After losing to the ’Sexual Flower’, Shiori performed a restart. She returned to the entrance of the "Garden of Lost Flowers."

"Ah, I lost... Well, it felt good, and I was able to unlock the bad route, so I guess it’s all good...♡"

"Well then... shall we go back and try to conquer it again?"

Reflecting on her defeat, she smiled anyway.

And so, she decided to try again.

Shiori once again ventured into the "Garden of Lost Flowers."

Originally, she had already cleared everything up to the boss room. Her defeat against the boss, "Sexual Flower," was due to a momentary lapse in concentration, not any lack of skill.

The second attempt went smoothly. She achieved victory without much difficulty and successfully collected the "Golden Flower Nectar," her target item.

"Yes, this is the ’Golden Flower Nectar’ you requested."

"Oh... no doubt about it. This is it... thank you!"

Then, she returned to Yakubi, the client for this quest.

Shiori handed over the bottle containing the "Golden Flower Nectar" she had collected.

Upon receiving it, Yakubi smiled happily and thanked Shiori. Then he turned his gaze to her and began to speak.

"You saved me, thank you... Oh, right. I’ll prepare a gift for you now. Please sit in that chair and wait."

"Yes, I understand."

The chair Yakubi pointed to was an ordinary chair with no particular distinguishing features.

Therefore, Shiori sat down without any hesitation and began waiting for Yakubi.

"Well then..."

"..."

After confirming that Shiori was seated, Yakubi disappeared into the next room through one of the doors in the wall.

After witnessing that, Shiori noticed something.

"This... someone’s watching...♡ Oh no...♡"

The room Yakubi disappeared into—

The wall separating that room from the one Shiori was currently in had an unnatural distortion in one section.

On a small shelf nearby were mirrors and glass. She guessed that the distorted part of the wall was probably designed to hide and allow someone to see into the room where Shiori was... specifically, the chair she was sitting in.

"You’ve been looking at me with those perverted eyes the whole time...♡ Honestly...♡"

After all, Shiori’s outfit was an overly revealing "archer shrine maiden outfit."

It was only natural to want to take a good look if the opportunity arose.

"I wonder where he’s looking... My chest? My waist? My butt... I’m sitting so you can’t see it, so maybe my thighs?" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Just thinking about it gave her chills...♡

Even the slightest movement caused her breasts, covered by her white coat, to sway.

Her slender stomach was completely exposed.

Her legs extended from her short skirt.

Or perhaps he was trying to catch a glimpse of her underwear, just barely hidden by her skirt.

So, what exactly was Yakubi looking at?

As she fantasized about it, Shiori got excited inwardly.

"...Sorry to keep you waiting. Here, this is 3000E as a thank you."

"Thank you... Well, I’ll be going now..."

After waiting for a while, Yakubi returned from the next room.

Having received her payment, Shiori pretended to leave for the time being.

Then, Yakubi held out his palm and called out to her, signaling her to stop.

"Oh, wait... Since you’re here, how about something to drink? I’m an alchemist, after all, so I can prepare a cup or two of delicious tea."

"Really? Well then... since you’ve offered, I’ll have some."

"Wow, that’s suspicious... I’ll bite ♡"

It was a suspicious proposal no matter how you looked at it, but Shiori accepted it with a smile.

Yakubi nodded and immediately headed toward the kitchen... After a short wait, he returned with a teacup on a saucer.

"Please, go ahead."

"Yes, thank you."

"It looks... normal..."

Inside the teacup was gently steaming, orange-colored tea.

It looked very delicious, so Shiori immediately took a sip.

"...Ah, it’s really delicious."

"It’s just plain delicious... I wonder if there’s anything mixed into it?"

"Oh, that’s good to hear..."

It tasted pretty good.

Therefore, Shiori voiced her opinion, taking two or three sips.

Yakubi smiled as he watched her drink.

And then... it was at that moment.

"...Uh, mmm...?"

"Oh... my consciousness... this feeling... sleepy... it seems like something was slipped in after all...♡"

Suddenly, Shiori was overcome with intense drowsiness.

Unable to resist it, she dropped the teacup she was holding onto the floor.

She fell asleep, nearly collapsing out of her chair.

"Heh heh... looks like it worked."

"Mmm, uhh... huff... huff..."

Seeing Shiori collapse to the floor, Yakubi said this with a sly grin. Then he crouched down beside Shiori and reached out his hand.

"I never imagined such a beautiful woman with such a great figure would come... I’m incredibly lucky."

"Huff... huff..."

Yakubi said this as he picked up the sleeping Shiori.

He wore a lewd smile and gazed at Shiori’s face and body as if he were devouring her with his eyes.

Under that gaze, driven by that desire—

Once Shiori fell asleep, there was no way for her to escape.