"You, you are..."
Nanasaki Ai and Kumatsu Yukariko stared blankly at Amaki Lemi and Amaki Lamy who suddenly blocked their path. Faced with their tall figures, the two of them couldn't help feeling a bit nervous.
Because the Amaki sisters were insanely popular on campus, they both recognized them, but they didn't know why the sisters had stopped them.
The rumor at school was that the Amaki sisters were extremely cold. Even if you greeted them first, they might not respond, let alone be the ones to stop someone on their own.
"Have her take this inhibitor. If she doesn't, she won't be able to hold back."
The eldest sister, Amaki Lemi, didn't answer their question. She directly tossed a small vial of medicine toward Kumatsu Yukariko.
Yukariko's head was already spinning, but when she saw Amaki Lemi throw something, she still subconsciously caught it.
"Not be able to hold back means..."
Nanasaki Ai hesitantly looked at Yukariko, whose face was flushed red and whose tail was swinging nonstop behind her.
"What do you think she can't hold back from doing? Yes, that's right, it's the same thing you're thinking of, it's lust."
The eldest, Amaki Lemi, didn't speak. She just crossed her arms over her chest and stared expressionlessly at Yukariko. Seeing this, the second sister, Amaki Lamy, opened her mouth to explain to Ai.
"Your friend awakened as a succubus. From now on, her desire will be extremely strong. Without this inhibitor, it'll be very hard for her to control herself."
"Although taking it for too long doesn't work either, the effect will gradually weaken."
"Unless she can find a human who can provide her with a large amount of life energy continuously, it'll be easy for her to lose herself in desire, living a life completely cut off from the world and unable to interact with ordinary people."
Right now, Yukariko had just awakened her bloodline. Her succubus ability was still very weak, so Ai touching her wouldn't have any particular effect.
But as Yukariko's bloodline gradually awakened and her power grew stronger, she would no longer be able to control her ability and would be like them, making anyone she touched instantly collapse to their knees, and a few seconds longer could even kill.
"A succubus... so I turned into a succubus? I-I'll try a sip first."
Yukariko gulped hard, looked at the vial in her hand, tilted her head back, and slowly drank.
The moment the medicine entered her mouth and seeped into her body, she felt the heat all over her gradually subside.
Realizing that the medicine really worked, Yukariko then gulped down the rest in big mouthfuls.
"Then can this demi-human state be undone? Succubus... uh, do succubi have to keep taking that inhibitor you just gave her?"
Ai never imagined her good friend would become a succubus. But the urgent matter wasn't figuring out how Yukariko had turned into one, but how to solve the problem.
There was no need to think about it. Yukariko had just fallen into a h0rny state. If they didn't solve it quickly, she would be like that every day from now on.
What would Yukariko do then?
"She just awakened. It's better if she doesn't take something like that, in case her awakening ends up incomplete. And the cost of those inhibitors isn't low. You probably can't afford them long-term."
Amaki Lamy shook her head. They were pure-blood succubi, different from someone like Yukariko who had become a succubus halfway. Taking inhibitors now would absolutely affect her bloodline awakening.
Bloodline awakening was something countless demi-humans longed for but couldn't obtain. Some demi-humans took pride in fully awakened bloodlines. If the awakening level was too low, they could even be driven out or hunted down by their own kind.
Of course, their succubus race wouldn't do that. Who would want more competitors?
But if she failed to awaken properly because of inhibitors, once Yukariko realized how difficult bloodline awakening was, she didn't know how long she would regret it.
And although Yukariko had been a normal human before and her newly awakened bloodline was unstable, and no one could guarantee she'd gain any powerful ability,
"If I don't take the inhibitor... then in the future, if I can't hold back, what should I do?"
After finishing the inhibitor, Yukariko's head cleared up quite a bit. Looking at Amaki Lemi and Amaki Lamy, who had come to them on their own, she asked in a low, conflicted voice.
At first, she thought she was going to become some powerful demi-human. Deep down, she had actually felt a bit happy. If she could use magical powers, she could accept this change. After all, she had only grown a tail and her ears had changed a little.
If she hid them in daily life, it wasn't a big problem. Right now, she could control her tail and keep it under her skirt.
But the demi-human she turned into was a succubus... that was troublesome.
She didn't want to become some bottomless pit of desire, wandering around every day searching for prey like a succubus.
"Well... actually, we're also succubi. We found a method that lets us satisfy our desires quickly without taking inhibitors, so we can live normally."
Amaki Lemi and Amaki Lamy looked at each other. Amaki Lamy reached out her hand to Yukariko, smiling widely.
