Night.
In a luxurious mansion with crystal chandeliers and many socialite guests. Classical music was playing. Saki, Rin, and Aya stood in the hall filled with people.
The first one was busy welcoming the guests and her two followers? They helped her store every gift she received.
But after a while, Saki couldn't help but complain. "Why isn't Eiji-sama here yet?"
"Maybe he's stuck in traffic, Saki-sama." Aya comforted her.
Saki hoped what she said was true. Because if Eiji didn't come at all, she would be sad and disappointed.
After all, at her birthday party this time...
She was planning to do something special. However, it would be pointless if Eiji didn't come.
"Saki, let your two followers take over your duties. Now, come with me to talk to the young master of the Shijo family."
At this moment, her father, Ryuga Tenjouin suddenly came up to her and asked her to talk to another man.
Saki was not happy, but she could not refuse her father's request. "Alright, dad."
She reluctantly followed him.
Unlike when dealing with other people where she was often arrogant and domineering.
In front of her father, she was a submissive daughter.
Soon, they stood in front of a brown-haired young man in a suit who could be considered handsome.
But compared to Eiji, he was still much worse. Saki had no interest in him.
"Mikado-kun, this is my daughter. This year, she turns 18 like you." Ryuga gestured for his daughter to introduce herself.
Saki pinched her skirt and elegantly said, "I'm Saki Tenjouin."
Her voice was rather cold.
Ryuga frowned. My daughter, you should be more friendly!
He looked at her as if to say that. But Saki pretended not to know.
"Haha, so this is your daughter, Mr. Tenjouin? She's very beautiful."
Instead of taking offense, Mikado Shijo laughed and complimented the blonde girl in front of her before saying, "Hello, Lady Saki. I'm Mikado Shijo."
"Um." Saki only said that.
Mikado was still smiling, he then took out a small gift box from under his suit.
"This is a gift from me, I hope you like it."
"Thank you."
Saki gestured to Rin in the distance.
Rin understood, she walked over and accepted the gift for her before walking back to her position.
"....." Mikado.
He wondered if he was hated by Saki?
From the way she looked at him, he could sense her disgust.
This was his first time being treated like this by a girl.
He couldn't help but be intrigued.
After all, he himself was confident in his appearance and status.
Not only that, he was a very intelligent person, as he was one of the 10 high school students in all of Japan who got the highest grades in exams.
He was also a genius at soccer, leading his unheralded school to victory in the national soccer championship.
Young men like him are popular and many women like him.
From Ryuga's point of view, Mikado was a good man for his daughter.
That's why he wanted to get the two to know each other and have a good relationship.
Unfortunately, Saki did not know her father's intentions and did not bother trying to continue the conversation.
Her gaze was often fixed on the entrance of the mansion.
"Saki, how about you talk about your school?" Ryuga tried to provide a topic for them.
"Ehh, that's pretty good."
"That's it?"
"Yes."
Saki...
Ryuga's lips twitched.
He wanted to reprimand his daughter, but before he could do so. Several guests exclaimed and everyone then glanced at the entrance of the hall.
Saki looked excited because the man she was waiting for had finally arrived! With no regard for her father and Mikado, she walked through the crowd.
Ryuga and Mikado were certainly surprised by her reaction.
"This is a very lavish party."
Eiji commented while ignoring the hot stares from the women around.
How could it not be?
His appearance in the black suit was undoubtedly very handsome. Especially when combined with his silver hair, his face that surpassed all protagonists and his figure.
On the other side, the gazes of the men in the room could not help but fall on the extremely beautiful woman beside him.
Eiji did not come alone.
In this party, he invited his first fiancée, Lala to come along with him.
"Eiji-sama, you finally came! But..." Saki was initially excited, but then— she widened her eyes.
Lala was wearing a striking, lace-filled, and unusual pink evening gown, with her little tail wagging playfully.
She was carrying a large box that looked like a strange machine tool.
