In the infirmary, Shichen was lying on the bed with his head pillowed on Ryoko Mikado's very plush thighs, looking perfectly content.
Ryoko popped a strawberry into his mouth and asked, "Can you stop coming here and interrupting my work all the time?"
"There aren't any students coming in," Shichen replied around the sweet berry.
"And what if there are? Plenty of kids fake being sick just so they don't have to go to class."
"It's fine. The second they see me, they won't dare fake it."
"Can't you act like a principal for once?" Ryoko sighed, shaking her head.
"I am acting like a principal," Shichen said, utterly confident.
Compared to the original principal, he was downright exemplary.
"Acting like a principal? This is called workplace harassment, you know?" Ryoko flicked his forehead.
"Come on, who are we to each other?" Shichen rolled over, facing her, and took in a deep breath.
"Don't sniff," Ryoko snapped, suddenly embarrassed.
"What's the big deal? We've already 'tasted' each other," Shichen teased.
"Go to hell~" Ryoko got flustered.
She said that, but facts were facts: they'd already gone all the way.
It had been a week since Momo and Nana came back. During the weekend on the island, Shichen had "worked Ryoko over" all night the same way he had with Kotegawa Yui last time.
Mature women really did have their own kind of charm. Shichen simply couldn't get enough.
"You smell really good," he said.
Ryoko had that special, mature scent clinging to her skin. It was addictive.
"What nonsense are you spouting? How could it smell good in here…" Ryoko swatted his head lightly.
"I meant you smell good. My nose isn't that sharp," Shichen chuckled.
"You—!" Ryoko's face went bright red.
Even as an adult woman, and even having already become "his woman," she still couldn't handle Shichen's dirty talk.
It was way too mortifying.
"Ryoko," Shichen said suddenly, voice turning serious.
"W-what?"
"Right now… there's no one else around."
"What are you planning?" Ryoko asked nervously.
"Not here, obviously."
"So you are planning something…"
"Well, you're just too tempting."
"No way!" Ryoko shot back immediately.
"Why not? It's not like it'd be the first time."
"That's not the point! What if… there isn't enough time?" she muttered.
Sure it was early in the day, but she honestly didn't believe he'd finish by lunch.
"It's fine, we can just triple the speed."
"Drop dead~ I can't handle that."
"Your body isn't the same anymore," Shichen reminded her.
"That's true…"
As she spoke, Ryoko clenched her fist—and her pupils flushed blood-red.
She could feel the endless strength inside her now, the overflowing vitality. She didn't need him to explain to know that even a severed arm would grow back.
Probably even a lost head.
"What are you, exactly?" Ryoko reined the power in and looked down at Shichen, curiosity burning in her eyes.
"What do you mean?"
"Why does getting your blood sucked turn someone into this? Or is it because we did… that?"
"No one gets stronger just by doing that," Shichen laughed.
"And it's not about you sucking my blood either. The main thing is that I gave you my blood."
"Your blood?" Ryoko frowned.
Of course she remembered that when he'd bitten her, she'd felt something flow back in as well. So that had been his blood.
Which meant it was his blood that had turned her into this.
"What's your deal, really?"
"No special 'deal.' I'm me. All you need to know is: I'm very strong, and you're my woman. On this planet—and in this universe—you can walk sideways."
"Even Lala's father can't beat you?"
"Probably not."
He wasn't entirely sure. He dimly remembered his future father-in-law having star-busting power, but that kind of power left him drained after using it.
Shichen didn't have star-busting moves, but he also couldn't be killed. And once the old man was left weak and coughing, that'd be his time to dominate.
Not that they'd ever really fight with Lala in the middle.
"You're really that strong?" Ryoko was stunned.
"Now you know how powerful your man is?"
"Oh, shut up~"
"Let's go," Shichen said, sitting up.
"Go where?" Ryoko blinked at him.
"To take you…"
He scooped her up in a princess carry and smiled down at her. "To try out that new body properly."
