“If you plan to leave without me, I’ll scream at the top of my lungs right here and now.”

“…How exactly would that help?”

I asked earnestly.

If I were a man, it would’ve had a significant impact. In this world, which is extraordinarily conservative—especially in terms of gender relations—just the fact that a man and a woman were alone in a room could cause a scandal. If the woman screamed, that scream alone would serve as evidence.

However, we were both women.

“You used explosives to get into my room, didn’t you? If I claim you came here to …