At first, Kamuro Masumi didn't understand what was happening until she caught a peculiar scent.
Her expression shifted dramatically, alternating between staring at the still-convulsing Sakayanagi Arisu and Kaoru.
"Heh, so I fell for your little act."
Kamuro Masumi said coldly, "So this is how you two usually play? Impressive, Kaoru."
Her gaze toward Kaoru was one of utter disdain, as if looking at filth floating in a sewer—beyond redemption, not even worth touching.
Not only that, she even withdrew her hand the moment it touched Sakayanagi Arisu's, her face full of disgust and eyes icy cold. She felt she had been played.
Kaoru hesitated to speak.
Truth be told, even he was somewhat bewildered—he had clearly used [Nano Regeneration Fluid] on Sakayanagi Arisu, not some strange drug.
The answer was simple: Sakayanagi Arisu was acting strange.
Kaoru looked down at the girl in his arms. She had buried her face deeply against him, revealing only her burning red ears.
Even the nape of her neck was tinged with a faint crimson, and her hands clutched tightly at his clothes.
It was obvious Sakayanagi Arisu was too embarrassed to face anyone, hiding in his embrace as if playing dead.
"Are you feeling alright?"
Kaoru tried to be as tactful as possible—the situation was rather awkward.
But the moment his hand touched Arisu, she suddenly trembled.
As if he had touched somewhere he shouldn't have, the girl let out a soft moan and unconsciously rubbed against his thigh.
Though she stopped quickly, he could already feel her body heat. Her round, perky bottom pressed against him, carrying a faint coolness.
"I... I... can't right now... Don't touch me..."
Arisu's face burned with shame and frustration, her voice tinged with helpless embarrassment.
Her body was clearly still immersed in the aftermath of what had just happened, unable to shake off the state in time.
Kaoru's expression grew even more peculiar.
He knew that women's sensations differed from men's—they didn't just come and go abruptly but came in waves, like the ebb and flow of tides, requiring time to settle.
But was Sakayanagi Arisu really this sensitive?
Just as this thought crossed Kaoru's mind, the girl in his arms seemed to recover slightly.
At some point, she lifted her pretty face, her gaze at Kaoru sharp enough to kill.
"I think I can explain. The effects of this medicine are quite strong—it might be a bit stimulating for your body."
Kaoru immediately clarified that this definitely wasn't a drug, because he had the real thing, and its effects were far more intense.
"You call this 'a bit stimulating'?"
Arisu gritted her teeth and grabbed Kaoru directly. "Then what's this about? You're clearly doing this on purpose!"
Her grip sent a twinge of pain through Kaoru, who grimaced and said, "You're sitting on me, rubbing and panting—how could I not react?"
With a soft, fragrant girl in his arms, rubbing against him and breathing heavily, how could Kaoru not react?
Even if she was flat-chested, who cared about that right now?
"Shut up!"
Arisu was furious and embarrassed. Deep down, she knew her own reaction was even more exaggerated than Kaoru's.
She could still feel the cool dampness. "Isn't it your fault my body has become so strange?"
Ever since they'd done that bad thing together, Arisu found her body reacting to Kaoru on its own, growing excited from his touch.
She couldn't accept this. It had to be that despicable, shameless Kaoru who had done something to her, causing her body to develop reactions it shouldn't have!
"If I were really that capable, you'd already be conditioned into my little maid by now!"
Kaoru would never admit it, even if beaten to death.
Though he did have some strange rewards, he bore at most half the responsibility—Sakayanagi Arisu herself was equally to blame.
"You won't even admit to this?"
Arisu grew angrier.
What had just happened was arguably the most humiliating moment of her life.
"Rather than wait for you to actually condition me into some strange maid, I might as well crush this thing right now!"
The moment she spoke, Kaoru's expression changed drastically—the girl was currently holding his weak spot.
The once soft little hand now felt like the most terrifying instrument of torture.
With just a slight increase in pressure, Kaoru could feel a constricting force.
"Arisu, can we reconcile now?" Kaoru surrendered.
Sakayanagi Arisu seemed to have heard something amusing, a cold smile curling at the corner of her lips as her small hand gradually tightened.
"Heh, only when death is imminent do you think to bow your head. My dear perverted master, it seems I have an obligation to help you break this troublesome habit."
Her smile carried a dangerous glow, making Kaoru's scalp tingle.
He felt that his weak point might be done for today.
At that moment, Kamuro Masumi said coldly, "How long are you two going to keep up this act? If you want to get intimate, just pretend I don't exist and kiss already."
Hearing this voice, the embarrassment Sakayanagi Arisu had barely suppressed erupted again.
A blush spread across her cheeks, even coloring her fair neck.
Kaoru looked toward Kamuro Masumi, who responded with a series of cold sneers.
"Someone said they were going to crush it, but what I'm seeing looks more like flirting. You've even put your hand inside already."
Kamuro Masumi was deeply displeased.
She now felt like a clown - she came to watch a show, but ended up being made a fool of.
"Masumi-san!"
Sakayanagi Arisu finally couldn't hold back, "What did you come here for!"
"I wanted to see what a certain stubborn person was doing behind my back."
Kamuro Masumi's expression remained blank, "How wonderful, it turns out you were just treating an illness."
"Heh, are you concerned about what I was doing, or about what I was doing with Kaoru-kun?"
Sakayanagi Arisu straightforwardly exposed the other girl's hidden thoughts.
Noticing Kaoru's gaze, Kamuro Masumi slightly averted her eyes and snorted, "Someone told me she would never submit to someone else, so I followed along."
Such a stiff response made Sakayanagi Arisu unable to suppress a laugh.
She whispered, "Masumi-san really is quite adorable. But I'd like to ask, now that you see me in a man's embrace, are you disappointed in me?"
"Extremely disappointed."
Her reaction wasn't what she expected, so Kamuro Masumi could only respond so rigidly.
"Hmm, I heard you. And then?"
Sakayanagi Arisu wore a teasing smile, "Does Masumi-san only want to say this much to me? Did you specifically come to Kaoru-kun's room just to see me in a man's embrace?"
Kamuro Masumi immediately fell silent.
Once Sakayanagi Arisu stopped caring about her opinion, she didn't know how to handle the situation.
Her brain short-circuited, leaving her in a dilemma.