"When exactly will Shiryu return? Do you know, Saeko?" Yuko asked the purple-haired girl sitting in front of her.
She and Sayo were now in Shiryu's living room again.
On the way here, they had to kill the zombies that blocked their way. But for the sake of being able to meet Shiryu again and pass on the information they had gotten, difficulties at such a level were not a problem for them.
"I don't know when exactly he will return, Yuko-san. But from what he wrote in his diary last night, he's probably on his way here right now."
Saeko replied.
Instead of Rei, Shizuka, Kaguya or the other women who were now living in Shiryu's house. She was the one representing Shiryu to talk to the two women in front.
Meaning obviously, she was acting like the hostess of the house!
The other women in Shiryu's harem did not mind. To be more precise, they even preferred to leave such things to her.
However, in the other room. Yuriko could not help but be curious and ask whoever was with her.
"Who are those two women and what are they talking about?"
"Ah, they... I'm not sure how to explain."
Saya was confused and wondered if she should tell her mother about Yuko and Sayo's identities as members of the Black Label— an organization that aimed to remove society's scum.
However, they also had another identity as the owners of a copy of Shiryu's diary and had a cooperative relationship with Shiryu's group.
The two women were also holders of a copy of Shiryu's diary.
"Why aren't you sure, Saya? Oh..." Yuriko suddenly had a guess and looked at her daughter with pity in her eyes. "Are they also Shiryu-kun's girlfriends? He's very popular. Saya, you have to work hard."
"Work hard for what? Mom, you misunderstood!"
Ignoring Saya's embarrassed shouts in the other room, Yuko drank the tea Hayasaka served her.
Speaking of the blonde woman, she naturally acted as a maid in the Shiryu house and helped Saeko to make breakfast this morning.
"I see. While waiting, how about we tell you first about the information we want to convey?"
"It's about the Syringe organization."
Yuko's expression became serious.
In her eyes, there was no difference in telling the information they got to Shiryu or her ladies directly.
Saeko narrowed her eyes, her aura becoming sharp like a swordsman. She hadn't forgotten about the organization behind the pandemic and what upset her was that one of their members had tried to kill Shiryu last night.
Although it failed and Shiryu managed to defeat the other party. She now held a grudge against that organization.
"Sure, I want to hear it."
"Saeko, right?" Sayo folded her arms with a grin. "Your piercing gaze reminds me of Yuko when she cut down society's cancers with her sword."
"Ahem! Sayo, don't say that."
Yuko pretended to cough and reprimanded the woman beside her.
Saeko was stunned.
She somewhat understood what Sayo was saying. It must be because just like her, Yuko was a swordsman.
"If possible, I'd like to fight with you, Yuko-san. Shiryu says you're so strong that he's not sure he can beat you himself. I might be able to learn from you."
"Our topic of conversation suddenly changed, but... Well, we can probably do that later."
Saeko was a little excited, the woman in front of her agreed to fight with her.
Yuko was helpless, she blamed Sayo because if it wasn't for her, Saeko probably wouldn't have had the idea to fight with her.
Sayo suddenly shuddered, she felt Yuko wanted to hit her.
More than half an hour later.
"Welcome back, Shiryu-kun and you must be Rika-san."
"...." Rika wasn't sure how the blonde girl in front of her knew her name.
Wait, was it because of the copy of Shiryu-san's diary?
The two of them looked at each other for a moment and had a tacit understanding.
That seemed to be true.
"Hayasaka, I didn't expect you to be the first person to greet me."
"And yes, this is Rika. You must have recognized her after I mentioned her in my diary."
"Hayasaka, how cute... You never seem to miss any updates in my diary. Did you get so interested in me and end up falling in love with me?"
"Hahaha! Shiryu, you..." Rika did not expect Shiryu to say that to the girl in front of her.
She couldn't help but laugh.
Hayasaka was in her maid mode, her face which had been expressionless from the start seemed to twitch.
However, she was not angry and only felt amused in her heart.
"Shiryu-kun, you're narcissistic. If you dare, say that in front of all the women living in your house."
"Okay, where are they?"
Shiryu unhesitatingly agreed.
Hayasaka was a little surprised and regretted provoking him. She forgot the man in front of her was not only narcissistic, he also seemed to be very shameless!
"I was joking, please don't do that."
She pleaded because she knew her employer, Kaguya no longer seemed to like Shirogane.
She actually had very good feelings for the man in front of her. The situation would become troublesome and awkward if she went ahead of her.
"Since Hayasaka is begging me... I'll cancel it. Is everyone inside?"
Shiryu stopped teasing the sexy blonde girl and asked.
Hayasaka was relieved and answered, "They're all inside, there's also Yuko-san and Saya-san who came this morning."
"Oh?"
Hearing that the two women who were his future wives were visiting his house again, Shiryu became more excited.
After parking Rika's Jeep in the front yard, he and Rika followed Hayasaka into the house.
There, they were of course greeted by many beautiful women. One of them was Shizuka, who immediately hugged Rika.
