Mr. Hurt, we're back.

My, Mae, welcome back.

　As they waited for the dragon god to be released from Kikyou's restraints, Mai and May returned.

　They said that the two had returned to the spirit world.

　For some reason Mai and the others seemed happy, but they didn't tell me why, even though I asked them why.

　Yohko then called my wives who were present and told them to stay away from me and Kikyou.

　Everyone was gathered around, discussing something.

　What is it?
　It bothers me so much...

　Why am I being left out?
　I'm going to miss you.

...........

　Alright, it's a good idea.

　If you don't tell me what you're up to, I'm gonna go read your mind and figure out what everyone else is up to.

　When I was trying to trigger the mind reader...

'Master Hurt, you can't read Yoko and her friends' minds.

''What?!''

　Kikyou had found out that he was trying to use the mind-reading technique.

''W-why?''

''Even with this, she is still a mistress (Wawa), a top-tier demon. With the flow of her magical power, she can pretty much figure out what she's going to do.

　Well, seriously.

Seriously. Well, as you can see, my mistress has a very good ear, so she can hear them without using mind-reading techniques.

　Kikyou's ears were twitching.

So, when you tell me what they're talking about...

I'm afraid that's not possible.

　That's right.

''There's no problem if you don't worry about it. They don't seem to be talking about anything that would be detrimental to Hurt-sama.

Oh, yeah...

　Hmm, I'm still curious.
　Do you want me to ask one of those guys later?

And please don't try to get any one person to tell you what's going on.

What?

All of the people there have a very high liking for Master Hurt. Probably anyone who asks Master Hurt a question will answer it honestly.

　Kikyou said as he looked at my wives gathered around.

'But if we do that, the one who revealed the secret could be blamed by the rest of us. I think we should avoid that.

　If you're telling me not to use mind-reading techniques on me, but you can see how favorable I am to me, that means Kikiyo is using mind-reading-like things in full force.

　That's a bit unfair, isn't it?

She is a good mistress.

　Kikyou smiled mischievously.

　As usual, every gesture was bewitching and almost mesmerizing.

　Well, I don't want my wives to get along with each other, and Kikyou said it wasn't something that was detrimental to me, so let's not worry about it.


'Buh-hah!'
"...?

　Suddenly, the dragon god started to move.

"I'm alive...

　Saying that, Ryujin-sama fell to the spot.

''Ryujin-sama!

''There's no problem. I just fainted due to mental fatigue. Well, since this guy is a god, he's not fainting, but rather using up all of his physical energy and resting.

Oh, really?

　But isn't it pretty bad when God uses up all that energy?

　Kikiou said he would only be fighting an enemy on the same level as him in the spirit world for ten minutes, but it was hard to imagine that the god, Dragon God, would be so fatigued that he would faint from that alone.

　What on earth would happen in the mental world that Kikiyo created?

I'll leave her in your charge. Don't worry, I won't let her do anything bad to those girls.

　Thinking about Kikyou's magic, she grabbed the dragon god with her tail and lifted him up with dexterity.

　'Those girls,' she said, 'would be Luca and Hakua.

''Alright. Nice to meet you.

Very good, Mr. Hurt.

　Saying that, Kikyou disappeared into the nearby forest with the dragon god-sama lifted up by his tail.


　─ ─ ─ ─ ********──.

　His wives are all gathered in a secret room in Hurt's mansion.

　By the way, Hurt is out somewhere by himself.

''Thank you for your hard work. We will now hold the second 'Wives Conference'.'

　Tina, the hostess in charge of the event, declared, and the wives crackled with applause.

''I believe that everyone has researched about alter ego magic in various fields, so let's have them present it. First of all──

Before we report, Tina, what about you, my dear?

Wow, is that me?

I can smell Halt on Tina!

The Lord smelled Tina's scent as well. It's as if they were skin to skin, and the smell is so thick that it's as if they had skin to skin contact.

No, no, no, I don't think that's...

　Tina flinched as Merdi and Yoko crowded in on her.

'Tina-sama ... well, what are the marks on your neck?'

Oh.

　Rifa pointed out to her, and Tina hurriedly covered her neck with her hands.

　However, Rifa and a few others had noticed the marks on Tina's neck - hickeys.

　Tina's attempt to hide it convinced Hurt's wives.

　While they were scrambling to find a hint of alter ego magic, Hurt and Tina were doing that alone.

Tina-sama, how did you and Master Harto do this?
I'd like to hear more.

　Sayla, Mai and May also approached Tina to corner her.

'Tina-sensei, that's a different maid's outfit from the one you were wearing this morning, isn't it?

　Luna, who could remember even the faintest fraying of embroidery, noticed that the maid's outfit Tina was wearing now was different from the one she had seen before she left the mansion in the morning.

　In other words, Tina is changing out of her maid uniform.
　That means she took off her maid's uniform at least once.

''Uh, um........''

　Tina was being driven back and forth.

　It seems that even the wizards of the past did not have a secret plan to get out of this predicament...


　In the morning, after all the family members except Tina and Hurt had gone out, they began to talk about what had happened.