(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 141.1 - Tachibana Mizuri's Circumstances - SIDE Tachibana Mizuri - Part 3

Why… is he here?

“F-father? Why are you here?”

“What do you mean why? Junko-sensei contacted me saying Mizuri was troubled, so I took time out of my busy schedule to come here. You should have just consulted at home, really.”

After father came through the door and locked it, he sat next to Kirigakure-sensei instead of next to me for some reason.

“Sensei… thank you very much for consulting with us.”

Father grabs Kirigakure-sensei’s hands with both of his and stares into her eyes.

Like he would do to a lover.

“W-wait, Koudai-san… I mean, father. Your daughter is here…”

“Yes, I know that. Let’s get to the main topic first, shall we?”

Father casually places his hand on the teacher’s thigh, and the teacher smiles happily too.

Even someone like me who’s clueless about the subtleties between men and women notices something strange.

After exchanging such meaningful interaction, the two turn toward me.

“Apparently that Akaumi girl filled your head with bad ideas… father is disappointed, Mizuri. I thought you wouldn’t be fooled by such things. But thanks to Junko-sensei contacting me, I was able to notice.”

“…No, no, it was for the student’s sake.”

The teacher turns her face away as if embarrassed.

“Sensei has also counseled me about my concerns… we had very intimate consultations.”

“Yes, indeed!”

For some reason she’s happily running her hand along father’s thigh.

The teacher is like a maiden in love.

“I’m disappointed… Mizuri. You and your mother both say my guidance methods are wrong, and only Junko-sensei believed in my methods. I’m really disappointed in you all.”

Y-you all?

Why even mother?

“Karen is Karen too, complaining about this and that, dragging on past choices forever, even though I’m the man and head of the household.”

“Really, what a terrible wife~”

“Junko-sensei thinks so too?”

“Yes, indeed!”

“See, I’m not wrong! And you all say I’m wrong and even bother sensei… this requires discipline.”

Mother has nothing to do with this conversation…

Father grins and stands up.

“…D-discipline?”

My body trembles.

Wasn’t I going to be freed?

Wasn’t telling an adult supposed to solve everything?

Why is this happening? Haruko…

“S-sensei? I said I don’t like pain…”

“Tachibana-san.”

The teacher approaches me and smiles.

“When you do bad things, you receive discipline, right?”

Hey Haruko.

What’s going on?

Weren’t adults supposed to help?

“But father has things to discuss with sensei… isn’t there some good discipline?”

Father looks at Kirigakure-sensei with a sidelong glance for some reason.

“Let’s see… it’s simple, but how about having her stand holding buckets full of water in both hands? That way there’s no noise and she won’t be in the way.”

“Let’s do that… Mizuri, go into that small room and stand holding buckets.”

“Yes…”

I hold buckets full of water in both hands.

They’re very heavy.

“You’re receiving discipline this time because you couldn’t believe in our family’s education, because you took bad influences seriously!”

Father sighs and forcefully closes the door.

What remained was me standing holding buckets and a cramped room.

As autumn approached its end, the room becomes cold and dark.

Scary.

But there’s nothing I can do.

The light leaking from the reception room is my only hope.

I can hear the two voices.

As if my existence meant nothing.

“Wait… father, you can’t do that here.”

“I’m already tired… even though I’m one of the few men in this world, I struggle so much.”

“Koudai-san isn’t wrong~”

Such sweet voices leak from the room.

Father was using a gentle voice I hadn’t heard at home recently.

He hadn’t even shown it in front of mother. It was a voice he had only shown when I was young.

“That’s right… I keep being indebted to Junko-sensei… thank you for diligently telling me about my daughter’s condition and test scores.”

…!?

Sensei has been… in contact with father from before… does that mean?

So consulting in the first place was wrong this time?

I heard something break.

I lost feeling in my hands, and everything became meaningless.

I see…

No one anymore…

“For Koudai-san’s sake, it’s natural… but then can I get a reward?”

“I do need to give Junko-sensei a reward.”

“Stop calling me sensei?”

“Junko…!”

The sounds entering my ears become meaningless.

I don’t cry anymore.

There was a sound like something covering something else.

After that, I don’t remember.

…I left the reception room with father an hour later.

Father and Kirigakure-sensei were sweating for some reason even though winter was approaching.