The large bath, shrouded in steam.
Under the watchful eyes of Rurikawa Tsubaki, Ichinose Ayano, Ichinose Honami, Iris, Lala, and the others, after enduring for a period of time, the Star Moon sisters, Kaede and Suzu, also successfully accepted Hachiman's development.
Kaede and Suzu, the pair of twin sisters, both awakened their magical girl talent and transformed into magical girls together.
However, after one black and one white dazzling beam of light faded away—
"Aren't these supposed to be magical girls?"
Kaede, holding a scythe, gently floated down from the air. Her slender legs wrapped in black-and-red thigh-high stockings lightly stepped onto short boots as she stood on the surface of the bathwater.
She lowered her head to look at the dresses on herself and Suzu, identical in style but different in color, like little formal gowns. Then she looked at the scythe in her own hand, and at the collar around Suzu's neck and the chains winding around her body. It all felt completely different from what she had imagined.
Was Hachiman messing around behind the scenes?
Or was this some kind of aftereffect from playing the handcuff game with Hachiman and Suzu before?
Why did both her and Suzu's magical girl outfits have collars and chains after transforming?
"Of course they're magical girls. Magical girls aren't limited to some inconvenient stereotype. Using a scythe can still make you a magical girl."
Before Kaede could turn on him, as she stared in confusion at the scythe in her hand and the chained collar around her neck, Hachiman immediately affirmed it.
To be honest, he himself was also a bit puzzled about what the basis was for the outfits that appeared after magical girl transformation.
But since they were magical girls anyway, having a special style and special weapons was perfectly normal.
Aside from the more traditional magical girls who used magic staffs, there were also magical girls who used swords, guns, spears, gauntlets, shields, chainsaws. So having a scythe appear was not strange at all.
"Hachiman, do you like this?"
Unlike Kaede, Suzu, whose white chunky-heeled short boots were stepping on the water's surface, lightly touched the chain winding around her neck. She then looked at the scythe in her hand, nearly as tall as a person and looking extremely sharp, and lowered her head to ask Hachiman.
Kaede would not really reject playing with Hachiman. The handcuff game they played at home last time had been extremely intense, to the point her waist almost would not straighten afterward. But she felt it was more likely that Hachiman wanted them to play like that.
After all, this ability to awaken magical girls, like the silver empathy rings that made everyone unable to stop, belonged to Hachiman.
It was hard to say that Hachiman did not like them this way.
"Ahem! That's not something I can decide. More importantly, Suzu, come down first. Let me take a good look at what's going on with your outfits."
Facing Suzu's faint gaze that seemed to see straight through him, Hachiman could not help but start to suspect whether the basis for magical girl transformation outfits might really be himself.
The two of them now, dressed as scythe-wielding magical girls, somewhat resembled the Black Seele and White Seele character outfits from a 2D game he remembered from his previous life, although Black Seele and White Seele were not twins, but rather a single existence with two personalities. [T/N: Honkai Impact 3]
Of course, Kaede and Suzu's personalities were completely different from Black Seele and White Seele.
Kaede, dressed like Black Seele, was tsundere and a bit short-tempered, but her actions were actually very passive. Suzu, who looked quieter and more introverted, was instead extremely proactive, often teasing Kaede and even helping him hold Kaede's hands down.
"Kaede, aren't you coming down too?"
Hachiman wrapped an arm around Suzu's long, rounded legs encased in white thigh-highs, briefly feeling the smooth texture of her magical girl stockings. He then looked up at Kaede, who was still standing there in a daze, and reached out to grab her ankle.
"What do you mean, together? Hurry up and go develop magic talent for Tsubaki and the others. There are still so many people waiting to awaken magical girl talent. There's an exam tomorrow too, so calm down tonight!"
Seeing that Hachiman was thinking of playing with them again, Kaede quickly pulled Suzu up, whose white-stockinged legs had been dipped into the water.
Usually, it was fine if Hachiman liked slowly tearing pantyhose. She did not have to pay for them anyway. Tsubaki had already taken care of all household expenses, and Shion replenished the clothing losses every day.
But today was her first time transforming into a magical girl.
The beautiful memory of her first magical girl transformation could not be tainted by that guy again.
"Then I'll first help Tsubaki and Shion develop their magical girl talent. Next time, I should have time to train your magic power and physical combat."
You forgot how the magical girl talent was developed just now? Only now you get shy?
Seeing Kaede become unwilling to continue in front of everyone after transforming, Hachiman felt a bit speechless. But looking around at the girls in the large bath who were still eagerly waiting for him to awaken their magical girl talent and transform, he did not continue dragging the twin sisters Kaede and Suzu into the water.
What Kaede said was not wrong. There were still plenty of people waiting tonight. He could always play the twin magical girl empathy game with Kaede and Suzu later.
Developing magical girl talent was unlike ordinary Service Club activities that could use empathy bracers and empathy collars. It required genuine, close physical contact to succeed.
Even though he did not have to worry about exhaustion, using empathy rings meant he could only develop the magical girl talent of two people at the same time.
