Naruse Mio, blushing, rested her head on Hachiman's shoulder. Her soft lips lightly brushed across his cheek as she lowered her eyes and comfortably enjoyed this affection that everyone else envied.
Shion had long told her that Master-nii treated them the same way he treated Komachi.
But only now did she truly understand what it meant to treat everyone equally.
Even with so many people watching, Master-nii wasn't stingy with his affection toward her. When it was her turn to receive it, he didn't care about anyone else's gaze.
"Um... Mafuyu..."
Mizuho Kazami had no choice but to bite her lower lip and look toward Kirisu Mafuyu.
Kirisu Mafuyu had always been the one trying to guide Hachiman, so why had she gone silent after coming to his house?
Since Hachiman appeared, she had barely heard Kirisu Mafuyu speak. Their relationship was supposed to be more harmonious than hers. Yet she was the one suffering.
However, when her gaze moved past Hachiman and Naruse Mio in his arms and landed on Kirisu Mafuyu, she discovered that Kirisu Mafuyu's tracksuit had disappeared at some point.
In its place was an extremely short and tight black-and-white maid outfit that exposed her flat, fair stomach and rounded shoulders.
At that moment, Kirisu Mafuyu was massaging Hachiman's hands.
Unlike her own method of pressing with both sides tightly together without leaving any gap, Kirisu Mafuyu was rubbing up and down, her straight legs wrapped in black stockings moving alternately.
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Looking at Kirisu Mafuyu, whose face was red but who said nothing, and then at Hiratsuka, Hebihara, and Shizumi, who all seemed to be pretending not to notice as if they had some secret relationship with Hachiman, Mizuho Kazami felt doomed.
Were all five of them going to miss the gathering they had planned for tonight?
"Ahem!"
Hiratsuka Shizuka coughed softly and quietly reminded Hachiman not to go too far.
What could she do? What could she say? If she stepped in to stop him, Hachiman might sit between her and Shizumi Suzune next and pick up Shion.
Mizuho Kazami and Kirisu Mafuyu hadn't truly become magical girls yet, so Hachiman was still somewhat restrained.
But she and Shizumi Suzune were a different story.
Rather than embarrassing herself as a senior in front of Kirisu Mafuyu and the others, it was better to let them endure a little longer.
After all, the people who hadn't truly rejected Hachiman were Kirisu Mafuyu and Mizuho Kazami themselves.
"Yeah, that's right. I'm not good at drinking. Eating something first sounds good."
"Since you're all staying, I'm not in a hurry to leave either."
Ebihara Urara and Shizumi Suzune also pretended not to notice anything unusual about Mizuho Kazami and Kirisu Mafuyu and decided to stay for dinner with Hachiman before leaving.
One of them had nearly been sold into a cult by her fiance and had now become Hachiman's personal maid to repay her debt.
The other was a goddess angel who had almost fallen victim to demons and trained with Hachiman every day to grow stronger.
In a sense, they already belonged to Hachiman. Simply sitting together and eating a meal could even be considered restrained.
However, if Hachiman didn't take the initiative, they couldn't act too intimately in front of their coworkers.
Unless those coworkers became the same as them.
"H-Hikigaya... n-next week, I heard a lot of new students and a matching number of teachers will be entering Sobu High together?"
Seeing that Hiratsuka and the others seemed to have misunderstood her relationship with Hachiman and were all looking away as if they hadn't seen anything, Kirisu Mafuyu's face burned as she bit her lip tightly. While continuing to massage Hachiman's hand with her long, firm legs, she panted lightly and tried to change the subject.
It wasn't that she didn't want to stop Hachiman.
But today she had been so focused on visiting his home and recovering some of her dignity as a teacher that she forgot a cruel fact.
She couldn't even take off the maid outfit, much less go against Hachiman's will.
Because of the maid skills that came with the outfit and the endless service-related scenes filling her mind, it was already a victory that she wasn't kneeling in front of Hachiman on her own.
If Hachiman hadn't had any intention of completely embarrassing her in public, the maid outfit's obedience to him would have made her serve him while lying on the table.
"Yeah, that's right. Besides expanding various school facilities, Sobu High will also be making some staff adjustments. But Kaede and Tsubaki are handling all that."
Hachiman lowered his head and took a bite of Naruse Mio, then looked toward Kaede and Rurikawa Tsubaki, who were quietly chatting.
"A lot of teachers have already been selected. Quite a few are from famous private academies. Some schools are even sending their student councils and teachers together."
Hearing her name, Kaede glanced at Hachiman, who had girls on both sides of him, and explained to Kirisu Mafuyu.
