"There's no rush with Illya and the others. You can take care of them whenever you have time, Mister President. I heard from Miyuri that there's a private comic convention coming up in a couple of days? The Einzbern family can send some people to help organize the convention activities, we can even cosplay along with everyone else."
Seeing that Hachiman had agreed to develop Illya and the others' magical-girl aptitude and that his gaze had fallen on her, Irisviel blinked. As if remembering something she'd left out, she quickly added another request.
"Of course, they're all Einzbern homunculus maids. If you don't mind the trouble, Mister President, you could help fix their genetic defects too."
"They're just like me, whatever you need, they'll do their utmost to satisfy you!"
"..."
Hachiman looked at Irisviel, who had just been tempting him in all sorts of ways but was now talking about maids instead of herself, and felt a bit speechless.
The Einzbern family really did seem to have a lot of homunculi. Even in Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, there were two white-haired, red-eyed maids who took care of Illya when Irisviel was away, Sella and Leysritt, if he remembered right?
There was also a demon maid named Leysritt in The New Sister Devil, no, wait, that was something else... she was called Zest.
This world was too chaotic. It wasn't just a matter of the surface and underworld, there were forces from all sorts of other worlds appearing here.
The Demon Realm, the Divine Realm, the Demon Clan Realm, the Goddess Realm, the Heavenly Realm, the Underworld, Elves, succubi, mermaids, snow women, vampires, angels, demons...
If the first person he'd met had been some other faction instead of Iris, he could very well have been eaten alive, bones and all.
Had Father been tempted?
Tohsaka Rin and Tohsaka Sakura, watching Hachiman accept Irisviel's request with his usual expression, both sensed a clear change in him.
It was only natural for him to be tempted. Even though Father loved black-haired straight-haired girls, the Service Club already had plenty of them. The Einzbern family's silver-haired, red-eyed homunculi had a unique charm, and wanting to try something new was perfectly normal.
But they couldn't tell whether it was Illya, Chloe, Irisviel, or all of them that had caught his interest.
Yukinoshita Haruno, standing to the side, glanced at Irisviel, whose white bath towel was practically about to fall off, only held in place because she was leaning over the back of the sofa pressed against Hachiman, then looked at Hachiman himself, sitting unmoved amid Kuraki Yuriko and Kamishiro Saya, and felt an extremely complicated mix of emotions.
She'd actually already figured out Hachiman's preferences.
Black hair, straight hair, sisters, sporty girls, idol beauties, heiresses, and so on, these were all just ordinary attributes he liked.
Hachiman's absolute biggest... biggest preference was not making the first move.
Not just her and Yukinoshita Yukino, not just Charlotte and La Folia and the other foreign princesses, even the Elf Princess Iris, the mermaid singer Elio, the shrine maiden Origamine Sakura, and the Dragon Clan chieftain Ursula... they had all made the first move!
It was only when they were truly exhausted that Hachiman would take the initiative.
Even so, everyone could barely hold on, and they only managed to get up normally by relying on sheer numbers.
Yukinoshita Haruno watched Irisviel, who looked like a lovestruck girl, locking eyes with Hachiman, the distance between them shrinking, as if she couldn't help but want to kiss him, and let out a long internal sigh.
Mother, how were they, the Yukinoshita family, supposed to compete? The competition was so fierce that even with family alliances, she felt a bit uncertain.
The Einzbern family had even brought their homunculus maids into play, and their school-idol training plan hadn't even officially started yet.
"Oh, right, my name's a bit long. Could Mister President call me Iri from now on?"
After discussing Illya and Chloe's magical-girl aptitude awakening ceremony for a while longer, Irisviel suddenly seemed to remember something and smiled at Hachiman, who had several beautiful girls in his arms.
"Iri?"
Hachiman looked at Irisviel with some surprise at her sudden request for a nickname.
Irisviel was indeed a long name, and even longer with the Einzbern surname added.
Still, "Iri" and "Eri" didn't sound that different, did they?
Though the Iri before him now was the mother, not the daughter Eri.
"Mmm... I'll go back and tell Illya and Chloe the good news now."
Hearing Hachiman's response, Irisviel contentedly tossed away her white bath towel, took advantage of Hachiman's momentary daze to plant a firm kiss on his cheek, and immediately left the Service Club, teleporting back to her daughters' home.
"Bye-bye, dear Mister President!"
"..."
Hachiman watched Irisviel, who acted on impulse and was so scatterbrained that he didn't know what to say, disappear from where she'd stood, and remained silent for a long time.
Irisviel was very beautiful, and her figure was enticing. Even among the Service Club's many beauties, she could rank near the top, on par with the others. Probably only Lala's mother, Sephie, could pull ahead of Irisviel, but that was likely due to the cosmic succubus racial traits, not just pure looks.
Still, no matter how beautiful or smooth and supple Irisviel was, it wasn't enough to make him freeze up. He just genuinely couldn't figure it out.
After enjoying so many perks up close with Irisviel, he still couldn't understand why she was so affectionate with him.
His dependency-based affinity and head-of-household abilities shouldn't work on Irisviel, right? Or was it... the succubus-attraction constitution?
