The Cuckold Couple
“Hi, everyone! I’m Norn, the guy whose balls are all sticky and tangled like a runny egg yolk!”
With my freshly prepared catchphrase, I thrust my bouncy, firm ass toward the customers and gave it a sexy little wiggle.
The three aunties seated at the table shrieked with laughter, then clapped and slapped my rear in turn.
Slap!
“Ouch!”
“My, what a bouncy one!”
“Were you training hard? It’s so firm!”
“Thank you!”
While greeting them, I scanned the customers’ faces in a flash.
Among the three, the one with the wicked, beautiful beauty caught my eye.
*That’s the rose.*
“Please look at me pretty.”
I deliberately gave her a bright smile and a wink as I locked eyes with her, and she laughed softly with a glance that said she found it amusing.
*That should be enough to get me picked.*
I deliberately marked the roses—beautiful, demanding customers—for special handling during my shifts.
I could use Thought Encroachment on them without much guilt.
And by snagging them first, the other hosts would treat me kindly without holding back, a win-win.
“You’re my type. I’ll call you again, so look forward to it.”
“Yes, please come again next time!”
With that, I collected a generous tip from the rose today and returned to the waiting area.
“Good work.”
My boss, Oliver, approached and patted my shoulder.
Only three weeks into the job, I was already one of his most treasured players.
Because I handled the roses, the store’s sales had skyrocketed, so the boss had no reason to complain.
“My eyes weren’t wrong after all. The moment I saw you, I felt it. You were born for this world. In just a few years, you’ll be the greatest entertainer in the Demon Realm!”
Big trouble.
Now those words actually sounded like praise.
Abandoning alchemy business and becoming the ultimate host?
Should I call it Dorn and Rose?
I pondered it for a moment, then realized how insane the thought was and shook my head.
*Snap out of it, Dorn! This is just short-term work to survive!*
Even just thinking of Nadia made me lose sleep from guilt…
With my last shred of conscience, I hadn’t gone further.
Though I’d been hit on by beautiful female customers countless times, I’d firmly rejected them all.
*Sorry, Nadia… I’ll earn just a little more and be out of this life soon!*
Whether it’d happen soon or not, I made the vow anyway.
***
Around the time I started working as a host at the host club.
At about the same time, Nadia had begun working at the store where senior Olga worked.
Since she took over the kitchen for the boss who lacked cooking skills, the shop had begun to thrive thanks to her recent success.
“Work at what time, exactly?”
Yuli asked as we ate lunch together at the cafeteria inside the Cradle.
“Weekdays I work evenings, weekends from morning to afternoon.”
“Great! Then can we go eat lunch tomorrow?”
“Yeah, sure.”
Hearing Nadia’s answer, Yuli turned to me.
“Dorn, you should come too.”
“Tomorrow’s a weekend?”
“So we can eat lunch together. I was going to introduce you to a demon anyway.”
“Introduce? To whom?”
“I’ll tell you tomorrow.”
I said I’d go, and the next day, at the agreed time, I headed to the restaurant where Nadia worked.
“Dorn~”
After waiting, Yuli waved and came over.
She wore an off-shoulder dress that left her shoulders bare, and the generous cleavage was completely exposed.
*Why is she wearing such revealing clothes…*
With a woman of her figure dressed that way, it was hard to look anywhere else.
I cleared my throat and asked her in a casual tone.
“…The demon I was supposed to introduce? You came alone?”
“Oops, it was kind of late, and… I thought you two should go ahead.”
“Yeah, okay.”
I nodded and walked with Yuli toward Nadia’s restaurant.
As we strolled side by side, even a quick glance sideways made Yuli’s deep cleavage and round shoulders impossible to ignore.
“Dorn.”
“Hello, Mr. Mogen.”
We arrived at the restaurant where Nadia worked, and I greeted the owner, Mr. Mogen.
Since my girlfriends worked there and I visited often, I’d become quite close with him.
Senior Olga worked evenings, so she wasn’t at the shop right now.
“Call Nadia.”
After Mr. Mogen disappeared into the kitchen, a moment later.
Thud-thud!
With footsteps that somehow carried excitement, Nadia came running out wearing an apron.
“Welcome!”
Smiling shyly, Nadia greeted Yuli and me.
I stroked her hair and asked.
“Are you not busy?”
I’d deliberately avoided lunch rush, but asked just in case.
“Yeah. It’s quiet now.”
“Nadia, the apron suits you perfectly!”
“…Thank you.”
With Yuli’s praise, Nadia smiled bashfully and led us to the table.
