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Volume 8 Chapter 205

Wives’ Presentation of Achievement

「「Haruto-sama, we’re back」」
「Welcome home, Mai, Mei」
While waiting for the Dragon God to be released from Kikyo’s confinement, Mai and Mei returned.
The two had apparently gone to the Spirit Realm.
For some reason, Mai and Mei seemed delighted, but they didn’t explain why.
Then, without approaching me and Kikyo, Yoko uttered a word of caution and summoned all of the wives who were present.
Everyone gathered, engaged in some discussion.
What could it be?
It’s really bothering me……
Why am I being excluded?
It’s a bit lonely.
「…….」
Alright, fine.
If they won’t tell me, I’ll just use telepathy to find out what everyone is up to!
As I was about to activate telepathy—
「Haruto-sama, reading the minds of Yoko and the others is not allowed」
「Eh!?」
Kikyo had caught on that I was attempting to use telepathy.
「W-why?」
「As a high-ranking demonfolk, I can sense the flow of magical power. And I can roughly tell what you’re trying to do with it」
S-seriously?
「Indeed. Well, I have excellent ears, so I can hear their voices without using telepathy」
Kikyo’s ears twitched.
「S-so, can you tell me what Yoko and the others are talking about……」
「Unfortunately, I can’t do that」
That’s unfair.
「It’s unnecessary to worry. They don’t seem to be discussing anything that would warrant that, Haruto-sama」
「Is that so……」
Well, it’s still bothering me.
I wonder if I should ask someone in there later?
「And also, please refrain from catching any of them and extracting information」
「Huh?」
「Everyone there holds a considerably high favorability towards Haruto-sama. If you were to interrogate one of them, the person who leaked the secret might be blamed by the others. It’s better to avoid that」
While telling me not to use telepathy, Kikyo, who can apparently sense my favorability ratings, seems to be using something like telepathy herself.
A little sly, isn’t it?
「I’m fine with it」
Kikyo smiled mischievously again.
As usual, every one of her movements is alluring, almost bewitching.
Well, I don’t want my wives to have a falling out, and since Kikyo said it’s not a disadvantage for me, I’ll try not to mind.
「Buhhhaaaa!」
「—!?」
Suddenly, the Dragon God started moving.
「I-I……am alive—-」
He said that and collapsed on the spot.
「Dragon, Dragon God!?」
「No problem. He just fainted due to mental fatigue. Well, this guy is a god, so rather than saying he fainted, it’s more like he depleted all the energy in his body and is now resting」
「I-Is that so?」
But if a god were to use up all that energy, wouldn’t it be pretty dangerous?
Kikyo said he would continue battling an opponent of equal strength in her mental space for ten minutes, but it’s hard to believe that a god like the Dragon God would faint just from that.
I wonder what happens in Kikyo’s created Mental Void?
「I’ll take care of him. Rest assured, I won’t let anything bad happen to those girls」
While contemplating Kikyo’s magic, she skillfully grabbed the Dragon God with her tail and lifted him up.
Those girls she referred to are likely Ryuuka and Hakua.
「Got it. Counting on you」
「Understood, Haruto-sama」
Saying this, Kikyo, still holding the Dragon God with her tail, disappeared into the nearby forest.

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In Haruto’s mansion’s secret room, all his wives had gathered.
By the way, Haruto was out somewhere alone.
「Good work, everyone. We will now commence the second『Wives Conference』」
As the host, Tina declared, and applause followed from the wives.
「Before our reports, Tina, how about you?」
「Me?」
「From you, the scent of Haruto lingers!」
「Even Master had Tina’s fragrance. Moreover, it was an intense scent, as if skin had touched skin… … Could it be that, in our absence, you two got quite intimate?」
「Uh, well, that’s—」
Pressed by Meldie and Yoko, Tina faltered.
「Tina-sama… …What about those marks on your neck?」
「Ah!」
Pointed out by Rifa, Tina hurriedly covered her neck with her hand.
However, several, including Rifa, had noticed the marks on Tina’s neck – hickeys.
By Tina attempting to conceal it, Haruto’s wives became certain.
While they were diligently searching for hints about the duplication magic, Haruto and Tina had apparently engaged in some private activities.
「Tina-sama, how far did it go between you and Lord Haruto?」
「We want to hear the details」
Seira, Mai, and Mei approached Tina, cornering her.
「Tina-sensei, isn’t that maid outfit different from what you wore this morning?」
Luna, who could recall even faint embroidery details, noticed the disparity between the maid outfit Tina currently wore and the one she had seen Tina in before leaving the mansion in the morning.
In other words, Tina had changed her maid outfit – implying that she had taken it off at least once.
「Uh, well……」
Tina found herself increasingly cornered.
Even a seasoned magical swordswoman seemed to lack a strategy to escape this predicament—
She began recounting the events that unfolded after everyone left the mansion in the morning.