The night was like water, with a cool breeze brushing against the skin, the chill of the summer night sweeping away the day's stifling heat.
However, the girl hiding in the corner of the balcony, enjoying herself under the cover of darkness, still felt unbearably hot.
The cool breeze could only dispel the heat radiating from the surface of her skin, but the endless heat welling up inside her remained unresolved.
In the corner of her balcony, she sat with her legs spread apart, leaning against the wall, her dazed eyes gazing up at the scattered stars in the night sky. Her slightly parted lips exhaled wisps of white mist.
Kamijou Maki, a wealthy young lady attending Excelent Girls' Academy, was beautiful, elegant, academically outstanding, and athletically gifted.
With Kamijou Maki's qualities, even in Excelent Academy, a prestigious girls' school attended by wealthy young ladies from all over the world, she stood out as an exceptional figure.
However, outsiders had no idea that Kamijou Maki, who appeared so chaste and noble, secretly lived in such a remote, cheap apartment. She even risked being discovered in the middle of the night, sneaking out onto the balcony in nothing but her underwEar.
Though, to be precise, she was indulging in the thrill of possibly being caught, even somewhat hoping someone would discover her.
But perhaps because the apartment was too remote, with very few tenants nearby.
Lately, she sometimes couldn't control her voice, and though the lights were on next door, Sakurase, the girl in the Sobu High uniform living there, hadn't made a single sound.
'What a shame...'
'If someone sees me here... they'll surely film me and use it as blackmail.'
She'd be forced to obey their every demand, becoming their obedient slave.
Her little sister, Yuki, might even get dragged into it... No matter how much she begged, she'd only face harsher treatment.
In the end, she'd have to drop out of school and spend her days and nights at home.
"Haaah... haaah...", The cool breeze against her delicate skin did nothing to ease the heat inside Kamijou Maki, nor could it extinguish the wild fantasies flooding her mind. Every night, she could only sneak out to the balcony under the cover of darkness to relieve herself.
"President..."
"Master..."
Just as Kamijou Maki was lost in her rampant delusions, she suddenly sensed something amiss, why was she hearing a voice that wasn't her own?
It wasn't her sister's voice, nor her mother's, nor any of the girls she knew from school.
It seemed to be coming from next door?
Sakurase, who lived next door, was supposedly single. Had she gotten a boyfriend? But the other voice... sounded like a girl too?
Kamijou Maki opened her eyes, panting as she slowly rose from the floor and peeked over the balcony toward her neighbor's.
The cheap apartment complex had connected balconies with no partitions, only guardrails. Leaning out, she could see directly into the neighboring balcony.
If she were bold enough, she could even climb from her balcony to the next, hopping across several units without issue.
Though the balcony doors could be locked, this level of privacy was hardly secure.
Perhaps it was precisely due to the lack of privacy, combined with the old facilities and remote location, that this cheap apartment had so few tenants.
But because so few people lived here, the privacy was paradoxically higher.
Kamijou Maki shook her head vigorously, pushing aside the indecent thoughts in her mind, and focused on peeking at the movements next door.
Compared to those trivial matters, what was happening next door was far more important now.
Kamijou Maki stared intently at the two girls pressed against the glass balcony door next door, her heart pounding.
That girl with the bright silver hair was Sakurase from next door, right?
She was wearing her school gym clothes at home?
Though she'd heard Sobu High banned relationships and had strict discipline, even separating boys and girls for swimming and other skin-exposing P.E. classes, this gym outfit was way too revealing, it looked just like the ones in those special manga.
And what was up with the other girl, the one with silver-gray hair and a much curvier, taller figure?
Not only was she wearing horn accessories, but she even had a tail?Was it a prop or an attachment?
Were they cosplaying some kind of demi-human roleplay?
'They are playing so hard... How enviable... How infuriating...'
Kamijou Maki watched the two girls pressed against the glass door with burning eyes.
Just seeing their faces, so lost in pleasure they were practically melting against the glass, told her exactly how good they were feeling. Not to mention the boy who made her mouth water just looking at him.
