At the end of the cultural festival, many of his girlfriends also asked him to dance, including Hiratsuka and Hina. Anyway, it was a fun time, and no one thought too much, even if they asked him for a dance since there were too many girls around him.
Even those who had a boyfriend also tried to ask him to have a dance.
Unfortunately, they were all rejected without a doubt.
Shishio looked at the guys who were being abandoned by their women while shaking his head. For a woman who couldn't even have respect for their men, he didn't have any interest in them. What they had now was only their youth and beauty. Once those were gone, everything was gone.
Even if Shishio might accept them, he might only play with their bodies before he throws them when he gets bored.
He was cruel, but weren't the girls cruel too?
Yet, somehow, he knew that those guys wouldn't do anything even if their girls did this to them. Instead, they would act humble and forgive them since they were still in love with them.
Still, it was their decision, and he wouldn't bother to talk with them since this was the decision that they had chosen. Even if he talked to them, they would still stubbornly believe that their love would be answered soon, which made him sigh, so in the end, he decided to bring all of his women to the hot spring resort.
During the cultural festival, they were busy. They worked on many things and sometimes spent their time working until late.
More importantly, Shishio also wanted to rest. He almost died, so for now, he just wanted to enjoy his life, so this time, he brought all of them to his hotel, which was located in Atami, Shizuoka, which was known as one of the famous hot spring spots in the country.
It was also a good change of pace, especially after the bad experience which happened at the cultural festival.
"Wow! So this is the hot spring resort?"
Rita looked at the resort in amazement since it was her first time coming here. She might have spent her time in this country quite a while, but she rarely walked out from Sakurasou. If Shishio wasn't around, she might only spend her time on Sakurasou most of her time and only walk out to buy food at the grocery or convenience store.
However, this time, he had told her to stay for a few days and joined this trip.
"It's a ryoukan."
"Ryoukan?"
"You can say that it is a luxurious traditional hotel."
"Luxurious, huh?"
The luxuries in this country were different from her country.
The luxurious hotel in her country would be like something like a skyscraper, or anything, which was grand.
Yet, this country was different.
But this difference wasn't bad.
The design of this hotel was quite simple, and the color of the building was a neutral color, but even so, she could feel the detail and the delicate beauty of the building, which was crafted by experienced craftsmen.
It was something she had never seen before since, instead of embracing brightness and perfection like those five-star hotels in the West, this hotel embraced the darkness and imperfection, which showed a different type of beauty.
Even so, she could tell that it was luxurious, especially when they were greeted by many waitresses, who bowed their heads respectfully in kimonos. Their hair was done carefully, and their make-up was done in a detailed manner, fully showing what Japanese beauty was.
"Welcome."
Their voices were gentle, yet they were still respectful, but even so, his women gathered around him since, as a woman, they could tell that even if those waitresses seemed respectful, they weren't much different from hyenas.
All of them wanted to change their fates, and the fastest way was to sleep with him.
Shishio was speechless, but he walked into the room which was prepared for him.
As for the rest, they walked around curiously since it was a rare time for them to go to this type of hotel.
"Look! Look! Shishio! You can see the sea from here!"
The hotel was built on a cliff, which was quite a unique location, but this was a great place since they could see the sea and the sunset and sunrise from various spots of this hotel.
While the young one was more interested in the scenery, the older ones were more interested in the hot spring.
"This place is huge."
"Yeah, we can enter together."
"Why are you all looking at me?" Shishio seemed like an innocent boy.
They only rolled their eyes and thought that this guy was really such a bastard, yet this pure boy play somehow made them quite interested. Shishio had always been in the dominant position, so they wanted to test how it felt to do him when he acted like an innocent boy who knew nothing.
"Shishio-kun, I will teach you later, okay?" Ayaka Sunohara moved closer and whispered those words to his ear.
Shishio felt itchy, and his face flushed red.
Watching this reaction, they had to say his act was too amazing!
"You..." Mai Sakurajima let out a sigh while shaking her head. "The Oscar will be in your hand sooner or later."
"Forget about Oscar. I might get a Noble Award...." However, he suddenly fell into deep thought. "Maybe, I should create my own award in the future?"
"Do you not want to become a Kyoto Governor or Prime Minister?" Yukinoshita sighed and then held his hand. "Let's see your room. Your room should be the most special one, right?"
