Yue hesitantly stepped through the portal. She kept her back ramrod straight and her hands clasped demurely in front of her. It was clear she was nervous. For her, the first meeting with Hajime’s parents was one of the most important moments of her life.
Hajime walked over to stand beside her and smiled playfully at his parents. He’d wanted to surprise them, and he had.
“Dad, mom, this is Yue...the most important person in the world to me. Incidentally, she’s a vampire and a former princess.”
“Th-That’s so many tropes at once!”
Even when they were completely flabbergasted, Shu’s and Sumire’s brains still worked on otaku logic. Though they hadn’t fully grasped the situation, their minds reflexively formed retorts.
They’re definitely Hajime’s parents, Yue thought with a small smile. That helped ease some of her nervousness, and she lifted the hem of her skirt slightly and curtsied to Sumire and Shu.
“It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance, mother, father. My name is Yue. I’m overjoyed to finally be able to meet you. I hope we can get along.”
“Huh? O-Oh, well to meet you too. That’s a very formal, polite introduction,” Shu stammered.
“A-A pleasure to make your acquaintance,” Sumire replied.
Both of them were so dumbfounded by the sudden appearance of Hajime’s first girlfriend that they were tripping over their words. They both bowed over and over, and while Hajime did feel like he might be going a little overboard doing things this way, he nevertheless called the others in without hesitation.
“Shea, you can come in too!”
“Okay! Hi, mom, hi, dad! I’m Shea! Nice to meet you!”
“Now we’ve got a bunny girl?!” Shu and Sumire shouted in unison as Shea hopped through the portal.
Nice reaction! I knew I could count on Hajime-san’s parents to notice all the right things! Shea thought with a smile.
Indeed, Shu and Sumire were staring intently at Shea’s bunny ears. Their eyes had the same longing in them that Hajime’s did when he lost himself in Shea’s ears.
“Tio, you can come in too.”
“Splendid. Well met, mother, father. I am Master’s sex slave, the dragonman Tio Klarus. I look forward to getting to know you.”
“Sex slave?!” Shu and Sumire shouted, their eyes nearly popping out of their skulls as Tio spread her dragon wings.
They staggered and fell back into their seats, their legs no longer capable of holding them upright.
Of course, Hajime didn’t stop there.
“Remia, Myu, come on in.”
“Coming, dear. Hello, my name is Remia. Thank you for inviting me and my daughter into your home,” Remia said with a graceful bow.
“U-Umm...I’m daddy’s daughter, Myu! Hi, grandma, hi, grandpa!”
“G-Grandpa?!”
“Y-You have a daughter?!”
This was the greatest shock yet. Not only did Hajime have half a dozen girlfriends, but it seemed he had a daughter too. Shu and Sumire were grandparents now. Both of them turned to Hajime, silently demanding an explanation.
Hajime smiled and said, “They all proposed to me. As you can probably see, Myu isn’t related to me by blood, but I’ve decided to adopt her, so she’s your granddaughter now. Be nice to her, okay?”
“Yeah, that doesn’t explain anything!”
“Also, if you recall from my story, there are four other girls. I’ll introduce them all later.”
“I can’t believe you really made a harem!” the two of them shouted in unison again. Despite saying Hajime hadn’t explained anything, they had more or less grasped exactly what was going on.
Now that they knew Hajime’s story about Tortus was real, they understood that Hajime had discovered he had some cheat superpowers in the isekai and created a harem before coming back home.
Of course, that didn’t make this any less shocking.
“Wait, hold on, Sumire. There’s no way girls this cute can be real! I bet they’re all CG!” Shu shouted, still in denial.
“Hajime, I understand wanting to marry your waifu, I really do, but you have to bring home real girls someday or you’ll become an incel!” Sumire yelled.
Both of them were panicking at these sudden developments but Myu mistook their confusion as rejection and asked in a sad voice, “Grandpa, grandma...should I not be here?”
That got both of them to immediately do a one-eighty.
“Hello, Myu-chan. I’m your grandpa! Of course you’re welcome here!”
“Hello, Myu-chan. I’m your grandma! This is your house, don’t worry!”
Their reactions were just like Hajime’s, and you could really tell he took after them in many ways.
Once they calmed down a little more, Shu and Sumire started peppering Yue and the others with questions, their otaku souls burning with curiosity. Yue patiently answered all of their questions and even recreated scenes of the past for them with restoration magic. They gasped in awe at the climactic flights, blushed at all the romantic moments, and bit their nails with worry every single time Hajime was in a dire predicament.
Finally, once Yue had finished telling them everything, Shu shouted loudly enough to wake the neighbors, “Hellllll yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! My son actually became a real isekai protagonist! Thank you, based god!”
“Kyaaaaaa, really?! My son really said that?! No wonder everyone calls him the Demon Lord now! I’m so happy!” Sumire exclaimed.
Both of them patted Hajime heartily on the back while he buried his face in his hands, blushing to the tips of his ears.
“Mmm... I’m glad your parents are just as weird as you, Hajime,” Yue said with a grin.
“Yeah, I can tell how you ended up the way you did now, Hajime-san!” Shea added.
“I should have known your parents wouldn’t be normal, Master!” Tio continued.
“Ufu fu fu, you really do take after them, Hajime-san,” Remia stated.
“Yeah, daddy and grandpa and grandma are all super nice!” Myu exclaimed.
Upon hearing that, Hajime looked up and glared at everyone.
“Don’t lump me in with them,” he said in a flat voice.