14 Chapter 14: New Day

As Solomon woke up, a ray of light was shining through the gap in the curtains covering the window, illuminating the room. She stretched and yawned, feeling refreshed. "This is the best sleep I ever had since coming to this world." She mumbled, looking around the room, taking in her surroundings, and then noticing that Kanata's bed was covered with multiple sets of clothes.

Rubbing her eyes, she asked. "How long was I asleep for, Noah."

[You slept for approximately twenty-three hours, sir.]

"...Wait, repeat that." All the sleep immediately disappeared from her eyes as she asked for clarification. 'I can't have possibly slept for 23 hours.'

[Indeed you did, sir.]

"Holy..." She held her head, confused. "That can not be healthy."

[It isn't, sir. It is the result of your body losing and gaining calories excessively. For example, during yesterday's dinner, you gained nineteen-thousand calories. That is more than the recommended daily calories of an active male, which in and of itself is already dangerous.]

[Yet you lost them in a few minutes as I used them as energy to cover up the transaction between Mr. Uchimura and Saito's account while also updating my data on this world using the surface and a bit of the dark web.]

"That sound..." She paused. "Bad?" She knew it was negative, but she didn't understand why it was. After all, she was intelligent in the field of technology, not biology.

[You are not absorbing the nutrients and energy from the food, sir. Since you came to this world, more than 80% of your calorie intake goes towards my functions. It is extremely dangerous to your health and well-being.]

Solomon felt dizzy as she tried to process the information. "Why didn't you tell me this earlier?" she asked.

[I did, sir. I told you three times already in the past six days.]

Solomon did remember the times Noah told her about the negativity of excessive calorie loss and gain. But she always seemed to forget about the negative when she had the chance to allow Noah access to the internet or want him to scan for something.

Solomon sighed in frustration. "From now on, Noah, decline any request that would put a huge risk to my life, except if it is the only choice."

[Understood, sir.]

"Hahaha. Only when it would risk my life." She chuckled while climbing off the bed. She noticed her robe had fallen off while she slept, leaving her naked, but she didn't pay it no mind.

[Of course, sir.]

Walking up to Kanata's bed, she looked down at the clothes, noticing they were all clothes her size, which included a few T-shirts, tank tops, hoodies, sweatshirts, pants, jeans, a beanie, overalls, and coveralls with sneakers and athletic shoes sitting on the ground beside the bed.

There was one thing Solomon noticed: all of them were in the shade of black or dark colors, including the underwear. "Is Kanata trying to make me emo?" She mumbled, picking up black panties and staring at them. "I didn't even wear this many black clothes in my past life."

That was when she noticed a note that was hidden below a set of clothes, which she picked up to read. The handwriting was sloppy and all over the place, but she was still able to understand it.

{From Kanata to Solomon

Those clothes are what I ordered. It turned out that, as long as you pay some extra yen, anything would be delivered to you in a fucking day. And contrary to their looks, all those clothes are above designer clothes that cost ¥18,000, with the cheapest being a pack of panties for ¥18,004. Lol.

You may be wondering why they are all black, but that's because I didn't know your preferred color, so I just bought them in black or dark colors as a safe bet. Either way, I will be out for a few hours to renew my driver's license and do some other things.

Don't worry. I am not stupid enough to use this money to buy a car before people start questioning how a convicted rapist got that much money.]

She smiled as she read the note. "Good for you, Kanata. You should have some fun." Dropping the papers, she returned her attention to the clothes. "But who would have thought these were all designers?"

Pushing the thought to the back of her mind, she went to take a shower. After showering, Solomon wore a brown tank top and a pair of black loose-fitted pants before going to the living room. "We need to finish the operating system by today," she said as she strolled towards the dining table. "I wasted almost an entire day sleeping, leaving us only thirteen days to build the operating system and an AI prototype for Soundscape."

[Don't worry, sir. It will be possible if you reduce the time spent sleeping to seven hours while spending most of the remaining time working on your project.]

"I was planning on doing that." She replied, reaching the table to notice a new phone next to her laptop, with a note above them. "I guess he bought me this too."

And indeed, Kanata did. The note explained that he had bought a new phone for both of them and had already set up her phone and downloaded the Shogun's Vault app on the phone.

"Nice of him to do that." She mumbled, immediately sitting on the dining table and opening her laptop. "I will eat later. Now we need to work on this shit so we can get the deal with Soundscape. Losing this life of luxury isn't an option."

[Right, sir. I will be of assistance whenever you need me.]

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Kanata sat alone at the main counter of the nightclub, lost in thought as he sipped on his whiskey. The dim lighting of the club cast a warm glow over his features, making his messy black hair and rough beard look more rugged than usual. He had spent almost the entire day renewing his driver's license because of a previous "rape conviction" that the licensing authority had to investigate.

Returning to Hikari Heights, he noticed the nightclub and decided to enter and enjoy himself since this would be his first time going to one of these. Once he sat on the counter and got his first drink, his mind couldn't help but wonder about the driver's license problem. He couldn't stop thinking about how Soundscape might investigate his background and find out about his conviction, potentially putting their income source at risk.

'We should probably stop wasting the money we got from that girl,' Kanata thought to himself. In less than 24 hours, they had already spent about 3.6 million yen. If that continued, the money would only last about a year. 'We need to find a new hotel. As much as I like Hikari Heights, five hundred thousand a night is too much.'