"It's just that this method has been hogged by the greedy elf princess, who's joined forces with the mermaids. We hope you can join us so we can defeat the evil elf princess together."
———
On the other side, Hachiman didn't care about Yukariko, who had been dragged away by Ai.
Although he could see that Yukariko was a succubus, perhaps because she had just awakened, the people around weren't affected at all. Even when Ai touched her, she wasn't charmed.
Anyway, he had already added Yukariko's name to his romance list. Whenever he needed to show up, he could appear at any time, so there was no need to hurry after her.
After all, he never hid his behavior in front of Ai. Even though what he did was consensual, and Ai wouldn't go as far as to verbally attack him, she still had quite a few complaints about him.
"I'll go help out at the tennis club now. Saki, count how many people want to go to my place for tutoring. You can contact me, or they can contact you."
Hikigaya greeted Hayase Saki and the others, then turned around and left while holding Amaki Lily.
Compared to the freshly awakened Yukariko, he had to first properly handle the clingy silver-haired white-sock succubus loli in his arms.
Otherwise it would be hard to go anywhere. He couldn't exactly carry Amaki Lily around everywhere he went. Even if he used invisibility magic, he couldn't guarantee Lily wouldn't bump into anyone.
"Got it, President. I'll handle the registrations."
Saki, whose face was still flushed and whose legs were still weak, nodded hard, looking a bit envious at Amaki Lily, who was being carried in Hikigaya's arms.
She also wanted to be carried around like that by the President, but right now she simply couldn't handle it.
Even though her physical condition had improved a lot, and she could easily outperform others without even going all out, and her swimming time was the shortest and fastest in the whole girls swimming club, when it came to the special training in the changing room, her duration was also the shortest. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't last longer.
After she recovered, she had to wait for everyone else to finish before her turn came again.
She knew each training session felt better and better, and she super enjoyed the President's strict training, but the duration was getting shorter and shorter.
Her performance in front of the President was getting worse and worse. If she didn't find some like-minded weaklings, she would probably not even get a sip of soup in the future.
"Mikari, stand right there! Who told you to leak the girls swimming club's secrets to the tennis club!"
As soon as Hikigaya left, Shionatsu Sayuri turned to settle accounts with Tachibana Mikari, who was trying to slip away.
If Mikari hadn't revealed information about President Hachiman, the President wouldn't have had to go to the tennis club and could have stayed in the girls swimming club to keep training the other members.
Even though they were already very strong now, and even that insanely strong Olympic candidate, Momioka Risa from the private Excellent Girls Academy, couldn't beat them, who could guarantee others would stay stagnant?
The more they trained, the more their physical abilities improved. Even if it wasn't for the competition, there was nothing wrong with making their bodies faster and stronger.
"How is this my fault? Manager Hachiman is that amazing. Of course he's going to be insanely popular. Instead of blaming me, you should think about how to poach cute girls from other clubs before they hear about him!"
Mikari struggled while yelling her grievances. How was she supposed to know other clubs didn't know? She had seen discipline committee member Asai Saki being so close to Manager Hachiman, and Kitamura Chika from the discipline committee secretly following as well, so she thought everyone was like their girls swimming club.
"Huh... that actually makes sense... but I still have to deal with you first. After that, I'll go check other clubs."
Hearing Mikari's bad idea, Sayuri couldn't help feeling tempted.
The girls in the swimming club weren't enough, and she was worried that other clubs' girls would seduce Hikigaya away. If they poached the other clubs' beautiful girls first, wouldn't that make him stay in their club longer?
You had to admit, Mikari's idea was really good and very workable.
It was just that, to keep Mikari from causing trouble again in the future, she decided she still had to give Mikari a good lesson first.
"..."
Saki looked at Mikari and Sayuri, who were in much better shape than her and still had the energy to fool around, and then at Sakurai Rihoko and Uenohara Ayano, whose states were similar to hers and not much better, and silently picked up her phone, pulling Sakurai and Ayano into the social-anxiety shut-in mutual support group.
Ding!
"Huh?"
Sakurai heard the notification sound, pulled out her phone, and saw the message saying Saki had added her to a group. She stared blankly at Saki.
Ayano also looked at Saki in puzzlement, not knowing what this social-anxiety shut-in mutual support group was about.
But Saki didn't intend to explain. She simply gestured for them to look at the group messages.
Even though you couldn't judge how much Sayuri or Mikari liked the President just by looking at the duration they could last, and different body conditions affected how long each person could endure, thinking about the original reason why the mutual support group was created, Saki still wanted girls with weaker personalities to join.
