Matsuzaka Ume seemed quite drunk. Hugging Kobayashi Itsuki from behind, she mumbled something incomprehensible.
However, this posture allowed him to clearly feel the fullness of her figure.
Compared to how she looked normally at the Kindergarten, Matsuzaka Ume was actually much more well-endowed!
"Teacher Matsuzaka, I can't move if you stay like this."
Kobayashi Itsuki turned his head and said helplessly.
"Mmm..."
Matsuzaka Ume, holding Kobayashi Itsuki, ignored whatever he was saying, rubbing gently against his back like a kitten.
Kobayashi Itsuki put down the items in his hands, twisted his body slightly, and reached out to support Matsuzaka Ume, preventing her from bumping into anything inappropriate when he turned around.
Then, he bent down, scooped up her legs, and carried her directly onto the sofa.
Lying on the sofa, Matsuzaka Ume finally settled down, resting quietly.
Kobayashi Itsuki successfully extricated himself, turned around, and took all the bowls and chopsticks from the table to the kitchen.
When he finished cleaning up and returned, Matsuzaka Ume was already fast asleep.
Looking at her peaceful appearance, she was completely different from when she usually argued with Yoshinaga Midori.
After finishing the chores, Kobayashi Itsuki sat by the sofa to rest for a while, then went to the room, grabbed a blanket, and covered Matsuzaka Ume with it.
Unlike yesterday.
If Higashimatsuyama Yone's "skin" had made Kobayashi Itsuki somewhat wary,
then Matsuzaka Ume presented no such reservations.
Kobayashi Itsuki was certain that if he were to do something with Matsuzaka Ume now, she wouldn't mind when she woke up; instead, their relationship would naturally be established.
But for Kobayashi Itsuki, that was a completely different matter.
What's a girlfriend compared to the thrill of getting rewards?
Women would only slow down his reward-farming speed.
Now was not the time for romantic entanglements.
He left a glass of honey water on the table next to Matsuzaka Ume, a tried and true method.
Then, after leaving a note, he contentedly dimmed the lights and left Matsuzaka Ume's house with a flourish.
On the way back, Kobayashi Itsuki calculated in his mind that, if nothing unexpected happened, the people he could most easily gain favor with and most easily get blue treasure chests from were Matsuzaka Ume and Higashimatsuyama Yone.
After these two days, with a bit of effort, he might be able to get a blue treasure chest.
As long as he got a blue treasure chest, it meant he would have a chance to obtain supernatural power.
Thinking of this, Kobayashi Itsuki couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
Logically speaking, when he helped Higashimatsuyama Yone yesterday, he should have also received a treasure chest.
However, what increased was not favorability, but ill will.
Those three guys must have disliked him intensely, because he ruined their plans.
But frustratingly, he didn't know the names of those three guys, so he couldn't be considered to have met them.
Since the relationship hadn't even started, there naturally wouldn't be any treasure chests.
"I need to find time to ask Officer Higashimatsu if their police station has investigated anything, even just a name would be good."
With these thoughts in mind, Kobayashi Itsuki returned home.
As soon as he got home, Kobayashi Itsuki was surprised by the aroma of food wafting through the air.
What surprised him even more was that Higashimatsuyama Yone was standing in front of the stove, wearing an apron, cooking something.
The aroma was emanating from there.
Seeing Kobayashi Itsuki return, Higashimatsuyama Yone's face lit up with a smile.
"You're back?"
Seeing the warm smile on her face, greeting him like a newlywed wife, truly caught Kobayashi Itsuki off guard.
"Officer Higashimatsu?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't tell you, I just used your stove…"
"No, no, no, that's fine."
Kobayashi Itsuki waved his hand, changed his shoes, and walked into the house.
"What surprises me is that Officer Higashimatsu, you're still here. I thought you would have gone home."
At this, Higashimatsuyama Yone looked a little embarrassed.
"Um… I said a lot of rude things last night, and did a lot of rude things, didn't I?"
Higashimatsuyama Yone said this, awkwardly turning her head away, not daring to look at Kobayashi Itsuki.
Actually, she had woken up when Kobayashi Itsuki got up in the morning.
But she didn't understand the surroundings and didn't know what had happened, so she simply didn't get up and pretended to be asleep.
Only after Kobayashi Itsuki left did Higashimatsuyama Yone dare to wake up.
After looking at her clothes and recalling what had happened last night, her face was burning as if she had a fever.
As a rookie police officer, it was her first time encountering such a situation yesterday, and her first time firing a gun; that was one thing.
After returning, she was scolded by her superior for making a mountain out of a molehill.
Naturally, her mood wasn't great after all that.
Later, she had some drinks, unable to bear the bitterness in her heart, and told Kobayashi Itsuki everything she should and shouldn't have.
And then, she got drunk and completely lost consciousness.
Her last impression was leaning on Kobayashi Itsuki, muttering incessantly.
Thinking of all this, Higashimatsuyama Yone couldn't stop squirming at home.
She originally wanted to quickly escape from this place, but after getting up, she saw the breakfast Kobayashi Itsuki made for her and the note he left.
In the end, she decided to try and salvage her image.
She helped Kobayashi Itsuki clean up the house, and then used the ingredients in the refrigerator to cook.
She thought that when Kobayashi Itsuki came home in the evening, he could taste her cooking.
Even if it couldn't completely turn things around, it should at least improve his impression of her a little.
She didn't expect Kobayashi Itsuki to come back so early, catching her red-handed.
"No, Officer Higashimatsu is a very straightforward person. It's comfortable to get along with someone like that."
"As for being rude, I don't think a chat between friends can be rude. Or does Officer Higashimatsu not consider us friends?"
"No, I didn't mean that."
Higashimatsuyama Yone quickly waved her hands, explaining.
"Kobayashi-san, of course we're friends…"
"Then just call me by my name from now on, no more Kobayashi-san."
Kobayashi Itsuki genuinely disliked the address "Kobayashi-san", but in Japan, slightly polite addresses were all like this, so there was nothing he could do.
Every time someone called him that, he felt like a colonel, which was truly unbearable.
"Then… Itsuki?"
Higashimatsuyama Yone said tentatively.
"Congratulations, you got it right, Yone."
Kobayashi Itsuki winked at Higashimatsuyama Yone, smiling as he spoke.
Hearing Kobayashi Itsuki's address, Higashimatsuyama Yone also smiled and nodded.
"Oh, right, are you hungry? Dinner will be a while longer…"
"It's okay, I'm not hungry right now."
"Is there anything I can help with?"
"Not really…"
"This is my house, why are you being so polite with me?"
"Then help me prepare these things. Your house really doesn't have many ingredients."
"Because I'm usually at the Kindergarten…"