"Eiji! Look! Saki looks so surprised by the gift I brought for her."
"Of course... Not only her, everyone but me is surprised."
Eiji gave Lala a helpless look.
Saki walked over with quick and sharp steps, her face looked upset but she forced a smile in front of the man she liked. "E-E-Eiji-sama. What the hell is this? I invited you, not Lala! And look at the gift she brought! It's not a bomb, right?"
She obviously only invited Eiji and hoped he would come himself.
In fact except for him, Aya and Rin. There was not a single person in her school that she invited to her birthday party.
She was a little dissatisfied.
"Well, sorry about that. I didn't know I wasn't allowed to bring other people with me."
"T-That's okay, Eiji-sama! I'm not blaming you, I'm just surprised."
Saki hurriedly corrected and didn't want Eiji to think she was a stingy woman.
Lala ignored what Saki said about her gift and excitedly said, "Happy birthday, Saki! Eoji said you had a fun party, so I'm coming! Oh, I brought you my new invention! An automatic cake maker!"
Automatic cake maker?
Not only Saki, the other guests were also dumbfounded.
Under everyone's gaze, Lala seemed to be about to press a button on the large box she was carrying.
"Wait, Lala—"
Eiji wanted to stop her, but he was too late.
After all, this was Lala's invention.
In the original work, whenever she did this kind of thing, it would definitely not end well.
And sure enough.
Once the button on the box was pressed. The machine instantly sprayed cream and cake batter in all directions, it hit several guests and littered the hall.
"Oh my! My dress!"
"My new suit!"
The men and women were screaming in panic.
Aya stifled a giggle and whispered to Rin. "As expected of Lala. She made the party more fun and lively."
Rin let out a long sigh, her expression flat. "I expected something like this to happen if Eiji Seiya was invited."
[Why am I being blamed!?]
Eiji glanced at Rin who looked beautiful in her black ball gown.
Rin folded her hands under her breasts and glared at him.
Yare-yare.
Saki stared at the chaotic scene with cookie dough stuck to the ends of her hair. Her anger peaked. "Lala! You deliberately wanted to ruin my birthday party?!"
Lala scratched her head with an awkward smile, "It was an accident. But don't worry, I can fix it using my other inventions!"
"Don't do that!"
Saki was frightened, or perhaps traumatized, she quickly took one of Lala's hands. Because at that moment, she looked like she was about to press a button on a device.
Lala had a question mark above her head, she looked at Saki with a frown. "Saki, why did you stop me?"
"You're still asking why!?"
The two girls started arguing.
The party turned into a typical chaos like in To Love Ru.
Eiji snapped his fingers, he used his magic to clear up all the mess and erased the memories of all the guests except a few people.
A few moments later.
Saki's anger subsided, she knew Eiji had cleaned up all the mess Lala had made and looked at her with gratitude in her eyes.
Lala returned to her fiancé's side, "My gift failed, Eiji. Even though I tried my best!"
Eiji rubbed her head, "I'm sure Saki was satisfied with just your intention to give her a gift. Right, Saki?"
"....."
Saki wanted to argue, but seeing his smile, she felt her face heat up.
She was also jealous to see him rubbing Lala's head.
"Yes, next time... Your intention is enough, Lala. Or rather, you don't need to bother giving me something you created again in the future."
Lala nodded as if she understood.
But I don't know if she did.
Eiji used the opportunity to give a small gift box to Saki. "By the way, this is a gift from me."
The hall became silent.
The other guests were actually wondering who Eiji was?
What was his relationship with the young lady of the Tenjouin family?
Saki addressed him respectfully, and she stared at the gift in her hand a faint blush on her cheeks.
That reaction was different from the reactions when she received gifts from other guests including Mikado.
Mikado felt like he received a slap in the face, his smile became a little ugly. But when looking at Eiji's face carefully, he suddenly remembered something.
'That man... Isn't he the fiancé of my distant cousin, Kaguya?'
