The Old Man Is Being Shared by Three Gyarus?! ~An Ordinary Salaryman Is Adored by Energetic, Beautiful Gyarus, and His Daily Life With Gyarus Begins Now!~ - 138

Chapter 138: Meeting the Family of the Overly Busty Gyaru

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A group of high school gyaru girls and the entourage of a major corporation’s chairman—two groups who clearly didn’t seem to have any connection—were getting along suspiciously well. 

…Huh? Just what’s the relationship between them all?

Just as I was about to get to the bottom of it, the sound of fast-approaching footsteps came from behind.

“President Yotsubaaaaaaaa!?”

The manager, Yamamoto, burst in looking panicked. He bent over with his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath.

“I-it’s been a while, sir…”

“Wait, you know the President too…?”

“K-know him? Our restaurant’s parent company that’s expanding nationwide is Yotsuba Foods… haah, haah… Which means the President is my superior many, many levels up…”

“S-seriously…?”

I had no idea…

“I live nearby, you see. So I occasionally stop by like this. Are you two acquaintances as well?”

President Yotsuba removed his fedora as he looked between the two of us.

“Y-yes. This guy—er, I mean, Nagumo-kun and I are classmates…”

“Oh ho. What a delightful coincidence.”

“Y-yeah, haha… Um, by the way, I don’t think we’ve received any notice about this inspection visit? Ahaha…”

“Hmm? Ah, I’m not here today for business purposes. I’m here in my personal time… That is, to meet my granddaughter’s fiancé.”

“Granddaughter…?”

“Fiancé, you say?”

A pair of question marks popped up over both mine and Yamamoto’s heads at the same time.

“Oh? Did I get that wrong?”

President Yotsuba looked toward the person sitting beside him—Maria-san—for some reason.

“You didn’ get it wrongt. I’m going to marry Naa-kun. munch munch…”

“Uhh…”

Sitting directly across from me was President Muneshige Yotsuba and the one sitting next to him, happily munching on dessert, was Maria Yotsuba. 

Both of them are Yotsuba…So that means…

“Oh.”

“You’ve finally caught on, I see. As you might have guessed, these two are biologically related.”

You’ve got to be kidding me…!

“Hey, you!? What’s this about being a fiancé to President Yotsuba’s family!?”

“I just found out about that too, okay!?”

“Hmm? Nagumo-kun, are you saying that you’re only playing around with our Maria?”

The President’s brow twitched ever so slightly.

“N-no sir!? Not at all! I’m seriously dating her! Just like I am with the other three! …Ah.”

“The other… Three?”

“U-uh, that is!? I’m not, like, cheating with four girls at once or anything…! I-I’m not four-timing them…!”

“You’re panicking too much, Oji-san. Muneshige-san already understands the nature of our relationship.”

“Eh? Really?”

“Hahaha. I was just teasing you a little. Yes. As Ayane-chan said, I know full well that you’re seriously thinking about marrying all four girls here. What a bold plan indeed. Every time these girls come over to visit us, they go on and on about it.”

“I-I see…”

While I gave a strained smile, the two in question looked proudly smug.

“We worked hard and gave a full-on presentation for you!”

“No need to thank us, Ossan. We were only doing our duty as your wife!”

I appreciate the sentiment, but I really wish you’d consulted me first.

“I’m very sorry, President. It seems these girls have caused you some trouble…”

“Trouble? Far from it. I’m grateful, honestly. Misaki-chan and the others always bring so much energy into our lives.”

The President’s eyes suddenly took on a faraway look, and he continued in a quieter tone.

“…It was an unforeseen accident. My daughter and son-in-law passed away, leaving behind this little one and Seijuurou. My wife had already passed, so I ended up raising them myself.

I had always been the kind of man completely devoted to work. Everything about raising kids had been left to my wife. So when I suddenly found myself in charge of these two, I was terrified that I wouldn’t be able to raise them properly. But with help from those around me, they both grew up strong and healthy.

There was a trustworthy acquaintance of mine who had a daughter the same age as Maria. I enrolled Maria in the same private elementary school—a so-called elite girls’ school—thinking that at least I could rest easy about her future. For the first time, I felt like a burden had been lifted from my shoulders. But then…”

He gently stroked Maria’s head with clear affection as he spoke.

“Growing up in a life where adults were always watching over her, she became passive and quiet about everything. She only had a handful of friends, and it didn’t seem like she enjoyed school. Well, it didn’t seem like she herself found it suffocating either. …Or rather, it might be more accurate to say that she thought that kind of life was normal for her. Even after entering middle school, nothing changed. I racked my brain to find something I could do for her. I even sought advice from others, and eventually, the idea came up: why not drastically change her environment? So we decided to move her from a closed-off elite school to a more open public one. Fortunately, we found a high school that was tolerant of ‘shadow bodyguards.’ That sealed the decision.”

“Huh? Shadow bodyguard…?”

“Ah, that would be me.”

Kaede-san raised her hand modestly. …Wait, wasn’t she supposed to be the older sister?

“And then, on the first day of school… I still remember it clearly. When Maria came home, she was absolutely beaming, and she said: ‘I’m gonna be a gyaru~’ …So she said.”

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