(Chastity Reversed) I'm Sorry, My Lady. I Had Sex With Another Woman Again - Chapter 69: The 300 Billion Yen Man

“Caron-san, you’re late. ……Um, did something happen?”

I, who had been talking with Orca-san in the bedroom, called out to the red-haired girl who had returned late at night.

Caron-san.

Her condition was abnormal.

Her flushed cheeks evaporated the sweat that clung to them, sending up wisps of steam. Though there wasn’t a single wound left on her face, her clothes were disheveled and stained with dark red marks.

“Hah……! Hah……!”

Her breathing was rough, and she seemed excited. With this, I thought it would be more unnatural not to ask ‘did something happen?’

But she didn’t answer anything. She just sat on the bed, trembling.

“……?” “………..”

I looked toward Orca-san, but she just shrugged silently. Though she remained silent, her attitude seemed to say ‘this happens often.’

I watched Caron-san for a bit, but she only hung her head. Having no choice, I continued the conversation I’d been having with Orca-san.

“So, how did it go for you, Orca-san?”

“……Well, not very promising. The basic strength of this community is low to begin with, and there are few organizations capable of sea rescue. There were some, but whether I could mobilize them in such a short time is questionable.”

“I see. Yes, I suppose so……”

I thought I had been prepared for this. But seeing Orca-san, who was always so confident, biting her lip in frustration, my heart clenched with pain.

I suppose I had been expecting something deep down after all. ……I had failed, but perhaps she could—I had irresponsibly placed such expectations on her.

“Suberia is also in a state of waiting for contact after sending letters. We couldn’t find anyone directly connected to the Foneker family due to lack of information. Though it’s only the first day, it’s not good……”

“Yes, ……what should we do?”

Perhaps I had been thinking too naively about this. I had been using money in the hundreds of millions like water until now. There was hardly anything that couldn’t be achieved.

With money, you could get information, manpower, clothing, housing. Everything was obtainable.

So I thought that with the money I earned in the dungeon today, this deadlocked situation would change. But I was probably still just a spoiled rich boy after all.

I wasn’t skilled enough at using money to handle this amount. And the world didn’t seem kind to people without money.

“………..”

Orca-san made a difficult face, frowning like a small child as she looked down. I found myself looking down as well.

For a while, a dark mood flowed through the room. ——That’s when it happened.

“It might be okay.”

“……?”

Before I knew it, Caron-san was facing this way. She wasn’t looking at me or Orca-san, but vaguely staring at the space between us. The phrase ‘her heart wasn’t here’ seemed fitting.

“What do you mean by ‘okay’?”

“Hehe, hehehe.”

To Orca-san’s question, Caron-san laughed, unable to hide her inner joy.

“Caron-san……?”

“Hehe, hehehe! I’m sorry! Something good happened!”

When I touched her shoulder gently in confusion, she apologized before beginning to speak, desperately trying to suppress her rising smile.

“There’s good news!!! ……Ebon-san! Ebon-san is apparently going to provide additional investment for the search and rescue! So please don’t worry! Even if you two can’t manage it, the top of this city……Ebon ‘onee-san’ will handle everything!”

“……Huh?” “………..”

Good news. She spoke in such a rapid manner that it was hard to understand, like a dam had burst. She looked very happy—so filled with ‘joy’ that she seemed like a completely different person from the usually gloomy Caron-san.

But, however, I——

That Ebon. The woman who had been casually playing with Simon-sama’s thighs, his groin.

Additional investment.

I trembled at that terrifying phrase. The previous scene vividly rose up in my mind. In an instant, goosebumps ran across my entire body, and a chill enveloped me.

And Orca-san, who was also wary of Ebon, seemed to feel the same way. Though not to the extent that I did, having seen that scene.

“……Additional investment? Would a renowned merchant really go that far out of charity? Something’s wrong. What is she after……?”

Contrary to Caron-san, who was so happy she seemed ready to jump up and down, Orca-san showed her wariness openly with a stern expression.

“We’re really lucky! We were struck by great misfortune, but this is fortune that more than makes up for it! Because we got to meet onee-san!!!”

“Caron-san……”

She, who looked up to Simon-sama as ‘onii-san,’ had apparently decided to call that Ebon ‘onee-san’ as well this time.

Watching her happy face, I couldn’t tell Caron-san the truth.

(Ebon is secretly toying with Simon-sama……)

Such a cruelly harsh truth. I absolutely couldn’t put it into words.

“Later, let’s all go thank her together!”

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“Th-three th-thousand……hun-hundred billion?”

“Yes♡ This is the estimated cost if we ask other trading companies to participate in the rescue as well.”

I stared intently at the unfamiliar document filled with unfamiliar characters and unfamiliar numbers. The document was filled in completely except for my signature section. Even though I couldn’t read it, I picked it up and held it up to examine it closely, and the papers began to tremble.

