While Ijichi Nijika and the others were discussing with Inoue Takina and Nishikigi Chisato what time they would go to the Service Club together, Hachiman had already finished the enhanced training for Shiina Shizuku and the others from the track and field club, and was now doing… tutoring in the apartment where Karuizawa Kei lived.
Although the school building behind Sobu High had already been renovated, considering issues such as demi-human identities, strength, and living habits, the building was still only open to demi-humans or special groups of people.
Those transfer students who had been streamed over from Advanced Nurturing High School, like Karuizawa Kei and the others, still had to live in this apartment.
If there was no need to get close to demi-humans, interact with demi-humans, or conveniently commute to school, living in an off-campus apartment was actually more comfortable.
After all, the students did not have to pay rent themselves. As long as their families gave them some living expenses, they could live quite comfortably.
But considering that their usual exam results would also affect recommendations for high-quality jobs after graduation, most of these girls from Advanced Nurturing High School came from ordinary families. Even if they were not desperately short on living expenses, they still had to study hard.
What was more, among them were those short on money, those bad at studying, those with families they needed to take care of, and many other complicated situations.
The reason Hachiman was so busy and still made time to come to the apartment so late was also to tutor Karuizawa Kei and the others.
They had agreed last time that he would come tutor them, and if he did not do it tonight, this round of exams would already be over.
Thanks to the teaching halo that had been upgraded several times recently, even without maintaining intimate relationships or close distances with so many of them, as long as they were a bit closer to him, they could enjoy the bonus from the teaching halo.
Tonight's tutoring should not take too long, and then he could return to the Service Club to continue the magical girl development ritual.
However, before starting the tutoring, he first had to give Karuizawa Kei some special coaching.
"Master..."
Karuizawa Kei curled up in Hachiman's arms, gently wrapping her hands around his waist, her dazed eyes pressing her head against his chest.
Her usual high ponytail had long since been undone, her golden long hair spilling over her round shoulders and fair back.
The arms holding Hachiman were wearing white arm guards that went past her elbows, and on her long, slightly tilted and close-together legs were a pair of white thigh-high boots.
"Are you still not getting up? You already messaged the others to come over. If you do not get up soon, they will see."
Hachiman lowered his head to look at Karuizawa Kei, who still had not moved and was only murmuring, and gently toyed with her platinum-blond long hair that was far more gorgeous and dazzling than usual.
As his cute and obedient little pet, Karuizawa Kei naturally also had to become a magical girl.
If Karuizawa Kei were not the first one here to accept his development, the others would definitely misunderstand and think that he did not like Karuizawa Kei that much.
However, perhaps because Karuizawa Kei had once suffered bullying and had to do everything she could to protect herself, her magical girl outfit was a rather rare knight's armor, and her exclusive weapon was a knight's lance.
After transforming into a magical girl, Karuizawa Kei's facial features and aura became somewhat valiant and imposing for a time.
Of course, aura was aura. Her personality had not changed at all, and Karuizawa Kei understood him very well.
The knight's armor that looked completely sealed up was only partially transformed under Karuizawa Kei's control, instead becoming even more stimulating to him than under normal circumstances.
"Our relationship, Master, everyone must have already noticed it. Even if it gets discovered, it does not really matter."
Hearing Hachiman teasing her, Karuizawa Kei slowly raised her head and could not help but greedily kiss his neck again.
"What is more, they will all be eaten by you sooner or later anyway."
As the confidence her master poured into her increased, her courage also grew larger and larger. She was no longer afraid at all of others finding out about her special relationship with her master.
It was obvious that everyone envied her good relationship with her master. Acting all secretive instead would be inappropriate.
As long as everyone lay together on her master's bed, there would be no problem at all even if her intimacy with her master was exposed.
"Sato Maya seems to be particularly interested in you, Master. She often asks me things about you."
"Matsushita Chiaki has asked too, but she did not ask in as much detail. Her family background seems pretty good, and she does not really care about the school's living expense subsidies."
"Mori Nene and Shinohara Satsuki are actually easier to take down. If you want, Master, we can make them our own tonight."
While feeling Hachiman's body heat, Karuizawa Kei chattered on about the situation of the friends around her, telling Hachiman how to take down her friends.
"And the prettiest one, Sakura Airi."
"I have carefully observed Sakura Airi. She is actually very pretty. Like Bocchi-chan, she has a very pretty face and that type with especially big breasts."
"It is just that she usually wears glasses, ties up her long hair, does not like to dress up, and always keeps her head down and her back hunched. She hardly talks at all, so she is so inconspicuous."
