episode_0088

I was a little nervous, but since he didn’t show any signs of anything after that, I put my suspicions aside for now.

Yeah, there’s no way she knows me.

This is our first meeting, so how could I know?

… You don’t think I know you because you’re the woman who gives me the most money at the casino or something like that, right?

“Hello, everyone. You wanted to meet me, even spending your own money on the transfer certificate. I guess you have something to ask me?”

She was quite straightforward and got straight to the point.

“Oh, yeah… um, that’s true… .”

What should I ask this?

I can’t even openly ask what the meaning of hanging a heart card on that chest is… .

“Why did you make the employees wear heart cards on their chests?”

But Karin made my worries seem meaningless and got straight to the most important part.

I was taken aback for a moment, but this was my chance to see her reaction!

“… Hehe, well, my last name is Heart.”

“Oh, is that so?”

Now that I hear it, it sounds plausible… .

Huh? So we were wasting our time?

“Okay, let’s talk while eating.”

She lightly brushed aside the question of conversion and as the food began to arrive, she paused for a moment and offered to eat.

While we were eating together, I heard her story a little bit. The Hart family is said to be a fairly famous blacksmith family.

“Blacksmith?”

“Yes, isn’t it a bit unusual? A blacksmith family running a casino like this.”

Well… I guess that could be possible, but considering that this place is vaguely medieval, isn’t it a bit unusual?

To begin with, it’s a bit odd that he comes from a noble blacksmith family, but I don’t know much about the Middle Ages, so let’s move on.

“As you can see, I’m a bit weak, so I’m not suited for that kind of work. My parents gave up on me early on. They told me to do what I wanted to do.”

Her arms as she spoke were very thin.

It’s a fragile body that clearly wouldn’t be able to handle a single hammering properly.

So, after trying this and that, I ended up settling on a casino.

It was quite an interesting story.

“But I think you all have your own unique stories. Four women on an adventure… It doesn’t happen often, right?”

“Yeah, right.”

Lisa nodded.

As expected, this doesn’t happen often… .

“We are the elf revival… .”

“World Peace! We are traveling around the world for world peace!”

I shouted in a hurry because Karin was talking nonsense again.

Oh, that’s embarrassing.

World peace!

You’ll probably laugh at me, right?

“Wow… That’s a really cool goal!”

Oh, I like it.

Green looked at us with shining eyes and an admiring expression.

“Amazing! You fill the world with love and bright light!”

“Yes, that’s right. All this in the name of the Lord…!”

Her words must have touched something in Serena, as she jumped up and shouted.

No, I don’t really do anything with that kind of name… .

Let’s do it like that since Serena likes it.

“Wow, you’re really amazing. I just run a small casino like this… .”

“No, we never thought of doing something like this. You’re really amazing!”

“Oh, really? Thanks for the compliment.”

Dinner time passed in such a friendly atmosphere.

Is it because they are all women?

She seemed to like this atmosphere too.

“Oh, by the way, I heard there’s an unused basement in the casino… .”

“Basement? Oh, it’s a place reserved for special games, but it’s not used much now, so it’s closed. It’s a shame to throw it away, so… .”

She said that with a chuckle.

Hmm, I was just asking just in case, but was it really just a place that wasn’t that special?

“By the way, I always talk to men whose eyes are wide open, so it’s fun to talk to people of the same sex like this.”

“Yes, me too!”

After all, it’s more pleasing to the eye when you’re with a pretty person.

I felt my eyes being purified as I tried to engrave her pretty face into my mind.

“If it’s not too much trouble, would you like to continue the conversation in my office?”

“Please!”

***

We followed her all the way to her office on the top floor of the casino.

Would she really deceive us and do something bad?

I believe that will not happen.

It was a short meeting, but I believe in our green!

“Haha, thank you all. Now that we’ve changed seats, let’s talk about some important things.”

“Important story?”

She smiled for a moment, then took out the A of Hearts card hanging on her chest and placed it on the table.

“Did you ask about this when we first met?”

“What… .”

You said you wore it because it was your family name?

“It’s true that my family is called Heart, but there’s actually a reason why my family got that name.”

It really came out!

The secret of the pattern!

Could it be that it was not her own problem but her family’s?

