Harem Hero

The Deviluke's in the Details

It was a late evening on TLR-Earth, and the Deviluke sisters were hard at work making plans for the near future. Crammed inside of their compressed-space laboratory, Lala had dedicated an entire wall of the space to a schizophrenic explosion of notes, images and coloured strings. An outside observer could easily mistake her for a conspiracy theorist, but it wasn't for the sake of proving the existence of a grand deception. It was Lala's personal notes on all of the girls that would soon be joining her Husband's rapidly enlarging harem. With some assistance from Mitsuru, she'd even gone so far as to include characters that haven't yet been summoned; based entirely on who your favourites were.

But at the present moment, Lala was distracted with something else entirely; "Don't you think that this dress would look super cute on me?"

Momo sighed and pushed aside Lala's phone with a frown, "We're not here to pick out a wedding dress, sis."

Lala pouted, "Aw, just tell me!"

"It's cute, and you look amazing in anything – can we please get back on topic?"

That topic was what to do about Nana. Momo stood from the beanbag she was using and stared at the note pinned next to her profile image. Listed were several aspects of her personality that would pose a challenge when trying to add her to the harem. Both girls knew her very well. Nana was stubborn, dishonest with her feelings, and valued strong people. She'd gotten much better with being honest since becoming friends with Mea, but romance was a different beast from friendship. Momo grabbed a pen and scribbled down an extra line.

Flat chested.

Just because they were sisters didn't mean that Momo could resist being petty or teasing her ruthlessly. She gave herself a satisfied pat on the back and returned the pen to its resting place. The harem chart was developing quickly. Lala had a second copy of it down in the garage, but that wasn't updated as often as the one in her laboratory slash bedroom. 'Batgirl' was the latest, opening a new cluster of potential haremettes from her universe. You always gravitated towards a particular theme when you started adding more. Momo silently judged the quality of the other girls who were connected to her. They were all pretty good, but nothing compared to her cuteness!

"We need a super effective way to make Nana fall totally in love with hubby!"

"That's what I came here to talk about, did you forget already?"

"Uh. I think so..."

"Jeez – you're such a scatterbrain sometimes. We have to start somewhere, what does Nana like?"

"Strong guys!"

"That's right. Not only is she not being honest with her feelings, but she also seems to think that he isn't strong enough. She's comparing him to the version from the TV series, but we can't guarantee that he'll become like that. We just need to show her his best points, and she'll understand his appeal if we give her enough time."

Lala punched the air, "That's right! Hubby's super appeal will win her over in no time at all!"

Momo pinched the bridge of her nose, "Lala – you already like him. Nana is being resistant to the idea. We need to find a way to demonstrate his qualities to her without making her react negatively. If she thinks that changing her mind will look silly, she'll refuse to do it."

"Oh, like when she said that she didn't like Pizza?"

"Yes, exactly like that."

For all of her intelligence, Lala was bad at comprehending other people if not provided with a direct example she could relate to. She nodded happily and hummed as her brain ticked over with several ideas on how to entrap Nana in a loving, sisterly marriage to her favourite human. Nana just needed a little push so that she could admit just how amazing he really was! Momo was not expecting many good ideas from Lala – despite inviting her for a meeting. Lala was innocent in many ways, even as she became an adult. Understanding people's feelings was a serious challenge for such a practically-minded person.