Chapter 549: The Cohabitation Trial Marriage with Yukinoshita

Chapter 549: The Cohabitation Trial Marriage with Yukinoshita

“All right, let’s start our trial marriage!”

“Huh?!”

Wait!

How did they suddenly start talking about “trial marriage”?

Just a second ago, Himekoji was still basking in Yukinoshita’s “active kiss.” It was hard-earned, making him secretly thrilled, excited, and overjoyed. But the very next second, he was completely stunned. The topic shifted too fast; he couldn’t keep up.

“When you said ‘building a family,’ I can take that as an intention to marry, right?”

After her confession, Yukinoshita displayed her superhuman calmness and wisdom once again.

Only the faint blush still lingering on her cheeks told Himekoji that what had just happened was no illusion or fantasy.

“Mm, mm, of course.”

Himekoji snapped out of it and nodded.

The child needed legitimacy once it was born. Plus, the System had just confirmed the “World Reset” was complete. If that wasn’t a lie, then all the basic conditions for starting a harem were in place.

“Good. Then effective immediately, we’ll start discussing divorce arrangements!” Setting her goal, Yukinoshita radiated an air of efficiency and decisiveness. She pulled out a large stack of pre-printed documents from her bag and handed them calmly to Himekoji.

“Divorce arrangements?!”

Hold on!

How did the topic jump to divorce? Thinking about divorce even before getting married?

“That’s right. If we divorce, the child’s custody goes to me.”

“Goes to you?” Hearing this, Himekoji jerked in surprise, instantly tossing whatever he’d wanted to complain about out the window. He slammed the table, agitated. “No! The child must come with me!”

He was so loud that the waiter had to intervene: “Sir, please refrain from arguing in the restaurant.”

“I-I’m sorry!”

Himekoji’s face flushed red as he apologized. Only then did he turn back to argue his case seriously with Yukinoshita.

One claimed the child was a result of her ten months of grueling pregnancy and childbirth, so it should absolutely be hers. The other countered that although he hadn’t carried the baby for nine months, he had contributed significantly to ensuring the child was born and refused to back down.

After arguing for a long while, Himekoji suddenly realized something was off—

“Wait! Why are we having this pointless argument based on the assumption of divorce?”

Yukinoshita shot Himekoji a cold glare and retorted, “Pointless? You seemed quite enthusiastic about arguing just now, Pervert-kun. Clearly, you can’t wait to get divorced!”

“No, you were the one who brought up divorce first…”

“Hmm?”

“Sorry! I was wrong! Let’s just talk about getting married.”

It seemed all girls had their unreasonable side, even the supposedly perfect Yukinoshita wasn’t an exception. Himekoji wisely backed down and sincerely admitted his mistake.

If you actually win an argument like this, you’ve truly lost.

It appeared Himekoji had learned this much. Had he grown quite a bit after all?

When marriage was mentioned, Yukinoshita’s face blushed faintly once more.

“My, you really are impatient, Pervert-kun.”

Yukinoshita sighed, as if dealing with him was hopeless, then swiftly pulled out another thick pile of documents and handed it to Himekoji.

Himekoji looked down. Wow, the “Marriage Contract”…

He instinctively swallowed. It felt like Yukinoshita was the one who was really in a hurry!

How could she just casually pull this thing out of her school bag?

When did she even prepare it?!

Himekoji skimmed it briefly. There were various clauses, easily over a hundred. They even seriously and meticulously wrote things like “bedroom time” in it. Details could be found in Article 69 —

[On Sex: In married life, sexual activity is a necessary behavior for harmonizing the marital relationship and deepening affection between spouses. Therefore, the plan shall be implemented as follows, making the greatest effort to assist with the social issues of declining birth rates and aging! At least twice weekly, scheduled for evenings!]

Reading that, Himekoji felt truly lost on how to even begin criticizing it.

So, didn’t you claim you only wanted one child?! If you already have one on the way, how are you supposed to keep contributing to solving the low birth rate issue?!

You refuse to have a second child, yet you make it sound so noble and righteous in the contract? Tsk!

Although this did manage to make the “bedroom time” sound kind of grand and virtuous…

But isn’t it still just having sex?

“Please sign the last page.”

Yukinoshita pursed her lips. Without waiting for Himekoji to read through everything word by word, she was already offering a pen and urging him.

Following her words, Himekoji flipped to the final page. Right above the signature space was this line of text —

[Footnote: This contract is in duplicate. It takes effect immediately upon signing and is valid for life. Should the groom breach the contract, the bride is entitled to exercise the right to have the groom humanely destroyed.]

The right to humane destruction?!

Yukinoshita was being way too extreme!

“No, um… Seriously, is that even possible? There can’t actually be a right like that, right?”

Himekoji suddenly felt a little panicky.

Was “afraid of his wife,” something he mentioned earlier, truly about to become a prophecy?

In response, Yukinoshita just tapped the corner of the contract. Only one word, no unnecessary chatter—

“Sign!”

Frick it, sign he shall!

Himekoji couldn’t care less now. Just the word “bride” on this contract was enough to spur him into blind action!

Yukinoshita took the thick stack of contracts, held them in her hand, and flicked one finger against Himekoji’s signature. She seemed satisfied with his decisiveness and resolve.

“The contract was drafted temporarily. There are still many areas for improvement, which we’ll perfect together later on.”

“Ah, haha… Well, actually, I think it’s pretty solid already.”

Himekoji discreetly wiped the cold sweat from his brow.

Marrying such a strong-willed wife… Going forward, the difficulties of daily life were clearly predictable…

Thankfully, he had a backup plan—

Just marry a few more! Let them balance each other out! Hmph!

“What are you smirking about?”

“Huh? Am I?”

“Just check yourself in a mirror. Anyway, since we’ve negotiated, you can go home now to pack your things. Just bring the daily necessities over.” Yukinoshita scanned the contract again, confirmed everything was fine, put it back into her bag, and spoke casually to Himekoji.

“Pack my things?”

“Yes, didn’t I say at the very beginning? Trial marriage. Cohabitation before marriage to test how well we adapt to each other in life, physical needs, psychology, and other aspects. Then, depending on the situation, we’ll decide whether to proceed with the legal formalities and formally marry.”

Yukinoshita laid it out logically and clearly.

Himekoji was certainly looking forward to it too, but…

But he couldn’t just go!

Over at Hiratsuka Shizuka’s place, he still had a fake mother-in-law he needed to report to daily. At home, Mashiro, Akiko, and Rikka were probably already complaining about him staying out all night yesterday. If he moved in with Yukinoshita right now…

It felt like a three-front collapse was inevitable.

“N-no, isn’t… isn’t this way too fast for us?”

In his mind, while Yukinoshita was the decisive and efficient type, when it came to a lifelong commitment like marriage, logic suggested she should be more reserved…

“We don’t have time.”

That was Yukinoshita’s answer.

“Huh?” Himekoji was slightly puzzled by this.

“If we’re going to have the baby, my parents certainly won’t agree. Even the pregnancy itself should be kept secret from them for now. After carefully considering everything, I concluded there’s only one feasible solution.”

“What is it?”

“Student exchange.”

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