Ch.306Academy Festival (11)

First, we headed home with the unconscious Aki.

“Ah. It’s late.”

Kirtan was sitting on the sofa watching television. I don’t know where he got the money, but he had even properly ordered pizza. He was enjoying life on Earth more than anyone.

“Huh…? Who’s this?”

Kirtan looked at the unconscious Aki and… Ms. Aiko.

“Um… there’s a situation.”

I laid Aki down next to Kirtan. Then I placed a life-sized plush of Emoi-kun, Emoshita’s mascot, beside her.

“Phew… So, you want to welcome Ms. Aiko into the harem too?”

Eri asked, breathing heavily.

“Y-yeah… I don’t want to let a woman like this slip away. Anyway, that’s right.”

I scratched my head.

“Oh my…”

Ms. Aiko blushed at my words.

“Hey! What about Aki!! They’re mother and daughter!”

Umi shouted.

“I… honestly, I was about to reluctantly approve of Aki… but this crosses the line.”

Taiga said.

“Use Diamond Body.”

At that moment, Taiga assumed a martial arts stance fitting her cheongsam outfit.

“W-wait!”

I shouted loudly.

THWACK-!

Taiga’s fist struck me right in the stomach.

“Hnnngh…!!”

I barely managed to block the strike with my body.

“Ugh… so annoying!! He’s unnecessarily strong now, so my techniques don’t work anymore!”

Taiga fumed.

“Mother or daughter, it doesn’t matter. They’re all equally my wives.”

That’s what I said. Isn’t having both mother and daughter a man’s ultimate fantasy?

“Shota. Will you… hold me tight and stroke me?”

At that moment, Eri spoke with clouded eyes.

“Uh… of course.”

I had an immediate sense that the atmosphere was becoming dangerous.

“If Shota doesn’t stroke me… I think I’ll go crazy.”

Eri was turning dark at an incredible speed! I could tell. Her soul gem was becoming cloudy at an alarming rate!! If Eri were a magical girl, she would have turned into a witch right then!

To prevent Eri’s corruption, I earnestly embraced her and maintained physical contact.

“………”

My sincerity paid off. Light returned to Eri’s eyes.

“Sigh… Ms. Aiko isn’t a bad person either… Fine. It can’t be helped.”

Eri accepted the situation.

“Yeah… it’s not like we can kick her out…”

Umi mumbled reluctantly.

“Actually… if I objected here, I’d have to pack my bags and leave the harem too.”

Tina, Kana, and Mika, who were latecomers, seemed concerned about this point.

I should report to Madoka later… I thought about Madoka, who wasn’t present at the scene.

CLUNK-!

Just to be sure, I checked the kitchen cabinet. Yep. Madoka wasn’t there. Thank goodness…

“Hmm… I’m not happy about this.”

At that moment, Kirtan spoke up.

“Huh? Kirtan. Why?”

This guy… he was the one in our harem with absolutely no jealousy…

“Me!! I’m the oldest member of this harem!! Aren’t you stealing my concept?!”

Kirtan shouted loudly.

“Ah… that’s true.”

I had forgotten. Kirtan… was 20 years old, the oldest one here. I’d forgotten because his mental age was so low.

“Sigh. Shota’s just being Shota.”

Taiga muttered.

“Really… that damn Shota… always going for pretty ones. Ms. Aiko, you’re actually really beautiful up close.”

Umi stared intently at Ms. Aiko.

“No… I’m old, so if you look closely, I’m not pretty…”

Ms. Aiko tried to avoid Umi’s gaze.

“No, you’re extremely beautiful. Really…”

Umi couldn’t take her eyes off her.

“Anyway, at least he’s not hitting on just any woman. Honestly, beauties like us are rare. Shota should be satisfied with this much.”

Kana said.

“Yeah… it’s my karma for falling for such a man.”

Mika said.

“I’ll really treat everyone well!!”

I immediately appealed to my talent as a harem master.

“Sigh. That’s fine then. Let’s have sex. Aki might wake up while we’re at it. We can persuade her then.”

Taiga spoke casually, showing off her cheongsam pose.

“This was expensive, you know. You’d better make it worth it, Shota.”

Taiga looked at me provocatively. Honestly, she was incredibly beautiful.

“Well… then Taiga goes first.”

I said with a goofy smile.

“Then Ms. Aiko should be second.”

Eri said.

“M-me? No… I’m just intruding… I can wait until later…”

Aiko’s face turned bright red.

“Hmph. I’d like to see how well you can satisfy Shota.”

Kana gave her a challenging look.

“That’s right. I’d like to learn… the charm of an older woman.”

Mika nodded with a studious expression.

“I’m curious about Buddhist sex!”

Tina’s eyes gleamed strangely.

“O-okay.”

Ms. Aiko finally nodded.

———

Afterward, to kill time until Aki woke up, we immediately began enthusiastically mingling our bodies.

We were in the midst of enjoying sex.

“Wait! Who are you?”

