However, the Kiriya family's vampire bloodline had declined. Not only were they afraid of sunlight and needed to drink blood, even their abilities were no longer very strong.
After once being exposed to the human military's attention, the Kiriya family had nearly been captured for demi-human related experiments. In the end, they narrowly escaped disaster only by accepting the protection of the vampire true ancestor Akasha Bloodriver.
Now that the vampire true ancestor had disappeared, they, with their impure vampire bloodline, were neither accepted by other vampires nor spared from being targeted again by the military.
This time, they came to ask Hachiman to choose a favored person from among them. On one hand, it really was to decide the next head of the family through this ritual. On the other hand, they also wanted to use this opportunity to get in touch with the elf princess and see whether this so-called friendly ambassador of cultural exchange between demi-humans and humans would be willing to help them.
However, the idea of seeking protection was something they did not reveal to Aoe Kuon and the other snow maidens.
"Among the demi-humans currently receiving the president's assistance, there are vampires as well."
Seeing Kiriya Nadeshiko hesitating, Iris blinked and reminded her with a smile.
"This issue of yours isn't really something worth agonizing over here."
"The president's vitality far exceeds your imagination. Even without drinking blood, he can still satisfy your needs."
"After absorbing the president's life energy, your strength will even increase greatly in a short period of time. I believe that certain ill-intentioned threats in this country can also be dealt with easily."
Before coming to visit, Iris had naturally conducted some investigation into these snow maidens and vampires.
Unlike the snow maidens who lived deep in the mountains and left almost no information to be gathered, the Kiriya family, who had once accepted the protection of the true ancestor, did not need to hide themselves. It was only because the true ancestor's remaining authority had faded that they were targeted again, making it easy to learn the general situation of the Kiriya family.
Iris was somewhat surprised by the Kiriya family's circumstances, but not particularly shocked.
Even in her own world, human nations that also wielded magical power did not necessarily have harmonious relations with the peace-loving elf race. Some human countries were friendly with the elves, while others were hostile.
Once ordinary humans in this world learned of the existence of demi-humans, they would inevitably think about making a move against them, especially those demi-humans who were not strong.
Not to mention targeting demi-humans, even targeting fellow humans with special abilities was nothing unusual. It was just that many supernaturals and demi-humans hid within society. Making a big public move would easily invite retaliation, so such shady matters could only be carried out in secret.
"Gaining a huge increase in strength in a short time?"
Kiriya Nadeshiko was far less calm than Iris. Upon hearing that Iris said their strength could be enhanced and free them from military threats, she immediately failed to maintain her surface elegance, her eyes burning as she looked at Iris.
"Your Highness Iris, can you take me to meet Mr. Hachiman right now?"
"I want to join your demi-human assistance plan!"
Kiriya Nadeshiko never considered that Iris might be deceiving her. The Kiriya family simply wasn't worth deceiving.
If their Kiriya family really could greatly increase their strength after receiving assistance, and with just a little help from Iris, the elf princess, then their six sisters would no longer need to worry about threats from the human side.
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[Student Council Office]
Hachiman was fully focused on helping Origamine Ouka expel the filth within her body.
He discovered that Origamine Ouka had accumulated an especially large amount of lustful energy from long-term demon extermination. No wonder she had ended up like this.
Despite being such a powerful shrine maiden, she was knocked over by Kaede with a light push and tied up without any effort at all.
Given the massive amount of lustful energy accumulated inside Origamine Ouka, the fact that she could normally live and study calmly was enough to show that this shrine maiden's strength was beyond doubt. She really could be called formidable.
An ordinary person contaminated by that much lustful energy would fall into depravity in minutes.
Thinking carefully, maybe this was also how heroines in the inner world fell into that state. For example, demon race that opposed goddess angels like Suzune Rione would carry out similar mind-destroying actions.
Although he felt that many inner world heroines already had problems with their thinking to begin with, just without the switch being triggered. Once that special switch was flipped, even without the influence of supernatural powers, they would still be at others' mercy.
"Ouka, how many demon-exterminating shrine maidens does your oni race have? Do other shrine maidens face the same problem you do?"
Hachiman lifted Origamine Ouka, who had just had her lustful energy expelled again only for it to quickly surge back and cling tightly to him. Sitting face to face with her on the sofa, he lowered his head to rest against her chest, speaking heart to heart with her.
He knew that the inner world couldn't be generalized.
But seeing Origamine Ouka troubled so easily by this issue, to the point where she couldn't even bring out her full strength, he felt that being a demon-exterminating shrine maiden was an incredibly dangerous job. Not only did it require risking one's life in battle, but even after victory, there were a pile of aftereffects to deal with.
"The oni race has quite a lot of people. Aside from those who stay behind, there are also members of the warrior houses and shrine maidens who go out to exterminate demons and evil spirits. But in most cases, it doesn't get to the level I'm at."