'If I'm not mistaken, his name is Eiji Seiya.'
What a coincidence.
Mikado's face gradually turned green like an NTR victim.
How could he not?
This was his relationship with Kaguya.
As a child, he swore to save Kaguya from her family. That vow is still held by him to this day.
Because of that, he continued to be warm towards Kaguya despite being coldly rejected by her.
A few months ago, he once tried to propose to Kaguya. Not just because he liked her. But their marriage would also be useful to erase the enmity between the Shinomiya and Shijo families.
Before he did, however, he heard the news that Kaguya was engaged to another man.
Mikado is of course not happy.
Especially since the man Kaguya is engaged to is unusual. I mean what normal man would be engaged to more than one woman?
Poor Kaguya.
She must have been forced by circumstances!
Damn you, Eiji Seiya!
"A gift from Eiji-sama? I'm so happy! Can I open it now?"
And Saki, do you like that guy!?
Eiji was certainly aware of the hostility from Mikado, but he ignored it. It was just a supporting character from the same franchise as Kaguya.
Although he had no idea why he was even here.
"Of course, but don't get your hopes up, okay? When I prepared the gift for you, I did it in a hurry."
Actually not really, he used his creation magic for that.
Saki opened the gift box in her hand slowly. Inside was a simple yet elegant hairpin, decorated with small gems that sparkled softly.
She was stunned. "This..."
Eiji scratched the back of his head like the protagonists decoratively did, "I didn't know what you liked... so I chose the simplest but I think it looks the best. I hope you'll wear it."
[Wow! Just... Wow! Host, what woman would refuse your gift after you said those sugar-filled words?]
You wouldn't refuse either, Miss System?
[Cough! I'm System.]
"....."
Saki looked at the hairpin in her hand, then at Eiji's handsome face. Her eyes became teary.
Rin and Aya looked at each other in surprise when they saw their young lady's expression.
"Rin, is Saki-sama about to cry?"
"Looks like... yes."
The female guests looked at Saki with envy.
As for the men? They felt like they were being fed dog food.
"Eiji-sama... you..."
Saki walked up to Eiji while ignoring the stares of hundreds of guests and even her father. She embraced one of his arms tightly with a very red face.
Then, she shouted in a loud and emotional voice to the entire room. "LISTEN ALL! I, SAKI TENJOUIN, Daughter of the Tenjouin family, declare in front of you all!"
All the guests were shocked. Lala stopped fiddling with her cake machine.
Instead of being jealous of her fiancé being hugged by another girl, she was excited.
"I... I like you, Eiji-sama! I like you a lot! I invited you not for entertainment, but because I wanted you to be at my birthday party so I could confess my feelings to you! This gift... it's the best! I love you!"
Complete silence engulfed the hall. Only the faint sound of classical music could be heard.
Eiji froze perfectly, he made a surprised expression.
"Saki, what are you serious about?"
Lala's eyes lit up. "Wow, Eiji is so popular! Congratulations, Saki!"
Guests: No, is it okay for you to congratulate? You seem to have a romantic relationship with that Eiji guy!
What they don't know.
Lala's brain circuits were different from ordinary people. It was hard for them to understand why she seemed happy to see another woman confess to her fiancé.
"I'm serious, Eiji-sama. What's your answer?" Saki looked nervously at the man she liked.
Her yellow party dress was quite revealing, it made her cleavage clearly visible from Eiji's position.
[How could I refuse a woman as beautiful as Saki?]
Hearing his inner voice, Saki was relieved and excited.
"I like Saki too, but are you sure? You know, I..."
Eiji wanted to say he had a harem.
Saki had long known this and interrupted him, "No problem! I don't mind being one of your women, Eiji-sama!"
"???" Guests.
What did they just hear?
Saki didn't seem to mind being a second wife or something.
And Eiji had more than one woman!
Steady, heavy footsteps sounded from the main staircase.
A tall, authoritative, middle-aged man, with a neat mustache and sharp eyes, descended into the first floor hall.
