"Masumi, rest for a while. Get used to the power you just awakened."
"Yes, Ma-Master..."
At the moment she was completely unable to hold on and was about to pass out, a delicate and beautiful magical girl outfit suddenly appeared on Kamuro Masumi, with purple as the main color, a mix of purple and white. The collar, thigh rings, thigh-high socks, gloves, magic wand, and everything else were all there, just like the magical girl costumes in children's animated shows.
Even after completing the magical girl transformation, the fine beads of sweat on Kamuro Masumi's body disappeared, all of it gone without a trace.
It seemed that at the moment of transformation, the sweat was cleaned away, and the awakening magic elements were all absorbed, converted into spirit and stamina, restoring her condition.
"So this is the power of a magical girl... Although the awakening process was a bit... but now I'm a magical girl too..."
Lowering her head to feel the power now dwelling in her body, Kamuro Masumi instinctively took a few breaths, found herself full of energy, and her exhausted body restored to normal. She perked up and turned to look at Sakayanagi Arisu, who had raised her guard and hidden behind Hachiman.
"Sakayanagi! Get over here!"
"You like freeloading that much, do you? Wanted to watch me get bullied by Master, huh?"
"Then you can experience the magical girl awakening ritual too. Don't say I'm using my magical girl powers to bully a sickly girl with bad legs!"
Kamuro Masumi grabbed Sakayanagi Arisu, shoved her, still not having reacted, into Itashiro Kurumi's arms, and made her face Hachiman directly.
She wouldn't dare to teach Sakayanagi Arisu a lesson in front of her master. Sakayanagi was annoying and infuriating, but she was undeniably very pretty. If she submitted to Hachiman, she would probably be very well-favored.
She had just awakened her magical girl powers and couldn't control her strength well, and it would also risk crossing her master's boundaries.
But... wouldn't it be fine to let her master personally teach Sakayanagi Arisu a lesson?
What would Sakayanagi even dare to say in front of her master?!
"Sakayanagi, I know you. I didn't expect you to like Hikigaya too."
Itashiro Kurumi's eyes lit up. She wrapped her arms around Sakayanagi Arisu, who had been pushed between her and Hachiman by Kamuro Masumi.
It had to be said,byouth was wonderful. Young people were bold and willful.
Kamuro Masumi and Sakayanagi Arisu seemed to not get along, yet they both liked Hachiman.
"I don't really understand these things either. Please take care of me, Miss Kurumi."
Sakayanagi Arisu's body stiffened for a moment, then quickly relaxed. Her smile didn't fade. She wrapped both arms tightly around Hachiman's waist, her slender white-stockinged legs in thin straps overlapping with Itashiro Kurumi's, pressing close against Hachiman together.
She wasn't unaware that Kamuro Masumi would retaliate after becoming a magical girl and gaining power. After all, she was just a frail girl with health issues. She normally couldn't beat Kamuro Masumi in a fight and relied on other leverage to keep her in check.
Now that Kamuro Masumi had become Hachiman's person, no longer needing her academic tutoring, and with no more handles for her to exploit, she would definitely turn against her and let out all the resentment that had built up inside.
But she had thought that after going through the magical girl awakening ritual, Kamuro Masumi would at least be weak for a while, she had lasted quite a long time, and it would probably take hours to recover from that kind of intense pounding.
Who knew that the magical girl transformation actually had a restorative effect, and Kamuro Masumi had recovered so quickly?
She really wasn't in good physical condition, she wasn't lying to anyone.
Hachiman, surely he wouldn't suddenly go after her, right?
"Don't worry. I really like you all, so I wouldn't want to let you leave me."
Hachiman looked at the rarely nervous Sakayanagi Arisu, one hand lightly stroking her white-stockinged strap-clad legs, the other casually handling Itashiro Kurumi, who had delivered herself to him.
"Of course, you have to be obedient too. If you really make me angry, I will punish you for real."
After saying this, Hachiman lowered his head to take in the lovely figures of Itashiro Kurumi and Sakayanagi Arisu overlapping each other.
As for Itashiro Kurumi, who had barged in halfway, he didn't know which other-worldly female lead she was. He only knew that she was indeed quite popular among the girls. Kikyo, Kei, and the others had mentioned her to him before.