“There is a god in my family that we have believed in for generations.”

It doesn’t seem like he’s the god of the sun.

As if she had noticed that fact, Serena’s expression also became slightly worse.

“Ah! Of course I don’t believe it. I used to believe it, but… I gave up my faith when I left home.”

“What… God?”

She said something I didn’t want to hear.

“Goddess of Love.”

I felt Karin and Lisa’s eyes on me.

I, I don’t know anything!

It’s true!

“Goddess of Love… ?”

Serena, who knew nothing, just blinked.

“It’s the first time I’ve heard that name. Even though I know the names of almost all the gods… .”

Was he such a minor god?

In the mythology of that distant village, he is said to be one of the gods.

“Actually, it’s a bit of an old story, so now even religious rituals have been simplified… Maybe it’s a religion that doesn’t exist anymore.”

It seemed like her family had been around for a very long time.

It seems a little different from the Love Goddess Church that I was forced to join… .

Could it be understood as a kind of sect?

At least it seemed clear that she didn’t know the Love Goddess Church that I knew.

“I think this is the story you want to hear. Am I right?”

“Yes. Can you elaborate a little more?”

Green nodded obediently and told the story he knew.

The ritual is this and that… the religious symbols are this and that… .

The three of us, excluding Serena, were already losing track of the conversation.

Well, Serena will sort it out and get back to you!

dripping.

A knock on the door interrupted the difficult religious talk that was in full swing.

That knock also seemed a bit urgent.

“Didn’t I tell you not to come in?”

“Sorry, sorry! It’s a bit urgent!”

She looked at us for a moment.

Well, is this the end of the story?

“It’s okay. You can stay.”

As she said this, she called the staff member who brought the urgent news into the room.

He was startled for a moment when he saw five pretty women sitting in a group, but came to his senses again when he realized that one of them was his boss.

“That’s… Suddenly, four female employees resigned… .”

“Resignation? Why?”

“Um, that’s… .”

He seemed to be struggling with whether or not he should tell us this fact.

“It’s okay. Tell me.”

Oh, are you sure it’s okay?

Judging from the reaction, it seems like it’s confidential or something like that.

“That’s…um…a resignation due to pregnancy… .”

“Ah… .”

This, pregnancy… .

Of course, in order for a person to be born, they must go through the process of pregnancy and childbirth, but fortunately, we have not experienced that yet.

Well, I know that Love Slime absorbs semen, but I’m a little worried about the rest.

What if I get pregnant later?

“Ahem… Oh, I see. So you’re saying there’s a shortage of personnel?”

“Yes, it was a sudden resignation, so we were not prepared for it… .”

What’s more, four people are pregnant at the same time.

What the hell happened?

“Umm… Net… .”

Her gaze fell on us for a moment.

Wait, no?

“Are you interested in a high-paying part-time job?”

Oh, as expected!

An event that almost always appears in casinos!

Usually, because we don’t have money, we are forced to wear bunny clothes and work at the casino, but this time, fortunately, we had the right to refuse.

Yeah, who would want to wear a bunny girl outfit and serve customers or something!

“5,000 gold per day… .”

“I will do it.”

This is what we have to do.

Money is always right.

If it’s not right, then you don’t have enough money.

After saying that, I thought, “Oh no,” but how could a woman like me do such a strange thing?

“Uh, umm… If that’s the case… .”

“… Are you wearing those clothes? Hmm… .”

“If everyone else does it, I can do it too… .”

It was a subtle reaction, but everyone eventually agreed to do it.

“Wow, thank you so much! Then, I’m sorry, but can I ask you to do it starting tomorrow?”

So naturally we decided to become temporary bunny girls.

I feel like I fell for her words somehow… .

What, what could possibly happen?

We’re both girls, so I’ll help you out a little!

“Huh, please take care of me.”

“Okay, just wear this. Your job is simple customer service, so don’t worry too much… Oh, and don’t be violent towards customers.”

And the next day, we had our first day at work.

“… Hey, are you really going to wear this?”

Lisa asked with a trembling expression, but since it was a night game, this level of exposure was unavoidable.

I thought that nonchalantly as I looked at the fishnet stocking bunny girl costume.

But aren’t I getting too used to this situation?