I, Kousaka Kyousuke, the Knight of the Helping Table

Although he expected that this wealthy lady would not be stingy, after seeing the stack of Fukuzawa Yukichi's money, he still helped Rie up attentively, saying, "Thank you for your patronage."

"You..." Seeing Kyosuke's mercenary side, Rie felt a little unhappy, so in order to retaliate against Kyosuke, she took the opportunity to get the receipt and put her head close to Kyosuke's ear, "I will come again tomorrow, and you must tell me the answer then~ my dear little high school student~"

PS1: I finally didn't pull an all-nighter today, but it didn't seem much better than yesterday as I finished it at almost 3am. _(:з」∠)_

PS2: The character of Rie was originally planned to appear a long time ago, but it has been delayed until now. Her relationship with Kyousuke is just a standard business relationship (so far), and Kyousuke is not her favorite one. There may be some changes in the future. As for who she is... keep it secret for the time being. ┓( ??` )┏

Chapter 18 Mashu: The animals really need to be disciplined [Two in One]

"Then I'll go hang out somewhere else first, and I'll come back at this time tomorrow."

Rie looked at Kyosuke with a smile on her face. Compared to having a long conversation with Lancelot to share their inner thoughts, teasing the little boy in front of her was a different kind of pleasure. This was why she chose Kyosuke as her backup.

On the other hand, Kyosuke swore to give himself a bye on the morning shift after seeing Rie off, otherwise who knows what this woman will do. Compared to Fumino, who has a tendency to do things, Rie is obviously more shameless, and Kyosuke finds it very tiring to simply deal with this kind of woman.

“But it’s not completely fruitless.”

Kyosuke glanced at the notice hanging on the wall, the information on it had just been updated. In order to motivate those timid guys in the class, Mashu specially made such a sales ranking - it was ranked from high to low according to the cocktails sold and the consumption received. However, in Kyosuke's opinion, Mashu's approach was a complete failure. There was nothing wrong with this incentive mechanism itself, but seeing the gap so directly would still have an impact on people, especially when the difference from the previous ranking was too large.

Such as now.

Kyosuke looked at his sales, which were far ahead of the rest, and the two or three kittens following behind him. He felt that such a sales ranking had lost its meaning. The gap was too huge. Although he felt very happy to be the top one, the sense of achievement of winning the game in a rookie game was limited. What Kyosuke needed to do now was to improve the performance of the other people in the class, otherwise if things continued like this, these guys would definitely give up on themselves.

This is definitely not a scene Kyosuke wants to see, after all, the classmates in the class are in adolescence. If not handled properly, it will have a major impact on their future life. Young people in this period have considerable uncertainty and lack of control. On the one hand, they think they know everything and think they can handle everything; on the other hand, they are sensitive and delicate. Some adults who seem to be just ordinary rubbings may make them give up and have a major impact on their future life. What if the classmates in the class are psychologically traumatized and never dare to talk to girls again?

In order to prevent things from getting to the worst point, Kyosuke felt that he had to do something.

"First of all, we need to rekindle everyone's confidence..."

Kyousuke muttered to himself while looking at the notice board, and didn't even notice Mashu walking up behind him.

"Senior~"

Mashu's somewhat corny cry made Kyosuke shiver.

"Ah! It's you, Mashu-chan. What's wrong?"

"I'm just a little curious, because senior and the guest just now seemed to be very familiar with each other~" Mashu's expression at this time perfectly expressed what it meant to smile with one's lips but not his eyes, which made Kyosuke feel a little creepy.

"Mashu, are you angry?"

"I'm not angry. After all, Senior is free to do whatever he wants. How can a little foot-washing maid like me have any opinion on it?"

When you say this, put down the fruit knife in your hand!

Kyosuke looked at Mashu's hand that was tightly holding the fruit knife. He felt as if he could hear the knife handle wail because it was squeezed too hard.

"I think you could calm down a bit first?"

Kyosuke, with cold sweat all over his head, tried to let Mashu evaluate it first.

I don't know if she really didn't realize it, or was pretending to be stupid. Facing Kyosuke's comfort, Mashu tilted her head and said, "What are you talking about? Mashu, my mood is not fluctuating at all~"

Kyosuke didn't say anything, but pointed at the fruit knife in Mashu's hand.