With exams tomorrow, he had originally planned to give the girls' competitive swimming club some extra tutoring. He did not expect so many things to happen tonight, nor to obtain a magical girl awakening template.
But it did not matter. With his teaching halo now enhanced by Goddess Angel Suzune Rione, plus Hanamori Kotomi counting as half, the temporary boost to learning talent had increased a lot. A last-minute cram session before morning would be enough.
"I'm awakening as a magical girl together with Sister Tsubaki?"
Hearing Hachiman's words, Shion, who had been somewhat distracted, froze for a moment. Seeing that Rurikawa Tsubaki had already obediently swum over, she could only hurry over as well, nestling together with Rurikawa Tsubaki in Hachiman's arms.
What a pity… Komachi had finished chatting with Utena and sent her home, and now she was chatting with Naruse Mio and Naruse Maria about demons.
Looking at Rurikawa Tsubaki, whose shoulder-length hair had originally been the same as Komachi's but was now gradually growing longer, nearly becoming the same straight black long hair as hers, Shion sighed inwardly. She bit her lip, interlaced her fingers with Rurikawa Tsubaki's, and together they began the magical girl awakening ritual.
Not far away, Iris leaned against the edge of the bath with Elio and Lala and the others. While watching Hachiman develop magical girl talent, they quietly felt the fullness transmitted through the empathy collars and empathy bracers.
They were demi-humans and could not awaken magical girl talent, so they did not join the excitement tonight.
Exams started tomorrow. Demi-humans did not need to worry about exams anyway. Test scores did not matter to them. They could simply find an excuse to take leave and make up for what they missed tonight at school.
"Kaede, now you know how amazing the president is, right? Before, everyone already liked the president so much. Now that the president can let everyone awaken magical girl power, once this news gets out, how many girls do you think will want to throw themselves into the president's arms?"
Iris let out a soft breath, pressed a button to stop the empathy, slowly opened her eyes, and turned to look with interest at the Kaede and Suzu sisters walking over on the water's surface.
The president could already make them stronger before. Now he could even let ordinary people gain extraordinary power. Once this information leaked, countless beautiful girls would definitely swarm in, willing to pay huge prices just to throw themselves at the president and crave his favor.
Just like the girls surrounding the president now. Before, they did not know he could awaken magical girl power, so the sense of competition among them had not been that strong. Now that they had discovered the president could not only strengthen their physical abilities and teach them magic, but even directly turn them into magical girls, future competition would definitely grow more and more intense.
"Hmph! You're the one who turned Hachiman into this. Originally, Hachiman just did not want to go to work and wanted to be a full-time househusband."
Kaede shot a glance at the calm Iris, snorted coldly, and deactivated her transformation with Suzu. The two of them dropped back into the bath.
If not for Iris, how would Hachiman have opened such a huge harem.
At first, Hachiman had at most wanted to find a rich beautiful woman. It was Iris who kept indulging him, helping him find girls and build a harem, to the point that now she herself had to help Hachiman expand it.
So annoying. She had thought the number of girls in the Service Club was already plenty, but now it seemed far from enough.
If Hachiman were not staying at Sobu High most of the time, it felt like he would have harmed students from many schools already.
"Hehe! The president is the savior of our elf race. How could I possibly harm him? With abilities like this, the president would never be buried in obscurity."
Facing Kaede's indignation, Iris smiled unconcernedly.
Perhaps it really was she who flipped the president's switch, letting the president, who previously had little social circle, begin to open a full-scale harem.
That was how Kaede saw it. The same was true for Gabriel and Vignette, who had hidden back in their rooms.
But even if she had not appeared, she did not believe a president with such powerful life energy would remain unknown in this world.
Faced with beautiful girls appearing one after another after discovering the president's strength, how could Kaede and Suzu possibly hold on to him alone?
If Kaede and Suzu refused to let others accept the president's development awakening, then surely their good friend Rurikawa Tsubaki would be acceptable, right?
If Tsubaki was fine, then what about Shion, the head maid who would serve Tsubaki for life?
If Shion was fine, then what about the other loyal maids trained to become household servants?
The stronger the president's abilities became, the greater the temptations emerging from the outside world, and the higher the price Kaede and Suzu would have to pay to keep him.
Still, the president was not someone who discarded the old for the new. Kaede and Suzu did not need to worry about their positions being replaced.
Judging from Kaede's recent actions, she had actually already accepted the president opening a harem. Everything else was just excuses to convince herself.
"Hmph! Hmph! Iris, just you wait. I've already gone to pull people in. Now that we can transform into magical girls too, you're definitely going to lose in the future!"
Kaede pouted, lifted her chin slightly, and soon showed a smug smile.
She actually did not have much of an issue with Iris, who, aside from being greedy in bed, was usually gentle and generous with people.
But seeing Iris always looking so confident, as if everything was under control, really irritated her.
Clearly she was Hachiman's childhood friend. Aside from Komachi, she was the one who had stayed by Hachiman's side the longest. Yet it felt like Iris was the one who came first.