She'd always fantasized about being seen, which was why she snuck out to the balcony at night to secretly enjoy the thrill of teetering between discovery and secrecy. She thought her wealthy upbringing meant she was already playing dangerously.
But she never expected Sakurase, who always seemed so cold, silent, and elegant, was playing even harder than her in private.
Cosplaying in the middle of the night, with not just one person, but another girl and a boy.
A gym-uniformed schoolgirl and a demi-human...
Kamijou Maki's eyes grew hazy as she watched the trio next door, sometimes imagining herself as the silver-haired Sakurase kneeling on the floor, other times as the silver-gray-haired, deep-skinned, tall girl with horns and a tail, pressed against the glass and locking eyes with her.
'Huh? Locking eyes?'
Had she been spotted?
Kamijou Maki shuddered, snapping out of her fantasy and instinctively ducking back into her balcony.
Being caught peeping in the middle of the night... If they came knocking.
If they came knocking...
Panting heavily, Kamijou Maki hurried back into her room, about to lock the balcony door and close the curtains, when she suddenly froze.
After a moment, she reopened the balcony door and quietly returned to her peeping spot, cautiously leaning against the wall to peek next door again.
This time, Kamijou Maki was absolutely certain the eye contact hadn't been her imagination.
The girl next door, the one playing even harder and more passionately than Sakurase, the one with the horn accessories, was definitely looking at her.
In fact, the girl seemed to have recovered from her earlier daze and gave her a playful wink and a smile. Her slender fingers, wet from who-knows-what, drew a heart on the glass door.
"Gulp..."
Watching the girl's radiant smile, her pleasure overflowing from within, Kamijou Maki couldn't help but swallow hard, her eyes fixated on the bold girl and Sakurase.
This was the life she'd always dreamed of. Free from the constraints of her wealthy upbringing, able to play all sorts of thrilling games with a lover.
Indulging in youth without restraint, facing discovery with composure, utterly indifferent to others' gazes...
"U-Um... Can I... join you?"
"Huh...?"
Seeing the girl from next door climb over, barefoot, her waist-length hair swaying in the wind as she stood before the glass balcony door, staring at them with burning eyes, Sakurase Shino and Ursula both paused, exchanging glances.
Sakurase Shino never expected her noisy high school neighbor, who constantly disturbed her at night, would actively come knocking.
Before, she'd endured the nightly disturbances without complaint. Now that they'd made a bit of noise, how could the girl not even hold back and just come over directly?
Ursula was even more surprised. Though she'd had her own schemes, quietly expanding the soundproof barrier and invisibility magic beyond Hachiman's notice, she hadn't dared to use any magical suggestions or control on the neighboring tenants with Hachiman around. At most, she'd stealthily let girls in other rooms hear the commotion and come knocking on their own.
She never expected Kamijou Maki from next door would climb over directly.
Earlier, she'd noticed the girl's secretly lewd nature and thought of using her to pressure Sakurase Shino, building up enough tension for Hachiman to resolve. With Kamijou Maki's exceptional talents, she could even be recruited to help deal with Hachiman later.
But from her observations, the girl next door seemed to be a proper young lady. Though she was secretly perverted, indulging herself every night, she'd kept her first time intact, right? Yet here she was, coming over just like that?
Truly, no matter which world's girls it was, once they encountered a powerful supporter like Hachiman, they couldn't resist. And here she thought she'd need to use control. Next time, she might as well have all the pretty girls in school gang up on Hachiman in shifts.
"Join us... Miss Kamijou, come in first. We'll talk inside."
Hachiman gave Kamijou Maki, standing barefoot in the cold with her snow-white skin flushed red, a complicated look. Setting down Ursula's leg and patting Sakurase Shino's head, he gestured for the two to make space for Kamijou Maki to enter.
Though this was his first time meeting the girl, the system's character card had already informed him who this midnight intruder was.
For Kamijou Maki, actively climbing over like this wasn't particularly outrageous. She was similar to the lewd disciplinary committee member Asai Saku at school, who couldn't wait to engage in special activities, both constantly fantasized about being dominated and loved intense play.
Though they kept their bodies pure, their pent-up desires grew daily, waiting for the right moment to explode, day and night, as they vented their peculiar emotions.