"You mean this? Because I was just processing the fruit in the background, it doesn't have any other meaning~"

Mashu said as she showed Kyosuke the fruit knife in her hand. Looking at the cracked wooden handle, Kyosuke's eyes twitched constantly.

"Oops, sorry."

Because Mashu loosened her grip, the handle of the knife fell apart without her huge grip, and tiny wood chips fell to the ground, forcing Mashu to squat down and pick up the fragments on the ground.

"Hmm...why is this happening?"

The reckless Mashu did not notice that the low-cut design of her white dress would expose her upper chest when she bent down. Although it was not considered as exposure, it still gave a feast for the eyes to the boys passing by in the corridor.

"Cough cough."

Kyosuke didn't want anyone to eat Mashu's ice cream, so he took a step forward to block the view of others from continuing to peek at Mashu. His action was strongly disapproved by others, and Kyosuke even heard a lot of boos, but he completely ignored them. Because he knew very well what kind of scenery he was blocking for others, and more importantly, compared to the relatively parallel view of others, his commanding view at this moment could be said to have a clear view of Mashu's peak.

"The sky is dark blue and dark, and it is as majestic as the dawn sky."

For some reason, Kyosuke suddenly thought of this line from Meng Haoran's poem "Viewing Mount Lu from Pengli Lake".

"Senior, what are you talking about?"

Mashu stood up with a sigh of regret. She saw Kyosuke mumbling to himself there and asked out of curiosity.

"Nothing at all."

Kyosuke would never admit his slightly dirty thoughts. Just like Fumino said before, telling some dirty jokes is the privilege between husband and wife, but if they are not husband and wife, it is pure hooliganism.

Although he and Mashu were already close enough, it was a bit too much to make such a joke when they hadn't had any physical relations yet.

"H! Such a senior...I hate him."

Kyosuke felt a dull pain in his heart when he thought that Mashu might talk to him like this.

But Mashu is so cute like that.

Kyosuke found himself caught in a dilemma where he wanted to see Mashu act like a spoiled brat but was also afraid that she would really hate him.

"Are all people named Kousaka Kyousuke Masochists real?"

Kyousuke sighed as if he had seen his true nature, causing Mashu to roll her eyes. It was obvious that she had heard this sentence clearly.

"Huh? Senior, what nonsense are you talking about? Instead of thinking about these nonsense, why don't you do some ideological work for everyone? Look at these people."

Mashu pointed at the boys on duty in Class F who were sitting there with a look of despair.

"It's useless to say anything now. Let's have a short meeting during the lunch break. Besides, if you train these people now, it will only embarrass them in front of outsiders, which will only make them more embarrassed."

Mashu was a little unwilling, "So we're just going to do nothing?"

Kyosuke also knows that the current situation is a bit difficult, but it is really too much to ask these cowards to exercise their subjective initiative.

Wait, if they don't take the initiative...

"I got it." Kyosuke thought of a solution that was not a solution, "Let them sit in the cubicle directly, and you girls can go out and receive the customers...ah!"

Mashu lifted Kyosuke up by his collar, "Senior... do you need me to tell you what to do?"

"I was wrong! It was just a slip of the tongue."

Kyosuke once again realized Mashu's courage that was comparable to that of a master. Why had he never noticed this side of her before?

Can we only say that the other party's gentle and lovely personality was created too successfully in the past? Now that I think about it, there have been signs that Mashu will behave like this, such as a dead camel that always gets beaten up by Mashu. It's a pity that Kyosuke used to stand outside the circle and laugh at Lancelot's embarrassment, but now Mashu has shifted her firepower to him. But Mashu is so angry this time because she and Rie were too close just now, right? But wasn't it okay before? You know, Kyosuke used to hug and cuddle with guests in [Camelot] because of work needs. Although it can't be called frequent, it can be regarded as a very normal communication between guests.

Of course, these actions are more like a shoulder to cry on than a hug, at least when Kyosuke did these actions, there was no lust in it. It's not that there wasn't, for example, with Shiyu, and Fumino, and Fumino and so on.

"Be serious, senior." Mashu put her face close to Kyosuke's cheek and gave him a big smile, "Otherwise, Mashu, I will teach you what you should do."

"Don't worry, Master Mashu." Kyosuke gave a strange military salute, "I know what I should do. It was really just a slip of the tongue."

Seeing that Kyosuke obeyed his heart very obediently, Mashu let him go for the time being, "So what did you want to say just now?"

