If demi-humans had poor living conditions in the past, then succubi, a race with weak combat strength but extremely high charm, were especially likely to encounter danger. But now society had gradually accepted the existence of demi-human races, and Kumatsu Yukariko was even transforming into a succubus inside Sobu High.
Sobu High gave demi-humans plenty of special treatment, and with protection from the elf princess Iris and the others, there was no need to worry about personal safety at all.
The only possible price might be her body, but now that awakening magic essence from demi-human legends was involved, opportunities like that were actually rare.
"..."
Listening to Mikado Ryoko's reassurance, Nanasaki Ai fell silent. She turned toward the bed curtain and bit her lip while listening to the tempting moans coming from behind it.
Why was even this seemingly extraordinary school nurse telling her to go find Hikigaya-kun?
It wasn't that she didn't know how capable Hikigaya-kun was. She could even imagine him easily solving Setsuko's problem.
So many demi-humans in the school were close to Hikigaya-kun. Aside from him, there were barely any girls who got along well with demi-humans. It was practically like all the demi-humans had come here just for Hikigaya-kun alone.
Among the people she knew, it really did seem like only Hikigaya-kun could solve Setsuko's issue.
But she had also personally seen how Rihoko-san, another ace swimmer from the girls' swimming club, received Hikigaya-kun's help.
It couldn't really be called deception. Hikigaya-kun truly had greatly improved Rihoko-san's training results. Someone who used to be about equal with her was now impossible to catch no matter how hard she swam.
With how uncontrollable Setsuko's succubus transformation had become, she felt that even Hikigaya-kun wouldn't be able to settle things without thousands of rounds.
Compared to dragging things out until she completely lost her mind, only losing herself to Hikigaya-kun alone was already a pretty good outcome.
'B-But...'
When she imagined her close friend Kumatsu Yukariko receiving Hikigaya-kun's "intense assistance," and maybe even scenes where Rihoko Sakurai and the others thanked Hikigaya-kun together, Nanasaki Ai became conflicted again.
Rumors were already spreading around many classes that lots of girls had very close relationships with Hikigaya-kun. Even her own classmates and friends often talked about him. At this rate, wouldn't Tachibana Miya and the others end up like this too...
"What a nice smell!"
"Setsuko?"
Nanasaki Ai had been lost in thought when she suddenly snapped back to reality. The moment she looked up, she saw Kumatsu Yukariko, who had originally been lying on the bed, suddenly yank open the curtain. Without even putting on her shoes, she ran outside on her black thigh-high-covered legs.
Nanasaki Ai's face changed immediately. She instinctively stood up to stop Kumatsu Yukariko, who had lost control and was running outside to find a man.
But as soon as she got up, she saw someone appear at the infirmary door who should not have been here.
"Hikigaya-kun?"
"U-Um... this is my friend, Kumatsu Yukariko. There seems to be something wrong with her body. Could you please, Hikigaya..."
Nanasaki Ai had just wanted to ask whether Hachiman had some more proper form of assistance that didn't go quite so far, but then she saw her friend Kumatsu Yukariko directly pounce onto Hachiman and pull down his pants. All the conflict and worry in her throat instantly became impossible to say. She could only awkwardly explain in a quiet voice.
Now it seemed like she no longer needed to worry about Setsuko losing herself to Hikigaya-kun. Instead, she should worry about Hikigaya-kun losing himself to Setsuko.
"Nanasaki-san, Yukino already told me the general situation, so don't worry. Your friend's problem is easy to solve. Just stay nearby and watch quietly."
Hachiman was already used to the reaction succubi had when seeing him. He grabbed Kumatsu Yukariko, who had just opened her mouth to bite him, lifted her up, restrained her hands, and sat down beside Mikado Ryoko with a nod.
"Doctor Ryoko, long time no see. Good afternoon."
"Hachiman-kun, since you're here, I'll leave Kumatsu-san's problem to you. Just remember to clean the sheets afterward. Don't leave any strange smells behind."
Mikado Ryoko smiled as she watched Hachiman skillfully hold the restless Kumatsu Yukariko, who kept sticking out her pink tongue and moving around his neck.
