Chapter 165: Even Demons Have To Fall Together With Angels?

The living room was very lively, and in the kitchen, Vignette and Shion were still concentrating on making dinner.

Vignette had previously always gone home with the Kaede sisters and was already familiar with Rurikawa Tsubaki and Maid Shion, so she wasn't in a hurry to greet them.

Now everyone was eating at Hachiman's house, what she needed to do was quickly finish dinner so everyone could eat, and Tsubaki's house seemed to be quite far from here.

Suddenly, she found that there was one more figure beside her and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Hachiman, why did you come in again? Didn't I say we don't need your help?"

"There's no place for me outside; they're busy chatting, and I can't get a word in."

Hachiman wiped the fragrant sweat off Shion's neck, who was bearing pressure not belonging to her age, then nodded toward the living room direction and said helplessly to Vignette.

"Huh?", Vignette looked toward the living room and then discovered that the living room was full of people.

Just Gabriel, Raphiel, and Satanichia were three girls there, Iris had two girls, the Kaede sisters from next door plus Tsubaki and her maid made four people; such a small family-style living room couldn't accommodate so many at once.

Iris' guard Aegis and Tsubaki's Maid Shion were standing behind the sofa watching everyone chat.

Even so, the people on the sofa were squeezed together very tightly.

Gabriel lowered her head to glance at Raphiel and Kaede, who were almost squeezed to her face, maintaining a polite smile while chatting with everyone.

"Sorry, I suddenly invited Raphiel and Satanichia over for dinner today without telling you in advance…", Vignette, having no time to care about Gabriel's feelings, apologized to Hachiman in a low voice somewhat awkwardly.

If she and Gabriel hadn't rashly invited Raphiel and Satanichia over to Hachiman's house for dinner, it wouldn't be so awkward now.

Even though she and Gabriel would still have been dragged to dinner by the enthusiastic Komachi, without those two extra people, there would've been enough room on the sofa.

"It's nothing, you don't need to apologize. As long as there's no fighting or quarreling, a lively home is fine. Look, Komachi and Satanichia are playing happily," Hachiman shook his head, looking at Komachi and Satanichia playing in the living room, a faint smile appearing on his face.

Although Satanichia was a demon, she had no complex thoughts, very simple, and Komachi was very good at talking, full of affinity; soon they became close friends, eating together with arms around each other.

From various aspects, Satanichia was the easiest to trick among the angel-demon four, but because she was too easy to fool, she'd say anything out, making it actually risky to do anything bad to her.

Now just letting Satanichia and Komachi become good friends was enough.

"Mm...", Seeing Hachiman not minding at all, Vignette nodded secretly as expected.

Having been getting along with him all this time, she knew this was normal for Hachiman. If he cared about these things, he wouldn't have so warmly invited her to eat and go to school together from the start.

But still, she felt a little guilty inside. Even though Hachiman wouldn't blame her, and even if told, would agree, not asking Hachiman beforehand and directly inviting Raphiel and them was indeed her fault.

From when Hachiman worried about her living alone and half-forced her to join dinner, to now where she voluntarily bought groceries and cooked every day.

Unknowingly, she had already become like Shion, spending almost all her time here except for school and sleep.

It could be said that staying here felt almost no different from staying at home.

Realizing this, Vignette couldn't help but look toward Shion and found the usually quiet and aloof Shion's pretty face blushing red, eyes full of tenderness, rubbing her head against Hachiman's palm while he patted her hair, very intimately.

'This... Shion and Hachiman...'

Vignette thought of Hachiman liking Gabriel and his currently "falling" state and started to get a little worried.

Although Shion called Hachiman "Onii-chan," they weren't real siblings; it was just an excuse to make Shion feel at ease staying here, so she wasn't worried about that. She was just concerned that if Hachiman continued falling, it might hurt Shion's feelings. Shion now only had this home.

No wonder even Gabriel, a real angel, had to save Hachiman even if it meant pretending to fall. Hachiman indeed had relationships with quite a few girls, appearing very flirtatious, but what he did were all good things. If he really fell and something happened, the girls he saved would be even sadder.

Saving Hachiman alone was equivalent to saving the girls close to him too.

"Hachiman, what type of girl do you like? Anyone outside?", Vignette glanced toward the living room, seeing everyone not paying attention to this side, and then secretly leaned closer to Hachiman, asking in a low voice.