"W-wait…"
Whoosh—!
Shichen didn't give her a chance to refuse. He took her straight out of the school and onto the deserted island.
That island had been renovated and now had a little villa on it. They could come every weekend to vacation there.
Shichen stepped into the villa and carried Ryoko into "her" bedroom.
"C-could you not be in such a rush? There's not enough time…" Ryoko tried one last time to protest.
But once Shichen's mood was up, and with her being far from his first, there was no stopping him.
He reached the bed and tossed her onto it, watching her curvy body bounce once, then pounced.
"Got to quench my thirst first."
"That'll only make time even tighter!"
"Then it depends on how good your mouth-work is."
"You—!"
After that, the room went quiet—except for the occasional, distinctly "eating" sound.
Once they'd finished "eating," the singing began.
…
At noon, Shichen slipped back into his office literally at the last second.
As for Ryoko? Of course she was still back on the island, catching up on sleep.
Her physical constitution might have improved, but because of the time crunch he'd run things at triple speed. There was no way she could walk into school afterward without her knees knocking.
"Brother-in-law, your face is glowing," Momo said as soon as he stepped into the office, immediately clocking that something was off.
"Is it?" Shichen touched his cheek.
"Mm. You've definitely been up to something good. You look… really dewy."
"Well…" he rubbed his nose.
He still felt a little ticklish there, after all that fluffy hair brushing against it.
"Hmph~" Momo puffed out her cheeks.
Did he really think she was a kid?
Like she didn't know exactly what had happened?
"Shichen, where's Mikado-sensei?" Muramame Shizuka asked.
"Her? She's on the island."
"The island?"
"Yeah. There's nothing going on today, so she went to sunbathe. She really likes the seaside."
"I see…"
"So it was with Ryoko-nee," Momo nodded knowingly.
"Sharp as ever. Come on, let's go home for lunch," Shichen said.
"Hmph~ Brother-in-law still treats me like a child!"
"Heh~" Nana snorted.
"What are you laughing at? You're the youngest one here!" Momo snapped, glaring at her—and letting her eyes drop pointedly to Nana's chest.
"You…" Nana clenched her teeth, glanced around, and settled on Frieren.
"Frieren's even flatter than me…"
"Sorry I'm just this tiny then," Frieren said blandly.
"Ah— I-I didn't mean it like that," Nana apologized in a panic.
"What's wrong with being small? She's petite all over; her proportions are better than yours," Momo shot back.
"You… I…" Nana was at a loss.
"Besides, Brother-in-law likes Frieren this way."
"What does his taste have to do with anything?!" Nana shouted, flustered.
"Why wouldn't it? He's the one we're all living around; of course his preferences matter most."
"What kind of twisted logic is that?!"
"All right, all right, you two, knock it off. I like both big and small; Nana's still very cute," Shichen cut in.
"Who needs your approval?!" Nana blurted, face flaming.
"Okay, okay, I don't like you. Let's head back. Time to make lunch."
"You…"
Back home, Shichen started cooking while Momo and Kotegawa Yui helped.
Everyone else did their own thing.
"Brother-in-law, do you have your eye on Nana?" Momo asked suddenly.
"Why are you asking that out of nowhere?" Shichen countered.
"Don't change the subject on me."
"Heh… fine. I do like Nana a lot."
"I knew it," Momo said, smiling.
"Shichen, aren't you a little too much of a flirt?" Yui couldn't help chiming in.
"Well, Nana is very cute. And she looks way too much like Lala," Shichen said.
"If that's the reason, I guess it makes sense," Yui nodded.
"You're so quick to accept that, Yui-nee?"
"I don't pretend to understand you aliens."
"Yui-nee, aren't you pretty much one of us now?" Momo said sweetly.
"That's…" Yui had no comeback.
"Brother-in-law, want me to help?" Momo turned back to Shichen.
"Help? Help with what?"
"Help you get Nana."
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