Chapter 170: Hachiman is Indeed a Great Demon

[Gabriel's room]

"Ahem, now that we've had enough rest, it's about time we start researching the Angel Corruption Plan," Raphiel, with a smile on her face, looked at Gabriel, Vignette, and Satanichia who were sitting on the floor around a small table. She somehow took out a small board, wrote the words "Angel Corruption Plan" on it, and announced.

She had finally been waiting for this moment. It was fun enough watching Gabriel and Vignette being awkward during dinner, but ultimately, it was much more interesting to study how to make Gabriel fall. She was already feeling a little impatient.

"It's just pretending to fall, not actually falling," Gabriel looked at Raphiel who was cheerfully setting the mood, and corrected her helplessly.

"The purpose of our plan is not for me to truly fall, but to think of a suitable reason that would make Hachiman think I've fallen and stop liking me."

"Of course, the difficulty of this plan lies in how to guide Hachiman into disliking me while simultaneously liking a suitable person, so he can pick himself up again."

"You've all seen it too, Hachiman and Iris are very close. Iris is even helping Hachiman force the shy Kaede to publicly admit she likes him."

"Why don't we just not look for another candidate and directly match up Iris and Hachiman? Iris herself fits Hachiman's ideal type very well and is very kind to him," Originally, Gabriel didn't think much of a romance between Iris and Hachiman. Iris was an elf princess from another world, while Hachiman was just an ordinary person in modern society. It might be fine in the short term, but long term it would probably lead to problems.

But Iris herself was indeed excellent, and seeing how well Iris treated Hachiman, thinking of him in every regard, aside from squeezing Hachiman a bit too harshly, there really didn't seem to be any flaws. Gabriel was also a bit worried she might accidentally break up a couple that truly loved each other.

"Iris is indeed very good to Hachiman, but wouldn't her presence make Hachiman even more worn out? Given how frequently Iris and Aegis need assistance... it's probably even more ridiculous than the way succubi in the Underworld draw energy...", Hearing this, Vignette hesitantly murmured.

She got along well with Iris and quite liked her, but she wasn't optimistic about the future of Iris and Hachiman.

Iris didn't just need help with her sister and guard Aegis. There were also those mermaids, that dragon girl, and even plans concerning other elves from her world...

With this level of intense draining, could Hachiman's body really handle it?

Maybe Hachiman's body was still young and could recover for now, but as life energy continued to dwindle, eventually it would be unrecoverable.

She felt it wasn't right to sacrifice an entire lifetime just for momentary indulgence.

"Hachiman's life essence seems unusually strong, but Iris clearly lacks moderation. She even encourages Hachiman to spend his energy on other girls. If this continues, there really will be problems," At this point, Gabriel also felt troubled.

If Iris and her sister Aegis monopolized Hachiman and didn't let other girls get close, considering Hachiman's extraordinarily high life energy, he might actually be able to last for a long time. After all, their goal was pregnancy, and once they got pregnant, they presumably wouldn't need Hachiman's help so frequently.

But Iris didn't seem to be thinking clearly about this matter. She lost her usual cleverness and even took the initiative to bring the three mermaid idols, hoping to help them end their species' unique transformation period through pregnancy.

However, spending too much life energy really does affect one's lifespan. As a princess living in the elven forest, Iris should understand this.

Gabriel and Vignette silently exchanged glances, both feeling helpless, unsure how to even begin rescuing Hachiman.

They hadn't realized before, but now that they analyzed it, the situation was far more serious than they had thought.

If Hachiman only liked Gabriel and didn't have close ties with other girls, they could still think of a way to find him a girlfriend. But now Hachiman already had more than one.

In this situation, if they continued to find Hachiman more girlfriends, wouldn't that be harming him, accelerating the loss of his lifespan?

But they couldn't ignore Hachiman either. At this rate, they might not even make it to graduation before Hachiman offered up everything he had in the name of assistance.

"Thinking about it here isn't going to help. How about... we call Iris over for a chat? She shouldn't be far away. We can ask what she really thinks," Raphiel looked at the troubled Gabriel and Vignette, smiled after thinking for a bit, and made a suggestion.

