The Daily Life of the Pandemonium Society President (1)
Choice has immediate consequences.
I can't be sure which choice is the best. As a gamer, the choices I make naturally can become poison in this world instead.
After all, reality is far more complicated than games.
For example, among the favorability gifts in Blue Archive, there's an item called 'The World's Most Useless Machine.'
This gift is one of the few items Hina prefers.
Of course, as a gamer, I gave 'The World's Most Useless Machine' to Hina. It was unconditional for the sake of Hina's favorability.
But as a clone of Hanuma Makoto, I might need a different choice.
If I, the clone of Makoto, give 'The World's Most Useless Machine' to Hina, would she accept it?
It's more likely she'd be disgusted.
She might suspect, "What scheme does that fox have this time?"
So, I need to think harder. The pure love strategy for Hina needs to be more multidimensional.
Although it's easy to overlook, 'The World's Most Useless Machine' is also a gift Makoto prefers. It can effectively raise Makoto's favorability.
First, gain the trust of Makoto by courting her.
Then, using the accumulated trust, gradually brainwash Makoto into accepting Hina's pure love.
If I get close to Hina, and the original Makoto interferes, it'll be troublesome.
Although I explained it at length, in summary, that's it.
For Hina's sake, I can't ignore the relationship with Makoto either.
Perhaps I need to court Makoto first to be able to court Hina as well.
That's the story.
My head is throbbing because I'm trying to use a brain that doesn't work well.
Hah. I exhaled a hot breath while submerged in a large bathtub.
From now on, I'll be cohabiting with Makoto in the executive residence.
After parting ways with Iroha and Ibuki in the office, I returned to the residence with Makoto.
The executive residence provided by Gehenna Academy for the Pandemonium Society president was grand. Of course, the bathroom was luxurious like a suite.
Indeed, Gehenna, one of the three major academies in Kivotos. The privileges given to the highest authority were amazing.
It seems one can even have bodyguards or a dedicated chef in the residence if desired.
But I won't bring anyone into the residence for a while.
To hide the fact that there are two Hanuma Makotos, that is, the Double Makoto situation.
It's obvious that Makoto will move as Makoto and I as myself, so I can't hide it subtly, but I don't need to expose it blatantly.
Only two girls know my true identity: Iroha and Ibuki, and the executives of the Pandemonium Society.
They will keep the secret. As long as I manage Makoto well, the chances of being discovered are low.
Getting Makoto to agree to hide my identity was no small feat.
There's no need to flaunt the Double Makoto situation.
Especially if it gets known to the Prefect Team, it's all bad. For now, I need to hide the situation as much as possible.
The person I'm trying to persuade is normally fine, but Makoto will have a meltdown if connected to the Prefect Team.
Makoto, who acts as Hina's dedicated villain by picking at fights whenever the Prefect Team is involved. I had to work hard to persuade her.
If I say to hide my identity to make the Prefect Team suffer as much as possible, Makoto at least understood, which is a relief.
Anyway, it feels like the urgent fire has been extinguished.
Thanks to that, I had time to leisurely bathe.
"......I have some free time."
Interpreting "free time" as "breasts" for a girl would be ambiguous.
Breasts. Voluptuous ones at that.
As a clone of Hanuma Makoto, I am a glamorous woman.
The more I try not to be conscious of it, the paradoxically my eyes go to my naked body.
I should have declined the bath. If Makoto hadn't forced me into it, this wouldn't have happened.
Hanuma Makoto is a conditionally beautiful woman.
As long as she doesn't commit the self-destructive act of undermining her own charm, she would be the top beautiful girl of Gehenna Academy.
That's why I, who became Makoto, am even more embarrassed.
Those horns growing from my head, those pointed ears...
As a member of Gehenna Academy, my appearance is nothing special. But to me, it's alien.
And the slender curves of my body—
My gaze slides downward as if intoxicated with narcissism.
Observing my naked body carefully, my face flushed red.
"Another me! Is the water in the bathtub warm?"
At that moment, Makoto burst into the bathroom.
"Kyaaaaaaaah-!!!"
I yelped like I'd been caught doing something indecent by Makoto.
Then, after removing my gaze from my own body, I reflexively looked up at Makoto.
"Ah?"
Clearly, the naked body with gaze removed is spread out in front of me. What is this, déjà vu?
This time, the naked body of the original Makoto clearly captured my gaze.
"I came to take a bath together with another me."
"Cover, cover my, my body!!"
"Why? After all, we have the same body, so it doesn't matter."
That's the biggest problem. I'm embarrassed.
I covered my face with both hands and turned my head.
"Alright. Then I'll join you in the bathtub."
Makoto entered the bath without hesitation, where I was submerged.
It's a luxurious but single-person designed bathtub. If two girls fill it, it will inevitably be cramped.
