Zoe walked into Haruto's room and gave him the disguise that was being made the day prior. It was really simple but it supposedly worked so he quickly put it on.
"So, how do I look?"
He had a cat tail and ears that went along side them. He was even able to move them around as if they were really connected to him.
"You look good master Haruto."
"Well then, I'm off!"
He said goodbye to Aki and left the palace then went into the main town. He walked around, looked at some shops and also ate at one of the restaurants there which had unique food. Elaire had given him some money to spend while he was out so he bought a few things alongside his lunch. He bought more traditional clothing compared to the rich clothing found in the palace, he bought silk made from the Arachne, bought a sword just because he had more money then he knew what to do with and a gold ring that he thought looked cool. He spent the whole day in the town exploring everywhere he could while simultaneously taking notes on the creatures around him. Eventually night came and he was reaching his final area of the day. He walked there and was instantly bombarded by cute girls asking him tons of questions. He looked up to see that all sorts of male species were there and walking into buildings with a female which he most likely thought could be a succubus.
"Hey, do you want to take me to bed?"
"No! You want me obviously!"
"You're quite the cutie, do you wanna have some adult time with me? I'll do whatever you desire."
"Don't sleep with that slut! She's slept with 100 men today alone, choose me, I've only slept with 30 so I'm still fresh."
"You look like an adventurer, if that's the case why don't we go on an adventure together?"
He started to turn red extremely fast and ran as fast as he could to an alley so he could get away from them.
'One of them brought up that I look like an adventurer…I guess I do with the stuff I bought, still though, that means there are adventurers in this place! I could see many research opportunities coming from this.'
He calmed down and walked back into the main walkway, this time pulling his hood up so he wasn't as noticeable. He walked around and did a little bit more research and learned that this was a succubus brothel. The more skilled succubi cost way more then those of less skill and some were so desperate for sex that they'd do it for free since they weren't getting any customers.
'So it's kind of like they're food then…I mean, I guess that makes sense considering that they are succubi.'
He was about to go further into the more expensive area when he felt a tug from behind him. A girl who was even more incredibly cute then the others was looking up at him with puppy dog like eyes.
"U-Um…W-Would you l-like me to service you…?"
"So-"
"Where is she?!"
Another person burst through the doors of one of the buildings and made the girl in front him jump.
"There you are, you little shit!"
The woman came over and grabbed the girl from behind and started to yell in her face.
"Once again you didn't get a single customer! How is it that a succubus has never seduced a man before?! You're lucky I even give you scrapes so you can survive, but if you don't start seducing you're going to die!"
"I-I'm s-sorry…!"
"Sorry won't cut it! Succubi need men to live, if you lose this job then you're going to starve to death! You hear me?!"
"Y-Yes…"
The girl began crying and Haruto was getting really pissed at the woman and so he did something on impulse.
"Hey, stop. I'm her customer."
He held his recently bought sword to the woman's face which made her flinch back and put the girl down.
"If he's a customer then you should go service him. Be sure to collect the fee."
"Y-Yes!"
He grabbed the succubus's hand and walked into one of the buildings. He sat down on one of the beds and looked over at the girl.
"So, do you want to stay here or would you like to get away from this place?"
"Huh?"
"I'm saying do you really want to keep being yelled at like that? If you want I can see if you can move into where I'm living at the moment."
"Are you saying that you didn't order me to service you?"
"Huh? Oh don't worry you don't have to! I just did this so you could feel safer and see if you wanted to leave this place."
"So you didn't order me because I seduced you…? You only ordered me to protect me…?"
"Yeah, so?"
"That means you don't find me attractive in the slightest?!"
"When did I ever say that?! I think you're really cute!"
"…Eh?"
"…Was I not meant to say that?"
"N-No! You're just the first person who's said that to me…Normally I can't seduce anyone and so I'm only left with the semen left from men who master bated or stuff like that…I'm actually still a virgin…"
"Hm…That's surprising. I think you're extremely cute! I can't believe you haven't had any customers!"
"You mean you're not only being nice to me? You really think I'm attractive…?"
"Yes, very."
"So I don't have to use succubus powers to seduce you?"
