"That," Shido looked at the girl in front of him, who had her white hair cut evenly at her neck, mechanical-like precise movements and posture, and faint eyes that glowed like the backlight of an electronic screen.

"Maria, why are you also messing around with Kotori and the others?" Shido whispered to Maria.

"What are you talking about, Mom?" Maria affectionately took Shido's arm, "Let me help Mom with the groceries." Saying this, she took the groceries from his hand.

"Hehe," Tonomachi looked at Maria, "This girl is also so cute, may I ask how to address her?"

"I am Maria," Maria introduced herself, "I'm Mom's favorite daughter, and my dad is Shido Itsuka."

"Ah—" "Ah—" Shido and Tonomachi both exclaimed in shock.

"Shiori-chan, you actually had a child with Itsuka! Aren't you cousins?" Tonomachi felt his worldview shattered, "Moreover, Itsuka is the same age as me, and this girl clearly isn't much younger than me. Are you saying Itsuka could make Shiori pregnant right after he was born?"

"No, that's not it," Shido hurriedly explained, "How should I explain this..."

"It's okay, I understand, after all, you two really look like a couple."

While Shido was trying to figure out how to explain—

"Mommy!" A girl's voice came. Shido thought it was Maria next to him who spoke, but it clearly came from a distance. Shido looked up and saw four more Maria running towards him.

"This is?" Tonomachi couldn't believe his own eyes.

"I am Marika." "I am Marino." "I am Mariku." "I am Martuki."

"Why do those names sound so familiar?"

"Because Dad ran out of ideas when naming."

"Are you all sisters?"

"Yes, we're quintuplets, you can call us the Quintessential Quintuplets."

After hearing this, Tonomachi looked at Shido with emotion, "Shiori-chan, you truly are a great mother."

"That, um..." Shido quickly said, "Don't just believe it like that!"

"Shiori-chan, I won't disturb you and your daughters any longer, perhaps we'll meet again if fate allows. No, let's never meet again!" Tears filled Tonomachi's eyes as he quietly left.

"What is this, some kind of role-playing?" Shido slapped his forehead.

"Mom, why are you so harsh to us!" Saying this, Maria rubbed against Shido.

"This isn't quite appropriate in the middle of the street."

"What does it matter, we're mother and daughters."

Shido helplessly let it go, and just then—

"Miss Shiori!" A woman's voice came.

Shido looked over and saw a petite woman with glasses and a tall blonde man approaching.

"Miss Tamae? God..." Shido saw Tamae and Kannazuki, realizing he shouldn't reveal his acquaintance with the homeroom teacher in front of the blonde guy.

"Miss Shiori, it's been a long time."

"I didn't expect you to remember me."

"Of course, Miss Shiori, even though you didn't come to school often, you still left a deep impression on me."

"Hehe," Shido gave an awkward smile.

"By the way, I have some good news." Saying this, she grabbed Kannazuki beside her, "I'm now engaged to My Baby, no longer an old lady pushing her 30s that was unable to get married. We are having our wedding tomorrow, Sunday, and Miss Shiori, you must come. If Itsuka is free, be sure to let him come too."

"Okay," Shido nodded, "But I'm afraid Itsuka and I can't both come."

"That's really a shame."

Tamae said to her fiancé, "My Baby, you say something too."

"Okay, My Honey." Then Kannazuki looked at Shido and said, "Please tell the commander, even if I get married, I will always be ready for her to step on!"

"…" Shido fell silent for a moment.

"He hasn't changed a bit!" Maria then heavily thumped the handsome pervert on the head.

"Ah! Thank you for your hospitality, please feel free to hit harder." He held his head and shouted.

"That, My Baby, this is..." Tamae didn't understand his words, "Also, Miss Shiori, who are these girls that all look exactly the same?" Then Tamae looked at Shido, puzzled.

"Don't say you're my daughters again." Shido quickly whispered in Maria's ear.

"Understood." Maria then turned to Tamae and cried, "Please, miss, you must save us!"

"Ah?" Tamae expressed confusion.

Maria pointed at Shido and continued, "Actually, this woman kidnapped us, she said she would offer us to her cousin."

"Ha?" Shido's face was covered in black lines.

"She told us her cousin is a very powerful man, and any woman who disobeys him will be brutally tortured."

"Are you talking about Itsuka?" Tamae thought to herself, Shido does look like a playboy, with great charm with women, maybe he really would do something like this.

"Rather than torturing women, being tortured by women feels the most wonderful!" Kannazuki suddenly expressed his sentiment.

"What are you talking about?" Shido felt like he was about to collapse, quickly turned to Tamae, "Tamae-san, anyway, it's not what you think, I must be going." Saying this, Shido quickly left with Maria.

"Be sure to come to the wedding!" Tamae called out, though she still had many questions, but compared to her big day of getting married, it probably wasn't much.

Back at home, Shido faced—

"Not qualified!" Kotori looked at the weary Shido and said, "A little thing happens and you can't keep calm, turning into this mess, that's really poor!"

"I say this is too torturous, can the training be over?"

"You still have the nerve to say let the training end?" Kotori knocked on Shido's head, "But seeing you're also tired, let's call it a day for today's training."

Shido breathed a sigh of relief.

"But," Kotori continued, "this kind of training will often continue in the future!"

"Ah—" Shido's scream echoed through the Itsuka household.

Later, the streets were abuzz with headlines like "Cousins' Forbidden Illicit Love!", "Perverted Man Traffics Five Young Girls for Brutal Treatment!", "Legendary Mother Gives Birth to Quintuplets!", which of course was another story.

A.N:

Happy Birthday, my dear Yoshino!