Deadline Is Raining in the Status Window - Chapter 299

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I kissed Cha Cha with ulterior motives and gripped his shoulders firmly. I held them tight because he’d tried to slip away the moment the kiss ended, eager to leave.
“Cha Cha. I’m starting to want to do something more than just kiss.”
I spoke my true feelings to Cha Cha. He tilted his head with clear, innocent eyes.
“Something more than a kiss? What do you mean?”
“Ugh!”
Damn it! How could he not know? After ten thousand years of living, how could he possibly be ignorant of this?
Suffering alone, I scooped Cha Cha up and went searching for Gerth.
“Gerth! Do you still have the sex education materials you used when teaching Hubert?”
If Gerth had raised Hubert so well, he must have teaching materials from back then. With high hopes, I called out from a distance away from the kitchen. I couldn’t approach the kitchen myself because Gerth was still angry with me.
“Evan. I’d like you to say that again.”
Gerth, who had been standing before the flames with a strange expression, turned off the gas and stepped out of the kitchen to stand before me. The way he untied his apron strings was utterly erotic.
What was erotic about it was the neck and chest exposed where the apron strings had pressed. The way the small apron clung to his voluptuous upper body without tearing was also impressive.
Khehe.
“Evan sometimes drools when laughing. But it’s still beautiful.”
Did I drool? Even if I liked him, I figured I should exercise some restraint, so I wiped my mouth and embraced Gerth passionately. His soft body felt wonderful.
“I’d like the sex education materials you gave when teaching Hubert. I think Cha Cha will need them.”
“I didn’t mishear. I never gave Hubert any sex education.”
I buried my face in Gerth’s chest and breathed deeply, then lifted my head slightly when I heard what seemed like nonsense.
“That can’t be right. Every time I mentioned spending a wild night with Gerth, he’d look disgusted.”
“But I never educated him about it.”
Wait, isn’t that actually serious? A barely adult child who never received sex education, yet knows about adult matters? Could he have watched some strange, violent, or morally corrupt content? Or perhaps he learned through practice?
“This is a crisis, Gerth!”
“Why?”
“Hubert might have been exposed to inappropriate media, or learned about sex through actual experience!”
“That is serious.”
Recognizing the gravity of the situation, we divided the area and searched for our fox son. I found him first—the good-natured Hubert was on the rooftop wearing a straw hat, threshing dried rice.
“Mother, look at this! The rice grains are so glossy this year too!”
The skillful white fox demi-human rubbed the rice stalks with his bare hands, completing a simple milling process, and showed me the grain. Indeed, it was plump and lustrous. It looked delicious.
“Just roasting it would taste wonderful!”
“Roasted rice is delicious, so crispy! Should I prepare some right now?”
Just thinking about cooking fresh rice made my mouth water. I swallowed the saliva threatening to escape for the second time today and took Hubert’s hand.
“I have something to ask you, my son.”
“You want to ask me something?”
“I’ll ask with Gerth present.”
“What on earth is this about?”
Hubert grew anxious at the mention of both parents being needed. The fox son wondered what he’d done wrong, and I decided we’d meet in the Boss Room with Gerth. In that surreal white space, Gerth and I poked each other in the ribs, arguing over who should speak first.
“I… did I do something wrong?”
The white Fox Demi-human’s ears drooped adorably, her tail sweeping down in a graceful arc. I wanted to ruffle her hair. Could I not just touch her soft fox paws and leave it at that, without making a fuss?
“Hey! Didn’t you say your tail was all scraggly?”
Oh dear, Cha Cha! You mustn’t speak to her like that!
As I grabbed Cha Cha’s snout to scold him—bad boy, bad boy—Hubert let out a yelp and folded his ears back sharply.
“I, I, I, I, what did I do! Was there something wrong with my conduct?!”
“It’s nothing serious. I simply had questions about something you did before.”
First, I needed to calm him down. I assured Hubert it wasn’t a grave matter and broached the subject carefully.
“When you said you’d killed your father, your son looked absolutely horrified. Why was that?”
“Well….”
Hubert still wore that look of horror. This was definitely a reaction that required detailed knowledge of the circumstances.
“Gerth said he never gave you sex education. So why do you know about it? I was worried you might have been exposed to something inappropriate….”
“Oh, that?”
I’d been extraordinarily cautious about interfering with an already-adult’s preferences or viewing habits, but Hubert seemed entirely unbothered as he pointed downward.
“Well, this is Serpent King’s Tower, after all.”
“I’m aware.”
“During mating season, we watch it live.”
“Ah….”
“Oh….”
