(Chastity Reversed) The Legitimate Wife War: How I, a Harem-Hater, Ended Up Creating an Ultra-Eccentric Harem with a Villainess, a Sadistic Beauty Teacher, a Scheming Classmate... etc. - Chapter 128.2 - A Date with the School Nurse and an Unwanted Prediction

When the water reached our shoulders, it felt like the fatigue was instantly leaving our bodies—so comfortable.

Looking at Ayaka, she too had closed her eyes and was relaxing.

We both stretched our legs and soaked in the bath in silence for a while.

Ah, the bath feels so good.

As expected, Japanese people belong in baths.

As I was spacing out, I noticed there was a TV in front of us.

That’s right, I remembered.

“…By the way, we can apparently watch movies here too… want to try watching one while bathing?”

“Really? That sounds nice, let’s put something on?”

When I turned on the TV, several classic movies were listed. When I handed Ayaka-san the remote, she selected one movie… this looked like a spy action movie.

“These kinds of things feel surprisingly fictional and interesting.”

“Coming from someone who actually did it, that’s convincing.”

Ayaka smiled wryly.

“Well, yeah… real spies don’t actually cause such big commotions.”

Though it seemed like you caused quite a commotion recently.

“That recent thing was special.”

Don’t read my mind.

“You can see better if you come over here.”

She was right—from my angle, it was a bit hard to see. I hadn’t minded, but since Ayaka-san was inviting me.

I slid over next to Ayaka-san and sat down.

I hadn’t felt it before, but getting this close…

We were at a distance where skin could touch skin.

Getting this close, I could sense everything about her. Her breathing, Ayaka-san’s cheeks flushed from the bath. Her porcelain-like skin with water droplets. Her hair clinging from the water.

Everything about Ayaka-san was bewitching.

“…Taking a bath while watching a movie and relaxing is nice.”

Ayaka-san said this while gently resting her head on my shoulder.

“That’s right.”

Honestly, I couldn’t focus on the movie at all.

My heart was already beating like a drum.

I came here for hot spring therapy, but I wasn’t relaxing at all—only I was getting nervous.

“I wonder what kind of reaction Rio would have if I told her we took a bath together and watched a movie here?”

I couldn’t help but smile wryly at Ayaka’s mischievous comment.

“Rio-san would…”

Let’s see…

“In the past, she would have gotten angry, saying ‘She’s mine.'”

“But now you’re properly my fiancé too, right? It’s different from before.”

“Yes, so she’d probably get angry saying ‘Don’t leave me out,’ wouldn’t she?”

Ayaka looked at the ceiling for a moment, thought about it, and seemed to imagine it, nodding.

“True, either way she’d get angry, though for opposite reasons… Rio would get jealous seeing this scene. Actually, she was jealous.”

“Oh, so she was.”

She only told me to have fun when I left.

“She probably tried to act like a mature woman in front of you, Kyo-kun. Rio may be masochistic, but she probably doesn’t want to interfere with you either—that’s the female heart for you.”

I wouldn’t think of it as interference though.

“She warned me with dark eyes, saying ‘You absolutely cannot lay a hand on him.'”

So Rio-san said that.

That’s surprising.

“Even so… I’ve already laid my hand on you a little, haven’t I?”

She gently touched my lips with her index finger.

I couldn’t look away from Ayaka’s eyes. As if being drawn into her gaze, our lips drew closer—

“No, that’s not allowed.”

I was stopped just one finger’s width away.

“I promised Rio I wouldn’t… and besides—”

“—Besides?”

Ayaka paused there.

“The first time has to be in front of Rio.”

“Wow.”

What a bad personality.

“It’s not my fetish, you know? I’m just trying to satisfy Rio’s fetish properly.”

Ayaka was surprisingly sadistic toward Rio-san.

Well, I know she cares about her too—it’s like being mean to someone you like.

“So today is not allowed.”

She winked cutely.

“Besides, if I made a move on you when you haven’t made moves on the other girls, I’d face backlash… not yet, anyway.”

“Not yet” sounds scary.

I wonder if there’s some kind of order? I thought it would be fine since we hadn’t done anything like that until now.

“You don’t seem to get it, but Rio and Hosho-chan are already clashing occasionally, right?”

“Now that you mention it, they do seem to be.”

“That’s an extension of that. Well, there’s no winning or losing, but if I had to say, it would be about who becomes the legal wife.”

Legal wife… that’s so exaggerated.

“Everyone’s going to have a hard time… well, maybe that worry is for later?”

Somehow the atmosphere of lovers’ sweet talk had disappeared, and peaceful time had emerged.

The two of us took a bath together, quietly watching the movie. But the distance between us was closer than before.

Ayaka, who was once a double agent.

Now I felt like the emotional distance between us was closer than back then.

“Come to think of it… I never properly said this.”

“Yes?”

“Thank you for saving us… Kyo.”

“I didn’t do anything that grand, but I’m happy to be here with you now.”

“That’s right, I’m definitely having more fun than before—it’s the best.”

“I’m glad to hear that.”

Getting a bit hot, we both cooled down on beach chairs.

“I actually quite like this feeling of being with everyone.”

“Yes, me too.”

There were various things at first, but now I think it’s not bad.

“…To protect this relationship, you have something you want to ask me, don’t you?”

Ayaka was looking straight into my eyes.

She apparently saw right through what I was thinking.

“…I haven’t said anything yet.”

“I’ve seen various things—I can tell.”

“You’ve got me beat.”

“What I wanted to date you is genuinely true, though. Please don’t misunderstand that.”

“Hehe, thanks.”

Ayaka-san showed a gentle smile with kind eyes.

“But it’s also true that I wanted to ask you something… Since there are no prying eyes here, I’ll ask.”

“Yes, what is it?”

“When we first met, you said something, didn’t you? ‘If you’re going to start with someone, I think Rio-san or Sayaka would be good.'”

“…”

“At that time, I didn’t understand why you said that. Back then, Tachibana-san was the most approachable and easy to talk to.”

“Back then, yes. Now you can imagine the reason, can’t you?”

“Yes, though it’s a guess I hope isn’t correct.”

“…”

“Please tell me….Is Tachibana-san being abused? Do you know about that fact?”

To my question, Ayaka-san slowly nodded.

The guess I hoped wouldn’t be right had come true.