Chapter 263: A Major Crisis!
"Achoo!"
At that moment, someone walking on the road suddenly felt that someone, in the realm of the unseen, was cursing him.
"Was that Komachi?"
Rubbing his nose, Hikigaya Hachiman wore a wry smile.
The only person who would be cursing him at this time was probably the sister whose intel he had just confirmed.
However, since she had completely taken her anger out on him, it meant that Komachi had truly decided to accept Sakura.
"I really feel so terribly sorry for her…"
He thought of Komachi deliberately getting angry at him and driving him out so she could get closer to Sakura.
They were complete strangers before, yet she could immediately accept the other person just for his sake...
"This gene for considering others—should I say they are indeed siblings?"
Hikigaya Hachiman smiled, but a trace of bitterness flashed in his heart.
If he could, he would rather Komachi had thrown a huge fit just now, or even slapped him, than treat him with such consideration.
After all, he preferred to bear the pain alone…
"Lord Hikigaya…"
Hikigaya Hachiman was thinking about what ingredients he should buy to please Komachi later, when suddenly the voice of the Chief Shrine Maiden sounded in his ear.
"Is something the matter?"
His body paused slightly, and then Hikigaya Hachiman continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.
"The Inari God wishes to see you."
After returning to the original world, the Chief Shrine Maiden and the other foxes reestablished contact with the Inari God.
Naturally, the Inari God was fully aware of everything that had happened in the other world.
After patiently waiting for Hikigaya Hachiman to temporarily settle everyone he had brought back from the other world, the Inari God finally sent her subordinate to inform him of her desire to meet.
"I'm sorry, can it be later?"
Komachi had compromised a lot for him, and Hikigaya Hachiman really didn't want to delay the time for making dinner and returning home.
"No problem."
The Chief Shrine Maiden relayed Hikigaya Hachiman's words, and then quickly repeated the Inari God's reply.
"Also, the Inari God said she can help solve the identity issues for the women you brought back."
"Eh?"
The Chief Shrine Maiden's words made Hikigaya Hachiman slightly stunned.
Since when did a god also take on the part-time job of settling undocumented people?
"You are being a bit too surprised. Although the Inari God's power has greatly declined now, she was once a Great God. Isn't it normal for her to have highly respected, loyal followers in society?"
Facing Hikigaya Hachiman's astonishment, the Chief Shrine Maiden answered as a matter of course.
"It seems that is the case?"
After carefully considering what the Chief Shrine Maiden said, Hikigaya Hachiman reluctantly admitted that she was indeed speaking the truth.
During the year in the other world, his ability to amass substantial assets from scratch was actually inseparable from his own strength.
In other words, as long as his strength was present, the difficulties he encountered would naturally be resolved by others…
"What payment do I need to make?"
Although he had held the role of a merchant for a period, Hikigaya Hachiman clearly still adhered to the principle of equivalent exchange.
He had no reason to refuse the Inari God's goodwill. Although he could find a way to solve the undocumented status of Irisviel and the others without her help, it would undoubtedly be much more troublesome.
"No payment is needed. You have already formed an alliance with the Divine Lord. It would be too distant if you still needed to pay for this level of assistance."
Even excluding the time spent in the other world, they had only known the Inari God for about a week.
Yet, in the Chief Shrine Maiden's words, the two sides seemed like business partners of many years.
A certain silly fox flashed through his mind, and after lamenting that it wasn't easy being the Chief Shrine Maiden, Hikigaya Hachiman fully entrusted the identity issue of Irisviel and the other two to the shrine for handling.
The work of the Inari Shrine was incredibly swift.
Or perhaps, when leveraging connections in the upper echelons of society, the work efficiency is simply this fast.
Hikigaya Hachiman had just stepped out of the supermarket with the ingredients he had just bought, and right behind him, an inconspicuous middle-aged man handed him a file containing the complete identity documents for Irisviel, Sakura, and Illya.
"Please rest assured, the information for those three has been fully completed from birth until now. We will also arrange for dedicated personnel to specifically leave traces of their past life, so absolutely no one will be able to find any flaws!"
As the file was delivered into Hikigaya Hachiman's hand, the Chief Shrine Maiden's voice sounded in his ear again.
"That's truly professional…"
Stepping into a secluded corner and looking at the detailed life information of the three people in the file, Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
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Returning home, as soon as he opened the door, Hikigaya Hachiman found Sakura standing at the entrance, and Komachi next to her looking at him with a disgruntled expression.
"What's wrong?"
A question mark appeared on his head, and Hikigaya Hachiman asked, confused.
He had returned quite promptly after buying the groceries; could it be that Komachi would scold him even for this?
Though, even if Komachi were to find fault like this, he would have no complaints…
"There are two more…"
Looking at the bewildered expression on Hikigaya Hachiman's face, Komachi spoke with a tone full of resentment.
In the twenty or so minutes Hikigaya Hachiman was out, after calming down, she successfully drew closer to Sakura, as both of them had the inclination to do so.
At least now, Sakura was already calling her Komachi-nee.
And it was precisely from Sakura's mouth that Komachi learned that besides Sakura, Hikigaya Hachiman had also brought back an adult woman and another girl of similar age to Sakura!
"Onii-chan, are you sure you didn't just go to the other world to commit kidnapping?!"
Komachi could handle just one Sakura, but adding a mother and daughter pair was making her frantic!
Especially since Sakura also said that the older one was very beautiful, and the younger one was very cute…
Just those two women alone practically satisfied all the fantasies a boy Hikigaya Hachiman's age would have about females!
How could this not make Komachi panic!
Especially since those two women, like Sakura, were alone in the other world with only Hikigaya Hachiman as the one person they knew.
In certain novels, the predictable plot twist was about to happen!
Vaguely, Komachi seemed to see the word "Crisis" looming over the heads of the three older sisters: Yotsuya Miko, Yukinoshita Yukino, and Yuigahama Yui.
This really was a major crisis!
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