129 Ma... Doting parents are always like this.

After finishing the meal, I got ordered by maid-san to do the dishes (although it is obviously her duty). Then, not being allowed to take a bath, she threw me into my room (literally. Damn, she even had more strength than me.), and locked my room's door. Ordering me to sleep.

"That was weird..."

Muttering those words under my breath, I jumped onto my bed and soon went to sleep.

************

Well... Instead of having to wake up and frantically think of a plan to keep Hanako's dad from taking her away, I ended up being tied up to a chair in an unknown place. By my experience, I was able to tell that this place isn't my house (I'm not proud to have this experience, but hey, guess it can be quite useful sometimes), and I'm probably being locked in some sort of basement.

"Oh, so you've woken up."

A voice greeted me within the darkness of the room. Although I could faintly see the person's figure, I wasn't quite able to see who it was. But from her voice, I was able to discern her gender and her level of hostility directed towards me. Although her voice was cold, there was no trace of malice hidden within. That fact alone made me relaxed slightly.

"Who are you?"

"Ma~ I guess that it's quite fair for you to know who I am..."

With a nonchalant voice, she replied to me while walking slowly towards me. Her hands then moved past my head to grab something. Not knowing what she is intending to grab, I stopped trying to guess as it would be pointless anyway and focused on my scent of smell to discern the identity of this person. That action didn't go unnoticed, though.

"I did tell you that I will reveal who I am, didn't I?"

Before I could even reply, she tugged at whatever was behind my back and caused the light from the ceiling to shine down. After the room was illuminated, I adjusted my eyesight for a few seconds and then looked back at the person only to see...

"M-Maid-san?!?!"

"You sure are slow to notice me, Young master."

"Wait... Why did you kidnap me here? I'm pretty sure that I didn't do anything worthy of being treated like this, though? Was it about last night? I-"

Possibly annoyed at my barrage of questions, she cut right in the middle of my sentence and slowly explained everything to me.

"As much as I would like to continue your torturing, I don't really have the time for that, you see? Also, I do not have tendencies to enjoy seeing people writhing in pain and suffering like your girlfriend and your sister."

"But last night, you tortured me-"

"That was not for my amusement. That was for punishing you."

"Isn't that the same?!?!"

"Well, at least I won't try to stab you or kill you."

"..."

"Anyway, the reason for your kidnapping this time is quite simple."

"..."

"I have been hired by Young miss's father to kidnap you to this place."

"Why? Why must he do that?!?! Our fathers were friends in the past! He's even seen me plenty of times by now! Even if he wants to take Hanako away, I don't believe that he would be this forceful!"

It seemed that I was right. As soon as I have spoken that sentence, maid-san's eyes had a rather weird expression in them.

"Young miss's father... After he was separated from Young miss for a long time, he wanted to have some father-daughter time with her and dote on her..."

"Wait... That's it?"

"Un. 'Taking her back to live with him' was just a cover."

"What the hell?!?!"

"Ma... Doting parents are always like this. It's quite normal, actually. Please get used to it, young master."

"HOW THE HELL IS THIS NORMAL?!?!"

...

I really do not have anything to say anymore. As much as I wanted to go give Hanako's father a beating, I also understand that he wants to have some quality time with his daughter. Although his method of doing so is wrong, I guess I'll just let him off the hook this time...

"I guess that I'll just stay here for the time being, then. Would you mind releasing me, maid-san?"

"No."

"Thank yo- Wait, no?"

"Young master, when you mentioned about last night, I just felt infuriated again. Thus, I decided to just keep you tied up for a little longer."

"..."

"Just kidding."

"Your eyes weren't laughing, though?!?!"

"You were imagining it."

After freeing me from my restraints, she leads me to the exit of the room.

"Oh, that reminds me, maid-san, where is this place?"

"Somewhere on the mainland."

"Uh... Can you be more specific please?"

"I don't know. I forgot."

"..."

"Ma~ We'll probably be fine, right?"

"Do you have a phone on you, maid-san?"

"Nope!"

"A map?"

"Nope!"

"Any of my belongings?"

"Other than your porn magazines that I found under your bed, nope!"

...

"So... let me summarize the situation here."

"Feel free to do so, young master."

"We are now somewhere on the mainland."

"Un."

"With no method of communication, money, or whatsoever."

"Un."

"With a porn magazine."

"Yep."

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SITUATION?!?!"