"Saki, I can overlook the commotion earlier but what did you just say?"
Saki turned to her father, but did not panic and had a proud expression. The guests frantically stepped aside to make way.
"Dad! You came right on time! Let me repeat, this is the man I like, Eiji Seiya. He's my fiance from now on."
What his daughter said made Ryuga stare at Eiji sharply.
Eiji looked back at him calmly.
Ryuga looked back at Saki. "Fiancé? Saki, are you crazy? This is the first time I've even seen him! And you haven't answered my previous question, you said you..."
"Ah, about that. Eiji actually has a harem and one of them is that pink-haired woman, Lala."
Silence engulfed the place again.
Ryuga just stared at his daughter unblinkingly for a few seconds that felt like an eternity.
Soon, his face turned red with anger.
"Saki, you're kidding, right? How could I possibly agree—"
"Tenjouin-san, no... Should I call you, father-in-law? This is the first time we've met, but you've probably known about me for a long time."
Eiji walked over to Ryuga and handed him his business card. Secretly, he had manipulated the probability in this situation.
Ryuga wanted to say that the young man in front of him was overconfident. Although he was very handsome and had an aura that surpassed the young master of the Shijo family. He did not agree to Saki becoming one of his wives or getting engaged to him.
That was what he thought before reading Eiji's business card.
He knew that the young man in front of him was the boss of the Mitsugoshi Company— a company with trillions in assets that exceeded the Tenjouin Company and was comparable or more than the Shinomiya Group.
In terms of looks and background, Eiji was qualified to be her son-in-law.
Still, letting Saki become one of Eiji's women was...
"So, you are Eiji-kun. Are you serious about Saki?"
"Yes, and even though it looks like this, I will definitely take good care of her."
"Saki, what about you? I originally planned to match you with the young master of the Shijo family."
Ryuga looked at his daughter.
Saki was confused and found her father's sudden calmness a bit strange.
She hugged Eiji's arm tighter, "I don't care about the young master of the Shijo family! He's not my type, I don't like him at all!"
"...." Mikado's lips twitched.
Woman, did you need to say it that far?
The stares of the other guests made him feel humiliated.
"I love Eiji! No other man can take his place as my future husband!"
[Geez, I'm a little embarrassed.]
Really?
The heroines doubted it.
Still, what left them all confused was Ryuga's next response.
"Hohoho! This is the first time you've been so stubborn and rebellious against your father, Saki. I'm proud of you."
He suddenly laughed as his daughter often did.
"???" Guests.
"For now, I will approve your relationship with Eiji. But on one condition... If he makes you cry, I will cancel the engagement between you!"
Don't misunderstand.
Without Eiji lowering the possibility that he would be rejected for a son-in-law.
In fact, Ryuga wasn't planning on rejecting his daughter's wish to get engaged to Eiji.
As long as she showed stubbornness to this extent of course.
In the original work, Eiji also knew that more or less the same thing happened. When Saki was told to change schools overseas by her father, she rebelled for the first time and said she didn't want to part with her two best friends, Aya and Rin.
Ryuga was surprised and laughed instead. He was very proud to see how mature Saki was while saying that it was natural since Saki was his daughter.
Ryuga concluded that he didn't want to be hated by his daughter, so his plans for Saki's study abroad were canceled.
"Thanks dad!" Saki was very happy with her father's sudden change in attitude.
While the other guests including Mikado were dumbfounded by what happened.
Aya couldn't help saying, "That was anticlimactic."
Rin was silent and speechless.
She looked at Eiji suspiciously and wondered if he had done something using his superpower?
[I feel like Rin is thinking something harsh about me. This is not good, we should choose a good relationship from now on, especially since I have become Saki's fiancé.]
[She and Aya should call me "Eiji-sama", right?]
You're dreaming!
Rin envisioned the future and her cheeks flushed again. I can't tell if she's angry or embarrassed.