"The sheets were already wet to begin with, alright? And you still want me to clean up too, Doctor Ryoko?"
Hachiman wrapped an arm around Kumatsu Yukariko, who kept licking him, while turning to look at the bed she had just been lying on. Seeing the soaked sheets, he felt speechless.
He didn't come to the infirmary that often, and every time he used cleaning magic before and after.
But this time he hadn't even sat on the bed yet.
"If you don't clean up, then next time you're not allowed to bring girls here to play in my infirmary. Oh right, one of my close friends came to Earth from outer space and will be working with me at Sobu High. I need you to help arrange things for her."
Watching Hachiman continue living a ridiculous life at school as if completely unaffected despite getting together with Princess Lala, Mikado Ryoko waved her hand with a smile and stopped talking about the patient, instead bringing up her close friend.
"You could just tell Lala and the others about something like that."
Hachiman lowered his head to look at the purple twin-tailed beauty Kumatsu Yukariko in his arms and lightly pinched one of the fangs in her mouth. Mikado Ryoko and Lala already knew each other. A small matter like this could be arranged with just a casual word from Lala.
"I already told them. What I actually want is to remind you to pay attention to my friend."
"You mean I should stay away from her?"
Hachiman looked up at Mikado Ryoko, not quite understanding what she meant by "arrange things."
"No. I want to ask you to get her into bed."
Mikado Ryoko smiled at Hachiman.
"?"
Hachiman stared at Mikado Ryoko's completely natural expression and wondered whether he had somehow lost his memory.
He didn't remember developing any special relationship with Mikado Ryoko. So why was she actively trying to send her best friend into his bed?
"My close friend's name is Tearju Lunatique. Not only is she a universe-level authority in bioengineering, she's also a beautiful blonde, busty glasses-wearing onee-san. She's no worse than the young girls around you. The only issue is that she's an extreme airhead who can trip even on flat ground, so she's unreliable in daily life."
Mikado Ryoko understood Hachiman's confusion and slowly explained.
"Also, even though she's never been in a relationship, she has a daughter who doesn't easily accept outsiders, so it's hard for her to find someone to marry. Every blind date I introduced got chased away by her daughter."
"I remember Hachiman-kun once said you wanted to become a househusband, right? I think you and Tearju would get along well. You'd probably be able to understand and take care of clumsy Tearju."
"Of course, I also asked Princess Lala about this important matter. As long as you like her, she doesn't mind that Tearju has a daughter."
During her student years, Tearju had focused entirely on her studies and had no awareness of romance at all. Every attempt by Mikado Ryoko to introduce someone to her ended in failure.
But Mikado Ryoko felt that with Tearju's qualities, being an older unmarried mother wasn't enough to become a true obstacle. The real reason Tearju couldn't marry was her daughter.
Tearju cared deeply about her daughter. If her daughter disliked someone, then Tearju would never consider them. But the opposite was also true. If her daughter liked someone, then Tearju would happily agree.
As far as she knew, Hachiman seemed fairly popular with little girls. Maybe Tearju's daughter, Eve, would accept him.
"Your friend's daughter... was she once an assassin?"
After hearing the name Tearju, Hachiman finally confirmed that Mikado Ryoko's close friend was indeed Tearju, the "mother" of Golden Darkness.
But he hadn't expected Golden Darkness to already be with Tearju instead of wandering around as an assassin.
"So Princess Lala already told you too? That's right. Tearju's daughter did work as an assassin for a while during the chaotic period and even gained the name Golden Darkness. But after the galactic wars ended and the queen took charge of government affairs, Tearju was recruited for research work, and her daughter was brought back with the queen's help."
Mikado Ryoko assumed Lala had told Hachiman about it and nodded with a smile.
Tearju's daughter disliking Tearju's blind dates wasn't as simple as merely rejecting them.
As a biological weapon, Eve's combat ability was extremely high. You could even say she rivaled Princess Lala herself. If any blind date kept stubbornly pursuing Tearju, Eve would directly use force to threaten them. That gave Mikado Ryoko headaches too. At this rate, Tearju really would stay a single mother forever.