'Right, childhood friends.'
Speaking of childhood friends, Kaede suddenly thought of the pair of childhood friend sisters Hachiman had back in the countryside.
Before school started, Hachiman had even gone hiking with those sisters in his hometown. At that time, Hachiman had accidentally fallen. Fortunately, it was nothing serious. After staying in the hospital for a few days, he came back to school.
She wondered how far the Service Club's teleportation range was, and whether it could let people from the countryside teleport over at any time.
Originally, she had been very wary of those unseen countryside childhood friend sisters. But now, facing the girls at home whom she saw day and night, on the bed every day, those countryside childhood friends she only saw once or twice a year were nothing worth mentioning.
Rather than waiting until summer vacation when Hachiman went back to the countryside and following him to meet those sisters, she might as well find some time to have Hachiman bring them over.
This was her home turf, and she could also show off her generosity.
"On our demi-human side, there are also many people who want to come over~ It's not just Ursula pulling people from outside. Even Lala's two younger sisters are almost here~"
Watching Kaede, whose confidence kept growing after obtaining magical girl power and who could not wait to declare war on her, Iris smiled.
If not for Gabriel and Vignette thinking their world was too dangerous and unsafe and not wanting the president to go there, she would have wanted to pull the president over and let the Elf Queen and her good sisters see their savior's strength.
Compared to the scattered demi-humans spread across this world, in her world, the elf race, even with a negative population growth rate, was still a major race, occupying the Elf Forest with a huge population.
However, simply having the president aid their elf race would not do. She had to let the president aid them in both body and soul, happily.
Hmm… when school went on break, perhaps she could let the president go to their world to play an adventurer game. Many elves in the tribe liked adventuring as well. Beautiful girls of different races and different classes forming a hero party to fight the Demon King would probably be quite fun for the president.
But to ensure safety, she would need to bring Gabriel and Vignette along to protect the president closely.
If she had time, she could also chat with that Raphiel, whom she had only met once or twice but who had tricked Gabriel and Vignette many times.
When they came to eat at the house before, aside from Raphiel, there had also been a demon called Satanichia. She would need to find an opportunity to pull her over as well.
Although angels and demons were not demi-humans, they were likewise not humans who could awaken magical girls. These were all allies that could be recruited.
Watching Iris and Kaede, smiling on the surface yet clearly at odds beneath, Suzu, the younger sister, and Aegis, the bodyguard, exchanged glances with the others and all chose to remain silent.
They did not need to think so much. Obediently listening and enjoying was enough.
Listening to Iris, Lala, who was bathing beside them, blinked and suddenly realized a blind spot.
Right, what if Momo and Nana also liked Hachiman?
Originally, she had wanted to drive them away after meeting Hachiman, then return to the palace with their mother.
But if Momo and Nana also ended up liking Hachiman, like her and everyone else, then driving Momo and Nana back would not be very nice.
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The next morning—
After being busy all night, Hachiman left the large bath full of magical girls, returned to the Hikigaya home, and lay down on his soft bed.
With his steadily improving abilities, he could actually go without sleeping now, but he still retained the habit of sleeping.
It could not really be called sleeping. It was more like dozing, using rest as an opportunity to slightly adjust his mood.
Normally, Kaede, Suzu, Tsubaki, Honami, Ayano, Yuina, Minami, Suzu, and the others already looked great. But after awakening so many magical girls last night, he realized that them in their ordinary state and them in their magical girl state were completely different.
It was not because after transforming into magical girls, many buff-granting accessories like stockings, garters, earrings appeared on them, nor because every inch of their skin became flawless, smooth, and pale.
Rather, there was a kind of beauty that was hard to describe, as if their very level of life had been elevated. He could clearly feel the changes in every single one of them.
If there had not been an exam today, he would not have wanted to leave that bath full of magical girls at all.
"Um… Onii-chan… Komachi told me to come wake you up…"
Not long after lying down, Hachiman opened his eyes and looked at the red-haired, twin-tailed beautiful girl Naruse Mio, who was slowly climbing onto the bed and pressing down on him.
"Mio? Why are you calling me Onii-chan?"
"Uh, Shion Komachi said I've joined this family too, and told me to call you Onii-chan along with them."
Her straight, slender legs beneath ultra-short hot pants pressed against both sides of Hachiman's body. Her round, fair knees and beautifully curved arches of her feet rested on the bedsheets.
Seeing Hachiman looking at her with a strange expression, Naruse Mio could not help but stop, lightly sitting on his abdomen and explaining in a small voice.
"Komachi agreed to it too?"
Hachiman froze. He had not expected Komachi, who loved being jealous over sisters, to allow Naruse Mio to call him Onii-chan.
Although Naruse Mio and Shion were both from families that had suffered misfortune and were left with no relatives, lonely and helpless, and Naruse Mio was even being hunted by enemies, when Komachi had taken in Shion back then, she had not had the idea of making Shion into a sister. Instead, she had wanted Shion to become his wife, raise her from a young age, and after graduating college, have her work to support him.
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