After seeing off Felt, the "Catgirl," Natsuki Subaru greeted Emilia and the others before returning to his own room on the second floor.
He swiftly shut the door.
Natsuki Subaru hurriedly pulled out the note Felt had handed him from his pocket!
His eyes widened slightly as he carefully deciphered it, comparing the words against a dictionary bit by bit. Only after reading the address on the note twice did he finally relax.
Eighty Saint Gold Coins! If he earned another seventy, he would have enough to repay his debt!
Natsuki Subaru let out a breath. "At least I won't be sent to another world to have my body toyed with by non-humans."
"Ding~ So the host has no desire to resist becoming a girl?"
Perhaps he had misheard, but Natsuki Subaru felt that the usually rigid mechanical voice carried an inexplicable hint of emotion today.
"Wh... who would want to become a girl?!" Natsuki Subaru raised his voice slightly to conceal the panic deep within him. "What's so good about becoming a girl? You get restricted in everything you do. How could that be as satisfying as being a man?"
Natsuki Subaru's mouth went off like firecrackers, rattling out a whole string of words. Only when the system did not refute him did he finally breathe easy.
If the secret he had always kept buried in his heart were discovered by someone else, it would be terribly embarrassing.
His unusual living environment had shaped Natsuki Subaru into someone with a slightly warped personality.
In his view, becoming a girl would at least lessen the pressure on him by quite a bit.
But not now. With the Myriad Worlds Merchant System, it was still easier to get around as a man. Compared to becoming a girl, he preferred using a