"If you're not using them now then no…"
She jumped onto him and hugged him tightly while also letting out tears.
"I've never been able to use succubus powers! That's why I've never gotten a single customer! But you think I'm attractive even without them! I think I love you!"
"…Eh?"
"Eh?"
"…"
"…"
They looked at each other after the sudden love confession and began turning red together.
"Haha! Ignore I said that!"
"Hm, what is it you said? I don't know! I can't remember!"
"A-Ahem…What you said before…About me moving in with you…Are you really willing to take me away from here?"
"Sure, I don't see why not."
"In that case you'll have to supply my food!"
"What?"
"I don't need it to be directly from you, if you want you can masterbate and I can eat whatever you give me…I know that it probably sounds weird but I'll need it to live!"
"…In that case I guess I'll have to do it…Does it have to be only me?"
"I would prefer if it was only you."
"Hmmm, eh, I masterbated pretty often before coming here so I guess it works out in a way."
"So when can I come over?"
"I'll have to fist off check with Elaire and maybe a few others so hopefully tomorrow."
"Ah and now that I think about it…You'll have to buy me to take me away…I know it'll be a lot since I've never had a single customer in my life so I'm sorry if the purchase is to big to handle!"
"Don't worry, I'll figure something out."
"Then…You did order me so…Do you want to do it?"
"Eh? I forgot, the fact that I ordered you must have made you think that I was going to have sex with you…Truth is that I'm a virgin too."
"Really?"
"So if possible for now I'd like to hold onto my virginity."
"…Okay then…Can I still have some food then?"
"Ah, uh sure…"
He went to a corner and started jacking off using the power of imagination until he nutted into a cup and gave it to her. He turned away awkwardly and waited until she was finished before paying the fee. He left soon after and went straight to the palace.
He discussed with Elaire about the situation and she agreed to buying the girl. He then went to his room and laid down before realizing something he should have done.
"I never asked for her name…"
"Who's name?"
Aki was sitting on the bed using the silk Haruto had just bought to stitch together a new blanket for ghost practice.
"A new resident who'll be moving in after tomorrow. She's a succubus and I forgot to ask her name so I guess I'll do it tomorrow."
"How did you meet a succubus?"
"Egh!"
"Hey, why don't you tell me?"
"O-Okay…"
He then proceeded to explain the whole situation to Aki and cleared up the situation.
"So you didn't have sex with her, that's good."
"Hm? Why?"
"Reasons."
"Ooohh, could it be you have feelings for me?"
"I like you as a friend and roommate, I don't want to marry you."
"Don't you mean date?"
"Date?"
"Oh right! Dating wasn't a a thing back then, dating is pretty much what comes before you marry someone. It pretty much determines if you actually have romantic feelings for the other person and if you can have a healthy relationship."
"Hm, it sounds complicated. Why not just go straight to marriage?"
"Hey we aren't in Fly Me to the Moon! You don't normally get married right away, when dating it's easier to break off a relationship compared to having a divorce which could take quite some time."
"So dating is more or less just meant to save time?"
"…Well when you put it that way it sounds rather strange but if that's how you interpret it then that's how you interpret it. I'm not going to try and change you're mind."
"Hm, in that case I may not be opposed to trying this "dating" you speak of."
"Eh?! You do realize you only date someone you love right?"
"Well, didn't you say that dating was a way to determine romantic feelings?"
"Yes but normally it's only meant to increase romantic feelings! Not create them from scratch!"
"Hm, so you should only date those you have feelings for? I guess that just means that I'll have to fall for you!"
"Huh?"
"You heard me! I'm going to fall in love with you so I can try out this dating thing!"
The door to their room opened and Hitomi entered the room with a shocked expression being worn.
"What do you mean you're going to fall for him?"
"Exactly what I meant! And I'll make sure he falls for me too!"
"Eh? I don't trust this man at all! I don't approve of you and him doing this dating thing!"
"It doesn't have to do with you, if we date each other then we date each other. It's quite simple really unless someone has some hidden feelings for a certain someone…Eh? Eh?"
"I don't have any sort of those feelings! Leave me out of it!"
Haruto was still in shock that he got his first love confession is such a strange way, although he did keep feeling like he was forgetting something that happened before he came back to the palace.
