If it were just for having children, she would never have humbled herself like this, even calling him "master."
She also wanted to live freely, but they did not even have the power to walk freely under the sunlight.
In this world, without power, you simply cannot control your own fate.
If the Hachiman before her, who had close ties with all kinds of demi-human forces, really could help them increase their strength, then he truly was qualified to become their master. Or rather, the master they desperately wanted.
As vampires whose bloodline awakening was incomplete, their strength was fine against ordinary people, but completely insufficient against powerful demi-humans or powerful human supernaturals. She was also worried whether their offer of loyalty would even be worth considering.
After all, they had to avoid sunlight and at best could walk under the sun with specially made umbrellas, never allowing direct exposure.
If Hachiman refused to accept their loyalty, then if they, unprotected, fell into the hands of those human military forces and were dragged off for experiments, that would be far more miserable than acknowledging a master.
So many demi-humans were closely connected to Hachiman. The oni clan member kneeling there serving him even seemed to be that powerful shrine maiden princess. If even a shrine maiden had ended up like this, then there was nothing shameful about them acknowledging Hachiman as their master.
No matter what, acknowledging him as their master would at least give them protection. They would not truly become disposable slaves.
"Serve me as your master, huh..."
Hachiman looked at the extremely respectful Kiriya Nadeshiko before him and suddenly felt something subtle.
He hadn't expected that he had only paused to think out of habit, and Kiriya Nadeshiko would immediately change course and ask him to become her master.
He had just triggered the assistance quest, and before any assistance even began, he was already about to become the master of the Kiriya family's six sisters?
"Does the president not like it? I already looked over at the dormitory. Miss Nadeshiko's five younger sisters are very pretty."
Seeing how sincere Kiriya Nadeshiko's attitude was, Iris no longer just watched in silence. She kicked off her shoes, knelt on the sofa with her slender, long legs in white stockings, shuffled closer, gently wrapped her arms around Hachiman's neck, and kissed his cheek.
"There are sheltered young ladies who never leave home, and there's also a very famous literary writer. They should all be quite well-behaved."
In truth, if Kiriya Nadeshiko only wanted to resolve the Japanese government military's coveting of the Kiriya family, she didn't need to acknowledge the president as her master.
As long as she formed an intimate relationship with the president and let the Kiriya family's women become pregnant with his children, the Japanese government military would naturally no longer dare touch the president's people.
However, since Kiriya Nadeshiko had grasped her hint that the president could let the Kiriya family's vampires rapidly increase their strength in a short time, she didn't mind helping her a bit and persuading the president to accept the Kiriya family's six vampires.
Given the Kiriya family's current strength and circumstances, being able to acknowledge the president as their master truly was an honor for them.
After all, the president would not actually treat them as slaves. He would even give them the power to control their own fate.
As for the duty of serving their master… that was a benefit. In the future, it would be something they would have to fight over.
"Of course I don't dislike it. But Nadeshiko suddenly saying this means you've run into some troublesome problem, right?", Hachiman played with Origamine Ouka's oni horn with one hand while turning his head to look at Iris, who had proactively hugged him, smiling helplessly.
His relationship with Iris had long since become inseparable, with no distinction between you and me. Seeing her act like this, he immediately understood that bringing someone over had a special purpose.
That said, he still had to admire Iris's decisiveness and methods. Without doing much, she had directly pulled people onto his ship.
Perhaps this was exactly why Iris had been chosen as the elf royal princess.
"Mm, president, you noticed."
Iris nodded and whispered softly into his ear.
"The Kiriya family that Nadeshiko belongs to has been targeted by certain people in the Japanese government. They want to capture them and take them back for demi-human experiments."
"Um, Hachiman-sama, I didn't mean to hide it…"
At this point, Kiriya Nadeshiko could no longer maintain her humble posture. She couldn't help lifting her head to look at Hachiman, wanting to explain that her offer of loyalty wasn't driven by ulterior motives.
"No need to rush. I'm not rejecting you."
Hachiman waved his hand, straightened his posture, reached out to help the flustered Kiriya Nadeshiko up, and comforted her with a smile.
"When you run into problems you can't solve, asking others for help isn't something to be ashamed of."
"However, the matter of serving me as your master can wait until after your threat has been dealt with."
"Iris, what do you think?", As he spoke, Hachiman looked at Iris.
"The president can decide. I'll listen to whatever you choose. It's just that I think we don't need to personally step in for this matter. It would be better to let humans handle it themselves."
