Kaoru sighed softly.
No wonder Sakayanagi Arisu could manipulate Kamuro Masumi so easily - they weren't opponents on the same level.
Except for rare moments, like her earlier panic, Sakayanagi Arisu always maintained an unflappable composure.
No matter what kind of crisis emerged, nothing seemed to faze her.
Now, Sakayanagi Arisu was gradually seizing control of the situation, forcing even Kaoru to lower his head.
Because the young girl still held his weak point in her grasp, and taking advantage of Kamuro Masumi's inattention, she had even taken it out.
"Actually, what happened earlier really was an accident. I didn't know the effect would be like this."
Kaoru said quietly, "I used the same medicine on you last time. You should remember how it felt then, right?"
To be honest, Kaoru had forgotten what happened last time, only remembering that he injected the [Nano Regeneration Fluid] into Sakayanagi Arisu, and she recovered shortly after.
No, wait a moment!
Kaoru finally recalled—he remembered that something extraordinary happened afterward.
The girl hadn't resisted his roughness at all back then.
"Is that your last words?"
Sakayanagi Arisu kept a straight face.
Since she had already lost face, there was no point in dwelling on it further. She might as well teach him a lesson.
"Rebelling, are you? I'm your master!"
Kaoru smacked her buttocks in annoyance.
Kamuro Masumi was right—this girl was just too good at pretending!
She clearly knew this would happen, yet she played dumb, trying to turn the tables and teach Kaoru a lesson instead.
"What kind of master are you?"
Sakayanagi Arisu's face flushed red, as if realizing she had been exposed. "The medicine last time wasn't this intense—you must have secretly increased the dosage!"
"I had no reason to do that."
Kaoru sneered coldly and reached out to touch her. Sure enough, her skin felt icy cold. "You're the one who's embarrassed—it has nothing to do with the medicine."
Sakayanagi Arisu's face turned crimson.
As she began to struggle, Kaoru pinned her to the ground. Her back touched the cold floor, leaving her unable to move.
"I originally planned to apologize and not do anything excessive to you, but now it seems I'd be at a disadvantage if I didn't teach you a lesson."
Sakayanagi Arisu, who had thought she was in control, could only glare fiercely at Kaoru from beneath him, her face flushed like a fish struggling in its final moments.
"How perverted."
Kamuro Masumi watched the scene and coldly spat out those words, though it wasn't hard to notice the slight redness at the tips of her ears.
"I consider this the privilege of the victor."
Kaoru ignored Sakayanagi Arisu's glare. "Besides, isn't this the scene you wanted to see?"
Kamuro Masumi fell silent.
Then, as she saw Kaoru kiss Sakayanagi Arisu, an inexplicable irritation welled up inside her.
Even though she forced herself not to watch, her chest felt tight, as if her organs were sinking.
Her body grew heavy, and something seemed to be slipping away, making her increasingly agitated.
She thought it was because of Sakayanagi Arisu—this girl who always acted so high and mighty had now been reduced to a man's pet, forced to submit.
It seemed like retribution for her empty boasts.
However, Kamuro Masumi felt a tinge of pity for Sakayanagi Arisu, as she had been dragged into Kaoru's complicated relationships, her fate now difficult to decipher.
If Sakayanagi Arisu truly didn't want this, Kamuro Masumi felt she could help her escape Kaoru's clutches, especially since she appeared so resistant.
But when Kamuro Masumi looked at the two again, she froze.
The girl who should have been resisting desperately now had her eyes closed, motionlessly accepting Kaoru's kiss, her small hands clutching his clothes.
A vein bulged on Kamuro Masumi's forehead.
She felt fooled by the two once again—this scene was nothing like the resistance from earlier; it was clearly a case of half-hearted refusal!
Without another word, Kamuro Masumi stood up.
Staying here would only make her a spectator and a fool. She might as well leave the battlefield to him and Sakayanagi Arisu.
Just as she was about to leave, someone grabbed her calf."It's too late to leave now, Masumi."
Kaoru's voice carried a dangerous undertone.
Kamuro Masumi raised an eyebrow and said coldly, "Are you saying that Sakayanagi alone isn't enough for you?"
"Perhaps. I just feel that if things continue like this, we'll grow further apart."
Kaoru said, "So I want to be more forceful."
Before Kamuro Masumi could react, Kaoru had already embraced her from behind.
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"Masumi, I like you."
Just as Kamuro Masumi tried to get up, Kaoru embraced her from behind again, his palm resting on her soft lower abdomen, transmitting a slightly rough sensation.
"I know, I know. You've said it hundreds of times."
Kamuro Masumi maintained a cold expression, completely unlike her earlier self.
"How long are you going to hold me like this?"
"I'm waiting for Masumi's answer."
Kaoru rested his chin on her shoulder.
This girl stubbornly refused to speak, no matter what he did—she just kept biting her lip tightly.
"Just because I got bitten by a dog, does that mean I have to like the dog?"
Kamuro Masumi said coldly, "If you think being forceful with me will make me compromise, you're going to be disappointed. You'd be better off focusing more on Sakayanagi—she'd definitely be happy."
"What would it take for Masumi to compromise?" Kaoru asked.
"I'm not like Sakayanagi."
Kamuro Masumi struggled out of his embrace with effort and put her clothes back on.
"Unless one day you can stop and just be a normal person."
Kaoru watched her retreating figure and initially wanted to follow, but Sakayanagi Arisu, who had been lying on the bed, hooked her arm around his wrist, preventing him from chasing after her.
"It seems I made a mistake."
Kaoru felt an inexplicable sense of being abandoned.
"You didn't do anything wrong. Masumi just can't accept your harem."
Sakayanagi Arisu smiled. "If she really had no feelings for you, why would she let the dog bite her?"
Kaoru looked puzzled.
In his eyes, he had involved Kamuro Masumi in plenty of mischief before, and she had never stopped him.
"You've been spending time with several underclassmen lately, haven't you?"
Sakayanagi Arisu sighed. "It's not just Masumi—even I don't know what you're thinking anymore. I can't see where you'll stop."
Kaoru understood. They were worried that the harem would keep growing uncontrollably.
It was a reasonable concern.
What Kamuro Masumi couldn't accept was the constant expansion of the harem, which made her doubt whether Kaoru was just chasing after new interests and whether he would eventually ruin everything.
Seeing him lost in thought, Sakayanagi Arisu suddenly smiled.
"Actually, I don't think you need to worry too much about Masumi. She definitely wasn't angry just now—she's probably only just realizing what you did to her."
Sakayanagi Arisu spoke with near certainty, as if she had Kamuro Masumi completely figured out.
Her confidence was so firm that it made Kaoru skeptical.
In fact, she was right.
On the other side of the door, Kamuro Masumi slowly covered her face, which was flushed red all the way to her ears.
There was no trace of her earlier cold demeanor left.
"Ugh... I've... I've become so indecent... He actually made a move on me... So shameless..."
Too embarrassed, whenever she recalled the scene from just moments ago, Kamuro Masumi felt her heart beating so fast it might explode.
At that moment, she seemed to hear footsteps, startling her into a full-body shiver.
Unable to even feign calm, the flustered girl could only flee in a panic, as if she had committed the worst crime in the world, too guilty to dare meet anyone.
However, while running away, the girl felt a gust of wind.
It felt a bit like the embrace from earlier!