
Sakurako-san’s words were self-abandonment.
「 But, you don’t want it to be free, do you? It’s not that you don’t care who it is, that you’ll let men their way to your body, but Kanou-sama wants the act of selling her body, to become a prostitute, am I correct? 」
Ruriko asks to find fault.
「 Y-Yes. It is as Ruriko-sama says 」
It’s self-abandonment, but she wants to do prostitution.
She doesn’t care if it’s 100 yen, what she wants is the experience of the act of receiving compensation for sex?
Now I don’t get it.
「 I really am okay with 100 yen. Can you purchase me, Kuromori-sama? 」
Sakurako-san talks to me with tears in her eyes.
This must have some deep reason.
「 Even if you say that 」
「 I’ll follow any of your orders. I’ll do anything, no matter how embarrassing it is 」
Why is she so desperate?
「 Do you understand the risks for me when I have sex with you? 」
I said.
I’m recognized as Misuzu’s fiance among the young ladies of nobility.
「 If they discover that I had sex with you and that I paid for it, then it will become a big problem 」
Even if Jii-chan allowed it, other nobility won’t.
「 I won’t tell anyone about the transaction. I’ll keep it a secret for the rest of my life 」
Sakurako-san said, but…
「 No, Kanou-san. From how I hear our conversation until now 」
I looked at her.
「 You just want to show someone that you did the act, don’t you? 」
I don’t know the reason, but…
I think that she has someone to tell that “I’ve done prostitution.”
I don’t know what’s her relationship with them, but…
If it’s not that, then she won’t say “I want to prostitute myself, even 100 Yen will do.”
「 You don’t want the public to know about your prostitution, do you? That’s the reason why you chose me, isn’t it? 」
If it were me, then I would never tell anyone that I bought Sakurako-san.
Mariko told her that, and Sakurako-san’s convinced.
Besides, Minaho-neesan’s Kuromori house had been keeping the sex secrets of the nobility very tightly.
Even Shirasaka Sousuke’s execution was considered, from the eyes of the politicians and businessmen, as Minaho-neesan’s method of stopping him from leaking the client’s information.
That’s why the investigation on Shirasaka Sousuke’s death was subjected to all kinds of pressure and was forcibly terminated.
And I’m the brother of Minaho-neesan, a man from the Kuromori house.
The secrets will be tight-lipped.
「 But, Kanou-san, if you tell anyone, even just one person, that you’ve done prostitution, yes, even if it’s just a hint, that alone would be a big problem 」
Kanou-san looked at me with a stiff face.
「 It’s likely that the person who you tell would desperately find the man you prostituted yourself into. And, they may find that it’s me. And if that happens… 」
That person could expose that relationship between us to the public.
「 They won’t do that 」1
Kanou-san said.
「 That person isn’t even interested in me 」
Her eyes look helplessly lonely.
「 If I say that I’ve become a prostitute, then they will only be disgusted with me. It will not cause trouble to Kuromori-sama… 」
Then.
「 I wonder about that? 」
Ruriko said.
「 Kanou-sama may see it that way, but the truth is unknown 」
And she looked at Shiranui-san.
「 Shiranui-san, I think you know who Kanou-sama’s talking about, but what do you think? If they were to hear that Kanou-sama did prostitution, what will they do? 」
Shiranui-san…
「 I think that they will be angry. Perhaps, they’ll use every method to look for the person who bought Sakurako-sama 」
I thought so.
「 Sakurako-san, I knew it, you have to tell them the details 」
Mariko told her cousin.
「 Unless you do, we can’t do anything 」
Ruriko said.
「 Tell us. After everything I’ve heard, I believe that we have the right to hear the details 」
I said.
「 That’s right, Sakurako-san, you already caused enough trouble to Kou and Ruriko-sama 」
Mariko said.
「 Preparing this place and listening to Sakurako-san’s absurd proposal itself is already causing a great amount of trouble 」
Sakurako-san looked down.
「 You’re right. I was wrong for not telling my circumstances. I’m very sorry 」
She bows her head to us.
「 Well then, could you tell us the story? 」
Sakurako-san looked up.
「 Yes, I’ll tell you everything I’ve hidden 」
She agreed.
- because there’s no gender specified yet ↩