My wife believes me; how could I be a cuckold?

The only people who would send him messages on their phones are those he's trying to woo.

Oh, right, Yuta Yamada also has his contact information.

However, Yuta Yamada usually makes phone calls directly, so the person who sent the text message was definitely not him.

The person who sent the message must be the target of their romance proposal.

So logically speaking, this situation should be considered as sending a message to the "other woman" in front of Yuna Kanno?

However, Makoto Asano was not flustered.

If it were Eriko Miyajima, he might be a little worried that this would affect his progress in winning her over.

Now before him was a little pet who had completely submitted, and who would only mutter a few words even if it saw him.

Then why would he panic?

In addition, his guess that the person who sent the message was Risa Kanno was also a very important reason.

After all, no matter how you look at it, Risa Kanno, who had just left the house, was the most likely person to send the message.

So when his phone rang, Makoto Asano calmly reached out and picked it up to take a look.

Indeed, someone sent him a message on Line.

However, looking at the sender's name, Makoto Asano couldn't help but feel somewhat surprised.

Moreover, the content of the message left him looking strange, unsure of what to say.

"Are you there?"

This is the message sent to Makoto Asano by someone whose contact name is "Konno Yuuka (Kana Ikeda)".

It's clear that this model has no experience in actively pursuing someone.

After all, most people who start with "Are you there?" are—

Despite feeling surprised, I still had to reply to the message.

After a brief moment's thought, Makoto Asano replied in a very standard manner, "May I ask what's the matter, Ms. Konno?"

"It's like this, Asano-kun, I'd like to invite you out for lunch. I was wondering if you have time?"

Konno Yuuka replied quickly, but looking at the message she sent, Asano Makoto really didn't know what to say.

What's going on? Why is it another person asking me out for dinner? And of all days?

I just had dinner with Risa Kanno last night, how come it's your turn again today?

Makoto Asano was speechless.

He had racked his brains trying to find these two people before, but couldn't come up with an excuse. Now, they've all popped up on their own initiative.

"Noon today? I'm sorry, Ms. Konno, I probably won't have time today."

When Asano Makoto finally uttered those words of refusal after much deliberation, he felt incredibly conflicted.

To be honest, he really wanted to accept Konno Yuuka's invitation.

After all, both she and Risa Kanno had made absolutely no progress in their pursuit of her.

At least with Risa Kanno, there's Yuna Kanno as a point of contact, but Makoto Asano really doesn't know how to reach her.

So he really wanted to accept this invitation.

The problem is, just ten seconds ago he told Yuna Kanno that he wouldn't go anywhere today and would stay home with her.

Upon hearing this, the little pet couldn't help but show a happy expression.

Although that expression only lasted for a moment, she immediately turned her head away, saying defiantly, "Hmph, who wants a pervert like you to keep me company?"

But she couldn't suppress the unconscious curve of her lips.

Even if Makoto Asano is a scumbag, seeing how happy she is, he can't bring himself to break the contract.

Since we can't break our promise to the pet, we have no choice but to reluctantly decline the offer from the other side.

Anyway, the time for the Konno Yuuka conquest mission is still very long, a full eighteen months, so there will always be opportunities in the future.

However, to Makoto Asano's surprise, just when he was reluctantly declining Yuuka Konno's invitation and feeling regretful for wasting the opportunity, she extended another invitation to him.

"I see. So, Asano-kun, are you free tomorrow? Tomorrow at noon... no, until tomorrow evening is fine."

Upon seeing this message, Makoto Asano, who had been feeling somewhat depressed because the next opportunity seemed so far away, immediately perked up again.

And perhaps feeling that she was being too proactive, before Asano Makoto could reply, Konno Yuuka sent several more messages explaining why she had invited him.

"Actually, I wanted to apologize to you in person for the misunderstanding that happened when we first met, but I've been quite busy with work lately and haven't had a chance to invite you. And I'll be busy again starting tomorrow, so..."

"And Yoichi actually really wants to apologize to you, but he's been very busy lately, so he asked me to contact you alone first. But don't worry, Asano-kun, it's just a meal, it won't take up much of your time!"

Looking at the messages sent by the other party, Makoto Asano couldn't help but smile.

He knew, of course, that the other person was lying; in any case, as far as he knew, his old classmate would never apologize to him.

He also knew that Konno Yuuka was definitely contacting him with some kind of purpose, just like Kanno Risa.

