His masked intentions were finally revealed. Everyone could see the real meaninghe wasn't talking about a normal party, but a mass harem event.
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Chapter 201: Party Rejected, Panty...
Rei Ao issued his "party" invitation. Everyone had different reactions:
Machida Sonoko: "Though I might feel awkward about doing it in front of others, I'm okay with it~"
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "???This editor's behavior is so strange. How can she adapt so easily to a multi-person party? This is too crazy!"
Miura Yumiko: "Ugh? N-No way, you perv!"
Kato Megumi: "Um, sorry, Rei Ao-kun, but I might need more time."
Kato Hiromi: "Eeek, you scared me for a second thereI thought Megumi was going to agree. Just imagining my little sister lined up with other people Ugh, I can't bear to look! Too indecent!"
Kato Megumi: "Sis"
Hiratsuka Shizuka: "Kid, you're pushing your luck!"
Rei Ao: "Sigh, what a pity. A giant-bed sleepover will need more time to build up toI'll need to keep working at it."
Kobayashi: "Mm I feel like the direction you're 'working at' is really off."
Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Not just offcompletely bizarre."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "Ideally, you shouldn't work in that direction at all. People shouldn't behave that way."
Eriri Sawamura: "Agreed!"
Eriri wholeheartedly agreed to stop Rei Ao from his plan of sleeping under one big blanket. There were far too many rivals already! She was beyond jealous of Mumei and the others, but she couldn't bring herself to push for a trade. She could only convert her frustration into creative power, picking up her drawing pen to illustrate a scene of Rei Ao doing to "her" what he'd done with Mumei. Sketching it made her blush furiously.
Hiratsuka Shizuka: "Anyway, just try being late today. I dare you!"
Rei Ao: "Try me? And if I am late what, are you going to use a stick on me?"
Hiratsuka Shizuka: "???"
Yuigahama Yui: "Rei Ao-kun, p-please don't let your private life get so chaotic, or you'll y-you'll get sick."
She tried to be helpful, reminding him out of goodwill.
Rei Ao: "Thank you for the concern, but I won't get sick. No need to worry about that."
Yuigahama Yui: "Ugh"
Her head sank lower as she ate breakfast.
What am I even saying? That was such an awkward thing
"Yui, what's wrong?" her mom asked, noticing Yui's strange expression. She'd recently observed Yui spacing out or looking abnormal from time to time, worried Yui might be dealing with some emotional issues.
Yui perked up defensively:
"It's nothing, Mom. I'm totally fine."
Yet gazing at her mother, Yui felt a surge of envy. If only I could be as mature as Mom, I wouldn't be stuck with so many worries.
Indeed, Yui had a problem: the struggle of adolescence. She felt lost about her feelings for Rei Ao.
Suddenly, she had a sensation of the world spinning around her.
Meanwhile
"We're going to be late. Gab, why are you only up now?"
Glancing at the bed-headed, lifeless Gabriel, Raphiel frowned. Gab seemed to have sunk too far into apathy.
"Huh? Late already?"
Gabriel blinked in surprise, then immediately lapsed back into her sleepy state and turned toward her bedroom.
"Wait, Gab, where are you going?"
It didn't make sense for her to shuffle off to her room instead of getting ready for school.
But Gabriel yawned:
"Since we're already late, might as well get some good sleep."
"Huh?! You're going to skip class?"
Raphiel understood. This was out of the question!
She warned Gabriel sternly:
"If you skip class, Gabyour big sister might come here to 'educate' you."
"!!!"
Hearing that name, Gabriel froze mid-step on her way back to bed. That was her greatest fear.
"E-eh, as if I'd skip. Of course not!"
Next second, she jerkily spun around and rushed into the bathroom.
Even so, Gabriel didn't exactly hurry; she just moved sluggishly, driving Raphiel crazy.
"Gab, if you keep dawdling, we really will be late."
But Gabriel wasn't the least bit anxiousshe wore a smug grin:
"Raphi, you seem to have forgotten. We're angels. I can teleport, so whooshI can get to school in an instant."
""
So that was her planto cheat by teleporting.
"All right, I'll head out with Vigne and the others, then."
Raphiel hadn't perfected her own teleportation yet.
"Mm-mm."
Gabriel nodded vaguely.
Only after Raphiel left did Gab finish washing up, feeling a bit more awake. She grabbed her bag and used a teleport spell!
In theory, she should "pop!" appear in a hidden spot near the school. But she found herself still standing in the living room.
Yet something had vanished with a whoosh.
""
Gabriel's cheeks burned as she looked down at the sudden draft around her skirt, reflexively squeezing her legs shut.
