""It depends on the situation, the other person could be Zabby, Mikasa, 2B, or Violet Evergarden, but absolutely not Morgan!""
"Ei, are you inviting me in?"
The person knocked several times and received no response, so she spoke again.
Although her tone was gentle, it felt like a final warning.
Before she could barge in, Ei instinctively put on his clothes, pulled his collar high to hide the hickey on his collarbone, and then hurriedly ran to open the door.
He cautiously pulled the door open just enough for him to stick his head out, to prevent her from seeing the other woman in his room.
"Is something the matter, Yui Ishikawa?" he asked.
"Are you still not sober?" Morgan said coldly.
"I kind of wish I wasn't sober..."
"I can slightly understand how you feel. Last night's mixer was wild, but it was also fun. It's a valuable memory worth keeping."
"I, however, hope to quickly forget it..." Ei sighed faintly.
"In fact, I've already forgotten every single detail. I can't recall anything no matter how hard I try."
Morgan didn't catch the underlying meaning of his self-deprecating words, but she keenly noticed his anxious, avoiding gaze, the oddity of only pulling the door ajar, and...
"You smell of another woman's perfume. What's going on?"
His heart instantly leaped into his throat.
What would happen if Morgan discovered the woman in the room?
"The Death of Ei."
Or perhaps an alternative ending: "The Gruesome Death of Ei."
To die so hastily would be too careless!
Should he just honestly confess?
To say he woke up with a hickey on his collarbone and a beautiful, tight, dominatrix-outfit-wearing older sister lying in his bed, and that he was completely innocent? If he dared to say it, would she dare to believe it?
He had to try to bluff his way through.
[You activated the skill "High-Speed Incantation B."]
[Check Successful!]
[You attempted to convince the other party that you are innocent.**]
"I see... It was a mixer, after all. It's normal to accidentally pick up the scent of another person after you had a few more drinks once I passed out."
Morgan nodded, reluctantly accepting the explanation.
Seeing that her suspicion was somewhat cleared, Ei breathed a slight sigh of relief, but then immediately noticed another problem.
Morgan possesses the "Fairy Eye"—a clairvoyance skill.
This meant that even if she didn't enter the room, she could see the scene inside. Blocking the door was ultimately pointless.
Since he hadn't been exposed yet, it meant she hadn't activated the skill.
"Lady Morgan, what did you need me for?" He subtly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Nothing much. I just felt the opportunity was rare. Let me come into your room and sit for a bit."
"Sit for a bit? How about we go to the lobby downstairs? The sofas there are much more comfortable to sit on."
"You misheard me. I said, 'do' for a bit." Queen Morgan said nonchalantly. "It's just the two of us here, and no one else can interfere with us."
Do for a bit? What do you want to do in the room with me?
And there aren't just the two of us in the room! Are you planning to make Carmilla part of our play? That situation would be terrible in every sense of the word!
He absolutely could not let her in!
But refusing might arouse suspicion, and if she scanned the room with her Fairy Eye, it would all be over.
Therefore, he had to satisfy Morgan and make her leave without any further concerns.
Ei took a nervous deep breath, then slowly stepped out of the room, moving behind Morgan, which caused her to turn and focus all her attention on him.
"What is it, Mr. Ei?"
"Morgan," Ei said with a serious expression, "I don't want to rush things. Let's start with a date."
Morgan's icy blue eyes first showed a momentary surprise, then she gazed deeply at him, a light shining in her eyes like a cold star.
"Let's prepare properly, Morgan. The break is coming up soon, isn't it? We can go somewhere a little further away for two days and two nights. What do you say?"
"...Anywhere is fine?"
"I'll follow your lead." Ei replied readily, thinking to himself, just as long as we don't spend two days and two nights only in the room.
"Very well. I understand your feelings now." Morgan quickly suppressed her joy, as if she had put back on her Queen's cold mask, though her pace of speaking was slightly faster.
"Then I will look forward to the next break. You should prepare well, too."
"Understood." Ei nodded.
Swish!
Suddenly, Morgan hugged him tightly.
Feeling the soft yet firm body in his arms and her warm body scent, Ei was caught off guard.
Morgan's face was very close to his. Her long eyelashes could almost lightly brush his neck.
From this angle, she could easily see the hickey on his collarbone!
"What is it...?" Ei was stunned.
"Nothing. I just found the smell of the other woman on you very irritating, so I wanted to help dilute it and replace it with my scent."
Your possessiveness is a little too strong...
Morgan held him for quite a while, making his heart pound furiously, half due to the beautiful woman in his arms, and half due to the hickey on his collarbone.
Afterward, Morgan finally released him and turned to leave, fully satisfied.
Her high heels clicked sharply and quickly on the smooth, clean floor.
He finally let out a sigh of relief.
Slam!
He quickly rushed back into the room and locked the door.
His gut feeling told him he should just run away right now, no matter what.
But looking at the sleeping woman on the bed and then at the time for class, Ei hesitated for a moment and couldn't bring himself to pretend she wasn't there.
He grabbed a piece of paper, wrote down his contact information, and placed it on the nightstand.
Although he couldn't remember what happened, as a man, he couldn't play dumb in this situation.
When Carmilla woke up, if she wanted to contact him, she would. He could then properly inquire about the situation and decide how to handle it.
[Facing this unexpected situation, you have gained the new skill "Trouble Magnet for Women C."]
["Trouble Magnet for Women C": You are more easily involved in social troubles caused by women. Checks caused by women will result in more damage to you, but the difficulty of your checks against women will also be reduced.**]
Why did I suddenly get such an ambiguous skill? Did I unlock some strange achievement!
Simply put, he had awakened a complicated skill that was both a Special Attack against Women and being Special Attacked by Women.
Damn it, I really wish I had written down Tristan's contact information instead!
He wasn't entirely sure of the specifics, but his "Instinct C" told him that Tristan was somehow involved in this mess.