I Was Not Popular With Girls in My Previous Life, but I Was Reincarnated Into a World Where Harems Are the Norm, and a Mentally Unstable Elf Beauty Follows Me Around - Chapter 15 & 16

That’s Completely Different from Touching It Myself…

Right after my reincarnation, in the forest where I had just arrived, I rescued a silver-haired beast-ear beauty and the people around her from bandits. No, back then she had been a little girl.

Who could have imagined she would grow into an adult in just a month? And now she was asking me to date her.

“I am glad you say that, but it feels like our first meeting, so we still do not know each other well.”

“What are you talking about! We date to get to know each other better, do we not! You are such a strange person, Kaito!”

“That is true, but there are stages to these things.”

“Stages? Um, date, propose, marry. I understand that perfectly!”

“You are not wrong, but it is too vague.”

People in this world seemed more relaxed or broad-minded about such matters compared to Japan.

“Oh, right. I have not introduced myself yet! I am Misty! So, please take care of me from now on!”

“Slow down, slow down! Do not decide everything on your own.”

This girl seemed to have a tendency to charge ahead by herself.

“By the way, did you come here alone?”

Right, regardless of her behavior, she was dressed in an expensive-looking blouse and skirt, and her hair and overall appearance were impeccably neat.

Back then, she had said they were on their way to an important business deal in a carriage, so she was probably a young lady from a good family.

“Oh, come on! Do not call me ‘you.’ Feel free to call me Misty! And I properly told my father and mother that I was going to meet the person who saved me, so it is fine!”

“What did your father say?”

“He told me, ‘Go and capture his heart properly!'”

(Is that okay…?)

“This is troubling. We are adventurers, so we cannot take you along.”

“Understood! Then I will wait at your house! I do all sorts of lessons, so I am good at housework.”

“Your house? You mean you are going home now?”

“My house is far from here, so I cannot get back in a day. More importantly! I read in a book that adventurer parties have a base. Do you all have one?”

“…We do.”

I hesitated a little because it felt awkward to mention living with three girls.

“Will you take me there too?”

“Hmm, what do you two think?”

“A little while might be fine.”

“I agree too. She came all this way, after all.”

“Got it. We can do requests another day, so let us head back.”

“Yay!”

Misty jumped up in joy. Watching her made me feel brighter too.

“Um! What kind of house is it!? Where is it!? Is it wonderful!?”

“Calm down a bit.”

She seemed to have no brakes when it came to things that interested her. What should I do?

“Kaito, will you leave this to me?”

“Airi, do you have a good idea?”

Then Airi gently and softly stroked Misty’s beast ears.

“Nn… Ahfa…!”

Misty let out that sound and shuddered, as if her strength had suddenly drained away.

Hey, is she okay after that? If I did it, there would definitely be a problem.

“It really feels good here, does it not?”

“B-Because… It is completely different from touching it myself…”

What on earth were these two doing? This was the guild entrance.

Airi’s ears seemed sensitive too. But I did not have the courage to test it.

And so we skipped adventurer activities that day and returned to the party house, the four of us.

“This is Kaito’s house!?”

To be precise, it was all of ours. And one more, Sakura, was there.

For now, we waited until everyone gathered, and then we would talk. What would happen?

**

Is There Any Reason to Refuse?

The four of us ended up waiting for Sakura to return. She worked from nine to six, with a one-hour break. No overtime. On top of that, she got along well with everyone at work, and it was stress-free.

She had a far whiter-collar job than I ever did in my previous life. In a workplace like that, five years on the job would be a breeze.

We had all left the house around the same time, but since we had only talked with Misty at the guild, it was still before noon.

“For now, let us have lunch. Today is Airi’s turn, right?”

Airi and Meg had agreed to alternate days for cooking meals.

I could manage simple dishes myself, but when it came to feeding others, I could not just season them carelessly. So I left it to the two of them.

“Yes! Let me make it!”

Before Airi could respond, Misty raised her hand energetically. Her beast ears twitched in response, as if reacting to it.

“Huh, are you sure?”

“Ah! That reaction means you are suspicious, does it not!? I told you, I do all sorts of lessons, so I am good at housework. Besides, having people to eat what you make is such a happy thing!”

“I get it…! I totally get it, Misty! I really feel the same way…!”

Meg took Misty’s hand and shook it up and down vigorously. Was she about to cry a little?

“Airi, is that okay with you?”

“Yes, I do not mind.”

And so we left it to Misty. Airi had been in her maid outfit, but what would Misty wear while cooking?

I had been a little expectant about that, but she wore a plain apron. However! A silver-haired beast-ear beauty in an apron was something you would never see in Japan.

A tune came humming from the kitchen. It was a melody that was easy on the ears and put one in a cheerful mood.

For someone like me who could barely score in the sixties at karaoke, even a hum counted as a proper song.

As I watched her move briskly from behind, it suddenly occurred to me. Did she have a tail?

From what I could see, it did not poke out from under her knee-length skirt. All that showed were her slender, pale bare legs.

In that case, the only way to know would be to look inside. But that would mean we were in that kind of relationship by then.

“It is ready!”

What she set on the table was typical home cooking in this world. Stir-fried meat and vegetables, grilled fish, white rice. It looked just like a set meal.

Surprisingly, this world had rice too. Since it had bread, it was no wonder it had similar crops.

Maybe a reincarnator from Japan had spread it.

“This is delicious…! The seasoning is something I would never think of.”

“Yes, it is worth learning from.”

If the two of them praised it so much, it had to be good. When I took a bite, it truly tasted like something from a diner, and the rice just went down so easily.

I shoveled in the heavily seasoned meat and white rice together. The rich flavor of the meat mixed with the sweetness of the rice, and I could not stop my hands.

In the middle of the meal, I asked Misty a bit about herself.

She was nineteen, the same age as Airi. Her family had run an item trading business for generations, and it was a major corporation in this world. She really was a young lady from a good family. To think such a person was now sitting at the same table with us… That suddenly made me feel a lot of pressure.

Even after we finished eating, it was still just past noon. Compared to Japan, this world had few entertainments. There were things like televisions, but nothing like smartphones from Japan.

This was exactly when web novels would come in handy, but of course, this world did not have them.

(I wonder how that series is doing.)

There had been no signs of it getting axed, which was why I was curious. Though, since I myself had gotten isekai’d from Japan, there was nothing I could do about it anymore.

In the end, the four of us just lounged around until Sakura came home. One succubus working hard at her job, and four adults who had just stayed home doing nothing.

This felt too unfair! I would get serious starting tomorrow! …I had worked properly in Japan too, and I never had a NEET phase.

“I am home.”

We all greeted Sakura with “Welcome back” when she returned.

“Oh, who is that girl?”

“This is Misty. We met at the guild. It turns out I happened to save her from bandits about a month ago, and she came all this way to see me.”

“I see. Do you like Kaito?”

“Yes!”

“I see. In that case, she should live here.”

“Thank you so much!”

“Too fast! Do not decide things between the two of you.”

“Oh? Is it not fine? She came all this way to see you, did she not? Is there any reason to refuse?”

“I am not refusing, but it is not something to decide so easily.”

“I work at a marriage agency, so I feel this even more. Not being able to be with the person you like is a kind of unhappiness. So even if there are others, as long as you both agree, you should live together.”

“That is not something I cannot understand, but still.”

“Kaito, you seem to think it has to be just one person. But since we are already living together, how about trying to see all of us as potential partners in that sense?”

“You mean as romantic interests?”

“No. As nighttime companions, obviously.”

Only now did it hit me how dangerous it was to live with a succubus.