Why is my journey to the world of anime a strange tale of rules?

Of course, he entered after using his mental power to conceal his presence. It wasn't until he opened the door that Gao Hai realized he had never actually met any of his girls' parents; in their eyes, he was practically nonexistent.

No wonder I was a little nervous before; now I know why. Speaking of which, dating so many girls, I always feel like meeting their parents would be a real hassle. There are so many things that can't be explained, and in modern society, I doubt many parents would accept their daughter becoming part of someone's harem.

Thinking this, Gao Hai didn't hesitate to conceal his presence, making sure no one could discover him. Chika had obviously anticipated this, so she wasn't surprised when she found Gao Hai's figure had disappeared behind her; she only glared at him with slight displeasure.

Why are you hiding? Do you really not want to see my family?

Chika's somewhat displeased voice rang out in the mental link.

If I were seen like that, I think I'd most likely be kicked out. I don't think any parent would accept their child hanging out with school security guards, right?

In fact, Takahashi, who was following behind Chika, answered very seriously.

{That kind of thing doesn't matter. Ah Hai is too insecure. At a time like this, shouldn't he just openly display his presence, then grab me while laughing "hehehe," and tell my family, "Your daughter is mine now," while casually licking my cheek as I'm trapped? Wouldn't that have been enough?}

Chika immediately protested.

{That's some third-rate villain from Sword Art Online! Is my image in your mind really that bad? And if I really did that, wouldn't my image in your family's eyes be completely ruined? Alright, alright, even if we really have to meet your family, it should at least wait until you graduate, until the [Sacrifice Game]'s cognitive bias against ordinary people disappears. Otherwise, even if I were to communicate with your family, there would be huge obstacles. For now, let me be an observer.}

Gao Hai, who was speaking in the mental link, quickly quieted down and stopped making any noise.

Although Chika felt somewhat frustrated by the failed prank, seeing that Gao Hai had made up his mind not to show himself, she composed herself, ran to the living room, greeted her parents who were watching TV, and then went upstairs to find her younger sister, Mengye.

While remaining invisible, Gao Hai didn't immediately follow Qian Hua. Instead, he first walked around the villa, which looked quite ordinary on the outside but had a rather luxurious interior. Then he went back to the living room and stood next to Qian Hua's parents to observe them.

Well, they seemed like an ordinary couple. The father was middle-aged, balding, and overweight—the typical middle-aged look. But after careful observation, Gao Hai could tell that his body was slowly recovering under the blessing of the Blood Flower, and his hair would probably grow back within a year. However, the weight gain would require personal exercise to resolve. While the Blood Flower's blessing could improve health, achieving a certain body fat percentage would still require some effort.

As for Qianhua's mother, she did indeed exude a certain air of heroism, not at all like a middle-aged woman who had given birth to three children. Moreover, the couple were even holding hands and leaning against each other while watching TV, looking quite affectionate.

So these are Chika's family. Once I can openly reveal my true identity, will I have to call them Mom and Dad? I have a feeling... they'll probably hate me then, right? After all, in their eyes, I'll probably be some kind of wicked person indulging in lust and building a harem, and who also stole their daughter. Tsk tsk tsk, in a way, I'm quite sinful, but I won't regret it.

With a few thoughts swirling in his mind, Gao Hai turned around and prepared to go upstairs to see what Qian Hua was doing.

He had only taken a few steps when he heard two people talking behind him.

"Chika... she really does have a boyfriend, right?"

Chika's mother, Fujiwara no Manho, said earnestly.

"What? When did Chika get a boyfriend? Which bastard is it?! I have to find her and ask her about it."

Fujiwara Daichi, who had been happily watching TV, suddenly became furious and immediately planned to go upstairs to call Chika down.

"Honey, why are you in such a hurry? The more anxious you are about this kind of thing, the more likely it is to backfire. Don't forget that it's because of those family rules you created that Qianhua is now finding ways to go against you every day. Relationships are something we need to think about in the long term. It was fine before that Qianhua didn't have a boyfriend, but now she may have someone she likes, and their relationship may already be quite deep. So we need to be careful and not provoke the rebellious mentality of young people."

Then Fujiwara Maho reached out and pressed Fujiwara Daichi back onto the sofa, and gave him a very serious warning.

"Okay, okay, it's just that your sudden comment caught me off guard. Tsk, could someone have really bewitched my Qianhua? This kind of thing... wait, wait a minute, honey, you just said 'their relationship is likely quite deep'? What do you mean by that?"

Fujiwara Daichi, clearly inferior to his wife in the family hierarchy, took a deep breath and slowly calmed down. But soon, noticing a certain detail in Fujiwara Maho's words, his body stiffened again.

"I can still tell from the subtle changes in her walking posture, her speech, actions, and facial expressions. Hmph, you wouldn't notice these details, my dear. As a woman, I'm very sensitive. Little Qianhua has definitely already progressed to that stage with that boyfriend we don't know about."

Fujiwara Manho snorted, giving her husband a look of intellectual disdain, and quickly began to offer her guesses.