"The last time in the library, the shy and timid Sakura Airi kept secretly looking at you, Master. I think she has a good impression of you."
"As for Hasebe Haruka, who is only a little bit younger than Sakura Airi, she is also the more withdrawn type. But unlike Sakura Airi, who has no friends, her social connections are much wider. Strictly speaking, she is not part of my little group."
Karuizawa Kei really wanted to package up all the beautiful girls in the class and offer them to her master.
That way, with so many pets here needing her master's care, her master would definitely come often to spend time with her.
Unfortunately, she was not the only one in the class who wanted to curry favor with her master.
Kushida Kikyo and Sakayanagi Arisu were both stronger than her in terms of social skills and methods. She could only pull people into her little group in advance before those people realized how amazing her master was.
Sato Maya, Matsushita Chiaki, Shinohara Satsuki, Mori Nene, Sakura Airi, Hasebe Haruka. If she counted carefully, the number of people in her little group was already quite a lot.
But there were still so many people in the class. There were even several small groups, and people who drifted outside of those groups.
If only she could absorb Horikita Suzune, who always studied and read alone, into her little group.
Although Horikita Suzune did not look like she would be very obedient, she really was especially beautiful and good-looking, a bit like the vice president of her master's Service Club.
Karuizawa Kei felt that if all the pets in her little group were obedient, her master would probably get bored. Occasionally having a few slightly rebellious pets, cold-faced pets who said no with their mouths but were honest with their bodies, her master would probably like that very much.
"Um, um... Hachiman-kun, are you here..."
Just as Karuizawa Kei was thinking about how to find new pets for Hachiman, a pink head cautiously peeked in through the half-open door.
"Sakura, you are here? Come over quickly and accompany Master."
Seeing the pink twin-tailed girl peeking in, Karuizawa Kei's eyes lit up. She hurriedly got up from Hachiman's arms, barefoot, and quickly walked to Sakura Airi at the doorway.
"M-Master? I did not see anything!"
Hearing the way Karuizawa Kei addressed him, and seeing the special outfit on Karuizawa Kei that only covered her legs and arms, Sakura Airi trembled all over, her pretty face flushing red as she immediately lowered her head and panicked, trying to leave.
But there was no way Karuizawa Kei was going to let her go now.
She directly grabbed Sakura Airi, pressed her hands onto her shoulders, and only after making her sit down beside Hachiman did she turn around to get drinks from the fridge.
"Sakura, sit here first. I will get you a drink."
"U-oolong tea is fine..."
Being forcibly pulled to sit beside Hachiman, Sakura Airi kept her head lowered, not daring to look up at the white smoothness on Karuizawa Kei's body that had shocked and flustered her so much. She could only obediently ask for a random tea drink.
If she had not seen it wrong...
Just now, Karuizawa-san and Hachiman-kun had the door open and were doing it right here?
That bold?
But why had she not heard any sounds at all?
She had lingered outside the door for quite a while before finally mustering the courage to push it open. If there had been sounds, she definitely would have heard them.
Or was it that they only opened the door afterward, sat back down, and did not clean up?
Suddenly facing such a shocking scene, Sakura Airi's head was a mess, and she could not calm down at all.
If it were just embarrassment, she might not have been so flustered.
B-but she did not know why, staying beside Hachiman-kun gave her a particularly reassuring feeling.
After the brief tutoring session in the library last time, Hachiman-kun's figure often appeared in her mind.
It was the first time she had met a boy who did not make her feel afraid. Not just boys, even girls she had known for a long time had never given her such a strong, reassuring sense of safety.
But she had not expected that before she could muster the courage to use this tutoring session to talk more with Hachiman-kun and confirm the feelings in her heart, she would see how intimate Karuizawa-san and Hachiman-kun were.
For a moment, she did not know whether she should continue feeling shy or feel sad.
She knew she was completely unworthy of Hachiman, but she had not even started her unrequited love yet. This was just too painful.
If she had not rushed to come over first, maybe she would not have learned about the special relationship between Hachiman and Karuizawa-san...
Hachiman did not speak, only quietly observing Sakura Airi, who had almost buried her head in her chest.
Sakura Airi's traits were really similar to Bocchi-chan's. Both were inconspicuous on the surface, but actually very beautiful pink-haired busty beauties.
Bocchi-chan's online identity was "Guitar Hero," a top-tier guitarist who had grown from a rookie, while Sakura Airi's online identity was the blog idol and gravure model "Shizuku."
