Shota is surrounded by monsters!

"I don't know. He should be doing well."

Unless he absolutely couldn't control his emotions, Shota wasn't planning on eating humans... Although he wavered today, he ultimately regained his composure. Because his Gluttonous Father had told him that once you've done something the first time, the second and third times become effortless. Therefore, his Gluttonous Father had suppressed his desires throughout his life and had never eaten a human, rarely even killing one. While there were reasons he was forced by circumstances, he had indeed surpassed his father and grandfather in removing humans from his diet.

What's the most abundant thing in the world? Humans. Once someone takes a bite out of a human, they'll gradually become dependent on that food source when they're hungry. Eventually, they'll turn into truly terrifying cannibals.

As for using map-wide attacks...

Shota could simply pretend that he hadn't killed his opponent with a single shot. After all, he wouldn't see the results of the battle anyway.

However, seeing that Rea didn't care too much and instead gained a new life in another way, Shota's resentment towards that group of people lessened a little—but only slightly, down from being mortal enemies to mere foes.

"is it?"

Hearing Shota say that, Rea felt a little relieved. After all, he was still family. Perhaps this ending was the best for her?

"By the way, Shota-chan, where are we going back to?"

"My cat."

"Family?"

"Ah."

"But...can I move into Shota-chan's house?"

"This isn't a cat house, I'm paying my rent and renting a place to live!"

"This is... amazing..."

Rea's mind conjured up the image of Shota standing on tiptoe, handing over money to the white-haired dormitory manager...

"Well, Shota felt it was better to say some things now, so he said, "Actually, I also have a human form, meow."

"Huh?~"

Upon hearing this, Rea seemed even more surprised than if she had heard that she herself was dead.

"What's so surprising, meow..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shota felt a wave of dizziness wash over him.

Oh no... I'm so hungry... I'm about to lose control...

Because of the massive blood loss, Shota is now even hungrier than before when he almost couldn't control his desires...

"My address is... The door's open. Once inside, put all the compressed biscuits I've hidden in front of me, then pinch my tail to wake me up. Before that, whatever you do, don't wake me up. Also, remember to hide your canine teeth and find something to shield you from the sun..."

After rattling off a string of words, Shota took a deep breath to ensure that Rea and his own demonic energy wouldn't leak out anytime soon, then collapsed to the ground with a thud, passing out...

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Chapter Thirty-One. Forced Push

"Crack—"

After finishing off all the compressed biscuits in the house, the hunger in his stomach finally subsided from unbearable to barely tolerable. Shota patted his stomach and ran to the bathtub to drink the water that had been prepared beforehand.

"Goooooooooo."

Rea had been watching Shota with curiosity ever since she entered the room with the nameplate "Shota Kousaka, Mashiro." She had always thought that yokai (supernatural beings) hid in dark corners, but she never expected them to be so openly lurking in the human world. Moreover, this room was rather ordinary.

"Wait a minute, meow. I'm going to get some clothes, meow."

Once he regained his senses, Shota rushed into his room, blocking Rea from following him with the door, and then transformed into human form.

Shota stretched and loosened his muscles before putting on his school uniform, which he had tossed on the bed. After tidying himself up a bit, he went outside again.

"This is my human form..."

"ah--"

When Rea saw an ordinary male high school student of the same age as her suddenly walk out, she took a step back in fear and covered her face with her hands.

Sho, Shota-chan, you... you actually look like this...

It wasn't that he was ugly, nor that he was handsome; the key point was that he looked no different from any other male high school student. This surprised Rea. From childhood to adulthood, she had hardly ever spoken to boys her age, had always attended all-girls schools, and rarely had the opportunity to go out and play. Therefore, she had always harbored a mixture of fear and curiosity towards boys.

Moreover, Rea recalled that she seemed to have said or been done quite a few strange things to Shota...

How embarrassing!

Rea wanted to blush, but she had actually lost that ability.

"What's so surprising?"

Shota flicked his tail, looking puzzled by Rea's appearance. Generally speaking, human form is more acceptable than yokai form, right?

"Oh right, my name is Kousaka Shota. So at least in human form, please don't call me Shota-chan. Calling me Shota, Kousaka-kun, or Shota-kun is fine."

"Sho, Shota...you're still studying?"

Rea forced herself to calm down, looked at Shota's somewhat unfamiliar face and his clearly school uniform, and asked, "Can youkai... still study?"

"Ah. Okay."

Shota nodded and said, "No one will find out at school."

"I see."

Rea's mood improved considerably after hearing Shota's words. It seemed like becoming a yokai wasn't so bad after all; at least she could do whatever she wanted. Moreover, seeing that Shota's human form was quite ordinary except for having a tail, many strange and wonderful ideas suddenly began to sprout within her.

"Am I going to live here starting today?"