"Some of the conglomerate factions that want to join Sobu High are sponsors behind those schools. With the cooperation of those families and financial groups, expanding Sobu High's enrollment was easy."
"The people who need more consideration are the superhumans, whether they're demi-humans of various races or shrine maidens, martial artists, ninjas, nuns, and fighters from the human side."
In truth, everyone on the list had already been discussed or could be transferred freely.
The real thing that needed consideration was Hachiman's preferences.
But no matter how she and Tsubaki looked through the list, they couldn't remove many people. One after another, they were beautiful, cute, elegant, and distinctive.
Not to mention certain female teachers whose families had arranged marriage partners for them, even some spoiled young ladies, Tsubaki thought, could be left for Hachiman to educate properly.
If Tsubaki hadn't always been someone who never fought or competed, Kaede would have thought she had changed.
This was too bad.
She definitely learned it from Iris.
"Speaking of which, Shizuka, you told me before that you wanted to recommend some people. Have you contacted them?"
After hearing Kaede's explanation, Hachiman nodded and looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka.
After seeing him help Ebihara Urara repay her debts, Hiratsuka had asked him to help another heavily indebted female teacher as well.
"I did contact her, but she rejected my suggestion and decided to figure something out herself."
At the mention of this, Hiratsuka looked troubled.
"My friend is named Miyamori Kasumi. Like Urara, she became a joint guarantor and ended up carrying fifty million yen of debt along with her father's debt."
"She says I don't need to worry, but how can I not? She can't possibly repay it with her salary. Eventually those groups will come after her."
If she had been tricked, it would be easy.
Just like Urara's case, she could ask Hachiman to help.
But repaying debts was only natural. She couldn't exactly ask Hachiman to go after criminal organizations.
The only thing she could do was have Hachiman pay off the debt first and let her friend slowly repay him afterward.
"Ahem..."
Ebihara Urara, who had been acting calm and natural this whole time, looked embarrassed when she heard the words "joint guarantor."
She had become Hachiman's maid step by step because of debt. Hiratsuka's words felt like they were aimed directly at her.
However, her real problem had been that her fiance had deceived her from the beginning.
The debt itself was secondary.
If that fiance hadn't lied to her from the start and even tried to drag her into a cult, she honestly didn't know what choice she would have made.
"So what are you thinking, Shizuka? Are you just going to leave her alone?"
After thinking for a moment, Hachiman asked.
"Of course not. Those criminal groups really would force Kasumi into the adult entertainment industry to repay the debt. And she has a younger sister who could end up dragged into it too."
Hiratsuka answered without hesitation.
"Rather than letting those sisters fall into despair, it's better for you to ruin them together, Hachiman."
"Though at this point, it should probably be called moving up in life."
She couldn't directly tell the Miyamori sisters how incredible Hachiman really was.
But there was no denying that he was their best chance.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have become someone who helped recruit others.
And with Sobu High expanding enrollment, bringing the Miyamori sisters over wasn't a bad idea.
"I just happened to take in a new maid recently. I'll have Ai handle it... Hmm, forget it. Ai just returned to Kaguya's side. Let's have Kikyo try instead."
"After dinner, I'll go to the apartment with you and tell Kikyo about it."
Hachiman didn't really care about these sisters he had never met.
But since Hiratsuka wanted to help them and Sobu High needed more teachers, he decided to have Hayasaka Ai handle the matter.
Then he thought of Kikyo Kushida, the two-faced maid he had been suppressing all this time, and changed his mind.
Keeping Kikyo down forever wasn't impossible. She wasn't someone who failed to understand her situation.
But if he kept doing that, she might lose all motivation.
This was a good chance to test her abilities.
If she performed well, he could give her a reward.
"W-Wait! Hikigaya-kun, y-you... you're coming to our gathering too?"
Hearing the earlier discussion about repaying debt hadn't affected Kirisu Mafuyu much. It was voluntary, so she couldn't interfere.
But when she heard that Hachiman was going to the apartment to see Kikyo Kushida, she suddenly felt something was wrong.
Her slender hands holding his wrist froze, and she stared directly at him.
He still wasn't done playing?
Was he going to keep messing with her in front of all those people later?
"Didn't I mention it yesterday? Tonight I'm going to Kikyo's and Megumi's room to hang out and check on your gathering while I'm there," Hachiman smiled.
As he watched Kirisu Mafuyu's cold and beautiful face become increasingly red, he carefully compared the different sensations of Kirisu Mafuyu's and Mizuho Kazami's thighs on either side of him with Naruse Mio's in his arms.
