"Come to think of it, I haven't seen Radiance around lately. Noren—do you know where she went?"
Inside the Kasamatsu foot-massage parlor, Su Luo was bored out of his mind. Remembering that he really hadn't seen Brilliantly Shining—New Radiance—in quite some time, he asked the cheap little junior employee in the shop.
"Radiance?"
Noren Ace, slacking off on her phone, glanced at Su Luo and sighed.
"I think she said she went to Tokyo to develop business."
"Develop business?"
Su Luo blinked, looking puzzled.
"What business? I don't remember assigning her anything like that."
"No idea. Anyway, she's been running to Tokyo a lot for months now. What she's busy with, I don't know."
After saying that, Noren rolled her eyes.
"Besides—caring about your employees' whereabouts is literally what a boss is supposed to do, isn't it? Asking now where Radiance went is way too late!"
"Uh…"
Su Luo scratched his head awkwardly.
"Can't blame me. Radiance submits her monthly reports on time, and I've got other investments to deal with…"
"But aren't you slacking off most of the time?"
Noren Ace landed a critical hit right on Su Luo's weak point.
It was super effective.
Heh—this unlucky brat has a sharp tongue…
Su Luo broke into a cold sweat.
"I do work properly too!"
"Mm-hm…"
Noren lowered her head again, casually playing on her phone.
Then, as if it were just a throwaway question, she lobbed one at him.
"Lately… isn't March getting a little too frequent with her visits?"
"Frequent…? Seems fine? Is three or four times a month that much?"
"Did you forget our pricing?"
"Uh… but she doesn't come for foot massage every time. It's not that expensive."
"That's still ridiculous, okay…"
Noren stared at Su Luo with eyes full of a resentfulness he couldn't decode.
"Normal people don't come to a foot-massage place three or four times a month!"
"Maybe she just likes coming here?"
"And March has been losing to Oguri Cap lately. She probably needs me to help her unwind."
Su Luo said it like it was no big deal.
From his perspective, in recent races, Fujimasa March always ended up clashing with Oguri Cap—but she just couldn't beat Oguri, so she kept taking second place. Coming here to relax during a low point sounded perfectly reasonable.
Su Luo's words nearly made Noren explode.
She was this close to blurting out: "She's got designs on you!"
Yeah—normal people wouldn't keep up a three-to-four-visits-a-month pace at a place like this.
Especially when Su Luo's shop was absurdly expensive.
Fujimasa March still showing up that often…
That was obviously suspicious!
And Noren always felt that every time March visited, the way she looked at Su Luo got a little more "wrong"…
Only Su Luo, the idiot, didn't realize he was being targeted—still happily massaging her like a fool!
At this rate, you're gonna get eaten alive!
Of course, with Noren's personality, she wasn't going to say it outright.
If Su Luo didn't know how to keep his distance…
Then she, as a capable and outstanding employee, would help him keep it.
…Well.
Who told him he really did have a face that tempted people, anyway…
Noren Ace subtly sneaked a glance at Su Luo's face.
Over the past half-year, that strangely alluring aura around him had only grown stronger.
It was the kind of presence that made you want to lean on him…
Like a blanket warmed under the sun—something you couldn't resist pressing your cheek against.
Warm, cozy… and somehow fragrant…
Sometimes Noren couldn't help but complain in her heart:
Where did this guy even dig up a succubus like you?!
She'd never felt anything like that from anyone else.
Su Luo was special.
So wasn't it only natural that she should be the one to protect him~?
"Oh right—just so you know, Oguri's going to the Central region after the New Year."
"Huh?"
Now it was Noren's turn to panic.
"If she goes to Central, then what about you? And what about this shop?"
"Oh, that's what you're worried about…"
Su Luo shrugged.
"It'll just be Oguri and Kitahara going to Central. As for me… I'll probably stay in Kasamatsu a bit longer, then head to Hokkaido. I've got investment projects to deal with there."
"As for this shop in Kasamatsu—if Radiance is around, it should be fine. So don't worry too much. Pay will still go out as normal. Oh yeah—tell Rudy and Mini too, since they're not here."
"The thing I care about isn't my pay!"
Noren glared at him hard and demanded:
"After you go to Hokkaido… are you coming back?"
"Uh…"
Su Luo blinked. He had no idea what she was getting at, but he answered anyway.
"Yeah, I'll still come back to check how the shop's doing. Just… not that often."
"Is that so?"
Hearing that, Noren placed her phone into Su Luo's hands.
"This is…?"
Su Luo looked at the screen. It was a memo page.
"An address," Noren Ace smiled at him. "If I ever have time, I'm thinking of traveling to Hokkaido too. So there's no problem with asking for the address where you'll be staying, right~?"
"Where I'll be staying…? Wait—if you're traveling, are you still going to come find me?"
Su Luo's mouth twitched.
What kind of employee goes on vacation and wants to run into their boss?
What do you mean you're traveling but you're still chasing after me?!
And asking for an address…
What, are you planning to offline 1v1 assassinate me?!
…No, wait.
If Noren wanted to assassinate me, she could do it right here in the shop.
Uh.
Even with the system-enhanced body, I probably couldn't survive a serious punch from a horsegirl…
"The address is fine, but are you really going to look for me during your trip?"
Su Luo typed in the place he'd be staying at—over at Nishikino Academy—and asked.
"Can't I save on travel costs?"
"…You're saving that money? I thought your salary wasn't low…"
"Don't worry about it. Anyway, when I show up at your place to stay, don't you dare refuse me!"
"O…kay?"
Su Luo sighed and accepted Noren's proposal.
"Hm hm"
Noren's mood instantly shot through the roof as she stared at the address on her phone.
"Huh… why is this some other academy's address?"
"Besides us… you've invested in other horsegirls too?"
"Yeah."
"And she's in Hokkaido?"
"Not really. She races more in Central, so she's usually active around Tokyo."
"Then between her and Oguri… who's stronger?"
Uh…
Su Luo thought about it.
Right now, he genuinely couldn't judge the gap between Oguri Cap and Tamamo Cross.
Tamamo Cross had lost for a long time, but lately she'd won a GⅡ graded stakes—she was clearly formidable.
Oguri Cap had never lost since debut… every race was a crushing victory.
It really wasn't easy to say who was stronger.
If he had to say…
"Tamamo's probably a bit stronger than Oguri."
"Is that so…"
While Su Luo answered honestly, he didn't notice at all—
Every time he showed even a little familiarity when talking about Tamamo, the girl's finger pressing the virtual keyboard grew more and more forceful.
She was probably…
…angry, wasn't she?
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