If they invited strong-willed girls into the group, it would be no different than the service club's group chat, and there would be no reason for the mutual support group to exist.
Sakurai had a gentle and obedient personality. Ayano wasn't exactly socially anxious or introverted, but she was quite negative and usually kept to herself.
Bringing these two into the group wouldn't steal initiative away from her and Miki. They could even sometimes pull Sakurai and Ayano along to help.
Hmm... did this count as poaching people from the girls swimming club?
She should ask Miki to try and see if there were any suitable girls in the volleyball club.
Saki suddenly felt a bit guilty and secretly glanced at Sayuri, who was still roughhousing with Mikari. Seeing that Sayuri hadn't noticed her quietly poaching people, she was finally relieved.
Since Saki wasn't going to explain, Sakurai and Ayano exchanged a look, then lowered their heads to check the group chat called Social Anxiety Introvert Shut-in Mutual Support Association.
There weren't many members. Besides the three of them from the girls swimming club, there were only three others.
[Girls Volleyball Club – Narahashi Miki]
[Advisor Teacher Kotomi-chan]
[Sasaki Kotone]
"There's even an advisor teacher?"
Sakurai and Ayano were surprised when they saw Hanamori Kotomi's title.
Advisor teacher? Was this Social Anxiety Introvert Shut-in Mutual Support Association actually a club?
Unlike Sakurai and Ayano, Saki was the one surprised by the new member Sasaki Kotone.
She had told Hanamori Kotomi that this mutual support group could help guide girls with similar issues and asked Kotomi to invite socially anxious introverted girls she knew.
But in reality, because of their personalities, after she and Miki created the group, it had only been the two of them for a long time, and she had only now added Sakurai and Ayano, these two close club sisters who had been scolded alongside her.
So she hadn't expected much from Kotomi when it came to inviting people. She simply thought that having a teacher in the group would give them more credibility and make it easier to recruit people later, which was why she added Kotomi in the first place.
She never expected that this airheaded teacher, who let the President knead and play with her at will, would be so efficient in action, much better than her and Miki.
But did she bring in the wrong kind of person? If they pulled in a strong-willed girl, the support group would be done for.
[Advisor Teacher Kotomi-chan: Hayase, you invited new people too? This is Sasaki-san. Everyone, get along, okay~]
[Advisor Teacher Kotomi-chan: Oh right, you should all send pictures of yourselves so you can get to know each other. Don't be too stiff just because it's online. I'll send one for Sasaki first.]
[Sasaki Kotone: Hello, everyone. Please take care of me.]
Seeing the photo, Saki immediately relaxed. This was obviously a quiet, introverted, honest type of girl, the kind who wouldn't hit you even if she got angry.
———
[Tennis Court]
Hachiman, holding Amaki Lily, arrived at a corner where sweat was flying and skirts were swaying. He didn't immediately cancel the invisibility spell. Instead, he sat on a bench, watching Yukinoshita Yukino train Saeki Ai and Sugiyama Mio while he waited for the dazed Lily in his arms.
After quite a while, Lily's expression slowly returned to normal. She put her hands on Hachiman's shoulders, lifted her head, stared into his eyes, and softly asked, "Can I still come to see you and play from now on?"
"Of course you can. But you'll have to come to me in private. If there are too many people around, your ability will affect them."
Hachiman looked at the seemingly addicted Lily and nodded with a smile.
When he unleashed Lily's instincts, he had let her try touching Uenohara Ayano and the others.
When she was full, touching them wouldn't cause her to forcibly drain their life energy, just give them a bit of an aphro* effect.
But usually Lily was almost always in a hungry state, so she still shouldn't touch normal people and had to keep her distance.
"Mm. Also, can I always call you Onii-chan from now on?"
Lily nodded hard, then stared at Hachiman with intense longing.
Even though she was much older than him, and as the youngest of the three sisters she was already over two hundred years old, while his age wasn't even a fraction of hers, she still desperately wanted an older brother who would spoil her.
Her parents had died young, and she was raised by her elder sisters. But her eldest sister wouldn't let her act spoiled, saying that acting like a human baby would disgrace the Amaki family.
So whenever she tried to act spoiled, her sister would get mad. She always had to hold it in, and could never show her true self in front of others or her sisters.
"Call me Onii-chan, then I'll introduce my little sister Komachi and Shion to you when I get the chance. If you call me Onii-chan, you'll have to call them Onee-san, and
you have to listen to me."
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