Ch.308Academy Festival (13)

“But… who are these kids?”

Madoka looked at Eri’s three younger sisters.

“Ah. Time for introductions. They’re Eri’s younger sisters. From oldest to youngest, they’re Hana, Mizu, and Konoha.”

That’s how I introduced them.

“Hmm… children. This overlaps with my character concept.”

Madoka seemed quite uncomfortable with that point.

“I’m going to marry big brother when I grow up!”

Hana said with a bright smile.

“Ugh…!! Big brother! Are they part of your harem?”

Madoka exclaimed.

“Ah… nothing’s been decided yet.”

If I confirmed it… the police would come for me.

“Then what are they?!”

Madoka shouted in a sharp tone.

“They’re what you’d call… a harem youth team. Something like a junior sports club.”

That’s how I explained it.

Yes, they were what you’d call promising prospects.

“What about me? I’m official, right?”

Madoka looked at me.

“Ah. Of course.”

Truthfully… Madoka was also somewhat of a candidate… but I couldn’t say that even if my lips were torn apart.

‘Kunami Company is my source of money…’

The power that comes from money was tremendous. I couldn’t easily dismiss Madoka.

“Hehehe. An official member…”

Madoka seemed quite pleased with that.

“But… Madoka, you’re the youngest among the official members, right? So you should guide these youth members well.”

I tried to integrate Madoka with Eri’s sisters.

“Ah!! I’m the senior member!”

Eri’s eyes lit up.

“Y-yeah…”

But what’s with “senior member”… how does she know such terms? Is she a military veteran?

“Now, everyone. Work hard to get promoted to official members.”

I patted Eri’s sisters on their heads.

“Yes!! I’ll do my best!!”

There’s something moving about the term “official member.” They all followed Madoka like puppies.

“Now!! What’s our weapon?”

Suddenly, Madoka began a lecture.

“W-weapon?”

Everyone tilted their heads in confusion.

“It’s our age.”

Madoka stated firmly.

“Let’s assume all the other sisters and Shota brother become 30-somethings. At that time, we’ll just be in our 20s. Got it? Our 20s.”

Madoka explained.

“That’s the prime of a woman’s charm. Men ultimately prefer young and pretty women. That’s when we strike and rise to become the official wife.”

Madoka said with a smile.

“Ooooh…!!”

Everyone’s eyes sparkled.

“Those kids… they were thinking like that?”

Eri said with a complicated expression.

“Now. That person over there. Eri sister. She’s our main enemy.”

Suddenly, Madoka started a military-style indoctrination.

“Who’s the main enemy?!”

Eri immediately got angry.

“Eri sister!! Main enemy! Main enemy!!”

“Main enemy!”

The children didn’t know what “main enemy” meant, but they were using the term anyway.

“We need to push that person out to get the position of official wife.”

Madoka said.

“Now!! Attack!!”

Madoka seemed to enjoy bringing new members into her line quite a bit.

Thump-thump-thump!

Konoha, the most energetic of the three sisters, immediately launched a body tackle at Eri’s stomach.

“Konoha! You shouldn’t be influenced by bad things like that! What are you doing?!”

Eri got angry.

“I’m succeeding to become the official wife, sister…”

Konoha uttered a famous line from who knows where.

Well, it’s good that everyone’s getting along harmoniously.

“Alright, let’s do our best today too.”

With the competition over, I planned to help with the exhibition and then tour it with my girlfriends.

Today, I was going to tour the exhibition with Aki and Aiko-san. Thanks to our intimate physical conversation last night, they had both joined my harem. Ah, I also decided to bring Madoka and Eri’s sisters along. I wanted to enjoy a family-like atmosphere of touring an exhibition with children.

“Why specifically those two?”

Kana seemed displeased about that.

“You have to treat new recruits well. They’re wearing the yellow armband.”

I said to Kana. Don’t you know about the new recruit buff?

“What are you talking about…”

Kana said.

Ah, right. Their country doesn’t have conscription. Just being incarnated as a citizen of a country without conscription already made me feel maximally happy. After this, I could just go to college normally… and enjoy my college life fully until graduation. Amazing… I was already feeling happy.

‘Well… even with conscription, I would have gotten through with the multi-child exemption.’

I was planning to start a baby-making factory from age 20 to contribute to Japan’s birth rate. Anyway.

———-

Aki and Mika… they’re from different schools, so it takes time for them to get here. I wonder when they’ll arrive.

“Hehehe. Shota, Aki has prepared something really good for you.”

Just then, Aiko-san tapped my arm and said.

“Oh… really? That makes me look forward to it.”

I said with a smile.

At that moment, Mika and Aki arrived.

“Ah!! Sorry, I was getting my hair dyed, so I’m late.”

Aki immediately approached me.

“No way… Aki!!”

She originally had a gyaru look with orangish hair, but…!! Like Aiko-san, she had changed to neat black hair.

“That’s amazing!!”

While I did prefer the gyaru style… I realized that black-haired gyaru wasn’t bad either! Her long, glossy straight hair looked strangely sensual.

Plus… this strengthened the mother-daughter combo element. By matching her hair color with Aiko-san, the emphasis on their mother-daughter relationship was enhanced. I was already looking forward to today’s mother-daughter combo.

“I love you all!”

