There was still some time before class started, and before the discipline committee member Kotegawa Yui arrived at the classroom, the classroom was always lively.
"Honami, good morning," Gabriel saw that Yuina and the others not only all wore sympathy wristbands, but also continued intimate physical contact behavior with Hachiman. Not knowing what she thought of, she turned her head with a slightly red face and greeted Ichinose Honami, who had just walked in.
"Mm… Gabriel, good morning…", Ichinose Honami hung her shoulder bag on the side of her desk, distractedly nodding in response.
"What's wrong? Honami, did you not sleep well last night?", Gabriel looked somewhat puzzled at the slightly low-spirited Ichinose Honami.
Although she hadn't spent much time with Ichinose Honami yet, Ichinose Honami was always full of energy. Her slightly flat response today immediately made Gabriel sense something was off.
"Mm… I had a bit of insomnia last night, sorry for worrying you, Gabriel," Looking at Gabriel, who was concerned about her, Ichinose Honami forced herself to cheer up and tried hard to show a smile.
"Then Honami, rest your head on the desk and nap for a bit. There's still some time before class starts. I'll wake you when it's time," Seeing the delicate and rosy face of Ichinose Honami faintly showing signs of nervousness and unease, her bright eyes slightly dim, and light makeup applied to cover her dark circles, Gabriel blinked and didn't ask any further.
Those dark circles really did look like they came from insomnia. But Ichinose Honami, who had such a nice personality and transferred in not long ago, why would she have insomnia?
Everyone should be treating Ichinose Honami very well. No one was bullying her. Even when they were eating at Hachiman's house and she was troubled by being pulled back and forth by Nijika and Yuina, everyone had reconciled afterward.
If it wasn't a classmate problem, could it be something from her family?
Maybe Hachiman should ask his club member Ayano to check on Honami's situation.
Thinking this, and to avoid Ichinose Honami discovering their chat content, Gabriel decided to restart the classroom notebook.
"Mm, thank you," Ichinose Honami didn't refuse Gabriel's concern. Seeing that Gabriel was lowering her head writing something and not paying attention to her, she rested her head on her folded arms on the desk and secretly peeked at Gabriel, and at Hachiman on the other side of Gabriel.
'Hikigaya-kun… treats me very well…'
'Everyone around me also treats me very well…'
'Only I… have impure motives, a dirty heart…'
After a while, Gabriel turned and handed a small notebook to Hachiman. Ichinose Honami quickly retracted her gaze, avoiding being noticed by Hachiman and Gabriel.
But Ichinose Honami didn't nap either, instead turning her gaze to the front row of the classroom, Ichinose Ayano, who had the same surname and came to school with her.
As a politician's daughter, Ichinose Ayano sat in her seat chatting with her friend Horigome China, who also seemed to be in a bad mood.
Last night Ayano had told her so many things, but now she acted as if nothing had happened.
Although they shared the Ichinose surname, she couldn't compare to her at all.
Sigh!
Ichinose Honami retracted her faint gaze and silently buried her face in her arms, saying it was to catch up on sleep, but the complicated thoughts in her mind made it impossible to relax.
[Honami seems in a bad mood, had insomnia. Hachiman, do you know the reason?]
[If it's not because we didn't take good care of Honami, could it be a family issue?]
[Honami lives at Ayano's place, right? Hachiman, can you check with Ayano?]
Seeing the words Gabriel wrote in the small notebook handed to him, Hachiman was a bit surprised.
He had also noticed Ichinose Honami, who should have been cheerful and energetic, acting abnormally. But Gabriel's intuition was sharp. She directly sensed that Honami's low mood might be due to family reasons.
However, even now he wasn't sure what exactly was going on with Ichinose Honami.
He knew Honami had a black history, but Honami should've encountered the school disbanding incident just after entering Advanced Nurturing High, and was scooped up by Ichinose the politician and sent to Sobu High. While everyone else was assigned a class, Honami was deliberately placed in his class to approach him.
Honami hadn't been in the previous school long, so there shouldn't have been time for her black history to be revealed. Not to mention that most students transferred to Sobu High were first-year Class D girls, who didn't know Honami well.
