(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.

Shiraishi-sensei’s POV

“Hey, Rio~?”

“What is it?”

She was quietly reading a book in the room.

My lover, and recently also someone with a fiancé under the Harem Law.

I didn’t think it was unfaithful — I knew her circumstances, and besides, I might get some benefits too.

Actually, that would be ideal… Though I really hoped things worked out well.

I wondered how that was progressing.

“Come to think of it, Kyoya-kun came to the nurse’s office today~”

“What?!”

With a startled face, Rio put down her book and hurriedly rushed over to me.

“Are you okay?! He didn’t do anything weird to you, did he? Didn’t touch your breasts, look at you with perverted eyes, or touch your thighs?!”

She was anxiously checking my body. Of course, she must be worried, right? But still, did she really need to be touching my breasts like that?

“…Haa haa, I feel like there’s a strange smell… it must be because you were with a man… Oh, just checking, but you weren’t alone with him, right?”

“Eh, of course we were alone?”

“Wh-whaaaat?!”

Wasn’t her reaction a bit over-the-top?

“Eh, a closed room?! You were in a closed room?! Are you okay, he didn’t do anything suspicious, right? Men are really no good at all…”

“Hey, stop shaking me~!”

My body was being shaken back and forth…

“Are you okay? You’re okay, right?”

“Hey, calm down, I’m fine, nothing happened at all!”

“Why do you sound a bit sulky when you say that!”

“No, not at all?”

Rio probably didn’t understand from the bottom of her heart, even if she understood it rationally that she was in such a fortunate position.

Well, I was fine with my role as it was… For now, I needed to reassure her.

After I explained that nothing had happened, she finally calmed down a bit.

“…So what did that guy talk to you about?”

“…That’s a secret~”

“What?!”

Rio looked at me with abandoned puppy dog eyes, asking, “Why?!”

Usually at school, or especially in front of Kyoya-kun, she kept a composed face.

Her dislike of men was genuine, but…

“Even if you ask why, that’s how it is~ Even if you’re my colleague and lover, I can’t tell you what students consult me about~”

Well, it wasn’t anything major anyway.

“Uun, I know that, but… as your lover, I can’t help wanting to know.”

“No way~”

“Mmh, I guess it’s alright~”

When it came to work matters, even Rio couldn’t argue and quickly gave up.

“Oh right, you’re going on a date soon, aren’t you? With Kyoya-kun.”

“…Ugh, they really did something unnecessary. I wonder if I can cancel it somehow.”

Oh? Her reaction seemed less negative than I expected. When she’d first gone to the arranged marriage meeting, she was throwing a huge tantrum.

Rio looked displeased, but it didn’t seem like she absolutely hated it.

“Could it be you’re actually looking forward to it?”

“Of course not! Don’t be ridiculous!”

She was angry enough to grow horns on her head. Well, that was understandable. It was not something she could easily accept nor want to, but this seemed like a good thing.

“Sorry, sorry, I was just kidding.”

“Don’t even joke about that!”

She was getting all huffy, she was really cute.

“…But really, how is Kyoya-ku—”

“—I’ve been listening, but it’s Takeda-kun, okay? Don’t call him by his first name.”

Her eyes were scary. It was cute jealousy, but this too was probably actually… Sigh, I wished Kyoya-kun would hurry up and win her over.

“Okay okay, so how about Takeda-kun? From when you showed him around school and how he seemed when we talked today, he didn’t seem like the type of man you usually dislike at all, did he?”

Rio hated men. Especially arrogant ones. She particularly hated that old-fashioned type.

“Ehh- I don’t want to talk about that—”

“Don’t be childish. I’m just saying this because I’m worried about you~”

Well, I also wanted to know more about him too.

“…Mmm, when you put it that way, I guess I have to answer~”

It seemed like she would tell me. She scratched her head, her expression still a bit unwilling.

“But there’s really nothing to talk about~”

“Even among that nothing, though?”

Her not talking to him was expected. She disliked men in the first place after all.

“No, really, there’s nothing to tell, we barely talk.”

This girl, really.

“But I might think he’s not very manly.”

“…How so?”

“The other day, he barged into Mizuri’s bathroom—”

“—Wait, what?”

It didn’t make sense from the start. What was he doing, really.

And wasn’t it usually the opposite? Why was he, a guy, peeping? Being peeped on would make more sense.

Though speaking of Mizuri-chan, there was that incident…

“Well, for some reason Mizuri screamed, and when everyone gathered he kept apologizing the whole time. Usually guys would say things like ‘You must be happy to be seen naked’ or ‘Don’t show me something so disgusting’.”

For some reason, huh.

Well, I understood why, but still, he had apologized profusely? He really was different from normal men.

“…And it seems his date with Hosho-chan went well overall too. She said he listened well, and even though he’s a guy, he apparently enjoyed the art museum. Seems there was some trouble related to the past but that worked out fine too.”

“…Is he really a boy?”

I was starting to wonder.

“Really, though. Apparently he grew up in the countryside, so maybe he wasn’t exposed to bad influences.”

That was what they said, but could that alone really explain this… It felt like there must be something more. Or rather.

“So, what did you do?”

“Huh?”

Rio stared at me with a blank look.

“So far it’s all been about other people, but nothing about you?”

“…B-but I don’t really like men? I didn’t want to get involved?”

Well, I understood how Rio felt, but at this rate…

“But then you won’t be able to report anything, right~?”

Rio stumbled over her words with an “ugh.”

“I’m not going to say much about it now~ But it’s still too early to make a move, so for now just properly go on the date, okay? Don’t force yourself there, it’s fine to dislike what you dislike, and if you enjoy it that’s fine too, so off you go~”

“…Okay~”

“Good girl… shall we head to bed?”

Rio nodded silently.

…I needed to take proper care here.

But really, I was counting on Kyoya-kun. I had set everything up properly.

Well, that aside, should we have some fun? Thanks to Kyoya-kun, I was feeling quite aroused, after all.

Rio shifted on the bed.

“Hey, Ayaka?”

“Mm?”

“There’s something I want to ask… um…”

Her request. Usually I would nod without refusing, but…

“Eh?”