But Sakayanagi Arisu, this frail white-stockinged beauty with bad legs, he had wanted to have her for a long time.
He'd just been busy, and since Sakayanagi Arisu hadn't come to him on her own, he hadn't gone out of his way to find her either.
Of course, he was busy, but he never felt numb about it.
Thanks to the increasingly powerful effects he trained daily, he didn't have to worry about overexerting himself. In fact, the more he exerted himself, the stronger he got.
And because of the service aura, Ai-iris, Lala, and the others had low resistance against him and never lasted long each time, so he didn't need to hold back much. A little control and he could time it perfectly.
This was also why he could go from morning to night every day helping others without ever getting tired of it.
Because he truly enjoyed it, everyone for him, and him for everyone, not treating it as a task or a job.
"Hiss..."
Sakayanagi Arisu didn't know how much Hachiman liked her, and she couldn't even pay attention to Itashiro Kurumi's situation.
All she knew was to bury her head in Hachiman's chest, letting his large hands rest on her smooth, soft thighs.
Watching as a spectator versus actually becoming one of the participants, the experience was vastly different.
Even though she wasn't alone, Itashiro Kurumi, Sakura Airi, Satou Maya, Matsushita Chiaki, and the others were the main ones, just lying in Hachiman's arms made her feel weak all over, as if her body were floating in a steam room, her mind overheating, her whole head dizzy.
They said girls in love easily lost their reason, but she had only come into close contact with Hachiman, and already some of her rationality was evaporating.
The sound of her heartbeat grew louder, as if at her ears.
Could she really awaken her magical girl talent here with Hachiman and completely change her frail, weak body?
Kamuro Masumi had just lasted so long before pushing past her limits to become a magical girl.
If she underwent the awakening ritual at the same intensity as Kamuro Masumi, she would probably end up in the hospital before she even became a magical girl.
Seeing the petite, silver-haired, white-stockinged Sakayanagi Arisu in her arms not resisting at all, just quietly lying on Hachiman's chest as if accepting her fate, Itashiro Kurumi closed her eyes and began to enjoy it too.
If it were just some ordinary person, she might have been a bit worried.
What if she chose badly and ended up being threatened or controlled? Or what if she ran into someone immature?
But given Hachiman's status at Soubu High, she didn't need to worry about those things at all.
The only thing to consider was that Hachiman was so popular, what would she do next time she wanted him?
In terms of youth and energy, she couldn't compete with little girls like Karuizawa Kei.
In terms of background and power, she was just an ordinary person. She couldn't compete with those young ladies or even the otherworldly demi-humans.
The only thing that might make Hachiman care about her was her current identity.
Forget it! She wouldn't think about those things for now. She'd just enjoy herself.
"Hikigaya~"
Her mind had overheated to the point where she couldn't think clearly anymore. Itashiro Kurumi stopped hesitating. She closed her eyes tightly, wrapped both arms around Hachiman's neck, and pressed herself tightly against him alongside Sakayanagi Arisu.
This was something she couldn't experience alone.
If only she'd run into Hachiman earlier and been pulled into this by him... Though it wasn't too late even now.
Itashiro Kurumi, who had long been itching for younger guys, was easily pulled in by Karuizawa Kei because it suited her perfectly.
Soon, Itashiro Kurumi was lost in Hachiman's sun-warm aura, unable to pull herself out.
That was the natural aura that even the elf princess, dragon clan chief, mermaid songstress, and alien princess craved. Once she became a magical girl and longed every day to grow stronger, she would become even more unable to leave Hachiman.
However, completely captivated by Hachiman's charm, she had long forgotten about Chabashira Sae, Hoshinomiya Chie, and the others still drinking and chatting in the hallway.
She had also forgotten about Kisaragi Miyuki, who had come with her.
At the corner between the living room and bedroom.
A blue-haired woman with well-proportioned features, delicate looks, and a serious expression, dressed in a neat business suit and black pantyhose.
She had quietly come in from outside and slowly poked half her head around the corner.
The scene in the bedroom came into view, and her eyes widened instantly.
She stared in disbelief at Itashiro Kurumi in Hachiman's arms.
'How could this be...'
'Kurumi actually, actually..."
Itashiro Kurumi, the cheerful, optimistic, understanding big sister.
Kisaragi Miyuki, the cold, serious, aloof beauty.