She realized she'd bungled the spell because of her lazy state. She hadn't teleported herselfshe'd teleported her underwear.
Soher panties were now inside the school somewhere?
"My panties!"
Face red, Gabriel dashed back to her room.
"Argh, guess I really can't go to class today If someone finds out those panties are mine, I might as well blow the world's final trumpet"
Meanwhile
Rei Ao returned home and used teleportation to bring Maiwho for some reason was full of shame and awkwardnessto the school. That was why he wouldn't be late under Shizuka's watchhe could use teleportation.
Tsk. But the moment they arrived at school, a piece of cloth slapped against Rei Ao's face.
"Huh?"
Mai glimpsed the cloth Rei Ao peeled from his face and froze. It was a small white pair of panties with a little bear pattern on it.
"Rei Ao-kun, d-did you bringsomeone else'ser, underwear?"
Mai backed away, baffled. She couldn't imagine Rei Ao had teleported the underwear from Mumei or the others, given he had so many real-life "options" if he needed them. Especially since Rei Ao had just been at that "party" with Mumei, Horobi, etc. He was hardly so starved as to snatch a pair of panties.
Mai believed in Rei Ao, but she was still perplexed about the panties' sudden appearance. What exactly were they?
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Chapter 202: Reported to the Student Council (Bonus Chapter)
"This isn't something I brought along."
Rei Ao raised an eyebrow as he held the little undergarment in his hand. He recognized the familiar aura mingled with the faintly "fallen" scent on it.
"It seems to belong to Gabriel. She probably used a teleportation spell."
"Huh?"
Mai trusted him, but this explanation just left her more confused.
Why would Gabriel teleport her underwear onto Rei Ao's face?
Feeling the warmth of the cloth, Rei Ao's eyes flashed. He imagined the likeliest scenario.
"I think Gabriel was running late, tried using teleportation to get to school, but the spell misfired and this happened."
"What?"
Mai was astonished.
"An angel can mess up casting a spell? That's an angel!"
Rei Ao: "She's fallen."
One phrase shut down further argument.
""
Mai couldn't find any rebuttal. Right. Gabriel was an angel who had sunk into gaming addiction and moral decline. From that viewpoint, a spell failure didn't seem impossible anymore.
"So these undergarments"
Mai began, only to see Rei Ao casually stuff them into his pocket.
"I'll give them back to her later. Let's head to class."
""
Mai's lips twitched. She already knew Rei Ao was not someone to be messed with, and now she didn't have the nerve to interfere in others' business. Especially since she had "Rei Ao" scribbled on her own chest, stomach, and thighs. Rather than worry about others, she had to ensure nobody noticed her own predicamentotherwise, it'd be social suicide.
Catching Rei Ao's puzzled look, she shot him a fierce glare and turned to walk toward her classroom.
"Is she jealous?"
Rei Ao, who didn't know what was really going on, could only assume so.
In truth, Mai thought Rei Ao was indulging in one of his weird kinks and decided to tolerate it without mentioning anything. She planned to have him erase all those odd doodles when they got home that evening.
Having just stepped back into the classroom, Rei Ao was met by Kato Megumi, who came over wearing a helpless expression.
"Rei Ao-kun, there's something important I need to tell you."
"Something important?"
"Yes, weseem to have been reportedor rather, falsely accused."
"Huh?"
Rei Ao was puzzled. Even Hyodo Michiru, who had been watching Rei Ao closely since before he arrived, looked perplexed.
During the mid-morning break, a group of studentspeople who practically never visited the student councilwere gathered in the student council room:
Rei Ao, Kato Megumi, Eriri Sawamura, Kasumigaoka Utaha, and Hyodo Michiru. Four "side heroine" girls plus the male lead, Rei Ao. Of course, the two in charge of the student council, Shinomiya Kaguya and Fujiwara Chika, were also present.
They had called him, along with the other three girls (excluding Hyodo Michiru), for a reason. After exchanging some simple greetings and niceties, they took out a letter.
"I assume you already know why we asked you to come."
"Uh, did someone report us forshameless fooling around?"
Utaha folded her arms, her eyes narrowing in displeasure.
"Can you tell me who did this? I'm not the sort who lets an insult to my reputation slide."
They had been brought here to investigate a so-called complaint letter. It accused the four of them of being entangled in unspeakable relationships, which, if true, would seriously violate school rules. That was why Kaguya needed to investigate.
"I'd like to know, too. Who would do something so disgusting?"