With everything settled and him feeling a bit more comfortable with having nine hundred million in his bank account, he began to think carefully about how they should go about the money. 'Maybe we should invest it?' he wondered, his eyes fixed on his drink. That would grant them passive income and allows their money to grow over time. However, his thoughts were interrupted by a woman who walked up to the empty stool beside him.

As she sat down, Kanata couldn't help but glance at her. She was breathtaking, with a slender yet curvaceous figure highlighted by her fitted dress that hugged her curves in all the right places. Her smooth caramel-colored skin seemed to glow in the dim lighting, straight white hair that flowed down her back, and her piercing blue eyes sparkled under the right lighting. Kanata was particularly intrigued by her white rabbit ears, which added an unusual yet captivating feature to her appearance.

She caught his eye with her alluring presence, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of curiosity toward her. Her outfit left little to the imagination, with a plunging neckline and a slit that reached up to her mid-thigh. Kanata couldn't help but feel a twinge of desire as he took in her alluring presence.

'Haha.' He chuckled to himself, returning to his whisky. 'Of course, I am still a man.' He despised his sexual thoughts towards that woman. Next thing you know, she would be accusing him of rape after she consented to have sex with him.

'I wish I was gay.' He thought, staring at his empty glass. 'At least no one will believe him when he says he was raped.' He chuckled at this thought, noticing the woman lean towards him from his peripheral vision. "What do you want?" Kanata asked the woman, gesturing for the female bartender to pour him another drink.

The woman stared at him, her piercing blue eyes locking onto his. "I couldn't help but notice you sitting here alone," she said, a small smile playing at the corners of her lips. "I thought you might like some company."

"Fuck off." Kanata replied, sipping from his glass of whiskey. "I am gay."

She chuckled, covering her mouth as her rabbit ear flopped forward and twitched excitedly, which drew Kanata's attention. "Who said I was here to ask for sex."

"With the way you are dressed, who wouldn't?" He asked, moving his eyes away from her ear. "As you can see, I am thinking deeply about something while basking in my handsomeness, so why don't you leave me alone and find someone else to murder?"

"Handsome?" She smirked, her ears wiggling. "You are average at best, especially with that messy hair and rough beard."

"That makes me stand out more in this crowd of people dressing out to impress." He scoffed, forcing himself not to look at her ears.

"So, you didn't dress to impress?" She asked, inspecting his clothes. He was dressed in a tailored, slim, modern, fit navy blazer with a high-quality, lightweight white linen shirt and a tapered fit muted olive color chinos, finished off with a navy blue dress shoe with a subtle embossed logo on the side. "Because it looks like you did."

"I just came back from an important meeting." with the prefectural governments' public safety commissions to renew my driver's license, he finished in his mind. "I came here not to talk with you or anyone else for that matter."

"Yet you are speaking with me." She grinned, leaning forward, which exposed her deep cleavage, with her ears slightly twitching. "If you didn't want to speak, you could have given me this silent treatment, wouldn't you?"

Kanata finally turned to face her, his eyes not on her cleavage but on her ear. "Is that the effect of your quirk?" He asked.

Her ears suddenly perked up at his question as she leaned away from him. "Uh, *ahem*" She cleared her throat and regained her composure. "Yes. Is there a problem?"

"No, not really." He replied, his eyes locked on her ears that stood tall. "It kept moving while you spoke and was a bit distracting. That's why I pointed it out."

The woman froze, staring wide-eyed at Kanata. She then smirked, her ear standing erect but tilted slightly towards him. "Do you want to feel it?" She asked, staring right into his eyes.

At this, he flinched. Before he could say anything that would get him in trouble, Kanata reached into his pocket and brought out his wallet, paying the bartender.

"I will be on my way, then." He waved as he walked away, taking one last glance at her ears before walking towards the door of the nightclub.

The woman's eyes followed him as he left the bar before she let out a chuckle. The female bartender that served Kanata looked at the woman curiously. "Another of your targets, Maemi?"

"Yep." She replied, popping the p. Taking Kanata's half-empty glass of whiskey, she drank from it, her ears twitching.

"But he doesn't look rich." The bartender said, looking back at the woman named Maemi. "He looks like someone trying to look rich with that get-up."

"You don't have eyes." Maemi replied, staring at the now empty glass of whiskey. "All his clothes were designer and not fakes either. They look normal, but his whole fit would cost about seven hundred and fifty thousand yen. More than your monthly salary."

The bartender froze. "What the fuck." She glanced at the nightclub door. "If I knew he was rich, I could have gone after him." She paused, looking back at Maemi, staring at the whisky glass. "I need to learn about these designer brands like you."

"You do." She replied, dropping the glass. "Too bad I couldn't catch him. He looks extremely guarded."

"Or maybe he is gay like he said." The bartender added, mixing a drink for a nearby couple that was getting it on with each other.

"That too." Maemi nodded with a sigh. "I was planning on getting a few million yen before moving back to Hiroshima in a few months for my daughter to continue her Elementary school before attending middle school."

"Rumi is growing up so fast." The bartender smiled, giving the couple their drink as they started kissing. "Just yesterday, she was only five, and now she is ten. I would like to see her again before you move."

"I have been telling you to visit for the past week, but you have always been busy." Maemi glared at the woman. "You better visit soon. I am leaving."

Maemi stood up and grabbed her purse before walking away and leaving the nightclub, leaving the bartender standing alone. "What a cute woman." She mumbled, biting her lips. "Too bad she isn't a lesbian."

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Author's Note

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If you didn't notice at chapter seven, you should now know what age group Solomon is in and how old he will be when canon starts. Also, if you are reading, please leave comments and critics or any ideas you have.