Vol 2 Chapter 18 – Ruri’s Despair

Afterward, having calmed down a little, she wiped her tears and invited me into the classroom.

Her face was still flushed red, but the tears had stopped.

The moment I stepped into the classroom, all of my classmates’ eyes locked onto me at once.

And then—

All the girls in the class let out a collective scream. “““Kyaaaa♡”””

The screaming gradually grew louder, turning into a storm of shrill cheers.

“““Yuuma-samaaaa♡!!”””

The girls’ cheers were so loud I thought my eardrums were going to burst…

“Hey, everyone! This is my husband, Kisaragi Yuuma-sama!”

“Hey, Mari!! What are you talking about?!”

“That’s right! You shouldn’t lie! Yuuma-sama is my husband!”

“That’s not right, Kana-chan! He’s my husband!”

“Now wait just a minute, both of you! Yuuma is going to marry me!”

“You’re wrong! I was the first one he proposed to!!”

Once the cheering stopped, a fight over who got me began…

The scary part about all this is that I’m not actually anyone’s husband.

In other words, they’re all talking based on their own delusions…

No, wait… could it be possible that the Kisaragi Yuuma from before I was reincarnated really did propose to all of them…

Ugh, that’s a terrifying thought… It means I have no way of judging who’s telling the truth, right?

Ah… I’m screwed.

It’s impossible. I can’t even deny it if someone comes up and tells me, “I’m your girlfriend…”

And on top of that, every single one of them is supposedly a yandere…

All I can see in my future is getting stabbed with a kitchen knife.

There’s no way I can achieve my goal of ‘Enjoying my youth with a harem!’ now.

In that case, my new goal is… ‘Juggle 60 relationships without getting killed by a yandere!’ has been decided!

Thinking it over… I’m kind of the worst, aren’t I?

“All of you, that’s enough!”

““Eek! Rei-chan’s mad!!!””

“Of course I am! It may be self-study, but we’re still in the middle of class! Besides… Yuuma is my childhood friend, so I won’t let him marry anyone I don’t approve of!”

“Why?! Rei-chan, isn’t that weird?”

The beautiful girl with silver hair and heterochromia, Mari, spoke up.

Yeah, I think that’s weird too, Rei-chan!

“Why do you get that right just because you’re his childhood friend!”

This time, the blue-haired Ruri retorted.

“Because a childhood friend is like family! It’s only natural for family to have a say in a marriage!”

Rei declared, puffing out her chest proudly.

“Eh? Then you can’t marry Yuuma-sama either, Rei-chan. Since you’re family and all.”

A tall, beautiful girl with long black hair said with a laugh.

“Don’t be silly, Kana. A childhood friend is the kind of family you can marry! So, I can marry Yuuma!”

The person who seemed like the most sensible one here might actually be the least sensible of all…

As I was thinking that, the sound of the school chime echoed through the classroom.

“Rei-chan! The bell rang, so we’re free now, right! It’s okay if I go hug Yuuma-kun, right?”

“W-Wait, Mari! Just because class is over doesn’t mean it’s okay to hug him!”

“Eeeehh—then what can we do!”

Ruri and Mari were glaring at Rei with deadpan eyes.

“You can’t do anything! Because the only one who gets to do anything with Yuuma is me, his childhood friend!”

Rei declared with a smug, triumphant look on her face.

But the other girls in the class didn’t agree with Rei at all, and a storm of boos erupted.

“That’s not fair, Rei-chan!”

“Yeah! It’s unfair!”

“Right? Everyone thinks so, too, right?”

The girls in the class were all voicing their dissatisfaction.

Into this classroom already wrapped in an atmosphere of chaos, even more chaos barged in to make things worse.

“Yuuma-sama! I have come to see you! I, Tenjouin Amane, your wife!”

The beautiful girl to whom the laugh “Ohoho” suited better than anyone else in the world, Tenjouin, threw open the classroom door with force.

“T-Tenjouin?! Why are you here?!”

“Eh? Because I am Yuuma-sama’s wife! And is it not perfectly natural for a wife to come see her husband? From now on, I shall visit you here every break time!”

“Ehh! That’s, uh, a little problematic…”

“Yuuma-sama, are you perhaps planning to amuse yourself with the commoners of this class?”

The girls in the class reacted sensitively to Tenjouin’s words, and I felt the air freeze over.

Everyone’s eyes were filled with a murderous intent that said they would never forgive her…

“Tenjouin, calm down a little. I just want to communicate with everyone so I can fit in with the class.”

“Deepening our own bond should take precedence over the rabble in this class! …Isn’t that right, Yuuma-sama♡”

Tenjouin looked up at me, seeking my agreement.

Her cute gesture made my heart waver a bit… and seeing my reaction, Tenjouin pressed her advantage.

“Yuuma-sama is mine♡ I will not hand him over to anyone.”

The girls in the class glared at Tenjouin as if she were their parents’ killer.

With Tenjouin’s clearly provocative words and her appeal to me, the classroom was now overflowing with bloodlust.

Okay, if I agitate the girls in this class any more than this, it’s going to get bad! I have to stop Tenjouin somehow…

Just as I was about to open my mouth to stop her, Rei stepped in front of Tenjouin.

Then, Rei shot Tenjouin a glance and opened her mouth.

“Tenjouin-san, you’ve said quite a lot of selfish things. You seem to be going on about being Yuuma’s wife… but fufu, I wonder why you, who prattles on about being his wife, are not wearing a ring? Surely you wouldn’t say you’ve lost it, would you?”

Provoked by Rei, Tenjouin’s beautiful face twisted, and she was clearly getting angry.

The whole class held its breath in the explosive atmosphere.

“We love each other, so I simply didn’t think a ring was necessary!”

“Fufufu, Yuuma doesn’t like you, let alone love you, Tenjouin-san.”

“That cannot be true! Because I love Yuuma-sama so very much!”

“Tenjouin-san. Just accept it already. A flashy, eccentric woman like you is not Yuuma’s type! I know because I’m his childhood friend! Yuuma likes black hair, and for hairstyles, he prefers twintails! He likes pure, graceful, and modest women! Like me!”

Hmm, I don’t dislike it, but it’s not exactly a bullseye either?

Sorry, Rei. You were trying to match the old Kisaragi Yuuma’s preferences, weren’t you…

As I was thinking that, the girls in the class all started to put their hair into twintails at once.

But Ruri, with her short cut, couldn’t make twintails, and she slumped over with a look of despair on her face.

“That can’t be true! A woman with a plain appearance like that could never suit Yuuma-sama better than I!”

And sneakily, Tenjouin had also changed her hairstyle to twintails.

At this rate, every student except Ruri is going to have twintails.

It seems like I’d better correct this somewhere along the line…

Brides Remaining: 『59』