[Crossover Warning] Haretomo (Harem Friend)

Author: Mishima Yomu

This is MTL. So, I cannot guarantee that the translation 100% contextually accurate or appropriate.

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Author Notes:

This is written in response to a comment I received on "The Otome Game World is a Tough World for the Mob," and many people are concerned about Lyle.

It is for services to readers and is not related to the story.

Also, it's a promotion.

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"My stomach~ hurts~!"

There was a man laughing his belly off.

――Lyle.

He was already crying from laughing so much and was rolling around on the floor very happily.

"Really the best! No way, the girl who was surrounded by the dog is... Pupupu"

While Lyle was laughing so hard his stomach hurt, it was Earhardt who was giving him a cold look.

Free Knight Earhardt does not know why the man in front of him is laughing.

But he could tell that he was laughing at something that didn't matter.

"You are really the worst"

Getting up, Lyle brushes off his dirty clothes with his hands because he rolls around on the floor.

"I have shown you the unsightly side of me, my friend."

"Who says I'm your friend?"

At Earhardt's words, Lyle looked terribly shocked.

"Aren't we the same ones who suffered because of harem, a harem friend!"

Friends who suffered because of Harem.

Haretomo for short.

"The reason I had a hard time with Harem is because of you!"

Lyle puts his hand on his chest and speaks to Earhardt with a very refreshing smile.

"You and I know we share a common affliction. A harem that was created even though we didn't want it. The fight between women makes our stomachs ache every day. ‘Which one do you like?’ She asks the question that is hard to answer, and if you tell her that you like her, she will gladly reveal it to the people around her and spread the fire. Exactly how much do you like! If she says that, the mood is cold at once."

Looking at Lyle, it was Earhardt who was unconvinced, even though he knew he was having a hard time.

"Isn't it as bad as you say?"

"You idiot! You, Harem ―― Hind palaces truly are a sloppy mess!"

Real places like that are hard places, with power struggles and women's fights.

There was no sweet and gentle ideal there.

If the dreams and hopes of the men of the world are there, the reality and despair are also there.

Earhardt says the solution is simple.

"Then why don't you just decrease the number of people."

"No way can decrease them! If I decrease them, I'm in big trouble! Listen, the question is, "How about my daughter?" How many people do you think would say something like that to me! If there is one less person, they would think there is a slot there and try to push their own daughters and relatives in there ―― Aaaah~ I don't want iiiit!"

Having become emperor, Lyle was suffering from a pain he had not anticipated in the past.

His shoulders are slumped.

"...I thought I'd have more trouble with domestic politics and diplomacy."

"The succession issue is important, too, right."

"It's important. But if they tell me to shake my hips every day ―― ‘Are? What's my value?’ Is what you will think, right"

As Lyle is grumbling and complaining, Earhart is ――.

"But you look pretty happy."

"What?"

"You've got some good vassals to take care of your domestic and foreign affairs, don't you? What was that? Those maids, they're doing a great job, aren't they."

The automatons, led by Monica, are working day and night for the empire.

"It's still nice to be able to worry about the back palace, isn't it. As for me, no one is going to put together a harem, so I'm the one who's going to have to do the hard work. You're throwing all that stuff to Novem-san, aren't you? And then there's Miranda-san?"

The back palace ―― the harem is managed by Novem and Miranda.

"Also, you said something like, "The only thing that heals me is Aria and Vera" right? Shannon's name comes up a lot, and you're having a pretty good time, aren't you?"

"...N-No, that's"

Lyle says he is having a hard time, but he is enjoying it quite a bit.

"You are cunning"

Lyle clutched the jewel, which had lost its light, and shed tears.

"My ancestors... My harem friend doesn't understand my worries."

I am sure they will say.

[No, it's your fault]

――that.

There was a man peeking into the room where such a heartwarming conversation was taking place among harem friends.

The black-haired, black-eyed mob ―― giggling and laughing.

Both Lyle and Earhardt noticed a man peering through the slightly open door.

"――You are!"

"Eh, who?"

The mob enters the room with smiles on his face and starts babbling.

"No~, I thought I was being laughed at, so I came here to repay the favor. But after hearing your story, I figured you must be having a hard time."

The mob seemed very happy, saying that their stories of hardship were heartbreaking.

Both Lyle and Earhardt are irritated by that attitude.

This guy is good at irritating people.

"I am struggling with the three people. But the emperor is still on a different scale. How many were there? Twenty-five people? That's wonderful! With only three people, ‘why am I in this mess?’ How could I have said that, I guess I still had a long way to go. I reflected on that."

He said he was remorseful, but the mob laughed when he saw Lyle.

"Ah~, but I think. A simple but kind-hearted, big-breasted, cute woman and a manly, dignified woman... I'm glad to have the two of them. There's a lot going on, but after hearing you both speak, I thought... I'm too blessed, I guess!"

The mob that started giggling and laughing was clearly agitating both Lyle and Earhart.

As it was, the mob was on his way out of the room before he left,

"Both of you... Thank you for your hard work~!"

Finally, he left with a big smile on his face.

Lyle clasps his hand...

"I will never forgive him"

...He was determined to seek payback.

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What do you think? I hope you enjoy it.

Lyle is happy, as you see.

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