Late night at the bathhouse.

In the place where Ian was bathing, Airi, who had secretly hidden herself, agonized with a panicked face.

She had hidden in a hurry when Ian entered, but she couldn’t think of what to do next.

What should I do....

Airi racked her brain while worrying, but no matter how she thought about it, there was no special way out.

The exit was on the opposite side. To leave, she inevitably had to pass by Ian.

Although she was confident in moving stealthily, even so, it was impossible to leave without being noticed.

From behind a pillar, Airi let out a silent sigh.

I should have just answered.

It was the usual belated regret.

In the end, Airi quietly sat behind the pillar and curled her body up.

Since there was no other way, she planned to just wait here until Ian left.

Being in a bathhouse with a man felt somewhat tense.

While Airi was waiting for Ian to finish his bath with such thoughts, she heard someone speaking from outside.

’Is the Master inside?’

This voice is... that, that person. Who was it again?

Having just been introduced today and with so many people to remember, Airi frowned as she tried to recall the name.

’Yeah. Is that Rin? I won’t be long.’

Right. Rin.

I almost had it, what a shame.

Ian’s answer came slightly before Airi could remember the name on her own.

Hearing that conversation, Airi felt a bit uneasy.

What if Rin comes in as soon as Ian leaves?

She could stay hidden, but if that happened, there was no telling when she could leave.

...By the way, didn’t Rin bathe earlier?

While Airi was agonizing while curled up behind the pillar, contrary to her expectations, Rin opened the door and entered the bathhouse.

’...?!’

Startled, Airi flinched and secretly poked her head out to peer inside.

Rin, wearing only a towel, entered the bathhouse nonchalantly. She didn’t seem to care at all about Ian being there.

’I told you I was in here.’

’Hehe. Let’s do it together. You said you do it with Tanya every time. That’s mean.’

’That’s....’

It wasn’t every time, but their schedules did overlap often as if intended.

It seemed she had finally been caught by Rin.

Rin approached casually, set down her towel, and sat in front of Ian.

’....’

From behind the pillar, Airi peeked at that sight and muttered in her heart.

It is a strange mercenary group!

Airi trembled while curled up behind the pillar.

Because she had been out of the water for a while, her wet body cooled down, and she felt a piercing chill.

A moment later, Rin’s voice, laced with sensuality, reached Airi’s ears.

’Ah... mmm.’

Listening from behind, Airi felt a chilling sensation as if something was tickling her chest.

Having an intuition of what was happening, Airi’s heart pounded.

Don’t tell me, is it that?

When Airi peeked her head out slightly to glimpse the two, it was as expected.

She had hidden in panic and looked away for just a moment, but before she knew it, the two were embracing each other.

Well, there wouldn’t be much else to do after coming into a bathhouse together.

At first, she turned her eyes away, flustered by the sudden situation, but curiosity gradually blossomed in Airi’s heart.

Airi secretly poked her head out and peeked at the scene in the bathhouse. Both had their backs turned and were engrossed in it, so they didn’t notice Airi’s gaze at all.

Rin moaned and twisted her body, and sweet voices leaked out continuously.

Airi quietly swallowed her saliva.

Needless to say, it was completely different from the contents she had read in books.

She felt a sense of presence filled with heat as if it would burn her.

Voices filled with heat.

As time passed, the voices grew higher, and their breath became ragged.

Rin’s voice, lost in pleasure, tickled Airi’s ears.

They seemed to be controlling it so it wouldn’t be heard outside, but to Airi, who was in the same bathhouse, those ragged breaths and moans were clearly audible.

Peeking at that sight while hidden behind the pillar and hearing every sound, Airi felt her heart go numb at those voices.

Voices that sounded so good.

She had never seen a person make such voices before.

Just how good does it feel?

Thinking that, Airi gulped.

’Sigh....’

A small sigh escaped from between Airi’s lips. Her body had heated up to the point where she could no longer endure it.

Watching the two, Airi eventually reached out quietly and touched her own body.

Airi’s place was, before she even realized it, startlingly drenched.

At the vivid stimulation felt the moment her fingertips touched, Airi’s body flinched and shook violently.

’....’

Haaa....

Holding her breath, cautiously.

Airi moved her fingers quietly.

Being stimulated in a place that felt good, her voice surged up, but Airi skillfully suppressed the sound.