Hearing Hachiman's question, Origamine Ouka immediately realized he had misunderstood. She lowered her head, gently hugging his head, took a soft breath, and explained in a low voice.
"I…I mainly inherited the oni power passed down through generations as the shrine maiden princess. My strength is especially great, and I often exterminate demons in environments full of negative energy, so it ended up like this."
"Actually, if it weren't for Hachiman-kun you…your life aura being too powerful and directly disturbing the impure energy inside me, even if I accumulated more, there wouldn't have been a problem."
With so many people in the oni race constantly exterminating demons and evil spirits, it naturally wouldn't be so easy for lustful energy to contaminate the body and cause loss of control.
In fact, even if someone accidentally absorbed too much lustful energy during demon extermination, they would be fine as long as someone helped guide and dispel it.
"If accumulating more wouldn't be a problem, then what if it keeps accumulating?"
Hachiman immediately caught the key issue. He slowly lifted his head, eyes fixed on Origamine Ouka, who was still restless and moving on her own.
"Well…actually, as long as it's periodically…periodically guided, there won't be any problem…"
Seeing him press the issue again and again, Origamine Ouka knew she could no longer muddle through. Sitting on Hachiman's lap, she answered haltingly and honestly.
"But as the head of the Origamine family…and now the shrine maiden who commands the oni race…how could I let others see my weak side…"
It wasn't that she wanted to rely on others. She just hadn't expected that after holding on for so long, she wouldn't lose control during battle, but would instead fail to endure it inside a school.
She hadn't even had any intimate contact with Hachiman. Just being so far away had already stirred her desire.
"So now that you've shown me your current state without holding anything back, you don't have to agonize over it anymore, right?"
After listening to her explanation, Hachiman smiled, tightened his arms around Origamine Ouka, and lightly brushed his face against her cheek.
This oni race shrine maiden was really strong-willed.
But shrine maidens were mostly like this, weren't they? Even in the inner world, before falling, shrine maidens possessed pure, resilient, and other admirable qualities.
"Mmm…yeah…"
Origamine Ouka bit her lip tightly and said nothing.
Having fully experienced Hachiman's strength, no matter how embarrassed or unwilling she was to rely on others, she would still need to frequently trouble him in the future to assist her, helping her eliminate the accumulated pressure and desire.
Today, she finally realized just how enormous the lustful energy she had suppressed for so long really was.
Thankfully, this outbreak happened at a safe time. If it had occurred during battle and she couldn't suppress it, losing control of her body to the point where even walking was difficult, she would have been at others' mercy, unable to escape.
She couldn't keep suppressing it like before. Blocking was worse than channeling. Since she had already gone this far with Hachiman, and other demi-humans were also requesting his assistance, her own request for assistance wasn't out of place and wouldn't trouble him.
After all… the life aura inside Hachiman was even greater than the lustful energy she had accumulated for so long.
Fortunately, Hachiman's life aura wasn't a negative energy like lustful energy that affected ordinary people's minds and needed to be dispelled by others. Otherwise…
Origamine Ouka felt that even if all the girls in this school were added together, they might not be able to dispel that enormous, dense life aura of Hachiman.
"President~ I brought some newcomers for you~"
Just as Origamine Ouka was persuading herself and changing to another posture to continue absorbing Hachiman's energy to counteract the lustful energy in her body, she suddenly heard Iris's cheerful voice.
'Elf Princess Iris?'
'At a time like this?'
'How did I not notice again?'
Origamine Ouka was startled and immediately tried to get up to straighten her appearance and face Iris and the so-called newcomers.
However, Hachiman simply held tightly onto her oni horns and didn't let her get up.
"Ouka, don't move around. The lustful energy inside you needs to be expelled immediately. You can't let it go any longer."
Hachiman gently stroked Origamine Ouka's jet-black hair and reminded her in a low voice.
"Ouka-san, no need to rush. I'm just here to see the president."
As Iris walked closer and saw Origamine Ouka, she smiled and reassured her.
"Gulp…Gulp…", Origamine Ouka.
There was no helping it. She could only continue like this and accept Hachiman's unceasing assistance.
Although she was no longer burning all over or on the verge of passing out like before, she found it even harder to resist Hachiman now.
Even though she felt she should have calmed down, she still couldn't quite pull herself away and couldn't help continuing to accept his assistance.
This feeling… no wonder so many girls in the student council, and even so many demi-humans including the elf princess, were tainted with Hachiman's presence.
Even without the need to conceive children, Hachiman, with such delicious vitality, was still the most alluring existence in the eyes of vampires, snow maidens, succubi, and elves. They simply couldn't resist such temptation.
"President, the snow maidens and vampires have all arrived. They're currently in the dormitory behind the school."
Iris glanced over with practiced ease, then smiled and gestured as she introduced Kiriya Nadeshiko, who had come with her.
