I, Who Have Been Tasked With Taking Care of the Beautiful Young Lady of the Class, Am Troubled by the Heavy Affection Directed Towards Me

Thirty minutes ago.

I woke up after three hours of sleep and looked around the room.

“Shiratori-san’s room… That’s right, today I’m supposed to experience what it’s like to live in Shiratori-san’s house.”

It should be fine, right?

If I spend a day here without any problems, I can decide whether or not to live here in the long run.

But the biggest problem now is…

“Why am I sleeping on Shiratori-san’s bed!?”

Naturally, there was only one bed in Shiratori-san’s room. And the fact that I am currently sleeping on her bed means that I definitely crept under the sheets when I was sleepy.

“What am I doing? Even if I was really sleepy, it’s unthinkable to sleep on Shiratori-san’s bed…”

Just allowing someone to sleep at her house is strange enough unless you’re quite close, but to sleep on someone’s bed… and especially the bed of someone of the opposite sex, is….

It would have been better if I had slept on the sofa or something…

I was wallowing in regret when the door was flung open and a voice followed.

“Oh? Ayato-kun, you’re awake.”

“G-Good morning.”

“Eh? I’ve been right next to you until just now! I went to get a drink for just a moment! It’s frustrating that I couldn’t see you waking up!”

“Um…”

Shiratori-san seemed frustrated that she didn’t witness me waking up, despite being beside me the whole time.

“Anyway, I’m sorry for sleeping on your bed.”

“I lent it to you, so don’t worry about it… Ayato-kun, did you still feel sleepy even after sleeping for three hours? You still seem tired.”

“Well, it’s partly because I just woke up, and the fact that I didn’t sleep yesterday. The fatigue from today has accumulated, so it’s difficult to recover from all of that with just three hours of sleep… But even with just three hours, I feel quite refreshed.”

I once again realised the importance of power naps.

“That’s good… Oh, wait a moment, I’ll make food for you.”

“Huh, you’re going to cook, Shiratori-san?”

“Yeah, we usually have a dedicated chef… but I want you to taste my cooking, Kimi-kun.”

“Is that so? Alright.” I said, and Shiratori-san beamed with a smile before leaving the room.

“I never expected that I would ever eat Shiratori-san’s cooking.”

I got off the bed and sat on the sofa, waiting for Shiratori-san to finish cooking.

After about ten minutes, the door was opened and Shiratori-san returned to the room with a tray that filled the room with a mouth-watering smell.

“Sorry to keep you waiting… Huh!? Kimi-kun, you’re off my bed! Why!?”

“Why? Well, I can’t just stay on your bed forever, can I?”

“I told you it’s fine, Kimi-kun… Ah! Look! I made steak for you!”

“Steak…!? I can’t accept something like that.”

“Don’t worry about it! I think it was mentioned in the flyer too: the job includes three meals, and if you want, there’s a room for you too! Even if you don’t want it…”

“If I were to stay, I would like to use the room, please. But three meals… Is that really okay? It’s such a good offer that it’s making me nervous.”

“There’s nothing to be nervous about… I don’t think you’re fully recovered yet, Kimi-kun, so let me feed you?”

Swan-san placed the plate with the steak on the coffee table and neatly cut a slice with the knife before moving it closer to my mouth.

“Here, aah~”

“W-Wait a moment!”

Even as I try to say that, Shiratori-san put the slice in my mouth.

I nervously chewed and swallowed.

“…Is it delicious?”

“Yes, it’s really delicious…”

“That’s great! You feel replenished from the food I cook…. Ah, just thinking about it makes me happy. One more time, aah~”

“I can eat by myself now! Can you hand me the knife and fork?”

“Is that so…? Okay, here.”

With a somewhat sad expression, Shiratori-san gave me the knife and fork.

I cut a slice in an unfamiliar manner and put it in my mouth.

…It’s really delicious. It’s so delicious that I would have believed it if she told me it was made by a professional chef.

I alternate between the steak and the white rice. I don’t know why, but I can’t stop eating the rice.