“Just a moment.”
She disappeared back into the kitchen, then returned a short while later carrying delicious-looking dishes.
“It smells amazing! Did Nadia really make this?!”
Yuli exclaimed in delight and began eating enthusiastically.
Because she ate too fast, sauce got all over her cheeks without her noticing.
“Not even a kid, eating everything like that.”
I reached over and wiped the sauce from Yuli’s cheek.
“Hehe, it was too delicious, so I couldn’t stop…♡”
With a cute wink, Yuli tried to make an excuse.
Seeing her, I chuckled, but suddenly felt a chill down my spine.
Looking beside me, Nadia was staring at me with narrowed eyes.
*Oh no…*
While I felt ashamed, Nadia muttered softly.
“…Slut.”
“Listen to me, Nadia. It was just a—”
“A careless slut…”
“That’s not it, right?”
Honestly, I felt a little stung.
The habits from my host life were surfacing even here…
Just as I was sweating and trying to explain to Nadia.
“Sorry, Yuli. I’m really late.”
Turning toward the voice, I saw a woman in the Cradle uniform standing there.
“Senior, you’re late!”
Yuli scolded her like a teacher.
“Sorry, the makeup class ran late.”
“You should have paid attention in class…”
“Enough already. Let’s start with introductions, shall we?”
“Oh, right… Introduce yourselves! The 2nd-year senior I mentioned…”
Before Yuli could finish, I muttered.
“…Rouge?”
“Dorn?”
The dark elf with healthy brown skin and long ears looked at me and showed a surprised expression.
“You two know each other?”
“Y-yeah…”
At Yuli’s question, I nodded stiffly.
So the demon she was supposed to introduce was Rouge?
“I didn’t know the senior Yuli was talking about was Rouge.”
“I didn’t either. It’s such an interesting coincidence.”
“I had no idea you went to the Cradle.”
As I scanned her uniform, Rouge—er, senior Rouge—laughed brightly.
“I told you I was friends with Juno, didn’t I?”
“That’s not a lie, but…”
Honestly, her mature appearance made me think she was just an older drinking buddy.
But seeing her now in the Cradle uniform, it suited her surprisingly well…
“From now on, call me Rouge-senpai.”
“Fufu, whatever feels right.”
Just then, Nadia must have finished her shift, so we decided to move.
“Now that we’ve met, how about a drink?”
“Sounds good.”
We found the private-room bar I’d visited once before with senior Juno and started drinking early.
“This is the girlfriend I mentioned before?”
Senior Rouge looked at Nadia and asked.
“Yes, that’s her.”
I deliberately held Nadia’s hand tightly for her to see.
It was my way of replying to the flirting senior Rouge had shown me earlier.
“Dorn…”
Nadia, caught in it, was terribly embarrassed.
Senior Rouge nodded at her reaction.
“She speaks highly of you. Says you’re a very kind and beautiful boy.”
“N-not really…”
Nadia avoided my gaze as if ashamed of senior Rouge’s words.
She had willingly offered her chest because I asked her to.
I’d wiped Yuli’s cheek earlier to make up for it.
“Are 2nd-years still having classes on weekends?”
While pouring a drink for senior Rouge in a slightly awkward posture because of Nadia, I asked.
She lifted her glass and shook her head.
“No way. I missed a few classes and have to do makeup now.”
So that’s why she’s friends with senior Juno.
“Exactly, you should have paid attention… What a waste of your weekend.”
Yuli added a complaint from the side.
Hearing them talk, it seemed like the two were closer than I thought…
Unable to hold back, I asked the question I’d been curious about.
“Yuli. How did you meet senior Rouge?”
“Eh? Ah, that’s…”
Yuli’s face suddenly flushed as she closed her mouth.
I tilted my head in confusion, and senior Rouge, who had been holding her glass, set it down on the table with a serious expression and spoke.
“Dorn, Nadia. Can I have a moment?”
“Why?”
“I have something to tell you.”
At those words, Yuli flinched beside me and stared at senior Rouge in surprise.
“Senior… you’re going to say it now?”
“That’s what I planned. Yuli, you said it was fine if it was the two of them.”
“…Okay.”
Yuli, who had looked uneasy at senior Rouge’s words, nodded quietly.
*What’s going on? The atmosphere is weird…*
As Nadia and I watched silently not understanding the reason, senior Rouge gently took Yuli’s hand resting on the table and said.
“This is the first time I’m telling anyone…”
“Yuli and I… we’re actually dating.”
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