"Directly talk to Iris?"

"Well... if she finds out we don't support her relationship with Hachiman...". Gabriel and Vignette were both momentarily stunned and slightly hesitant.

Directly asking Iris about her thoughts and cooperating together was indeed the most effective approach.

But if they couldn't come to an agreement, wouldn't their whole plan be exposed?

They hadn't considered talking to Iris for this very reason. If everyone's ideas aligned, that was fine. But if they didn't, whose plan should they follow. Iris's or theirs?

"Don't worry. Iris has always seemed easy to talk to. As long as we explain we're all doing this for Hachiman's sake, she'll definitely understand," Raphiel smilingly tried to persuade Gabriel and Vignette.

"If we really can't come to terms, you guys can just say you also need Hachiman's assistance. Iris accepted the mermaids and the dragon girl, so she'll surely accept angels and demons too," Though she'd never actually discussed this with Iris, she had a hunch that Iris, like her, would happily rope Gabriel and Vignette into this mess.

"Raphiel, what nonsense are you saying? We don't need Hachiman's assistance," Vignette's face turned bright red, and she hurriedly denied it.

Why did Raphiel just blurt out anything? They were trying to save the corrupted Hachiman, not fall with him. How could they help Iris and the others harm Hachiman.

"...", Gabriel took a deep breath and ignored Raphiel, who had started deliberately leading her and Vignette astray at some unknown point, and said seriously, "Then I'll contact Iris first, ask if she has time to come over for a talk."

"Hachiman's already starting to skip class, helping other girls day and night. We really can't drag this on anymore."

"Mm-hmm! I think so too. Quickly contact Iris. Even if we can't stop it immediately, at least we should control the frequency. He can't be skipping school," Vignette quickly nodded in agreement. Skipping class to do shady things at the Service Club...

This kind of behavior had terrible influence. She and Gabriel were still attending class and had to stand guard to help them assist others.

In all her years in the Underworld, she had never done anything this absurd and wicked. She'd only just come down to the human world for an internship, graduation was still over two years away.

No wonder all those seniors insisted that junior demons come to the human world for training. Even someone as good as Hachiman could fall and do such shameless things. She couldn't imagine how bad actual bad people must be.

"Skipping class? Assistance?", Satanichia lay bored on the table, blankly watching Gabriel, Vignette, and Raphiel as they discussed nonstop.

What were they talking about? She could understand the words separately, but not when put together.

She saw the two angels Gabriel and Raphiel and wanted to challenge them to prove her potential as a great demon to the Underworld. But Vignette told her they were discussing serious matters and wouldn't allow interruptions.

To ensure she could eat Vignette's lunch tomorrow, she obediently sat on the side and listened to their conversation.

But when she heard them say Hachiman could do something as demonic as skipping class, Satanichia's eyes lit up. She wanted even more to recruit Hachiman as her underling.

'Look at that. Hachiman, a mere human, is troubling both Gabriel and Raphiel.'

If she could make Hachiman submit to her, cling to her legs crying and begging to be her minion, then as Hachiman's boss, wouldn't that make her way more amazing than the angels?

That would prove her demonic abilities far more than just defeating two angels.

Satanichia couldn't wait to run next door and find Hachiman right now to conquer him with her power.

As someone who did all sorts of evil, who placed trash beside the bin instead of inside it, and didn't even bring textbooks to class, the future great demon, Satanichia would go wherever she wanted. She immediately stood up.

But before she could say what she was going to do, she noticed Raphiel smiling at her, "Satanichia, you're not planning to snitch, are you?"

"As a great demon, you must never commit the treacherous act of betraying your comrades."

"Satanichia, sit down and don't run around," Noticing Satanichia's unusual thoughts, Vignette, who knew her well, grabbed her and sternly warned her.

Iris would be arriving soon, and they had to keep Satanichia from ruining things.

"Uh... I wouldn't betray my comrades. I'm a great demon," Satanichia blinked, then replied as she sat back down.

Although Raphiel's words felt a little weird, as a great demon, she did have to do what a great demon should.

