But before she could happily go over like Ebihara Urara to serve Hachiman at his side, she heard Hachiman's next command.
"Wait a moment. Lift your skirt again, and show a look of disgust."
"Master—"
"Mm. Now put the skirt down again, and show a bright, sunny smile."
"..."
"Kikyo, you did well. Shion, give Kikyo some water and let her rest."
Hachiman kept issuing commands, switching Kushida Kikyo's movements and expressions without pause. Only when Kushida Kikyo had already begun to lift her skirt and show a lively, sunny smile did he finally let go of the almost mechanically obedient Kushida Kikyo and turn his gaze toward the last exclusive maid, Sayo.
"Master, I'm Sayo. Do you have any orders for me?"
Seeing that Hachiman's gaze finally landed on her, Sayo hurriedly stepped forward and bowed deeply. Her hands were nervously pressed against her flat lower abdomen, and she did not dare raise her head to meet Hachiman's eyes.
Seeing how badly Kushida Kikyo had been toyed with by the master, she was really afraid that the master would give her a difficult task as well.
She had thought that with the three exclusive maids, plus the head maid Maid Shion at the side, and the other student council members who had yet to arrive, taking turns would surely satisfy the master. Who would have thought that the master would not have them offer themselves at all, but instead do these strange things.
"Hmm... let me think..."
Looking at the healthy, milky-white sheen revealed by Sayo's deep bow, Hachiman remained unmoved. In a field of view they could not see, he was looking at the system panel.
["Character card detected. Sayo."]
["Character quest triggered. Special menu of the family restaurant."]
["Sayo has encountered an unprecedented hardship. Her parents, who had sheltered her since childhood, have fallen into debt due to a business failure."]
["To save her parents from an unavoidable tragic fate, the only option is to repay the debt in full immediately. But what her parents cannot do, how could she possibly manage it?"]
["At this time, the manager of the family restaurant where she works part-time, who is also her lover's older brother, Kuroki, tells her."]
["At his family restaurant, there are services provided late at night exclusively for special customers. If she were to put herself on the menu, she could immediately earn the money to repay the debt, right..."]
["Please help Sayo save her parents."]
["Quest reward. Special scene. Family restaurant."]
'So the maid Shion mentioned before was Sayo...'
Realizing that Sayo's quest description closely matched the special maid situation Maid Shion had mentioned earlier, Hachiman's thoughts stirred, and he immediately understood what was going on.
If it were just the name Sayo alone, his impression might not have been that deep. But seeing things like the family restaurant special menu, he immediately understood how Sayo had become his exclusive maid.
Family misfortune, being forced to sell herself and such. This could be considered one of the standard cuckold tropes, but Sayo was indeed a classic example.
Recently, the Rurikawa family had been recruiting maids, and the cornered Sayo was probably brought in by Maid Shion like this.
How should he put it? As long as Maid Shion had not forced Sayo, he would not interfere in their actions. After all, he was not going to generously and selflessly take all of the Rurikawa family's money to help others pay off debts out of charity.
But the lover mentioned in Sayo's quest description...
"Um... Master, if you have any special requirements for Sayo, could I satisfy them for you?"
Ebihara Urara's body stiffened. Her flesh-colored white-stockinged legs were pressed together as she leaned sideways while sitting on Hachiman's thigh. She secretly glanced at the expression on his face.
Seeing Hachiman staring at Sayo with flickering eyes, Ebihara Urara thought he was coming up with another special way to torment someone, and softly spoke up to plead on her behalf.
The commands Hachiman had given Kushida Kikyo earlier had already been issued. As an exclusive maid, it was not appropriate for her to embarrass Hachiman in front of everyone. But now, seeing Sayo, who like her had sold herself due to debt, about to be tormented like Kushida Kikyo, she finally could not hold back.
In her view, the reason Hachiman only gave strange commands to Kushida Kikyo and Sayo must be because of her status, giving her special treatment.
But she, Kushida Kikyo, and Sayo were all Hachiman's exclusive maids. How could she enjoy such special treatment? She was here to work and repay debts, not to enjoy special privileges.
"Ebihara-sensei, you misunderstood. I'm not thinking of bad ideas to torment Sayo. But since you say so, let's eat something first."
Hachiman was startled for a moment, then smiled at Ebihara Urara.
He was only considering how to handle Sayo's quest and thinking about how to ask her about it.
Sayo's character quest actually rewarded a special scene. Just rescuing her parents who had been captured due to debt was such a simple task. He definitely wanted to obtain this reward. But the quest description also mentioned Sayo's lover, so he needed to ask clearly before deciding how to complete the quest.
"Uh... Master, you don't have to call me sensei anymore. Just call me Urara."
Hearing Hachiman's way of addressing her, Ebihara Urara's body stiffened even more. With an extremely unnatural expression, she brushed back the smooth black hair by her ear.
However, hearing that Hachiman did not plan to torment anyone, she still stood up with her long white-stockinged legs tightly pressed together, lifted the insulated cover on the table, carried over a plate of pre-meal appetizers, and sat back in Hachiman's arms. Blushing slightly, she picked up some food.
