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I was really thinking of skipping today.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\n{Chapter 3} Home Occupation by Outsiders\n
Part III\n
The woman, called Sally, was dressed in a long skirt with a long slit and bare feet, was listening to Shiroâs explanation with a âhmmmm.\n
âWell, is it this about this oni-san?ăâŠâŠ Hmmm, but he seems like a nice guyâŠâ\n
âSally-san!ăWeâve already decided!ăAnd thatâs all to it âŠ..â\n
âUm, Iâd like to continue our discussion. âŠâŠâ\n
ăWhile Hiroto said this, it was beginning to feel like the discussion was impossible.\n
ăHe didnât really want to, but he began to think that a fight was unavoidable.\n
ăBut there are so many of them. And each of them seemed to be very tough.\n
ăIf he wanted to fight them, he would have to be very prepared.\n
ăWithout changing his expression, Hiroto quietly âŠâŠ began to knead a small amount of Senki into his navel Dantian so that it would not be obvious. It is very small, but it is a dense senki.[What is this? a Chinese Novel now]\n
ăThis Senki is like a turbocharged engine of energy that Hiroto has acquired in actual combat in the demon world.\n
ăIt is a technique that Hiroto developed to compensate for his own shortcomings as a slow starter in battle. He kneads Senki secretly without anyone noticing, and when he releases it, he instantly draws out its full power.\n
ăHowever, as soon as he prepared for the eventuality, the room went silent.\n
(âŠâŠhm?ăNo way!ăExposed already!?)\n
ăHiroto broke out in a cold sweat. With this, it is no wonder that others will think that it was Hiroto who set the trap.\n
He felt the pressure from behind and glanced back with a bad premonition and a sense of âŠâŠ danger to himself.\n
There was Kiyoko, the red-haired girl, and the woman who had just been called Sally, on all fours, staring at him.\n
ăMoreover, at close range.\n
ăThe three women with flushed faces were fidgeting around their thighs, and Shiro was standing behind them, keeping her distance, but still giving them a feverish look.\n
âAh, um, âŠâŠ youâre a bit close. E-everyone?â\n
ăHiroto wondered if his earlier kneading of Senki had drawn out the other partyâs wariness, but that didnât seem to be the case. But for some reason, He was scared.\n
ăThree beautiful women, beautiful girls, crawling on all fours, came sizzling towards him.\n
ăHiroto subconsciously stepped back, trying to keep his distance.\n
ăAs the faces of the three of them lined up to the point where they were almost touching each other, Kiyoko looked at him wide-eyed and spoke up.\n
âSally. You just got back,âŠâŠ, what do you think?ăThis oni-sanâŠâŠ.â\n
âI think âŠâŠ is very good. I can feel it from his spiritual and Senki.â\n
âIsnât it?ăDoesnât it feel good?ăYou know that, right?â\n
ăHirotoâs face turned pale.\n
âWell, âŠâŠ, what are you talking about?â\n
ăHiroto broke out in a cold sweat at how easy they found out about Senki.\n
ăIgnoring the surprised Hiroto, Kiyoko now spoke to the red-haired girl.\n
âWhat about Susan?â\n
ââŠâŠâŠâŠ(full)â\n
âOh?ăSu-chan likes it too?â\n
ââŠâŠdelightedâ\n
ăThe red-haired girl who was called Susan also put her face close between Kiyoko and Sally and stared.\n
ăHiroto pulled back his waist and tensed up because of his poor stance and spacing, but as usual, the three of them did not seem to have the will to fight. So, he couldnât figure out what they were thinking.\n
ăThe three were slowly approachingâŠ..and Hiroto was backing away as if to match.\n
âKiyoko-san, Sally-san, uh, âŠâŠ Susan-san?ăWhen youâre this close, itâs âŠâŠ hard to have a discussion.â\n
