Chapter 372: Taking Her Home
The silver-haired, buxom beauty was somewhat bewildered, unsure why Haruto had intentionally led her into this narrow alley.
Before her curiosity could prompt another question, several burly, towering figures appeared at the alley's entrance.
"Hey, you..." began the leader, a young man with dyed red hair, bulging muscles, and bronze skin.
He was about to issue a threat when Haruto swiftly delivered an uppercut, knocking him out cold.
Retracting his fist, Haruto said calmly, "Let's skip the clichés. Just come at me together."
The remaining delinquents exchanged uneasy glances, eyeing Haruto warily. They had assumed he was just a pretty face, but he turned out to be unexpectedly skilled in a fight. Despite his lean build, he had effortlessly taken down their leader.
After a prolonged stare-down, the delinquents suddenly moved in unison. Two of them even tried to sneak around to use Hana Uzaki as leverage against Haruto.
Hana was stunned. She had heard of delinquents but had never encountered them before. With a father who worked as a fitness trainer, she and her family, despite their striking looks, had never faced such a situation. More importantly, Haruto's decisive action shattered her impression of him as a quiet, delicate boy.
Haruto naturally noticed the thugs' intentions. Though he had a petite, large-chested beauty to protect, fewer than ten opponents posed no real threat to him.
In just three minutes, all the delinquents were sprawled on the ground, groaning in pain. Unsure whether they were inherently vile scum or merely influenced by the negative effects of his abilities, Haruto refrained from lethal force. Still, the lightest injury was a broken rib—none would be leaving their hospital beds for months.
Taking the stunned Hana by the hand, Haruto left the scene without a second glance.
His powers might be sealed, but his memories and perspective remained intact. Having defeated Satan-Class beings, a few ordinary humans couldn't stir even a ripple in his heart.
Leaving the commercial street, Haruto hailed a taxi and successfully brought Hana home before dark.
"Hana, stay alert these next few days. Let me know if you notice anything suspicious," Haruto said, exchanging contact information with her while offering a reminder.
Once home, Hana began to recover from the shock, her curiosity about Haruto growing even stronger. "My dad's a fitness trainer, so it's pretty safe around here," she replied, the familiar environment of her long-time home easing her nerves, though some tension lingered.
"Alright, see you tomorrow, Hana."
"See you tomorrow, Haruto."
The sunset farewell reminded Hana of a scene from a shoujo manga. Gazing at Haruto's thin lips, a bold idea sprang to mind.
Rising on her tiptoes, Hana mustered her courage and pressed her soft cherry lips against Haruto's.
Thump!
After this bold move, she quickly turned around and slammed the front door shut with force.
Behind the door, the young girl covered her rapidly beating heart, her pretty face flushed bright red. From time to time, she would cover her face with her small hands and let out strange, flustered sounds.
Although there had been a minor incident earlier, Haruto had resolved it so effortlessly that after the initial scare, it left no impact whatsoever—except making Hana Uzaki even more infatuated with him.
Outside the door, Haruto smiled wryly.
Young love was indeed beautiful, but wasn't it a bit too much to stir up desire and then run away?
If it weren't for overcoming his inner demons, he would never have let Hana Uzaki off so easily.
Adjusting his mood and calming his restless feelings, Haruto turned and left the Uzaki residence.
Up to this point, everything matched the memories of those NTR adult videos—the next step after the main couple parted ways would be...
Haruto didn't go far. He wanted to see whether it was the malice of this world or merely his own inner demons at play.
About ten minutes later, a silver-haired, large-breasted beauty with narrow eyes—a married woman—carrying a full basket of groceries, opened the front door of the Uzaki house.
Hidden in a corner, Haruto immediately recognized this alluring married woman as Hana's mother, Uzaki Tsuki.
Another ten minutes passed, and Uzaki Yanagi, a tall, large-breasted middle schooler with bangs covering her eyes and a figure more slender than Hana's, also returned home.
It wasn't until dusk approached that the two men of the Uzaki family came back.
The head of the household, Uzaki Fujio, worked as a fitness trainer. He had black hair, a robust build, and rather ordinary looks.
