This was basically a death trap question.
Alex didn't understand why they asked such a question. Was this going to be a harem struggle?
He was surrounded by a cluster of girls, all slightly flushed as they tidied their school uniforms. Each one had just had their Sacred Nectar tasted by Alex, making the scene look like a Harem King's deadly battlefield.
"Ahem, if we're just talking about the taste, they're all similar," he cleared his throat, smacking his lips. He showed no nervousness about the potential struggle, instead grinning broadly. "It's just that the texture is different."
"So, who's is better to drink?" Chiara asked curiously.
"...I said the textures are just different; fundamentally, they're all similar," he reiterated. Seeing the girls stare fixedly at him, refusing to give up, he could only throw his hands up.
"Fine. Chiara's is slightly sweeter, Aisha's has a finer texture, Elara's is more refreshing, and as for Makoto... overall, it's the most perfect."
He glanced at Makoto's voluptuous, stand-out chest and smiled.
Silence fell over the group. While Makoto's chest was indeed the largest, theirs weren't small either—just slightly less substantial. They gave the blushing Makoto a sour look, their eyes turning flat.
"Alex, you really do prefer the large ones."
"Chiara, yours isn't small either," Makoto mumbled shyly, twisting her body. She looked down at her own proud, abundant swell, which completely blocked the view of her toes, then secretly peeped at Alex's face, her expression a mix of shyness, affection, and the joy of being praised.
If he liked it, she'd let him touch or lick it more next time... Hehe.
"Tch, I never said I didn't like the large ones," Alex leaned back against the chair, completely unapologetic. "Don't sweat the small stuff... Oh, someone's coming?"
And the person approaching was an interesting one.
Hearing the footsteps, Makoto and the others turned around. The pure-looking girl with long orange hair and stunning features was walking toward them. Aisha and the others noticed the girl's strange expression; while she was looking at them, her gaze kept darting towards Alex.
Another one... Another strange girl. He'd somehow managed to hook another one... This was the collective thought of the girls.
"Yuna?"
In fact, Alex was surprised himself. While the women of the Tsubakihara family were now entangled with him, the only one he'd actively pursued was the alluring Mrs. Mira.
As for the twins? Even during the incident with the perverted janitor yesterday, he hadn't interacted much with Yuna, nor had he made a move on her. Instead, he'd mostly been misleading Seraphina.
Yuna was only a bystander then.
What did she want with him?
"Did you come looking for me?"
"I..." Yuna opened her mouth. She looked at Alex, who was sitting amidst the women, surrounded by them, her expression complex. Seeing what he did with Seraphina yesterday hadn't affected her this much.
But today, for some reason, seeing all these beautiful, excellent girls gathered around him, sharing such an intimate relationship with him, Yuna felt a twinge of...
Ever since yesterday's terrifying crisis, Yuna's emotions had been erratic, and her mood was strange. She had been quite calm when she arrived at school this morning.
However, spotting Alex's back on the way here instantly broke her composure. That complex, tangled emotion irritated her, leaving her constantly absent-minded and spacing out in class.
This made her sister, Nina, very worried. Nina didn't know what was wrong. Yuna wouldn't say, and the two sisters, usually inseparable, never kept secrets from each other. Now, for the first time, Yuna was hiding something.
Nina, holding a book, emerged from the teacher's office, her delicate brows furrowed in thought. She had just asked a teacher, and apparently, nothing major had happened at school yesterday.
It seemed no one knew about the perverted janitor who had his life force and time secretly drained.
Nina adjusted her glasses. "Yuna... this can't be about Yuuji's matter..." Hmm?
The glasses-wearing girl caught sight of a certain figure in her peripheral vision and instinctively froze. When she focused her gaze and clearly saw the figure, she gasped, a look of profound shock washing over her face.
"That's... Why is Yuna..."
In her line of sight, Yuna was walking side-by-side with a boy. She thought she was mistaken and rubbed her eyes, but no matter how hard she looked, it wasn't an illusion. Her twin sister was indeed with Alex—the person who caused the major upheaval in their family.
Wait, did Alex... get to Yuna?
Nina's heart clenched, and she was about to rush over and rescue her sister from the devil's clutches. However, halfway there, her steps slowed, because Nina clearly saw a faint blush on her sister's face.
And the innocent, girlish expression she unwittingly showed while talking to Alex.
She was dumbfounded. Staring blankly at the two figures, she couldn't recover for a long time. "Yuna... why would you..."
What had happened between them? Were they meeting at school again? That was Alex, that terrifying guy! Why did Yuna look... friendly with him? What in the world was going on? Nina was questioning reality. She bit her lip and quietly followed them.
Yuna had no idea her sister was spying on her, nor that she was being followed. The girl walked beside Alex, secretly glancing at the boy.
Surprisingly, she wasn't as terrified of him as she used to be.
Was it because he saved her yesterday? Not only was she unafraid, but she could chat with him naturally... A thought flashed through her mind. She pursed her lips. "When I got to school, I talked to Seraphina."
Seraphina was in the same Class A as her, and after the crisis they shared yesterday, their relationship had become closer; they would chat in class.
"Hm?"
"Are you... dating Seraphina? Do you like her?"
"..." Alex was taken aback. "You came all the way to find me just to say that?"
"W-who came looking for you? I was going to find Seraphina and accidentally saw you there... that's all!" Yuna quickly and frantically explained. "You have so many women around you, and they're all beautiful girls... Seraphina is a very innocent girl, and you tricked her like that yesterday."
Alex's face remained flat, and he stared intently at the girl's face.
Yuna's pretty face flushed under his gaze. "I hope you won't hurt her."
"...You can barely protect yourselves right now, yet you have the energy to worry about others? Have you forgotten your mother?" Alex raised the corner of his mouth.
"W-what do you want?" Yuna's heart seized up, and her face turned red. "Do you... want to do to me what you did to my mother?"
"..." Looking at her expression, she seemed rather expectant.