Now that she'd witnessed him playing so happily with Ursula and Sakurase Shino, it'd be strange if Kamijou Maki remained indifferent. She wouldn't hold back, she'd seize this chance to make her life endlessly fulfilling and blissful.
Still, even knowing Kamijou Maki's actions were perfectly in character, Hachiman found it absurd.
He'd just moved Shino here, how had he stumbled upon Kamijou Maki, the girl with a chaste appearance but an ultra-lewd constitution?
Though Kamijou Maki wasn't the type to fool around casually and was quite devoted in relationships, keeping her body pure, in many aspects of the original work, she was genuinely perverted.
Of course, in a way, Sakurase Shino, who'd once begged him to violate her, was equally perverted, just in a different direction.
"Okay, pardon the intrusion."
Seeing Sakurase Shino and Ursula immediately obey Hachiman's gesture and rise to follow him without hesitation, Kamijou Maki softly acknowledged before stepping barefoot into the room. Her body, chilled by the wind, trembled slightly, a faint excitement rising within.
Had they been brainwashed? They were so obedient.
Earlier, she'd heard them call him President and Master, but maybe it was just roleplay.
They didn't seem to have lost their independence, were they both his lovers?
Sakurase had lived next door for a while, but she'd always been single, right? She'd never seen her with any men, or even women, always keeping to herself.
Now, suddenly, she was with another girl and a boy... Had they known each other before, reunited after a long time, or had they just met, drawn together like her?
As she followed, Kamijou Maki quickly analyzed her chances of joining in, only for the silver-gray-haired, voluptuous demi-human cosplayer to suddenly turn and shave a finger into her mouth.
"Mmm..."
Kamijou Maki instinctively pursed her lips, about to speak, when the girl withdrew her finger, licked it herself, and gave her a meaningful smile before returning to Hachiman's side. Stunned, Kamijou Maki didn't know what to say.
"Miss Kamijou? Sorry, Ursula has a nasty personality. Hope you don't mind," With Sakurase Shino and Ursula seated on Hachiman's thighs, he smacked Ursula's butt in exasperation and apologized to Kamijou Maki.
Though Kamijou Maki was indeed a pervert, with magic on their side, Ursula could play even more twisted games.
"N-No... I didn't mind...", Realizing what she'd just been fed, Kamijou Maki hurriedly wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, then clenched her fair fists against her plump thighs, kneeling before Hachiman with flushed cheeks.
'I have... swallowed it... My first time...'
But wasn't it supposed to taste bad? At best, after adjusting with fruits, it'd be slightly more palatable.
Yet she found it delicious. It'd been too sudden, gulped down without savoring, without another taste, she couldn't even describe the flavor properly.
But clearly, the other girl thought so too.
Watching Sakurase Shino silently lick her lips and Ursula scrape something off Shino's cheek before crooking a finger at her, Kamijou Maki swallowed hard, suppressing the rising heat within as she fixed her burning gaze on Hachiman, who sat between the two.
Her future happiness likely rested in this boy's hands.
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"Master, your charm is truly extraordinary, you have beautiful girls coming to you even while lying at home."
Ursula, having taken in Kamijou Maki's stunned yet eager expression, looped her fair, plump arms around Hachiman's neck and whispered in his ear with a light laugh.
Though things had unfolded unexpectedly, since the girl had come knocking on her own, she wouldn't let her go.
Given her exceptional talents, she could be recruited later to help deal with Hachiman.
Hmm... Even now, after reaching an agreement with those succubi and vampires, she still didn't feel secure enough, she wanted to gather even more strength to avoid failure.
After all, she'd yet to find Hachiman's limits. Even the Amaki sisters could drain an ordinary person to exhaustion with just a fingertip in seconds.
But upon reflection, she felt the one who could simultaneously support so many powerful beings without weakening, whose life energy only grew more abundant, was far more formidable.
Hachiman was undoubtedly an incredibly rare supporter, with top-tier assistance quality and capacity, capable of aiding countless people. But precisely because he was so strong, none of them could monopolize him.
"If I find out you're behind this, you'll be wearing the empathy bracelet every single day without exception."
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