Though Irisviel was very alluring, and her congenitally deficient body did need his help with mana replenishment, not much different from a succubus, homunculi and succubi were completely unrelated...
"President, I'll be heading back too. If you have free time tonight, you're welcome to join us for a party, we'll be sure to treat you well."
Seeing Irisviel suddenly leave, Sawamura Sayuri, who had been fidgeting uneasily, couldn't help but take her leave as well.
The current trend among all the major factions was to join the Service Club, but she only had one daughter, far outmatched by the various faction groups.
Given the current state of internal competition in the Service Club, she couldn't think of a way to help Eriri gain an advantage. It was better to just let Eriri join the Service Club herself, see the situation, and figure it out on her own.
As for doujinshi artists, circle groups, anime hobbies, and all that, she'd already helped Eriri settle those matters. The remaining relationship issues were beyond her ability to meddle with.
"I'll come when I have time. I've already given you and your daughters teleportation access, you can come to the Service Club anytime you want."
Hachiman nodded with a smile and turned to look at Kamishiro Saya and Kuraki Yuriko, who were sitting close beside him, subtly pressing against him.
"Saya, Miyuri, you don't have to wait for me to find time to solve your problems either. If you run into any real trouble, you can just tell Haruno and the others, they'll help you take care of it."
Sawamura Sayuri hadn't triggered a character quest, so she probably didn't have any major troubles.
But Kuraki Yuriko and Kamishiro Saya, who had triggered Moon Without a Face and Mother-Daughter Chaos Mansion, were a different story. Even if he added their names to the love list to ensure their safety, he still needed people to keep a closer eye on them.
"Exactly. There are always many members in this hall every day. After Soubu High's renovation and expansion, we'll also be adding many students and teachers from supernatural factions. Whatever trouble you run into, we can help you solve it."
Yukinoshita Haruno took out several pink wristbands and black collars, placed them on the table, and reminded Kamishiro Saya and the others.
"Of course, even if you can teleport to the club for help at any time, you should still wear these automatic alert and distress devices, in case an emergency happens and you can't call for support in time."
Though the Yukinoshita family's power was negligible in many people's eyes, her title as vice president still commanded attention from others.
As long as it wasn't anything too unusual, many Service Club members, demi-humans who had awakened their bloodlines and magical girls who had developed their talents, were willing to follow her arrangements, contribute a little to the club's development, and earn the President's praise.
Speaking of magical girls, among those who'd recently started coming to the club, she'd even seen one who couldn't afford food and was so destitute she had to work odd jobs just to survive.
She didn't want to accept the club's financial aid, she just wanted to drop by occasionally for afternoon tea and enjoy some dessert cakes.
She had to admit, it was only after joining the Service Club that she got to see what the magical girls who secretly maintained peace and protected the world were really like. It was probably precisely because of such kind and beautiful qualities that they could stay true to themselves despite all kinds of temptations.
"Thank you, Vice President. Then... President, we'll head back too and put the empathy collars on Mizuna and Suzuna."
"At the hot springs convention, we'll also have Kotone and Lilith join in. If we're fortunate enough to earn your favor, President, please bestow your affection upon them as you wish."
Kuraki Yuriko and Kamishiro Saya exchanged glances, thanked Yukinoshita Haruno, picked up the black empathy collars, stood, and took their leave from Hachiman.
Since they could teleport to the Service Club at any time, there was no rush to ask the club president for help.
Even though asking Hachiman to solve their daughters' problems wasn't their only reason for coming.
Originally, Kuraki Yuriko had thought she had two daughters, one publicly known as Kuraki Suzuna, and another unknown to the outside world, Kuraki Mizuna. If both of them showed up together, they could not only become magical girls and gain power, essentially becoming exorcist shrine maidens, but also earn Hachiman's favor and further strengthen the Kuraki family.
But while the goal of becoming magical girls was achievable, just a matter of timing, the level of attention she received from Hachiman was far from what she'd expected.
The three members of the Kuraki family together still had one less person than the Tohsaka family. Were they supposed to count their maids too? It wasn't like the Tohsakas couldn't hire maids.
On the other hand, Irisviel had the advantage of youth, well, homunculus youth.
When the homunculus problem couldn't be solved, it was a defect. But once it could be solved, it became an advantage instead.
Their bodies stopped growing, forever young, could play forever without breaking.
Kamishiro Saya didn't have as complicated thoughts as Kuraki Yuriko. She simply touched the black collar around her neck, took a few more identical black collars from Yukinoshita Haruno, and left the Service Club at ease.
The pink empathy wristbands and black empathy collars differed only in style, but she still chose all black collars anyway.
She didn't know how to tell them apart either, but many Service Club members had chosen the more noticeable black collars.
The function was the same anyway, maybe wearing the more conspicuous black collars would make Hachiman like them more?
Though Miyuri had told her that the black collar's main function was empathy...
Not only should Kotone and Lilith wear the black collars in advance to get used to them, even their maid Yukino should wear one too.
As the wives of varying mindsets gradually took their leave, the surroundings around Hachiman quieted down considerably.