âPlease call me Kiyoko.â\n
âAnd Iâm Sally.â\n
ââŠâŠ Susan.â\n
ăHirotoâs back touched the wall of earth, and he felt uncomfortable.\n
ăHe felt his body was in danger âŠâŠ.\n
ăBut, somehow, it is a danger that is not a mortal danger.\n
ăA red liquid flowed from the nostrils of Kiyoko who was staring at him without blinking.\n
âT-thatâŠâŠ got a nosebleed. As a woman, how is that?ăItâs âŠâŠ, just wow!â\n
ăAs if the nosebleed was a signal, Kiyoko jumped into Hiroto as if she couldnât take it anymore.\n
ăAnd a moment later, Sally and Susan followed suit.\n
âGyaaa!ăHey!ăWhy are you doing that?ăI donât know whatâs going on here!ăMugwu.â\n
âaahh, Oni-san!ăI canât take it anymore!ăIf you give me that much Senki, Iâm going to âŠâŠâ\n
âItâs same for Sally, too!ăChuu!â\n
ââŠâŠâŠâŠ(full!) Chuu!â\n
ăThe three of them embraced, kissed and squeezed Hiroto as they wished.\n
âIt hurts!ăIt hurtsssss!ăYour eyes, your eyes are scary, theyâre scary!ăAh, come on!ăDonât take off my clothes!â\n
ăFrom the outside, it was difficult to see where Hiroto was, and the others were so overwhelmed by the three; Kiyoko and co, that they could only watch. Hiroto also tried to escape, but it didnât work.\n
(No, they are too powerful to escape!ăWow, there are soft ones everywhere âŠâŠ!)\n
âHey, donât kiss me!ăDonât take off my clothes!ăAhâŠâŠâŠthere. P-Please someone help me!â\n
ăIn the end, he forgot about himself and even asked for help from other people.\n
(It canât be helped. Itâs a shame, but not âŠâŠ!ăItâs for escape!)\n
ăHirotoâs Senki rose and began to circulate throughout Hirotoâs body at âŠâŠ, and then\n
ăSupan!ăSupan!ăSupan!ăA pleasant, popping sound was heard three times.\n
âOuch!â\n
âIt hurts!â\n
ââŠâŠ (teary-eyed)â\n
Then the tightening finally loosened, and the three people who had attacked Hiroto in a different way pressed their heads together with their hands.\n
ăWhen he looked at the source, he could see Shiro standing there with a pair of slippers in each hand, trembling.\n
âAll of you!ăWhat are you doing?ăAnd even Sally-san and Susan !â\n
ăHiroto hurriedly escaped during this moment and hid behind Shiroâs back.\n
ăAnd from behind her back, he glared at the three of them with vigilant, kitten-like eyes.\n
ăThe three beauties, which had almost become beasts, came back to their sense and sullenly said, âIâm sorryâ.\n
âWhat the hell!ăOur goal is to get rid of this oni-san, isnât it!ăGenerally speaking, Iâm the only one who has business with this oni-san. âŠâŠEh?â\n
ăWhen Shiro was about to go into preaching mode by pointing at Hiroto who was right behind him, she slowly checked Hirotoâs figure from top to bottom and stiffened âŠâŠ.\n
ăHirotoâs upper body was now bare, his jeans were unbuckled, and his zipper was fully open. Furthermore,âŠâŠ, the underwear within it is also half off,âŠâŠ.\n
ăAnd Shiroâs face was suddenly dyed bright red from neck to forehead.\n
ăOnly after looking at the state of the Shiro, Hiroto realized that his appearance was not as it should be.\n
âIâm sorry!ăIâll wear it correctly right away. âŠâŠâ\n
âkyaaaaaaaaaaa!!â\n
âEhhhhhhhh!?ăGuha!â\n
ăA thud sound came!ăHe was not sure.\n
ăWhen Shiro swung her slipper, she hit Hiroto with an impact that drowned out her own scream.\n
ăHiroto was blown away as if he were a piece of paper that had lost its weight.\n
ăA moment later, (I let my guard down âŠâŠ. But I didnât know slippers were so powerful âŠâŠ), and then he crashed into a wall.\n
ăHiroto was covered in debris from the wall and pillar, and his consciousness went dark.[I HATE PATHETIC MC]\n