Of course, it touches the skin of the original Makoto. Our white, smooth skin comes into close contact.
"Kiki kikit! Washing your hair like that is sloppy. I'll have this Makoto personally arrange your hair."
"Au!"
I had no place to put my eyes.
Makoto approached me, who was rolling my eyes in panic. She bent her waist seductively and stroked my hair.
Her breasts were right in front of my nose. The voluminous fruits displayed a tangle of tangles.
"Don't move. If you fidget, the hair I painstakingly arranged will get messed up again."
My heart was pounding wildly. My mind was completely blank for a long time.
Following Makoto's request, I stayed still and waited for my hair to be arranged.
"Good. Done. Kikit. If I touch something, it becomes a masterpiece. It's a wonderful work even if I look again."
Eventually, the breasts moved out of my field of vision.
Fuuu. I barely exhaled the breath I was about to stop from suffocation.
"Kukuk. The bathtub is a sanctuary for contemplation. This Makoto doesn't get lost in thought every time she bathes, making Gehenna even more grand."
Makoto lay on the opposite side of the bathtub and started chatting.
Her face was full of joy because she had someone to talk to.
"For example, 'When filling this bathtub with a single object, what should I choose to make the most valuable bathtub?' she asks herself."
"What will Makoto fill the inside of the bathtub with? Gold? Or diamonds, it's not bad."
"Wrong. There are things that can create infinite value."
Makoto pointed to herself with her thumb.
"Right, me. I'll fill the bathtub with this Makoto."
Makoto's answer was absurd. As expected, the girl with a different way of thinking.
Even if saying to fill it, the bathtub is already saturated with just the two of us.
"Kiki kikit! If this Makoto has two, or more, the Pandemonium Society is invincible! And I will conquer Kivotos!"
Indeed, Makoto. Her restrained laughter and off-the-wall thinking are beauty-suppressing.
The breasts that were mesmerizing just a moment ago started to look like mere lumps of fat.
"Y, yeah. Sounds like a good idea. ......Probably."
I didn't fully accept it but agreed.
Makoto's trust is important.
Makoto is a gateway that must be passed for Hina's pure love. It can never be taken lightly.
Usually, I praise Makoto enthusiastically to gain favor.
Then, using the accumulated trust, I move Makoto at important moments.
Since Makoto has a dumb side, she might fall for my words.
In terms of personality, if the president of some fortune-telling agency is a fool of order, Makoto is a fool of chaos.
The part where she might deviate when related to the Prefect Team is a risk factor for Makoto.
Therefore, I work hard to raise Makoto's intimacy.
I will train Makoto until she takes a favorable stance towards the Prefect Team.
I don't know if I'll succeed, but trying won't be bad.
I spent a pleasant time bathing with Makoto.
And the next day.
I was supposed to hand over the duties of the Pandemonium Society executive residence to Iroha.
Even though Makoto isn't here, it feels more tense than expected.
Today, I was alone. Makoto was absent because she wanted to focus on writing her great autobiography.
I waited anxiously for Iroha in the office. I couldn't stand the awkwardness of Makoto's desk.
And around the promised time.
"Sorry to interrupt. I'm a little late. But I contacted you in advance via MomoTalk, so please understand."
Iroha appeared in the office.
"Makoto-senpai?"
"Waaat!"
To Iroha looking for the original Makoto, I shook my head.
"Ah, this is Makocchi-senpai."
"......Makocchi-senpai?"
"It's a nickname I made. To avoid confusing it with Makoto-senpai."
Iroha extended her index finger and continued with additional explanation.
"This Makoto-senpai. Shortened from Makoto (マコト) and Kocchi (こっち) to Makocchi-senpai."
In short, it's an abbreviation for efficient distinction.
"Does this explanation suffice? By the way, where is Makoto-senpai?"
After finishing the explanation, Iroha looked around.
It seemed she was looking for the original Makoto.
"Makoto isn't here. She said she wants to focus on writing her autobiography for a while, so she's taking a break."
"That's a truancy, right?"
Iroha frowned at my answer.
"The work due to that will come back to me, the middle manager who suffers is me, and my pitiful situation of being overwhelmed with work, no one will understand, right. Haa......"
Iroha, who was cooling down the bubbling anger, suddenly met my eyes.
"Makocchi-senpai."
Iroha approached me as if seducing.
She came close to my ear and spoke in a sweet tone like a devil's whisper.
The timing for Iroha's signature line, 'Shall we skip class?' was coming.
"Shall we commit a coup?"
But the line that came from Iroha was different from expectations.
"It will definitely feel really good. With me...... Let's do it?"
The terrifying action urging came out rather than a truancy-like escapade.
Instinctively, sweat broke out on my forehead.