Or… maybe someone at Sobu High had been in the same school as Honami before and accidentally learned about her black history and now wanted to use it to threaten her?
In fact, just like Karuizawa Kei who had also been bullied before, Honami could be considered an 2D-world heroine within the surface story. They both had the traits of 2D-world heroines, vulnerable to being manipulated due to black history. But in the surface world setting, follow-up events never developed in a terrible direction.
Looks like he'd need to find time to talk properly with Ichinose Honami.
[Don't worry, I'll ask Ayano. I accept your request.]
Hachiman returned the notebook to Gabriel and glanced at the love list, where Honami's relationship with him was marked, friend.
Actually, if Honami's issue was really as he suspected, then it could be easily solved.
Perhaps he could start by improving Honami's home environment.
Because the root of Honami's black history was indeed partly due to her personality, and just like Gabriel guessed, also related to her family circumstances.
[Then I'll leave it to you (≧?≦). As long as you can successfully resolve Honami's trouble, I'll prepare a surprise for you.]
Seeing Hachiman accept without hesitation, not even a moment of doubt, Gabriel was satisfied and wrote two more lines for him to see.
Although Hachiman had become degenerate, even living a ridiculous life every day, she still felt assured entrusting troubled Honami to him.
So far, every problem encountered, as long as Hachiman took action, there was nothing he couldn't resolve.
Though… it seemed like the more requests he solved, the more girls gathered around him, and those girls who made requests were also "solved" by Hachiman.
'Uh… could it be Honami will end up like Sakurase Shino and the others? 〣 ( oΔo ) 〣'
'A surprise? Just what kind of surprise?', Seeing what Gabriel wrote in the small notebook last, Hachiman couldn't help but be stunned.
The honest and pure little angel surely just meant a surprise, maybe a gift, or cooking a big meal.
But now that she was semi-fallen, slightly different from usual, it was hard to say.
Mm… forget it, no point dwelling. No matter what, the surprise definitely wouldn't be the little angel herself. They weren't at that stage yet.
Right now, more important matters. Hachiman glanced at Gabriel, whose expression had suddenly changed, then took out the textbook for first period and laid it open on the desk.
Ding-Dong~
As the bell rang for class, the black long straight-haired beauty wearing the disciplinary committee armband and the pink long straight-haired teacher in an office lady outfit with high heels entered the classroom simultaneously from the front and back doors.
The moment they entered, both of them cast their gaze toward the back row.
Seeing the silhouette of problem student Hachiman seated in the back row, both were momentarily stunned. It seemed completely unexpected that Hachiman was properly attending class, making them pause before heading to their seats and the podium.
"Hikigaya-kun isn't skipping class today… very good. I hope you maintain this attitude, study seriously, and don't disturb your classmates," Pink long-straight-haired Kirisu Mafuyu stood at the podium, looked at Hachiman, who was sitting upright and making eye contact with her, nodded slightly, and began teaching.
Yesterday, she had heard that the disciplinary committee had been looking for Hachiman, likely realizing how troublesome this problem student was and had sent many people to catch him.
Seems like the committee's crackdown was effective. Today, Hachiman was behaving much better, obediently sitting in class.
She didn't necessarily want to make Hachiman suffer. As long as he could keep it up, she and Hiratsuka-senpai could say a few good words during the home visit and not disclose the true situation to his parents.
However, only Gabriel sitting beside Hachiman saw clearly, it wasn't that Hachiman had become obedient today. It was simply because Iris had just walked into the classroom with them.
———
"Gabriel, I'm here for class too~", Iris kissed Hachiman on the neck, waved at Gabriel, who was staring at her, and a soft smile appeared on her face.
Always making the club president skip class really wasn't good. The disciplinary committee could be ignored, but teachers were a bit troublesome, they couldn't be dragged down.
Considering that more and more demi-humans at school were eyeing the president lately, she didn't feel comfortable leaving him alone in the classroom.
Anyway, she really needed the president's aid. As long as her body could handle it, she was willing to stick to him all day long, so they decided to take turns accompanying him to class.
