As a Reward for Saving the World, I Was Reincarnated Into a World Where Girls Are Super Aggressive and Chastity Roles Are Reversed!! …Or So I Thought, Until It Turned Out to Be an Overbearing Yandere Harem of My Former Companions Who Loved Me Too Much - 31

Chapter 31: The Founding of Kazuki-sama Bride Candidate Selection Committee

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“I’ve decided to seriously… Look for harem candidates—no, a bride! And for that, I want everyone’s help!”

The morning after I made that declaration of resolve. When I stepped into the dining hall, the air there was different than usual—tinged with a certain solemnity. At the table sat Celestia, Shinon, and Silvia, their expressions grave, as though they were about to attend an important council.

“G-Good morning. What’s wrong with you all? You look so serious.”

As I called out, uneasy at the unusual atmosphere, the three of them turned their eyes on me all at once.

Wait…Even if this was a world where chastity roles were reversed, maybe my talk about a harem was a mistake? No, maybe it was asking them to help me find a bride that was wrong…? I thought I was being lighthearted, like at a group mixer, but maybe that was actually offensive…?

As I broke into a cold sweat, Shinon quietly rose to her feet and executed a flawless bow.

“Good morning, Master. Regarding the serious request concerning your ‘Harem Plan’ that you bestowed upon us last night, after thorough deliberation among the three of us, we are prepared to report our conclusion.”

“Oh! You actually took it that seriously? As expected of you!”

So fast! I was moved, but Shinon continued in her usual flat tone, though tinged with faint pride.

It seemed they weren’t angry. They had just been deciding how best to tell me. Thank goodness.

Yeah, a chastity-reversed world really is the best! If this were a normal isekai, they’d probably have despised me.

“To realize your great plan in the highest and most perfect form, as of today, we have officially established the ‘Kazuki-sama Bride Candidate Selection Committee.’”

“Th-The Kazuki-sama Bride Candidate Selection Committee!? Isn’t that a little over the top!?”

I reflexively interjected at the grandiose name, but then Celestia rose, taking over with a saintly smile.

“It is not excessive in the least. After all, this concerns deciding the partner of Kazuki-sama, the lord of this town and a precious being—a Hero. And the purpose of this committee is only one: to carefully select the most suitable partner for Kazuki-sama, our Hero who has saved the world and our Master. For that, we need to find someone pure, devoted, and capable of loving only you, forever.”

“Hmph. Well, to make sure no weird pests get close to you, this genius mage will also be keeping watch. You’d better be grateful.”

Celestia puffed out her chest in confidence, while Silvia folded her arms and looked away. Each of the three had their own style, but the fact that they were taking this so seriously for my sake made me feel like I had the best companions one could ask for.

I couldn’t romance my party members, but having gained such precious friends was something to be happy about.

“Thank you, everyone… Honestly, I thought maybe I’d said something completely absurd, but for you to think it over so seriously… So then, what exactly are we going to do?”

When I asked, heart swelling with expectation, Shinon once again began her clear explanation.

“Yes. In order to select the best candidate, we reached the conclusion that we must first deepen our understanding of the basis of selection, which is Kazuki-sama. Yes, we need to have a better understanding of you and as well about us, the members of this committee, far more than we do now. We must understand every detail.”

“You mean, learn more about me and about you three? But we live together and have known each other a long time. Isn’t it a little late for that…?”

I voiced my doubt, but Shinon only shook her head without expression.

“Is it, though? It is true that we know Master better than anyone—particularly I. However, daily life is one thing, but what about how Master behaves on a date with the opposite sex? Your idea of an ideal date? Your preferred type of woman? And even… Your tastes at night. Unless we collect and analyze all of this data, we cannot possibly hope to choose someone truly suitable for you.”

“W-What…”

I swallowed hard at Shinon’s words. 

Even my nighttime preferences!? Do women in this world probe that deeply!? Wait, my secret stash of ‘The Noblewoman Knight Who Cries “Kill Me or Ravish Me”’ and ‘Enslaving Demons After Weakening Them’… There’s no way they’ve found those, right?