I hugged Aiko-san and Aki.

“Really… mother and daughter too… you’re such a greedy one.”

Aiko-san said with a smirk.

“Take responsibility if our family tree gets messed up.”

Aki affectionately pinched my cheek as if she couldn’t help it.

“Seriously… you’re living a life more like a web novel than an actual web novel.”

Mika muttered behind us. Yeah, I admit it.

———–

Anyway, we headed straight to the exhibition.

Our class’s exhibition was going smoothly.

“No way…!! There are too many people!!”

Taiga shouted while cooking takoyaki at an incredible speed. He was also brewing coffee, showing amazing multitasking skills. He really does have good work ethic.

“Yeah. That demo… it wasn’t shown anywhere else. Gamers from all over the country heard about it and came.”

Madoka said.

“I see…”

All kinds of people had gathered.

Well, it was a new work by Todoki Hawado, a successful game developer in North America!! Plus, it was in the reliably selling zombie apocalypse genre! This was a hit.

“How are the sales?”

I approached the class president and vice president.

“Hehehehe!! Money! Money!!”

“Time is money, friend!!”

The class president and vice president were already out of their minds with the unprecedented sales. Their faces had strangely transformed to look like goblins.

Well… the goal of taking everyone to an all-you-can-eat meat buffet had already been achieved.

Good. Everything’s going smoothly.

“I’ll go inspect around for a bit.”

I said to my other girlfriends.

“Let’s tour with Aki and Aiko-san during the day… and take the rest during the next part-time shift.”

I immediately took care of public sentiment.

And my girlfriends seemed to find motivation in the fact that we’d be together in the afternoon.

“Let’s go too!”

Madoka had already become the leader of Eri’s sisters.

“They… listen to Madoka better than me…”

Eri had a complicated expression.

“Perhaps it’s best to leave lolis to lolis…”

I realized that profound principle.

Anyway, our group immediately toured the festival.

——–

Even though it was a high school cultural festival, there wasn’t much special.

A haunted house of mediocre quality, and various stalls where we ate cotton candy and crepes.

And… the science club seemed to have found their own solution.

Heichi was busy making snacks while also distributing balloons to students who came as customers.

Pffft-pffft!

As a bonus, he was even doing advanced crafts by twisting balloons.

“Wow!! It’s a robot!!”

“Amazing!! It’s moving properly!!”

The children seemed fascinated by Heichi’s existence. Well, robots are fascinating to children. The science club members also looked much happier. They were making simple robot-shaped toys to sell to children.

Yeah. Who cares about research society and achievements. High school clubs should be enjoyed like that.

“Hmph. They look happy.”

Seeing that gave me a warm feeling. Although I started it as a stepping stone for community… I felt that getting involved with the science club was a good decision.

‘Challenge to create infinitely stretchable rubber!’

‘Making candy that never disappears no matter how much you suck it!’

They seemed to be doing silly research like before.

Since I’m already involved with the science club, I should take some responsibility and help.

“Senior Hagenstein. Kisho.”

I approached the science club.

“Ah! Shota!! Good to see you!!”

Hagenstein said with a smile.

“Um… would the science club members be interested in a short-term part-time job?”

I asked Hagenstein and Kisho.

“Short-term job?”

Kisho pushed up his glasses and asked.

“Kunami Company made a console, right? Recently, our CEO has been struggling to create sensor-related peripherals. It would be great if you could help with that work.”

I recalled what Mr. Kujo was worrying about before. This industry chronically lacks manpower.

With the technical skills of the science club… they could definitely fit in.

“Kunami Company… is this for real?!!”

Everyone’s eyes lit up.

“Yes. I’ll text you soon.”

I said with a smile. Yeah, this much fulfills my responsibility.

“Big brother is so caring.”

Madoka said, looking at me.

“I don’t know if it’s caring… I received help too.”

It’s also a community reward, including the miracle hair growth tonic. Give and take.

“Big brother. Give me care too.”

Madoka made an incomprehensible request.

“Sure, sure.”

But I understood perfectly what she meant. I lightly kissed Madoka’s forehead.

“Hehe.”

Madoka smiled brightly.

“Us too!!!”

Eri’s sisters thrust their foreheads forward as if ready to headbutt. I kindly gave kisses to my cute sisters-in-law too.

“Hehehe. Children are so lively and nice.”

Aiko-san said with her hand on her cheek.

“Aiko-san is no less lively.”

I said while stroking Aiko-san’s bottom.

“My… no lewd talk!”

Aiko-san laughed and slapped my hand.

“That’s right, mom… I thought you seemed quite hungry.”

Aki also said with a playful smile.

“Really…!!”

With those words, Aiko-san’s face turned bright red. Teasing Aiko-san was quite enjoyable.

——-

As we were peacefully touring the festival.

Swoosh! Swish!

A group of thugs blocked our way.

“Are you Arigiri Shota?”

They were obviously aliens. However, since it was a festival, everyone seemed to dismiss it as costumes.

“It’s the Pink Beard guys.”

I sighed. I was wondering when they’d show up.

“We have no ill will toward you. However… we’ve received a request, so we have no choice.”

The aliens immediately tried to draw their weapons.

What should I do… Even while pondering this, I was quite excited. My body gets restless if I don’t fight regularly.