Unsurprisingly, upon hearing these words, Fujiwara Daichi, who was already somewhat agitated, immediately turned red.

"Chika...she actually...she's only a high school student! No, no, I have to get to the bottom of this. Whoever that brat is, I'll break his legs, I'll definitely teach him a lesson—"

Boom!

Before the enraged Fujiwara father could rush off the sofa, Fujiwara mother's fist landed on his head, forcibly cooling him down physically.

"Why are you getting so worked up? Chika is seventeen or eighteen years old. She's old enough to take responsibility for this kind of thing. What we need to know is whether the person she likes is worthy of entrusting her life to. What kind of behavior are you displaying now? You're only disgracing the Fujiwara family. Listen to me, don't ask any questions for now, observe for a couple more days..."

Then, under Fujiwara Maho's influence, Fujiwara Daichi, forced to calm down, had no choice but to discuss countermeasures with his wife.

Looking at the couple, Gao Hai couldn't help but chuckle, and couldn't help but wonder if the families of the other girls had also discovered something.

Well, let's just take it one step at a time. Anyway, I'm not going to let go of that person.

Thinking this, Gao Hai went up to the stairs and went up to the second floor, intending to see what Chika was doing. However, before he could find her, he saw a lazy girl who looked seven parts similar to Chika but had a completely different temperament yawning as she walked out of a room.

"Ah, Chika's back already?"

Muttering to herself, the girl with long pink hair, wearing slippers and pajamas, walked towards a room.

She was slightly taller than Chika, and Gao Hai estimated her to be around 1.56 meters tall. Her hairstyle was similar to Chika's, but instead of a bow, she wore a low ponytail. Her pajamas were worn casually, with several buttons undone, revealing her fair belly and navel. However, compared to this, something visibly swaying with the girl's unsteady steps, encased in her pajamas, was far more eye-catching. After all, it was clearly larger than Chika's.

Takami confirmed that the girl must be Chika's older sister, Fujiwara Toyomi. It has to be said, she really does resemble a larger version of Chika in many ways.

squeak-

open the door.

A very girly bedroom, mainly in pink tones, then came into Gao Hai's view.

"Oh, big sister, you're here too! Want to play together?"

Here, Gao Hai saw Chika holding a deck of cards, and sitting next to her was a young girl who was less than 1.5 meters tall and looked like she was still a junior high school student.

She also has pink hair, but this one has shorter hair, only reaching her neck, and she wears it in pigtails.

Furthermore, although his height and appearance clearly showed the immaturity of a junior high school student, a certain part of his body was quite magnificent. Although he was not as good as Fujiwara Toyomi and Chika, he could still be described as a well-grown monster.

Gao Hai knew that this was Chika's younger sister, Fujiwara Moeha, a cute girl who seemed to have a slight yandere tendency.

The three sisters are arranged in order of age and size from youngest to oldest, which is quite neat.

Especially with the three girls huddled together playing cards, and the other two besides Chika both wearing pajamas, Takahashi had to admit that his eyes captured many memorable moments at that moment.

"Hmm... I sweated a lot outside today, I'm going to take a shower now, you can continue playing with Mengye, sister."

Just as Gao Hai wanted to continue enjoying the game a little longer, Chika, who had been happily playing, suddenly quit. This behavior was clearly out of character for her, leaving both sisters somewhat puzzled.

But Chika was clearly serious. She stood up and walked towards the bedroom door. As she passed Gao Hai, who was invisible, she reached out and grabbed his hand, pulling him out of the room as well. After closing the door, she continued to lead him forward until they reached a room with the words "Chika" written on the door. Then she opened the door, pulled Gao Hai into the room, turned around, closed the door, and leaned her back against it.

"Were you watching us three sisters very intently just now?"

In the room, where the lights were off and only the hazy night light from outside the window shone in, Chika looked up at Takahashi and asked.

"Can you find me even when I'm invisible? Oh, I forgot about Andres's blessing's location function. How should I put it, I should say they each have their own unique features? Of course, the most beautiful one is definitely my wife, Chika."

Somewhat surprised that Chika had spotted him so accurately, Gao Hai quickly figured out the reason himself. However, when Chika asked him a question, he keenly sensed that the girl had some minor emotions in her voice, so he changed his wording in a serious manner.

"You think I'll believe you just because you say that? Ahai, your eyes were definitely glued to my sister and Mengye's chests, weren't they? I can feel it. Even though I can't see people after my mental shielding, I can feel Ahai's gaze lingering on me. Just now in the room, Ahai, your gaze only stayed on me for a very short time. You were definitely looking at the other two, weren't you? I wanted to bring Ahai to my home to have a look around, but your attention was completely focused on those kinds of things?"

Chika puffed out her cheeks, as if she had two small steamed buns stuffed into her mouth.

Gao Hai really wanted to say that even if his gaze wasn't fixed on Chika, it didn't necessarily mean he was looking at that kind of thing. But before he could say it, he realized that Chika knew him very well, and that such an explanation wouldn't fool her and would only make her more dissatisfied. So he just gave an awkward but polite smile.