She would never stoop to doing something like snitching and betraying her comrades.

"Hehe...", Seeing Satanichia sit down obediently, Raphiel smiled without saying more.

These days, Satanichia had been her source of joy. She would always go to Satanichia when she wanted some fun.

A few days ago, she might have teased Satanichia a bit more, but tonight she was truly looking forward to the outcome of Gabriel and Iris's talk. She didn't want to cause trouble for Vignette and the others.

She hoped Iris would understand her intentions and cooperate with her to pull Gabriel and Vignette into the mess.

However, given how often demi-humans like Iris needed assistance, it was true that they might seriously drain someone's life energy. With the current situation, it was hard to drag Gabriel and Vignette into it.

Unless Iris had some special method to speed up Hachiman's recovery or reduce his energy loss, forcing Gabriel and Vignette to step in and help for the sake of their friend.

Ding~ Dong~

"She got here that fast?", At that moment, the doorbell rang. Vignette was stunned for a moment, then got up to answer it.

Standing outside the door were two blonde elves, one tall and one short. Aegis and Iris, the sisters they had just contacted not long ago.

"Good evening. I heard you guys also need the president's assistance?", Looking at the four inside, Gabriel, Vignette, and presumably angels and demons, Iris's flawless, rosy face revealed a sweet and cute smile.

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"Komachi, we're going to bed first."

"Good night, Komachi. Sorry to trouble you with the laundry later."

After taking a bath, Hachiman and Asougi Shion didn't see Iris and the others return yet, so they said good night to Komachi, who was still in the living room, and went straight to their room.

"You two better actually go to sleep," Komachi rolled her eyes, placed her clean clothes beside the laundry basket, tossed in her clothes to be washed, and slowly started her bath alone.

Compared to before, life was now a lot livelier.

Since childhood, their parents had always been busy. Back then, because no one was around to play with her, she once ran away from home out of childish stubbornness. Ever since then, her brother never joined any clubs and always came home early to be with her.

Now, there were people to play with her every day. Her brother didn't need to sacrifice his own time for her. Actually, she was quite happy about that. She didn't want to hold her brother back from happiness either.

'But... I still don't feel quite right...'

After washing, Komachi turned off the shower, opened the bathtub lid, and soaked herself in the same bathwater Hachiman and Shion had used. As she felt the warm water spread through her body, she squinted up at the ceiling listlessly.

Vignette next door was very gentle, Iris took great care of her brother, and Shion was obedient and well-behaved. But they had still intruded into the Hikigaya home. This house no longer belonged to just the siblings.

'Maybe... it will take me some more time to get used to it...'

After soaking for over ten minutes, Komachi got out, dried off, changed clothes, put all three people's laundry into the washing machine, drained the bathtub, and scrubbed it clean.

After that, she watched some variety shows in the living room. When she heard the washing machine's beep, she went to hang the laundry, then turned off the lights and headed upstairs to her room.

As the most beloved and highest-status member of the Hikigaya household, Komachi's room was naturally the most soundproof and located deepest inside.

Hachiman's room was next to Komachi's. Every time she came and went, she would pass by her brother's room.

She used to be used to it, but now, whenever she passed by his room, her steps would involuntarily soften.

Lately, she had tried eavesdropping a few times but hadn't heard a single sound. She couldn't help but feel suspicious.

'Could it be that nii-chan has a problem in that regard?'

She remembered his room wasn't very soundproof. If anything were going on, even with her ear pressed to the door, she should hear something.

But that possibility was low. Judging by the reactions of Shion and Iris, her brother was still very capable. Otherwise, how could he be so much of a playboy?

'Or maybe... Shion is just too weak?'

It had been more than an hour since Shion and her brother had finished their bath and gone to their room. How long could girls usually hold out...

Squeak!

"Komachi, what are you doing here?"

Komachi was lost in wild thoughts when the door she was leaning against suddenly got pulled open. She hastily pressed her hands against the floor to support her body, barely avoiding a fall.

However, the familiar voice that rang by her ear made Komachi nervously swallow a gulp of saliva. She awkwardly lifted her head and looked at the figure standing inside the room.

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