Madam, believe me, how can I be a minotaur?

Asano Makoto, who had just finished clearing the dining table and washing the dishes, heard the voice and walked out of the kitchen.

He came to the sofa, and his gaze was inevitably drawn to the exposed white skin on Konno Yuuka's chest, subconsciously looking at the cleavage hidden beneath her black lace lingerie.

He stared unreservedly for a good while before shifting his gaze to Konno Yuuka's beautiful face, flushed with a hint of intoxication, and asked with a serious expression, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"

Konno Yuuka's alcohol tolerance was indeed very poor; just that little bit of alcohol had made her quite drunk.

Although she had been sitting on the sofa for a while, trying to recover, her mind was slightly clearer than before, enough to realize that Asano Makoto was staring at her chest, but her still-hazy brain couldn't quite comprehend what this behavior meant.

In short, she was awake, but only a little bit.

Nevertheless, upon hearing Asano Makoto's question, she instinctively replied, "I feel… sticky all over… Makoto-kun~ I want to take a bath~~~"

Ever since she got drunk, she had been acting like this, constantly acting spoiled like a child.

And from her words, it was clear that Asano Makoto had agreed to her request to stay there.

After all, when he met her at the door earlier and invited her in for dinner, Asano Makoto had said that if she felt tired, she could stay at his place for the night.

Although he had said those words with a bit of comfort and politeness, he couldn't really refuse when she actually brought it up.

Besides, there was no disadvantage in letting Konno Yuuka stay at his house; he might even have a chance to gain some favor.

Considering that she was still drunk, he might even unlock some lucky pervert events; why not?

However, although he had agreed to Konno Yuuka's request to stay at his house, he shouldn't forget that Asano Makoto was a very ruthless person.

He wouldn't let her run wild and make demands just because she looked cute when she acted spoiled like this.

So, when he heard her say that she wanted to take a bath, Asano Makoto refused without even thinking, "You're so drunk, and you want to take a bath? What if you fall or pass out in there? It's better not to wash; just change your clothes and make do for the night. I don't feel safe with you taking a bath alone."

After a person gets drunk, taking a bath in a closed and unventilated bathroom can easily lead to cerebral hypoxia.

Moreover, drinking and bathing generally cause blood sugar levels to drop, which can lead to hypoglycemia and even fainting.

Not to mention that after getting drunk, the brain becomes hazy and the reactions become sluggish, making it easy to fall or encounter other dangerous situations.

Therefore, Asano Makoto couldn't agree to Konno Yuuka's request.

However, after he clearly rejected Konno Yuuka's request, she started acting spoiled again.

"No~ I just want to take a bath. I feel sticky all over, and there's a strange smell…"

This time, she acted even more spoiled than before, and Asano Makoto was sure that no one but him had ever seen her like this.

Because according to her, she only ever drank beer in the past and rarely drank sake, so she had never been seriously drunk.

However, even so, this completely different side of her was still not the most shocking thing.

What Asano Makoto never expected was that after acting spoiled, Konno Yuuka actually said with a matter-of-fact expression, "If Makoto-kun is worried that I'll have problems taking a bath alone, then come in and wash with me~ That way, it'll be fine~~~"

Asano Makoto was instantly stunned.

His alcohol tolerance was only average, but he rarely got drunk.

Because he knew that you really couldn't brag about your alcohol tolerance.

He knew very well that every time you drink, when you feel like you can drink a lot, you need to be careful because this is the brain giving you a 'warning,' indicating that you're about to get drunk.

If you put down your glass at this time, basically nothing will happen.

But if you keep drinking, you'll definitely suffer a hangover and a headache the next morning.

So, Asano Makoto, who had already put his glass aside, was very sober at the moment; he was sure that he wasn't drunk and knew that he hadn't misheard.

What Konno Yuuka said was to ask him to come in and help her take a bath.

For a few seconds, he even wondered if Konno Yuuka wasn't drunk at all and was deliberately saying such things to joke with him.

After all, he often joked with her before.

Although they had never made such ambiguous jokes before, considering their current relationship and Konno Yuuka's 69 points of favorability towards him, it wasn't impossible for her to make such a joke.

But thinking about it carefully and looking at Konno Yuuka's still-blurred eyes, he knew that this was impossible.

She wasn't joking; she was serious.

In fact, Asano Makoto had never believed in so-called "drunken sex."

Because he had drunk alcohol and had been drunk, so he knew that after a person gets drunk, they don't act like the characters in TV dramas, without brains or reason, and they don't forget everything after waking up the next morning.

On the contrary, a drunk person's way of thinking is actually still normal, but their reactions are much slower than usual, and their brain doesn't work very well.

At the same time, because of the influence of alcohol, drunk people may become bolder than usual, and some may even completely abandon their bottom line.

But that's all; they actually know very well what they are doing, and they will remember what they did last night after waking up the next day.

And doing some stupid things that they will regret after sobering up, saying some things that they have always wanted to say but are too embarrassed or simply dare not say, are things that drunk people often do.

Konno Yuuka was like this at the moment.

Although she could say such ambiguous things, a large part, or rather nearly 99%, was because of her current favorability towards Asano Makoto, which was something that only couples in love would have.