The next moment, the girl tiptoed and lightly pounced on Gao Hai, their noses touching.

"Ah Hai, do you think that because I took the initiative to get Zhenfei to serve you and helped accept the other girls, I won't be jealous?"

"Hmph, if that's what you're thinking when you look at other women, I'll be very angry."

"For example, right now I'm really, really unhappy because Ahai is staring at other people, and Ahai has already figured out how to make it up to me—waaaah~"

Before Chika, with her cheeks puffed out, could finish speaking, Gao Hai gently tossed her onto the bed in the room, then jumped onto the bed himself. With a gentle flick of his wrist, he lifted Chika's dress up to near her chest, revealing the girl's navel.

How do you want me to make it up to you?

In the quiet of the night, Gao Hai gazed into the girl's blue eyes and asked.

"Hey~"

Then, with a soft laugh, Chika opened her arms and hugged Takahashi's neck, and their shadows pressed together.

Interlude 4-22: The Time Between Takami, Chika, and Kaguya, and a Trivial Message

"Ah Hai, woof~"

In the morning sunlight, Chika picked up a small octopus meatball with her chopsticks and smiled at Gao Hai.

Gao Hai, always quick to agree, immediately opened his mouth, and then Qian Hua fed him the small meatball. Gao Hai chewed it gently a couple of times and then swallowed it.

The flavor of the meat gravy burst in his mouth, but compared to the culinary delight, the smiling girl sitting in front of him was far more delicious to Gao Hai. Especially the way she deliberately giggled and laughed foolishly after noticing his gaze.

The sounds of other students talking could be heard outside the window, but none of them could see the two people inside. That's right, at this very moment, Takami and Chika were in Shuchiin Academy, and they had even found an empty classroom to sit and eat together.

After a night of intimate activity, the next morning, unlike before with Maki, Takami and Chika didn't spend the entire morning in bed. Instead, Chika got up early and tried to cook a very elaborate meal for Takami. She then tried to help him get up, bathe, and change. If Takami hadn't found this a bit too strange and stopped her, she might have even tried to do his laundry.

"Why not just treat it as a preview of what it's like to be Ah Hai's wife? Isn't that a good idea?"

Chika, who was stopped by Gao Hai at the time, just asked with a smile.

"Even so, you don't need to wash clothes by hand. You're not suited to the style of a virtuous, stay-at-home wife."

Gao Hai just smiled when he heard this, and even reached out to pat Qian Hua's head.

"Ugh, what is it? Ah Hai, are you trying to say that I can't be a good wife? And don't touch my head like that, it'll mess up my hair. Does Ah Hai think I'm a child just because I'm much shorter than him?"

Chika puffed up her cheeks almost immediately, pretending to be very angry. However, Takami, who was very familiar with the girl's personality, could tell at a glance that she was just being deliberately difficult and wasn't actually angry. So after calming her down for a moment, he simply picked her up and kissed her, successfully silencing her protests through physical means.

Things could have progressed in a more harmonious direction at this point, but then Chika's younger sister, Moeha, appeared. Although Moeha didn't see Takami and Chika embracing due to mental interference, this usually boisterous girl unexpectedly felt a strong sense of shame and refused to play any games with Takami in front of her sister. So Takami had no choice but to give up.

I never expected that Chika, who is usually the most uninhibited, would be so particular at a time like this.

Slightly moved, Gao Hai, seeing that Chika was indeed reluctant, released her as she wished. In matters of the heart, Gao Hai always respected the woman's opinion. Even if it sometimes seemed like he was controlling, it was only when the other person cooperated. Like when Maki kicked him away, Gao Hai only dared to act because he was certain Maki's resistance wasn't strong. As for why she suddenly snapped later… well, that's probably just her tsundere nature; Gao Hai couldn't really say.

Who's next?

Chika, leaning against the student chair, fed Takami another piece of tuna while asking a question.

"Are you asking me? This order must have been agreed upon by you all, right? I think the next one should be Kaguya, right? I remember Maki mentioned before that Ai deliberately switched places with Kaguya so that she would be listed first."

Gao Hai was a little puzzled as to why Qian Hua would ask this question, but after recalling for a moment, he still answered the question.

Aside from Miko, who was approached by Takami, the original date order for the other girls was Maki, Chika, Ai, Kaguya, and Ichiri—the order in which each girl would establish a close relationship with Takami. Hayasaka, for the sake of her master, chose to switch orders so Kaguya would go first. Ichiri initially didn't want to attend this meeting but was dragged along by Chika. As for Kita, although she didn't come, everyone decided to include her in the date, a decision even Ichiri agreed to.

Gao Hai was momentarily speechless at the thought of his own girls proactively arranging for someone. Initially, he was unsure whether to pursue a relationship with Kita, but after thinking about how Kita had been inside his body for a full month, seeing everything she should and shouldn't have, there was no reason to let her go under those circumstances. And now that his girls had proactively included Kita on their list, Gao Hai had even less reason to hesitate.

I just need to figure out how to approach her.

"Ah, you're daydreaming, Hai. Are you thinking about another girl?"