I took Raust to a room in the Adventurer's Guild that was almost completely secluded.
And perhaps because I was brought into such a room, Lausto was visibly wary.
If I hadn't tried to use my position as a receptionist to force him to come with me, no doubt Laust would have tried to run away from me.

But I secretly laugh in my heart that I was right on target if I brought him to this point.

''I'm so sorry, Mr. Lausto, I'm really sorry.

'What? No,

In the next moment, I bowed heavily to Laust and apologized to him.

At that moment, interestingly enough, Laust starts to panic.
The reaction of Laust, it was just as I had imagined.
As I had expected, Laust is quite blunt about the malice done to him.

Despite the fact that he reacts in a way that could be considered excessive when it comes to malice towards his fellow man, I, who had been lashing out so much, am baffled by the mere lowering of his head.
Maybe it's because my senses have been distorted by years of being abused, or maybe it's because my senses have been distorted by Lausto's senses.

I decided that, and I smiled at my face as I turned to the ground, saying that this would be a good way to use Lausto successfully.

''This may not be enough to make up for what I've done to you, but ......

Huh!

The next moment, I feign a guilty look and peel off my clothes.
At the sight of me, Raust began to panic even more and .........

I was tempted to burst out laughing at Raoust's reaction.

My aim, and that was to use Raust's credit to offset my sins.
Raust had defeated the hydra I had been hiding from him.
That was just a coincidence.
That Laust was near where the Hydra appeared, and that I was able to defeat it.

However, what if the fact that Lausto's defeat of Hydra was a secret request from me because of Lausto's ability?

Even if that happened, it would be inevitable that I would be fired from my job as a receptionist for that, or that I would be punished to some extent.
But to some extent the charges would be offset and I might be able to avoid being made a slave.

Of course, there is no fact that I had actually asked Roust to take down Hydra.
But I can make up facts now.


All I have to do is make Laust testify that I asked him to do so.
The means I decided to take to accomplish this was a color scheme.


When I took off my jacket, leaving me in only my underwear on top, Raoust looked away, unable to hide his agitation.
I decide that my color scheme is effective because of Lausto's attitude.

I've been abused by Raoust until now.
I guess he had never been seduced by the opposite s*x in this way before.
The martial artist also seems to have a thing for Lausto, but I'm more mature in my body, if not in my beauty.
There is no way Raust could escape my temptation.
Thinking that, I put a provocative smile on my mouth.
With this, I'm sure that with one more push, Raust will try to attack me.

That way, I don't know if Raust will be on my side, and even if he doesn't, I can't help it if I threaten him.
Now that I was in the position of being called a hero, Raust would easily nod his head, hating the needless scandal.
That thought brings a smile to my mouth.

Somehow, I feel inwardly relieved that the worst has been escaped.


'...... I don't mean to be rude, but in this state of affairs,'

But contrary to my thoughts, I couldn't detect any upset in Raoust's voice as he opened his mouth to say so.



'I'm sorry, I'm not going to mess with you.

...... physiologically, you're the only one I can't.




............ Huh?


And in the next moment, Rausto told me this in a way that was hard to say, but still very clear.
For a moment I couldn't understand the meaning of his words.
But after a little while, I finally realize that it was a rejection, and the blood drains from my face.
I reflexively opened my mouth as I was pushed back by the sensation, not to let this happen.

'Well, wait! You can do what you want with me: ......

If I don't get Roust on my side here and now, I'm doomed.
So I try to get his attention somehow by exposing as much skin as I can and making a sensational show of it as much as possible.

''Huh!''

...... But I stopped when I was halfway through peeling off my clothes.
After all this time, I realized that my coloring was meaningless.

There was an unconcealed disgust in Raoust's eyes as he turned to me.

Seeing how confused Raust had been up until now, I had assumed it was a reaction to his embarrassment.
But that was just a misunderstanding.

...... Lausto's puzzled look at me for exposing his skin and turning his face away was all due to disgust.

From the beginning, my coloration was never going to be successful.
The moment I realized this, I was slumped out of my body.

Raust would certainly never reveal his anger at the person he had previously abused.
But it's never because he has forgiven that person or anything like that.
He simply dismisses the person as someone who should not be involved if he doesn't want to.
I realize that now.

I'm not going to be able to get away with it.

''Also, I have no intention of looking at anyone but a woman right now.

...

I couldn't hide my agitation at Raoust's words.

It was never clear to me who the other woman was that Raust would say exactly who she was.
...... But without asking for a name, I understood who the woman Lausto was talking about.

'Nal, Sena ......'

It was the person I should have thought myself superior to earlier as a female attraction.
I could only be stunned by the defeat I hadn't expected, and I could only be stunned at the earliest.

'Then,'

After saying just that briefly to me, Lausto left the room.
...... I no longer had the energy left in me to follow its back.