"Hachiman, are you cursing me in your heart again?", Kaede suddenly turned her head and saw Hachiman staring at her with a suspicious smile on his face, causing her to narrow her eyes.
"How could that be? I was praising you," Hachiman denied without hesitation. Yukinoshita Haruno was a great beauty, and Yukinoshita Haruno and Yukinoshita Yukino were also sisters, but compared to Yukinoshita Haruno, he still preferred to get along with the tsundere and easy-to-bully Kaede.
If there was only one choice, he would definitely choose Kaede and Suzu, who had a deep bond with him and relied on him as childhood friends.
Of course, he wouldn't just choose one pair of sisters.
"Exposed! You were definitely cursing me in your heart just now!", Seeing that Hachiman didn't hide the fact that he was talking about her in his heart, Kaede immediately pounced on him to teach him a lesson.
She didn't believe that Hachiman would just praise her in his heart for no reason; the only possibility was that he was cursing her.
However, she was no match for Hachiman's strength. Even with the advantage of striking first, she was still pinned down by him, and could only glare angrily at this scumbag who took advantage of her and her sister while still cursing them in his heart.
Suzu silently watched Hachiman and Kaede play-fighting, without any intention or thought of helping either side.
As a younger sister, sometimes she felt helpless.
If she helped Hachiman, Kaede would chase her at home.
If she helped Kaede, Hachiman would find an opportunity to bully her.
No matter who she helped, she would end up being bullied in the end.
"Onii-chan, you brought Kaede-nee and the others back? Why haven't you come in yet?", A head suddenly popped out from the corner of the entrance to the living room, looking at everyone with confusion.
The noise from their play-fighting could be heard even in the kitchen, but after waiting for a while, she still didn't see anyone come in.
"Ahem, it's nothing. Kaede-nee is just feeling a bit unwell, so I'm helping her check," Hachiman, who was holding down Kaede trying to sneak attack him when he wasn't paying attention, smiled at Komachi and changed the subject.
"Kaede and Suzu also have a classmate visiting, so let's cook more dishes tonight and eat together."
"Um, her name is Makoto Usui, she's a discipline committee member. To avoid being caught by Usui-san for your appearance and behavior when you enter Sobu High in the future, Komachi, you should try to please Usui-san."
"Ah? I just came to take a look, there's no need to stay for dinner," Hearing Hachiman's words, Makoto Usui was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved her hands to refuse.
She was still thinking about exposing Hachiman's scumbag behavior, how could she have the nerve to be a guest at his house for dinner.
"Usui-nee, hello~ If I'm lucky enough to get into Sobu High in the future, please take care of me~", Komachi, used to such situations, ignored Hachiman and Kaede who were still play-fighting, and greeted Makoto Usui sweetly.
"There's a lot of ingredients left from yesterday when Vignette-nee was here, and we bought so much today, one more person won't make a difference, but as for seating... there's just enough seats. Usui-nee, stay for dinner tonight!", Komachi counted on her fingers: herself and her siblings, the elf princess and her companion, the childhood friends Kaede and Suzu, the discipline committee member Usui-nee, and the two from the next apartment, Gabriel-nee and Vignette-nee, making a total of ten people.
'This time, the number of people is the same as when Shion moved into the next apartment, and last time when Yuina-nee and the others ate here, there was just enough seating, so today should be no problem.'
"This, I really don't need to...", Makoto Usui, seeing that Komachi didn't seem to hear her refusal, couldn't help but repeat her thoughts.
"Makoto-chan, you don't need to rush back, right? I remember your home isn't too far from here, or is your family very strict?", Kaede asked with some confusion.
"My family isn't that strict, but I usually don't stay out this late..."
Before Makoto Usui could finish, Kaede rudely interrupted, "Then it's settled, if it gets too late, we'll just have Hachiman take you back," Kaede said, glancing at Hachiman beside her, not hesitating to boss him around.
"That's right, if you're worried about it being too late and unsafe, I can take you back later," Hachiman also nodded with a smile. He was planning to go out with Iris and the others to deal with the Boiman family tonight, so using the excuse of taking Makoto Usui home would be perfect.
"This... alright...", Makoto Usui originally wanted to politely refuse, but hearing Kaede say that Hachiman would take her home, she couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, then reluctantly agreed.
Perhaps, she could let Hachiman take her home and take the opportunity to ask him privately what his intentions were towards Kaede and Suzu.
Seeing that Hachiman wasn't short of girls around him, if he didn't like Kaede and the others, he shouldn't hurt them.
With the matter of whether Makoto Usui would stay for dinner settled, Hachiman stopped chatting with them and went to the kitchen to check on Iris and Gabriel who were preparing ingredients.
"Gabriel, Vignette should be back soon. Should I and Iris start first, and you can cook with Vignette when she gets back?"
"No! It was agreed that I would do the work today. You're not allowed in the kitchen."
Gabriel, who was usually gentle and considerate, immediately put on a stern face and pushed Hachiman out of the kitchen when she heard he wanted to come in and help.
Let Hachiman into the kitchen to work with Iris?
What if they ended up doing something she couldn't bear to see again?
From now on, as long as she was at Hachiman's house, she would take care of the kitchen. She would never let Hachiman into the kitchen.
Successfully driving Hachiman, who wanted to help in the kitchen, out of the kitchen, Gabriel let out a big sigh of relief and turned back to continue preparing ingredients for cooking.
As long as she didn't let Hachiman into the kitchen to mess around with Iris, it was fine for her to do a bit more work. Even if she would pay Hachiman back for the ingredients later, Hachiman's kindness towards her was completely worth her effort.
"Gabriel, do you... also like the President?", Iris looked at Gabriel, who seemed a bit different from usual, and suddenly asked.