"Can I take this as a request from you? Does your friend Tearju know about this?"
Hachiman looked at the seductive older woman Mikado Ryoko, who was around the same age as Tearju, and confirmed again.
He wasn't worried about threats from Golden Darkness Eve. He just wasn't sure whether Golden Darkness would accept him.
If Golden Darkness were still wandering outside as an assassin, he would have some confidence. But now that she had already found her mother, would Golden Darkness really accept him as a father?
"She only knows I want to introduce someone to her. She doesn't know who yet. But if you can gain Tearju and Eve's favor and become Eve's father, I'll reward you properly too."
As she spoke, Mikado Ryoko leaned forward and lightly tugged at the neckline near her chest, giving Hachiman a meaningful wink.
"Oh right, Tearju is currently living next door to Kirisu Mafuyu and the others. When you go visit them, you can invite Tearju along too."
"Looks like you already planned everything out. Fine, I'll give it a try."
Hachiman remained unmoved by the intentionally exposed cleavage from Mikado Ryoko. After all, he saw plenty of beauties every day. He only felt that Mikado Ryoko had some hidden motive.
Still, he genuinely liked Golden Darkness and Tearju, so Mikado Ryoko's request suited him quite well.
Though he also hadn't expected Golden Darkness to stop being an assassin and instead come to Earth as the "daughter" of single mother Tearju.
Nanasaki Ai watched Hachiman and Mikado Ryoko chatting happily together, then looked at Kumatsu Yukariko, who had gradually struggled down from Hachiman's lap to the floor. Hachiman was pressing on her head, leaving her only able to stare up at him with crimson eyes. Nanasaki Ai opened her mouth several times but stopped herself from speaking.
This scene looked strangely familiar. Last time in the changing room, when he trained Rihoko Sakurai, it had looked just like this too.
Did Hikigaya-kun really enjoy discussing serious matters while helping girls at the same time?
Though what Doctor Mikado talked about wasn't exactly serious either. She was actually asking Hikigaya-kun to sleep with her best friend. But somehow it didn't seem much different from her current situation while watching her own close friend.
At this point she didn't even know whether something was wrong with herself or everyone else.
Hikigaya-kun seemed completely used to it already. The moment he arrived, he started helping Setsuko, and he was even willing to help a single mother mentioned by Teacher Mikado.
Honestly speaking, Nanasaki Ai really wanted to stop Hachiman and Kumatsu Yukariko. She wanted to stop them from openly carrying out this improper male-female intimate behavior right in the infirmary in front of a teacher.
But when she saw the crazed expression on Kumatsu Yukariko's face gradually ease, her burning red cheeks slowly cool down, and the tail behind her stop thrashing wildly and instead wrap around Hachiman's leg, Nanasaki Ai froze.
Kumatsu Yukariko covered her flushed face tightly with both hands, yet her eyes kept staring through the gaps between her fingers.
If she ignored what they were doing and only looked at her expression, Nanasaki Ai would think her friend had been given some miracle fever medicine. Otherwise, how could she recover that quickly?
"Mmh... guh!"
Under Nanasaki Ai's reluctant sneaking glances, Kumatsu Yukariko, who had been clinging to Hachiman the whole time, slowly regained her sanity. The haze in her eyes disappeared.
But the moment she fully woke up, her whole body froze. She looked up at Hachiman, the male lead from all the rumors spreading across campus, while her throat slowly moved.
"Hello, Kumatsu-san."
Hachiman had been talking with Mikado Ryoko. After noticing Kumatsu Yukariko's movements slowing down, he lowered his head toward the purple-haired twin-tailed beauty and greeted her first.
"Y-You, th-this, mm..."
Seeing the smile on Hachiman's face, Kumatsu Yukariko trembled all over and immediately came back to her senses. Realizing she was still holding onto him tightly, she instantly panicked.
But the thoughts in her mind and her body's reactions were completely different. That pleasant smell made her not want to leave the boy in front of her at all.
"Nanasaki-san, you're Kumatsu-san's friend, so come explain the current situation to her."
Hachiman gently soothed Kumatsu Yukariko, who still hadn't fully awakened as a half-succubus, then turned toward Nanasaki Ai beside him and signaled for her to come help explain things.
