Jobless Rising! ~I’ve Become a NEET. I Acquired Lewd Skills and Lived a Life of Sex in the Other World and in Japan. Before I Knew it, I Was Impregnating A Harem of Ladies?!~ - Chapter 19: The Start of Youth…?

Chapter 19: The Start of Youth…?

“…Th-Thank you…”

“No prob. Let’s start cleaning before Morimura-san gets back.”

“Okay…”

I start wiping the sweat and blood off the floor. And I pocket that stack of 10,000-yen bills.

Heh heh…! So this is what they mean by warming your pockets!

Though I didn’t mean to, it kinda feels like I extorted them.

No money’s a fact, though. And I ain’t giving it back!

“Hey, Kurumi. What’s the deal?”

I call out to Kurumi as she wipes the counter.

After all that, she slowly opens up.

“Well… Before this, I worked at a cabaret club…”

“Kurumi at a cabaret club, huh…”

“…What? Is that bad?”

“Nah, nah.”

Doesn’t suit her, though! She’s more like a cute kid than a glamorous hostess.

Kurumi looks younger than her age. Maybe makeup helped, or her baby face was a draw.

“A friend from high school said it was easy money… I live alone, got rent to pay, and needed a job I could work late.”

“Gotcha…”

Kurumi shares the gist of it.

She earned decently at first. Being a young newbie from the countryside in Tokyo, she got some attention.

A few regulars started requesting her.

“Then some company heir started coming to the shop a lot… One day, we moved to the VIP room as usual.”

“VIP room…”

Cabaret clubs have those? Never been much, so I had no idea…

“That time, he was acting different… and, uh, suddenly started touching me.”

“…”

Kurumi says she told him it wasn’t that kind of place and tried to leave, but he flipped out.

Apparently, he yelled stuff like, “You wanted it too, right?” “How much do you think I’ve spent on you?” and “You’re humiliating me!”

He always brought employees and dropped big money, so he was a hassle. The shop didn’t want to lose a big spender like him.

“Then he started saying he knew a reporter and could ruin the shop’s rep… So Ishitate groveled to calm him down.”

“Ugh…”

So Kurumi quit to escape Ishitate and that guy, then started working at Suiou. But they tracked her down.

“But Ishitate chose to protect that customer over you, his employee, right? Then demands ten million yen? That’s just selfish.”

“Yeah… Gotta choose where you work carefully…”

No kidding. Not like I’m job-hunting anytime soon, though!

Still, Kurumi’s a student paying her own rent and working these hours? She’s way more put-together than me…

“I’m back~”

“Welcome back.”

Morimura-san walks in with a convenience store bag.

“Thanks for holding down the fort. You two can clock out. Here, some energy jelly—ten seconds to recharge.”

“Thanks.”

We take the jellies, change in the locker rooms, down the jellies, and return to the counter.

“Anything happen while I was gone?”

“Uh…”

I glance at Kurumi, who’s out of the locker room. She doesn’t say anything.

Explaining would dig into her past, and I feel bad keeping it from Morimura-san, but…

“Nothing much.”

“Cool. Be safe getting home! Here’s your pay.”

“Thanks!”

Alright…! Worked hard today…! Cui flies onto my head, ready to go.

“That bird’s really smart… Customers loved it. Bring it again if it’s up for it.”

“Haha… If it’s in the mood, sure. Night!”

We say goodbye and leave. Outside the building, Kurumi speaks up.

“Senpai.”

“Hm?”

“I… used to think you were a lazy, spineless NEET…”

“That’s a brutal rating!?”

Getting looked down on by someone younger? Is that normal!?

But unlike usual, Kurumi avoids my eyes.

“But… you were cool back there. I never thought you were that strong…”

Oh…? This is pretty good vibes…!

“You don’t look strong, and you seem kinda slow…”

“Why the extra jab!?”

“…Hehe.”

Jeez… I didn’t even know my physical abilities had gotten that strong.

I was pretty freaked out facing those two at first…

“No guy’s ever protected me like that… So, senpai, if Ishitate comes back… will you protect me again…? For free.”

“For free?”

Not like I helped her for a reward.

…Okay, that’s a lie. Like Cui said, I was totally hoping to score a creampie relationship.

But I know it’s not that simple!

“Jeez… I doubt Ishitate’ll show up again. But if he does…”

Right then, something soft touches my right cheek. I turn, and there’s Kurumi, face flushed.

“…Consider that an advance payment.”

…! T-That was… a k-kiss…! No doubt, Kurumi’s lips touched my right cheek…!

“B-But just so you know, I don’t date NEETs. Get a proper job, okay?”

“Y-Yeah…”

Does that mean…! If I get a job, she’ll go out with me…!?

We exchange contact info and part ways.

Could it be…! My late-blooming youth is starting…!?

‘Why didn’t you bang Kurumi?’

“As if! There’s a process to these things!”

‘You skipped the process and seeded Erinabel, didn’t you? Tch. Use Cui-oos on Kurumi, and you could’ve banged her right here…’

“You’re one dangerous bird…”

To be fair, I did briefly consider using Cui-oos—Forced Arousal.

But it’s different from Erinabel’s case! I can’t use it on Kurumi here!

Plus, using an Erotic Skill on someone I know in Japan feels… off. In another world, I can let loose, but…

“Erotic Skills have a cooldown anyway. It’d suck if I couldn’t use them when I need to, like last time. Gotta pick the moment carefully.”

‘Says the guy who uses Erotic Skills whenever he’s horny…’

“Can’t deny that…!”

But there’s another reason to be selective with Erotic Skills: my physical abilities.

Cui said my strength correlates with its seal and my lust. And Erotic Skills are mostly used during creampie sex.

(So if I creampie and feel satisfied, my physical abilities drop…)

Erotic Skills can’t be spammed, and they’d lower my strength.

The otherworld has knights and magical beasts boosting strength with magic. I need to be ready to protect myself at least.

(Thinking about it… I wasn’t cautious at all in that world at first…)

I buy some food at a convenience store and head home. While offering Cui salami, I count the cash.

“Two hundred fifty thousand yen…! That’s a lot!”

I’d usually sleep till noon, but today I’m counting money first.

That Ishitate guy…! Had a nice chunk on him…!

“So, Cui, any Erotic Skills we can unlock?”

‘Hmm… With that 250,000 yen, you could unlock one Erotic Skill.’

“For real!?”

Oh…! Another cheat Erotic Skill…! Spending it all hurts, though!

‘It’s called Cui-os. Originally, it manifests holy swords, spears, or mythic armor, but now it’s an Erotic Skill that creates restraints, vibrators… sex toys.’

“So it summons erotic items…! Awesome…! Way more useful and frequent than a holy sword…!”

‘Heh… You get how great this Erotic Skill is. As expected of Touya, my chosen contractor.’

Sounds like it’d combo well with Forced Arousal…!

“Alright, let’s unlock it…”

‘Can’t. You’ve got the money, but not enough Hero Points.’

“Ugh…”

Right… Cui used the Hero Points to unseal its power. Unlike money, they’re invisible, so it’s hard to track…

‘Use Cui-oos on a hot girl, take her to a room, and creampie her a ton. That’ll rack up some Hero Points…’

“I said that’s too dangerous!”

But it’s not a bad idea… The issue is after I’m satisfied, facing someone like Kida. How much could I handle…?

Apparently, Hero Points vary based on the girl, how intense it is, and the situation.

No clue what the criteria are…!