Chapter 287 287: Shido Alcohol (Part 2)

"Here, then..."

After Shido sat under the kotatsu, Mikoto smilingly poured him a cup of sake.

"Ugh..."

Just having such a cute girl pour him a drink made the image itself intoxicating enough that it felt like the liquor in the cup had become even more dangerous.

"Then... here goes... gulp..."

The slightly sharp liquid slid down his throat, then spread a warm sensation through his stomach.

Maybe it was just psychological, but he already felt a little drunk.

"How is it?"

Mikoto asked with a smile.

"Ugh... I wouldn't exactly say it tastes good, but it's not bad either..."

Shido scratched his cheek lightly and answered in a small voice.

"Great! Then next is my turn!"

Before he could say anything else, Nia grabbed the bottle and happily poured him another cup.

"Wait, didn't we agree I'd only have one?"

Shido waved his hands.

"Oh? Really? But if you'll only drink Miko-chan's sake and not mine, Nia-chan will cry, you know."

Nia made a fake crying face.

"I know, I know. One cup. Just one."

Even though it was obvious Nia was acting, drinking only the one Mikoto poured and refusing Nia's did feel a little awkward, so Shido reluctantly downed the second cup.

And then, just as he set the cup down—

"All right, full again."

Mikoto immediately moved to pour more.

"Wait, wait—why are you filling it again?"

Shido tried to pull his cup away.

"Oh? Is Shido not drinking anymore?"

Mikoto tilted her head in innocent confusion.

"I told you, just two cups."

Shido shook his head.

Maybe it was because the cup girls used was small, or maybe because the sake itself wasn't especially strong, but Shido didn't feel drunk yet.

That still didn't mean he should keep drinking.

"What a pity... Ah, right..."

Mikoto suddenly seemed to think of something and leaned close to whisper in Shido's ear

"If you drink one more, I'll dance for you." (TL:dawg we're at a bar right now hahaha)

(!!!)

Shido froze.

"...Yakumo-senpai... that's really unfair."

After a long silence, he said that in mock complaint.

(I absolutely can't say no to that. Watching senpai dance...)

The condition she had presented left him with no possible choice.

"Ehehe, then that means you agree."

Mikoto mischievously stuck out her tongue, then stood up and moved to one side of the kotatsu, where she began to dance gracefully.

With delicious food before him, good sake in hand, and a beautiful girl dancing in front of him, Shido felt as if he had stepped into a world of decadent luxury, a grown-up paradise of indulgence. (TL:VIP bar ahh)

"Gulp..."

As the price of watching her dance, he ended up drinking one more cup.

"All right, then I'll pour the next one."

Once Mikoto's dance was over, Nia grinned and filled Shido's cup again.

"No, that's enough. This already makes three."

Shido waved his hand.

There was no way he was drinking any more.

"Ugh, miscalculation. I don't have Miko-chan's unfair dancing ability. As for my own strong points... oh right, if you drink this one, I'll draw you an R-18 doujin of you and Miko-chan and give it to you." (TL:.....Nia-sama)

"..."

Hearing that, Shido froze for a moment, then—

"As if I would ever agree to a deal like that!"

"Boy, you hesitated just now, didn't you?"

"Mhm. Shido definitely hesitated."

The two girls mercilessly teased him.

"If R-18 isn't enough, then... hmm... how about treating it like the exchange of sake cups in a wedding ceremony?"

"A wedding ceremony?!"

Shido shook his head furiously.

If anything, that was even worse than the previous suggestion.

"Then, if that won't work either, I'll just use Miko-chan's boobs as the cup!"

"W-wait, Nia, why are you dragging me into this?"

"Pass. Yuzuru already tried that move earlier... ah..."

Hearing that, Shido hurriedly waved his hands—only then realizing, a second too late, that he had just let something slip because of the alcohol.

"Um..."

