[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-qt-i-hijacked-a-harem-system-and-now-i-m-ruining":3,"chapter-qt-i-hijacked-a-harem-system-and-now-i-m-ruining-qt-i-hijacked-a-harem-system-and-now-i-m-ruining-chapter-257":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","QT: I hijacked a harem system and now I'm ruining every plot(GL)",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1854596,2462,"Chapter 257 - closed","qt-i-hijacked-a-harem-system-and-now-i-m-ruining-chapter-257",257,"\u003Cp>Chapter 257\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lani\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, school is open again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was suffocating being at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lira has already left,probably straight to His Highness. Being home meant she had to act respectable, couldn’t be too farmiliar with him as an unmarried woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For me, home was dull and far too familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As always, I lived in Lira’s shadow, invisible under her ever-bright spotlight. Always the extra in her play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when midnight strikes, I find myself slipping back to that familiar place. The one I keep promising I’ll stop visiting, stop indulging inimmoral activities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t even lie to myself anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I enter, take my usual seat, and let the sound of laughter wrap around me. It’s lively tonight—music, murmurs, a low hum of pleasure and secrecy, probably like me ther are glad to have left their homes too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least here, I’m not alone in my rebellion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, if it isn’t the Fox Princess. How was vacation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A farmiliar voice slides into my ear as someone drops beside me. Marie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turn, give her a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Likewise,\" she says smoothly, smirking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s sad that we have to hide who we really are,\" she adds, leaning on the counter. \"Home was exhausting—everyone asking if I’ve found a suitor yet.\" She groans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hair is shorter now. Her arms, the ones peeking through her gown, look stronger—more defined. I catch myself noticing. Small, insignificant details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this is who I am now, isn’t it? Looking at women’s bodies enough to be able to see these small changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such is the life we live,\" I reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well,\" she says, mischief lighting her face, \"I did find a suitor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I choke on air and stare at her. \"A suitor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. Him.\" She nods toward a table where a young man with sharp predator ears currently has his tongue halfway down another man’s throat—a Longear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blink, speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s an agreement,\" she explains. \"We’ll marry, but live freely to our own... proclivities, until the time comes to make an heir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pause... then smile. \"That’s actually smart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. What about you? Will you continue to be with His Highness?\" she asks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" I answer immediately, too fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marie studies me quietly, eyes softening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re braver than I’d ever be, choosing such a life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not a bad life,\" I say, defensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not judging,\" she shrugs. \"You know yourself best.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s a quiet beat, the air thick between us, heavy with unsaid truths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Want to come to my room, for some fun?\" she offers lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" I breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But later, when the laughter fades and only the echo of her words remains—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Braver than she ever would be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They keep ringing in my head, looping like a curse and a compliment at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felix\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I never thought I’d be happy to be behind academy walls again, but I am. Desperately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edith and Lumiya’s fathers were relentless all vacation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I barely had a moment of peace at the royal palace—mediating, dodging, pretending I didn’t understand their hints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both want the same thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Grandfather, being extremely unhelpful, only laughed and said,\"The decision is yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wish someone else would make it for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumiya’s been by my side longer. She’s beautiful, noble, composed. The daughter of a duke—politically perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Edith... she’s gentle, clever, and she believed in me before the title meant anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m in my fourth year now. One more to go before I graduate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s still time to decide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, that’s what I tell myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Highness!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone crashes into me before I can turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lira.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course. Only she’s this affectionate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I laugh and catch her, arms steadying her. \"My lady.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She beams up at me, eyes bright. Taking a minor step back, I press a chaste kiss to the back of her hand, and she giggles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think we’re overdue a reunion.Alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her grin is almost conspiratorial. Marquis Moonfox kept the twins under lock and key, I barely saw them all vacation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You speak my mind, Your Highness.\" She links her arm through mine easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’re halfway down the corridor when we bump into someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My apologies, Your Highness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah. Poppy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I actuallyforgotabout her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Poppy,\" I say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She straightens, eyes meeting mine briefly. My heart doesn’t skip. No ache, no sting—just quiet, distant fondness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time reallyisthe best healer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Highness. Lady Moonfox,\" she greets, bowing politely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Poppy, you’re looking well,\" Lira says.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she is. Her hair’s styled, her jewelry delicate, her dress elegant. Of course—it would be. I heard she’s engaged to that bastard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Likewise, my lady,\" Poppy replies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations on your engagement,\" I say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah right, I forgot—congratulations,\" Lira echoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Your Highness, my lady.\" Poppy’s smile is genuine this time, not the careful one she had one, a moment ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you’ll excuse me.\" She bows once more and walks past us, head high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to help myself, I turn to watch her go. One last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that’s it. No bitterness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s bittersweet though—like watching a version of myself fade away with her. She laughs softly at something the bastard with the polished antlers says, stupid glasses and I catch the small twitch of her button tail. She still does that when she’s happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cute, really.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe not as striking as the noble ladies I’m surrounded by, but she’s still Poppy—simple, kind, and unbearably genuine. I begrudgingly smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she still is cute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Highness,\" Lira tugs at my arm, breaking my trance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I exhale, straighten my posture, and turn away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Chapter is over—for both of us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have more to foward to, my life is different now, like Miss Edith says. The second I was no long longer Felix Longear our paths were meant to diverge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I should have understood this fact ages ago. It was just hard to let go of that part of me, but I think I’m ready now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I place my hand on Lira’s, and she beams at me. Yeah I am.\u003C\u002Fp>",997,"2026-06-09T07:29:29.584Z",1,"novelbin.me","d2136884aac53dd9c62a311dfa1cdf4ac1c72b03fe03d9fe10ad974970584cc8","qt-i-hijacked-a-harem-system-and-now-i-m-ruining-chapter-258","qt-i-hijacked-a-harem-system-and-now-i-m-ruining-chapter-256",399,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fqt-i-hijacked-a-harem-system-and-now-i-m-ruining-cover.jpg"]