Madam, believe me, how can I be a minotaur?

Asano Makoto simply smiled understandingly, "It's alright, Yamada-kun might just be a bit too happy today."

With that, he ate his meal while contemplating what to do next.

However, to make Yamada Yuta drunk faster, Asano Makoto had also drunk quite a bit of alcohol.

Although he could hold his liquor well, alcohol is alcohol after all, and just a little bit can mess with one's thoughts.

Moreover, Japanese shochu really gets to you; he couldn't think as clearly as before.

Besides that, his courage also gradually grew under the influence of alcohol, and in the end, he even started openly observing Miyajima Eriko.

Miyajima Eriko had already changed out of her daytime dress and into a set of light blue loungewear.

Her gentle temperament remained as always, and coupled with that hairstyle that seemed full of danger, she looked like a qualified wife.

At the same time, Asano Makoto also noticed a silver-white necklace around her neck, with a moon and several stars on it.

This should be one of the gifts Yamada Yuta gave her when he brought her to Tokyo.

Miyajima Eriko naturally noticed Asano Makoto's direct gaze, and she asked with a slightly flushed face, "Asano-san, is something the matter? Why are you staring at me like that..."

Asano Makoto calmly shifted his gaze, took a bite of food, and said, "It's nothing, Miyajima-san. I was just so focused on drinking with Yamada-kun that I forgot to say, the food you made is really delicious."

Miyajima Eriko breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Asano Makoto, "I'm glad Asano-san likes it. I was worried that the food might not suit your taste."

[Miyajima Eriko's Affection +1, Pure Love Value +10]

Seeing that his words were effective, Asano Makoto continued to strike while the iron was hot, "Seriously, I'm a little jealous of Yamada-kun. To find such a virtuous and beautiful girlfriend like you is simply his good fortune from eight lifetimes."

Miyajima Eriko waved her hands with a red face, "It's nothing like that, Asano-san is exaggerating."

[Miyajima Eriko's Affection +2, Pure Love Value +10]

"Miyajima-san, you..."

[Miyajima Eriko's Affection +1, Pure Love Value +10]

...

No one dislikes hearing others praise them.

Under Asano Makoto's barrage of compliments, Miyajima Eriko was already smiling and no longer as distant as before.

He ate his meal while occasionally praising Miyajima Eriko, beautifully earning 5 points of affection.

Time slowly passed, and Asano Makoto glanced out the window. Seeing that it was already late, he got up to take his leave.

"Miyajima-san, let me help you get Yamada-kun to his room. It's easy to catch a cold sleeping here, and it's getting late. I should go home too."

Asano Makoto naturally didn't expect to complete the task so early or have something happen with Miyajima Eriko.

Even NTR eroge games don't progress that quickly.

Hearing Asano Makoto's words, Miyajima Eriko subconsciously prepared to refuse.

But after thinking for a while, perhaps feeling that it would be difficult for her to get Yamada Yuta back to his room alone, she agreed to Asano Makoto's suggestion.

"Then I'll have to trouble Asano-san."

"It's no trouble at all, it's the least I can do."

The two worked together to carry the drunken Yamada Yuta back to the master bedroom.

On the way, Asano Makoto also glanced at the spare bedroom, and found a set of clean bedding on the bed.

He finally understood why Miyajima Eriko's X experience in the system panel was still 0 after they had been dating for so long.

It turned out they were sleeping in separate rooms.

I didn't expect there to be such rare species in Japan these days... Asano Makoto couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Alright, that's it for now, it's getting late, I should go back."

"Asano-san, let me see you out."

"No need, it's just next door anyway, just a few steps. Besides, I didn't drink that much."

Although that's what he said, Asano Makoto suddenly staggered halfway and almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Miyajima Eriko quickly grabbed him.

Asano Makoto immediately said with an embarrassed expression, "I'm sorry, Miyajima-san, I think I overestimated my alcohol tolerance..."

Chapter 10: The Immoral Miyajima Eriko

Of course, Asano Makoto was faking it.

Although his thinking wasn't as sharp as before due to the alcohol, he wasn't so drunk that he couldn't even walk.

The reason he pretended to be drunk was naturally to find a way to spend more time with Miyajima Eriko and see if there was an opportunity to gain a few more affection points.

In any case, seeing Asano Makoto staggering, Miyajima Eriko shook her head and said understandingly, "It's alright, Asano-san, let me take you back."

This time, Asano Makoto didn't refuse and obediently placed his hand on Miyajima Eriko's offered shoulder.

Feeling the fragrance from her body that occasionally wafted into his nostrils, and the subtle glimpses of delicate skin below her neck, Asano Makoto couldn't help but feel a little restless.