……No, that’s not right. My hands were shaking. Before this astronomical number, I was trembling under the pressure.

“……And this is Simon-san’s debt amount. If you accept the proposal, of course♪”

“Hi, hiiii~~~……”

The amount was so staggering that my eyes grew dizzy. My mouth started speaking on its own, going ‘hawa wa……’

“N-no way. Such an amount. I-I can’t pay back this much……”

Like when I first started working in society, I somehow started referring to myself as ‘boku’ while flustering about. Is this reality……? My vision warped and blurred with tears from anxiety about the future.

“Hehe♪……It’s okay. If it’s Simon-san, you can pay it back quickly if you work hard. Even if you can’t pay it back, I won’t get angry. ……Three years. No, after five years pass, I’ll write off the debt.”

“Fi-five years……Hieee……”

Seriously, what should I do? I trembled as I thought about various things. About My lady, Dorothy-sama, Ginny, Shia, and myself five years from now.

But an answer wouldn’t come immediately. I froze while holding the fountain pen.

Perhaps taking pity on me, Ebon-san said “Hey, Simon-san” and spoke to me gently.

“I’m very, very grateful to Simon-san. That’s why I promised to mobilize the entire Ebon Trading Company for the rescue. ……You also treated my injuries, so I had no intention of demanding money from Simon-san.”

Ebon-san’s white, slender fingertips gently caressed my hand that was holding the fountain pen with trembling fingers.

At that lascivious movement that seemed to lick me, I wondered if she was seducing me. But when I looked at her face, Ebon-san was looking at my hand with an unexpectedly serious expression.

“Simon-san saved me. So I want to do everything I can. I want to return the love I received. ……But.”

Ebon-san, who had been looking down at my hand, turned toward me and stared into my eyes with black pupils that shone like black diamonds.

“Three thousand, 300 billion is a lot even for me too~……It’s enough to potentially topple my trading company. That’s how much I’m paying. ……Then, then! A little bit would be fine, right……!? Right……? Right, right, right!!!”

“E-Ebon-san……?”

Before I knew it, there. The usual sharp, intellectual, dignified Ebon-san who always wore a nonchalant mask had disappeared.

There was only, in front of me. Drooling messily. Eyes moistened with heart marks floating in them.

“Hihi, hihihi♡♡♡”

A beast with naked desire. There was a sow laughing happily.

“S-Simon-san~. I’m not forcing anything, you know? Even if you don’t accept this proposal, everyone at Ebon Trading Company will work on the rescue♡ ……But, if we use other trading companies, it would be more reliable. And that might save the lives of your precious people♡……Hey, Simon-san. The choice is yours♪”

“Ebon-san……”

“Hi, hihi……A-are you disappointed……? B-but, you see. This is my true nature. I’m not inherently a good person. I’m a villain. I was pretending to be a good girl in front of everyone. But you know, that’s no good. You shouldn’t trust a merchant you just met……”

In Ebon-san’s slovenly, desire-filled face, I thought I saw a slight waver.

Her mouth remained smirking. But for a moment, something like regret seemed to float in her lust-filled eyes. Her gaze and heart movements seemed to convey a voice saying ‘I shouldn’t have done this.’

But that was only for a moment. She laughed sadistically again as if putting on a brave front.

“Now, Simon-san! What will you do! Will you borrow it! Or won’t you! Decide right here and now! Come on, come on!”

“I understand. I’ll sign it.”

“Come on! Come on, come on, come on! …………………………Hm???”

She made fists with both hands and clenched them in front of her face. She closed her eyes tightly and shouted.

When I said I would sign, she seemed taken aback and had question marks floating on her face.

Borrowing 300 billion. Such a decision, probably the biggest of my life, seemed light, and she was probably surprised.

But thinking about it carefully, this was natural.

The girl entrusted to me by Dorothy-sama, My Lady Nico. She wasn’t here now. Just thinking about her dying made my chest ache. I didn’t want to think about such negative things, but even while doing this, my lady was always somewhere in my heart.

……I want to do everything I can for her. I was taken aback by the enormous amount, but when I calmed down and thought about it, my heart was decided. There would never be another opportunity like this, for someone like me to get 300 billion. So I must not let this moment slip away.

Even if my lady were rescued, not being able to stay by her side would be very regrettable and shameful as a butler serving her. But the most important thing was for my lady to return alive to Dorothy-sama. So this was fine.

“I’m sorry for hesitating. I don’t think I could pay back 300 billion. So I wondered if I’d cause trouble. ……But if it’s for my lady’s sake, I’ll borrow the money even if it makes me dishonorable. Um, I’m sorry if I can’t repay it.”

“……Hmph! You don’t need to worry about such things! You should only worry about yourself, not about money!”

“I’m sorry, thank you. I’ll work desperately and pay back this money as much as I can.”

“……Somehow, this throws me off. Why doesn’t this person despair? ……Really, what a strange person.”