22. Sorting Out Relationships (2)

The catfights I’d seen in dramas and novels before falling into this other world could generally be summed up with the phrase, ‘terrifyingly scary.’

Grabbing each other’s hair and fighting was commonplace, and insults aimed at their parents were standard, escalating to family feuds if things got really bad.

Was that only possible in fiction…? No, come to think of it, I seem to have come across news articles about affairs ending badly in reality a few times too.

Anyway, having grown up watching such spicy morning dramas, I just realized that this level of drama is nothing.

At first, I was a little intimidated by the intensity of the two glaring at each other, but when I thought about it, there was no reason for me to be scared at all.

Shouldn’t I be feeling a great sense of satisfaction that two women are fighting over me in the first place?

I wanted to say the legendary line, “Why don’t you two just have sex?” but I decided to phrase it more carefully since I might actually get beaten to death if I did.

“Okay, both of you calm down. Yewon-ssi, just stay for a moment. Hayul-ah, follow me for a second.”

“No, I don’t want to go…”

“We haven’t had a heart-to-heart talk lately, have we? I want to hear your thoughts.”

I need to prioritize Hayul first.

From my time getting close to her, I’ve realized that Hayul has a pretty strong desire for affection.

To put it nicely, you could call it pure love, but on the other hand, it’s no different from being strongly possessive.

The reason I’ve been able to target other heroines while keeping Hayul around is partly because I subtly kept my distance, but the biggest reason is that Hayul was satisfied enough.

But lately, I haven’t been paying much attention to Hayul.

Using the excuse of infiltration training, I haven’t slept with her, and even after returning, I haven’t had proper sex in over a week because of training.

In a way, it’s only natural that she’s angry with me like this.

“So, what do you want to say?”

Hayul, who was dragged into an empty classroom with me, crossed her arms and glared at me.

It might seem like she won’t be easily appeased, but that’s definitely not the case.

“Hayul-ah, you’ve been upset that I haven’t been paying you much attention, right?”

“Uh, uh…?”

“Come here, let’s have a hug. Hey, uncross your arms.”

“W-wait a minute…! I’m still angry…! Ugh, ugh…”

People who crave love often get flustered when they actually receive an abundance of it.

Hayul was one of those types.

A fragile sprout that withers if you don’t give it constant attention.

Actually, I really felt sorry for Hayul.

After all, she was the first heroine I shared affection with after coming to this world, and I always felt indebted to her because I hadn’t done much for Hayul compared to how much she cared for me.

Holding back the guilt-ridden emotions that had been building up, I whispered to Hayul as I hugged her.

“I’m taking Wednesday off, so come straight to my house after school tomorrow. Let’s do all the things we haven’t been able to do until now.”

“To-tomorrow…? Really…?”

“Of course, it’s real. Okay, promise.”

“Promise… you’re only forgiving me this once, got it…?”

Hoo… I think I managed to get through it okay.

Just as I was about to leave the classroom to go and appease Jung Yewon, who was half-neglected, Hayul asked me cautiously.

“But, is she… another new girl?”

“Ah, um… for now, yes.”

“Jihoo, you’re such a playboy. Bad.”

My heart pricked.

I felt even more sorry because there was absolutely nothing unfair about this situation for me.

Instead of turning to look at Hayul, I secretly crossed my index and middle fingers and answered her.

“But I like you the best, Hayul.”

“Eh, uh…? W-what did you just say…?”

“I’ll go comfort Yewon-ssi and come right back.”

“Wa-wait a minute…! Say it one more time…!”

Please don’t punish me, since it’s a white lie…

I immediately left the classroom and went to find Jung Yewon, who was probably still standing blankly somewhere in the hallway.

* * *

Thus, the flames of the catfight, which could have turned into a major fire, fortunately ended on a small scale.

But always be careful with fire.

Just because this incident was resolved here doesn’t guarantee that such an event won’t happen again.

The most representative person to watch out for is… of course, Seo Jooha.

Jooha also has a similar, or perhaps even more severe, type of possessive tendency as Hayul.

Since she has completely entrusted her will to live to me, I had a feeling that she might give up on life at any time if she became convinced that I had abandoned her.