Iris smiled faintly at his gaze. Since she had brought the people to him, she naturally had already thought through a solution.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have rashly brought them over. At the very least, she would have discussed it with the president first.
"Let humans handle it themselves?"
Hearing this, both Hachiman and Kiriya Nadeshiko were a little surprised.
Hachiman didn't really care. He wouldn't even need to act personally. Sending Suzune Rione and the others, those goddess angels and magical girls, would be enough. Even deploying Vignette wasn't out of the question, though he wasn't sure whether those higher-ups who wanted to capture demi-humans for human experimentation could help increase Vignette's allowance.
But Kiriya Nadeshiko had originally wanted to seek help from the elf princess Iris and had never expected that Iris didn't even plan to step in.
"Mm. The Saegusa family's young lady, Saegusa Mayumi, will soon come to Sobu High. Besides her, there are also quite a few other human forces who want to enter Sobu High."
Iris nodded and softly explained her idea.
"The president can use the seeds of extraordinary power as rewards and let their families step in to put pressure on certain people."
"I could also expose these issues in the name of protecting demi-humans, but once something like this is exposed, the relationship between demi-humans and humans will no longer be so harmonious."
"That's true… this kind of issue really is sensitive. Whether it's handled well or not, it's extremely easy to stir up antagonism between demi-humans and humans."
Hearing Iris's concern, and knowing her identity as a goodwill ambassador, Hachiman nodded slightly.
Even cult organizations that posed great harm had to be eliminated discreetly, with only a brief mention in the news afterward, to avoid serious social impact.
Something like human experimentation involving both demi-humans and humans would naturally affect the views of most people in society and their attitudes toward demi-humans.
Of course, that was assuming he had no way to privately deal with those people. As things stood, he alone could go over and wipe them out effortlessly, not to mention that he had so many helpers around him.
Social impact wasn't that important to him. What mattered most was his own way of thinking.
"President, do you know why my status is so high? Even though I only occasionally attend political events, my popularity is still higher than Elio and the others, who frequently hold concerts and possess voices beyond human reach."
Seeing that Hachiman understood her meaning, Iris continued explaining at an unhurried pace.
"If it were just pure political diplomacy, it wouldn't give me such a high status and popularity."
"After all, the elf race isn't in this world. My princess status at most earns me some preferential treatment."
"And this world itself also possesses some extraordinary power, it just requires higher talent and comes at a relatively greater cost."
"The real reason so many conglomerates and families constantly want to get close to me and curry favor with me… is the elf race's long lifespan."
"So that's it. Is that also why the Kiriya family was targeted? Because vampires have long lifespans, they were watched and wanted to be captured for experiments?"
Hachiman pondered. He hadn't thought about this angle before, but thinking about it carefully, it did make sense.
Ordinary demi-humans who awakened bloodline power, with only moderate levels of extraordinary strength, were actually very easy to suppress with modern weapons.
As long as they weren't hiding among city crowds, large numbers of ordinary people wielding modern weapons could easily deal with supernaturals. Unless they were exceptionally powerful, they couldn't withstand relentless bombardment.
This was likely why monsters hid in sparsely populated countryside and demi-humans with less obvious racial traits stayed hidden within society. Demi-humans were too few among humans and were social anomalies, making them easy targets.
Ordinary demi-humans were one thing, but long-lived races like vampires, if they didn't possess enough power to protect themselves, would definitely be secretly captured for experiments.
After all, the temptation of longevity was simply too great.
"Her Highness Iris is right. If it weren't for the protection of the true ancestor Akasha back then, our Kiriya clan might have already been erased," Kiriya Nadeshiko spoke up when Iris pointed out the real reason they were targeted.
"Powerful vampires don't need to worry about being targeted. Decapitation tactics can still threaten those higher-ups who covet longevity."
"However, some weaker vampires who didn't hide well were probably secretly captured."
"I've heard that long ago there were already similar experiments, trying to let ordinary people obtain some of the long lifespan of demi-human races."
"But normal demi-humans already have difficulty awakening their bloodlines. Those who don't awaken are no different from ordinary people, let alone ordinary people fused with demi-human bloodlines."
"Even if those ordinary people survived the experiments, they would become monsters that easily lost reason and needed to drink blood or eat flesh."
At this point, Kiriya Nadeshiko sighed deeply.
Many vampires wanted to abandon their vampire bloodline and become ordinary people, but there were also many who yearned for the power and lifespan of vampires.
