Harem Cheat Life in Present-day Japan ~The Story of the Male Teen who returned to Earth after saving Another World as the Hero and the Heroines who followed along for some reason~ Chapter 1-18

1-18 The First Rock-Paper-Scissors Tournament for Kikyou's Bed (?)

TLed by: TanoshiKara

Rock-Paper-Scissors—one of the games where hands are used to decide a winner.

A game that has been said to originate from the Edo period to the Meiji period, it uses no tools, is simple, and through luck—of course, it is possible to increase the odds of winning by using psychology or logic, so it is not to say that victory is attained through RNG—it is possible to make a decision on something.

Such a Rock-Paper-Scissors showdown was about to begin in the living room of the Ichinose house.

The four girls, with serious expressions on their faces, stood in a circle.

The tension in the air around them. There was an echo of someone gulping their spit down, worsening the suffocating tension.

"Let's begin," Shea said stiffly, as if to break the silence.

Everyone had even more serious expressions on their faces when they heard that, clenching their right hands, putting them forward.

Four healthy hands, as smooth and white as Whitebait, but brimming with vitality, touched slightly, forming a quadrilateral shape at the center. That was the signal to the girls that the showdown, where victory and defeat would be decided in a flash, was about to begin.

In order to decide the one and only victor, the girls raised their fists.

" " " "Rock—" " " " The four girls said in unison, explosively increasing the tension in the air around them.

" " " "Paper—" " " "

As the girls yelled, Saki's reddish-brown hair was dyed crimson, Lumia's blue eyes glowed golden, something resembling black birthmarks appeared on Shea's cheeks, and Lew's black pupils were dyed red, with horns sticking out from her forehead.

" " " "Scissors—" " " "

"—Waittt a minute!" Kikyou yelled, seemingly unable to bear it any longer.

"What do you want, Kikyou? Stopping us at such a climactic moment," Saki said as she pouted, slightly displeased as Kikyou interrupted them in the midst of a serious showdown, a few seconds before the victor would be decided.

Saki looked way different than before, with her hair dyed in deep, bright crimson, looking like it was about to burn, and the other girls had a sort of indescribable aura around them.

Unlike Saki, Kikyou seemed to be very perplexed as he looked around restlessly at the girls.

"Well......Eh? You're all going to play Rock-Paper-Scissors, right?"

"That's right. Didn't I just say that?"

Shea, with black birthmarks on her cheeks, which could be seen as a wolf's whiskers, said nonchalantly, like the answer to Kikyou's question was most obvious.

The other girls nodded in response.

......Eh, am I the only one who feels it's odd?

"......Why is everyone looking like a battle is about to begin, even though you are just playing Rock-Paper-Scissors?" Kikyou asked, his wording polite due to the overwhelming confusion he was facing.

"It is to perfectly grasp what everyone else is going to put forth, of course," Lumia said as if the answer was a given.

She then nodded, her eyes still glowing golden.

"No, no, Rock-Paper-Scissors is not like that," Kikyou reflexively retorted.

I see, it's true that superbeings like them - in their powered-up forms at that - would be able to grasp the hand movements that normal people wouldn't be able to, and react accordingly. And if they're able to, it'd give them a huge advantage.

However, doing this would make Rock-Paper-Scissors meaningless.

Why use Rock-Paper-Scissors? That is because victory is decided by chance.

That is why I cannot condone the actions of these girls.

With that in mind...

"For now, the use of abilities is prohibited! And I'll also be casting several spells, including 'Obstruct Vision', on you all," Kikyou said, thinking that it would be best to make the showdown as luck-based as possible.

"Urk......that would make it......luck......based. If we are doing it......I want to......win with my own ability......" Lew muttered, dissatisfied after she heard Kikyou's words. She also clenched her fists, looking like she had said something cool.

"Yeah, that is enthusiastic of you! But, no!"

Kikyou wanted it to be about luck and not ability, so he rejected her suggestion.

And so, Kikyou used all sorts of spells to obstruct the girls' senses, making the showdown entirely based on luck. He made it so that they would play Rock-Paper-Scissors while only being able to hear his voice in their head.

|Alright, is everyone ready?|

" " " "............Ug-!?" " " "

Twitch, the girls did when they heard Kikyou's voice in their head due to the 'Telepathy' spell.

......Even though we used telepathy many times in the other world.

Kikyou tilted his head when he saw the girls' reactions.

If it was a person's first time experiencing telepathy, they might be perplexed by the voice echoing in their head, but these girls had experienced this countless times, so there should not have been a troubled, or should I say, an indescribable reaction from them, or so Kikyou tried using telepathy once again with these doubts in his mind.

|Erm, are you all alright......?|

" " " "............Ug-!?" " " "

|......W-What's this! Only Master's voice is echoing in my head......Ug-!|

|......Wha-! This is bad. Really bad!|

|......Nn......sends shivers......down my spine......|

|......!? ......!?|

Having all of their senses obstructed, and only Kikyou's voice echoing in their head. With telepathy that was totally different from those before, the girls felt an indescribable sensation from being able to only hear Kikyou's voice echoing in their heads. It was bewitchingly alluring, like a drug.

—This is bad!

All of the girls had that thought.

At the same time, thinking that she would faint if she heard Kikyou's voice echoing in her head again, Lumia raised her shivering hand.

Seeing this, Kikyou dispelled the spells, and the girls could use all of their senses once again.

The girls panted heavily to soothe their racing hearts.

"Erm......this is my suggestion, but......" Lumia said meekly several seconds later, after she had caught her breath, probably thinking that she could no longer endure the telepathy.

When everyone had their gazes on her, she continued.

"......If everyone is alright with it, how about the four of us borrow Kikyou-sama's bed?"

"......Eh?" Kikyou said, perplexed as he had no idea about the situation the girls were in earlier.

"That's it!"

"That is the one!"

"......That"

The girls said in unison, however.

In the end, the four of them slept on Kikyou's bed.

"......Wha-! I did it"

The Winning Ticket in the simple lottery, drawn by Lumia, decided that Kikyou would sleep on her bed.

......Uhh, what in the world is this...

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