But what made her take the final step was the alcohol acting on her brain.

The thought that she would regret or be ashamed of what she said after waking up tomorrow morning made Asano Makoto, as a "good buddy," couldn't help but want to laugh.

Thanks to this, his eyes also regained clarity, and the slight inappropriate desire in his heart had disappeared.

If the situation wasn't so critical that he had to do it, he still didn't want to take advantage of others.

So, facing Konno Yuuka's spring-filled, seductive gaze that would be tempting to any man.

He just smiled, and then, under Konno Yuuka's puzzled gaze, he stretched out his right hand and flicked her forehead hard.

Author's Note: I don't know if it's because I stayed up all night to update before, but I couldn't hold on last night and fell asleep…

I'm terribly sorry for making you all wait so long. I apologize (kneeling!).

I owe a total of three updates, 5.5K words, from yesterday and today. This is the first update, and there will be more later. I definitely won't flake this time!

If I can continue to stay up, I'll add more updates. If I can't, I'll finish paying off the debts from these two days first, and then take a good rest for these two days before updating more.

Chapter 263 What's Down There (3k)

"Ouch! What are you doing~~~!"

After Asano Makoto flicked her forehead hard, Konno Yuuka immediately covered her head and cried out in pain.

Looking at her now, she should be much more awake.

Looking at the angry expression on her face, Asano Makoto just kept smiling, suppressing his laughter as he said, "Alright, don't say such strange things. It's settled. I'll go get you a set of clothes. Change in the room, and then just sleep like that tonight."

Saying that, he didn't care whether Konno Yuuka had anything else to say; he directly turned around and went to his room to find clothes, which was considered to have settled the matter.

And as he walked to the bedroom, Konno Yuuka was still looking at his back.

But as she looked, her eyes gradually became blurred again, and even seemed to be losing focus.

Obviously, the power of alcohol was slowly overcoming the faint pain constantly coming from her forehead.

However, even though her consciousness was blurred again, she was still staring in the direction of Asano Makoto's bedroom.

The resentment in her eyes that had appeared because Asano Makoto flicked her forehead had disappeared, and instead, a kind of indescribable emotion arose, as if she was looking forward to seeing someone.

Soon, the person she was looking forward to came out of the bedroom with clothes.

However, when Asano Makoto really appeared in front of her again, she hurriedly lowered her head and withdrew her gaze, subconsciously afraid to look.

Asano Makoto didn't notice her gaze. He walked straight to the sofa and handed the clothes in his hand to Konno Yuuka, "These are all clothes I used to wear, but I only wore them once or twice, and they've all been washed clean."

"If you don't mind, just wear them for the night. Later, after you change your clothes, give me your dirty clothes, and I'll put them in the washing machine for you. You can change back into them tomorrow morning when they're dry."

Hearing this, Konno Yuuka instinctively took the clothes, lowered her head and glanced at them, and found that Asano Makoto had given her a relatively large white T-shirt and a pair of black shorts.

No underwear, no panties either…

This was the first thing that her still-hazy brain realized, so she also subconsciously looked up at Asano Makoto again.

Noticing her gaze, Asano Makoto didn't make any movements.

He actually knew what Konno Yuuka meant, but there was nothing he could do. Where would a man get women's underwear?

Oh, he really had some.

They were all specially styled clothes, and some battle-damaged collectibles that Little Yuna had left here.

But then again, even if his underwear was of normal styles, he couldn't take it out.

After all, he didn't want Konno Yuuka to misunderstand him as having a perverted hobby of collecting women's underwear.

So, before someone who was out of her mind could ask him for underwear, he pointed to the side bedroom of his house and said, "Go change there. You can sleep in that room tonight. There's a ready-made bed inside."

At the moment, Konno Yuuka's brainpower was not very sufficient, and with this, her attention was diverted, and she didn't have the leisure to think about underwear.

"Okay~"

She said this, slowly got up from the sofa, and then slowly walked towards the guest bedroom with relatively steady steps.

Seeing this, Asano Makoto breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that Konno Yuuka was too drunk and couldn't even walk, let alone change clothes.

But he still followed behind Konno Yuuka until she walked into the room, then he said, "I'll wait for you at the door. Remember to call me after you change your clothes. I'll help you put the dirty clothes in the washing machine."

Then he closed the door and began to wait quietly.

He waited at the door for five minutes, but there was no movement from Konno Yuuka in the room.

But he wasn't worried, after all, girls change clothes relatively slowly, not to mention that Konno Yuuka was drunk now, so her movements would definitely be slower.

However, after waiting for almost ten more minutes, when he still didn't hear any movement, he couldn't stand it anymore.

After all, even if she was slow, she should be able to change her clothes in fifteen minutes, right?

Could she have fallen?

Thinking of this, Asano Makoto suddenly became a little anxious.

But he quickly reacted and realized that this was impossible, otherwise the sound of falling to the ground would be so loud that he couldn't have not heard it.

Could she have fallen asleep?

Well, she should be asleep, otherwise there would be no movement until now…

After thinking for a while, Asano Makoto reached out and knocked on the door, and shouted into the room, "Miss Konno, have you changed your clothes?"