“Would you say it’s time to reorganize the relationships…?”

If the first semester was about becoming a god of sex and developing relationships with as many heroines as possible, now was the time to put in the effort to prevent those tangled relationships from being swept away and destroyed.

In other words, to put it simply, it’s ‘internal construction.’

“First, I’ll try not to use hypnosis as much as possible, and if they can’t accept the concept of a harem, then I’ll use hypnosis at that time… If I use it recklessly and it gets twisted, there’s no solution.”

Lee Hayul, Yoo Seol-ah, Seo Jooha, Siana, Sanya, Jung Yewon, and Rei.

Alice is excluded because she obeys unconditionally, and Won Harin is excluded because she’s ambiguous as a heroine, so that’s a whopping 7 members.

Looking at the number of people again like this, I’m starting to wonder how the heroines got along so well during the first semester.

Of course, it was possible because they didn’t have much contact with each other.

But now I can’t put it off any longer.

To carry the huge wall that is the harem, you always have to be prepared, and I strongly felt the need to gather all the members in one place soon.

I can’t have them arguing with each other even then, when the great disaster that will come in a few years arrives, after I’ve gone to the trouble of gathering them all together…!

“Hayul and Seol-ah sunbae are close, Siana and Sanya are also close to each other, and if you think about it, Rei and Seol-ah sunbae know each other’s faces, so let’s skip that… Jung Yewon and Jooha are the biggest problems.”

As it happened, I had a free period after lunch, so I sat down in an empty classroom and continued to worry, muttering to myself.

If anyone heard me saying seven women’s names from my mouth, they would probably think I was crazy, right?

“Still, Jung Yewon has a gentle personality, so I think she’ll be fine if I comfort her a little, but I really don’t know about Jooha…”

From what I’ve felt so far, Jooha has a bit of social anxiety in addition to her possessiveness, so she doesn’t try to make eye contact with others.

That was the case when I suggested a group study for the last exam, and she seemed very reluctant to participate even when there were opportunities to greet the other heroines, so it was difficult.

But, I can’t use the one remaining complete hypnosis ticket here.

That’s because I’ve already promised Jooha.

In the end, I have to persuade her somehow… The problem is that my relationship with Jooha seems to have become slightly awkward again after the infiltration mission.

“Is a direct breakthrough really the answer…?”

Ah, that’s right. Sex therapy.

I was so caught up in trivial emotions that I had temporarily put aside that intense memory.

How did I treat Jooha, who had been holed up in her room for a month and was half a shut-in in the first place? Of course, it was sex.

So how should I bring Jooha, who is now on a subtle emotional tightrope with me, into the harem? Of course, this is also sex.

This conclusion may seem simple, but it’s a combination of three advantages.

First of all, excluding the sensory synchronization onahole, I can have sex with Jooha, whom I haven’t had direct physical contact with recently, on this occasion.

Second, as the old saying goes, the bond of sex is the scariest, and if we keep having sex, there’s a high possibility that Jooha will give in and accept the harem.

And finally, third, it’s a reorganization of the relationship.

In fact, the number of times I had sex with Jooha wasn’t that many, even if you think about it all together. If you exclude the time I had sex until I was exhausted right after the King Worm incident, I had only done it about five times in the past few months, as I said earlier.

Should I see this as platonic love, or just indifference?

The reason why I can’t properly execute it even if I always think about Jooha is perhaps because I haven’t properly built up a physical relationship yet.

Regardless of the fact that we both feel affectionate towards each other, if the primal and instinctive sensations that come from sex itself are lacking, it’s only natural that we will be unconsciously alienated.

“Then let’s start with Jooha. Ah, will the headmaster allow it…?”

Hayul already has a promise for Wednesday.

Tuesday is… it seems hasty, but screw it, I’ve always been the type to act before planning in reality.

The infiltration mission was just a rough outline that I made to persuade other people somehow, but it doesn’t suit my personality at all.

Okay, I’ll settle it today.

Since I have a free period anyway, I have plenty of time, so if I can somehow get permission while enjoying a leisurely tea time with Sanya… wouldn’t that work…?

Please.