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"…I will always like Nijika-senpai!"
Kitahara Makoto seized the initiative, his eyes fixed on the fruit knife in the corrupted Senpai's hand, ready to disarm and apprehend her at any moment.
"…"
Ijichi Nijika seemed to have been stimulated by something, and she suddenly stopped in her tracks.
"It worked."
Kitahara Makoto felt a slight joy in his heart.
But it wasn't enough.
A simple 'like' was certainly not enough to disrupt the corrupted Senpai's mind; he needed to add more.
"That afternoon, from the first moment I saw Nijika-senpai, I fell in love with her at first sight!"
"…"
"I want to marry Nijika-senpai!"
"…"
"I've already thought of the children's names!"
"…"
Ijichi Nijika, who had been standing blankly at the Kitchen doorway, finally came back to her senses. Who knew her reaction would be much bigger than Kitahara Makoto had imagined? She actually stumbled backward in a panic, her voice filled with both shame and anger:
"You, you, you, you, you… What are you talking about!!!"
"We've only known each other for a few days; isn't confessing now too frivolous?!"
Frivolous!
And those things you said, like marriage, and the children's names… it's really too frivolous!
Kitahara Makoto: "…"
Only known each other for a few days?
So he misunderstood. The Nijika-senpai in front of him was just acting strangely; she wasn't actually a corrupted interdimensional counterpart?
Silent for two seconds, Kitahara Makoto spoke:
"…Senpai, please put down the knife in your hand first."
Clatter.
Ijichi Nijika quickly placed the knife aside.
Kitahara Makoto stepped forward, turned on the light, and looked carefully, confirming that Ijichi Nijika's eyes were not stained with an unusual red glow. Only then did he finally relax.
"So it was a false alarm…"
Kitahara Makoto sighed in relief, unable to resist complaining:
"Senpai, what were you doing in the Kitchen with a knife?"
"Hana-chan said she was hungry and wanted something to eat. I happened to have bought some fruit earlier, so I thought I'd cut some for Hana-chan," Ijichi Nijika said, her pretty face flushed, covering her chest with both hands, and vigilantly. "You need a knife to cut fruit, right?"
There was no other way.
Such a cute little Beast Eared Girl, looking at you with big, bright, expectant eyes, and even calling you 'Mama'—there's simply no way to refuse!
Kitahara Makoto raised an eyebrow again:
"Senpai, why were you tilting your head all the time?"
Ijichi Nijika bit her lower lip: "Water accidentally got into my ear while I was bathing, and it was very uncomfortable, so I thought about tilting my head to let the water out..."
Kitahara Makoto: "..."
It was reasonable and flawless.
If one had to say whose fault it was, it was Kitahara Makoto's problem.
"I'm sorry, Kitahara-kun is a good person." Ijichi Nijika's pretty face flushed crimson. She bowed slightly, entering rejection mode, "But I currently have no intention of considering dating, please forgive me for not being able to agree!"
"..."
Being rejected was normal; Kitahara Makoto was not surprised at all.
If Nijika-senpai had agreed to date, that would have been a truly unexpected event.
Regarding the confession just now, Kitahara Makoto only felt his face slightly hot, with only one thought in his mind:
Scum!
He was truly too much of a scum!
He had just kissed Bocchi-chan outside, and then turned around and confessed to Nijika, it was simply too scummy to behold!
However, words spoken were like water spilled; it was clearly impossible to take them back.
"So... what should I do now?"
Kitahara Makoto frowned slightly, seriously considering a countermeasure.
Hana-chan insisted on calling Nijika 'Mom', and given Nijika's responsible personality, she would definitely not abandon her 'daughter'. She would often come to visit Hana-chan in the future, and over time, her favorability would likely increase day by day, eventually leading to the path of the cleaver.
Even though today was over, what if similar accidents happened again in the future?
(It seems I can only use that method that kills a thousand enemies but harms oneself by twelve hundred...)
Kitahara Makoto quickly made up his mind, took a deep breath, and said with a serious expression:
"Even if Nijika-senpai rejects me, I will not give up!"
Ijichi Nijika: "..."
If someone is rejected, they should be a gentleman and choose to give up. Being persistent will make people dislike you!
Kitahara Makoto said faintly:
"I have a dream..."
"Eh?" Ijichi Nijika pursed her pink lips, a strange premonition in her heart that Kitahara Makoto was about to say something extraordinary, "What dream?"
Kitahara Makoto spread his arms and said with conviction:
"I want to make a harem!"
"Wh-what?"
Ijichi Nijika's beautiful eyes suddenly widened, thinking she had misheard.
He had just been rejected, but then in a blink of an eye, he said he wanted to create a harem?
She must have misheard, right?
She must have misheard, right?
Kitahara Makoto said earnestly:
"Life needs a goal to strive for. I often felt lost and pained without a goal, until two days ago in the Otherworld, I finally found my life's goal..."
"That's right!"
"I want to create a harem!"
Kitahara Makoto extended his right hand towards the stunned Nijika, his tone sincere: "Hitori-chan, Kita-san, and Nijika-senpai, I like all of you. My goal in this life is to have all of you join my harem!"
An overt scheme!
A self-detonating overt scheme of retreating to advance!
Cleaver, right?
If you refuse to join the harem, then you have no right to use the cleaver on me. If you agree, then you also have no reason to use the cleaver on me!
"Wait, why isn't Ryo..."
This question first appeared in Ijichi Nijika's mind.
After being stunned for a while, Ijichi Nijika finally came back to her senses, a look of incredulous disdain on her pretty face, and she couldn't help but retort:
"Kitahara-kun, are you really not having a fever and talking nonsense?"
"Of course it's not nonsense, I am very clear-headed right now." Kitahara Makoto interlaced his fingers, his expression serious, "I will always like Nijika-senpai, so... Nijika-senpai, join my harem?"
"Impossible!"
"I refuse!"
"Even if Kitahara-kun were the only boy left in the world, I would not agree to you!"
Ijichi Nijika shook her head quickly, directly giving a triple rejection.
After failing a confession, he actually wanted to invite her to join his harem?
How could there be such a shameless boy in the world!
Ijichi Nijika clenched her pink fists, feeling her teeth itch, wanting to punch him.
(I misjudged him! I didn't expect this to be Kitahara-kun's true face!)
(The future Kitahara-kun was clearly not like this, yet he would say such words... Wait, does Kitahara-kun have an unspeakable reason?)
(Even if there's a big reason, he shouldn't say such things!)
(Inviting girls to join a harem or something... That's too much!)
"Even if Nijika-senpai refuses, I will not give up on my dream." Once self-destruct mode was activated, there was clearly no turning back. Kitahara Makoto said seriously, "All in all, my goal in this life is to have Nijika-senpai, Hitori-chan, and Kita-san all join my harem, and for everyone to become a loving family!"
"Impossible! I will absolutely not agree to that!"
Ijichi Nijika covered her forehead, took a deep breath, tightened her pretty face, and turned to walk towards the washing machine: "I'm going home!"
And then...
Bang.
Ijichi Nijika, whose brain was in chaos from the harem declaration, subconsciously opened the washing machine, and then got stuck in it again...
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