Regarding my opening of the harem in the comprehensive world

Tuk Tuk.

"True White, are you in there?"

"Hmm."

There was a real white voice from inside, but it sounded a little insincere.

"Can I come in?"

"...Hmm."

After receiving an affirmative answer, Subaru gently pushed open the door. The inside of the room remained unchanged in terms of layout and everything, as he had promised her that he would always reserve this room for her.

Walking into the room, Subaru looked around the room and eventually found Shinbaek wrapped up tightly on the bed.

"Why are you covering yourself up with a blanket." , Subaru sat on the edge of the bed in amusement, tugging at the blanket. "Did something happen, maybe I can help you think of some solution."

Makoto slowly poked his head out and after looking at Subaru for a moment, he suddenly reached out and hugged him.

Subaru swooshed to catch Shinbaek steady, allowing her to hold him like that.

"Did you send something."

"Rita's here."

"Rita?" , Subaru stared for a moment, then smiled, "Is it that friend of yours from England."

"Yeah."

"She wants to take you back?"

"Yeah."

"Do you want to go back?"

After saying that Subaru cursed herself, how could Shinbaek be here if he wanted to go back.

Makebai released his embrace and sat on the bed with his hands on his knees, like a helpless child.

"I, I don't know..."

"No?" , Subaru was a little surprised, he had thought that Shinpachi would answer that he didn't want to go back.

After thinking for a moment, Subaru then said, "So, why did Rita take you back?"

"I don't know...Rita helped me come to Japan, but now she's taking me back to England...I don't know why..."

Shinbaek shrank in again, Subaru looked sadly at Shinbaek, who was almost shrinking into a ball, and ruffled her hair, comforting her, "It's okay, I'm here, Rita can't force you to go back, in the meantime, Shinbaek will live here, until you figure out whether you want to go back or not, then you can make your decision."

"Subaru...thank you."

"And tomorrow is also the weekend, so there's still plenty of time, so there's no need to rush into a decision, just take your time thinking about it. But before that, let's come down and eat, you should be hungry by now."

Makoto rubbed his stomach, then gave an embarrassed hmmm.

"Let's go." , Subaru stood up and held out his hand to Makebai.

"Yeah!" , Shinbaek tightly grabbed Subaru's hand and didn't let go of it even after getting off the bed, so they kept it that way and went downstairs together.

"Thor! Is dinner ready? True White is already hungry...huh?"

Subaru shouted as he came down from upstairs, noticing unexpectedly that there was suddenly an extra person in the living room, wearing a simple and plain white shirt and jeans, with long blonde hair just like Makebai, the difference between the two was that Makebai had straight hair, while this sudden girl's hair was slightly curly at the end.

"Who is this? ......."

Subaru asked hesitantly, though he had a sneaking suspicion of who she was.

"Rita."

Makoto ducked behind Subaru at once, carefully peering out at Rita.

Sure enough.

"Ah, Makebai! You came out here and made me worry!" , turned around and saw the true white Rita's eyes lit up and ran right up.

"I'm sorry." , Shinbaek shrank back all of a sudden as if he was shocked, leaving only a tiny, almost inaudible apology.

"Makebai...", Rita's expression was sad, then she quickly recovered and looked curiously at Subaru who was blocking Makebai's way. "That... you're Subaru Hasegawa, right? Nice to meet you for the first time, I'm Rita Einzworthy."

"Nice to meet you for the first time, Miss Einzwirth."

Rita shook her finger out, "Just call me Rita, and correspondingly, I'll just call you Subaru oh."

"Uh, hmm. Okay, Rita."

"Well, the introductions are over. Subaru, thank you very much for taking care of True White this time." , Rita bowed to Subaru, and then extended her hand. "Now, then, can I have my True White back?"

Subaru was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "True White is not a piece of cargo, not if I say so. She'll have to agree to go with you herself."

"No, no, Subaru, you're thinking too simply. You're the only stumbling block to getting me to bring Makebaek back home, so of course your word counts."

"Stumbling block?"

"Eh yes, it's the stumbling block. It's a bit rude to say this, but Subaru, you've already affected her future, and I hope you'll let go in time so that it's good for you, and for Makoto. Ordinary people, just get along with ordinary people." , at this point, Rita's look was a bit sad.

"Wait wait wait, I don't understand what you're saying even more, what exactly do you mean?"

Rita sighed and looked behind Subaru at Shinbaek, then locked eyes with Subaru, "Subaru, can we talk somewhere alone?"

"Alone...I know, so go to my room."

"Hey! Subaru!" , Thor flashed next to Subaru in a flash, soup spoon in hand, and glared at him with an angry face.

"It's not what you think lah!"

"Oh...", Rita hid a light laugh. "Subaru is really popular, don't worry, I'm just talking to him, I won't do anything~"

"Well--"

"Alright, alright, go make dinner, you guys eat first." , Subaru stroked Toru's head, then said to Shinbaek behind him, "Shinbaek too, you're already hungry, go eat first."

"...Hmm."

Chapter 274 - Rita and Makebai

"Now can you explain to me what you were talking about?"

Subaru leaned against the window and peered out.

"Rita? You were listening to what I just said - Hey! What are you doing?!"

Turning around Subaru realized that Rita hadn't been listening to him at all, but had been rummaging through her closet, not knowing what she was looking for either.

"Ah, little yellow books, I thought there were always one or two in the room of able-bodied male high school students?"

"No it doesn't! What kind of baffling, twisted, uninformed theory is that?"

"HEY? No?" , Rita looked at Subaru in confusion. "So, Subaru's life is, in fact, unsound?"