ăHiroto regained consciousness after a few momentsâŠâŠ but it was difficult to confirm the situation.\n
ăShaking his head, he got up from the cushion on the tattered tatami mat.\n
ăWhen he looked around him, he saw that the non-humans were sitting in three rows, as they had been in the beginning, and were concentrating on him.\n
âHuh?â\n
ăHiroto looked puzzled, and then Kiyoko came out and smiled, pushing Shiro, who had been hiding behind her, forward.\n
ăShiro looked down and could not look at âŠâŠ him.\n
âOni-san,âŠâŠ, Iâm sorry. I âŠâŠ. wasâ\n
ăApparently, she is referring to the fact that she flipped Hiroto off with her slippers earlier.\n
ăAs his consciousness became clearer, Hiroto felt a strange sensation.\n
ăBecause when he tried to move in here, they were trying to get rid of him.\n
ăIf so, they could have just thrown him outside, or if they were bad, they could have just taken his life.\n
ăBut now, right in front of him, he could see Shiro looking down at with her shoulders slumped and Kiyoko was next to her.\n
ăFrom the other side, Sally also put her hand on Shiroâs shoulder, looking worried. Susan was also staring at her, but only slightly, as if she was worried.\n
ăFor Hiroto, this was also unexpected.\n
ăIn fact, the discussion earlier had been so rough that it seemed like it was out of control.\n
ăBut the sight of these people, worriedly caring for Shiro, was like a pair of close sisters.\n
ăDespite receiving a blow that would not have been enough for a normal human being, Hirotoâs mouth naturally slackened at the sight.\n
ăHowever, perhaps because he was aware of the fact that he had given such a shock, Shiro was sitting upright with her small body.\n
ăCertainly, an ordinary person would have âŠâŠ well, died instantly, but âŠâŠ.\n
âShiro-san.â\n
âYes âŠâŠ.â\n
ăShiro was sullen and a little tearful.\n
ââŠâŠ Donât worry so much about it.â\n
âEh?â\n
ăShe looked up in surprise. At the same time, a white triangular ear popped up on her head.\n
ăLooking at it, Hiroto wondered what kind of metamorphosis it was?ăHe thought so but kept talking.\n
âIâm not angry at all. I think it could not be helped for Shiro-san to be surprised,âŠâŠ. And even though I look like this, Iâm sturdy, so donât worry!â\n
ăWhile saying that, Hiroto smiled and showed it.\n
ăShiro was listening while hurriedly holding her ears that had come out. Then she lightly cleaned her eyes and âŠâŠ finally showed a smile. Hiroto nodded happily when he saw it, and both Kiyoko and Sallyâs expression became calm at the exchange. And for Susan, she was staring at him.\n
ăAnd the non-humans behind Kiyoko were all staring at him as if they were surprised or looking at something strange.\n
âYes!ăSo, letâs get back to the story. Although the topic went off the rail, but oni-san wants to live in this house. And we have no intention of giving it up. Thatâs the current situation!â\n
âI think most of the detour is due to Kiyoko-sanâs childâs fault. âŠâŠâ\n
âTherefore!â\n
âIgnoring it huhâ\n
ăAnd, Hiroto also came back to reality thanks to what Kiyoko had said.\n
ăâŠâŠThe problem has not been solved at all.\n
âSo oni-san. I have a proposal, why donât you play a game with us?â\n
âA game?â\n
âYes. Itâs simple, whoever wins will live in this house. How about it âŠâŠ?â\n
ăThough it was a sudden proposal, Hiroto thought it over calmly.\n
ăCertainly, it was impossible to discuss in the first place. It may be better to play a game or a match to make it easier to understand.\n
(It depends on the content. âŠâŠ. If we were to decide on a battle, this would be a disadvantage in terms of numbers. But in any case, I canât just leave like this. âŠâŠ)\n
