I am that male friend in the harem story

Saki, who was in a state of curiosity about her mother, thinking that her mother's spring was about to come, as they might have a new family, would support her mother if... her mother really liked the owner of the cafe, then... would she have a new father?

If it was before, it might be little hard for her to accept, but when she thought of Tobe's situation, especially when his mother passed away instead of being a bitch, who cheated and betrayed the family, when she thought of her father, she felt that it was perfectly fine for her mother to remarry, yet when she heard the name of Tobe from her mother, she was startled. "H-How did you know that name?"

"Ah, you know him!" Akiko smiled sweetly as her face was full of curiosity. "What's your relationship with him? Are you dating~?"

"...w-we're not."

Of course, they weren't dating; Tobe had a girlfriend, yet Saki had used his room for comfort, touching herself there, making her feel nervous.

Shaking her head softly, Akiko felt quite disappointed by her daughter's answer. Even if they didn't date, she could tell that her daughter liked Tobe, so how could she not support her?

After all, unlike in the original story of Saki Ayase, who fell in love and dated her own stepbrother, such a light novel-like development didn't happen in this story.

"...." Hina Ebina.

Did you forget about Tobe's new stepsister?

Well, let's talk about Hina later, as the focus was on Akiko and Saki.

"Geez, are you really my daughter? If you want to seduce a man, then you need—"

"MOM!!!"

Yet, as the two bickered, without a doubt, their household was full of laughter, which was rare and enjoyable.

Meanwhile, the one who had caused all of this was in Hiratsuka's place, but as his teacher, who had become his woman, slept soundly on the bed, he thought to finish his job, which was to design the park area for Yuki-san's project, and also a game that he planned for the first game of his company with Haruno.

Haruno had set up everything, and naturally, as he had said that he only needed a day to make the game, he would really do so, and his first game was the "Flappy Bird."

Yup, it was that old nostalgic game that everyone knew.

This game, it was said, could in a single day have the creator make 50,000 USD and 18 million USD annually.

It was just a simple game, so naturally, he only needed a short time to make it.

Or rather, he had already made it.

Haruno probably felt that this game might be shabby, but it didn't matter since Tobe had trust that this game would be successful.

Why was he so confident?

It was because he had a lot of abilities that made it almost impossible for him to fail at whatever he wanted to do.

Still, this game was only the start, and by then, he would go after any other games.

Yet, he had to say, compared to the game, he was more interested in the industries that involved the lives of many, such as food, energy, water, communications, infrastructure, raw materials, and many others.

The game industry might make a lot of money, but it wasn't stable and needed a lot of innovations.

Meanwhile, everything that he mentioned before, while they didn't make as much money, they were almost impossible to go bankrupt, despite being managed by someone who didn't have a talent for business.

After he got to know Yuki-san, Haruno, and Yukinoshita, Tobe knew that even if they appeared to be like those who were unreachable flowers that could only be worshiped from a distance, they weren't as perfect as everyone thought them to be, as their talent in business was almost non-existent.

As for the construction firm that was owned by their family?

Hehehe.

The construction company was a simple business, and anyone could do it.

If there was something that someone needed the most to manage this business, it was just a connection, to win one project after another, since the existence of a project was essential for the construction form, without one, the loan payment would stop, and by then, it would lead to a disaster where the company would go bankrupt.

Tobe might seem to be exaggerating everything, but the key for the construction company was just a connection with the authorities, especially those at the government.

If one had none, then it would be impossible for them to be successful.

It might be possible to just become a small business, but more than that?

"....."

Shaking his head, Tobe knew that the Yukinoshita family might appear like a glamorous family, like nobles in a movie, but in reality, did nobles live well?

The successful ones, especially the ones that were on top, might be, but those at the bottom, or the lower side, gritted their teeth to live and maintained their faces, and to do that, some of them even sold themselves among people with money. Yes, it was prostitution, but only a few people with status and money could do it.

To allow his women to live well, of course, Tobe decided to be responsible, and because of that, he planned to build Sogo Shosa.

This term might be unfamiliar to many, but in simple terms, it was a Japanese wholesale companies that trade in a wide range of products and materials. In addition to acting as intermediaries. It also engages in logistics, plant development, and other services, as well as international resource exploration.

Unlike trading companies in other countries, which are generally specialized in certain types of products, Sogo Shosha has extremely diversified business lines, in which respect the business model is unique to Japan.

The example of those companies was Itochu, Toyota, Mitsui, Sumitomo, Marubeni, and Sojitz.

Why was Shinra interested in building this type of company?

It was because it was stable and had a great diversification of business, so it could handle many critical situations. Many businesses had gone bankrupt, yet Sogo Shosha continued to exist and even remained stable.

Moreover, with their business, they could even enter a new industry with all the data that they had.

Without a doubt, those companies were the greatest assets of this country and the most brilliant. This was also shown when, during the time of the COVID pandemic, Berkshire Hathaway, a conglomerate holding company led by Warren Buffett, bought many shares of those Sogo Shosha companies.

At this moment, it was just a game, some properties, a cafe, and a construction firm.

By then, Shinra would continue to develop further, from foods, waters, energies, and many others, but before that, as he had finished his game, he decided to draw the design for the park that she had asked him for, till suddenly he felt two incredible softness pressed tightly on his back as his ear was licked.

"....."

"As expected, you are hard~!" Hiratsuka laughed lewdly as she looked at his hardened object.

"....."

Taking a deep breath, Tobe put down all of his matters and decided to take care of Hiratsuka first.

"Oh~!"