They had different surnames and very different personalities. Most people wouldn't think they were close, but in reality, they were cousins and got along well in daily life.
After Kisaragi Miyuki entered Soubu High as Itashiro Kurumi's junior and they interacted more frequently, their relationship grew even stronger.
They hadn't actively revealed this at school, so most people only knew that Itashiro Kurumi looked after Kisaragi Miyuki as a junior. Only a few close acquaintances knew they were related.
Kisaragi Miyuki wasn't particularly surprised that Itashiro Kurumi was dating or doing even more outrageous things.
However, she hadn't expected Itashiro Kurumi to get involved with Hachiman, nor had she expected to walk in on them like this.
It didn't look forced, her expression was so natural, so relaxed.
'Could it be... Kurumi and Hikigaya... already started a while ago?'
But even if they were really lovers, doing it with so many other girls around, and even having a frail silver-haired girl who hadn't even taken off her white stockings squeezed between them, that was too absurd.
'Is it really... really that good?'
Kisaragi Miyuki stared without blinking at Itashiro Kurumi, tightly wrapped around Hachiman. It seemed she was affected even from a distance, her breathing grew quicker, her mouth dry, and she kept swallowing the saliva that kept building up.
"Gulp..."
"Hm?"
The moment the swallowing sound came, Kisaragi Miyuki felt something was off.
'This sound... Doesn't seem like it came from me...'
Kisaragi Miyuki slowly looked up. What came into view was a strand of blue hair, but clearly, it wasn't her hair sticking up, because the scent on those blue strands was completely different from her shampoo's fragrance.
Following the blue hair upward, what entered her field of vision was a bulging chest, almost bursting out of a shirt.
A blue-haired mature woman was holding onto the wall above her, poking her head out just like she was, secretly watching the scene on the bedroom bed.
"Shhh!"
Seeming to notice Kisaragi Miyuki's gaze, the blue-haired, large-chested woman also looked down at her. Seeing that Kisaragi Miyuki was about to cry out, she quickly covered her mouth.
"I just got here too. Don't make a sound and let them hear us inside."
"Mmmph..."
Hearing this, Kisaragi Miyuki understood immediately and nodded rapidly, making muffled sounds.
Once the other let go, she took a few deep breaths and looked at the plump, straight-figured Kashima Risako in front of her, slowly voicing her confusion.
"Risako? How did you end up here at Rin's place too?"
She had come looking for Kurumi and entered this room.
But neither she nor Kurumi was particularly close to Kashima Risako.
Why would Kashima Risako of all people be in Karuizawa Kei's room?
"I don't know either. I was looking for Kotomi, but after I walked into the room, I suddenly found myself hiding here with you..."
Kashima Risako shook her head and answered quietly.
Earlier, she and Hanamori Kotomi had been working together on behalf of a delinquent student who had suffered unfair treatment. But since Hanamori Kotomi had resolved the issue on her own, Kashima Risako hadn't felt relieved. Instead, she felt that Hanamori Kotomi had run into bigger trouble.
Recently, Hanamori Kotomi had always been avoiding her, and she'd been distracted during their drinking and chatting earlier.
Seeing that Hanamori Kotomi had gone to Hoshinomiya Chie's room to use the bathroom and hadn't come back, she'd used the excuse of going to the bathroom to find Hanamori Kotomi and ask her who had helped her and what had been going on lately.
But she hadn't expected that, even though she'd walked into Hoshinomiya Chie's room, she'd ended up in Karuizawa Kei's room, just like Kisaragi Miyuki.
Had she drunk that much?
Kisaragi Miyuki also suspected Kashima Risako was drunk. But looking closely, she noticed that while Kashima Risako did smell a bit of alcohol, her eyes were perfectly clear, she didn't seem drunk at all.
"Um... what exactly were they just doing? Why were there so many people on the bed?"
Kashima Risako didn't dwell too much on having entered the wrong room. Thinking about the stimulating scene she'd just seen, she couldn't help asking Kisaragi Miyuki.
"Huh? What were they doing? Are you joking with me?"
Hearing Kashima Risako's quiet question, Kisaragi Miyuki's mind went blank. She stared blankly at Kashima Risako.
Now she was saying she didn't know what Kurumi and the others were doing?