(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.

“Kyoya-sama, you’re finally being discharged tomorrow.”

Today as always, Kazari-san was beside me as usual.

Right now in the morning, everyone else was at school or work so they couldn’t come visit, leaving just the two of us in the room—me and Kazari-san.

Kazari-san handed me water, which I drank down in one gulp.

My parched throat was instantly quenched.

“Yeah, finally. After being hospitalized so many times, I’ve gotten tired of hospital life.”

After that, Sayaka-san, Rio-san, and Ayaka-san all came to visit despite being busy.

I had plenty of energy, but since I injured my head, they made me stay for observation.

I even had an MRI, but the results showed no problems.

Right, there were no problems, but…

“Man, I got scolded by everyone.”

About the head injury, I got thoroughly scolded by Sayaka-san, Rio-san, and Ayaka-san—all of them.

Sayaka-san reasoned with me while smiling, Rio-san properly scolded me as a teacher for the first time in a while, and Ayaka-san admonished me sadly. Only Mizuri-san followed up for me.

Everyone was seriously worried about me, which is why their anger increased proportionally, and I was simultaneously made sad and scolded.

“For me, I’m actually pleased that there are more people who can admonish Kyoya-sama’s recklessness… It means Kyoya-sama’s presence has become quite significant among the fiancées. Honestly, if I told myself from six months ago, I wouldn’t have believed it.”

“You wouldn’t have believed it?”

“No, more precisely, I didn’t think you could capture their hearts this quickly. I always thought it would eventually come to this.”

Kazari-san’s face was completely serious, and there was no lie in those words.

Conversely, being told that made me embarrassed.

And there’s no way Kazari-san wouldn’t notice…

“Oh my, how adorable.”

“Shut up.”

To erase the embarrassment, I reflected on the past.

Thinking back, at first it was just the two of us.

No one else, no one to rely on. Thinking about it that way, having people besides Kazari-san worry about me…

I never thought I’d be scolded so seriously by the fiancées who initially disliked me.

“It was rare for Kyoya-sama to obediently accept it without making excuses.”

Kazari-san’s expression seemed to say it was unexpected.

“I learned from Mio-nee that the more you argue back, the longer the scolding time becomes. Plus, this time I clearly had fault too. I had no choice but to obediently accept it.”

Moreover, the reason they scolded me was because everyone was seriously thinking about my health.

I couldn’t dismiss that.

“Having more people who scold Kyoya-sama to take care of his body is… a good thing. Until now it was only me and Mio-sama. Still, forcibly regaining consciousness with a headbutt—I’ve thought this before, but isn’t that too brainless? …No, I don’t have the right to say that in the first place. I apologize.”

No right… ah, I see.

Is Kazari-san bothered by what happened the other day?

“You’re saying Kazari-san doesn’t have the right to warn me because you left my room unlocked?”

“That’s part of it. Also, I was the one who told Eucharis your location… I sincerely apologize.”

Kazari-san bowed her head.

Honestly, I wasn’t surprised when she came out with it.

“I knew, or rather, I understood.”

“I see… well… I thought so too. That you wouldn’t bring it up.”

I smiled wryly, and Kazari-san smiled wryly in return.

Well, this was a kind of rite of passage. I knew, and Kazari-san knew that I knew.

“Only you or I can unlock the door, Kazari-san. Since I didn’t do anything, you’re the only one who could have. This was already self-evident, right? Plus, you made it obvious when you said one thing. [No matter what happens, I’m ultimately on your side.]”

Then I had no choice but to trust.

Trust, and if betrayed, so be it. That’s what I thought.

“You really believed that… Kyoya-sama, you’re a fool. Besides, there could have been other possibilities, though I’m one to talk.”

“You’re right, I might be a fool… Well, sure. Even if someone hacked the house or broke in to unlock it, Kazari-san and Kurokawa-san aren’t people who wouldn’t notice. Which means you let it happen on purpose. Either way, Kazari-san was involved, so in a broad sense, you could be called the culprit.”

“Maybe I was just careless.”

You jest.

If Kazari-san is careless, then most people would be.

“The Kazari-san who was recruited by NAZ Agency around the time of entering elementary school is careless?”

“…That might be past glory.”

“Does that mean you were demoted and that’s why you’re my maid?”

“Kyoya-sama is a problem child, after all.”

“Wow, I can’t deny that.”

We both let out smiles.

Trivial exchanges between just the two of us. We used to talk like this often.

Recently, with Kazari-san not being at home much, these exchanges have decreased in frequency, but it’s still comforting.

“…Let’s get back to the main topic.”

“Right. You also told them our location at the beach, Kazari-san? That’s how Karen-san could come.”

If she unlocked the door, it wouldn’t be strange for her to have told them our location too.

“As you say, that was also me. Though I never predicted they’d try to have Mother kill Kyoya-sama based on that information.”

“So that’s why you rushed over in a panic, Kazari-san… And when you arrived, Karen-san was pointing a knife at me.”

Listening to Kazari-san’s detailed explanation, apparently when Y learned Mizuri-san had failed, they immediately switched to killing me.

They sent that to Karen-san via email, and Kazari-san, who was hacking Y’s emails, rushed over.

For Y, it was fine as long as they could tarnish my reputation and lower men’s value.

So by having a fiancée’s parent kill me, they could frame it as a mother’s crime angered by a man’s scandal, damaging the fiancée system—that was the goal.

All the past actions were based on that too, and the actions weren’t wrong.

“Y only told me to contact them when I found Mizuri’s location, so I turned that around and stayed nearby in case anything happened… but I never thought it would actually become incident-like. Plus, the Eucharis side had grasped the general location, so my arrival was cutting it close and ended up at that timing. I apologize.”

“…So that’s why you apologized first. Don’t worry about it. You came, didn’t you? In the end, nothing happened. Isn’t that fine?”

Contrary to her expectations, she exposed others to more danger than she thought.

That’s why she apologized.

“…Turns out what I said earlier about being careless wasn’t entirely a lie.”

Apparently there was some self-mockery in those earlier words.

It’s rare for Kazari-san, but if she endangered her own parents, sister, master, and people connected to her, she’d want to be self-deprecating.

“Then just be perfect next time. That’s all I ask. So no other damage occurs, while being perfect.”

“…Understood. You say harsh things as always.”

“You can do it, right?”

“…Yes, of course.”

She bowed her head beautifully like a maid, respectfully.

“Why were you following Y’s orders in the first place, Kazari-san? Were you being threatened about your family after all?”

That’s the only reason I could think of for Kazari-san to comply.

She must have deliberately jumped into the center of the storm to try to control the situation.

“There were certainly threats from Y. What Kyoya-sama said is of course part of the reason. By deliberately selecting what information to give out from our side, I could reduce risks. But to be honest, I wasn’t that worried about my family.”

“Eh, you weren’t worried?”

Why not?

The question simply remained. Because I know that while Kazari-san looks cool and expressionless, she has deeper affection than anyone. She just doesn’t show it on the surface.

Kazari-san’s answer was extremely simple.

“Because Kyoya-sama is here, so there’s no need to worry, right?”

She said it as if it were utterly natural and obvious.

“You’re definitely going to solve it.”