“What’s wrong, Karina?! You haven’t drunk nearly enough yet! Let me introduce you to one of my favorite spots, and we’ll fix that! Come on!”
“Yessir, Mr. Blade! I’m right behind you!”
“Huh? Wait, Blade! Don’t tell me you’re taking her to Shunrai?! Shildon, get the hell up! We gotta stop ’im before it’s too... Dammit, you’re asleep?!”
“Hunh? Oh—yeah, I’ll stop ’em, don’t you... Urgh...”
“Stop clingin’ to me, you damn drunk! Get off already! Blade, get back here! You can’t be bringin’ a young girl to a place like that!”
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Oh, right... We left those other two behind, and then Blade took me to a place called Shunrai. We ended up drinking with a beautiful older woman, and then...
Wait—I’m naked! Well, not completely, but I’ve only got a shirt and panties on! No wonder I’m so cold! And Blade’s here next to me in only his underwear!
Wait, don’t tell me... Don’t tell me this young girl’s...already had her first time?! We didn’t actually do it...did we? You’ve gotta be kidding! Ugh...I do feel a little sore down there...and dammit, what’s with this splitting headache?! Oh, I’m gonna throw up...
“Finally awake, I see.”
Just as I was about to hurl, I heard a voice, and I turned to see an absolute beauty of a woman. Her golden hair was done up, she was smoking a tobacco pipe, and she wore a tight, chic dress that emphasized the curves of her body. She looked like a cool, independent, self-sufficient woman, perfect in every way. To think such beauty was even possible in this world! But what really caught my attention were her ears and tail. A fox girl! That’s right, folks—we had a fox girl in the building! I never thought I’d see one in person. Now this was my kind of isekai!
Sorry, I got a little too excited there. Trying not to let my elation show on the surface, I addressed her. “A-And you are, miss...?”
“Name’s Harumikazuchi, owner of Shunrai. Judging from your expression, guess you don’t remember all that went down last night.” She blew out a cute little puff of smoke as if exasperated.
Oh dear, she was dangerously hot. At this rate, I seriously might fall for her. She’d look damn good in a cheongsam.
“Um, did I trouble you somehow, by any chance?”
“You could say that. In fact, you could say you and that Blade fellow there owe me so much that I had to strip you of your possessions as collateral.”
Oh...that explained why we were both nearly naked. She’d taken everything we had. Then...I hadn’t done it with Blade after all? My virginity was intact?! I looked at Blade in suspicion, but Harumikazuchi shook her head.
“Good grief. Don’t worry, Blade here didn’t lay a hand on you. Though I wasn’t watching you the whole time you were asleep, so I can’t guarantee he didn’t try anything then.”
“Really? That’s a relief!” Considering I still had underwear on, I doubted he’d done anything then either. I’m safe! “Oh, right. Yesterday was supposed to be Blade’s treat, so I don’t think I had a tab of my own. Can you at least give me my clothes back?”
“Sorry, I took your clothes as payment for something else—my stockings you’ve got clutched in your hand there.”
“Huh? Oh...” I hadn’t noticed until now, but I was gripping a pair of stockings in my right hand. According to Miss Fox Lady, in my drunkenness I’d begged her to give me her stockings so I could give them as an offering to the Goddess. I’d said I didn’t have any money to pay her, but in return, she could have the clothes off my back instead. (By the way, my multipurpose ID had been within my space of holding, so thankfully I still had that.)
“Those clothes of yours were of nicer make than I’d expected, though. So as a token of my thanks, I’ve given you an outfit of mine to wear out of here.” Harumikazuchi gestured with her pipe at a bundle of clothes in the room’s corner. “I’ll also return your temporary guild license, since I can’t sell that for anything.”
“’Preciate it,” I said, quickly beginning to dress myself in the hand-me-downs. Wow, these are as stiff as a board. Or rather, they’re seriously chafing me, especially down there. Wait a minute... Something’s wrong. My virginity is still intact...right?
“Hey, you all right?” Harumikazuchi asked. “Yeah, I didn’t know it was your first time, so I probably went a bit too rough at the start. Sorry about that.” She giggled.
Uh, wait. So then...that means...
“My first time was with you?!”
“That’s right. I know you’re probably shocked to hear that, but—”
“HELL YEAH! SCORE!”
Chastity, I bid you adieu! My virgin era is over at long last! And to think I was able to graduate with a bombshell like Harumikazuchi... This world rules! You’re the best, Goddess!
“Except...I was so drunk, I don’t remember any of it! Goddammit!”
“Oh, so you actually do swing that way,” Harumikazuchi commented. “Guess last night wasn’t just due to loosened inhibitions from alcohol, then.”
Oh dear, it sounds like I let my impulses get the better of me last night. “B-By the way, what exactly did we do, if you don’t mind me asking?”
“Hm? Oh, well, things got started in the first-floor bar area with drinks and merriment and such, but then later on we moved upstairs and then...” She whispered the rest in my ear. “And then...” She whispered some more.