"Rika! You finally came with Sou-kun!"
"Shizuka, I'm glad you seem to be doing well."
The two of them had a reunion.
On the other side.
Yukana and Miku immediately clung to Shiryu. Rei asked if he was okay?
Shiryu's answer was obvious, "I'm fine, but..."
He glanced at Yuriko and held her shoulder. "Sorry Yuriko-san, I didn't manage to defend the sanctuary because back then, the number of zombies that appeared was too much. I escaped at some point."
He honestly admitted his incompetence.
Rei, Yukana, Kaguya and the other women who had copies of her diary were not surprised.
Saya didn't even blame her and it was only an hour to see her return safely.
But Yuriko? Her face instantly paled, she was shocked and hesitantly asked about her husband. "What about Souichiro? Shiryu-kun, did he not survive?"
Shiryu did not answer immediately.
He looked hesitant.
[Host, your acting skills are pretty good. You have the potential to get an Oscar.]
System-chan, I'm really sad and feel guilty here.
My future father-in-law, Souichiro...
Wow! I couldn't save him.
[I can't believe you're even crying without tears. And weren't you the one who beat him to death after he became a zombie?]
You don't need to remind me.
"Sorry Yuriko-san, I couldn't save him. He was infected and turned into an Alpha zombie variant. Before he killed the refugees around him, I fought with him and killed him."
"...!" Yuriko staggered backwards, Saya hurriedly caught her to prevent her from falling.
The woman looked miserable.
She was a widow now.
Rei and the other women looked at her with pity. They had known what Shiryu had said earlier, but they pretended not to know and did not tell Yuriko for fear of how she would react.
In the end, it was inevitable that this moment would come.
Even so, Yuriko did not cry and smiled wryly. "I know my husband probably won't survive, he's too stubborn a man and it's impossible to run away when the survivors are in danger."
"Mom..."
Saya bit her lip.
"Don't worry Shiryu-kun, I don't blame you for killing Souichiro after he became a zombie."
"After all, you did that to prevent him from killing those around him."
Yuriko did not blame him, Shiryu was relieved. It would be bad if she hated him for that, nor did he lie that he killed Soichiro because he was forced by circumstances. He was worried that if he hid the truth, the people who saw him last night might tell Yuriko in the future.
This was one of the precautions he made.
Although it was a bit of a risk, he managed to win the bet!
System-chan: Is it just my feelings or am I the villain's system?
Shiryu didn't know what his system thought of him back then. But for now, he knew he couldn't directly seduce Yuriko.
By the way, how is Souichiro's spirit? Just like Takashi, he might be a vengeful spirit.
At first he thought that way.
However, System-chan had confirmed that among all the people who hated him. It seemed like only Takashi had enough hatred to make him a vengeful spirit.
Or it was also because he was the protagonist.
He still had the plot armor.
Currently, the boy was screaming at Yuriko and the others that he must have killed Souichiro on purpose.
Fortunately, no one but him could see and hear what he was saying.
"Yuriko-san, it would be better if you blamed me."
Shiryu sighed as if he felt very guilty.
System-chan rolled her eyes.
"No." Yuriko shook her head. "I won't blame anyone."
She really didn't think Shiryu was guilty of her husband's death.
Didn't even suspect she waited for Souichiro to be infected by the zombies before he came to his side.
She was very sad but that was it, women like her were used to being strong especially in front of her daughter.
"I just need some time alone for a while. Can I go back to my bedroom?"
"Of course, Yuriko-san. Feel free to tell me or the others if you need anything."
Shiryu smiled slightly.
Yuriko simply nodded and walked towards her bedroom on the second floor. Saya wanted to follow her, but she refused.
Come to think of it, why didn't Saya cry after learning of her father's death?
She probably didn't like her own father very much, Yuriko thought.
"I heard Yuko and Sayo coming. Where are they?"
"I don't see Saeko either."
Shiryu looked around in confusion.
The one who answered the question was Miku who returned to hugging his arm after the conversation with Yuriko was over.
"Ah, Shiryu-kun~ The three of them actually..."
"For some reason, Yuko and Saeko are sparring in the backyard. Sayo is watching them."
Rei interrupted Miku.
Miku glared at her. "Rei, what do you mean?"
"You're too slow, Shiryu obviously needs an answer right away but you're being flirtatious."
"What's wrong with that? I just missed Shiryu-kun after not seeing each other for a few days!"
The two women started arguing with each other. Among the other women, Shiryu glanced at Kaguya.
Kaguya also looked at him and I don't know why, she blushed slightly and turned her gaze to the side.
That reaction...
Shiryu smirked in his heart.
In this situation, he might be able to seduce Kaguya-sama. Love is war, he was not like the protagonist Shirogane who did not dare to confess his feelings and kept waiting for Kaguya to confess to her first.
Still, before that...
"A-Ano! Shiryu-senpai, what about my older brother? Is he too..." Kei approached her and asked worriedly about her older brother.