But so what?

He's currently worried about not being able to contact the other party.

We can't just let such a good opportunity slip away, can we?

So this time, upon seeing that it was a meeting between the two of them alone, he accepted without even thinking, saying, "I understand, Ms. Konno. I have time tomorrow, how about 10 a.m.?"

"Thank you very much, Asano-kun. I'll send you the address in a bit."

Looking at the address of a coffee shop that the other party quickly sent, Makoto Asano put down his phone.

Then he turned his head and saw Yuna Kanno's somewhat unfriendly expression.

He's chatting and laughing so happily on his phone... he must be planning to seduce some woman again, right?

That bastard! Scumbag!

Just as Yuna Kanno was thinking this, she noticed that Makoto Asano had finished chatting and turned to look at her.

Then a cold smile, tinged with sadness, appeared on her face.

However, Makoto Asano seemed completely oblivious to Yuna Kanno's change. He smiled gently and asked again in a concerned tone, "Are you feeling better? Would you like to go out today? I'll take you shopping."

Seeing that he neither explained nor comforted her, but instead immediately changed the subject, Yuna Kanno was furious.

"Damn it, don't think you can get away with this..."

After muttering that under her breath, she added sarcastically, her tone clearly tinged with jealousy, "You were laughing so happily just now, it must have been some woman who messaged you, right? Was it the one next door? Or some other woman?"

Makoto Asano wasn't angry at her sarcasm; he just felt a little helpless and worried.

Jealousy is a very normal thing.

And if he gets jealous, doesn't that just show how much his pet loves him?

So he's not actually that worried about Yuna Kanno right now; he's worried about something else.

That is, as the number of potential romantic partners increases, the problem of "jealousy" will only become more and more obvious.

Makoto Asano feels helpless for the same reason—he hasn't yet figured out how to balance the relationships between these targets.

However, it's too early to think about this now.

After all, the only person he has successfully conquered so far is Yuna Kanno, and at worst, he'll add Eriko Miyajima, whom he's about to conquer as well.

The most important thing right now is to quickly appease Yuna Kanno.

Makoto Asano wasn't worried. After all, little pets are very easy to coax. Even though she seemed angry now, he could calm her down after saying a few nice words and giving her a hug.

However, just as he was thinking this and preparing to take immediate action, a notification sound suddenly rang in his mind.

[Ding! Host's anxiety about the chaotic situation has been detected. Special training mission initiated!]

[Phase 1: Please appease the jealous Yuna Kanno. Any method is acceptable. Time limit: 4 hours.]

[Phase 2: Mission unknown, will be unlocked after the host completes Phase 1.]

[Phase 3: Mission unknown, will be unlocked after the host completes Phase 2.]

[Reward for completing Stage 1: Master-level Culinary Skill (Note: There is no dish in the world you cannot cook, and you are especially good at stir-frying), Aphrodisiac*1.]

[Stage 2 Completion Reward: Reward unknown, will be unlocked after the host completes Stage 1.]

[Stage 3 Completion Reward: Reward unknown, will be unlocked after the host completes Stage 2.]

Chapter 134 Her Name (3k, 1/2)

Makoto Asano was only slightly taken aback by the system notification that suddenly sounded in his mind.

Although he felt a little surprised subconsciously, he didn't get as agitated as he used to be and curse in his mind.

Perhaps because the system had been issuing tasks so frequently due to sudden glitches, he was surprisingly unmoved at the moment.

On the contrary, he felt somewhat helpless about the fact that his mindset had not changed.

This means he has become completely accustomed to the system's quirky humor and is desensitized to the system's random task releases.

Or rather, he has completely accepted the fact that he is a blond-haired man.

How tragic!

Thinking this, Makoto Asano couldn't help but shake his head, sighed inwardly, and then focused his attention on the mission itself.

This mission is divided into three stages, and the latter two stages can only be unlocked after the previous stages are completed.

Although the objective of Phase One is to appease Yuna Kanno, if we consider it within the context of this so-called "specialized training mission," it can be phrased in a different way.

That is, how to win over a jealous person.

Since the training tasks are divided into stages, logically speaking, the tasks in the later stages will definitely be more difficult.

Based on the content of the first phase of the mission, Asano Makoto had some idea of ​​the objectives of the next two phases.

For example, "in front of one person you're trying to woo, flirt with another person you're trying to woo, deliberately create a love triangle to make her jealous, and then appease her."