"The person beside me is the Kiriya family's eldest daughter, Kiriya Nadeshiko. She greatly admires you, president, so I specially brought her here for you to meet."
"The Kiriya family's eldest daughter? I heard your family has six sisters. Can I just call you Nadeshiko?"
Seeing that Origamine Ouka showed no intention of escaping, Hachiman slowly released his grip and looked thoughtfully at the elegant, noble, high-ponytail mature beauty beside Iris, her figure full and impressive.
Because of the task to awaken magic essence, he also paid some attention to Aoe Kuon, the original work's heroine.
He had thought that since Aoe Kuon came today, he would meet her first. Unexpectedly, he ended up meeting Kiriya Nadeshiko, the eldest daughter of the Kiriya family, instead.
"Hello, Hachiman-sama. I am Kiriya Nadeshiko, the eldest daughter of the Kiriya family. Being addressed as Nadeshiko by you is my honor."
As Hachiman's gaze fell on her, Kiriya Nadeshiko hurriedly lowered her head and bent forward, fully displaying the allure of the low-cut, spaghetti-strap dress she had deliberately changed into.
"Nadeshiko, you don't need to be so respectful or restrained. Just be natural. There aren't that many rules here."
Seeing this extremely mature lady's respectful attitude, Hachiman waved his hand and smiled indifferently.
"Iris specially brought you to see me. Do you have something you want to ask me?"
Even though he knew that in the original story, the Kiriya vampire family also chose one girl to marry and conceive, though apparently one had died so it became five choosing one.
Now the Kiriya family was still intact with six sisters. Not knowing the exact situation, it was better to pretend he didn't know and ask about the current state first.
"Hachiman-sama, your insight is keen. The Kiriya family does indeed have an impertinent request."
Kiriya Nadeshiko maintained her heavy bow, her eyes secretly glancing at Origamine Ouka's busy figure not far ahead. A faint blush appeared on her flawless face as she pleaded softly.
"We hope that Hachiman-sama can give the Kiriya family a child."
"Nadeshiko wishes for you to choose the one you like most among our six sisters and lavish your affection on her, letting her become the next head of the Kiriya family and carry your child."
Hachiman listened to Kiriya Nadeshiko's request without any visible change in expression.
Such suspicious pregnancy assistance was extremely common in the inner world. He had already encountered it several times and had no reason to doubt anything.
Compared to inner world plots where a man couldn't have children and sent his wife out to find another man, Kiriya Nadeshiko's request was actually more proper.
However, the character task triggered by her request still caught him by surprise.
["Character task triggered: The Kiriya Family's Six Sisters."]
["Vampires possess long lifespans, rapid physical regeneration, great strength, and even other special abilities. However, vampires also have weaknesses. They fear light, fear silver, and need to regularly drink human blood."]
["Due to incomplete bloodline awakening, the Kiriya family's vampires cannot eliminate their inherent weaknesses, and their abilities are not strong."]
["Due to special reasons, the Kiriya family produces only females and no males. At the same time, Kiriya women are far more difficult to impregnate than ordinary human women."]
["Now being targeted by the Japanese military, the Kiriya family seeks your protection and hopes you will conduct the ritual with all Kiriya girls and select the next head of the family."]
["Task targets: Kiriya Nadeshiko, Kiriya Botan, Kiriya Ai, Kiriya Fujino, Kiriya Kurenai, Kiriya Sumire."] [T/N: From "Kiriya Hakushaku Ke no Roku Shimai".]
["Task reward: Resurrection Cross."]
Seeing the task details, Hachiman didn't react much. These were all things he roughly knew already. Whether he knew them or not didn't matter. He just needed to provide assistance. There were just more people, that was all.
But when he saw the task reward, the Resurrection Cross, Hachiman was instantly shocked.
Why did even a Resurrection Cross show up?
Was this the Resurrection Cross he knew, the one that allowed full revival after death?
Was it a one-time item? Or could it be used repeatedly?
Although he was currently developing steadily and faced no immediate danger, regardless of whether the Resurrection Cross was single-use, something that could save his life naturally had to be obtained.
The problem was the task targets… the Kiriya family's six sisters.
Was assisting all of them once enough to complete the task? Or did they all have to become pregnant for it to count?
Judging from the task description, the Kiriya family was being targeted by the Japanese military and urgently needed his protection. That seemed to mean he also had to deal with the Japanese military and eliminate the human forces targeting them.
"The Kiriya family has nothing of value to offer Hachiman-sama. But if you do not disdain it, the Kiriya family is willing to serve you as our lord. From this day on, everyone in the Kiriya family will obey your commands."
Sensing that Hachiman was deep in thought, Kiriya Nadeshiko, who could only see Origamine Ouka's busy figure, did not lift her head. Still maintaining her bow, she spoke again in a low, respectful voice.
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