Even though he already had many beautiful girls like Kirisu Mafuyu and Mizuho Kazami, and even a Demon King's daughter like Naruse Mio wasn't particularly unique anymore.
Perhaps because of the special boost from his constant improvement, or perhaps because he still had a filter for those anime heroines he once could never reach.
Everyone had subtle differences, and every experience felt fresh.
The more immersed he became, the more he could feel their charm.
He could hardly pull himself away.
They were already beautiful and elegant when they were ordinary people.
After awakening as magical girls under his influence, their charm increased even further.
He remembered that in the original story, Kirisu Mafuyu had once cosplayed as a magical girl.
But he couldn't remember whether she actually liked magical girls.
Maybe later he could let Kirisu Mafuyu transform into a real magical girl and see.
"Check on our gathering..."
Kirisu Mafuyu stared at Hachiman, who sounded as if he were casually teasing her.
Her face was red, her chest rose and fell, and her breathing grew heavier.
She honestly couldn't remember.
Maybe he had mentioned it yesterday. Maybe he hadn't.
The main problem was that last night wasn't much better than today.
Between Hachiman and all the service-related memories stored in the maid outfit, she had been completely overwhelmed.
Only after Hachiman left did the service-related thoughts that automatically played in her head whenever she saw him finally stop.
But because she couldn't remove the maid outfit herself, she spent a long time struggling before she could sleep.
If she hadn't later discovered she could shorten the outfit's fabric, make it thinner, and then wear a loose tracksuit over it to attend school, she would have had to take the day off.
"Time to eat. Since you'll be eating again later, Hachiman, I only made something simple today, so it isn't very extravagant."
At that moment, Gabriel, who had been busy in the kitchen for a long time, walked out carrying dishes.
She looked toward Hachiman from time to time, and the holy, gentle smile on her face seemed slightly complicated.
She still wasn't like those girls who spent all day thinking about becoming close to Hachiman.
But she already felt that something was wrong with herself.
In the past, she might have thought about sacrificing herself.
Now she only wanted to send Hachiman away as quickly as possible.
The determination she once had to save Hachiman was almost gone.
Now...
It felt more like she was the one who needed Hachiman to save her before she fell.
Although Hachiman's unique method of saving people was also the direct reason she was falling.
"Everyone, let's eat. If there isn't enough, I'll make more. I hope it suits your tastes."
Vigne also walked out carrying dishes.
But after serving everyone, she immediately hid far away and ran to sit in a corner beside the mermaid songstresses.
At this point, she no longer complained when Hachiman hugged or kissed her in private.
But in front of everyone, especially girls who hadn't truly joined them yet, she would die from embarrassment.
"Gabriel and Vigne are both excellent cooks. Let's eat something first and fill our stomachs. Don't worry about running out of time. Later I'll teleport all of you directly to the apartment."
Hachiman smiled and nodded, signaling for Shion and the others to help carry the dishes and prepare for dinner.
He himself stood up while carrying Naruse Mio toward the dining table.
"Park your cars at the Service Club next door later. I'll give you teleportation access to the Service Club. You can teleport there directly in the future."
Ebihara Urara, Hiratsuka Shizuka, and Shizumi Suzune already belonged to him.
Only Mizuho Kazami and Kirisu Mafuyu hadn't truly joined yet.
But they were already in his grasp. There was no way he would let them go.
He might as well grant them teleportation access so they could go to the club whenever they needed anything.
"W-Wait..."
Looking at Naruse Mio in Hachiman's arms, her black-stockinged feet crossing behind his back, Kirisu Mafuyu suddenly reached out and grabbed him.
Lowering her head, she spoke in a nearly inaudible voice.
"At least... at least let me change clothes before eating..."
She didn't know anything about the so-called Service Club and didn't care.
The thing she cared about most right now was the maid outfit she couldn't remove.
Originally, she had been able to freely control the length of the skirt and the thickness of the apron.
Even though wearing it under a full winter tracksuit made it look ridiculous, treating it as underwear was still acceptable.
But for some reason, in front of Hachiman, she had lost even that control.
She could only make the skirt shorter and the apron thinner.
She couldn't restore it to a proper maid outfit.
If she had to eat dressed like this, she would be too embarrassed to bear it.
If it became any shorter and turned into a maid outfit that didn't even need to be removed, she might as well take everything off!
"Hmm... alright. Let's at least let Mafuyu eat properly first."
Looking at the halter-style maid outfit that barely covered her fair thighs, exposing her shoulders, collarbones, waist, and stomach without restraint, Hachiman thought for a moment and patted Kirisu Mafuyu, using an intimate action to restore her control over the maid outfit.
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