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A sound of knife touching the wooden board.
"As what you can imagine, this woman was blackmailed by her boss, this is the second time i met her in hotel like this."
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"Then what did you do first when you first met." She asked as if it's interrogation.
A cut from vegetable met the wood and produce a sound.
"It's still the same, strip, cover, buy foods and clothes, cook and leave."
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"You didn't do anything else?"
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"Your chest is pretty big."
"What are you on?"
"Nothing, you have an amazing body, your hips too, your face is beautiful, you are perfect as a wife."
"I'm asking you my question, don't steer it."
"Do i look like someone who has interest, i appreciated your body, same as her as well but i didn't necessarily look at you right." He asked her without a tone
After all vegetables was cut, Takumi rinse them and stir fry the soffritto which is: carrots, onion and celery.
After that, Isha is already taking care of Furuwari while Takumi is cooking.
"Miss Hakai, i know that you don't want someone to know about this but you can't hide forever, so please, cooperate with me for the mean time, i will save you, we already have one witness." Isha persuade her but Furuwari is still anxious.
"I will say it." Furuwari glanced at Takumi's back for a while and then continue.
She told Isha when she was first harassed and her boss characteristics and attitude, she also tell about the threats he did to her which leads to an hour in a half conversation to get a well detailed information, at the end of conversation, Furuwari is more relieve than before.
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I approached her and give her a water.
"Drink up to hydrate yourself, the food will be ready."
Furuwari still hesitantly took it as she is feeling ashamed, Isha is writing a summary of everything she had heard for that confession.
After a minute, i served them a Napolitan spaghetti enough for 3 of us, the hotel has a weird feature of having cooking pots and pans here but it's old and dusty so i have to clean it.
After taking a bite, the atmosphere becomes more comfortable, Isha looked at me with disbelief of how a thug looking like me cook great.
"I learned at the restaurant, don't give me that look."
"Sorry." She returned eating her food.
After we finished all the dishes, i asked Isha to buy us some drinks since i intentionally forgot to buy one, now it's only me again washing dishes and her sitting in the bed.
"Your husband reserves an date service for you two... His ideas in the date are visiting past and it's interesting."
She remained silent, and i still don't know her movement.
"He is trying his best, and i hope you don't ruin his hardwork just because of what is happening to you."
After finishing wiping of the plate, i gaze at and walk towards the exit.
"Try your best to resist the addiction you got, it's your responsibility to have a self respect and self control."
She continue to listen as she was shaking, her tough attitude from before when we first met was totally lost now.
"Awareness of self, ownership, consistency and responsibility. Those are the steps needed to have persona, we have multiple of it, but yours is unique, you have the persona of a wife but you are slowly ruining it, in other words... You're becoming a slave, person who was deprived by all of those steps..."
I'm starting to get harsher but i hope it reaches her.
"...You do not know who you are, you let your body control you, your identity as Osomi's wife is slowly losing and your responsibility as a wife is also the same."
She's biting her lips internal as she is about to cry.
It reached her through these harsh words.
"Miss Hakai, i do think that you don't deserve him anymore, so leave him already if you can't say or do anything, indulge yourself and don't regret because it's your choice to let your lust control you..."
I don't want her to be totally lost, so even if i say that she should left him, i won't let her.
If she followed my words, i will instead help her husband to take care of himself.
I want a relationship that is strong and not easily crumbled, and this is one of the fragile relationship, i hate this kind of relationships
It is your responsibility and you are easily succumb by needs of your body? And throwing out your dignity because your husband don't satisfy you? This is a joke.
"Your husband kindness is something that cannot waste, he's doing his efforts on your restaurant so he can be proud and boast something for you, that he achieved something because you believe at him, you support him to make this restaurant, and he hopes that his accomplishment will be praised by you."
A long silence that last for 3 seconds before i continued.
"The date will be on Sunday, i hope you don't betray him and other people who genuinely cared about you, you might not care about our expectations to you but it is something you know to yourself, that you cross the line of betrayal if you do so."
I opened the door and saw that Isha is approaching outside.
"The machine becomes more troublesome so it took longer."
She gave me a water bottle.
"Take care of her, i need to take my leave." My voice sounds so cold despite monotone.
I hate what is happening to her.
She just looked at me as i left the floor.
I need to take a preparation, that warning isn't enough, even if it regain small part of her dignity, it will be destroyed if i became to late to save her, i don't have that much time to be free tomorrow.
....
Later on, i arrived at Neru's company to meet him.
I am in his office now as his secretary gave me all the information compiled, only left is to plan throughly.
"Miss secretary, i want you to call someone."
"Who is it." The stoic secretary with good figures and wearing an office secretary black suit ask me with a arrogance on her face.
"Misaki, Aira and Mika."
"I understand." The secretary narrowed her eye even more.
My identity is Reika now, but i am wearing a facemask.
Later on, the 3 girls arrived.
"Kyaa, it's young master!"
The 2 of them rushed and hugged me that it made me cough
These adults are acting like this, is this just a flirt?
"Urgh, wait wait, calm down." I took a deep breath.
