Wake up on time at six-thirty.

Prepare breakfast at seven.

Feed Yukinoshita Haruno at seven-thirty.

Water the flowers, trim the branches, and take care of backyard at eight o'clock.

Nine o'clock... it's rest time.

It's a rare weekend, and 

Mrs. Yukinoshita isn't home today.

Makoto Amano can lie in the courtyard and peacefully browse his phone.

"Kasumioka-senpai is definitely getting popular."

The uploaded video of her performing the shrine maiden's Kagura dance has reached over a million views in less than a day..

Even Tomoya Aki, who reposted the video, gained a lot of followers in the process.

"Well, it's no surprise that Kasumigaoka-senpai's shrine maiden costume is so stunning. She's bound to be popular."

Although I watched the live performance yesterday, the video version on my phone is also worth revisiting.

Kasumigaoka Utaha in a shrine maiden costume is truly captivating.

"Oh my, does Makoto like this type of girl?"

Don't know when, but Haruno has grown accustomed to standing by Makoto Amano's side.

And it seems that since her mother left early in the morning, she's in an unusually relaxed state today.

"Chiba Shrine... Could it be that yesterday, Makoto left Yukino all alone at home to do the cleaning because of that woman?"

A woman's sixth sense is always sharper than one might imagine.

"Yukino was... alone yesterday?"

Did she move so quickly? 

Makoto Amano had planned to go home today and clean up together.

"I was with her too, poor little Yukino.Perhaps in the end, she doesn't even know that while she was helping with the cleaning, someone was happily fooling around with other women."

Haruno "exasperatedly" elbowed someone's side forcefully.

Her eyes carried a sense of resentment.

"..."

No, in reality, Yukino knew.

Makoto Amano silently complained in his heart.

"Makoto is like a young master in my house, while poor little Yukino is still playing the role of an unwanted Cinderella..."

She continued to describe the pitiful situation of her sister, as if it had actually happened.

"I'm almost becoming your personal servant, and I'm still the young master?"

Have you ever seen a young master who wakes up early every morning to cook for you?

It seems that Haruno has been spoiled too much today.

Although the scent of her presence has been lingering around him, it's also quite painful to be elbowed by her...

Makoto Amano had to keep a bit of distance from her.

"And besides, Cinderella needs a prince, not a young master."

He remembered the conflict that had occurred between him and Yukino that day.

And also, hearing the word "hate" from the girl's mouth behind the door.

His emotions were still quite complicated.

"What's wrong? Did you have another conflict with Yukino?"

Haruno, who was just "complaining about injustice" for her sister, immediately switched to a gossip mode.

"It couldn't be because of the girl in the video just now, right?"

Haruno had read the script the author of their story had given her, so she could even guess this?

However, while that might be one reason, it wasn't the only reason...

"..."

Makoto didn't know how to respond because answering this question meant he would have to transmit his harem concept to the older sister in front of him.

But he didn't feel like it was the best time to do so...

"If you don't answer, I'll take it as confirmation. Makoto, you, you're actually a womanizer.."

The older sister, who had just been kind, quickly revealed a sinister smirk.

A faint hint of murderous intent could be seen in her eyes.

"An unworthy groom..."

"Wait, isn't it too exaggerated to conclude that I'm a womanizer based solely on a video of a shrine maiden?"

Indeed... If I tell Haruno about my harem plan now, she'll definitely chop me to death.

Makoto Amano didn't want to die young.

'At least, I should wait until after he officially confesses to Haruno, then...'

'Perhaps I'll be chopped even more miserably?'

'In any case, let's strategically "retreat" for now and wait for the right opportunity in the future to explain to Haruno..'

'Survival is important before becoming the king of a harem... I mean, personal growth is the most important.'

"Isn't that right?"

The killing intent emanating from Haruno subsided slightly.

"Of course not. I have no illicit relationship with the maiden in the video."

Not yet.

What Makoto Amano said was not a lie.

"Really not?"

Haruno didn't actually have any strong suspicions about him. She just wanted to tease him a bit and go along with the atmosphere.

"No, there isn't"

If something hasn't happened yet, of course, it hasn't.

He kept a straight face.

"Are you sure?"

"It's true."

"Really..."

"Sister Haruno, hold on a moment. I've been thinking, we actually have other things to do today."

"Tsk, Brother Amano isn't cute at all."

Haruno, who had been interrupted while "casting a spell," felt a bit disappointed.

Amano wasn't cooperating at all.

"But, what else do we have to do today?"

She clearly heard him use the word "we" just now.

"We're going to take the first step in conquering this Yukinoshita home."

He believed it would be better to attend to business matters first.

"Uh, the first step?"

"That's right. Since my aunt isn't home today, and I've gained initial trust from the Yukinoshita family, we can proceed to the next step."

Mrs. Yukinoshita left home very early this morning. 

According to her itinerary, she was going to participate in a business meeting in Hokkaido.

She won't be able to return for three days.

He felt the need to seize this "opportunity."

"Let's replace all the servants in the Yukinoshita household with our own."

"Are you serious? Do you really want to do that?"

Haruno thought it might be too early...

Her mother is not blind, if they really replace the servants at home, they will be noticed soon, right?

"Of course, but we can't rush this matter."

"We need to win over some people, suppress some people, and preferably catch the servants with some leverage, forcing them to be our spies."

"This way, we can minimize personnel changes and prevent Aunt from becoming suspicious of us."

If the plan goes well, he will soon have complete knowledge of all the happenings within the Yukinoshita family.

"..."

It feels like I'm helping outsiders invade my own home.

No... wait, it seems like the feeling can be eliminated...

This is it.

Haruno hadn't expected Makoto Amano to act so quickly,

And she wasn't mentally prepared for it.

"Let's start with that driver, then."

It's time to properly handle the driver from before.

After all, he might be the only servant in the Yukinoshita household who knows about "The Yukinoshita's Home Seizure Plan."

———

" You what... What have you done?"

Thinking about turning the household servants into their own "informants" or something like that, Haruno couldn't help but feel that it would be quite troublesome.

But miraculously, within an hour, Makoto Amano had successfully gained the obedience of all the servants in the Yukinoshita household.

"It's simple."

He didn't think it was difficult at all. 

After all, using the identity of the master to deal with a group of servants was a great advantage, especially for him, the newly appointed "young master

When a new official takes office, he sets new rules. 

The servants here knew that he would definitely establish new rules, so even though Makoto Amano looked young, no one dared to underestimate him.

"I simply said that there are too many servants in the house and we need to streamline a bit. Some people may be dismissed, but those who stay will have their salaries doubled.

The Yukinoshita family's staff already enjoyed good benefits, and with the temptation of a doubled salary, anyone in their right mind would want to stay.

"And how we streamline and who stays will depend on their 'loyalty' and 'effort.'"

The servants are the ones who know each other the best.

So Makoto Amano subtly mentioned that they should report any issues they notice about one another.

As long as the "reports" were genuine, the informants could stay and have their salaries doubled.

"But isn't this method... a bit rough?"

Haruno was worried that Makoto Amano might be pushing things too far.

"Of course, I didn't come up with this plan without any preparation. I've spent two nights gathering information about their family backgrounds, habits, whether they've been lazy or stolen anything, and their emotional situations."

"So even if no one reports, I'll still single out one or two and make an example out of them. I'm not afraid they won't behave."

"..."

He had already considered how to deal with any resistance the servants might have.

What should I do? Brother Amano is really taking over my home...

Looking at Amano's ambitious gaze, Haruno felt a little anxious.

So handsome...

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