Noticing Mikoto and Nia staring at him with a long, meaningful staaaare, he could only awkwardly scratch his cheek and look up at the ceiling.

"I see. So the boy has already experienced the boob cup route. No wonder, no wonder. Looks like that trick won't work."

Nia stroked her chin with a grin.

"Mhm, so Shido and Yuzuru have already progressed that far."

Mikoto clenched her little fists to her chest and stared at him.

"Ugh, that was just an accident... and I didn't even drink it. Anyway... sorry..."

Even though, in truth, he had never actually completed Kotori's order back then, he still ended up apologizing honestly.

"In that case..."

"Then..."

Mikoto and Nia exchanged a grin, then declared in unison

"Punishment!" x2

"Ugh..."

And so he ended up drinking another cup.

...

After that came a whole chain of little underhanded tricks from the girls—things like "It's amazake, but there's daiginjo mixed in," and "It's water, but actually it's daiginjo"—until Shido finally collapsed face first onto the kotatsu. (TL:Oolong tea ahh trick)

"Zzz..."

"He's asleep."

Mikoto smiled and poked at Shido's sleeping cheek.

"So the boy is the type who falls asleep when he gets drunk."

Nia said, sipping her drink.

Of course, it was also possible he hadn't actually gotten that drunk, and had simply fallen asleep because he was too tired, with the alcohol giving him the final push. After all, with the New Year shrine visits going on, while the shrine maidens were certainly busy, most of the really heavy work had also been landing on Shido.

"So? Should we carry him back?"

Mikoto asked.

"He can just sleep in the kotatsu, can't he? It'd be bad if we woke up Kotori and the others."

Nia said.

"That's true... Ah, Shido is sweating."

Whether because of the warmth of the kotatsu or the alcohol, a thin layer of sweat had already dampened the back of his sleepwear.

"Let's take his clothes off, then. Sleeping in damp clothes feels awful."

"That makes sense. Heave-ho..."

And so the two girls undressed Shido.

Once they had tucked the completely naked Shido into the kotatsu, the two of them made to leave. (TL:Lmao)

"Ah..."

But just as Mikoto got to her feet, her eyes widened in surprise.

Somehow, while asleep, Shido had grabbed the hem of her clothes.

"Yakumo... senpai..."

Looking at Shido mumbling in his sleep, Mikoto and Nia exchanged glances.

"Then I'll be intruding too."

"This does sound kind of fun. I'll join in as well."

Grinning, the two girls slipped into the kotatsu and went to sleep alongside Shido.

"Fuaaah..."

The next morning, the sunlight woke the sleeping Shido.

"Morning already?"

He opened his eyes and tried to sit up.

"Come to think of it... last night..."

His memories gradually began to return. Last night, it seemed like he had been drinking with Mikoto and Nia.

"Next time, I'm definitely not drinking that much again... Hm?"

Just then, one of his arms brushed against something soft.

He turned his head—and froze.

Mikoto was sleeping beside him.

Maybe it was because of the alcohol, or maybe because the kotatsu was too warm, but her home yukata had come disheveled, exposing her soft white cleavage and round shoulders.

And her chest was pressed tightly against his arm.

"W-wait... what is this... Hm?"

And there was soft contact behind him, too.

Turning stiffly, Shido saw Nia pressed up against his back, topless, her sleepwear nowhere to be seen.

Worse still, unlike usual, the softness on both sides was being transmitted directly from each girl's bare skin to his own.

"W-where... are my clothes?"

Only when he looked down did Shido realize his own clothes were long gone too.

(Ah yes... you see this kind of thing in movies all the time...)

He thought to himself in complete resignation.

Just like in so many movies and dramas: the male lead drinks too much, falls asleep, and wakes up to find beautiful, naked women lying beside him.

(I'm never drinking again—!)

On January 3rd, the third day of the new year, one certain harem protagonist lay under the kotatsu and screamed that declaration in the depths of his soul.

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