A very jealous maid... and more company!

"No fair!"

Starfire swooped in, sparkling green aura from her body.

"I wanted to have sex with young master too!"

She glared at Fumiko.

Fumiko, for once, looked back at Starfire with her signature smug grin wiped off from her face.

"How did you even get in? I thought I locked the door."

"Ah, well..."

Starfire drifted to the side while avoiding Fumiko's gaze.

Liam turned to the door and noticed a clean hole where the doorknob used to be.

"Starfire, did you break through the door?"

"Maaaaaybe...?"

Liam sighed.

If only she was his Character, then he would have probably spanked her ass all the way back to her home planet.

He got up from the bed and headed to the door just to check how severe the damage was.

But then, right when he was about to reach out, two more people came into view.

"Oh."

"Eeep!!"

Ritsuko smirked as soon as she saw Liam's shlong between his legs.

On the other hand, Mitsuki let out a high-pitched squeak and covered her eyes with her hands... although her pupils were clearly visible through her fingers.

Liam felt a rush of heat rise up from his neck as well.

He didn't have a problem being naked around his Characters, not someone else's.

"'Scuse me!"

He quickly tried to close the door, but Ritsuko quickly shoved her foot into the doorframe and forced herself into the room.

Her eyes quickly scanned the room and landed on Fumiko. Her nose twitched and picked up the strong, musky scent hanging in the air.

That was more than enough context clues for the doctor to piece things together.

"My, my. I never thought you would find your special someone.

Congratulations, I suppose?"

Ritsuko offered a hand to Fumiko.

Fumiko smiled and took her hand.

"Yeah, the moment I saw his..."

Fumiko gestured a long stick, getting even longer with her hands.

"...I knew he was my pick."

"Hold on."

Liam butted into the two Character's conversations.

"I feel like there is something going on here that I need some explanation for."

Ritsuko wiped her hand on the bedsheet before turning to Liam.

"Once our boss hears the news, he'd be thrilled to explain it to you.

Although, I suggest you get dressed before going to his office. Mitsuki looks like she is close to bursting."

Liam glanced at Mitsuki, who was still standing at the doorway, trembling violently as if she was an alarm set on silence mode.

"...good call."

* * *

After taking a shower and getting dressed again, Liam headed back out to the main room and headed to the other side.

There, instead of a side door that led to countless more doors, was a single regular entrance with a small sign hanging at eye level.

The sign was labeled [Dworsky's Office].

Ritsuko stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Yes?"

Ronan's voice came from the inside.

"Boss, it's Ritsuko.

There's surprising news from our newest visitor."

"Come in!"

Ritsuko opened the door and gestured at Liam to go in first.

Liam grunted.

Ritsuko had told him beforehand just to say what happened honestly and assured him that Ronan wouldn't be mad at all... but he wasn't sure how that was possible.

Liam was certain that if someone had sex with his Character without permission, he'd be very much furious.

Still, Ronan was already looking at him with an expecting smile, so he had no choice but to step into the office.

"So, how was the therapy?"

"It worked."

Liam admitted.

"Also we had sex. In both holes."

Fumiko added.

"Hey!"

Liam whipped around, flustered at Fumiko's intervention.

But to his surprise, Ronan only nodded with a bright smile as if he hadn't expected anything else.

"Very well then. It's time to talk buisness."

"Talk business?"

"Would you mind taking a seat, Liam?"

Ronan gestured at the chair at the side of the office.

Still confused, Liam dragged the chair over to the desk and sat across Ronan.

"What are you talking about?

You said the therapy was going to be free."

"Oh yes, it is. You don't have to worry about that."

Ronan chuckled and waved his hand.

"No, I'm going to offer you a new deal—specifically, offer a Character to you."

Ronan pointed at Fumiko, who waved at Liam with a bright smile.

"400 credits for her."

"...huh?"

Liam blinked.

Things were moving too fast for him to follow.

"He is saying you can buy me at 400 credits."

Fumiko said in a slower tone, as if she was talking to a toddler.

"Which, mind you, is a... um, 20% discount from my full price, correct?"

"That is correct. It's a steal, if you ask me."

"No, that's not what I'm confused about!"

Liam snapped.

He rubbed both temples with his thumb and took a deep breath to calm himself down before turning back to Ronan.

"I want to know why you're trying to sell your worker to me in the first place.

Where is this all coming from?"

"Ah, of course."

Ronan rubbed his hands together and leaned back on his chair.

"You see, when I first started the therapy buisness, there were lots of cases where the patience became attached to the Character who gave them consultation.

There were also examples where the Character got attached to the Prime Human whom they had consulted.

It was rather messy to deal with... so I came up with a full-proof plan to prevent it."

"And that's to sell the Character after they make consultation with someone else?"

Liam asked back in disbelief.

Ronan nodded.

"Precisely.

When I remove the Character's memories or try and convince the customer to let it go, I'm the one spending time and money for a thankless job.

But when I sell the Character to the customer, then I get profit and the customer walks away happier than when they came in."

"That's..."

Liam struggled to find a way to disprove this twisted marketing process, but unfortunately, he couldn't think of any.

"But what if I don't want her? What happens then?"

Fumiko let out a loud gasp.

It was clearly fabricated, and when Liam glanced towards her, he saw Fumiko puting on a not-so-convincing act of crying into her hands.

"Well, there's always a chance you might change your mind in the future, or the Character develops a late crush... so I store her away for a few months."

"For a few months? What happens after that?"

Ronan shrugged and looked away.

Liam scowled.

Whatever Ronan did with the Characters, it wasn't something good.

"...so basically, if I don't buy her, I'm dooming her futurue."

"That's one way of putting it."

"This is a scam."

Liam slammed his hand onto the office table.

"Is this how you make money?"

Ronan furrowed his brow and huffed.

"How is it a scam?

I'm the owner of the Characters, I can do whatever I want with them.

If you don't want it, all you have to do is decline the offer and go on your own merry way."

"You..."

Liam bit his own tongue.

Arguing with Ronan wasn't going to achieve anything apart from making him more irritated.

He glanced over to Fumiko, who had stopped acting once she noticed it didn't have ant effect.

"And you're okay with this?"

"Of course I am."

Liam stared at her in disbelief.

"How?"

Fumiko smiled and tilted her head.

"Because I know you'll buy me, Liam.

I have faith in you."

"Faith my ass..."

Liam grumbled, but he pulled out his phone.

"So that is a yes?"

Ronan asked with a grin.

Liam shot daggers out of his eyes at the middle-aged man.

"Obviously."

He grunted.

And with a cheerful electronic noise, 400 credits were transferred out from his digital wallet.