Gabriel had always said Hachiman liked her, but Vignette hadn't heard Hachiman say it himself. To avoid misunderstanding, she decided to probe his thoughts once more.

After tonight's dinner, they had to come up with an effective, feasible plan to act, and needed to prepare well.

Actually, making Hachiman fall in love with someone else wasn't their main goal. Their real goal was to stop him from feeling he wasn't worthy of Gabriel and giving up on himself. There were so many wonderful girls in this world; he could surely find someone suitable.

"Hachiman Onii-chan's type of girl?", Shion, hearing Vignette's words, was slightly stunned, her eyes fixed on the hesitant and indecisive Vignette.

'Vignette onee-chan really likes Hachiman Onii-chan?'

'Otherwise, why would she suddenly ask such a thing, even secretly asking behind so many girls' backs?'

She must have become wary after seeing Hachiman's strong charm.

Tonight, while bathing, she must discuss it well with Komachi.

Because of her experience with her original family, she didn't particularly value something like a marriage certificate. As long as Hachiman liked her and still treated her as family, that would be enough.

If he didn't like her anymore and no longer treated her as family, then what use would a marriage certificate be?

However, although she didn't care, others might. If Hachiman could only choose one person in the end, she and Komachi would have to seriously think about who was most suitable, and whether they could accept her relationship with Hachiman.

"Mm... Vignette, why are you asking this? Don't tell me you're going to confess to me?", Hachiman was also a little surprised that the usually gentle Vignette would suddenly ask this question, smiling as he countered.

The question itself wasn't a big deal, but considering why Vignette would ask, he had to think carefully.

Was Vignette simply concerned and asking, or was it on Gabriel's or someone else's behalf?

If it was Gabriel, he could understand, but he wasn't sure about Vignette's school social circle.

"Of course not... I heard you liked gentle and kind petite blond girls, but Little Gab is also a very cute blond girl. I see you don't seem particularly close to Little Gab, so I was a bit curious," Seeing Hachiman joking, Vignette's cheeks warmed slightly, feeling shy, but she still quietly continued asking.

"I like gentle and kind blond beauties... You heard this from Yuina and Minami, right."

Hearing this description, Hachiman immediately guessed it was the gyaru trio spreading rumors. From the start, they believed he had fallen for Gabriel at first sight, and even when they offered to help him become handsome, they used Gabriel as "threats."

Although he liked Gabriel, it was liking a little angel, not liking a little flat board. Their misunderstanding was too deep.

Hmm... although he didn't discriminate based on body type, small ones were cute too. There were certain things that were possible with bigger ones and not with smaller ones.

"Mm... Iris and Little Gab both fit your ideal type very well. Who would you rather have as your wife?", Vignette didn't know that Hachiman's so-called liking Gabriel was a misunderstanding, and his later "falling" was just going along with it.

She now really wanted to know whether Hachiman currently liked Little Gab or Iris.

Although from everyone's analysis, Hachiman was love at first sight with Little Gab, judging by his character, he wouldn't treat Iris as a substitute. She believed there was another possibility, Hachiman might have genuinely fallen for Iris too.

But she had no way to explain why Hachiman, after meeting Little Gab, suddenly became so degenerate and flirtatious.

Now almost everyone was in the living room. Except for Raphiel, Gabriel, and Iris sisters, the others wouldn't overhear, so this was a good chance to quietly understand Hachiman's true feelings.

This way, everyone would have a clearer idea of what to do to help him.

To Vignette, this idea was perfectly fine, caring wholeheartedly for Hachiman, willing to overcome difficulties with Gabriel to make him happy.

But to Hachiman, this felt like digging a pit for him.

Don't mention that Iris was very magnanimous and didn't get jealous, no girl liked hearing the person they liked say they preferred someone else.

No matter what, choosing would make someone uncomfortable.

"Can't say?", Seeing Hachiman hesitate, Vignette asked in a low voice.

Although whispering wouldn't help much, since Gabriel, Raphiel, and Iris were surely eavesdropping, the fewer people who knew, the better, or else the dinner atmosphere might get awkward.

"It's not that I can't say, it's just you may have misunderstood," Hachiman shook his head, "First, it's not only Little Gab and Iris who fit my ideal type. In my class, Ijichi Nijika also fits."

"Huh? There's more?", Vignette froze, eyes wide open.

She hadn't expected that Hachiman not only didn't refuse to answer or favor either Little Gab or Iris but actually corrected her, saying there were more girls fitting his type at school.