Only Asou Miyuri remained seated on his lap alongside Tohsaka Rin and Tohsaka Sakura.
Even though Miyuri was significantly older than the Tohsaka family's eldest daughter, Tohsaka Touka, she looked even younger than Rin and Sakura, blending in with them so naturally that there was no sense of dissonance at all.
"So? Did you feel anything, President-kun? I put a lot of effort into bringing them here, you'd better enjoy yourself properly later."
Asou Miyuri, while subtly competing with Tohsaka Rin and Sakura, cheerfully planted a kiss on the other side of Hachiman's face.
She'd deliberately leaked information about the Service Club to Kamishiro Saya and Kuraki Yuriko. Otherwise, how would the long-secluded Kamishiro and Kuraki families have been drawn over by Hachiman-kun?
"!"
Tohsaka Sakura watched Asou Miyuri shamelessly competing for favor with them, biting her lower lip hard, wanting nothing more than to team up with Tohsaka Rin and drive Miyuri away.
Unfortunately, Miyuri wasn't just pretending to be young. Having already become a magical girl and undergone several late-night training sessions, she was now genuinely both young and strong.
Miyuri might not be able to beat the beauties who regularly trained with Hachiman, and she lacked combat experience, but against her and Tohsaka Rin, she could easily overpower them with her physical abilities alone, one hand to pin down each of them.
"Rin, Sakura, I'll give Miyuri a good scolding later. Don't hold it against her, okay? She doesn't mean any harm."
Hachiman could more or less guess what Sakura was thinking. He flicked Asou Miyuri on the forehead, waited until she let go of the two Tohsaka sisters while clutching her forehead, then wrapped an arm around each of them and spoke softly to comfort them.
Tohsaka Rin was just tsundere, she'd hold a small grudge but wouldn't make a big deal out of it. But Tohsaka Sakura had all sorts of little schemes.
If she really ended up in conflict with Asou Miyuri, she'd probably keep targeting Miyuri indefinitely.
"Mmm... okay..."
The anger on Tohsaka Sakura's face instantly transformed into obedient shyness. She went limp in Hachiman's arms, feeling the warmth from his chest, and murmured her agreement.
Originally, she'd planned to turn Miyuri's close friends against her, let them know about Miyuri's malicious intentions, and gang up with them to pin down Miyuri's limbs, making her suffer constant empathy until she collapsed from dehydration, no matter how much Miyuri begged for mercy.
But... since Father had said so, she'd let it go.
She wasn't really that concerned about Asou Miyuri. No matter how young she pretended to be, she was still competing with everyone else. But Illya and Chloe, whom Irisviel had brought in, those two would genuinely compete for Father's favor.
"..."
Tohsaka Rin, who hadn't said a word or done a thing, couldn't help but sneak a glance at the side of Hachiman's face.
He didn't treat them like children at all, he cared about their feelings even more than their mother did.
Oh well. Mother was watching from the next sofa over, so she'd better behave and not give Mother any reason to scold her.
Tohsaka Rin slowly closed her eyes, pressed her pale, slender legs together and angled them to the side, and rested her small face against Hachiman's chest alongside Sakura, silently savoring this "Father's" warm embrace.
"Miyuri, how did you find Irisviel? Just how many married women do you actually know?"
After comforting the Tohsaka sisters, Hachiman turned to Asou Miyuri and continued their earlier conversation.
At first, he'd thought his little landlady was just a little landlady. He never expected her network to be this extensive.
"I know plenty of married women, quite a few with beautiful daughters too. If you want sister pairs, I can find you more."
"But the Einzberns weren't part of my original plan. Irisviel just happened to run into me when she came back from abroad."
Seeing both Tohsaka sisters instantly calm down under Hachiman's large hands, Asou Miyuri shook her head helplessly, stopped competing with them, picked up a plate of fruit and some cream, and came around behind him, wrapping her arms around him from the back.
Unlike Irisviel earlier, she was standing barefoot between the back of the sofa and Hachiman. Fortunately, her height was just right, she could even sit on the back of the sofa while holding him.
"If she hadn't run into me, she probably would have found Haruno or Yukino to get to the Service Club. After all, the Yukinoshita family has closer ties with Irisviel."
Asou Miyuri pressed her hands against Hachiman's head, turning his face toward her, and cheerfully fed him sweet, delicious strawberries.
She'd have liked to take credit for bringing Irisviel in, but Irisviel had found her on her own.
Still, more than credit, she wanted to see Irisviel get involved sooner. Once someone made the first move, she could use that as leverage to convince others.
Sister pairs and such, the Service Club already had plenty of those. Boring.
Come to think of it, Irisviel and she got along really well. Even though Irisviel looked way more youthful than her, their personalities were quite similar.
Irisviel might even be happy to help her drag others into this, not just the friends she already knew.
"Indeed."
Yukinoshita Haruno watched Asou Miyuri squeeze cream onto strawberries with her fingers, making sweet, creamy strawberries and bringing them to Hachiman's lips, and slowly nodded, acknowledging what Miyuri had said.
Both the Tohsaka and Einzbern families had daughters living in Chiba, and their relationship with the Yukinoshita family was decent.
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