"I'm living a healthy life! Thank you for your concern! I don't have anything like that!" , Subaru replied as quickly as he could.

There's actually no way to have it even if you want to have it... Subaru added silently in his mind. It was Thor who cleaned the room every day, and there was no hiding place for the little yellow book....

Rita sat on the bed as if she was bored, "Che~~ I thought that if I found it, I would be in a good position in the negotiations."

No, I rather think it's useless if you do find a copy... Subaru can only say such things in his heart.

"Then, let's get to the point." , Rita's expression became serious. "Subaru, would you please tell Shinbaek to come back to the country with me?"

"No."

"As expected...", Rita's lips turned up. "I already guessed you wouldn't help me, but there's just one thing I don't understand: why are you holding on to True White when you already have two girls that cute in your house? Surely boys are creatures ruled by beastly nature?"

"Don't just fire off map guns. I'm refusing you, not because I want to keep True White in my house, but, I want to respect True White's own thoughts, and you and I, have no right to interfere with what's really in her heart."

"No right to interfere?" , Rita sneered. "Subaru, you've interfered with True White's wishes! The reason why Shinbaek doesn't want to return, the group at Sakura Shojo may have a small part of it, and that Kanda Kota who likes Shinbaek doesn't count either, but the main reason is you!"

"Me? Interfering with the truth? What are you talking about?"

Subaru frowned, unsure of the question, but thinking.

Kanata Kota? Who?

"You really don't know or you don't know? Can't you feel, True White, that she likes you?"

"Like me?" , Subaru froze for a moment.

"I don't know if you're faking it or what, but yes, Shinbaek does like you, and from what I've heard from Chiharu-san, and what I saw today, I can tell you that with great certainty."

"How is it possible...?"

"Why not? I had to take her back to China, she ran away to you first, I chased after her and she hid behind you. Also, she stayed at your house for two months, and you took care of her for two months, so don't think that it's only two months! That true white, but even dressing seems difficult. If I still can't judge so many things, I'm not worthy of being called her best friend."

"I..."

"So, just leave her alone, okay? Count me in for begging you, but if you really need a girlfriend, let me replace True White. Give up on True White and set your sights on me, okay?"

"You, what the hell are you talking about." , Subaru took a few steps back as if Rita was some horrible beast.

"Engage with me, Subaru." , Rita slowly stepped forward, then slowly reached out and embraced Subaru, their bodies pressed together, the softness of their touch causing Subaru to lose the ability to think for a moment.

Rita stood on her tiptoes and leaned into Subaru's ear, whispering, "It's comfortable, isn't it."

Subaru didn't say anything, but his body was already trembling.

Also trembling was Rita, biting her lip tightly as she reached for the buttons of her shirt with a trembling hand, a button already undone.

"Like me, then, forget about True White and let her go." , said Rita, continuing to reach for her second button.

Subaru opened his eyes for an instant as if he was irritated.

Snap.

Subaru reached out and grabbed Rita's wrist with a crisp sound.

"Put your clothes back on."

"Subaru, you...", Rita stared at him blankly.

"I'm going to carry you over, so you can put your clothes back on." , Subaru let go of her hand, then turned around.

"Why? Am I that much less attractive than True White?!"

"No, you're attractive, you're more attractive than most of the girls I've met, and for a moment, I even had the idea of just going on. But - but I'm not scum, and I don't want to use True White as a threat to violate a girl I've just met."

After a long moment of silence, Rita laughed bitterly, buttoned her buttons back up, and sat down weakly on the bed.

"Subaru, let me tell you a story."

"Hmm."

"Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved to draw so much that she thought it made her whole world colorful, and she and a small group of friends studied with a teacher who, at the time, was determined to be the best painter she could be. Then another girl comes along, her world, and it falls apart."

"The new girl showed unparalleled talent, that girl had eyes only for painting, even making her think that that girl was made to paint, a talent she had never seen or possessed before. This made her feel ashamed of herself, and then, not only her, but also the partners who were originally gathered together because they liked painting, couldn't stand the shock and left because they were successively surpassed by that girl. In the end, she was the only one left still holding out."

"Rita, you..."

Subaru has a clear idea of who the two people in the story are.

"Eventually, she couldn't hold out any longer and she gave up drawing, because that girl was getting achievements that she might never achieve in her life, and the girl broke down. It was at this time that the girl became interested in manga, so, driven by jealousy, she helped the girl escape to Japan because-"

"Don't say it." , Subaru interrupted her. "I didn't think there was anything like this between you and Makoto, I'm sorry."

"Subaru, you know." , Rita raised her head, tears raining down. "Every day after Makebaek left, it was like I was in torment, I ruined Makebaek's future, I ruined her talent, all of it, but it all stemmed from my ridiculous jealousy!"

Subaru frowned, "Rita, I don't think you have-"

"No need to comfort me." , Rita shook her head. "And don't bother trying to persuade me or anything, Subaru, I just want to ask you for one thing right now, to help me persuade Shinbaek to go back to painting, okay? For that, at whatever cost to me, I'm willing."

Rita rose to open the door and stood in the doorway, she was silent for a moment, then left a message and turned to go downstairs.

"Ordinary people just need to get along with ordinary people, geniuses just need to live in their own world, and any ordinary person who tries to enter their world is a blasphemy to their talent."

Chapter 275 - The Flower of Success

"Ordinary people just need to get along with ordinary people...?"

Subaru stepped on the stairs one step at a time and slowly descended the stairs.

"Ah, Subaru, you're coming down."