"Geez fine, so why did you call us young master? Do you want to have some good time? But this office is sir Neru's office, there is also a spectator for threesome, is that okay for you?" Aira asked me teasingly who's hugging me in the couch
Aira is 22 years old and was sold into brothel when she was 14, her hips are wide and her butt too, her chest is medium but has perfect shape breast, actually... All of them has perfect shape, but only Aira has teardrop breast, Misaki and Mika are round.
Mika who's hugging me behind the couch whisper in my ears.
"Can young master satisfy the three of us?"
"I told you, i am not here for that reason."
Mika is 20 and was sold when she was 15, because of her sex addiction, she rise from the most popular women, and definitely has the one who have a lot of experience in different roleplays.
"Mika, Aira stop bothering young master." A gentle voice coming from Misaki.
She's 29 years old and oldest of the 3, she has a motherly figure and she's gentle, but just like Mika, she's also the same but has more control of her self.
"Okay, behave now, i called you here because i want you to do this job."
"So, what is that job?" Aira is enthusiastic, while the 2 just listened.
"You see this bastard..."
I put the paper where the person named Raul Dorogi was in front.
"...I want you to keep this guy libido low for a week, i... I want you to distract him."
I explained all of what the plan contents
I am kind of sad and hesitant, i can't believe that something i loathe is the one i am using now to destroy it's own self.
"We can do that!" Aira answered.
"If you saw this girl, her name is Furuwari Hakai, try to protect her against him, and if you saw some drug that will be taken, be wary, it might be the death aphrodisiac, Neru already explained that right?"
They nod as a response
"Good, if that happens, press this small sticky button, i will be informed immediately, i will save you, but please, don't take any of their drug."
"We understand, it's in our training." Aira answered again.
I'm relief of her enthusiasm that it made me smile for a bit, but i am still bothered of using them.
"We can do it young master, just trust us." Mika smiled too while Misaki only smiled.
Those are pure and honest, not a slightest bit of regret... This is the influence of the place they grow up with.... I can imagine their tears and sorrow, lament when they are still new, but now, it formed them into new and they became a person who's used to it.
Furuwari....
"Will... Will you be truly okay?" I asked them without meeting their eye, i felt embarrassment on their proud eyes.
It's something i can't accept.
Saving and seeing it is different from using them.
I have a choice to give them more peaceful life like those other girls, but i respected their opinion and resolve to continue what they are doing, i don't want to be selfish and restrict to what they want just because it violates my own ethics.
The girls saw the sadness in my eyes and how my tone became lower.
And then, a laugh was heard, a pure laugh of amusement.
"Ahahaha, young master sad face looks so handsome!" Aira laughed hysterically
"Fufufu, young master getting sad huh, that's cute." Mika smugly looked at me.
"Hahaha, young master despite of what you did, you are still a young boy huh." Misaki giggled.
The secretary just gaze at us with confuse look.
I looked up and saw that the 3 of them are approaching.
Aira rubbed my hair violently.
"Young master, don't be sad, it's our choice." She responded with any traces of sadness
"Young master, don't be guilty, as what Aira said, it is our choice, we are sorry if you are uncomfortable of doing this since it might be against your morals, but as what we can see, you are desperate too, to prevent a event that might lead to our route." Mika hugged me behind once again.
"It's not your fault young master, it's all in the past, and we cannot fix it anymore, but today is the present, at least, you can help other people to prevent them from following our route right? You can't save us anymore but at least you can prevent others to become like us..." Misaki gave me a motherly hug.
"... Don't be so sad young master, we always have a choice, and this is what we stand, you have a choice to not use us too, but it is necessary, we are thankful for giving us new life, you might not know this but, we like this more than being used in that place, you gave us new hope and new ways of living, just like the other girls, don't think of those as small, for us, it's big enough to pay you back."
"Sir Neru treat us good here, he also told us that he is sorry, despite owning the brothel, it was just an property he can't truly intervene because of the Roxia family experiment, he was just forced, when he got that brothel, the Roxia family already conducted the experiment." Mika added.
... I am speechless.
It's fact that they are indeed appreciate this new life i gave to them, it really is comforting, it's true that past are needed to be remembered but need to move on for the present, i also said this to Neru.
I know these facts and i didn't forget it too and yet it is comforting to hear it from others.
Furuwari, should realize this before she walked to the path of these girls.
"Thank you for the comfort... But does this sweet talks part of your training? Are the 3 of you perhaps becoming an Oiran?(1)" I cracked a joke
"Ahahaha, ie young master, we just have a lot of time to spend books, and ethics and morals seems interesting." Aira pat my head, when my mood was lifted, they also move away from me.
"Oh, so that's why, then... Who said that: 'gratitude is a duty to recognize and show appreciation for the benefits someone has bestowed on you even if that requires putting your own desires aside'?"
"Uhh... Did we read it?" Aira asked the 2 of them.
Both nods sidewards.
"But, i read Aristotle about kindness which is: 'It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favour but to be ready to do kindness to others.' I think it suits you young master." Aira proudly proclaimed.
"It suits to every good person Aira-san, not just me, there are even more kinder people than me." I nonchalantly spoke as i enjoy the conversation
"But they are not Reika Heisir who saved us right?"
"Ha, right, they are not Reika Heisir who saved you all, thank you for a compliment."
Despite how bizarre this day, i still felt enjoyment.
Kindness, is what humanity can offer the best.
This is my take about kindness.