I am that male friend in the harem story

If it was about food, all of them knew that they could trust Ishigami, so even if the restaurant wasn't the most trendy and even appeared a little old, they had complete and blind trust toward him, especially as they entered, they could see many of the customers eating the food prepared by the chefs voraciously. 

"What's good here, Yuu?" 

"...it's my first time here. Do you know which one is good?" 

"Then, why did you bring us here?" 

"Because the food tasted good." 

"...even though you have never tried it?" 

"There is something known as reviews, okay? However, if I am not wrong, this restaurant's specialty is kamameshi." 

"Claypot rice? Now that you mention it, many types of kamameshi are here." 

Meanwhile, Iino's eyes were glued to the menu, and then she looked at Ishigami and asked, "Is it okay to order anything?" 

"Go ahead." Ishigami nodded. "You don't have to hold back." 

If it was to buy property and luxury items, which he could do with ease with his current assets, he would still show a troubled expression since even if he could do it, the price was a bit hard for him, but on the other hand, if it was just food, even if they cleaned up all of the ingredients of the restaurant for today, he believed that he could pay it. 

Yet, at the same time, he also came to realize that he needed money to date someone, especially when he dated so many women. 

They might have told him that they were okay to pay on their own, but as expected, he wanted to pay them so he could satisfy his meaningless machismo heart. 

"Then, can we get the white-cut chicken?" 

"How about the duck, too?" 

"You might as well get the orange chicken too." 

"Okay, get all of them." 

"....." 

They were speechless, but this was a rare chance for them to go out together, especially in another city that they had never been to, so the feeling of wanting to go wild emerged within their hearts. 

Still, after they finished ordering the food, Tsubame moved closer to Ishigami and asked in a whisper, "Do you need help, Yuu?" As the oldest, she felt worried that Ishigami would spend a lot of his money to treat them. 

"It's fine." Ishigami patted Tsubame's hand softly, telling her that everything was okay. 

"Okay, but if you need help, please tell me." 

Tsubame knew that Ishigami didn't come from a poor family, and his family was quite wealthy, especially when his father owned a company, but even so, the bill definitely wasn't cheap. 

"Though, you did say that your father seemed to plan to make a project, Yuu." 

"Yeah, it is a new type of figurine." 

"Eh?" 4x

"What kind?" 

"It's a company secret. If I tell you then, I might go to jail." 

"....." 4x

They were speechless, but all of them also came from high-income families, so they knew that it was normal. 

"I hope that your family is a success." 

While they said so, inwardly, they hoped for his family to fail so that way, he wouldn't have the ability to cheat with more women, and that way, they could monopolize him, especially Onodera, who had the highest net worth among all of them as her father was the owner of a jewelry company. 

"...." 

Ishigami was unsure, but somehow, he felt a chill down his back. 

Regardless, when he thought of the reward he would get from Karen, he couldn't help but think about using this chance to develop his family's toy company better. 

[Congratulations, you have received a "Manga Talent."]

Compared to other rewards, he knew that this reward lacked an impact, but he knew well the income that one could gain from a manga, especially a successful one, was immense. 

It would be even better if the subject of manga could work well on the derivative, like how Yugioh could create a lot of money by selling the cards, and it worked well with his family's toy company. 

However, he had to say that drawing manga alone in the room was far less attractive than owning a company in which he could order many people and even create a unique plot that could only be done by an owner company. 

Still, he was sure that if his dirty thoughts were exposed, all of them would slap him to death or throw him into Tokyo Bay. 

"Did you think something weird?" Kobachi asked with a blank gaze. 

"...no." 

Kobachi rolled her eyes, then asked, "Yuu, did you bring a camera?" 

"In my bag." 

"Can I use it?" 

"Go ahead." 

While they had their luggage taken to the hotel staff that waited for them at the stations, Ishigami brought a tote bag with him to keep many of his items. 

Naturally, the others were the same, but he was the only one that brought the camera. 

"Do you want to take a picture of all of us?" 

"Um." 

"Don't put it on social media, okay?" 

"What if I do?" 

"...do you want to destroy me socially?" 

All of them laughed at his words, but Kobachi smiled and said, "I think that they will just be amazed by you." 

"Yeah." Onodera also laughed and said, "It isn't so common to see a man with a high status have a lot of lovers, after all."

It was tough to live in this country, and a strong man could be a place for them to rely on, so even if the man was married or even had many lovers, the woman was more than happy to become his lover. 

It was also because they were worried that if Ishigami became more successful, then wouldn't he go out with all the women in this country and solve the birth rate problem by himself? 

"...stop thinking about something stupid, and let's eat, okay?" 

"Oh!" 4x

Before them were a variety of foods such as shrimp wonton noodles, boiled gyoza, kamameshi, salt-steamed whole chicken, braised duck in soy sauce, shrimp chili sauce, scallop rice, etc. 

"Is the chicken delicious, Yuu?" 

"Try it."

Tsubame was shy, but she accepted Ishigami, who tried to feed her by sticking out her long tongue that could easily wrap a large object deliciously inside her mouth. 

"Hm, delicious~!" 

"...." Ishigami. 

"Yuu, I want to try, too." Onodera also moved closer to Ishigami and put her palm on his thigh nonchalantly as if by accident, yet that palm was so close to his serpent. 

"...okay." 

Was it okay?

As Ishigami fed Onodera, then Kobachi, and even Iino, who also asked him the same request, he wondered whether it was really okay for everything to be like this, yet he knew well that he had this overthinking habit. 

If they were okay, he knew he just accepted everything and showed them he had the confidence to take care of them. 

Enjoying their food as they molested him from time to time, Kobachi took a picture of all of them with Ishigami's camera and also her smartphone. 

The others also did the same, enjoying this moment when they were together in Yokohama. 

Yet, this wasn't the end as they visited many places after that, visiting all the cool and historical places and trying many unique experiences and distinctive foods that could only be discovered in this city. 

However, due to this, he also forgot about the important events that happened between Shirogane and Kaguya. 

No, he might remember it, but he didn't put it into his heart, yet he had to say something that was impossible to get and really hard to forget.

'Well, I don't deserve it, though.'

At the same time, Ishigami knew that it would be unfair for him to keep thinking, especially for those who had entrusted everything to him.

Still, as Ishigami was in such a thought, Shirogane knew that it was his time to confess. 

The sun was about to set down, the orange light bathed over Kaguya's figure, and he felt that she was the fairest woman of all. 

Yet, somehow, his logic won over his emotion as he said something he had kept in his heart, which caused Kaguya to be rooted in a place by how shocked she was. 

On the other hand, Ishigami, who knew nothing, brought Onodera, Tsubame, Kobachi, and Iino to the hotel where they would stay. 

Only—

"Is your money really okay?"