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“Marquis Anastasia, Young-ae, aren’t you pushing too hard?”

Elfin tried to dissuade Lulu, saying she was worried, but Lulu showed no intention of backing down.

“Aight, Your Highness the Princess, please stay still. I have no intention of backing down either.”

Lulu continued speaking with her cheeks slightly red after saying that.

“…And Lulu, that’s fine, Your Highness.”

Elfin looks slightly surprised at her answer, then smiles faintly.

“Okay, I understand. Let’s wait for Ain’s decision.”

Looking around at the three people, it seems that surprisingly, the most flustered one is Ion. He has his eyes turned into dots and his mouth is shaped like a diamond, and he just keeps on twitching and twitching.

“…Just a moment.”

I put another magic herb in the bear bowl and start thinking.

For better or worse, we have no choice but to assume that their predictions are correct.

You might think that they can just hold off on answering and check after they leave the labyrinth, but I have some degree of confidence in what they say.

Because it is extremely dishonorable for a nobleman to tell a lie publicly.

Moreover, the people who made that prediction are the daughters of the princesses, dukes, and marquises (although they are collateral). The possibility of it being a lie is infinitely close to zero.

One thing I realized after being a male in this world for over a month was that if you’re going to live here as a male, being a herd member is a must.

“What a crowd…what a crowd…”

As I muttered my thoughts, the three of them looked at my complexion with slightly anxious faces (even though they were trying to hide it).

Moreover, as they said, the princesses, who are collateral but clearly acknowledged as children by the Empress, the Duke of Moratium and the Marquis Anastasia, who are almost at the top of the Perion Empire.

Expanding further, there is the Duke of Knight Sustained, who can compete with the Duke of Moratium in terms of status, and the Marquis of Goldbunny, who holds only a fraction of the wealth of the Marquis Anastasia.

Lastly, there is the Iron Foxtrot Count family, famous for their martial arts and martial arts skills, which are considered to be among the most ancient in the Perion Empire.

If I were to accept the six of them as a group (even if I only keep them in mind), Elfin, Ion, Lulu, Bam, Hoyo, and Bandi, they would only benefit me and not cause me harm.

As I look at them and write my impressions while I am thinking more deeply, it is interesting to see how each of their reactions are different.

Elfin is a stern beauty with a height of nearly 180cm and a plump bust, but she fidgets like a puppy that has been scolded by its owner.

Ion gave his signature awkward laugh and shrugged his shoulders.

Lastly, Lulu, who had made the first bold move, was only giving me sidelong glances, showing her discouragement.

After thinking about it for a while, I finally made up my mind.

Here are three and the three from the miscellaneous study group. This is close to a dazzling all-star lineup in terms of specs, power, and above all, looks and personality. (In the game or here in reality)

I accept it as a group. But if I have to, I’ll grab these six females and take the lead.

This way, I will have more freedom of movement until I graduate from the academy, and the time leading up to graduation will be safer.

If I decide to do something, I’ll do my best. This is something I’ve always kept in mind since my wife left me and as I raised my son.

Now, I don’t have a son and my wife is destined to have six children, but what can’t I do if I want to?

After thinking about it, I pulled out the magic candle that had been lit on the gombangdae, stomped on it with a flourish, and declared proudly to the three females waiting for me.

“I’ll accept it. No problem.”

A moment later, I wake up and Elfin, Ion, and Lulu are sitting in a row in front of me (relatively) politely.

“…I’m a senior…”

“Shut up, Lulu. Don’t show off your experience with female mori.”

“You too?!”

“Lulu, Ion. Let’s listen to Ain’s story first.”

Anyway, since they ended up in similar situations, the walls between them have broken down a bit and they seem to have become a little closer. Not bad.

As I crossed my arms and looked at them, the three quickly became quiet.

“First of all, you shouldn’t fight me.”

“But junior, no, Ain, no, what should I say…”

Ion starts talking nonsense to my words.

“I’m your pack male, and you’re my pack female. That’s all there is between us. Don’t be overprotective of me.”

If it were normal, I would say I wish I hadn’t done it, but now is the time to make a decision.

“Where in the world can you find a male like this?”

Lulu is making a fuss, but I won’t give in.

“That’s because I’m Lulu-senpai’s rabid male.”

Lulu became quiet at my answer, and I continued speaking.

“The center of the group is me, Ain Frostgarm. I’ll make this clear.”

The so-called most declarative. In a normal group, the highest ranking female usually takes on the role of the most senior.

But I declared first to take the initiative.

“Let’s not compete for rankings between females. It’s a waste of time, manpower, and emotions. I’ll say it again, the focus is on me. And on you. We’re all on the same level.”

