SSD

[Congratulations, you have achieved Level 50 of the Restauranter!]

[Conquer everyone's money with your food!]

[With the power of food, control this world!]

"..." 

Mizuto didn't expect that he would be at his maximum level in this type of situation. Nevertheless, after knowing the reason why Reina and Akatsuki were weird previously, he decided to take a bath to calm himself. Naturally, Akatsuki also followed him before they rested in the small bathtub of this hotel.

While the bathtub was small, with Akatsuki's petite frame, she could sit between his legs and rested nicely. 

"I feel more comfortable in this hotel." 

"...you like this type of hotel?" 

The hotel where he took her was Miyako City Kintetsu Kyoto Station, a three-star hotel near Kyoto Station. 

If someone asked whether this hotel was his, then he would say, "Yes." 

Now, why did he buy this hotel?

It definitely had nothing to do with Akatsuki. Instead, it was all due to his previous trip to Osaka. During his trip, he stood at the tallest building in Osaka, Abeno Harukas. As he stood there, he was curious about what kind of company owned this building, and when he checked on it, he became interested and decided to acquire the company that owned the Abeno Harukas and also the owner of this hotel. 

Kintetsu Group Holdings. 

This was the name of the company which he acquired previously. 

Like Seibu Holdings, which he acquired previously, Kintentsu Group Holdings was also a railway company, or rather, it was the largest railway company in Japan, excluding the Japan Railways Group.

Still, similar to Seibu Holdings, the business under Kintensu Group Holdings wasn't only a railway. There was a hotel, logistics, department store, transportation, rugby team, rugby stadium, theme park, travel agency, and 100 many companies under it.

Yes, there were a lot of companies under this Kintetsu Group Holdings, but wasn't it why these companies were called a Holding?

Still, Mizuto somehow felt like the development of a railway company was kind of predictable. It started with a railway, then a hotel, and then a department store before slowly expanding to other services so everyone would always feel comfortable and stay at the railway station. 

However, as he had acquired Seibu Holdings, was the acquisition of Kintetsu Group Holdings meaningless?

The answer was no, why?

It was because Seibu Holdings focused on the Kanto region, and Kintetsu Group Holdings focused on the Kinki and Tokai regions.

Even if the business was the same, the location was different. 

More importantly, Kintetsu also had a logistics company, which provided air and sea freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and warehouse inventory management services.

This logistics company complimented his warehouses, and it would also greatly help him with his convenience store, which he would acquire later. 

As for this hotel where he stayed with Akatsuki, it just so happened that it was close to her house, so he brought her here so it would be more convenient as their time was quite limited. 

In other words, it was all a coincidence. 

Yes, the room was quite small, but it was only compared to the five-star hotel where he stayed with Akatsuki and Yume previously.

"How to say... the previous hotel is kind of intimidating... I am not used to it..." 

Compared to the hotel where he brought her before, she felt this hotel was more comfortable. 

Mizuto put his chin onto Akatsuki's smooth shoulder and wrapped his hands around her small waist. "You will get used to it soon. If you want, I can also give you some pocket money too." 

"...do you really want to become my sugar daddy?" Akatsuki was speechless, sighed, and then said, "Trip to the luxurious resort aside. I don't think it is appropriate for me to wear something expensive." 

Mizuto didn't ask this question immediately, thought for a while, and then asked, "Will the other girls notice?" 

"A trip might be different, but if you give me a lot of money, it will lead to trouble with my parents since they will ask for the source of money. If you give me a lot of luxury items, then they will ask me too, and the other girls will think that I am working as a prostitute." 

Even if Akatsuki didn't do so, everyone would think so since they would feel confused by Akatsuki's source of money. Moreover, they didn't even announce their relationship, which made the situation more complicated. 

"You are right. Sorry." 

If Akatsuki was a working adult or a university student, this might not be a problem, but as a high school student, a luxury item definitely would bring trouble. 

"No, you don't need to apologize. I know that... you just want to compensate me after all..." Akatsuki took a deep breath, trying to calm herself, yet her eyes were reddened. "But you don't need to worry. Even if you are a scumbag, I will be with you." 

"...is the scumbag part necessary?" 