Shiryu glanced at the beautiful girl and rubbed her head gently. With what they had done the night before. It wasn't too much for him to do this, right?
Kei's cheeks were flushed, she was saddened by worrying about her older brother, but she was also pleased by Shiryu's touch.
"Sorry Kei, I'm not sure if Shirogane is still alive or not. When I escaped from the sanctuary, I couldn't find him and a few other boys."
Shiryu casually lied.
"So that's it..."
Kei was stunned and felt complicated.
Still, she flinched when she felt Kaguya's sharp gaze.
What's wrong? Why is Shinomiya-senpai glaring at me!?
What she didn't know was that Kaguya was jealous. Not only Chika, since when did a junior from the same school as her also become close to Shiryu?
She wondered and even though Shirogane's situation was not very good, she did not think much of her at the moment.
When Kaguya was deep in thought, Shiryu stood right in front of her and spoke to her. "Kaguya."
"Y-Yes?!"
She gasped and stammered. At that moment, her heartbeat also accelerated.
Shiryu casually said, "Can you take me to see Saeko, Yuko and Sayo?"
"That's... Alright, this way."
Under ordinary circumstances, Kaguya would have asked why she had to drive Shiryu.
After all, this was his home.
There was no way she could get lost.
However, in her current state, her IQ dropped several points!
Hayasaka looked at the two people walking towards the backyard with a flat gaze.
'Kaguya-sama, you've fallen!'
...
At the same time, just as Shiryu and Kaguya reached the spacious backyard.
*Clang!!*
The sound of swords colliding was heard.
The wind also blew towards them.
"Be careful!"
Yuko suddenly shouted.
How could she not?
When her and Saeko's attacks collided for the umpteenth time, she made the sword in the girl's hand slip out of her hand and fly while circling towards Kaguya.
Sayo was about to take action even though she was not sure if she would be in time.
However, she didn't seem to need to do anything because right now, Shiryu caught the sword that was about to scratch Kaguya's cheek with one. He caught it right at the lower part of the blade.
Kaguya froze.
From her point of view, she felt almost dead and Shiryu saved her again.
That earned her some points from him. Normally, Shiryu would be happy but now...
He glared at the two women standing not far in front of him and unconsciously released the Taima Particle from his body.
That pale blue aura enveloped him and made his oppression terrifying. Not only Saeko, Yuriko and Sayo couldn't help but shudder.
Shiryu had clearly become stronger than ever!
But more than that, they panicked because she seemed to be angry.
"You two, what does this mean?"
"Sorry, it's my fault!"
"No, it's my fault! If only I had held my sword tighter..."
"I... I was wrong too. I should have been more vigilant so I could have blocked the stray attack."
Yuko and Saeko blamed themselves and apologized.
Sayo awkwardly did the same.
"Shiryu-san, I'm fine thanks to you. They also really didn't do it on purpose, you don't need to be angry."
Kaguya softly to the man who had protected her.
Shiryu retracted his Taima Particles back into his body and to be honest, he was a little surprised at how panicked the three women in front of him were, especially a woman like Yuko.
She seemed to be really worried about him hating her?
Heh, this is good for him.
As the saying goes the more indifferent a woman is to you, the more obvious it is that she doesn't really like you. And vice versa, if she reacts so strongly to what you think of her, she probably likes you.
[Sounds reasonable. Where did you hear that saying, host?]
I don't know, I forgot.
[....]
A while later.
Sitting on the sofa in his backyard.
Long story short, Yuko explained how the previous incident happened with a guilty expression.
"So... Saeko asked you to spar so she could improve her sword skills."
"Yes."
"Next time, you all should be careful when doing something like that."
"We will. Shiryu, you're not angry anymore, right?"
Rather flirtatiously, Yuko pleaded. Her movements made her big breasts jiggle.
She really didn't want the boy to dislike her because of this.
Either because he was the owner of the diary and was able to help her group, or for some other reason.
Shiryu tried not to glance at the beautiful scenery and said, "I'm not. Put that aside. What did you and Sayo come here for? Is this about Syringe?"
Yuko, Saeko and Sayo were relieved.
Shiryu really didn't seem to be mad at them.
Shiryu was amused, he suddenly quite liked this kind of situation.
"You're right, we've gotten the latest information about the locations that might be Syringe's branches or main headquarters."
Immediately, Yuko told Shiryu about the details of the information she said.
Shiryu listened and nodded. "It looks like we'll have to split up teams to check each location."
"I think so too."
Yuko agreed.
Shiryu took out his diary and increased the word count for today.
[This morning, I have gathered again with my women. But not only them, Yuko and Sayo also visited my house again.]
[They shared information about the locations where the Syringe organization members might be hiding.]
[To find the vaccine and stop any other evil plans the Syringe organization might have. I certainly can't stay idle and plan to attack them!]
The other heroines out there were happy to see what Shiryu wrote this time. It was like good news for them.
However, Yuko and the other three women who were with Shiryu were speechless when they saw his writing the diary indifferently.
His words and expressions were in contrast!