Chapter 201: Coming Clean

Chapter 201: Coming Clean

Chapter 201: Coming Clean

“Hey.” The Paru said as he knocked on the laboratory’s door.

“Hi.” Raya answered with a smile.

“I found these.” He raised the bag filled with three unconscious creatures. “They’re pretty weird. I knocked them out but... I’m not sure if you have a safer way of keeping them.”

“Hmm...” Raya’s curiosity was piqued. “You want to keep them?”

“No.” The Paru scratched his cheek. “I thought you would want to give them a look.”

Raya pressed her lips together, blushing lightly.

“Sure, alright. I will.” She nodded. “Anything I should be aware of?”

“This one spits poison. This one can shoot its fangs. This one can shoot a green mist-”

“Fungal?”

“Uh, yeah.”

“Damn that’s cool.” Raya’s eyes glittered. “I’ll take the proper precautions, you don’t need to worry about that. Anything you want to know in particular?”

“No... I just thought you would want to... I don’t know, study them.”

“Yeah.” Raya nodded with a smile. “I’d like to.”

...

He started going down the stairway that would lead to the vault and,

“You can’t throw them like you did before, alright? Let’s keep them neat and tidy.” Liz’s voice resonated.

Once they became visible, the Paru found Liz seated on her knees, folding the clothes that Lith had worn earlier.

Lith was on her bed tilting her head from right to left, amused by Liz’s actions.

The Paru naturally walked closer, bent down towards Lith, and kissed her passionately.

“W-W-W-What is...?”

Was the thing that Liz feared about to happen? Now? With her not walking in on them, but them starting with her inside the room?

The Paru pulled back, stood back up, and walked towards Liz.

“H... Hi...”

He didn’t answer. Instead, the Paru bent down and kissed just as passionately.

As he pulled back, Liz’s tongue felt like following his, but she managed to stop herself.

“You’re aware of this, right? He asked.

It was clear that the Paru was asking about his relationship with Lith.

He expected her to say something, but no.

Rea really wanted it to go this way.

A moment later, the door to her room was opened, and closed.

‘T-There’s no way...’ She thought to herself, bewildered. ‘He’s making me wait again?? Should I have just said something? But I...!’

...

Holding the bad he had taken from the vault, the Paru knocked on Roka’s room.

“Come in.” She said without turning towards the door.

Roka was seated at her desk.

Her surprise upon seeing the Paru’s entrance was visible.

Other than the fact that it was him, what was also surprising was the fact that he wasn’t naked.

Sure, the clothes were incredibly tight around his crotch, but that was better than nothing.

Roka took a deep breath in, remembering their earlier conversation.

“Close the door, please.”

“Sure.” He answered, and he did.

“So... What is it?”

“Hm...” The Paru scratched his cheek. “I’ve come to... Come clean, I guess?”

“Come clean?” Roka’s eyes narrowed. “What about?”

“Since you revealed and admitted your secret, it’s only fair that I do the same.”

“I’m not really following... But go ahead.”

“The previous Tsero Crystal.” The Paru looked her dead in the eyes. “I ate it.”

“Yes... That’s the general hypothesis... It was pretty obvious. That’s not really a secret.”

The Paru’s eyebrow twitched.

“You being a virgin isn’t a secret either. I mean, it was pretty obvious.”

“...!”

“Sorry, I didn’t mean that.” The Paru sighed. “What I meant to say is that... I apologize for not saying anything about that sooner, I guess. Doing so felt like... It would be counterproductive, before. Now... Feels like the right time to say it.”

Roka had many questions, but the most pressing one was,

“What’s with the bag?”