The Kansai Villain’s Rebirth: I Accidentally Ended Up With a Harem.

Kansai Guy, Having Crab Hot Pot With His Heroines.

We picked up the cake from the ultra-famous patisserie “Luce.”

Hell yeah—time to head home and dig into that crab hot pot!

“Dai-chan, I’ll carry the cake. Go be all lovey-dovey with Mio-chan ♪”

“Shi-chan…”

“It’s fine, right?”

“Yeah. You saw how scared Mio-chan got when she spotted that jerk. Who knows what she might try—she’s still obsessed. It’s better if I stay close.”

“You’re right. Even at school she keeps stealing glances at Mio, or when Mio heads to the restroom she suddenly starts drifting after her like a ghost.”

“E-eh!?”

“Whenever Dai-kun escorts her, she clicks her tongue and slinks back to her seat. That’s exactly why I always go with Mio to the bathroom, too.”

“That’s disgusting! She’s seriously gross!!”

“Shhh, Shi-chan, keep it down!”

“But she IS gross! She’s a total stalker!”

“Hmm… Our Mio-chan defense network is pretty solid, but what about POINE?”

“I’ve got her blocked… I’m too scared to even look at the messages…”

“That’s the right call. Right about now she’s probably spamming Romeo-and-Juliet-level begging mails.”

“Romeo… mails?”

“You don’t know?”

“I’ve never heard of them… what are those?”

…Guess it’s a generational thing.

When a guy who used to be all domineering and emotionally abusive—like Imamiya—suddenly flips after the breakup and starts flooding you with one-sided messages like, “I always complained your cooking was bad, but actually it was delicious. Please cook for me again,” or “I did unforgivable things. Please give me one more chance”—that’s a Romeo mail.

And Imamiya? Yeah, she feels exactly like the type.

“Daiki-kun… now I’m scared to even open POINE…”

“As long as you keep her blocked, you’re safe. It’s okay. If she ever says or does anything to you, tell me immediately. I’ll protect you.”

“Daiki-kun… yeah…! You really always protect us, don’t you…”

“That’s right. You literally saved my life, after all…”

“Dai-chan saves us all the time… but we haven’t been able to give anything back…”

“What are you talking about? You do tons for me. I’m drowning in love—that’s more than enough.”

They all feel like they owe me too much…

But they let me bathe with them, cook for me, sleep with me… yeah, I’m getting way more than I deserve. They worry too much. Today, I just want them to eat as much crab as their hearts desire.

***

“Coming through~! Hot pot incoming—careful, it’s scalding!”

Mio-chan carried the earthenware pot to the table. She bustled around so efficiently that everything was ready in no time… God, I’m so grateful for Mio-chan… Those soft waves in her hair… she really does look like a young wife…

“It’s heeeere!!”

“Shi, calm yourself.”

We set it on the portable stove, lit the flame, and waited for it to bubble again.

Sniff sniff… “This smells insane! It’s heavenly!”

“Of course—king crab and snow crab, the ultimate hot pot tag team.”

The rich aroma of crab filled the entire apartment. My stomach was growling like crazy. After a little longer… Mio-chan lifted the lid.

“Here we go~ Ready, set—!”

“Whoaaa!”

“It’s… so luxurious…”

Rinko was twirling her hair in pure bliss. Shi-chan’s eyes had turned into little Shitake-cross slits. All we could say was “this is insane.” Crab legs were practically exploding out of the pot. The fragrance grew even more intense. This was…!

“Daiki-kun, would you say a few words?”

“Mio-chan, that’s a tall order! Ahem… Second semester—good work, everyone. From meeting Shi-chan over summer break to Mio-chan and Rinko… a lot has happened with the three of you.”

Everyone nodded earnestly. Yeah… everything.

Somehow I stopped being a corporate slave and became Ten’ouji instead… we solved everyone’s problems one by one…

“And after all that, Shi-chan, Mio-chan, and Rinko—you three became my girlfriends.”

More nodding. Shi-chan grinned like an idiot, Mio-chan closed her eyes as memories flooded back, and Rinko kept playing with her hair. And I received each of their firsts…

“Having three amazing girlfriends by my side—I really am the luckiest guy alive. I’ll keep the speech short, but I hope the four of us can stay stupidly in love for a long, long time.”

“I’m staying with Dai-chan until we’re grandparents! Absolutely forever—and you’d better love me tons ♪”

“I want to marry Daiki-kun, have his babies… Raising kids will be tough, but I want to be a couple as close as your mom and dad. Love me lots and lots ♪”

“Without Dai-kun, my world would be colorless… I couldn’t even keep living without him… forever… even after death, for eternity. Yes… I’d love to become a wonderful married couple…”

“Here’s to many more years together! Merry Christmas! Cheers!”

“““Cheers!”””

Times like this really make me crave beer… oh well, juice it is.

“Come on, Daiki-kun! Eat tons of crab!”

“You three eat tons too, okay?”

Huff huff— “So hot!! This… this is crab…!”

“The snow crab meat is so plump and sweet…”

“This is clearly top-grade crab… I must thank your father and mother properly next time. Delicious!”

“Yeah, this hits different.”

“Here, Dai-kun—say ahhn ♪”

“Hm? Ahhn… Whoa, the king crab flavor is insane!”

“The napa cabbage is melting in my mouth~!”

“Hey! Rin-chan, I wanna feed Dai-chan too—ahhn!”

“Okay, Shi-chan—ahhn.”

“Ahhn… so good! My turn to feed you!”

“Daiki-kun… me too… ahhn…”

“Mio-chan, you’re such a perv.”

“Why me!?”

“Kidding, kidding. Ahhn.”

“Mou… ahhn. Nn, delicious ♪”

“Rinko~”

“Ah—ahhn… fufu, it’s wonderful ♪”

Scenes like this… they’re perfect.

I don’t know what the future holds, but if all three of them become my wives and we can keep gathering around the table like this, sharing hot pot, nurturing our love… that would be everything.

My world right now is incomparably brighter than my corporate slave days.

I will protect their smiles.

Even if this is a slightly different world where I became their boyfriend instead—

I’m truly blessed.

“““… …”””

The three of them were silently, frantically digging out crab meat, and I couldn’t help but laugh.

Yeah—this is the magic of crab hot pot.

For some reason it’s hilarious. I munched on malony noodles and veggies while watching over them, occasionally devouring crab in silence myself.

We ate until we were stuffed… but there was still more.

“Rice going in~”

“Such vulgar stomachs we have… but there’s definitely room for zousui.”

“I feel a little guilty about such a luxurious zousui… but whatever ♪”

“It looks insanely good!”

Of course—after crab hot pot comes the zousui.

King crab and snow crab broth, so rich you don’t even need ponzu. Just pure, unadulterated flavor.

“Adding the egg~”

Mio-chan turned off the heat and poured in the beaten eggs. Shi-chan let out an excited “Ooooh!” Rinko smiled blissfully—this was going to be the best.

***

“Phew… I ate way too much… I’m stuffed…”

“Me tooo…”

“Fufufu, we demolished everything~”

Complete annihilation. Every vegetable, every grain of zousui—everything vanished into our stomachs.

Well, there’s still a little crab left in the freezer. I’ll treat Momotani-kun and the others later.

“So… everyone still has room for cake?”

“Sweets are a separate stomach—duh!”

“Mmm… calories… but it’s from Luce…!”

“Mysteriously, there’s always room… even if it means gaining weight…”

“Rinko, a little more meat on you wouldn’t hurt.”

“…I’m eating.”