Chapter 235: This is an Adult Shop, Not a Motel (5)[R-18]
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 235: This is an Adult Shop, Not a Motel (5)[R-18]
Three hours ago, in Chloe’s room.
“Yip...”
Curled up on her bed looking utterly haggard, Chloe squeezed her fox tail tightly in her arms.
‘I’m going crazy...! I feel like I’m losing my mind...!’
Her entire body was burning, and her head felt foggy.
It was all because of the heat that had been hitting her relentlessly ever since she was subjected to 'Punishment Sex' by Phantom.
Twitch! Twitch!
Look at this.
Even though she had been vigorously 'fingering her pussy' until just a moment ago, the itch between her legs was already returning.
Pinch!
Chloe pinched her thigh hard, trying to pull her scattering focus back together.
“Kuh! Get a grip! Ninetail III cannot lose to something as pathetic as sexual desire!”
Instead, as if to vent her suppressed lust, she began typing a post on the Gallery.
Tap, tap, tap—
[Author: NeverGetAnA■]
[Hey, ㅇㅇ(89.74), look at this post...]
No, why do you keep ignoring me... Are you really that great...? I’m telling you, I actually have something to talk about.
Twitch!
Chloe’s finger stopped just before hitting the post button.
At the same time, her fluffy fox tail drooped despondently.
“...Again! I almost did it again!! I said I wouldn’t!! What’s the point anyway... He’s just going to ignore me.”
She had already posted similar things over ten times, but Phantom hadn't left a single comment.
Each time, she vowed she wouldn't cling so pathetically...
But it seemed her reason was paralyzed by the continuous heat.
‘...No, maybe if I write something a bit more serious, he might actually comment?’
Tap, tap, tap—
[Author: NeverGetAnA■]
[Um... ㅇㅇ(89.74)-nim, are you still active on the Gallery?]
Hello, ㅇㅇ(89.74)-nim. I’m contacting you because... I was wondering if it might be possible for us to meet once more, if you’re okay with it. If you could leave a secret post in my guestbook with a time and place that works for you, I will come to find you. I’ll be looking forward to a positive response.
It was a tone so polite it was hard to believe it was being posted on the Gallery.
The moment she posted this, she would almost certainly be mocked and archived as a laughingstock.
She didn't care as long as she could resolve this heat, but...
‘...Even if I do this, will Phantom really meet me?’
Chloe hesitated for a long time, her finger hovering over the post button again.
To be honest, they had ended up having sex...
But truthfully, they had no relationship other than the fact that they were both Phantom Thieves.
And even if they did meet, what on earth was she supposed to say?
—Ever since I had sex with you, I’ve been in heat constantly and it’s driving me insane!!
“...There’s no way I can say that.”
Just the thought made Chloe’s face flush bright red.
The great Ninetail III could not act like some horny female fox begging a male.
‘But if I stay like this, I really feel like I’m going to lose it.... Ugh...’
Chloe swallowed a groan, twisting her legs together.
Caw! Caw!
At that moment, the loud cawing of a crow drifted in from outside the window.
Turning her head, she saw a crow perched there, holding a newspaper in its beak.
Click—
As soon as she opened the window, the crow dropped the paper as if it had been waiting and immediately flew off.
[Monthly Beastkin News]
-[Tail Fur Maintenance Secrets Only You Don't Know! The Secret to Shiny Tails Revealed!]
-[How to Handle Heat by Species: No Problems If You Know This! Expert Q&A]
-[Analysis of Animal Ear Accessory Styles Trending Among Beastkin Lately!]
On the surface, it looked like a third-rate gossip rag focused on trends.
Slide—
However, as Chloe combined the words and rearranged their order according to a decryption method, the real information hidden within the newspaper revealed itself.
[Temporary opening of ‘Le Jardin des Roses,’ a high-end ladies-only salon in central Belua. Estimated to be a joint venture between Red Rose Commerce and the Church...]
‘Are these lunatics joking!? Does the Information Guild really think they’re making an actual entertainment newspaper! Why is this even in here!’
Chloe ground her teeth.
She didn't pay a fortune to subscribe to this paper just to see stuff like this!
‘I’m seriously going to cancel my subscription next month.’
Still, feeling it would be a waste of money not to read it to the end...
‘...Huh?’
Unexpectedly, she found the exact information she needed right now.
[A ‘Product’ exists that can be experienced only by VVIPs. Effective in alleviating extreme heat symptoms experienced by some Beastkin.]
“...Alleviating heat symptoms!”
Swish, swish!!
Chloe jumped up from her bed, her fox tail spinning like a windmill.
If this was true, it was certainly information worthy of being in the Information Guild’s newspaper.
Though it varied by individual, in a case like Chloe’s where the heat was this severe, it was practically ‘impossible to function in daily life.’
‘Should I go? Should I try going?!’
She had nothing to lose.
Even if she clung to Phantom, it didn't seem like he’d meet her easily anyway...
And who knows?
Maybe that ‘Product’ really would be effective for her heat.
“Yeah, it’s better than just suffering alone until I become a ‘skeleton driven mad by masturbation’!”
Even if it wasn't effective, she felt like she could at least escape this ‘masturbation addiction’ for a moment by focusing on something else.