Hitomi and Aki argued for awhile and Haruto chose to go to sleep so he could be well rested to pick up the girl tomorrow. He fell asleep and could still hear them fighting as he slowly drifted away.
"I refuse to let you date him! I'll be the one to date him!"
Haruto jolted awake and found that the 2 girls were still fighting over the whole dating situation. At some point in time Aki started to make Hitomi want to try dating and was now yelling about how she was going to be the one to date her. He sighed, put his headphones in and walked out of the room after getting ready. He waited at the front gates for his carriage and something that Elaire wanted to give him. He was wearing his cat tail and ears again and was playing around with his movable tail still wondering how it worked. After a few minutes of him investigating his tail Elaire had come dressed up and sat down next to Haruto.
"I'll be coming with you. That is if you don't mind."
"Eh, really?"
"Yes, I think having me be there will be quite helpful for the situation."
"Okay then, thanks for coming along."
"It is of no problem, I don't really get to do much now so it'll be a nice change of pace."
They waited while she helped Haruto with his research in his tail. She kept saying how she could tell him but he wanted to figure it out himself so she just played with his tests until he was satisfied and the carriage arrived.
They rode to the red light district and went to the building that had the girl. He was wearing fancy clothes since this was going to probably be an important meeting. They walked inside and the woman from the night before was at the counter. She looked up and instantly had a shocked face.
"H-Hello, valued customer! Aren't you the lad from the night before? And I see that you have the elven queen with you? Did your order not please you? If that's the case then I can go fix things ri-"
"No there was nothing wrong with the order, we actually came here to buy her."
"Huh?"
"You heard me, so, how much will it be?"
"…Hm, considering the purchase of her and how she hasn't had any customers since I bought her I'd say…200,000 gold."
"Ummm…" He leaned into Elaire's ear and whispered. "Is that a lot?"
"Yes it is. It seems to be exaggerated but this is about saving that girl and will hardly dent our fortune."
"Okay then, we'll take her with us and you'll never be allowed to contact her again. Deal?"
"Yeah, at least I'll make some money off her after all this time."
Haruto walked upstairs while Elaire made the final arrangements. He met the girl in one of the rooms and told her how the purchase was successful and to go grab her things. She came back a few minutes later and they walked downstairs together where the girl had a surprised face as soon as she saw Elaire.
"Y-You know the elven queen?!"
"Yes I do, that's what made this purchase possible. You should thank her."
"U-Uh, thank you ma'am!"
"No need to be formal, seeing as we'll be living together from now on I think it's best if you call me Elaire."
"O-Okay then, Elaire…!"
They got into the carriage and headed off to the palace. In the meantime Haruto finally asked the important question.
"So, now that this is all over with I think it's time to introduce each other. I'm Haruto Nakahara, it's nice to meet you."
"I-I'm Kiyoko, it's nice to meet you to."
'Another Japanese name?' "E-Excuse me, do you know who gave you that name?"
"My name? Hmm…I can't really remember but they were similar to you in a way since you both have cat tail and ears."
"So they were a demi-human?"
"I'm not really sure…I can't remember all that well, even that detail may be wrong…"
"Still though this will help a lot with my research. Ah! Also I'm not a demi-human, I'm actually just a regular human."
"Huh?"
He pulled off his disguise and revealed that he was in fact, just your everyday human.
"H-How did you get in here then?"
"It was actually an accident more then anything else and so I'm the only known human here."
"So I fell for a…Forget what I was about to say!"
"We should be there soon so I'll show you around once we get there."
"T-Thank you so much for you're hospitality…"
They arrived and he showed Kiyoko around the palace and after about an hour and a half he was finished with the tour.
"So Elaire, where is she gonna stay?"
"In your room."
"…What? I don't think I heard you correctly…"
"She'll be staying in your room until the new bedroom is finished being constructed."
"How long will that take?"
"About a month."
"Hm…So I guess I know have 2 roommates…"
He introduced Kiyoko to Aki and they got along really fast.
'So this is what my life is becoming…Guess it isn't really that bad…'
The day concluded and Kiyoko had finally finished her move into the palace and was now an official resident.