"I mean to ask you girls to go to the corridor to attract customers to come in. When they come in, give them the photo albums with our public relations staff and let them choose for themselves."

"So I just let those guys serve the guests by force?" Mashu curled her lips, "I always feel like I'm pimping. It's really unpleasant."

"actually..."

"I don't have to do it, right? Sorry, I think it's better for me to do it myself, because it's more fun."

Mashu directly continued what Kyosuke hadn't finished saying.

"?"

So, what do you want to do?

Just when Kyosuke's face was full of black question marks, Mashu gave him a somewhat creepy smile; "Don't worry, senior. I won't let you suffer any loss."

Mashu pushed Kyousuke into a small cubicle and said, "Trust me, I will find you some customers that you really, really, really like. I promise."

No, you might as well not guarantee it!

Kyosuke realized that his previous idea that Mashu had calmed down was too naive. He felt that Mashu was obviously planning to invite some very special guests to cheer her up.

"Well, please look forward to it. Senior~"

Mashu blew Kyosuke a kiss when she left the cubicle, which scared Kyosuke so much that he got goosebumps.

"I just hope I don't get a few saltless old mothers. Fortunately, it's almost lunch time."

Kyosuke anxiously looked at the watch on his wrist. The time on it showed that it was already 11:12. According to the schedule for the 2:3 lunch break, there would be at most - customers. Thinking of this, Kyosuke felt a little relieved.

It's not that Kyosuke hasn't encountered ugly customers before. After all, even in the two-dimensional world, there are many people whose appearances are disappointing to the audience. In fact, compared with Kyosuke's previous world, the average value of appearance in the environment he lives in now is more than one level higher. However, even so, Kyosuke has encountered many customers who look quite "unique". In fact, if it were the original world, such customers would actually be the main service targets of the host bar.

Just like most of the customers who go to maid cafes are fat otakus, the customers who go to host bars to relieve their loneliness are basically middle-aged women over 40. It's not that there are no good-looking white-collar ladies, but there are very few such customers. In fact, the reason is very simple. How can a beautiful girl be without those attentive boys around her? Since there are already so many flies around her, why should she spend extra money to find a boy to chat with her?

Of course, there is another more important thing, that is, the purchasing power of those middle-aged women who are not so good-looking is much higher than that of the white-collar ladies who have just entered the society. Although it is pleasing to accompany a young white-collar worker, you can only earn some hard-earned money (it is unrealistic to spend money lavishly based on the income of white-collar workers); but entertaining a middle-aged woman can make you rich for a long time.

Therefore, Kyosuke always felt that his business was too similar to maid cafes. Both sides wanted young, wealthy and good-looking customers, but the reality was exactly the opposite of what they expected. The gigolos never met rich daughters who spent money like water, but fat women who made them feel sick; the maids also received those sloppy fat otakus instead of the prince charming in their dreams.

So a very strange phenomenon emerged: everyone was doing those people's business, but on the other hand they hated their own customers.

Kyosuke is lucky that he has a boss who cares for him. Although Lily will allow customers with below-average looks to enter the store (after all, these people do have money), she will strictly restrict their behavior. Basically, it is already a great thing for these women to have the opportunity to touch the hands of the male PRs of [Camelot]!

"I remember the last person who dared to rape Bedivere seemed to have been bankrupted by Lily?"

Kyosuke was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, thinking about some interesting things that had happened to him in Camelot before. At this time, a head popped in, saw Kyosuke sitting there in a daze, and immediately laughed.

"Ah, ah. Mashu told me that you were slacking off here, and it turned out to be true."

"what?"

Kyosuke saw Miura standing at the door of the cubicle, smiling at him.

"There are no customers, so what's the harm in me taking a break?"

"Who said there isn't one? That's me." Miura raised the cocktail glass in his hand, "Come and have a drink with me."

"Clam?"

PS1: I made some progress today and finished it before 2 o’clock.

PS2: The old saying that one day without sleep will make you unable to wake up for ten days is true. My daily routine has been completely messed up these days. _(:з」∠)_

PS3: Meng Haoran's "Looking at Mount Lu from Pengli Lake" is a bit dirty from today's perspective, especially the last sentence after "The incense burner is just rising in the sun, and the waterfall sprays into a rainbow." If anyone doesn't have a wrong idea, I'll give him a purity medal.