If bloodline awakening were easy, that would be one thing. But it was extremely difficult. None of the Kiriya family could be considered to have perfectly awakened bloodlines. Even though they did possess some remarkable abilities, rapid bodily regeneration and great strength, they still feared sunlight and pure silver.
"Don't worry. I'll help you, Nadeshiko, deal with all your troubles. However, using the seeds of extraordinary power as rewards…"
Hachiman comforted Kiriya Nadeshiko, then looked at Iris thoughtfully.
He was very willing to deal with those forces within the Japanese government that secretly conducted human experiments, and even wanted to act personally.
However, using the seeds of extraordinary power as rewards to resolve this matter felt rather subtle.
He naturally understood Iris's meaning. The so-called seeds of extraordinary power meant letting those conglomerates and noble families send their direct-line daughters over for him to develop their magical girl potential.
But developing magical girl potential wasn't the end.
It was called a seed because afterward, a magical girl's magical power, physical techniques, teamwork, and so on still needed further enhancement through his training.
Without his day-and-night nurturing and training, magical girl talent would remain just talent, unable to grow strong.
"The president needs to learn to delegate. Some things should be left for them to do. You just need to give them some rewards afterward."
Iris smiled faintly, her slender arms affectionately wrapping around Hachiman's neck.
Faced with people coming to seek help, wouldn't it be nice for the president to solve everything while lying down?
The ones seeking help resolved their troubles, the ones doing the work got their rewards, and the president gained loyal subordinates.
That was a triple win. If the president personally stepped in, or if she personally showed up, the effect wouldn't be as good as this.
"Mm, I'll go with what you say, Iris."
Hachiman wrapped his arm around Iris's slender waist, pulling her soft, petite body tightly against his own, and lightly bit her.
'Worthy of being his Iris. Truly impressive.'
Though it did feel a bit like he was the real mastermind behind this world, turning one proper heroine after another into inner-world heroines.
"Master, please allow Nadeshiko to serve you well."
The only one still standing, Kiriya Nadeshiko, looked at Hachiman and Iris, who were no longer speaking. She bit her lip, carefully knelt on the sofa on Hachiman's other side, and slowly began to untie the straps of her dress.
"..."
Facing the ironclad Hachiman and the ever-changing elf princess, the shrine maiden Origamine Ouka, who had remained silent all this time, couldn't help rolling her eyes.
Was it really okay to be plotting all this "dragging people into the water" right in front of her?
She was an oni clan shrine maiden responsible for maintaining order and preventing demi-humans from harming ordinary people.
However, she didn't only protect ordinary humans. She also had to protect ordinary demi-humans.
If Iris's method could peacefully resolve things and drag those masterminds out to be punished, that would be best. If she personally took action, the number of deaths wouldn't be just one or two.
After all, she had vaguely heard some rumors. In certain places, demi-humans who had lost their reason and attacked ordinary people had appeared. After investigation by the demi-human alliance, it was discovered that those so-called demi-humans had originally been ordinary people.
No one knew when it happened, but those ordinary people had somehow turned into something like vampire demi-humans.
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While Hachiman was in the student council office promoting harmonious development between demi-humans and humans, the Service Club's advisor, a certain older unmarried teacher, was completely losing her mind.
Teacher's office. The young female teachers who didn't need to supervise exams were discussing weekend gatherings.
With nothing better to do, Hiratsuka Shizuka also joined them. However, before she could decide whether to participate, she soon saw Kirisu Mafuyu walk in with a cold expression.
From Kirisu Mafuyu's mouth, she learned a truly shocking piece of news.
"That Hachiman kid skipped the exam?"
'Has this guy gotten more and more outrageous lately? Skipping class is one thing, but now he is even skipping exams. He isn't giving me any face at all.'
"He finished the morning exam in full. I didn't have to supervise in the afternoon, I just went over to check that classroom, and I found that Hachiman's seat was empty."
Kirisu Mafuyu's face was icy. Her dissatisfaction with Hachiman kept growing. He put on a show in front of her, and the moment he was out of her sight, he didn't even bother taking the exam.
"I asked Miura-san, Tenma-san, Ijichi-san who sit around him, and I also asked the class monitor, Rurikawa Tsubaki. They all said they didn't know where Hachiman was."
"And he even wanted us to wear maid outfits to teach him household skills…"
"That can't be right. I saw Hachiman-kun do very well on the exam this morning, could he have been tied up by something urgent and couldn't come take the exam?"
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