But in the end, he didn't do anything, and after returning to his doorstep, he took the initiative to let go of Miyajima Eriko's hand.

His movements were clean and decisive, without any hesitation.

Although his practical experience was 0, Asano Makoto was a "master" with abundant theoretical knowledge; he knew what it meant to proceed step by step.

"Miyajima-san, thank you so much for today."

"It's nothing, I also want to thank Asano-san for being willing to rent such a nice apartment to us."

Asano Makoto didn't continue to dwell on this topic, but instead pretended to sigh casually, "Being taken care of by Miyajima-san like this makes even me want to find a girlfriend."

Miyajima Eriko didn't know why Asano Makoto said this, but she nodded with a serious expression, "Asano-san, I believe that with your conditions, you will definitely be able to find an outstanding girlfriend."

"That may be so, but I probably won't be able to meet a woman as perfect as Miyajima-san again."

Saying that, Asano Makoto sighed helplessly, and then interrupted Miyajima Eriko, who was about to say something, again, "It's just a pity that I met you too late, otherwise I would definitely try my best to make you my girlfriend."

After saying that, without waiting for Miyajima Eriko, who was blushing and waving her hands, to refute, Asano Makoto directly opened the door to his house and walked in with a regretful expression.

However, listening to the notification sound of [Miyajima Eriko's Immorality Value +1, Pure Love Points +50] coming from his mind, the regretful expression on his face instantly disappeared as he closed the door, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

...

The next morning at eight o'clock, Asano Makoto was awakened by a piercing sound.

The sound was very loud, sounding somewhat like an air raid siren. At first, Asano Makoto even thought that his hometown had attacked Tokyo.

After he heard the system prompt and opened his eyes groggily, he realized it was a false alarm.

The piercing sound just now was emitted by the system, its purpose being to wake him up.

The effect was significant; Asano Makoto was indeed awakened, and very awake.

The price was that his head, which was already aching from the hangover, now hurt even more.

Especially after hearing clearly what the system said.

[Ding! Trash host sleeps until the sun is high in the sky and still doesn't get up! Utterly lazy! The system will issue a task to urge the trash host's activeness.]

[Side Quest - Strengthen the Body: Please go to the gym immediately to exercise and increase your physical fitness attribute to 7 points.]

[This side quest is a long-term quest with no time limit. The richness of the reward for completing the quest will be determined by the time taken to complete the goal.]

[If the quest is not completed in a timely manner, the reward will be changed to a punishment. The severity of the punishment will be determined by the time spent by the trash host.]

[Note: Host, please reflect on your behavior and strive to be a good, hard-working youth of the new era!]

For some reason, Asano Makoto actually heard a hint of anger and disappointment from the system's emotionless voice.

However, he felt a little headache about the content of the task.

He naturally knew the importance of a good body. After all, he had overworked himself to death in his previous life due to continuous unpaid overtime.

Therefore, even after he started slacking off, he would often take the time to go to the gym.

He didn't want to die so early in this life either.

But the problem was, he didn't know how to raise his physical fitness to 7 points in a short period of time.

His current physical fitness was 4.3.

The average person is generally around 5 points, 8 points is the limit that ordinary people can reach through hard work, and 9 points is the peak that only a very few gifted humans can stand on.

And the system's requirement was 7 points.

Asano Makoto wasn't sure what the specific concept of 7 points of physical fitness was, but he guessed that it must be at the level of a third-level athlete.

If he had enough time, he was confident that he could slowly raise his physical fitness through hard work.

But he didn't know how long the time limit for this task was.

Although the system said that this task had no time limit and only determined the rewards and punishments based on the time taken to complete the goal.

But considering the system's nature, Asano Makoto couldn't completely relax.

The experience of the day he awakened the system was still vivid in his mind.

Therefore, Asano Makoto felt that he had better complete the task as soon as possible, so as not to cause unnecessary disasters to his *ahem*.

Thinking of this, he immediately got up, washed up, and went out.

As a result, just as he stepped out of his house, he heard the sound of a door closing next door.

Asano Makoto turned his head and saw Miyajima Eriko holding a tote bag, seemingly preparing to go shopping.

Miyajima Eriko naturally also saw Asano Makoto. Perhaps she didn't expect to meet him here, her expression was somewhat surprised.

Asano Makoto had already reacted at this moment. He smiled at Miyajima Eriko, preparing to greet her.

However, before he could speak, Miyajima Eriko suddenly blushed, reopened the door she had already closed, and looked as if she wanted to escape back home.

But perhaps feeling that it was too impolite to do so, Miyajima Eriko ultimately didn't do it.