Gabriel hadn't told her the detailed plan to make Hachiman fall for someone else, or else she'd know it wasn't just Ijichi Nijika, even Miura Yumiko, Ichinose Honami, Yukinoshita Yukino were considered too.

"Secondly, when choosing a wife, I wouldn't be so superficial to only consider hair color and body type. A wife who can live with me a lifetime must have good character and strong ability. Otherwise, my dream of being a househusband can't be achieved," Hachiman, as if not noticing Vignette's stunned expression, continued, "Ideal type is just an ideal, but a wife who will share the bed for life has to be chosen based on reality. However, Iris, Gabriel, Shion, even you, Vignette, are very suitable girls to be wives."

"Hachiman Onii-chan...", Originally just watching quietly, Shion didn't expect Hachiman would mention her now. Her delicate, fair cheeks turned bright red, her moist eyes tightly locked on him.

She desperately wanted to hug Hachiman now, to snuggle in his arms like he had hugged her.

But since there were so many people at home now, she didn't want to cause trouble for him.

She really didn't want to burden him and always emphasized she didn't need any formal titles.

Even though she now couldn't live without Hachiman anymore, she was satisfied as long as he didn't treat her badly.

"This this this... I-I was asking, not asking Hachiman to flirt with me...", Vignette's face was also burning red, her eyes staring straight at Hachiman, stuttering so much she could barely speak fluently.

She had only intended to ask casually to help Little Gab and others, but didn't expect Hachiman to seriously say she was suitable to be a wife too.

Among the girls, aside from herself, others either already had intimate relations with Hachiman or were ones Hachiman liked, did it mean Hachiman liked her too?

Once before, she misunderstood and thought Hachiman liked her; was that not an illusion?

"It was you, Vignette, who asked me first, of course I have to answer seriously, how can you say I'm teasing you, these words are all my heartfelt answers," Hachiman smiled while looking at the shy Vignette, 'Letting you trap me, now I'm trapping you back.'

However, he indeed felt Vignette was very suitable to be a wife, he wasn't lying at all.

If Vignette became his wife, and then he cheated with Gabriel... hmm, with Vignette's honest character, maybe he and Gabriel would fall together, and Vignette would have to take care of both him and Gabriel at the same time.

"Alright alright, I won't ask anymore! Hachiman you also stop talking," Hearing Hachiman's so-called heartfelt answer, Vignette hurriedly covered Hachiman's mouth, shyly shouting in a low voice.

If it was said privately it would still be okay, anyway she had no such feelings towards Hachiman, she could pretend nothing happened, but now Gabriel, Raphiel and them were surely eavesdropping.

If Little Gab and them made her personally step onto the stage, what would she do? Little Gab, in order to make Hachiman shift affection and not like herself anymore, was already preparing to pretend to fall.

What should she do? Pretend to fall too?

———

Because of Hachiman's interruption, Vignette also couldn't drive Hachiman out of the kitchen, could only let Hachiman stay to help her and Shion.

Now they had to make dinner for thirteen people, just the two of them was indeed a bit too much to handle.

However, whether it was because of Hachiman's earlier words that stirred some strange thoughts in her heart, normally when cutting vegetables or fetching things and her fingers accidentally touched, she would subconsciously think of Hachiman's words that she was suitable to be a wife.

'Hachiman he... wouldn't really have that kind of intention toward me, right...'

Before she thought Hachiman didn't have such feelings for her, but now seeing Hachiman fallen, not only having very intimate relations with Shion, even in the kitchen with Iris.

The more Vignette thought, the more distracted she became, but luckily most of the dishes they had already prepared in advance, and now with Hachiman and Shion helping beside her.

Using three stoves of big, medium, and small size at the same time, after half an hour the three finally finished preparing dinner, and could formally start eating.

———

"Everyone, time for dinner," Shion and Vignette tidied the kitchen, Hachiman carried the dishes to the dining table, and shouted to the lively chatting crowd.

"Is dinner finally ready? I'm almost full already," Komachi licked her fingers full of snack seasoning, reached out and grabbed a sip of soda.

"Didn't I tell you guys to eat fewer snacks, using snacks as meals has no nutrition at all, later you won't even be able to eat the dinner," Hachiman looked speechlessly at Komachi and at Satanichia who also had a mouth full of snack crumbs beside her.

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