Tina, who was trying to recover beside me, pointed toward the window. At her words, we all turned our heads.

Someone had opened the window and skillfully broken into our house. A slender woman with bun-styled hair was earnestly sketching with a sketchbook.

“Ah. Keep going. It’s such good material that I instinctively picked up my pen.”

She spoke nonchalantly while continuing to draw.

“Who are you?!”

Mika, who was in the middle of joining bodies with me, immediately covered herself.

It was Lei Lifeng. The head of the art club and my communication target.

“Senior Lei Lifeng… right?”

I asked while continuing what I was doing.

“No!! What’s with talking while doing it with me?”

Mika, pinned beneath me, immediately complained.

“Ah… but being treated like a tool might not be so bad?”

Mika began awakening to a suspicious taste.

“Yes. I became interested after the recent competition. It completely cured my slump.”

Lei Lifeng said while frantically sketching.

“You have a vitality that other models don’t have. I followed you to pursue you more. Your lovemaking with women is different too… your actions are more artistic. Overflowing with life force… This must be how Gauguin felt when he arrived on Tahiti.”

Lei Lifeng didn’t stop her hands even while speaking.

“This is voyeurism!! Let’s throw her in jail!”

Taiga shouted.

“Earth sure has a lot of crazy people.”

Kirtan expressed his impression of Earthlings. I don’t want to hear that from a space pirate.

“Please. I’ll pay you. Be my model.”

Lei Lifeng said.

Well, I had to accept this. I needed to raise my communication level.

“Well… if that’s the case. You’ll just keep observing me, right? No problem, senior.”

I answered coolly.

“Shota!! You’re too nice! There’s no need to accept this!”

Kana shouted.

“Everyone… how much do you know about art?”

At that moment, Lei Lifeng looked at all the harem members.

“My paintings have… a kind of jinx, or blessing. I originally gained popularity for portraits featuring couples.”

Lei Lifeng said.

“Indeed… your 2021 work called ‘The Beginning of a Young Couple,’ right?”

I voiced the setting I’d learned in the game. That work had made Hong Kong-born Lei Lifeng incredibly famous. It was due to her bold concept of capturing surrounding situations through mirrors and nearby objects, despite being a portrait.

“You know well. After that, I often painted couples’ portraits. As a result, a strange rumor spread.”

Lei Lifeng seemed to know exactly how to persuade us.

“There’s a jinx that couples depicted in my paintings stay together for a hundred years. Actually, that jinx has never been broken. The jinx became so famous that I no longer accept commissions for couple portraits… but it wouldn’t be bad to paint one on this occasion.”

Lei Lifeng stared intently at the harem members.

“If you cooperate… I’ll grant you the honor of being painted with Arigiri Shota. For free.”

Lei Lifeng said.

“You can just sell it if your circumstances worsen. You’ll get quite a bit of money for it.”

Lei Lifeng said.

“Hmm… a hundred years together…”

“A jinx…”

The girlfriends immediately wavered at those words.

“Fine. Why not.”

Eri immediately changed her stance.

“Good. I look forward to working with you.”

Lei Lifeng grinned. She’s an incredible beauty too. A beautiful woman’s smile really is powerful.

“Then continue what you were doing. I’ll keep drawing.”

Afterward, Lei Lifeng completely focused on sketching.

“Right. So, who’s next?”

After gently laying down the completely exhausted Mika, I pulled Kirtan’s hand.

At that moment, Umi, who was waiting her turn, approached Lei Lifeng.

Umi stared intently at Lei Lifeng’s drawing.

“Give me a sheet too, senior. I want to try drawing.”

Umi said.

Ah… Umi has been quite interested in drawing lately.

“Hmph. A beginner attempting to sketch. Sometimes looking from a beginner’s perspective isn’t bad.”

Lei Lifeng tore out a page from her sketchbook and gave it to Umi.

And Umi began drawing beside her.

Well… I should do my job as a model. With that determination, I enthusiastically continued having sex.

——–

After a while, Umi completed her drawing.

“Done! What do you think, senior?”

Umi handed her sketch to Lei Lifeng.

“Let me see.”

Lei Lifeng took Umi’s sketch.

“………..”

And Lei Lifeng fell silent.

“You… how long have you been learning to draw?”

Lei Lifeng stared at Umi.

“Ah… about 2 weeks?”

Umi said.

“……….!!”

Lei Lifeng immediately crumpled the sketch. Her expression… hardened like Salieri feeling the wall between himself and Mozart.

Then Lei Lifeng headed straight for the kitchen.

SHIIING-!

Soon after, Lei Lifeng pulled out a kitchen knife.

“I’m going to kill myself.”

Lei Lifeng said coolly, as if announcing she was going for a walk, and immediately tried to slit her throat.

“What are you doing!! You crazy woman!!!”

I immediately threw myself toward Lei Lifeng and stopped her. This person… was truly insane?

“…..?”

Umi, the root cause of all this trouble, just tilted her head in confusion.

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