"Sure."
While they might sleep in the same room in a group, they knew that Shishio had a special room, and it should be the most special one.
As expected, the moment they entered his room, they realized what it meant to be rich. His room was huge, and there was this double window, which was made from glass and shoji (Japanese paper screen). While the interior was simple and minimalistic, with only flower arrangements and scrolls hanging in the room as decorations, this didn't seem to make this room seem cheap. Instead, this design highlighted every part of the room, from materials to placement and details.
There was a veranda and also a private hot spring where one could watch the scenery of the sea and the cliff, which was planted with many plum trees.
If they had to say, Shishio's existence was like the Daimyo (Japanese Feudal Lord) in the past.
As for his women, like those daimyos in the past, they were all his mistresses, and they knew that their fates were sealed. Inside the room, they would show their lewd and distorted expressions, forgetting everything and only focusing on pleasure while also trying their best to give him the best night.
"Hana-san, let's go to the hot spring first." Hiratsuka looked at Hana. She didn't think that Shishio would date Hana. Instead, he brought Hana because she thought that Hana would be lonely since her daughter was going on a trip with Shishio.
"Sure." Hana nodded before sighing in a complicated mood. No one should know about their relationship, but even so, she wanted to do it with Shishio. Still, when she thought that her daughter might look at her with a disappointed expression, she held this emotion.
Chihiro also followed before she glanced at Shishio for a moment and walked away.
Yukinoshita stared at Hana before she looked at Shishio in a complicated mood. She had heard that the relationship between Shishio and the mother of Tachibana Hina and Tachibana Rui was also good.
'Lately...'
Yukinoshita also looked at Mai.
"What? What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" Mai asked in confusion.
"No, it's okay." Yukinoshita decided not to say anything before she looked at her sister, who also happened to look in her direction.
"Should we walk around, Yukino?" Haruno asked with a smile.
"Sure, Nee-san."
The two of them smiled before they walked away.
Still, the ones that were the most nervous were Kawai Ritsu and Rita.
Ritsu knew that it was her chance to do it with him. She also felt that this place was good since it was quite similar to the setting of the story that she had just read. The story was about a pair of a man and a woman who loved each other, but their relationship was taboo, and everyone tried to separate them, so they decided to jump on the cliff together before they became butterflies together.
While the ending was a tragedy, the smut scene in the story was unique in that her face kept flushing red as she read.
On the other hand, Rita knew that after this trip, she would go back, so before that, she wanted to confirm everything. She wanted to tell him that she had fallen for him and to know how he felt about her since he had never confirmed anything. His action was ambiguous, and it was hard to tell whether he was really interested in her or not.
Yet this also made her unable to get him out of her mind.
This is how the girl was.
If they knew the feeling of the man, they would lose interest. Instead, what they loved was to play with this ambiguous feeling of whether the man liked them or not. This type of troublesome play was something that they loved the most.
Naturally, Shishio knew this, and this was what he did to Rita.
As everyone had enough to observe his room, they started looking around the hotel, asking what kind of foods they would eat tonight.
Watching them leave, he thought he should take a bath quietly while thinking that he was already on top of the world and no one could stop him in this world anymore. Everything was peaceful, and he could spend his time with his women.
Still, he felt that he lacked and that something was an ambition.
When Yuujiro was around, while it was dangerous, Shishio had the desire to become stronger, and it made him work harder.
However, Yuujiro was gone.
No one in this world could threaten him anymore in this world, so what should he do now?
While he was in deep thought as he gazed into the ocean, a voice interrupted his thought.
"Shishio-kun?"
"Hmm?"
He turned and saw Ritsu was there.
"Are you okay?"
Ritsu asked worriedly since she could tell that his expression seemed so lonely for some reason.
"Probably, I am not, so stay with me for a while, okay?"
"......"
Ritsu stared at him in a daze, feeling her chest stuffy as if she couldn't breathe, but even so, she moved closer to him and thought that she wanted to be by his side forever. Still, she thought for a moment and wondered whether there was a way to cheer him up.
She thought for a moment before her face started to blush. She looked at him hesitatingly before she made up her mind.
"Um..."
"Hmm?"
"Do... Do you want me to ta-take bath toger-chuu?"
"........"
Neither of them talked, and only the noise of the waves could be heard, but once again, Ritsu bit her tongue.