I’m Just an Underling of an Evil Organization, but for Some Reason I was Ordered to Honeytrap the He

Chapter 6

6 - Luxury

When I woke up, I kept my eyes shut. There were too many difficult things to accept about the current state of reality for my cowardly self. Like a snail gingerly stretching out its feelers, I kept my breathing even and probed for any presences within the surrounding area.

However, after a second, my body began to tremble.

Warm, pliant skin enveloped me. This sensation is—

“Are you cold? Hiroto.”

Embracing me from behind, I was firmly fenced in by brawny arms.

Akkad pressed his mouth to the nape of my neck, and turning my body around, I was made to face him.

Woah, he just woke up, but he has such a refreshing ikemen vibe. On top of not having any eye mucus, his sleep-tousled hair was actually rather sexy.

The moment I was face to face with Akkad, I briefly forgot my fear and became fascinated by the impossible degree of perfection he had even upon waking up.

Looking at my surprised face, Akkad arched a devastating eyebrow, and a beautiful smiling expression appeared. Stop it.

“I’m sorry about last night. I have no excuse, but you were so charming… my self-control was ineffective. Is your body hurt?”

His voice full of gentle sympathy incessantly rained down on me. It seemed to even soak into my body. This man, even his voice is incredibly good. Probably a baritone?

“To you, I’m a brutal enemy person. On top of that, I suddenly did that to you, which would’ve been unimaginably terrifying. However, I’ve always liked you. I wanted you to know me, I wanted you to like me. I thought yesterday was a chance, so I brought you to my room.”

What is this development?

Exactly like Doktor Satow theorized, Akkad seemed to have fallen in love with me.

“I ended up losing to my desires, but I want to treasure you. You’re a member of Humbaba. You lost in battle, so you’ll be handled as a prisoner of war. As such, in the time until you’re returned, I thought it’d be nice to deepen our interactions, and if you were interested in me, we could continue to stay together from here on out. I messed up the order, but could you try to think of me as a prospective lover? Or if you hate even seeing my face, I will erase myself from your sight. But please, I’d like you to consider a future with me just for a moment.”

Furrowing his brows pitifully, he pleaded with me.

It was our faction that went through all this effort to plant a honeytrap, yet somehow I ache with the faint feeling of guilt.

“To me, this is so sudden I can’t understand anything. But, I don’t think I hate Akkad.”

Affecting as much pure innocence as possible, I answered in an embarrassed fashion. I really was embarrassed. Until last night, I had not had a single sexual experience, since I was a herbivorous1 android.

Though he’s the one that fell into our sweet-baited trap, as I thought, the difference in strength was too great, and I felt the hairs on the back of my neck whenever I faced him; I’ve been tormented since the start. It’s best to obediently go along with him.

Hearing my answer, Akkad opened his eyes wide, and a shining smile appeared. Uwoh, too dazzling.

“Then, you’ll stay with me for a while?”

“Aah. As for that, until yesterday I was a Humbaba combatant, so I can’t just cut myself off right away, it’s all quite confusing. Until I’ve organized and settled my feelings, can you let me consider it over slowly?”

“Of course. I was rushing you too much. I’m sorry. Please take your time to rest today.”

After that, as he lightly carded through my hair, Akkad told me to call him Tosiya.

Akkad quickly dressed himself. “I apologize, but I don’t have any other clothes but my own,” he said, and lent me some clothes. There’s a size difference between us, and even our body thickness is quite different, so I was deluged in fabric. Akkad intensely gazed at me as he made three rounds around my body, and seemingly in a good mood, rolled up the cuffs of my clothes.

Deciding we should eat, he held out his hand to me, and I realized that the room I was currently in was a different place than the room I was brought to last night.

“An order came down at dawn to transfer locations. The fighting has intensified, so I was told to move to a place that had stronger household protections in place.”

When I asked Akkad, he gave me that response.

The bedroom I was currently in was a round room more than three times larger than the one from before, and had more furnishings, such as a small fridge and a coffee table. The bed was also close to twice as big, and was changed to have a sturdy bed frame.

Leaving the bedroom, the living room was also extravagant. Similar to the bedroom, the furniture was uniformly made of precious wood. Matching that aesthetic, the electrical appliances were remodeled to look antique, and what appeared to be unobtrusive things were placed in a sophisticated manner; how to explain, it was a residence overflowing with corrupt money. I felt like I was going to faint.

The meal was already prepared by the housekeeping robot and lined up on the table. Freshly baked bread with a fluffy cheese omelette inside. There was even a raw vegetable salad and freshly squeezed orange juice.

Both dairy products and raw vegetables, I have never eaten them until now. I never thought the day would come that I would seriously eat a meal rather than attend to my job.

After I finished the meal, Akkad recommended I use the bath.

When I entered the bathroom, I found it also had a wooden bathtub, filled to the brim with swelling hot water; my breathing very well stopped.

Humanity has used lake water to exhaustion, so water for both drinking and lifestyle purposes were on a rationing system. The custom of washing within a bath should be a privilege exclusive to only the extremely rich.

Akkad seemed to have wiped off my body after I passed out last night, and there was no leftover discomfort.

But using plenty of hot water to wash my body, and being submerged within a bathtub for the first time in my life, my fatigue, my troubles, and anything else, from the ends of my hands and feet, I felt melt away.