Patter, patter!
Having made up her mind, Chloe threw open her wardrobe and began pulling out clothes.
“To interrupt right in the middle of a signing session... your manners are truly lacking, I daresay. I wonder if bad rumors will start spreading about Red Rose because of this~.”
“Enough. Just tell me what you want. I’m busy.”
Helen snapped at Salome, who was fluttering her fan.
“Oh my? Does one really need a reason to visit a salon, I daresay?”
“You of all people wouldn't come to a place you weren't invited to without a reason.”
“As sharp as ever. How dreadfully boring, I daresay.”
Snap!
Salome folded her fan and crossed her legs.
“Well, since you already know, I shall be frank with you.”
“...This is the third time I’m asking. What is your business?”
“Not only do you lack manners, but you lack patience as well, I daresay.”
“Hey!”
“Ah, fine, I understand. Recently, my cute younger sister... has been suffering from her heat, I daresay.”
“Wow, thank you so much for sharing information I couldn't care less about and find completely useless. So? Why did you crawl all the way out here instead of licking and sucking each other off like you usually do with that sister of yours?”
Salome’s face stiffened slightly at Helen’s blatant sarcasm.
“...As expected of a vulgar merchant family, your speech is utterly low-class, I daresay. It is quite unpleasant to be grouped together as the Three Primary Colors Families when you possess not a shred of dignity.”
“Ha! And rolling around in bed with your sister every time she’s in heat isn't vulgar? Who are you to talk about dignity?”
“True love is something that transcends even taboos, I daresay! I pity you for not knowing the beauty of love!”
Flutter, flutter—
Salome fanned her face as if offended and continued.
“Hmph! Why do I even bother wasting my breath? A woman like you who calculates everything with money will never understand what love is! So stop talking and show me the salon’s ‘Product’ already!”
Salome demanded boldly, acting as if she already knew everything.
“Sigh...”
Helen let out a deep sigh.
She hadn't intended to hide the ‘Product’ anyway.
She hadn't advertised it openly, but she had already pulled strings to ensure rumors about the ‘Product’ would spread.
Specifically, ‘alleviating heat symptoms’ was the bait she threw out so people could experience the ‘Product’ as a medical item without guilt.
‘...Still, it’s annoying.’
Seeing Salome act all high and mighty using information that Helen had intentionally leaked made Helen’s blood boil.
“Even if I told you there’s no such thing and to go home... you wouldn't listen anyway, right?”
“Ohohoho! You know me so well, I daresay!”
“...Sigh. Fine, whatever. Follow me. I’ll show you myself.”
“Hmph! If you had just done that from the start, wouldn't this have been easier for both of us, I daresay?”
As Helen stood up with a click of her tongue, Salome followed along with a bright, smug smile.
Thud, thud—
After passing through several security zones, they arrived at the ‘Experience Room,’ where Helen handed the ‘Product’ to Salome.
“Here, take it. Happy now? Now, get out.”
“H-Haaa?! W-What on earth is this, I daresay! W-Why are you showing me such a filthy object!”
“You’re the one who asked for it. The ‘Product’ that’s a specialty for heat.”
“A-Are you insane, I daresay?! How could you suggest putting something like this into the body of a pure virgin! Stop joking and bring out the real product, I daresay!!”
Salome shouted, her face turning beet red as she inspected the ‘Product.’
‘So I made it inside... but why are there so many surveillance crystals?’
Chloe adjusted her sunglasses, quickly identifying the locations of the hidden crystals throughout the salon.
They were installed discreetly so customers wouldn't notice, but they couldn't escape the eyes of a Ninetail.
Click, clack—
However, Chloe didn't bother hiding in the blind spots of the crystals.
...Because in the eyes of the salon staff and other customers, Chloe would appear as whoever they imagined her to be.
‘Fox Shapeshifting.’
It was Chloe’s third special ability, following ‘Fox Step’ and ‘Fox Shadow.’
‘Now... where do I have to go to find this ‘Product’ that only VVIPs can experience?’
Sneaking into the salon had gone smoothly...
But the real problem started now.
Being a Phantom Thief didn't mean she could just walk in anywhere and rob the place.
On the contrary, Chloe only moved after thorough prior investigation and meticulous planning.
She had never once jumped into a situation blindly without any information like this.
‘...If it weren't for this heat. Phew... well, today I’m just here to find out what that ‘Product’ is.’
If it really was something effective for heat, she intended to buy it fairly with money.
But if it was something that couldn't be bought with money...
‘Then I’ll have no choice. I’ll just have to borrow it for a bit.’
This was different from ‘stealing’ as a Phantom Thief!
It was merely ‘moving’ the location of the ‘Product’ from the salon to Chloe’s own room to end the emergency situation that was her heat!
‘Yes! I’ll definitely return it once the heat subsides!’
Step—
It was then.
The sound of footsteps coming from the other end of the hallway.
Sniff—
And an unforgettable scent that brushed against the tip of her nose.
“...Yip?”
A man wearing a white mask and an elegant black suit.
The person she wanted to meet so desperately...
But the one person she absolutely did not want to encounter right now.
“What brings you here? Ninetail.”
It was Phantom.