ââŠâŠ Whatâs the game?â\n
ăKiyoko smiled and.\n
âWe have a traditional game that we play to smooth out any conflicts that may arise. It is âŠâŠ a competition to bring in a selected item!â\n
ăKiyoko said cheerfully.\n
ââââGeeeeeeeeeeee!ââââ\n
ăThe non-humans around him all shouted in unison, almost like a scream.\n
âCompetition to bring a dried selected?â[Hiroto says sentei hin jisan kyoso(ăăăŠăăČăăăăăăăăă) but the Kanji reads as sentei shina jisan kyoso(ăăăŠăăăȘăăăăăăăă)]\n
âIâll explain!ăItâs a game where the winner is the one who brings the item selected by each other earlier. Of course, itâs one-on-one. You each write the name of your favorite item on ten pieces of paper, put them in a box, and draw one piece of paper from each other. Itâs a simple game where you have to bring the item written on the paper before your opponent does. When we play it together, we donât limit the distance, but this time weâll limit it to Seiji city.â\n
(T-thatâs like a âŠâŠ dynamic scavenger hunt. âŠâŠ)\n
âNaturally, you donât know what youâre going to pull, but youâll be writing half of it yourself, so donât write anything too simple. You have to think about the risk that the other person will pull it out. The trick is to write something that is advantageous to you, but not too easy for them.â\n
ăHiroto was wondering what to do. It is a rule that is not bloody. He might as well accept it.\n
ăHowever, fairness is the problem. As long as that is not guaranteed, he couldnât accept it.\n
ăAs if reading the thoughts of Hiroto, Kiyoko proposed.\n
âFufufu, then you can draw the paper specially for us and for oni-san, both of them can be from oni-san. And the box can be one that oni-san prepared. You can trust me with this, right?â\n
ăHiroto thinks that it would certainly be âŠâŠ.\n
ăThe only risk is to bring out an opponent with exploration capabilities and win the game.\n
âIf there is someone who has the exploration ability, the disadvantage is overwhelming,âŠâŠ.â\n
âWell, that also depends on the strategy. âŠâŠ But, this time, we donât have anyone with that kind of ability. Youâll have to trust me on this, but itâs true. I swear on our pride.â\n
ăHiroto listened in silence.\n
âAnd I forgot to tell you that itâs basically okay to use your abilities. But I want you to be objective in what you write. This is an extreme example, but if itâs something like [ a pencil that A-kun used two years ago ], itâs hard to judge, isnât it?ăIn this case, I would like you to limit it to âA-kunâs pencil]. You can also write peopleâs names, but please take into account that this time itâs limited to this city. For example, you can write [Bâs favorite person] or [Câs grandmother], but if the target person is out in another city, the game wonât work.â\n
(Thatâs natural. However, depending on what is written, I feel like it could be something trivial. âŠâŠ Hmmm, but I have to take the game even if I think about it. âŠâŠ)\n
âAre you sure you want to do this?â\n
âI donât want to leave.â\n
âI donât like it either.â\n
âRather, this rule was decided by Kiyoko when she was drunk. When did it become a tradition?â\n
ăThere were some points that were somewhat concerning, but âŠâŠ.\n
ââŠâŠI understand. I accept the challenge. Since I donât have anywhere else to go either. I want to live in this house, no matter what.â\n
ăWhen she heard that Hiroto was going to accept the match, she seemed to be very happy.\n
âYes!ăItâs settled then!ăSo, whoâs going to play from here?â\n
ăKiyoko looked around at her friends and they all turned their heads away.\n
