Watch Closely, This Is How Allen Is Used!

The scene rewinds to a minute earlier.

The moment the bathwater was ready, Rudy immediately stripped off all his clothes. However, contrary to his expectations, Sylphy kept dragging her feet, not even looking him in the eye.

"What's wrong? You'll catch a cold if you don't take off your clothes, and you're covered in mud. What do you plan to do if you keep them on?"

"Huh? Ah, um..."

Sylphy stood stiffly, facing the wall, deep in thought.

"Huh? You can't still not know how to take off your own clothes, can you? Sigh, you're impossible."

Rudy, completely naked, walked over to Sylphy.

"Come on, raise your hands. I'll help you take them off."

"Eh, eh... I..."

"What 'I'? Just take them off! Do you want me to call Allen over?!"

"Ah? No!... Don't!"

Rudy tugged for a long time, realizing that Sylphy wasn't giving him any chance to undress her. He couldn't help but pout.

"If you don't want to take off your top, then take off your pants first!"

With that, he pulled hard on Sylphy's pants to pull them down. Sylphy clutched her pants tightly and let out a shriek.

"Ah!!!"

Rudy covered his ears, retreated a few steps, a look of distaste on his face, about to speak. But then he heard hurried footsteps clattering down the stairs. From the sound of the steps, he could tell it wasn't the familiar Lilia, Paul, or Zenith. Those few people had distinct ways of walking that weren't this rushed.

Rudy's eyes lit up.

He immediately darted to the door, crouched down, assuming a ready stance, and turned to look at Sylphy, putting a finger to his lips as he excitedly whispered, "It seems you, Sylphy, haven't had the experience of bathing with a boy. Just wait till I pull Allen's pants off, then you'll definitely happily join us."

Haha, Lord Allen, this time, I'm definitely going to win!

Clatter, clatter! In just a few breaths, the footsteps were already right outside.

Rudy saw Sylphy turn to look his way, a wide grin spreading across his face, revealing a lecherous smile.

"Sylphy, watch this..."

BANG! The door burst open!

What a chance!

"This is how Allen is used!!"

Allen looked at Rudy, Rudy looked up at Allen, and Sylphy stood facing the wall in the corner.

The three fell into an eerie silence.

But the most shocked wasn't Allen.

It was Rudy.

He looked up, his jaw dropped in surprise, his eyes glazed over.

How could it be... It's standing tall. Could it be that Allen really likes shota... Wait, does that mean Allen likes me, not Sylphy?!? Ah???

Allen looked at Rudy beneath him, a growing look of horror in his eyes. He didn't even have time to dwell on the strangely awkward feeling after socially dying. He grabbed his pants, and in a panic, directly hoisted Rudy off the ground.

"Quick! Quick, put on your clothes!!!"

Rudy struggled in horror.

"Ah?! Why do I have to put on clothes, you pervert! No! Allen! Put me down!!!"

Allen furiously pulled Rudy closer, gritting his teeth and squeezing out words audible only to the two of them.

"Sylphy is a girl!"

"No, Allen, ah? Eh? Eh? Wait, what did you say? Eh??"

Rudy turned his head in shock to look at Sylphy, who was squatting on the ground behind him, clutching her head. In an instant, he understood.

Sylphy! It's Sylphy, not Sylphie! No wonder her nickname is Ruphy! No wonder I always thought she was a bit too pretty! I should have realized it earlier!!! Ahhhhhhh!!! She's a girl, and I just stripped naked in front of her!!

He immediately let out a scream.

"Clothes, give me clothes, quick!!!"

"Then put them on!"

"Those have mud on them!!!"

"At a time like this, do you still care about the mud or not?!"

"Oh, right, no! It's too far, I can't reach it!! Wait, I've got it! Take off the pants you just changed into and give them to me! You've already been seen naked anyway!"

Allen: ????

"Didn't you also get seen naked?!"

"Oh, that's true."

"Then why were you yelling your head off?!"

"It's all because of you! Why were you so… excited?! It was terrifying!!"

"That's because I activated my Fighting Spirit!!"

"You're lying! When Paul activates his Fighting Spirit, he never looks like that!"

"How do you know Paul isn't like that?!"

Lilia, who had already arrived, stood frozen at the end of the hallway, watching the entire farce unfold.

Behind her, Paul's face was ashen, and veins were bulging on his fists.

***

At lunchtime, Sylphy was invited to stay and eat.

Allen and Rudy, with huge bumps on their foreheads, sat at the dining table, looking at each other awkwardly.

It was ludicrous. Two children, both with the mental age of over thirty, were being lectured by a twenty-four-year-old, and each was embarrassed by their actual age.

"Are you done playing around? You fight, and then it turns into a discussion about whether I get 'excited' when I use my Fighting Spirit? And you're calling me by my name directly? I think you two haven't been practicing Swordsmanship lately and are asking for trouble."

"Sorry, sir/father."

Allen and Rudy apologized in unison.

"Keep calling me Paul! Hm?!"

"Sorry." In unison 2.

Zenith narrowed her eyes, looking at Rudy and Allen with a hint of amusement. She seemed to find this noisy daily life quite interesting.

Then she turned her head to Sylphy.

"It must be hard for you, being friends with them."

Sylphy, who was sitting up straight, quickly waved her hands.

"No! Not at all!! They're both very nice to me!"

Zenith chuckled, then turned and rested her chin on her hand, looking at Paul.

"Alright, dear, let's eat."

Paul gave Allen and Rudy an unamused glance.

"Alright, you two, come eat. No playing out tomorrow; you're training Swordsmanship with me!"

"Okay, sir/father." In unison 3.

Allen and Rudy took their seats, secretly exchanging a glance, and glumly began to eat.

Allen reached out and got a piece of bread for Sylphy, who was sitting next to him and couldn't quite reach it. Then he quietly began to query the System.

"By the way, you just reminded me that Rudy's favorability might reset to zero. If it does, will there be a penalty?"

No.

"Will it lower my evaluation?"

No, evaluation is based on a point system.

"No, then what did you mean by telling me to 'do as I see fit'?!"

Because I find it very interesting. If the host can ultimately end up with Rudeus, wouldn't that count as a 'deep level' involvement in the Mushoku Tensei transmigration? I would naturally be happy to see it happen.

".Damn."

While Allen was conversing with the System, Rudy secretly looked at Sylphy, then at Allen.

"So, Allen already realized Sylphy is a girl? Damn it, he made a move so early… Eh? Wait, does that mean Lokkishi is mine?!"

At this thought, Rudy's lips curled up on both sides, revealing his signature lecherous grin.