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

She closed the door again, turned around slowly, and looked at Asano Makoto with an embarrassed expression.

However, the moment her eyes met his, she lowered her head again.

Asano Makoto was initially puzzled by Miyajima Eriko's series of actions.

But as if he remembered something, a knowing smile suddenly appeared on his face.

He already knew the reason for her strange behavior.

Last night, after his surprise 'confession,' Miyajima Eriko awakened a new attribute—Immorality Value.

Asano Makoto took a closer look at the time and discovered that the Immorality Value attribute was a bit like Favorability, but there were still some differences in the details.

In simple terms, the Immorality Value only increases when the target experiences a 'feeling of excitement' and realizes that they feel sorry for their partner.

In other words, once the target's Immorality Value increases, it means that they have developed some romantic feelings for Asano Makoto.

The implications of this for Asano Makoto are self-evident.

At least it shows that his efforts during this period have not been in vain, and the possibility of him completing the task has greatly increased.

Thinking of this, Asano Makoto looked at Miyajima Eriko, who was lowering her head and dared not meet his eyes, with a smile.

"What's wrong, Miss Miyajima? Do you not want to see me?"

Although his face was full of teasing, he said in a very sad tone, "We were chatting so happily last night, but today you're so distant, it's really heartbreaking..."

Chapter 11 Her Cute Appearance

Speaking like this may sound a bit frivolous, but Asano Makoto is actually doing it on purpose.

At this moment, Miyajima Eriko's heart is filled with embarrassment and shame after realizing that she has done something wrong, and she has no energy to notice that Asano Makoto is teasing her.

Asano Makoto deliberately speaks like this, naturally to better arouse Miyajima Eriko's sense of shame, so that he can better take advantage of the situation.

He is not afraid that this will make her hate him, after all, he has already increased Miyajima Eriko's favorability by quite a bit yesterday, and it is already at 22 points.

Such a harmless little joke will not cause the other party's disgust.

Sure enough, after hearing his words, Miyajima Eriko quickly explained, "How could that be! Please don't misunderstand me, Mr. Asano, I was just! Just..."

Miyajima Eriko couldn't speak, because she didn't know what was wrong with her just now, why she would do such a thing.

Looking at her cute appearance of trying to explain things clearly, Asano Makoto just smiled lightly and didn't continue to tease her.

As a love expert with theoretical knowledge as thick as the Yongle Encyclopedia, he knows that if he doesn't grasp the degree of teasing well, he may lose favorability instead.

So Asano Makoto stopped in time and even gave Miyajima Eriko a way out.

"It's okay, Miss Miyajima, I was just joking with you just now, I didn't mean to blame you."

Then he straightened his face and said sincerely, "Also, I seemed to be a little drunk last night, and may have said some offensive things. I must apologize to you for this, and I hope you don't think too much about it."

Miyajima Eriko obviously breathed a sigh of relief at first, but after hearing the second sentence, her body stiffened almost imperceptibly.

She had never encountered a similar situation before, and she didn't know what to do now.

In the end, Miyajima Eriko could only wave her hand with a red face and stammer, "Ah... um, it's... it's okay, I know."

As for what she knew, probably even she herself didn't know.

Asano Makoto didn't dwell on this topic too much, but took the initiative to change the subject: "By the way, is Yamada-kun okay? He drank so much wine last night, and he drank it so fast, I'm worried about him..."

[Miyajima Eriko Favorability +1, Purity Value +10]

Before he could finish speaking, the notification sound rang.

Asano Makoto, who was pretending to be worried, lit up, unexpectedly there was an unexpected gain.

At this time, Miyajima Eriko showed a gentle expression and said with a smile, "Yes, Yuta is fine, I made him hangover tea last night, and he was much better when he got up to go to work this morning."

Asano Makoto chuckled lightly and said, "That's good, I was actually quite worried that he would be late for work today, or that he wouldn't be able to work properly because of a hangover, and would be criticized by his boss... But since you're here, Miss Miyajima, that kind of situation should be impossible, right?"

Thinking of the splitting headache he had this morning because of his hangover, Asano Makoto sighed and said from the bottom of his heart, "I'm really getting more and more envious of Yamada-kun, I wish someone could make me a cup of hangover tea too."

Miyajima Eriko was stunned after hearing this sentence.

Maybe it was because she remembered what happened last night, or maybe it was just that she hadn't figured out how to respond to Asano Makoto's subtle praise.

Although her face turned slightly red, she didn't say anything more.

Seeing that this praise didn't increase Miyajima Eriko's favorability like before, Asano Makoto was a little disappointed. He knew that he might not be able to simply increase her favorability by praising her in the future.

However, he also saw Miyajima Eriko's current predicament and changed the subject again in a timely manner: "I see you're holding a tote bag, are you planning to go out?"

