As members of the Ichinose family gathered together, Ichinose Honami's younger sister and mother were now living quite well at the Ichinose household.
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Komachi, meanwhile, went to the student council alone.
Actually, Komachi, who was very active at school and highly praised by those around her, had always been doing student council work.
But their school wasn't as strict as Sobu High. There weren't a bunch of discipline committee members patrolling every day to check school rules.
The student council's work wasn't busy either. When things were slow, Komachi could even get home before Hachiman.
Recently, because of a small matter, things had gotten a bit busy, so Komachi needed to come to the student council room in the morning to handle it.
"Morning, Komachi~"
"Morning Yukino, no, wait, Yukiho, Alise~"
"Komachi, I've got some chips here. Want some?"
"Ah~ mm… thanks, Chinatsu. Oh, Asahi learned a new dance again, that's amazing."
Along the way, Komachi greeted classmates she was close with who were chatting, like Kosaka Yukiho, Ayase Alise, Hayase Chinatsu who was snacking, Serizawa Asahi who was striking poses and doing a short dance, and others. In the end, she arrived at the student council office door, took out her key, and unlocked it.
"..."
The student council office was empty.
Komachi turned on the lights, walked straight to the student council president's desk, picked up the stack of transfer applications that seemed to have suddenly grown several layers thicker, carried them to the sofa, and placed them on the coffee table.
She dropped onto the soft sofa, took a few deep breaths to calm herself, then picked up the transfer applications on the table and began reading them one by one.
Because of her brother and Sister Iris, Sister Kaede, as student council president, had great authority at Sobu High and could approve transfer students according to her own wishes.
And now… it was her turn to choose the transfer students.
Saegusa Izumi, Saegusa Kasumi, Kuroba Ayako, Himeragi Yukina, Hase Natsune, Shirakiin Ririchiyo, Fujiwara Moeha, Shirogane Kei, Amasawa Ichika, Nanase Tsubasa, Momo Belia Deviluke, Ivu Lunatique, Nana Aster Deviluke... wth her brother's current strength, as his little sister, it felt like she could act however she wanted at school.
[T/N: So, Ivu Lunatique is Golden Darkness. Ivu because it's the Romanji of her name. Rest of the names are correct so you can google them.]
But looking at these transfer and exchange students, all of them girls without exception, and just from their profile photos they already looked like especially beautiful and cute girls, Komachi honestly didn't know what expression to make.
'They are really here to study?'
'When I go to Sobu High in the future… won't it be full of people I know?'
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As for Komachi's situation, Hachiman, Kaede, Iris and the others more or less understood it.
After all, Komachi was his closest little sister. It was normal for human forces or demi-human forces to send people to approach her.
However, after school, Komachi usually went home with Shion, at most stopping by the supermarket together to buy groceries.
The only reasonable and natural place to get close to Komachi and build a good relationship with her was school.
As long as they became Komachi's good friend, they could frequently enter and leave the Hikigaya house and then become good friends with Iris, Lala, Meroune, and the others.
That was much better than everyone crowding into Sobu High, attracting attention, where the entry standards kept rising and there were already tons of beautiful girls.
Of course, that didn't mean they could only choose one place.
Big families had money, power, and people. Sending people to both Sobu High and Komachi's school at the same time was normal.
Some even, after learning about the Service Club, could enter it through the wives' circle of Yukinoshita Kiyuki and Asou Miyuri.
Even families without suitable candidates could spend money to hire someone, like Ichinose Honami once was, chosen because of family background, looks, personality, and so on.
Just look at Congressman Ichinose. He spent money and effort to send Ichinose Honami into Hachiman's class.
Even if Honami, who was originally sent to gather information and build a relationship with the elf princess Iris, ended up becoming Hachiman's person, he could pretend not to see it.
After all, Hachiman would understand that Honami had been sent by him. At least there would be some connection.
And Ichinose Ayano clearly looked like the congressman's biological daughter. She handled this aspect especially well.
Now Ichinose Ayano was pulling in the sisters of the larger Ichinose family, bringing along the newly joined Ichinose Anna to drag more good sisters into it.
Even though Honami didn't quite approve of Ayano's approach, she didn't dare say much, afraid Ayano's gaze would fall on her younger sister.
If her mother found out she had dragged her own sister into serving the same man, she really wouldn't know how to explain it.
"Hachiman, aren't you going to the exam again today?"
"No. I'll go to the guidance room with Iris and the others. You guys just focus on the exam."
After everyone teleported to Sobu High, Gabriel saw that Hachiman wasn't planning to go to the classroom for the exam and instantly let out a sigh of relief. Not only did she not drag him along to take the test, she even directly followed Kaede and the others as they left.
When Hachiman went to the classroom, whether it was class or exams, in reality he would still be doing things with Nijika, Yuina, Honami and the others that made her suffer so much she couldn't even look directly at them.
Under those circumstances, it was better if he didn't go to the classroom.
Vignette wanted to persuade Hachiman to take exams seriously since he clearly had the ability to get good grades, instead of always angering the teachers.
Kirisu-sensei had already set her sights on him, and he still refused to behave better. What if there was a home visit?
But she also knew that if she insisted on persuading him, Gabriel and the others would probably drag her along to accompany Hachiman during the exam.
Aside from Gabriel and Vignette, Kaede, Suzu, Tsubaki, Maid Shion and the other student council members went to the school gate to meet with the vice president, the oni shrine maiden Origamine Ouka, and together with the discipline committee maintained order and greeted the transfer students who were enrolling early along with the teachers.
Most transfer students knew Sobu High was having exams now, and coming early wasn't very useful, so the original plan was for them to officially enroll next Monday together.