Being Hachiman's exclusive maid was nothing, but if her parents found out that she was actually working as a maid for Hachiman at school, that would be disastrous.
"Master, can I feed you too?", At the side, Kushida Kikyo had already finished drinking water and massaging her stiff face. Seeing Ebihara Urara shyly picking up food for Hachiman, she cursed Ebihara Urara under her breath and hurriedly stepped forward to serve as well.
Why didn't she speak up when she was being tormented earlier? Now that Sayo was about to be treated the same way, she rushed to plead for her?
And now she was pretending to be pure, even though she was just sitting in this guy's arms and hadn't done anything yet. Her face was so red, her legs clamped so tightly, as if she was afraid something might leak out. One look and you could tell she was a slut.
'Heh! Heh! Heh! Just wait. Once I gain favor, aside from Maid Shion, I will deal with Ebihara Urara and Sayo, all those who know about my embarrassing side, one by one!'
"Mm... Kikyo, sit here."
Hachiman did not refuse Kushida Kikyo's attempt to curry favor. He nodded and beckoned her to sit by his side. While feeling the slender, rounded beauty of Ebihara Urara's legs, he wrapped an arm around Kushida Kikyo's soft waist. After eating a few bites of the appetizers they shyly fed him, he looked back at Sayo and directly asked.
"Sayo, do you have a lover? Does your lover know you came here to be my exclusive maid?"
"Master, please rest assured, I've already broken up with my boyfriend."
Hearing Hachiman's question, Sayo, who was still maintaining a deep bow, panicked. She immediately knelt on the ground, anxiously clearing her name while bowing her head and pleading bitterly.
"We've only been lovers for a few days. Because Sobu High's discipline is very strict, and we've also been busy preparing for exams, my boyfriend and I haven't done anything intimate at all. Master can personally verify it."
She had still been hesitating whether to stand up earlier, not knowing why the master did not torment her and did not even order her to go over and serve during the meal.
After hearing the question about her lover, she immediately understood. The master must be disgusted by the fact that she had a lover, which was why he did not let her come over to serve.
She did not even have the presence of mind to question why Ebihara Urara, who clearly already had a fiance, could sit on the master's thigh. All she could think about was explaining her own innocence and purity.
If the master did not want her, she would truly be finished. Not just her, but her parents, her younger sister, her entire family would all be finished.
"No need to rush. I'm not bothered by that. Sayo, get up first. I just don't want you to regret it. After all, being my exclusive maid is not an ordinary job. You can't just quit whenever you want. You could even say it's something you have to do for a lifetime," Hachiman gestured with his eyes toward Maid Shion, who was standing behind Sayo, signaling her to help the terrified Sayo up. His eyes were full of helplessness.
This kind of thing really was hard to handle.
He also knew that if he did not intervene, Sayo would most likely fall into depravity and go into that line of work. In the original story, it seemed that it was her boyfriend's older brother who coaxed Sayo into falling that way.
But if he helped these debt-ridden girls without expecting anything in return every time he saw one, wouldn't that mean countless people would come knocking on his door asking him to help pay off debts? Even the wealthy Rurikawa family probably could not withstand him acting so recklessly.
"Master, I won't regret it... My ex-boyfriend and I really didn't do anything. Please don't dismiss me."
Sayo looked at Hachiman with teary eyes, pitiful and unwilling to get up at all.
She did not know whether she would be able to stay here after getting up. After all, she had already gone to the Rurikawa family and received some maid training.
To be honest, among the Rurikawa family's maids alone, there were several beautiful maids who were not inferior to her at all. Not to mention that Head Maid Shion was also planning to continue recruiting students from Sobu High to be exclusive maids.
Not everyone was as heavily in debt as she was. As long as the Rurikawa family's generous treatment of maids was made public, there would definitely be many people willing to become exclusive maids. By then, even if she wanted to sell herself to the Rurikawa family, she would not be able to.
"Head Maid-sama... You recruited me. You know my situation. Please help me explain to the master..."
With no other choice, Sayo raised her pleading gaze toward Maid Shion, who was standing beside her, and begged softly.
If her family could not be saved because of this immature romance, she would never be able to forgive herself.
"Sayo, get up first. The master hasn't rejected you. He just doesn't want you to regret it. Why are you panicking?"
Maid Shion glanced at the flustered Sayo, whose psychological resilience was far too poor, and expressionlessly dragged up the still-dumbfounded Sayo who was kneeling on the ground. She then bowed to Hachiman and clearly explained the situation.
"Please rest assured, Master. I will strictly screen your exclusive maids. The issue you are concerned about will not arise."
"Sayo's parents are currently still in the hands of the debt collectors. Sayo does not dare to go against your wishes."
When she recruited Sayo, she had already made things clear to her, telling her to break up with her boyfriend first.
She had originally planned to let Sayo and Ebihara Urara climb into Young Master Hachiman's bed first.
While developing their magical girl talents, she would first tell Young Master Hachiman that Sayo had a lover, and at the same time find Ebihara Urara's fiance.