Last time, when helping Rihoko Sakura, Nanasaki Ai had watched from inside the changing room. This time, while helping Kumatsu Yukariko, she was also standing nearby watching.
Aside from Gabriel and the others, Nanasaki Ai seemed to be the only one who could watch this kind of thing up close so many times without personally joining in.
Even Yukinoshita Yukino had needed to hold hands tightly with her sister Yukinoshita Haruno and sit on his lap kissing him the first time she saw something like this.
"..."
Nanasaki Ai silently stared at Hachiman, who was seriously asking her to explain the current situation.
How was she supposed to explain this?
How could this even be explained?
After struggling for a long time, she could only force herself to stay calm with a slightly red face and awkwardly skip over many parts she didn't know how to describe. She briefly explained how Kumatsu Yukariko had been brought to the infirmary by her and their classmates, how her condition worsened in the infirmary, Mikado Ryoko's diagnosis, and finally the current position between Hachiman and Kumatsu Yukariko.
Yes, especially the last part. In order to avoid looking like she had sold out her friend and prevent Setsuko from misunderstanding that she had pushed her toward Hachiman, Nanasaki Ai endured the embarrassment and shame and carefully explained the entire process she had witnessed.
Although if Hikigaya-kun hadn't shown up on his own, she still would have needed Teacher Mikado to help bring Setsuko to the Service Club after school.
But right now, the fact was that Setsuko had thrown herself at Hikigaya-kun. Hikigaya-kun hadn't even done anything excessive to her himself. He merely watched while Setsuko continuously "attacked" him and played with her purple twin-tails tied with black ribbon bows.
"I-I'm s-sorr... mm..."
Although Nanasaki Ai's explanation sounded absurd and ridiculous, Kumatsu Yukariko trusted her because she knew what kind of person she was. She even forced open her already strained cherry-colored lips and gave Hachiman a muffled apology.
She had no choice but to believe it.
She had been conscious for so long already, yet she still hadn't let go.
Who would believe she wasn't the one acting voluntarily? Even she herself didn't believe it.
If anyone really investigated seriously, she felt like she would be the one held responsible. She had actually attacked a strange boy. The disciplinary committee would definitely arrest her and use her as a bad example.
Thinking of this, Kumatsu Yukariko screamed internally, 'WHY DID THINGS TURN OUT LIKE THIS!!!'
She woke up one day with a tail and became a suspected succubus demi-human.
At first she thought it was a good thing, but who could have expected that becoming a demi-human wouldn't bring her any benefits at all? She couldn't even attend class normally anymore, and her body's symptoms kept getting worse.
And now, after waking up again, she found herself kneeling in front of the school's famous boy. This was way too shameless.
"There's no need to apologize. None of this is your fault. Even without Nanasaki-san's request, I would still help solve your succubus transformation problem."
"Actually, your succubus transformation is easy to solve. You just need to absorb enough awakening magic essence to successfully awaken as a succubus instead of getting stuck halfway like this."
Seeing that Kumatsu Yukariko didn't lash out at him after waking up and even apologized for biting him, Hachiman felt quite satisfied. As expected of a heroine from the underground world. Her ability to accept things really was strong.
Although most underground world heroines had strange ways of thinking and fell easily, he also had to admit that when they hadn't fallen yet, they were honestly even better than outer world heroines. They were excellent in all aspects and very easy to comfort once persuaded.
Of course, it might also be because his succubus-attracting constitution was affecting things. Even though Kumatsu Yukariko hadn't fully transformed into a succubus yet, she still couldn't control herself. With her mind awake while watching her own body fall apart like this, no matter how much she wanted to argue, her excuses felt weak. She could only admit this humiliating reality.
"..."
After several more rounds of treatment, Kumatsu Yukariko finally felt like she could stop obsessing over Hachiman. Realizing she was about to lose control and throw herself onto him in front of her friend Nanasaki Ai, she quickly pushed herself upright against his knees and hurried behind Nanasaki Ai. While wiping her mouth with the back of her hand, she shyly asked in a small voice.
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