Her records complete, the woman called for a boy to show Yuta to his room.

"My name is Noriko," she said. "Please call upon me if you need anything."

The boy picked up Yuta's trunk with a saucy grin that reminded Yuta of Shota and performed an equally saucy bow to indicate Yuta should precede him up the stairs.

"Everything satisfactory, sir?" the boy said after showing Yuta to a room at the end of the hall, and demonstrating the operation of the doors, windows, ...