Uzaki Kiri inherited his father Fujio's plain appearance, but his silver-gray hair confirmed he was indeed Tsuki's biological son.
The mother and two daughters were all beauties, each with increasingly exaggerated figures.
Suddenly, Hana Uzaki—with her petite height, youthful face, and large breasts—didn't seem quite as alluring anymore.
Whether it was her younger sister Yanagi or her mother Uzaki Tsuki, Haruto found himself more interested.
While cute, youthful faces and ample bosoms were nice, he ultimately preferred beauties with long legs and more sensual figures.
Haruto observed throughout the entire night but found no sign of any "blond-haired" intruder.
Over the following days, he continued dating and chatting with Hana Uzaki. Their relationship progressed rapidly, though the most intimate contact remained at kissing—not even French kissing.
Haruto had considered speeding up the conquest, but to verify his suspicions and overcome his inner demons sooner, he stuck to a normal pace of romance.
Of course, he never skipped his nightly observations of the Uzaki family.
Sometimes, to appease the many young beauties at his own home, he took turns sending them to keep watch.
Even with his powers sealed, Haruto remained undetected. Whether it was Koneko, Mittelt, or any of the other demon girls, the Uzaki family never noticed them.
On Sunday, Haruto and Hana Uzaki finished a full day of dating.
On their way back, the youthful-faced, large-breasted beauty proactively said, "Haruto, I... I don't have to go home tonight..."
Haruto paused mid-step. Instead of immediately agreeing, he considered continuing his plan to conquer his inner demons.
"Hana, winter break is just over a month away. I want to be with you during the New Year..."
Halfway through his sentence, he suddenly changed his mind and said, "Alright, let's go to my place."
Hana Uzaki was somewhat bewildered by Haruto's constantly shifting thoughts, but after receiving his response, shyness and joy completely replaced all other considerations.
Truthfully, she had originally hoped Haruto would take the initiative to invite her - after all, it would be too embarrassing for a girl to say such things first.
But while Haruto had numerous girlfriends and could release his urges every night, she could only suppress hers.
Both men and women possess primitive desires - while male high school students have strong urges, female students aren't far behind.
As their relationship grew closer, combined with Haruto's unique charm, Hana ultimately couldn't restrain herself and took the initiative to advance their relationship.
Haruto had initially planned to follow the script from his memories, curious to see how events would unfold and whether they would truly head down the NTR route.
But suddenly, he realized he had fallen into misconception again.
Deliberately acting out the cuckold plot was no different from deliberately resisting the cuckold fate, wasn't it?
To face and overcome it, the first step should be to go with the flow.
So Haruto followed his heart and brought Hana back to his home.
The moment he made this choice, he felt something was different, but it seemed he still lacked something to completely overcome his inner demons.
During this period, many delinquents had caused trouble for Haruto, with some even attempting to use despicable methods against Hana.
But Haruto easily handled them all, and what he worried about most - changes in Hana's family situation - never materialized.
As gradually attracting girls and dealing with delinquents became part of his daily life, Haruto found that his life hadn't changed much.
Given his capabilities, whether rejecting girls or handling delinquents only took a few minutes of his time.
...
"Wow, Haruto, your house is this big? You really are rich."
Arriving at the large Western-style house, Hana Uzaki exclaimed in amazement.
During this period, she had been playing the role of a curious child, almost prying into every detail of Haruto's privacy.
Apart from matters of the hidden world which he hadn't mentioned yet, Haruto had nothing else to hide.
This large house was where he lived with Rias and the other girls, something Hana had actually known for a while.
Knowing was one thing, but seeing it with her own eyes felt completely different from just hearing about it from others.
When Rias and the others saw Haruto bringing Hana home, they were briefly surprised before tactfully giving the two some space.
Hana hid half her body behind Haruto, her face flushed red like an apple. It wasn't until Rias and the others left with knowing smiles that her nervousness eased somewhat.
"Hana, my room is on the fourth floor. Follow me."
"Mm..."
The cute silver-haired beauty with long hair bowed her head, passively following Haruto.