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Chapter 253: Harem!
🕑 Added 2025-03-31 17:12:14 +0000 UTC[You understand that your relationship with Matsuzaka Satou is far more complicated than simply "liking" or not.]
[On the surface, it looks like you're commanding her, relying on her to take care of various matters, as if you are in an absolute master-servant dynamic.]
[But in reality, her "obedience" is the proof of an emotionally starved girl clinging to you for dependency.]
[She spends more time with you at school.]
[Every time class ends, she comes straight to your side and only leaves when the next class begins.]
[The boys in your class grit their teeth in jealousy.]
[First it was Akane Shinjo, second in the grade, then Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue during the school festival…]
[They all envy your inexplicable ability to attract women and desperately seek your guidance.]
[Some female students are heartbroken at the sight, feeling utterly inferior to the pink-haired beauty by your side.]
[Even school SNS platforms start circulating photos of the two of you together.]
[Everything appears dazzling and perfect.]
[Even the members of Kessoku Band, along with Akane Shinjo and Rio Futaba, believe—]
[This pink-haired girl will, just like them, fall under your spell.]
[In private, they even start calling her "sister."]
[Among them, Chisato with her unmatched intuition, and Ryo Yamada with her fiery affection for you, remain unusually clear-headed.]
[With your help, Ryo Yamada and the others get into their dream universities, while Chisato balances work at LycoReco with pursuing her own dreams.]
[During this time, Chisato and Ryo sense that your relationship with Satou is far from what it appears to be.]
[On the surface, Satou seems to obey you in everything, but in truth, it's the opposite.]
[Satou is the one who demands from you—]
[Through the guise of "servitude," you allow her to express her overflowing love, creating a one-sided outlet for her emotions.]
[They realize that Satou's qualities are far from ordinary, and they finally understand why you've chosen this "master-servant play."]
[To help ease your burden, Ryo, for the first time, swallows her pride and tries to befriend Satou.]
[But she fails. Satou's eyes hold no interest for anyone but you.]
[Without you, she'd likely view Ryo as a hindrance—and possibly take action against her.]
[Yet you're there—you're her limiter, restraining all her extreme, pure, and irrational yandere outburst.]
[Likewise, she fulfills your every command.]
[Even after you make it clear you won't be her lover, she still insists on staying by your side.]
[For her, just having a small corner of your world is enough.]
"Huh?"
You didn't expect this… not from that Satou.
Even Minami is stunned reading this.
This level of devotion and appeasement?
Even if you won't be her lover, she still wants to stay by your side?
"Isn't that too much…?"
Minami lets out a hiss and shakes his head.
Sure, he changed her personality…
But it seems like he's just dragged her from one extreme to another.
"This is the real trouble with blank-slate types like her."
They overthink everything, never understanding flexibility.
Dye her red, and she's red. Dye her black, and she's black.
Simulator-chan, why do you always pick the hardest targets?
Minami sighs, then shakes his head again.
No point dwelling on that now. Time to keep going.
[You didn't want her to become a puppet, mindlessly following your lead, so you tried everything to reduce her affection, her dependence on you.]
[All of it failed.]
[A girl suffering from love-deprivation sees only you.]
[Left with no other option, you let her stay by your side, silently hoping time would dull her extreme obsession.]
[Time passes.]
[You graduate from university and land a job at a major bank.]
[Using your experience and network, you eventually found your own company.]
[You're now 26, turning 27 soon.]
[And you reach the age where marriage becomes inevitable.]
[According to your previous plan, you probably would've proposed to someone from Kessoku Band, LycoReco, Akane Shinjo, or Rio Futaba.]
[But reality places a truth before you, one you can't ignore.]
[After you entered university, Matsuzaka Satou also managed to get accepted into the same university as you.]
[Her academic performance was average, her aptitude no more than that of an ordinary student. No one could possibly know just how much effort she put in to be able to enter Tokyo University, just to stay by your side.]
[All of this—was simply because she wanted to be with you.]
[Time did not dull her burning love for you; in fact, it only deepened the feelings she had buried inside.]
[You're faced with a difficult decision, and so, you decide—]
[Option 1: Harem! I want everyone! Whether it's Kessoku Band, LycoReco, or Akane Shinjo and Rio Futaba!]
[Option 2: Ignore Matsuzaka Satou and marry the girls from Kessoku Band, LycoReco, Akane Shinjo, and Rio Futaba—parties are a pirate king's delight!]
[Option 3: Live a blissful life with Matsuzaka Satou alone! Long live pure love!]
[Option 4: Simulate it Yourself!]
The sudden appearance of these four options flashed before Minami's eyes.
And just by reading their content...
Even Minami had to admit—
Each of these options was explosive.
PS: Short chap for today...