ăStill, she was looking around smilingly, and after a while,âŠâŠ, Susan, who was surprisingly quiet, quietly raised her hand.\n
âOh?ăSo Susan is going to do it. Itâs settled!ăThen, you write down ten of your favorite things. Iâll be the judge. Also, Susan, I have a favor to ask you. âŠâŠ The content is âŠâŠ.â\n
ăKiyoko took out 20 pieces of paper and handed 10 of them to Hiroto, and then handed the remaining 10 to Susan while talking about something in private.\n
ăWhile thinking that there is something fishy about âŠâŠ, Hiroto pondered what to write on the paper.\n
â\n
ăWith the competition to bring in a selection of products already prepared, everyone came out to the courtyard, which although completely unmaintained, was large enough.\n
âYes!ăOkay, letâs have you draw the paper. Are you ready, oni-san?â\n
âAh, yes.â\n
ăHiroto pulled out a raffle box that he had made from a tissue box in the tent.\n
âThen, as I told you before, draw the paper with the items that you have to bring. Weâll start with Susanâs.â\n
ăHiroto stuck his hand into the box, a little nervously, and pulled out a folded piece of paper.\n
âAlright, hand it over here. Letâs see, the contents are âŠâŠ.â\n
ăKiyoko looked at the paper with Susan. Then Susanâs face turned vermillion, almost as if she could hear it.â\n
(What is it?ăWhatâs written on it?)\n
âAah, itâs started. âŠâŠâ\n
âItâs definitely written by Kiyoko.â\n
ăA sickening voice could be heard from outside the group.\n
âSusan is [the underwear worn by the person you like the most out of the opposite sex youâve recently met]!â[TN: I hate this MC so muuuuuuuuuuuuuch]\n
âEeeeeeehâ!â\n
ăHiroto shouts, rolling his eyes.\n
(Is that âŠâŠ?ăWhat the hell is this person writing?ăAnd can you even judge that?)\n
ăSusan turned red, but she was clearly staring at him.\n
ăHiroto felt a chill run through him and he unconsciously backed away.\n
âYes, yes. It seems that Susan has already decided. You are very popular, oni-san. Hurry up and pull yours oni-san.â\n
ăKiyoko urged him with a big smile.\n
(T-This is âŠâŠ I have to draw the one I wrote for sure!)\n
ăHe put his hand in the box as if he were praying. Please!ăPlease!ăHe took out a piece of paper, ruminating over and over in his mind.\n
âYes!ăGive it to me here. What is it? What is it, what is it?ăDamn, itâs a hit. âŠâŠâ\n
ăLooking at Kiyokoâs expression, Hiroto felt a sincere sense of relief.\n
(Yosh!ăShe took the one I wrote!)\n
ăHiroto took the paper from somewhat bored Kiyoko.\n
ăWhat are the contents?ă[Is it Hakamada Ichigoâs recently purchased game software?]ă[Snack food glitter corn teriyaki flavor] (rare and only sold in one store around here as far as Hiiroto knows)?ăHe unfolded the folded paper.\n
âUm, âŠâŠ.â\n
[Underwear of the opposite sex]\n
ââŠâŠâŠâŠ..wha?â\n
ăHirotoâs behavior stopped abruptly. He rubbed his eyes with his arm and looked at the contents again.\n
âUnderâŠâŠâŠ..wear?â\n
ăWhat it says is a word âŠâŠ [underwear of the opposite sex].\n
âWhatâs the point of thissssssssss!!â\n
âItâs the easiest thing Iâve ever written.\n
âHey!ăIs this all you wrote?â\n
ăHiroto took out all the papers in the box.\n
ăExcept for the ones written by him, on eight of the papers that seem to be the handwriting of Kiyoko has the same âUnderwear worn by the person of the opposite sex you have met most recentlyâ that Susan has pulled.\n
ăThere was only one [Kiyokoâs underwear ( seriously, to escape â oni-san needs to negotiate)] in it.\n
ââŠâŠâŠâŠâ\n
ăItâs true that itâs a hit, but âŠâŠ. Hiroto glared at Kiyoko.\n