Akatsuki only laughed and stretched her body, but then she felt his erection once again, which made her helpless. "You... really..." 

"It's a natural reaction. Don't blame me." 

"Nevertheless, take responsibility for being with me until I die, okay?" 

"...." 

Mizuto felt like this girl was thinking too much since how could they be so sure that their relationship would last that long, yet when he saw her expression, he couldn't bear to reject her since she was the only one who could accept the part of him that often went to sleep with other women. 

"I will." 

Kissing her lips, they decided to have a little quickie. 

Nevertheless, after they took a bath, Mizuto took Akatsuki home and suddenly asked. "There will be your parents, right?" If there was a reason why they didn't do it at her home as usual, it was because her parents were there.

"Um." Akatsuki nodded, then asked with a teasing tone, "Are you nervous?" 

"No." How could he be nervous? 

"Really?" 

"Yes, even if you say that I am your boyfriend, I am okay with it." 

"Really?" 

Mizuto felt the tone from the word "really," which she said just now, was much different from her previous one, and as expected, her eyes were strangely sharp for some reason when he saw them from the mirror on his motorcycle. While he was helpless, he nodded. "Sure, say it. I don't mind." 

Akatsuki smiled, then hugged him tightly as she buried her face on his back. 

"Don't hug me so hard." 

"Will it get hard?" 

"It's itchy!" 

Still, as the hotel was quite close to her home, it didn't take much time to arrive at her house, and it was fortunate that her parents weren't around so he thought of going home, but someone called Akatsuki. 

"Akatsuki?" 

Akatsuki, who wanted to give Mizuto a kiss, was startled. Then she turned and saw someone familiar to her. "Ah, Aunty!" 

"It's been a while..." 

Mizuto also saw the woman who greeted Akatsuki, and this woman appeared to be quite good-looking, even though she was in her late 30s. 

'She should be about the same age as Yuni-san (his stepmother)?'

The two talked for a while before the woman asked him, "This is?" 

"My boyfriend," Akatsuki said smoothly with a bright smile. 

Mizuto was speechless, but he nodded. "Hello." 

"Ah, hello..." Nevertheless, the woman looked quite complicated before she sighed helplessly.

Still, Mizuto didn't intend to linger any longer since he had been away for quite a while. "Then, Akatsuki, I will leave first." 

"Oh, wait, what kind of clothes will you wear tomorrow?" 

"Clothes?" 

"Yeah, the top. What color?" 

"...why did you ask that?" 

"Never mind. I am just asking. If you haven't made up your mind, how about a light blue?" 

"Light blue? Well, okay, I don't mind. Then, I will go back first." 

Kissing her cheek, Mizuto returned home with his motorcycle. 

Watching his back, Akatsuki looked at him with a smile, then chuckled when she thought about tomorrow. 

---

"I am home." 

Mizuto felt that his motorcycle was quite unfriendly for a long trip. Yet, he had bought it, so there was nothing he could do except get a new one. 

"Welcome back." 

As he parked his motorcycle in the garage, Yume welcomed him with a smile, but there was also a concern on her smile. "It's a bit late. Is there no problem on the way?" 

"I bought this for you." 

"What is it?" 

There was one item given by Mizuto, and it seemed to be a computer-related item, which confused her. 

"It is an SSD. You can keep your data there. Don't keep a raunchy photo on your phone or laptop. What if someone stole your phone?" 

"I-I know..." Yume blushed, embarrassed, but then looked at him sweetly. "Thanks." She felt sweet because of his concern, but when she thought about the photo and video that she kept on her smartphone, she couldn't help but blush. Nevertheless, it was the second gift which he had given her, and she was so happy for it that she hugged it tightly. 

Nevertheless, Mizuto felt weird. 

Was she so happy that she had a place to keep all of their raunchy photos?

Mizuto was helpless. "I will tell you how to use it later." 

"Okay." As she nodded, she moved closer to him and smelled an unfamiliar yet familiar scent on his body. She frowned slightly, then said, "By the way, let's take a bath together."

"...if we take a bath together, then we won't take a bath, right?" 

"Well... you don't want to?" 

"Let's go!" 

Hearing his firm answer, Yume laughed and knew that she was thinking too much.