“It’s nice to see you enjoying my cooking!”

Shiratori-san would occasionally mutter a few words under her breath, but I don’t particularly hear what she says.

I finished eating the meal and said, “Thank you for the meal, Shiratori-san. It was delicious.”

“I’ll make you another one whenever you want if it makes you happy!”

“Please don’t. Only do it whenever you feel like it.”

“Eh~? If I get to see that face… then I might feel like cooking you a meal every day!”

Shiratori-san had a very happy expression. Perhaps, because she was pleased that I enjoyed her cooking?

…Well, it’s nice that she’s happy. Now, I should wash the plate myself.

Today is a live-in experience, so I’ll try to move more freely than yesterday.

I took the steak plate and went outside the room to search for the kitchen.

“Your Highness? Do you have something you need?”

As I stepped outside, I ran into one of Shiratori-san’s attendants walking down the hallway.

“Oh, are you one of Shiratori-san’s attendants? I wanted to take this plate to the kitchen.”

“If that’s the case, I can take it for you… By the way, did something happen between you and the young lady?”

“Something…? Ah, she made me dinner.”

“…I see, it’s about time for her to take a bath. Are you ready to change clothes?”

“I have something prepared, just in case.”

“Understood, let me show you the way.”

Shiratori-san’s room was on the second floor, but the bath was on the first floor. It took less than two minutes to walk down the hallway, descend the stairs, and reach the door to the bathroom.

“Here we are.”

“Thank you… Can I go in now?”

“Yes, then I’ll leave. Oh, and just to assure you, please don’t worry, while I’m on duty, I cut off my carnal desires and emotions, so I definitely won’t be peeking or anything.”

“I’m not worried about that!” I replied loudly.

The attendant smiled faintly and walked away down the long hallway… She said she blocks carnal desires and emotions, but it seems she still has some left, like the small smile she shot me.

…Yesterday, she kept begging me to accept the job, saying, “Please accept it!” Maybe that’s her true nature.

It’s pointless to dwell on such thoughts, so I went inside the bath.

“Huh? This is the changing room?! Isn’t it too big?!”

The changing room was incredibly large, far beyond what I would expect from a typical household.

Next to the mirror were plenty of towels stacked. There were also laundry baskets on the side.

I felt out of place, to be honest.

I took off my clothes and put them into one of the laundry baskets.

Just as I was about to open the door to the shower and bath—which was further inside—I felt that I should wrap a towel around myself, just to fit it a little. I wanted to be a slightly different version of myself, if only for today.

I wrapped a towel around me and then opened the door and entered.

“…Huh? Is this really a bath…?”

The sight I saw there was completely different from what I had imagined.

Before opening the door, I only thought that the bath would be larger than my own home’s bath. The bathtub might have been a bit bigger, too… but those words were no longer enough to describe it.

First of all, the bathtub wasn’t just a bathtub.

Well, it was a bathtub, but it was in the shape of a round circle… It gave off a feeling of luxury, as if it belonged to someone very wealthy. Needless to say, it was definitely at least ten times larger than my home’s bathtub, and it might even be twenty times larger.

The bathroom was lit up by a chandelier, and the floor and walls were a beautiful white colour with occasional touches of gold. Everything was very luxurious

“It feels like I’ve stepped into a different world…”

Let’s wash my body… I glanced at the body soap, shampoo, and conditioner-like products that were placed in front of the shower.

I wanted body soap, but….

“There are too many English words written on the containers, and I can’t tell which one is body soap…”

It would take too long to read all the English, so I decided to search for the English word “body soap” on each container… While I was checking the second container, I heard the sound of the door opening from behind.

“W-Who’s there!?”

I instinctively turned around and looked at the door.

If it was a female maid or something, it would be troublesome… Feeling anxious, I tried to confirm who had entered.

At first, due to the steam in the bath, I couldn’t see clearly, but as the person approached, I could identify who it was.

“Shiratori-san?”

“Kimi-kun, shall I wash your back for you?”

…….

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