âAh~ah. Iâm a little disappointed, but Iâm going to start the game right away. Okay?â\n
ââŠâŠ.canât help itâ\n
(But, what to do with this?)\n
ââŠâŠ.â\n
ăKiyoko raises her right hand before shouting.\n
âThen âŠâŠ.â\n
ăWhat should Hiroto do?ăHis head was spinning about a thousand times a second.\n
(The opposite sexâs underwear âŠâŠ. What should I do with that!ăBorrow them from someone?)\n
ăFor a moment, Matsuriâs face came to his mind âŠâŠ, but Hiroto shakes his head violently.\n
(Whoâs going to lend it to me? !ăIâll end up being treated like a pervert!)\n
ăEven when he returned to his parentsâ house, he lived with his grandfather. There was no way he could have such a thing. Rather, it would be bad if there was one. But then he thought about his grandfatherâŠâŠ no, he felt that it would be better not to look for it.\n
ăIt is for the sake of mental health.\n
(âŠâŠT-Thatâs it!ăI just need to buy it!ăItâs embarrassing, but I have to buy it.)\n
ăWhile he was having such thoughts, Kiyoko swung her hand down.\n
âStart!â\n
ăHiroto confirmed that Susan had leaped onto him at the same time as the shout.\n
ăNo, âŠâŠ just with that action, Hiroto knew that she was out of the norm.\n
ăHer speed was frightening and instantaneous. Itâs an unthinkable move if you donât know sheâs not human. Susanâs footprints were deeply embedded in the ground.\n
ăBut to Hiroto, it was as he had expected. In response to Susanâs explosive speed, he dodged with a minimal circular motion using his left foot as the axis.\n
ăAs they passed each other, their eyes met in those few tenths of a second. Hiroto could clearly see that Susanâs eyes had taken on an astonishing hue.\n
ăSusan immediately returned to her original expression, and even after being dodged by Hiroto, she kept her speed up and jumped onto the trunk of a large tree in the garden in front of her, approaching from diagonally behind Hiroto, who had dodged her in a circular motion in the manner of a triangle jump. The huge tree swayed with momentum.\n
ăIn response, Hiroto immediately put out his left arm diagonally to defend himself against Susan.\n
ăSusanâs mouth loosened just a little. She instantly changed her policy to grab the left hand that Hiroto put out. To begin with, her goal was to catch Hiroto.\n
ăHer hand grabbed Hirotoâs left arm,âŠâŠ, but the moment she grabbed it, Hirotoâs left arm moved up and down as if it were swelling. The axis of his body remains in a circular motion.\n
ăSusanâs hand was touching Hirotoâs arm. The only thing left to do was to grab it, but the arm moved like a wave from the bottom to the top at a perfect speed, and although she was touching it, she couldnât really feel it and couldnât grab it.\n
ăSusan, who was still trying to grab his arm, jumped upward as if she was being led by his arm. Rather, she was made to jump.\n
ăSusan was forced to jump up several meters, and for a moment, Hiroto disappeared from sight.\n
ăAt the same time, Susan felt someone jumping behind her.\n
ăIt was the worst possible situation to be caught behind, but this time Susan thought she had won.\n
ăIf she had jumped, Hiroto would have been able to attack her in some way. âŠâŠ\n
ăBut if he could have jumped, it would have been a different story.\n
ăSuddenly, a beautiful, fiery crimson wing emerges from Susanâs slender back.\n
ăSusan flaps her wings, turns around, grabs Hirotoâs hand, and clutches him in the air as she comes up behind him.\n
ăIt was hard to tell from Susanâs scant expression, but it was a face that said, âI got you.â\n
âSusan!ăItâs me! Hey, itâs me!ăThat Oni-san threw me!ăWa-wa-wa, donât let go of me!ăI canât fly!â\n