"...", Gabriel looked at Iris, who was hugging Hachiman face-to-face, slender white-socked legs swaying in the air, and behind Hachiman stood Aegis and Lumilia watching quietly. Her mouth twitched slightly.
She'd had enough! How could they stop Hachiman from continuing this absurd lifestyle?
At this rate, she didn't even need to attend class.
After all, just attending class was already a face-reddening torment, how could she focus on studying?
"Iris, you and Aegis, Lumilia all came. What about Lala?", Hachiman scanned the classroom and found that no one noticed Iris, Aegis, or Lumilia, only Gabriel could ignore Iris's magic, so he whispered close to Iris's pale elf ear.
"Lala and Ursula are next period. Too many people leaving the classroom at once wouldn't look good," Iris enjoyed the breath from Hachiman on her sensitive ear, resting her blushing face on his chest and tilting her head to glance at Gabriel next to them.
"The period after that is Ellio and the others. After receiving the president's full aid, they're almost at their limit. They need to discuss the idol manager stuff with you. They've already negotiated everything with the local merfolk for the concert. All that's left is your personal support."
"The period after that is Hayase Saki and Sakurase Shino."
"At noon, president, come eat at the Service Club again. Or if you'd rather eat here, we hope everyone won't mind us joining your table."
"This afternoon's tennis class doesn't have any special plans. Whether you want to play with classmates or practice with us, it's your choice."
"..."
Listening to Iris's scheduling, Gabriel's fists were already tightening.
This was ridiculous! Hachiman had already helped so many girls, and Iris's casual schedule basically filled his whole academic calendar.
Should she get Vignette and Raphiel to transfer into this class to share Iris's bombardment?
Especially Raphiel. She and Vignette lived next door to Hachiman and had to endure mental torment every night after coming home. Raphiel was the only one enjoying freedom.
"Ahem… We'll talk about the afternoon later. Let's focus on class now."
Even Hachiman felt his househusband dream was becoming extremely difficult.
As a househusband, cooking for one girl wasn't hard. Feeding a whole group? Even with his current strength, it was a challenge.
Now, though, it wasn't about physical strength, it was about time.
Even with the sympathy wristbands and synchronized aids, he still had to find more ways to keep up.
After all, he really was busy. He hadn't even checked on Yukinoshita Yukino lately, leaving her alone in the Service Club made him feel guilty.
Although Sakurase Shino and Goto Hitori had joined the Service Club, they were both problem girls with no friends, likely to sit there for hours in silence.
"Hehe, I've arranged for Sylpha and the others to enroll. You can do whatever you like without worrying about school restrictions."
Iris smiled, hugging Hachiman's waist tightly, rubbing her red face against his chest.
With the elves' power, there was no need to care about school rules. For the sake of their future, they hadn't flooded the school with transfers. Just sent a few girls, which was already restrained.
Still, besides elves, this world had many other races, merfolk, dragons, vampires.
The new student vice president Origamine Ouka was from the demon clan that wielded cursed power.
Sakurase Shino was a native succubus, but with weak blood, only bearing a succubus's beauty and minor charm.
The three Amaki sisters spying from the shadows were also succubi.
Even the one negotiating idol business was a mermaid from this world.
Overall, besides yokai, this world had many hidden demi-humans, not too different from otherworld demi-humans, just domesticated. Their powers faded, leaving only traits and features. Only a few had awakened bloodlines and stronger powers.
So, with many hidden demi-humans, Iris wouldn't act rashly just because of Hachiman's help or elf influence. She would gradually let Hachiman cherish and support more elf girls.
Because once the president aided and cherished them, their power increased faster than training.
Now, there was one more reason to have him aid the elves.
"Aegis~ Lumilia~"
Less than half a class later, Iris, blushing deeply, looked at Aegis, who was massaging Hachiman's head, and Lumilia, who was crouching and chatting beside him. She winked and got up from Hachiman's seat.
Maybe because she liked the president more and more, her sensitivity to him had grown sharper.
Even though she felt stronger than before, she couldn't handle his affection anymore, completely overwhelmed.
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