But aside from certain demi-humans who didn't understand such matters, some noticed that the snow woman clan and the vampire family had arrived early and wanted to enroll early just like them.
Faced with this situation, Kaede, Suzu, and Tsubaki couldn't really refuse anymore.
Although refusing wouldn't matter, since so many wanted to join and they wouldn't back out just because early enrollment wasn't allowed, letting demi-humans enroll early but not humans would feel like betraying their own kind.
Now that Hachiman possessed awakened magic essence and many demi-humans were eyeing him, they also needed to gather more people to oppose Iris.
Considering that, they didn't refuse the transfer students' arrival.
If they wanted to come early, then come. Over the weekend, they could hold a gathering and have Hachiman turn all of them into magical girls, making them their own people.
Later, they could have these people take the lead and wear down the demi-humans around Iris.
After watching Kaede and the others leave, Hachiman turned around and went with Iris, Aegis, Lala and the others to the guidance room to start love-life mode.
At night was the crash training time for the human magical girls. During the day was assistance time for the demi-humans.
Although as more people joined, the two sides would eventually become uncontrollable and the Service war would break out more frequently, for now he could only try to separate the time.
Even though he had a love list that let him teleport to them anytime, along with the Service Halo, empathy bracelets and other abilities and items, facing so many girls still kept him busy.
The more they liked him, the lower their defenses became, but their stamina was also gradually increasing. When others took the stage, they could fully recover their strength.
If not for Lala helping research the empathy wristbands and collars that could share a local network, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold on.
What was going on? He had already encountered so many heroines from the hidden world, so many powerful and amazing 2D heroines.
Yet he still hadn't discovered any time-related ability.
Nothing had happened at Sanjou Maki's Excellent Private Girls' Academy either.
Was it because time-related abilities simply didn't exist in this world, or because there were too many big shots and no one dared to use such abilities recklessly?
In the guidance room—
Hachiman held Iris in his arms on the sofa where they had first assisted each other, enjoying the intimacy of Lala on one side and Aegis on the other, while quietly sighing in his heart.
Actually, he didn't need some ridiculously overpowered time ability. Being able to use it inside love-life mode's space would be enough.
After all, with the Service Halo, the more magical girls and demi-humans liked him, the stronger they would become, and the stronger they became, the stronger he would be.
"Iris, you're pregnant?"
Hachiman blinked, suddenly pulled away, and looked at Iris sitting in his arms in shock.
'What did I just taste?'
'Is Iris pregnant?'
"Mmm!"
Iris, who had naturally unbuttoned her school uniform and sat in Hachiman's arms as soon as they entered, letting him play with her slender legs wrapped in over-the-knee white stockings, blushed and nodded when she saw he had noticed the change in her body.
For more than a month, she had been receiving the club president's assistance almost every day. She had been marked with something that belonged exclusively to him. Getting pregnant now could be considered very normal.
After all, many elves only had a few breeding periods in their entire lives, and each one was very short. If they delayed any longer, time would become tight.
"Th-then doesn't that mean you can't?"
Looking at Iris still sitting in his arms, Hachiman was a bit stunned.
It was too sudden. He didn't even know how to face it.
"It's fine, President. Don't worry. If it's not okay, I'll tell you."
Iris smiled and shook her head, gently kissed Hachiman, lowered her head and softly stroked her smooth lower abdomen. The happiness on her face was completely undisguised.
"In the past, high elves were nurtured by the Elf Mother Tree. Now that we breed them ourselves, we actually need to provide more nutrients."
She didn't mind that the president found other girls. She was even willing to help him find them. But she also liked him very, very much.
Although it was still early before truly giving birth to the next generation, she could already deeply feel the bond between her and him.
"I see… What about Aegis?"
Hachiman suddenly understood, gently stroking Iris's snow-white belly, then turned to look at Aegis beside him.
Aegis and Iris were sisters. The time they had received his assistance hadn't differed by many days.
Now that Iris was pregnant, Aegis should be about the same, right?
"Not yet, but she should feel it within these two days. Her body has already reacted. Right now, President, if you want to drink, you still can."
Iris reached out and patted Aegis on the shoulder, blinking at her.
Hearing Iris say that, Aegis, who had already gotten used to it, instantly flushed red again. Still, when she saw Hachiman's gaze turn toward her, she straightened her waist, moved her knees forward on the soft sofa, making it easier for Hachiman to lower his head and reach her.
"Having children… Iris, can your child inherit the throne? If you just give the child to my mom, once she grows a little she could help handle government affairs, right?"
Lala stared blankly at Iris and Aegis, who were letting Hachiman experience the difference between already pregnant and almost pregnant, and suddenly asked.
She hadn't realized any of this before.
Her mom hadn't even come to Earth yet. She and Hachiman hadn't had enough fun. She didn't expect Iris to already be about to have a child with him.
But if Iris and Hachiman's child handled government affairs first, then her mom probably wouldn't urge her and Hachiman anymore.
"Ah? That would only work if you and the president had a child yourself. Our child would be an elf and would have to stay with the elves."
Hearing Lala's words, Iris fell silent for a moment, feeling a bit helpless at her naive idea.
"In the future she will become an elf princess like me, an elf royal daughter, striving toward the goal of becoming elf queen. So she can't go help you."
Even if she were willing to let the child help, Lala's mother wouldn't agree. This wasn't as simple as letting their child visit for a couple of days.
"Oh… that's true. Only an elf's child can become elf queen. Then for Mom, it also has to be a pure Charm daughter to inherit the throne."
Lala nodded thoughtfully.
But soon, a bold idea popped into her mind again.
Since she didn't want to inherit the throne and didn't want to have a child so soon, then following her mom's idea, wouldn't it be fine to just produce a pure-blooded Charm heir to inherit the throne? Mom would definitely be happy too.
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