"Huh?", Gabriel, who was cutting vegetables, was stunned by this question, looking up at Iris in confusion.
'What's going on? Why does Iris think I like Hachiman?'
"Just now, you didn't want the President to be alone with me, right?", Iris glanced back at the people in the living room, then turned to face the bewildered Gabriel, lowering her voice slightly to ask.
She didn't know that Gabriel had found out about her and Hachiman's affair. In her eyes, Gabriel's refusal to let the President into the kitchen to cook with her must have another reason.
Gabriel sits next to the President at school and has now moved into the apartment next door.
Even if she didn't know how Gabriel came to like the President, it was obvious that Gabriel was trying to pursue him.
"Cough, how could that be. How could I like Hachiman? Why would you think I'm trying to steal the President from you?", Gabriel finally realized that Iris thought she was jealous and that's why she refused to let Hachiman into the kitchen to cook with Iris, and quickly explained.
Actually, she was just afraid of hearing Hachiman and Iris making noise in the kitchen while she was in the living room, and didn't expect Iris to misunderstand her like this.
This had to be clarified. Although she thought that Hachiman, a human, and Iris, an elf princess, weren't a good match, with both their race and world limiting their future, she would only gently advise them to think carefully and wouldn't maliciously interfere.
However, Gabriel's explanation seemed very weak in Iris's eyes.
'If you're not interested in the President, why move here, even renting an apartment without much money?'
'Vignette from the next apartment isn't close to Gabriel either, so Gabriel must have moved here because of the President.'
"There might be a misunderstanding. The President and I are not lovers, we're just good friends," Iris stared at Gabriel's expression and slowly explained.
"If you want to pursue the President, I can help you," Although she was already planning to have the elf girls in their breeding period come to receive the President's assistance, she would still consider the President's experience and not disturb his life.
After all, the President is only assisting them, they shouldn't overstep and should help the President where they can.
Clearly, the President and Gabriel have a good relationship, not only sitting next to each other but also having Gabriel come to his house to help cook. Helping them get closer would be an easy task.
"Wait, you and Hachiman aren't lovers? You're not lovers?", Gabriel suddenly reached out to stop Iris, looking at her in disbelief as she offered to help her pursue Hachiman.
'Didn't Iris and Hachiman already do that kind of thing at the cinema?'
'From how casual they were, they must have done it often, so how could they not be lovers?'
'Could it be that the demon Vignette's power is so strong? She could hypnotize to such an extent, making the pure and devoted elves so promiscuous, yet I can't sense any traces of charm on Iris and Hachiman.'
"Uh, of course not. The President has a pair of childhood friends next door, and they haven't become his lovers yet, so naturally, the President and I aren't lovers."
Iris looked at Gabriel strangely. She hadn't announced that she and the President were lovers, so why would Gabriel think they were?
'There are many people close to the President, at most, I'm just one of the President's favorites.'
'Although I also like the President and wish he would accompany me shopping and playing like today, I wouldn't force him to be my lover.'
"So it's not...", Gabriel looked at Iris, who instead had a 'you're strange' expression, and opened her mouth to speak, but held back her words.
She really wanted to ask Iris why she did that kind of thing with Hachiman if they weren't lovers, but she couldn't explain how she knew about it.
Although heaven doesn't strictly forbid them from revealing their identities in the human world, and any angel could easily erase memories, undoubtedly, casually exposing one's identity in the human world is a very stupid act.
Only a fool would casually reveal their identity in the human world.
"Mm, so Gabriel, do you want to pursue the President? If you want to pursue the President, I can create opportunities for you~", Iris nodded, looking at Gabriel's milk-white delicate skin and exquisite, cute features, and continued to ask with a smile.
'Although Gabriel's figure isn't great, her petite body can't do the same things as Hayase Saki and the others for the President, but the President should be very happy, right? It seems the President likes Gabriel a lot.'
'And Gabriel sits next to the President, so in the future, if she gets along well with Gabriel, she can just stick to Gabriel and the President's side during class to assist, without having to skip class with the President.'
She feel embarrassed to trouble the President just for her own assistance.
But if the President is interested in someone else and wants to do something with them, then simultaneously assisting her, she wouldn't feel as guilty.
'From Shion and the others' reactions, human girls don't want to get pregnant so early, so the elves can help them get pregnant, they don't mind having more children.'
'This way, the President is satisfied, Gabriel and the other human girls are happy, and the elves are fulfilled, it's a win-win-win, right?'
"Cough! Cough! no no, why would you think of helping me pursue Hachiman?", Gabriel didn't expect Iris to still think she liked Hachiman after all that, and quickly explained, "Don't you know that Hachiman likes you?"
Blonde, petite, cute, kind, etc., Hachiman's ideal partner standards seem to be tailor-made for Iris.
Although Iris isn't human but an elf princess from another world, Hachiman's ideal partner doesn't seem to have any ethnicity restrictions.
"I know the President likes me, and I also like the President~ But, this doesn't conflict with liking you, right? If Gabriel likes the President, I can ask the President for you, to fulfill your wish."
Iris nodded with a smile. Of course, the President likes her, she and the President had deep discussions so many times, how could she not feel the President's affection for her.
But the President is so outstanding, how could she monopolize him?
Moreover... she, an elf, can't handle the President's pressure alone...
In the future, when she and Aegis are pregnant, they'll need others to satisfy the President's needs.
"..."
Seeing Iris admit that she knows Hachiman likes her but still wants to do this, Gabriel fell silent.
'Is this elf's bloodline not pure enough?'
'To happily share the person she likes with others.'
'Or, has Iris's other world been taken over by demons, changing their nature?'
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