“Therefore, Master—”

Shinon fixed her eyes straight on me, and in a voice that brooked no refusal, delivered an outrageous demand.

“As our committee’s first official activity, we would like each member to spend one full day in your company. This is an indispensable investigation—no, a precious time of ‘mutual understanding’ to deepen our knowledge of you. We humbly ask that you go on dates with each of us.”

“…D-Dates!?”

I couldn’t help but shout. To think that three beautiful girls, each with such different personalities, wanted to go on dates with me—for the sake of “knowing me better.” And not only that, they were the ones proposing it to me!

This… This was the world I had dreamed of—‘a chastity-reversed world where girls were super proactive!’ Thank you, Loki-sama!! Even if they only saw me as a friend, I was thrilled just to be able to go on dates with them!!

“Yes! Of course, I’d be more than happy to!”

I accepted with a beaming smile, tears of joy welling inside me—but for some reason, tension crackled for an instant between the three of them.

“Then, as the leader of this committee, I’ll go first!”

“Hold it right there! Something like this would be way livelier if someone with charm like me, an elf, went first, rather than a repressed prude like you!”

“The order hardly matters. In the end, it is I who will stand at Master’s side.”

Quiet but fierce sparks flew between them.

“Um… You’ll all get a turn, so the order doesn’t really—”

“Be quiet, Kazuki!!”

I tried to mediate, but Silvia’s glare, more intense than ever before, silenced me.

“Then let’s decide fairly with rock-paper-scissors.”

So it was decided through a rock-paper-scissor game…

“Fufu. Don’t think you can defeat me, who holds the blessing of God. The first turn is mine!!”

“You used divine blessing to boost your luck, didn’t you!? That’s cheating, you closet pervert saintess!!”

“Tch.”

And so, Celestia won on the first try, and it was decided that I would go on a date with her.

“All right, understood! Then the first commemorative date will be with Celestia!”

“Yes, please!!”

She grasped my hand with a radiant smile, and my heart skipped a beat. If only a girl like her really liked me… Nah, as if.

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“All right, understood! Then the first commemorative date will be with Celestia!”

With Kazuki-sama’s unclouded smile and those words, victory’s chime resounded in my heart.

I did it… Thank you, Loki-sama. Never before in my time as a saintess have I felt such gratitude.

Even as I felt Silvia-san’s and Shinon-san’s skin-prickling stares of jealousy on me, inwardly I pumped a fist in triumph.

Yes, yes, of course I knew.

Kazuki-sama still believed this date to be only an ‘investigation for bride candidate selection.’ He hadn’t noticed the burning passion in our hearts. That blockhead—no, that pure and innocent Kazuki-sama was still oblivious to the truth.

That was why this very first date was crucial. This chance, this right to stand at his side before anyone else could—I could not let it slip away. Meeting Silvia-san’s murderous glare, I silently nodded back.

(If you break the promise, I won’t forgive you.)

(Of course. I’ll keep the conditions we agreed on from the start.)

Finishing our wordless exchange, I concealed blazing determination beneath my saintly smile.

On tomorrow’s date, I would engrave into his heart and body, deeply, deeply, that I was not just an ‘ally’—that I was a woman in love with him. I had read many books and perfected the date course for this very purpose. Kazuki-sama… Tomorrow’s date would not be to evaluate you. It would be a sacred ritual to make you know me—and fall for me.

(Silvia-san, Shinon-san…Forgive me, but victory goes to the swift one.)

Without fail, I would make Kazuki-sama utterly smitten on this date. And I would make him realize that no other woman could ever match the weight, the depth, and above all the sweetness of this saintess, Celestia’s, love.

“Kazuki-sama… I look forward to tomorrow♡”

I told him with my brightest smile. Yes, I would keep our promise. But if Kazuki-sama himself wished for it… Then that couldn’t be helped, could it?

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