Overloaded With Attributes Chapter 75

Naked Entanglement and Baby-Making...

The Rokujou ladies, not even bothering to hide their displeasure—some of them glaring daggers at Ayaka—filed out of the room. Ayaka, for her part, just smirked back at them.

I have to admit, there was one little girl who gave me a really sad look as she left. I'm sorry, but "elementary school" is a little outside my acceptable dating range.

If I were just "the fiancé of the branch family's daughter, Shouko-san," the gauntlet of greetings would have continued. But as "the spouse of the main family's heiress, Kazura-san," it seems only the Rokujou family was bold enough to crash the party.

"However," Kuzunoha-obaa-chama said quietly, "once the other houses learn of your character, Yuugiri-chan, and your 'usefulness,' one or two will surely emerge who will try to force a daughter on you."

I was treated as less than garnish in the other world. This high praise from a great noble I've just met was a bit jarring.

"Kuzunoha-obaa-chama, my decision regarding the Rokujou wasn't to curry favor. It has nothing to do with their family name. I am engaged to Ayaka-san because I am attracted to her as a woman. So, if other houses try to push women I've never met on me, I can't guarantee I'll be able to accept..."

"Big Brother, are you saying that you're 'welcome to any woman you do like'?"

"That's not what I said!" ...Well, she's not wrong.

"Besides, I'm still a minor, just a student. This is a conversation for after I'm an adult. After I've properly married everyone."

"Oh? Yuugiri-chan, you're already in high school, are you not? As a man, you wouldn't have attended the coming-of-age ceremony, but your Genpuku should be—ah... That's right. You were in a traffic accident in January..."

She suddenly looked crestfallen. I'm not that sensitive about the accident; I'm mostly over it, so it's almost more painful when people tiptoe around it. ...And "Genpuku"? Is this the samurai era?

Ah, right. This world still has traces of old-world culture, like the Edo period, mixed in with its noble system.

"Shouko-san. You have been by his side all this time... and you overlooked something so important."

"No, it's my fault. I was ignorant of this world's customs. Shouko-san has been nothing but supportive. If you must scold someone, please scold me directly." This woman—her stepmother—has been picking on Shouko-san since we met. But this is my fault.

"Wait, so I'm already an adult? ...Does that mean all that 'stuff' I was holding back on... I didn't have to hold back?!"

"Y-Yuugiri-san? Am I the only one who feels like you're about to say something deeply disturbing?" Her face was twitching.

"Holding back? You two were already sleeping in the same room when Kazura got there! You were holding hands! You even wore matching cat kigurumis and left me out—"

"Kazura!"

"Did you want a kitty pajama too, Kazura-san? But that 'holding hands' info is old news! We've advanced recently... We sleep hugging now, like this." I reached over and pulled Shouko-san into a tight hug.

"Yuugiri-san!" She turned bright red and started flailing, which was adorable. ...No, wait! Right. I'm in front of her entire family.

"Yuugiri-chan... I had heard stories from Kazura, but... you are even more unconventional than I imagined. And this... 'stuff' you were 'holding back on.' What, specifically, does that entail?"

"Mother! You can't ask our son-in-law that directly!"

"Ara? But this concerns my granddaughter. If it's an act he does with Shouko-san, surely he'll do it with Kazura as well?"

At Kuzunoha-baba's words, I tried to picture that with Kazura... and drew a complete blank.

"...Huh?"

"Big Brother? I'm going to need you to explain the meaning of that reaction. Okay? Okay?" There's nothing to explain...

I can picture it with Shizuka-san... her skin texture, vividly. I can picture it with Atena... I can even predict her reactions. I can picture it with Kikuko-san... though I'd be the one getting toyed with. I can picture it with Shouko-san... a pure start, leading to an intense...

But Kazura-san...

"Well, you see. I just can't get a clear 'vision' of being naked and entangled with Kazura-san."

"""NAKED AND ENTANGLED?!"""

"Ah, forget I said that! I mean, making a baby—"

"""MAKING A BABY?!"""

"Is everyone overreacting? We're going to be a married couple... so acts of love are just a normal—" ...Oh, right. In this world, they haven't done "the act of love" in over a hundred years.

"M-M-Mother... Kazura has brought home a truly scandalous groom..."

"C-C-Calm down, Hazuki. Still, 'naked entanglement and baby-making'... what on earth does that..."

"...Mother. If I recall, there was a doctor among the fiancées our groom brought?"

"A doctor? Then she can explain... Yuugiri-chan. We will take our leave so you can relax... No, you probably haven't eaten at the party. We will consider the reception concluded."

And with that, the entire Takatsukasa contingent shuffled out of the room. ...Wait, hold on! Did Kazura-san's mother just say, "a doctor"?! Are they... are they all going to interrogate Kikuko-san?!

Crap, that's bad! She's the one person who knows all of my... 'special preferences'! The ones even Shouko-san doesn't know about!

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