Her soft hand felt boneless and slightly cool to the touch, and just at that moment of contact, Haruka Yuzan couldn't help but react.
It wasn't because he was lecherous.
Instead, as a healthy, energetic high school student, such a reaction was quite normal.
If you think about it, imagine at the dining table, a beautiful girl's tender hand gently caressing the inside of your thigh.
Haruka Yuzan wished he could replace it with a little foot.
Unfortunately, Chiba Shimizu would not agree; if Haruka Yuzan dared to suggest it, he would be met with a look of disdain, as if looking at trash.
Some things are better left thought.
Haruka Yuzan took a deep breath, steeled himself to flick the tender hand away from his thigh's inside, but... after mulling over it for a while, that's all he managed to stiffen.
Wait, now's not the time to worry about whether he's hard or not, right? Chiba-san, with what you're doing, are you really living up to your character?
Showing off in public at the dining table... although it's through pants and he hadn't touched the little Haruka, but... no matter how you look at it, it's weird!
If it were Misaki or Hoshina, or even Sister Reiko, I could understand.
Chiba-san, your character is supposed to be a cool, rational, and arrogant unbeatable beauty!
Is it because of Chiba Seiryo?
This is so strange...
As he thought this, the little hand intentionally or unintentionally rubbed further in, and his supposed "soft muscles" instantly evolved into "diamond-hard muscles."
Haruka Yuzan sharply inhaled.
At the dining table where he was the only male, each person's attention was more or less on Haruka Yuzan. Seeing him almost speak then stopping, Reiko Onodera couldn't help but softly ask,
"Haruka, what's wrong?"
Her voice was still gentle; her décolletage, profound and difficult to fathom, soft as jade, and delicate, stood out distinctly in the crowd.
"Nothing, I just suddenly thought of something really funny."
"Really? What is it?"
The original silence at the table slightly lifted with this topic. Both the beautiful girl and the beautiful woman turned their curious gazes toward him.
Noticing this, Chiba Shimizu tried to withdraw her hand, but Haruka Yuzan closed his legs together, trapping her hand in between. Dıscover more novels at novel※fire.net
Unable to struggle noticeably, the girl just gave up resisting and stayed quiet.
Haruka Yuzan cleared his throat before continuing,
"I have a friend named Haruno Haruka, and his girlfriend has a really bad relationship with his family, especially with her sister-in-law. One day, because of the relationship with his sister-in-law, Haruno Haruka was very troubled.
One day, he came and asked me, 'If it were you, what would you do?'
Actually, standing on the sidelines, I realized a crucial problem: the sisters never really communicated.
They made judgments entirely based on subjective feelings, so the rest was simple. Haruno Haruka forced the sisters to spend time together, letting them truly feel each other's love."
"Then, Haruka, did the sisters reconcile?"
Reiko Onodera asked softly as a housewife who couldn't resist these kinds of stories.
Haruka Yuzan shook his head, "I'm not clear on the follow-up. My friend hasn't told me yet, but they should be fine. I heard they're planning to go abroad for a vacation."
The others didn't speak, especially Chiba Shimizu, whose usually icy gaze now carried a hint of disdain.
How could the things she acknowledged be changed so easily by a few words?
However, Chiba Seiryo quietly gave Haruka Yuzan a thumbs-up.
He thought, 'this guy, after all that groping, he really knows how to handle things.'
Haruka Yuzan continued to laugh and joke, lightening the mood in the room.
There was no friend. It was just a novel he had read in his previous life.
But before he was reincarnated, it hadn't concluded, and he didn't know if it had been completed. The follow-up... naturally, Haruka Yuzan made it up himself.
But the story from the novel was still applicable now, wasn't it?
As soon as he sorted out Chiba-san's issue, he still had to prepare for Yumeko blowing her top...
Thinking of this, Haruka Yuzan secretly glanced at his virtual panel:
[Tenant Information: Haruka Yuzan]
[Physical Strength: 8]
[Skills: Basic Skill Golden Right Hand, Primary Culinary Skills, Intermediate Archery Skills]
[Passive Skills: The More You Fight, The Braver You Get, Bewitching Eyes]
[Items: "Little thing, explode the coins!!!" (One-time use), Stronger than Gold Sisterly Love Potion one bottle, Cat-Eared Girl Potion X1, Sincere Brother's Confession]
[Special Item Rewards: Lucky Big Draw x2]
[Tenant Information: Roast Meat, Reiko Onodera, Misaki Saki, Chiba Shimizu, Arisugawa Hoshina, Otome Mizuko.]
He hadn't checked this data for a long time, hoping there would never come a day when he had to use "Sincere Brother's Confession."
Chiba Seiryo returned to the office in the afternoon, and Chiba Shimizu went with him to a café.
The café had a few scattered customers that afternoon.
As evening neared, Mariko Akiyama finally arrived home with the two little girls.