After the development was complete, she would then tell Young Master Hachiman that Sayo had long since broken up with her lover, and that what she had found was actually the corpse of Ebihara Urara's fiance.
Unfortunately, it seemed that none of her actions could escape Young Master Hachiman's eyes. The plan of first playing the cuckold route and then turning it into pure love could not be carried out.
"Shion, first help Sayo's parents. As for Sayo's position as an exclusive maid... let her think it over again. For now, let her do regular maid work to repay the money."
Hachiman did not know about Maid Shion's pure-love-cuckold plan, but seeing Sayo looking so pitiful, he pondered for a moment and then gave his instructions.
"Doesn't Sayo have a younger sister? After her parents are redeemed, the family of four can work for the Rurikawa family. Working for several decades should be enough to repay what they owe us, right?"
Forget the cuckold stuff. He would rather be an evil capitalist.
There were so many girls who liked him that there was no need to force a girl who did not like him into his harem. In any case, once he saved Sayo's parents, he would still obtain the special scene reward.
"Understood, Master. I will handle it immediately."
Hearing Hachiman's orders, Maid Shion lowered her head and replied respectfully. Without waiting for the delighted Sayo to thank Hachiman, she expressionlessly dragged her away.
Truly useless at getting things done and excellent at ruining them. If she had just clearly cut ties with her ex-boyfriend earlier, wouldn't that have solved everything? Instead, she cried and made a scene in front of the master. How could a kind-hearted master continue to let her be an exclusive maid?
If the master were not present, she would definitely give this naive Sayo a proper lesson.
Did she think that such a huge debt from a failed business could be repaid by working for decades? Had she not considered the interest over all those years?
There was no such good thing, unless she went into business herself, and even then it would only be possible. But where would Sayo's family get the capital to start a business now?
Since Sayo was that stupid, she might as well let her work together with her ex-boyfriend to repay the debt.
Kushida Kikyo, sitting beside Hachiman, was also full of contempt for Sayo.
Although she did not like Hachiman either, especially after he deliberately tormented her earlier, she thought Sayo was even more foolish.
She was already here, so what was she still thinking about?
Instead of trying hard to please the master, she put on a miserable act. There were so many miserable people in this world. The bottom of society was full of people who were both miserable and suffering.
Kushida Kikyo believed that even her own parents no longer cared about her. As for Sayo's so-called boyfriend, he was only a lover anyway. How could he possibly be willing to repay debts with Sayo for a lifetime? He would definitely run away.
If Sayo's parents knew about the exclusive maid thing, they would probably turn around and blame Sayo instead, actively pushing her to come back and offer herself again.
"Hi... Master..."
Ebihara Urara, the only one present who felt optimistic about Sayo's departure, did not think that much. Watching Hachiman directly let Sayo go, and even instruct Maid Shion to first help pay off Sayo's parents' debt, her gaze grew somewhat complicated.
Although she too was repaying debts by being Hachiman-kun's exclusive maid, she felt she was different from Sayo. Sayo was still young and even had a lover. She should not have to do this kind of thing.
However, she also knew that Hachiman-kun helping to advance the money to pay off Sayo's debt was, in a sense, a losing deal.
"Urara, didn't you say earlier that you wanted to take Sayo's place? Now that she's gone, how do you plan to replace her and accept my punishment?"
Hachiman did not care about what had just happened. He continued to caress the tight, smooth, flesh-colored white stockings on Ebihara Urara's long legs, smiling as he asked.
He did not want to be a sucker, but occasionally doing a good deed was fine.
Soon, the service club would be filled with young ladies, heiresses, and married women. Would he lack money? Giving him money required qualifications.
"Uh... Master, um... could the punishment wait a bit?"
Feeling Hachiman becoming more and more unrestrained, Ebihara Urara lowered her head and spoke shyly in a small voice.
"What's wrong? Don't you want to?"
Hachiman looked strangely at Ebihara Urara, whose long, flesh-colored white-stockinged legs were tightly clamped together, whose hands were trembling slightly, and who seemed uncomfortable and restless all over.
"It's not that I don't want to... My constitution is a bit special. When I get nervous or excited, I... I tend to not be able to hold it in..."
Saying such an ultimate piece of private information that she had never told anyone before, right in front of everyone, Ebihara Urara's face turned so red it looked like it might drip blood.
But she had no choice. If she did not answer Hachiman-kun honestly and hurry to the restroom, then later, if she could not hold it in in front of Kushida Kikyo and Hachiman-kun.
That would be even more embarrassing. She would never be able to face Hachiman-kun and Kushida Kikyo again.
Getting nervous or excited makes her unable to hold it?
Hearing Ebihara Urara's explanation, Kushida Kikyo immediately understood that she had misunderstood Ebihara Urara, who had been keeping her legs tightly pressed together.
Ebihara Urara was not a horny slut who got heated just from sitting on Hachiman's thigh. It was simply that she was too nervous, causing her body to have an excessive reaction she could not control, which was why she kept clamping her legs.
However, this discovery instead made Kushida Kikyo's spirits soar.
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