(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 134.2 - Confusion and Pandemonium

But before that, I had to say one thing.

“I have no intention of embracing Tachibana-san right now.”

I had to make this clear.

“Wh-why not? I think I’m quite attractive, you know? W-won’t you reconsider?”

She loosened her bath towel as she said this.

Underneath she was only wearing underwear.

She was certainly alluring and attractive.

But…

“Doing it when you like each other is the best, and of course I’d accept that. Even if it’s work, I think that’s fine setting aside whether it’s right or wrong. But doing it when you don’t want to is different. Tachibana-san doesn’t want this right now, do you?”

“I do want it!”

“I can tell that much. When you really want something, you don’t make such a defiant face…! Here, put your clothes on.”

I stood up and suddenly staggered.

At that moment, I accidentally pressed some switch.

My room’s bed was king-sized, perhaps assuming a harem of multiple people would sleep there.

It had some kind of mechanism like you’d expect from nobility, and I had apparently activated it.

I usually only used it occasionally to set a mood, so I had forgotten.

I only used it sometimes anyway.

“…Hik!”

The moment it activated, she suddenly contorted her face.

The canopy bed’s curtains automatically closed completely.

I helped Tachibana-san put on her clothes. She didn’t resist and I was able to dress her.

Then I noticed her shoulders were shaking.

Enough that her molars were chattering.

“…!”

She sat down on the bed, trembling all over.

“Tachibana-san?”

I firmly grasped her shoulders to try to talk to her.

But it was beyond my imagination.

“Hik… I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I won’t do anything bad anymore, I’m sorry, please forgive me.”

She just kept apologizing.

What was it? What had happened?

“Tachibana-san… what’s wrong… ah!”

A space closed off by curtains.

Darkness.

This had happened before too.

Before, Tachibana-san had the composure to keep up appearances.

But now?

She had attempted to crawl into my bed and failed.

In other words, I wasn’t a safe person for her either.

Meaning… it wouldn’t be strange for her trauma to resurface now.

Tachibana-san held her head and shook it back and forth.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry for not being able to be embraced, I’m sorry. I’ll do it properly. Next time I’ll definitely do it properly.”

“Tachibana-san, calm down.”

“No, no, no, I don’t want pain anymore, I don’t want darkness anymore!!”

I had to do something about this situation first.

I pressed the switch to open the curtains.

But they moved abnormally slowly. Her screaming continued during that time.

“I’m the only daughter so I have to do things properly. Because I tore the family apart… then Dad will come back, so I have to do it properly, I have to do it properly! I failed, I failed, I failed—”

“—I did what Mom told me to… but I failed. This won’t do.”

The moment the curtains fully opened, I rushed to turn on the room lights.

Tachibana-san’s face was pale and tears were leaking out.

“Ah, Kyo-kun… hey, hold me, embrace me? Otherwise I’ll get scolded… uh.”

Her eyes focused on me and stopped.

What was it this time? The trauma was supposedly…

“Blood… blood… I hate blood… I hate it.”

Just when I thought she had calmed down, Tachibana-san became even more confused than before.

“No… no… nooo!”

Tachibana-san screamed while clothed and ran outside.

“Wait, Tachibana-san!”

I hurriedly put on clothes and chased after Tachibana-san who had run out of the room.

While I was fumbling around, Tachibana-san apparently ran down the stairs and opened the front door.

“Wait a—”

I tried to run but staggered.

I felt dizzy and couldn’t move forward.

“What’s all this commotion at this late hour?”

“It’s quite noisy.”

Noticing our disturbance, Sayaka-san and Rio-san came out of their rooms on the second floor.

“Perfect timing, you two. Tachibana-san went outside…”

I called out to the two on the second floor.

My vision was still unsteady, but I couldn’t worry about that. I leaned against the railing and somehow managed to steady myself.

I didn’t think she could make rational decisions in her current state.

“Eh, Tachibana-san? …Wait, what happened to that injury!”

“Kurokawa! Quickly get people to search the area… Kyo-san, first let’s calm down and treat your injury.”

“That doesn’t matter…”

I tried to start walking but stumbled forward.

Ah, this is bad.

My vision suddenly went into slow motion…

“Kyo-sama, let’s calm down.”

I hit someone’s chest, preventing me from falling.

I smelled a familiar scent.

“…Treatment first.”

“But—”

“—But nothing! …Treatment first, understood?”

In front of me was Kazari-san with her usual cool expression.

Her overwhelming presence made me nod involuntarily.

Tachibana-san had disappeared somewhere.