Miyajima Eriko nodded immediately as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw and replied, "Yes, because I just moved here yesterday, I'm still missing some daily necessities, and I have to go to the supermarket to buy some ingredients."

"Do you know the way? Although the supermarket is quite close to us, it's easy to get lost if you're not familiar with it."

"Don't worry, Mr. Asano, I can find it on the map app on my phone."

"Is that so, but you said just now that you seem to have a lot of things to buy, do you need my help?"

"No, thank you, Mr. Asano, how can I always trouble you!"

Miyajima Eriko waved her hand quickly to refuse, she really didn't want to trouble Asano Makoto anymore.

But more importantly, her instinct told her that it was best not to have deeper contact with Asano Makoto. If this continued, she would definitely embark on the wrong path and get deeper and deeper.

On the other side, Asano Makoto saw that the other party refused so decisively, so he didn't force it, just nodded to show that he understood.

Although his favorability had increased a lot, the two had only known each other for a day after all, and strictly speaking, they could only be considered strangers who nodded to each other.

In fact, before asking, Asano Makoto had already prepared for the possibility of being rejected by the other party.

As Miyajima Eriko's voice fell, the topic ended, and the two fell silent.

After a while, Miyajima Eriko, who seemed unable to bear the awkward atmosphere, took the initiative to start a topic for the first time.

"Mr. Asano, are you going out to work? You've been chatting with me here for so long, won't you be late for work?"

Asano Makoto shook his head, thought for a moment, and said, "Actually, I don't have a job right now. I'm going out to... well, I'm going out to find a job."

Actually, he originally wanted to tell the truth, but when he thought that the image of an unemployed person might leave Miyajima Eriko with the bad impression that he was not motivated, he decided to tell her a little lie.

Miyajima Eriko nodded and comforted, "It's okay, Mr. Asano, you will definitely find a job you like soon, please believe in yourself!"

"Then I'll take your good words." Asano Makoto said with a smile.

Seeing that the atmosphere became awkward again, and that he had indeed been delayed for a long time, he said goodbye to Miyajima Eriko: "Miss Miyajima, then I won't disturb your shopping."

After thinking about it, he added, "But if there's anything you need me to do, please be sure to let me know in time. You can contact me by phone or Line."

Seeing him so polite, Miyajima Eriko also bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, Mr. Asano, if there is anything I need help with, I will definitely call you."

"Yes, please don't be polite."

The two ended the topic like this and prepared to leave the apartment building to do their own things.

But they seemed to have forgotten that if they wanted to go downstairs, they had to take the same elevator.

In the elevator, Asano Makoto behaved very calmly, he just quietly looked at Miyajima Eriko standing opposite him.

Miyajima Eriko seemed very restrained, lowering her head and not daring to meet Asano Makoto's eyes.

She seemed to want to talk to Asano Makoto, but she didn't know what to say.

In this way, she occasionally raised her head and opened her mouth, and then immediately showed a frustrated expression and lowered her head and closed her mouth.

It wasn't until the number on the elevator jumped from 2 to 1 and a "ding" sounded that she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As a result, just then, Asano Makoto, who had been quietly admiring her cute appearance, suddenly opened his mouth as if he had remembered something.

"By the way, Miss Miyajima, do you have time tomorrow?"

Miyajima Eriko, who had finally breathed a sigh of relief, became nervous again.

In this morning's encounter, she had been completely manipulated by Asano Makoto.

Chapter 12 Quarrel

"...Ah?"

Miyajima Eriko was stunned, obviously not understanding why Asano Makoto asked this question.

Asano Makoto immediately explained, "It's about what we talked about yesterday."

While speaking, he didn't stop walking, but raised his foot and walked out of the elevator.

Miyajima Eriko had no choice but to follow him out, while thinking about what Asano Makoto meant by "that matter."

It wasn't until the two walked out of the apartment lobby and came to the side of the road that she realized that Asano Makoto was talking about helping with cleaning.

"Are you asking me to clean? I'm free tomorrow."

"That's really great."

Asano Makoto thought for a while and continued, "Is 9:30 tomorrow morning okay? Yamada-kun should have gone to work by then, and we can have plenty of time."

Although she felt that this sounded a bit strange, Miyajima Eriko nodded and agreed, "No problem."

"Then you go ahead and do your thing, I won't bother you."

"Okay, Mr. Asano, I wish you good luck in finding a job."

Asano Makoto smiled and nodded, without saying anything more, he turned around and walked towards his original destination, without the slightest nostalgia.

Behind him, Miyajima Eriko didn't leave, but looked at his departing back in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.

...

Asano Makoto naturally didn't notice Miyajima Eriko's "reluctant" gaze, otherwise he would have turned back to chat a few more words to see if he could increase her favorability.

At this moment, he had already arrived at the gym he frequented.

Then he was surprised to find that this gym had disappeared strangely.

Or rather... it had run away.

Asano Makoto was a little speechless, because he had taken out a membership card for one year.