Mm... these socially anxious girls all liked this style. In reality, they were timid, gloomy background characters, while online they were talented and popular beautiful girls.
However, although he really liked Sakura Airi's small-animal-like cuteness, Sakura Airi's fate in the original story was rather pitiful. She spent a long time in unrequited love, and in the end was even expelled.
"Sakura, your oolong tea."
Karuizawa Kei quickly placed the ice-cold tea drink in front of Sakura Airi, smiling as she pushed the still-head-down Sakura Airi into Hachiman's arms.
"Ah? Karuizawa-san?"
"Sakura, I know you like Master."
Karuizawa Kei did not mind Sakura Airi's exclamation. She gently lifted Sakura Airi's bangs, revealing her delicate and perfect cute face, then reached out to remove the red-framed glasses from the bridge of her nose, making her flustered, darting eyes meet her own.
"You do not need to worry about what I think. I am just Master's pet. My relationship with Master is not the kind you are imagining."
She could more or less guess Sakura Airi's thoughts. After all, with someone as ordinary as her being so close to Master, most people would think she had a special relationship with him.
The relationship was special, yes, but not the kind Sakura Airi was thinking of.
'B-being Hachiman-kun's pet?'
Hearing this, Sakura Airi could not help slowly opening her small mouth, staring in disbelief at Karuizawa Kei, who had pushed her into Hachiman's arms.
After seeing that scene just now, she had thought Karuizawa Kei and Hachiman were lovers, or at least a very ambiguous couple.
She never imagined that the two of them were actually in a master and pet relationship?
"Yes. A pet that parasitizes Master, is raised and protected by Master."
Karuizawa Kei's expression remained calm as she stared at Sakura Airi and spoke unhurriedly.
"If you like Master, Sakura, you can completely become Master's pet just like me. Master really likes the obedient, cute, and pretty type like you."
Although Master encouraged her to be strong and confident and did not require her to do these things, she did not feel that being Master's pet was bad at all.
Could other people become Master's pets? Could they do it?
"N-no way. How could I compare to Karuizawa-san..."
Hearing Karuizawa Kei praise her looks, Sakura Airi felt a bit embarrassed. She could not help sneaking a glance at Hachiman, and when she saw him looking at her, she hurriedly lowered her head again.
Although it sounded a bit strange, Karuizawa-san was actually persuading her to become Hachiman-kun's pet together.
But when she heard her say that Hachiman-kun liked her type, a wave of joy she could not suppress surged up in her heart.
"As long as you know my true relationship with Master, that is enough. As long as you can listen to Master, I do not mind you serving Master together with me."
After saying this, Karuizawa Kei did not press the advantage, nor did she forcefully pull Sakura Airi to serve Hachiman together. Instead, she directly turned around, took some clothes, and went to the bathroom to change, leaving Sakura Airi some space to be alone with Hachiman.
Although Sakura Airi was prettier than her and had a much better figure, she truly did not mind at all.
Because with Sakura Airi's personality, she could only be Master's pet, raised and protected by Master, and had no way of helping Master find new pets.
It was a pity that Sakura Airi from next door had already come over. The others were very likely to come over soon as well. Otherwise, she could have put a resonance collar on Sakura Airi, used the resonance bracelet to beg Master to dote on her a few more times, and turn Sakura Airi into Master's little pet on the spot.
However, judging from how much Sakura Airi cared about Master, even without her intervening, Sakura Airi would probably throw herself into Master's arms anyway...
In the future, when she served Master, she could bring Sakura Airi along with her.
All of a sudden, only Hachiman and Sakura Airi were left in the room.
Sakura Airi immediately did not know what to say. With her head lowered, she wanted to sneak a glance at Hachiman, but like a startled little animal, the moment she touched his gaze, she recoiled.
She had no experience dealing with boys, or rather, she had very little experience even dealing with girls. Usually, when someone talked to her, she basically could not say anything, or would just run away.
She had finally managed not to be afraid... staying by Hachiman-kun's side did not give her the usual anxious panic and urge to flee.
Yet she had no experience at all, and at this moment she was so nervous that she could not speak.
Sakura Airi lowered her head, using the corner of her eye to look at Hachiman's long fingers beside her, silently struggling for a long while.
Until she felt that Karuizawa Kei, who had gone to the bathroom to change clothes, seemed to be almost done, and that the others could come over for tutoring at any moment, Sakura Airi finally clenched her hands tightly and suddenly raised her head.
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