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

In truth, she was quite intelligent, and tonight's events weren't particularly complex; a little thought would clear everything up.

But from a certain point, she had gradually become very reliant on Asano Makoto.

The most obvious sign was that whenever she was around Asano Makoto, she became very averse to using her brain, preferring to wait for him to provide the answers.

Thinking about it, this change seemed to have started on that Saturday night when Asano Makoto took away her most important thing.

Asano Makoto actually felt somewhat helpless about this.

Realizing that he was the cause of this change, he couldn't really say anything.

"Of course, it's for you. Your mom is afraid her daughter will be deceived, afraid I'm a heartless scumbag, understand?"

Therefore, faced with Yuna's unthinking question, he could only explain somewhat irritably, "As for why she didn't tell you, your mom said she didn't want to affect your studies. To put it bluntly, it's because she cares about you—alright, are you going to let me in or not? It's tiring carrying someone like this."

"Ah, okay."

Hearing Asano Makoto's somewhat speechless complaint, Yuna finally reacted, hurriedly nodding and clearing the way into the house.

Walking into the living room, Asano Makoto glanced around and then gestured with his chin towards a certain bedroom, asking, "Is it that one?"

He remembered which room Risa had entered the last time she went to retrieve her 'hidden stash'.

"Yes."

Yuna nodded, taking a step ahead to open the door to that bedroom.

Asano Makoto followed her in and then laid Risa down on the bed.

Perhaps because she had drunk too much, Risa hadn't woken up at all, except for a brief moment of clarity when they left the izakaya.

Even though Asano Makoto's movements were a bit rough when he put her on the bed, and they had been chatting at the door with Yuna, she showed no signs of waking up.

Looking at her defenseless posture and the prominent mounds made even more conspicuous by lying down, Asano Makoto subconsciously swallowed.

But realizing that Yuna was still watching, he used his willpower to shift his gaze, turning his attention to Yuna.

Whew... much calmer now...

Looking at the almost negligible undulations of Yuna's chest, Asano Makoto finally couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The agitation in his heart and the dizzying sensation he had felt earlier had now completely disappeared.

Having calmed down, he began to examine Yuna's attire, which he had never seen before, with great interest.

Yuna at home was somewhat different from her usual self outside.

First, the clothing.

Today, Yuna was wearing a loose, mid-length flannel nightgown, adorned with many little rabbits on the pink fabric, with a hood with bunny ears attached to the back.

Beneath the hem of the skirt, which fell to the middle of her calves, were her delicate, petite jade feet.

At the moment, those little feet were clad in a pair of white ankle socks, gently nestled in pink cotton slippers.

Then there was the hairstyle.

At home, Yuna was clearly more casual, or rather, more languid, and hadn't bothered with any elaborate hairstyles like she usually did when going out.

She had simply and casually let her tea-gold, shoulder-length hair fall behind her, using a hairpin to clip up her bangs.

But the most eye-catching thing for Asano Makoto was the large, black-rimmed glasses she was wearing on her face.

Asano Makoto had seen these glasses before.

Chapter 125: Exposed (2/2)

The first time he entered Yuna's dream, Asano Makoto had seen the black-haired version of Yuna before she became a gyaru.

At that time, she didn't seem very skilled at dressing up and looked a bit unsophisticated, but she was indeed wearing these large, black-rimmed glasses.

Because he made no attempt to hide his scrutinizing gaze, Yuna naturally noticed Asano Makoto's intensely heated stare.

"W-what are you looking at? Pervert..."

She muttered, slightly averting her face, which had turned a bit red, while her right hand unconsciously fiddled with the golden hair that fell beside her ear.

Looking at her delicate and shy appearance, Asano Makoto felt a stirring in his heart.

Without a moment's hesitation, he made a decision—he wouldn't go home tonight!

Of course, the reason he chose to stay here tonight was definitely not... definitely not just because of lust.

In fact, the most crucial reason for his choice to stay was Yuna's submission level, which was stuck at 99 points.

After the last system update, some changes had appeared on Yuna's information panel.

Looking at those changes, he had roughly guessed the reason why her submission level was stuck at 99 points.

However, these reasons remained to be verified.

And tonight was the best opportunity for verification.

After thinking for a moment, Asano Makoto decided to temporarily not mention this matter, but instead said very considerately, "Take care of your mom for now, see if she needs to take anything off or change, you should be able to handle these little things yourself, right?"

Hearing this, Yuna, who had been feeling ashamed because of Asano Makoto's heated gaze, immediately snapped back to her senses and hurriedly nodded.

