132 No matter how many times, I’ll stand by you from now on

132 No matter how many times, I'll stand by you from now on

Miss Yor didn't know what happened afterward.

She felt dazed and just accepted Hikigaya's exploitation. No, it should be called a reward instead.

The 500,000 yen was soon transferred to Yor's bank account, and without hesitation, she transferred the money to an orphanage in Eastern Europe.

After everything was done, Yor let go of her wariness towards Hikigaya, and fully devoted herself to serving him.

Such a generous boss, how could he be a bad person?

Still working as a traditional assassin?

That night, Miss Yor mysteriously bought a traditional maid outfit, changed into it, and performed a full-scale cleaning of the luxury apartment in front of Hikigaya.

Hikigaya couldn't help but marvel, the top assassin Miss Yor had all the skills necessary for housework. The maid outfit and assassin persona blended together seamlessly.

'Money can push even ghosts to work for you.'

At this point, Miss Yor had no idea. In the future, she she would become..

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The sun rises and the moon sets.

The day where he will gamble with Juraku Sachiko arrived. 

As expected, after a day of waiting anxiously, Hikigaya Hachiman felt exhausted.

For this reason, he deliberately went to the gym facilities in his apartment to work out and vent some of his frustrations. Fortunately, he always woke up early, allowing him to wash up, get dressed, have breakfast, and still make it to school in time.

To his surprise, his school uniform was neatly placed in front of the bathroom door by Yor-san.

When Hikigaya got on the school bus, he immediately sensed that something was off.

The students around him were giving him looks full of hostility, as if overnight, he had become an enemy of the class.

'It seems that Mibuomi Aoi did a lot of things over the weekend that I don't know about' Hikigaya thought.

When he got off the bus, he stood at the usual bus stop, waiting for YuYumeko. During this time, he silently observed the way the surrounding people looked at him. The students from more ordinary families, or the "stray" looked at him with anger. On the other hand, those from wealthier families looked at him with jealousy, pity, and schadenfreude.

"Hey, hey, look at that guy."

"He seems to be Hikigaya Hachiman, the kept boy of the vice president."

"Ah, looks like it really is."

During the brief moment when Hikigaya closed his eyes to rest, he overheard a few girls discussing him.

Hikigaya furrowed his brow.

"Vice president?"

Momobami Ririka, according to the intelligence from Juraku Sachiko, was the older sister of Momobami Kirari, and her appearance and figure were almost identical to Kirari's.

To avoid drawing attention, Ririka always wore a mask at school.

Very few people knew her name or appearance. She was simply considered a die-hard member of the student council, a staunch supporter of the president, and the shadow president.

People could only guess from her curvaceous figure that she was probably an exceptionally beautiful woman, though not very attractive in the face. For the perverts in the school, this didn't matter, as it was all the same with the lights off and a mask on. However, her alluring figure made them drool. Since they couldn't see her face, they even imagined her to be like the student council president, Kirari.

This explained the envious looks directed at him.

Hikigaya was also curious about Ririka.

Logically speaking, for a family as powerful as the Momobami family, the eldest daughter should be the heir, so why was Kirari, the younger sister, in charge of the family?

"Mibuomi Aoi fabricated rumors about me and Ririka?" Hikigaya mused.

"Is he trying to tie me to the student council to attract hatred... but does he really have the power to use me as a stepping stone?"

In an instant, Hikigaya figured out Mibuomi Aoi's plan, and his expression turned slightly strange.

What would Kirari think if she found out about the rumors between him and Ririka?

Hikigaya guessed that Mibuomi Aoi probably didn't know the relationship between the president and vice president, which was why he dared to fabricate rumors about Kirari's sister.

If it were about him and Kirari, it might... actually not matter?

After all, Kirari was someone who wanted to consume him. If Mibuomi Aoi did this, it would actually help Kirari, and indirectly please the "Empress" of the school, Hyakkaou Academy.

Hikigaya rubbed his forehead, feeling troubled.

"First the Yukinoshita sisters, then the Ougatou sisters, and now the Momobami sisters..."

"This is really troublesome."

Hikigaya silently reminded himself to avoid causing more trouble. He already felt guilty towards Yumeko and Haruno, and if things kept going this way, he would become a terrible person.

Soon, Yumeko came down from the new bus.

Because she was wearing a stray cat tag, she received even more open disdain. But perhaps because of her connection to Hikigaya, no one dared to actually touch her.

"Good morning, Hachiman!" Yumeko, now in her Hyakkaou Academy uniform, looked even more youthful and radiant than before.

Perhaps because of the nurturing she received, she now exuded a unique charm that combined both allure and purity in every movement.

Hikigaya's heart skipped a beat.

"Good morning, Yumeko."

Yumeko immediately lunged at him, tightly hugging him, and somewhat casually inhaling his scent.

But her eyes, hidden in Hikigaya's chest, were filled with confusion. She smelled another woman's scent on his clothes—exactly the same scent she had smelled the day he came back from his outing.

'If it's not the Yukinoshita sisters, who could it be?'

'Hachiman is secretly sneaking around with another woman, isn't he?'

'After just two days of marriage, there are already unspeakable secrets between husband and wife—this kind of thing...'

'Really... fantastic.'

Yumeko's eyes sparkled with a red light, unconcerned, as she fully embraced the unfamiliar woman's scent, savoring it deeply.

For her, this was the most wonderful scent!

"Yumeko, I happen to have to go gamble with Juraku-senpai at the Disciplinary Committee today. I'll settle your debt as well," Hikigaya said. "This matter has dragged on for too long, it's not good for you."

"Huh? I don't think so~" Yumeko looked up at him with the pure innocence of a young girl. "After all, this is the token of love that Hachiman personally gave me~"

"Thank you for personally putting the necklace on me."

Yumeko raised her hand, holding the stray cat tag high, feeling the deep engravings. Despite it symbolizing humiliation, she called it a necklace.

"..."

"This kind of thing, no matter how many times I make youwear it, it's fine," Hikigaya said seriously. "No matter how many times, from now on, I will keep putting it on you."

"But the necklace I will give you is a real one, not a cat tag someone else gave meaning to."