Eriri clenched her fists, exposing a little fang in frustration. Sure, she aimed to captivate Rei Ao, but that didn't mean she had actually succeeded. Such a report was clearly a malicious attempt to ruin their reputations. If the student council had openly announced it and called them in, rumors would run wild even if they were proven innocent. Fortunately, Shinomiya Kaguya believed the letter's authenticity was questionable, so she quietly informed them in private.
"The person who reported thisis my cousin, Aki Tomoya."
The one who spoke was Hyodo Michiru. Her expression looked grim.
"Huh?"
Eriri squeaked, her face turning pale.
"H-Him? Butthat's impossible?"
She wasn't the only one. Even Kasumigaoka looked visibly unsettled, because that boy was known across the entire school aswell, a deceased student.
"Ahem."
Seeing both girls so shaken, Fujiwara Chika hastened to clarify:
"It's not a recent complaint. The letter was submitted before Aki Tomoya passed awayit just fell behind a desk and got lost. We only found it a couple of days ago during cleanup."
"I see."
With that explanation, the tense mood eased. Eriri had just feared some ghostly accusation from beyond the grave. Her pale face recovered somewhat, though she still looked upset hearing that name.
Megumi spoke in her usual calm tone:
"So, how do you plan to investigate this?"
"That's"
Kaguya and Fujiwara exchanged glances, both in a bind. Unless there were surveillance footage or photographic evidence, such claims were difficult to prove. Also, they couldn't launch a formal probe just from an unsigned, ambiguous complaint.
While they hesitated, Rei Ao took the initiative:
"This isn't difficult to settle."
"Hmm?" The others turned to him.
Before their eyes, Rei Ao reached out and took Megumi's hand:
"Among everyone present, only Megumi is my girlfriend. I'm not involved with the others."
"Eh?"
Hyodo Michiru let out a startled cry.
"Rei Ao-kun and Kato-sana couple?"
She hadn't known. Seeing their fingers interlocked, she felt a small sting of disappointment, recalling the way Rei Ao "lectured" her over the weekend. Fujiwara Chika's eyes lit upshe smelled juicy gossip. Kasumigaoka and Eiri both wore complicated expressions. Shinomiya Kaguya's cool eyes flickered slightly. She noticed an intense focus in Kato Megumi's gaze toward Rei Ao, something Kaguya had never seen before. It was as though Megumi saw no one but him. Still, Kaguya knew her role and suppressed her curiosity.
She frowned: "Then how do you explain your relationship with Miss Sawamura and Miss Kasumigaoka?"
"No need to explain," Rei Ao scoffed.
"There's nothing there, so what would I even explain? All I can tell you is, I had some conflict with that Aki Tomoya guy. He harassed Megumi; I beat him up. He also bothered Eriri, so I beat him up again."
Megumi nodded:
"Yes, Aki Tomoya tried forcing me into some strange club, and Rei Ao-kun put a stop to it."
"He also turned on me after I cut ties with him," Eriri added, "even pushed me down the stairs in a rage, and Rei Ao saved me."
Eiri looked a bit down. Meanwhile, Kasumigaoka said seriously:
"He also invited me to join his club, which I refused."
"I see"
In this situation, all their statements matched up, each from their own perspective. Fujiwara Chika brought her hands together. She'd whipped out a detective cap and glasses from who knew where.
"Hehe, Detective Chika has arrived!"
After a silly cheer, she tried to analyze things in earnest:
"I've already figured out the answer! According to multiple consistent testimonies, assuming they haven't colluded, all the evidence points in one direction!" She pointed at thin air.
"There is only one truth! Which is"
"Which is that it's very likely this Aki Tomoya, who had conflicts with you all, tried framing and slandering you."
"???"
Fujiwara Chika was dumbfounded because the one delivering the final deduction wasn't her, but the ever-stoic Shinomiya Kaguya.
"K-Kaguya-chan"
She looked at Kaguya with big, wounded eyes. Kaguya simply shot her a frosty look and said coolly:
"It's straightforward. No point dragging it out."
"Uuuh, but I wanted to be the one who declared the truth!"
Feeling as if her detective game was spoiled, Fujiwara Chika was on the verge of tears. She'd been building up to that moment, and now it felt wasted.
"Well, go ahead and say it," Kaguya offered calmly.
""
Fujiwara Chika puffed up her cheeks.
What could she say? Kaguya had already stated the conclusion.
"So he actually did such a thing"
Hyodo Michiru became more convinced by Rei Ao's group's account. She'd heard that after leaving the hospital, Aki Tomoya's mental state grew obsessive. In that condition, it wasn't unthinkable he'd do something like this. She felt disappointed. Aside from pity, she had no feelings left for that cousin of hers.