As I make a horizontal line with both hands, Elfin speaks.

“The Empress will not agree.”

Perhaps the Empress would want the Elfin to be the first female in the herd.

“I will tell the Empress about that myself.”

“Oh my god.”

At my declaration, Ion touched his forehead.

“Where is this kind of crowd? They don’t have any traditions at all.”

Lulu still looked dissatisfied, but when I glared at her furtively, she avoided eye contact.

“Not all groups (families) can be the same. Will you follow what I say?”

At first, the three females nodded their heads to my words.

“Then junior…? Ain…?”

“Do whatever you want.”

“Then Ain. To summarize, there is no fight for rank, and Ain becomes the eldest. Ain is not overprotected. Can we summarize it to that extent?”

I nod at Ion’s theorem, smile, pat Ion’s head, and joke around.

“That’s right, Ion. It’s 1 point for Ain.”

When I intentionally omitted the word ‘senior’ and said something my son often liked when he was young, Ion’s face turned red.

“It looks good.”

As I grabbed Lulu’s giggling cheek and stretched it, Lulu snickered.

“Me, I’m a senior!”

“Then don’t call me Lulu, just senior.”

“…I don’t think this is it…”

Elfin smiles as she looks at Lulu, who tilts her head and rubs her cheek. It seems like she doesn’t hate this situation that much.

“Then next, this is an extension of what I said earlier, but let’s not talk about artificial things between us.”

Ion nods at my words.

Lulu, Ion’s friend, is also a Marquis, and Ion doesn’t really care much about titles in the first place.

Lulu would probably grumble, but she wouldn’t refuse.

“Of course, Elfin, you too.”

Ion and Lulu also looked at Elfin at my words to her. After all, Elfin is the highest-ranking person in the Perion Empire, aside from the Empress and the Crown Prince.

“There is no reason to refuse. It was the Empress herself who taught me when I was young that ‘there is no harm in listening to a man’.”

Elfin is as cool as she looks. This is in keeping with the backstory, as she has no friends of a similar age, except for the Night Raven, due to her status, so she might actually like it.

“Okay, so now there’s no hierarchy or hierarchy among us. Let’s not worry about that kind of stuff within the group. Got it, Lulu, Ion?”

When I declared with a refreshing smile, Lulu again made a dumbfounded expression, while Ion smiled as if he was quite satisfied.

“Haha, that’s okay. I agree. Please take care of me in the future, Elfin.”

Elphin also seemed to like Ion’s actions as he immediately called the princess Elphin by her name and held out his right hand, and Elphin also took his hand.

“This is it, Ion.”

While the two females fight over one male, Lulu hesitates.

“What are you doing, Lulu? Come here and shake hands with Elfin. After all, if we go later, we’ll have to deal with Knight Sustained… No, right? Those three will be included in the group, right?”

When Ion looked up, I nodded.

“Bam, Hoyo, and Bandido will join the group, so get used to it now.”

After finishing speaking, Ion pulls Lulu and stands in front of Elfin. I feel proud and grateful that Ion is actively following what I say.

“That, uh…el…elpi…in…”

“It won’t be hard, Lulu.”

Lulu seemed to have gained courage from Elfin’s actions of holding Lulu’s hand, which was half-way extended, and shaking it vigorously, and Lulu also seemed to have somewhat gotten rid of her awkwardness.

“Yeah, yeah. Please take care of me. El…fin.”

How equal and harmonious a group is this?

Later on, I would have to convince the Empress, and (since I was the one who made the declaration anyway) the parents of each female family, but it didn’t matter.

Everyone is happy, that’s what matters.

“Then let’s rest a bit more and then go.”

Ion looked up at the artificial sun of the labyrinth and said this, then called the females who were resting at a suitable distance and made them sit on either side of me and in front of me.

“Let’s sit together. It’s too much now.”

First, Elfin sits in front of me, while Ion and Lulu sit on either side of me, as if my polite gesture was effective.

“Then there’s something else we can talk about while we rest.”

“Anything is fine, but is there more?”

Elfin asks, taking the apple-flavored jelly I offered her with a slightly blush on her cheek.

I told Elfin, Ion, and Lulu one of the rules of the male dormitory.

“Female cadets are basically prohibited from entering the male dormitory, but if there is consent from three or more professors teaching the male cadets and the parents of the male and female cadets in the group, female cadets may enter or live together in the male cadets’ private rooms.”

After that, there is a condition that the female who is allowed to enter in this way is strictly prohibited from entering the private rooms of other males, or must be subject to a semi-permanent soundproofing spell in the presence of the professor in charge of managing the male dormitory to prevent her from causing any harm to other males, but I omitted that. I can take care of that myself.