Reducing noise was her specialty. In cheap inn rooms, even small sounds from the next room could be heard. She had to ensure something like this made no sound at all.

Airi’s fingertips moved very quietly and carefully.

Suppressing the voice that felt like it would leak out, while stimulating her sensitive spot with her fingertips.

Airi’s hand naturally moved in sync with the sounds of the two people reaching her ears.

The sound of skin clashing and moving.

The leaking moans.

The small breaths of the two.

Following that, Airi’s hand moved.

Each time her fingertips touched the place that had become far more sensitive than usual, her body trembled uncontrollably.

Was it because it was different from her usual pace?

Airi inadvertently synchronized her breathing with the sounds of the two, feeling as if the act was being led by someone else.

As if... she was being taken by another person.

That thought sent a chilling pleasure through Airi’s body, unlike anything she had ever felt before.

...At the same time.

Each time Rin’s pleasurable voice was heard, she felt a tickling sensation deep in her chest.

She felt as though something was lacking.

Just how good must it feel to make such a voice?

Is doing it for real actually that incredible?

Such questions continued to sprout in one corner of her heart.

Each time the sounds of the two intensified, Airi’s fingers also moved more busily.

What kind of feeling is it? To the point of making such a voice.

What would it feel like to be the one directly receiving it?

Dissatisfied, as if something was lacking.

Yet, a pleasurable sensation.

Airi masturbated quietly while hiding and moving her fingers, listening to the moans that tickled her ears, holding her breath.

’Ah....’

The voice of Rin coming.

Airi also came at almost the same time.

Airi hid secretly in a corner of the bathhouse, suppressing her voice and flinching as she peaked silently.

’Haah.... Haa.’

Airi lowered her voice and let out breaths that were as hot as fire.

...The first time seeing a scene of intercourse.

It was very heart-pounding, fluttering, and felt good.

But she felt a sense of being completely unsatisfied.

Rin’s pleasurable voice continued to linger in her ears.

Surely, it must have felt good.

Much more than doing something like this alone.

...Must be nice.

With that thought blossoming, only a great sense of emptiness remained in her heart.

The quiet breaths of the two in the bath and the one person hiding echoed. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Breaking the brief silence that followed right after the act, the sound of footsteps was heard from outside again.

It was Tanya who approached the bathhouse.

Tanya, who had come right to the front, asked through the door.

’Master? Have you seen Rin?’

’Eh? I, I don’t know.’

’Honestly, where did she go? She asked for a midnight snack.’

Whether she had only come to look for Rin, Tanya asked only that and went back.

Rin, who had followed Ian into the bathhouse on impulse, gave a bashful laugh and stood up first.

’That... hehe, I’m sorry. I’ll head out first.’

If she was too late, she’d get a lecture from Tanya.

Having washed her body in a hurry, Rin went outside first.

’Phew....’

After Rin left first, the bathhouse became quiet again.

As if the commotion from just now had never happened, it returned to being a peaceful space where only the sound of water flowed.

Ian, having finally reclaimed his quiet personal time, let out a small sigh.

To Airi’s ears, the sound of water as Ian belatedly bathed reached her.

...Is it over?

Airi leaned her back against the pillar and muttered in her heart while listening to the peaceful sound of water. The events of a moment ago felt like a dream.

Airi also let out a quiet sigh.

Was it because such a thing had just happened?

Even though Ian was still in the bathhouse with her, the initial tension was not felt at all.

He was just taking a bath.

Does a person really grow through experience?

After experiencing such a big event, being alone with a man while naked in a bathhouse felt like nothing at all.

However, instead of tension.

Airi felt her body, which was not satisfied at all even after coming once, constantly heating up.

Airi let out another hot sigh.

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◆ Night Event #24

Mercenary [Airi] peeked at intercourse.

Mercenary [Airi] masturbated twice.

- Desire increased by 12.

- Special experience increased.

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’...?’

Ian was startled to see the message window that suddenly popped up.

While Airi was momentarily dazed, lost in the lingering afterglow of what just happened.

Ian scanned the inside of the bathhouse with wondering eyes.

He saw someone’s shadow slightly sticking out from behind a pillar.

’....’

Ian quietly finished his bath, pretending not to notice.

In the meantime, he also quietly ignored the fact that the masturbation count increased twice more.

It was Airi’s first day of joining the mercenary group.