"Alright, I'll go sit in the living room for a while, wait until you're done."

Saying this, Asano Makoto walked out of the bedroom without looking back.

Watching his back, Yuna paused slightly.

If Asano Makoto hadn't already left, she might have wanted to find a hole to crawl into right now.

Forgetting her mother for her boyfriend—this was originally just a saying, but she never thought that it would actually happen to her one day.

Thinking of this, she shook her head vigorously, throwing those messy thoughts out of her mind, and then turned around to look at her mother, who was lying on the bed.

Looking at her mother's slightly furrowed brow, Yuna couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache, heartache for her mother's hard work, heartache for her mother's concern for her.

After reaching out to smooth her mother's brow, allowing her expression to become peaceful again, Yuna began to tidy up.

Because she only needed to take off her shoes, straighten her body, and then cover her with the blanket, she quickly finished the work.

Finally, after taking one last look at her mother's sleeping posture, confirming that there were no problems on her side, Yuna took a deep breath, then turned around, opened the door, and walked out of the bedroom.

Asano Makoto was sitting on a chair next to the dining table in the living room.

Noticing Yuna walking out of the bedroom, he slowly asked, "Did you take care of everything?"

Yuna nodded gently: "Yeah."

A mischievous smile appeared on Asano Makoto's face: "Alright, then take me to your room, I haven't been there yet."

Noticing the expression on his face, Yuna's cheeks, which had gradually returned to normal, flushed red again.

She had already guessed what Asano Makoto wanted to do.

But perhaps because they hadn't seen each other for three days, her heart actually had a hint of anticipation for what was about to happen.

Even so, she still subconsciously asked, "Um, it's so late, aren't you going home?"

"Going back, but before going back, I want to see your room, Yuna, is that okay? I haven't seen it yet."

Asano Makoto had a sincere expression when he said this.

If she didn't know his true nature, Yuna would have almost been deceived.

So she didn't agree directly, but instead muttered somewhat weakly, "There's nothing to see in my room."

Seeing her like this, Asano Makoto suddenly noticed a very interesting thing.

That was, whenever she was alone with him, Yuna would always show a proud and tough appearance.

Although her toughness was just a facade, as long as Asano Makoto used a little trick, she would immediately become as soft as a persimmon and could be manipulated at will.

But in any case, she would never give Asano Makoto a good look, and would often think about subverting the hierarchy or causing some trouble for Asano Makoto.

The interesting part was here.

Because as soon as she was in front of Risa, this situation would immediately change.

No, she didn't even need to be in front of Risa; just catching a glimpse of her and then immediately separating would change Yuna's appearance.

Using the conclusion he had drawn before, her personality switched from the "gyaru" personality to the "good girl" personality.

At this time, she was very well-behaved and sensible, and also somewhat weak, and rarely refused Asano Makoto's requests.

Obviously, the current Yuna was the "good girl".

Thinking of this, Asano Makoto immediately stood up, walked to Yuna, and reached out to gently grasp her right hand, enveloping it.

Then he lowered his head and leaned over, bringing his lips close to Yuna's ear, and asked again in a pleading tone, "But I want to see your room, Yuna, is that not okay?"

Although these words sounded a bit like coaxing a child, they were really very effective.

At least at this moment, Yuna was completely dazed.

She lowered her head with a flushed face, not daring to meet Asano Makoto's eyes, while muttering in a very small voice, "Um... i-it's not that it's not okay..."

If he wasn't close enough, Asano Makoto probably wouldn't have heard these words.

But realizing that Yuna had already agreed to his request, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch into a smile.

"Then let's go."

"Yeah."

Yuna's voice was still as faint as a mosquito's hum.

After nodding with an almost imperceptible movement, she lowered her head and allowed Asano Makoto behind her to hold her hand, then turned and walked towards her bedroom.

If you didn't look closely, this appearance looked like she was pulling Asano Makoto along.

Her bedroom was the innermost room of the entire house.

By the way, the layout of the Shinno house was like this: the living room was in the middle, and the kitchen and toilet, which were separated into small rooms, were on the left.

And the three bedrooms were all located on the right side of the house, and they were side by side. The doors of the kitchen and toilet were exactly facing the wall between the doors of the three bedrooms.

Among them, Yuna's bedroom was at the innermost, Risa's was in the middle, and Shinno Hiroki's bedroom was the first, which was the master bedroom.

Because the two bedrooms were adjacent, they arrived at the door of Yuna's bedroom in just a few steps.