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My buddy, whom I met by chance and who had been helping me for so long, was gone.
No matter how much I looked at the screen of my phone or searched through the files, the hypnosis app was completely gone. Even the traces of its former existence were cleanly lost.
“…It’s really gone completely…”
I mutter to myself as I look at my phone.
Several days have passed since I experienced the mysterious phenomenon of moving to another world with Mari and Fiana that day.
I don’t know how it happened after all, but I felt relieved that it wouldn’t happen again.
Just as I had lost the hypnosis app, my buddy also said that it would never manifest in our world again… In a way, the story of us over the hypnosis app had come to an end.
“… Huh.”
I think back on all the things that have really happened since my buddy came to me.
At first I thought I was going to devour girls out of lust, but the girls I tried to get my hands on always had problems, and when I dealt with those problems instead of enjoying their bodies… yeah, seven girls liked me.
“Mari, Emu, Saika, Aika, Fiana, Nayu, Mafuyu… it’s like I’m the hero of a story.”
While it was easy to imagine how my daily life would change through the hypnosis app, I never expected to fall in love with so many women.
I’ve been somewhat swept away, but I’ve given myself some answers, and here we are.
“My buddy left a connection between us, and I’m not going to lose it. So please watch over me with peace of mind.”
There is no need to try to change anything, the way to reassure and please my buddy is to stay on good terms with the girls as before.
“Kai~! Can I come in?”
“Yes~!”
My sister came in, dressed in her pyjamas.
Sitting next to me on the bed, she looks at the phone I had in my hand and opens her mouth.
“Hey, you’ve been looking at your phone a lot more since then. You might miss your reliable buddy, but there are plenty of other people you can rely on, you know?”
“I know.”
Incidentally, my sister also knows about my buddy… or rather, I decided to tell her as the story goes.
On that day when I said goodbye to my other self, I shared with everyone in the group chat what had happened as soon as I got back here, and naturally they were worried about the things that had happened.
( Everyone was saddened when I told them about my buddy’s disappearance, too. So even if they didn’t have an app like mine, my buddy was appreciated and valued by everyone.)
Well, if that was all, I wouldn’t have gone as far as telling my sister about my buddy.
But… soon after returning to this world, I found out that a new rule had been made here in Japan.
One man could marry more than one woman, meaning that our current relationship was now legally recognized in the world.
“The sudden change surprised me too, but I was happy to see that the current situation for you guys was going to be positive.”
Instead of a new rule being created, the process was that it had existed from the beginning. Of course, I thought that would be confusing, but it seems that the power my buddy left me with altered people’s consciousness in an exquisite way.
However, except for my father and mother, the memories of those who were infinitely close to me seemed to be intact, and my sister was very confused, but now she accepted it.
“Well, but it doesn’t seem to make any difference if this rule is made, does it?”
“Yes, it does. There’s no subsidy for marrying more than one woman, unless you have a lot of money to spare or you’re someone who is liked by more than one woman.”
Even though harems, or something similar, have been legalized, it’s safe to say that people still feel the same way, so for now, we’re the only ones who have lost our shackles due to this rule.
“And then there’s the hypnosis app… although it’s good that everyone accepted it and you’re liked by everyone. I can only imagine the what ifs.”
“…Yeah, I guess so. Well, but that future will never come.”
That future is enough for me, that idiot, in that world.
After that, we briefly talked about the future, then Sis went back to her room and I glanced at the group chat.
“Everyone’s so active.”
Everyone had been chatting since around the time I was talking to Sis, and the text from top to bottom was filled.
I guess I don’t have to… join in on this one.
I’ve just been through a lot recently, and I think I’ll just lie down and stare at the screen, meaning I want to rest.
[I feel like Kai-kun is watching me.]
[Senpai? ]
[Don’t ignore me.]
…It’s strange, the girls’ perceptiveness has been abnormally high lately.
As a result, I joined in the conversation, while smiling bitterly.
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Now, although it has become legal to date more than one woman, after all, there was no particular change in my student life.
In the first place, we have not been doing things like flirting at school, so our relationship now is still only between us.
“Hey Kai. Recently Aisaka is the same, but aren’t you getting along with Honma and Wagatsuma too?”
“Could it be… you’re dating everyone?!”
Even if they don’t make out, it seems that the atmosphere is palpable.
It’s just that my friends don’t react this way when they notice it, so it’s really just an added bonus that it’s permeating the world.
“I guess we get on really well.”
“…I’m jealous of you man”
“Kuh! What’s the difference between us and Kai!!!!”
Either you’ve met your buddy or you haven’t….
Chuckling at the two strangely frustrated ones, I was walking with the girls now that it was after school.
“…I still get a lot of stares on me, huh?”
“This is probably the only thing that won’t change.”
Mari approached me at the stage where the end-of-school assembly was over and it was after school, and Saika also came to the classroom afterwards.
Just going home with the two of them was enough to attract a certain amount of attention, but when Emu joins them here, it’s even more overwhelming.
“The stares are getting annoying.”
“Kai-kun, let’s show it off.”
“Eh?”
With a kiss, Saika’s soft lips touched my cheek.
I look at her in surprise, and she pulls her face away a little, then moves to my lips as if sliding them, and another kiss is exchanged.
“Oh my God, Saika.”
“But it’s certainly happening…”
By the way, there are some students around, so we are being watched completely.
Saika immediately seemed satisfied and moved away, but naturally Mari and Emu also took their turn to kiss me on the lips.
“I wonder if buddy-san would be happy to see us now.”
“I’m sure he will be pleased.”
“Yeah. I’m sure he’s watching over us.”
…See, I’m not the only one, buddy.
If you were still on my phone, you might shine up, and show me your good mood status, but my phone doesn’t respond to it anymore.
“Speaking of which, guys, are we still on schedule to get together this week?”
“I’m fine.”
“It’s all good!”
“Perfect!”
I can’t wait to get together at Nayu’s house, but it seems we have a lot to talk about.
But I’m not worried about anything. As long as we believe in our relationship, this bond will never be broken… so don’t worry, buddy. And keep smiling and watching over us happily for a long time.