When I returned to our bedroom, Akane and Mizuki excitedly pulled me back to the bed as they immediately brought up the result of their discussion.

How to reel in Kyoka and fish her out of the waters.

Banking on what happened tonight and how she sneakily left behind her business card, the two reached a conclusion that it was either a bait that would result in her attempt to restore her cracked pride or a showing of her newfound interest.

That’s why after talking about the various possibilities, both in and outside of what they considered the business world, Akane and Mizuki raised a suggestion that I should contact Kyoka after a few days or a week.

According to them, whichever the case, I should return the favor to the woman by baiting her.

Of course, it went without saying that their intention also had the hidden encouragement to me to just swoop in and do what I always do; steal the woman by making her fall for me.

Most of my girls had this belief that as long as I found the desire to do so, I would be able to accomplish anything. Well, they didn’t see all of my previous failures so it’s understandable.

Though I get the logic in their words, at this point in time, I couldn’t really care enough about someone as stuck up and hostile as that woman. Indeed, the potential merit of easing up our path to that world is present. However, there also exists a possibility to get the same result without going through the trouble of stealing her.

And due to that, I rejected their suggestion. Or rather, I told them that we should think of other ways and simply observe the situation for now.

I mean, if tonight’s event really affected the woman or that dude 8000, this night wouldn’t be the last time I see them.

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The night quickly passed and the effect of the miraculous tea once again showed itself. Even with how late we slept, I found myself filled with energy; in my whole body and obviously, down there.

Looking to my right, there’s my golden-haired wife snoring peacefully with a pleasant smile on her lips. Whatever she was dreaming about, there’s no doubt that I was in it.

Then on my left, there’s the girl with dark blue hair, similar to that of a night sky minus the stars, doing the same. Although there’s not a silly smile on her lips, her peaceful expression clearly showed that she’s having the best dream at the moment.

Really... Waking up to these views was already a gift that I would always be thankful for.

After kissing their foreheads and carefully placing their heads on a pillow, I stood up from the bed and got my phone.

As I promised, I would become Saki’s alarm for today.

It’s only half past four in the morning. Due to that, it took more than three tries before the girl picked up the call. On the screen, Saki rubbed her sleepy eyes as she groggily greeted me.

“Ruki, good morning...”

“Mhm... Good morning. Rise and shine, birthday girl. I’ll be there before six. I’ll take you away whether you finished preparing or not.”

“Ugh... R-ruki, this is the first time I woke up this early, please be lenient on me.”

“I know. You still have a lot of time. You can go back to sleep. Set another alarm on six or I’ll call you again. Also, you can forget about fixing breakfast. I can bring you one or we can eat somewhere together.”

“Okay. I want to eat something you prepared, Ruki...”

“Alright. Then I’ll be working on it right away. See you later, Saki.”

Well, I was probably a little unreasonable to wake her up this early. But I promised to call her as soon as I opened my eyes. I’m only fulfilling that. And I wouldn’t really mind if she overslept after this. I could wait for an hour or two in front of their house.

When I ended the call, I found the two girls that were just sleeping peacefully earlier already staring at where I was, their lips pouting.

“Husband, you’re forgetting something.” Akane pointed at me or rather at my lower body.

And likewise, Mizuki’s eyes focused on that part.

Obviously, the side effect of the tea was in full glory once again. And upon seeing them barely clothed figures, blood instantly rushed into my head. Both the top and the bottom.

I didn’t have any plan on skipping it anyway. Furthermore, since I told them about my plan with Saki today, they really made it a task to also wake up shortly after me. Or if I’m not wrong, it’s my movements or the lack of my presence in the bed that woke them up.

Because at this point, it’s already a habit for Akane and the other girls to be as close to me as possible every time they would sleep in the same bed as me. Even on those instances that I could slip out, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re just allowing me to do it.

“Am I? With the two of you looking like that. How can I resist?” Upon saying that, I put my phone back on the bedside before crawling back to the same bed.

Without wasting any moment, the three of us started our morning with a fiery passion.

A while later, with energy still brimming all over my body, I left the room with the two girls back to sleep. They’re not tired or exhausted. We only did a total of two rounds, after all. Once with each girl.

I understand that they’re being considerate again because of the plan I made with Saki. They’re afraid that if they keep me in the bedroom longer than they already did, I would be hard-pressed on time.

Honestly, there’s no way I would fault them for it. It’s not the same as the previous overly considerate decision, after all. That’s why, before leaving the room, I expressed my appreciation to the two by staying by their side until they fell back to sleep.

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As I was on my way down the stairs with the kitchen as my set destination, I ran into Suzuki-san making her way back from the bathroom.

Compared to how she normally looked, the woman, who was wearing the sleepwear that Akane rummaged through from my mother’s wardrobe, appeared a little vulnerable.

Somehow, even though she looked like she had just washed her face in the bathroom, her cheeks and ears were flushed red. Furthermore, her usual confident poise was nowhere to be seen. Her legs were pressed together as though she was having a hard time walking.

After stiffly greeting me, she hurriedly made her way up the stairs without looking back.

Well, I could have taken that as nothing special but upon remembering what we were just doing a few minutes ago inside our room, it’s not impossible for Suzuki-san to peep or listen in on us...

Whichever the case, I quickly dropped the notion to pry further into it and continued on my way to the kitchen.

She’s also a human like us. There’s no way she’d have no such urges. It just so happened that I caught her in an awkward state. Come later, she’d surely return to how she normally is.