I’d overlooked that detail. Gerth and I exchanged a somewhat rueful sound of understanding. Even if the species differed, that particular act remained the same, so of course he would know.
“And there’s also the Primate Floor here. Since they’re close to humans, we roughly understand what humans do too.”
“There’s a Primate Floor?”
“There is.”
“Who’s the Floor Master?”
“We hired someone relatively recently.”
Wait?! Wasn’t that the position I’d asked Gerth about when I first considered working at Serpent King’s Tower? I’d thought it was vacant and had my eye on it myself, but they’d hired someone recently?
“Mother has seen him before, hasn’t she?”
“When did I?”
“That mountain gorilla who said he wanted to be introduced to Reina Letem.”
“….”
That was just a regular gorilla, wasn’t it?!
Oh no, I’d thought it was just a gorilla and brought it to Reina. I’d have to apologize to her later.
“There’s such a thing as a Gorilla Demi-human? I had no idea.”
“No? It’s just a gorilla?”
“?”
You made a regular gorilla the Floor Master? Is it like a mascot or something? Even so, shouldn’t it be able to communicate so you can hold executive meetings and such? When I asked that, Hubert laughed and told me not to worry.
“It’s fine. Caesar has extraordinarily high intelligence.”
Oh, I see. So high intelligence that he can communicate with people. Hmm….
“Planet of the Apes, Planet of the Apes….”
“Evan. What does that mean?”
“Oh, there was a movie like that back in the day.”
“I see.”
The lizard and white fox father and son, showing little interest in my words, steered the conversation back to sex education and continued their discussion.
“It’s my fault for not teaching her about that aspect. If it weren’t for Evan, I wouldn’t have given it any thought.”
“No, well, it would be embarrassing to do it alone with Father.”
“Then I’ll teach her starting now.”
How exactly? Hubert seemed to share my thoughts, perking up his ears and turning toward Gerth. The Serpent King grasped my shoulder and spoke with casual confidence.
“If there are no materials, seeing it directly is best.”
“Whoa.”
So we’re really going to have a public mating session? Ugh, I did want some adjacent room play, but I never expected it to develop into something like this.
“If you do that, I’m leaving this house.”
“Why?”
“Have you lost your mind?”
“Hubert. That’s not a kind thing to say.”
“Do I look like I’m in a state to avoid saying harsh things right now?!”
Hubert threw his straw hat down with a clatter and shouted. Hmm… regardless of my own desires, I understand why Hubert is reacting this way to Gerth. A little, no—quite a lot, actually… if it were me, I might beat my parents to death.
“This time, Gerth is in the wrong.”
“That’s right, Father was wrong!”
“…I’ll apologize.”
Gerth seemed uncertain about why he needed to apologize, but with two family members telling him to, he bowed his head obediently.
“Why did this topic even come up in the first place? It’s not like you suddenly decided you needed to teach me about sex education.”
My son certainly grasps the essentials well for a white fox.
I explained in detail what had happened with Cha Cha, and it occurred to me that Gerth might have teaching materials from when he taught Hubert, so I told him as much. Hubert’s eyes widened as he looked at his uncle.
“No way, and you didn’t know at that age?”
“Yeah. I was shocked too that he didn’t know at that age.”
“Oh, this is serious.”
“It is serious.”
While my son was finding a solution, Gerth, having learned why I was searching for sex education materials, pondered carefully and then made a suggestion.
“Evan. I think it’s better not to teach Cha Cha that.”
“Why?”
“I don’t want to say.”
“Don’t worry, Mother. Father just doesn’t want to lose his share.”
So it was such an adorable reason. I found Gerth’s adorable thinking so endearing, patting his back affectionately. Gerth seemed embarrassed.
“Evan! Tell me I’m cute too!”
“Oh, how adorable!”
I lifted Cha Cha up and gave him an airplane ride. Cha Cha laughed with delight, but after landing back on the ground, his face showed this wasn’t quite what he wanted.
“Should we ask Caesar?”
What would we ask him? Hubert answered that since Caesar was most similar to humans, he’d be perfect for teaching about mating.
We moved to the Primate Floor of Serpent King’s Tower and found the executive Caesar. When Hubert called out loudly in the jungle terrain, a mountain gorilla swung down on a vine and landed gracefully, greeting us.
“Hoo!”
“It’s good to meet you. I am Evan Mitchell, King of Ten Thousand Demons.”
“Howdy!”
The gorilla greeted me with an awkward nod, as if he already knew who I was, then grasped my outstretched hand and shook it heartily. What a friendly and good-natured fellow. It would be a waste to introduce him to Reina Letem.

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