"Hmm... there's no other way. But there happens to be an empty room in the house. We could tidy it up and use it, right?"

This small room originally had two separate sleeping areas. Unfortunately, Mashiro is too clingy and can't even sleep alone, so in the end, she had to sleep with him. This left a small, not-too-big, empty room. It shouldn't be a big problem for Rea to live in it now.

“I have a blanket ready. If you need anything, just let me know and I can buy it.” Shota noticed a strange look on Rea’s face and said, “Is it too small? I’m sorry… after all, my family is very poor…”

"No, no, no, that's not it."

Rea stepped forward and patted the bed, saying, "Shouldn't vampires sleep in coffins?"

"..."

Shota twitched his lips. He couldn't very well tell her that a good coffin was much more expensive than a bed, and that she slept in a bed because she couldn't afford a coffin, could she?

"Reiya."

"Hi?"

Shota carefully considered his words before saying, "Although you are a yokai now, you can live a life no different from an ordinary person if you want. So don't think about other messy things, just live a normal life."

"Ordinary? That would be best."

Rea sat on the bed, then lay down flat on her back, closed her eyes, and savored the sensation. She said happily, "It's small, but surprisingly fragrant. It even smells fruity..."

Mashiro... were you drooling in your sleep, or were you drawing maps?

"Oh right, go take a shower and change your clothes first."

Shota noticed that Rea still had bloodstains on her body, especially below her stomach and on her thighs. He wondered how she had managed to get back here unnoticed.

"As for clothes, there should still be some here."

Shota opened the only piece of furniture in the room—a wardrobe. He handed her the T-shirt and dress he had bought for Mashiro before, saying, "Make do with this for now. Mashiro's figure isn't too different from yours."

"Mashiro?"

Rea looked at the dress in her hand. It was clearly not something that should be in a man's house. Moreover, the nameplate on the front door also had Mashiro's name on it. She asked, somewhat puzzled, "Who is Mashiro?"

"Hmm... a little monster. She's lived with me for a long time. She's like a little sister to me. I've sent her to class now."

"My sister?"

"Go take a shower. You'll get to know each other when you come back this afternoon."

"Oh……"

Just as Rea and Shota came out of the cubicle with their clothes, the door opened.

Outside the door stood Senjougahara Hitagi and Kousaka Mashiro. Upon seeing Shota inside, Mashiro immediately took off her shoes and ran to his side, standing there dumbfounded. She even grabbed Shota's tail to assert her ownership, then looked at Rea, who had suddenly appeared beside Shota, with curious eyes.

"Liar..."

Of course, she was very unhappy that Shota had lied to her and said he would come over after finishing one class.

"Mashiro? Why are you back?"

"This guy was worried something might have happened to you. So I took leave and said her brother was critically ill and about to die, and brought her back." Senjougahara glanced at the disheveled Shota and Rea, whose clothes were torn and whose inner thighs still had bloodstains, and said sarcastically, "I didn't expect you to be doing such a disgusting thing here. So all males are just beasts who think with their lower bodies? Kousaka-kun, in my mind, your reputation has dropped from a single-celled organism to a non-cellular, parasitic life form made up of nucleic acid molecules and proteins."

"What, what is that?"

Shota was completely dumbfounded by Senjougahara's long string of words.

"Its only value is that of a negative virus."

Senjougahara grabbed the doorknob and said, "Please continue your degenerate, disgusting, and outrageously lewd behavior, Mr. Virus."

"Snapped--"

Senjougahara closed the door immediately.

Shota turned to look at Rea, somewhat puzzled, and found her staring at Mashiro, seemingly lost in thought. But after a closer look at her current appearance...

I don't have any weird fetishes like SM!

Without saying a word, Shota chased after her; he didn't want Senjougahara to think of him as that kind of pervert.

"Splash splash splash splash".

Rei looked at the small bathroom with curiosity, turned on the tap, and carefully put her hand under the water to feel it.

"Oh, is that so? I can't feel any temperature anymore?"

Rei nodded as if she understood, stood under the showerhead, and began to hum a little tune as she happily took a shower.

"This feeling is really strange. I can clearly feel water flowing over my body, but I can't quite feel the temperature. Hmm... in this respect, I guess I inherited some characteristics of a zombie?"

Having a general understanding of her current situation, Reiya maintained a positive attitude. After all, this kind of life and everything around her were extremely attractive to this young lady who was currently bound by constraints.

"Shampoo, shampoo~"

Rei looked around trying to find where there was shampoo, but found only two large bottles of shampoo on the shelf, and not even a single bar of soap.

That's right~ Shota-chan only needs his fur washed. He doesn't need shampoo or anything like that, right?

But... what exactly is the relationship between that human, that Kousaka Mashiro, and Shota-chan?