chapter 517
Side Story – Sometimes DLC Is Good # 18
Side Story – Sometimes DLC is good # 18
Hilde and Christina boarded the boat returning to Ludens Island.
Their expressions were all bright, and their faces were so shiny that they felt like they had a glossy sheen.
“I have some happy memories. I will never forget what happened on the archipelago of Themyscira. Isn’t that right?”
“That goes for me too.” But returning to Ludens Island like this is a bit awkward and uneasy…”
It was Hilde who hesitated.
Soon Hilde made eye contact with me, and in a coy voice she nudged my side and asked.
“Victor, becoming a family with you means being part of that harem… It’s the same story as becoming part of other women’s families. I become family with friends like Victorica and Nike…”
That was correct.
Marriage is usually expressed as a union of families.
To exaggerate a bit, it could have been described as a meeting of worlds.
Marriage goes beyond simply meeting a man and a woman; it is a process in which the worlds they have lived in merge into one.
In other words, if a woman wanted to marry me, she had to accept the world I lived in.
Beyond women like Nike, Enio, Victorica, and Domina, the children they gave birth to would also become a new family.
“I hope the kids are doing well.”
Suddenly I thought of my children.
Children like Rika, Nito, and Enir.
Of course I’m doing well.
Mothers must be so capable.
Sssss-.
With that feeling, the boat cut through the current and headed toward Ludens Island.
This journey took less than a week in total, but somehow it felt like it took a very long time.
Maybe it’s because it’s been such a long time since I left home.
Buuu-.
The sound of the boat horn finally rings.
It meant that we had arrived at Ludens Island.
“Ludence, it’s been a while!”
Christina moaned, stretching and enjoying it very much. As Hilde hesitated, unable to put her feet on the ground, welcoming faces appeared from afar.
“Hey! Victor! “Did you buy me a souvenir?”
“Victor, nice to meet you.”
“Victor! “I was waiting!”
They were Victorica, Enio, and Nike.
They each held a child in their hand and came out to meet me at the port. Suddenly, my heart was touched and I felt warm.
I felt so moved that this Ludens Island was truly my hometown.
Sseukseu-.
At that time, Victorica came out and looked at Hilde.
When Hilde flinched and her body trembled, Victoria let out a long snort, “Hmm.”
Soon Enio spoke.
“I guess their relationship isn’t what it used to be. Hilde, I would like you to tell us in detail what happened. Okay?”
Enio was smiling gracefully, but he didn’t seem to be smiling.
At that time, Nike frowned.
“But it’s strange. Why is Viktor’s scent so strong not only in Hilde but also in Christina? “Sniff, sniff.”
Nike had a good sense of smell.
Nike wrinkled her nose at Christina and told a strange story.
Victorica and Enio immediately made eye contact with me.
“You can’t believe it—.”
“Victor?”
It seemed like he was asking for an explanation.
However, I knew very well that my wives were smart, so there was no need to talk about my shortcomings.
“Just… That’s it. But it can’t be helped. Because I am a man. Take responsibility for what you have done─.”
I didn’t want to mention what happened after that.
Because Victorica, Enio, and Nike were pinching my sides and forearms.
It was quite painful.
But, what I learned while living as a married man is that forgiveness is easier than permission.
It already happened.
Even the wives had no choice.
Soon Enio started laughing.
“Well, there’s a saying that a great hero has three wives and concubines, right? Three wives and four concubines… In other words, it is completely acceptable to increase the number of wives to seven.”
Three wives and concubines.
I felt like I had heard of it too.
That’s how the old kings took her as their wife.
But I had a problem.
“Victoria. Enio. Nike. Domina. Big Victoria. Hilde. Christina.”
There are already 7 people.
Now it’s time to go and woo Flora for the last time.
In other words, I was planning to have at least 8 wives, including 3 wives and 4 concubines.
It would be possible to play a game with just the wives in 4:4 teams.
“Come to think of it… , What about Big Victoria?”
I asked.
Big Victoria must be somewhere on Ludens Island.
Victoria said soon.
“She is resting at the mansion. Really. Would I feel this way if I were a twin? “I really can’t live because of you, Victor.”
It was Victorica who snorted and turned away.
Soon Hilde spoke softly to me.
“Isn’t everyone angry after all? By increasing her wife…”
“Are you okay. “If I pet them later, they’ll all relax.”
But now it’s time to pet something else.
I stroked the head of Rika, who was tapping on the game console in front of me.
“How are you?”
“Muhuh… , Seeing the achievements that Likanoi achieved while my father was away… ! Whopping… I caught Morumoru, a fantastically rare Nymph Pokémon… !”
What kind of Nymph Pokémon is Morumoru?
Thanks to Rika, I thought I learned a lot about Nymph Kemon’s name, but there were still a lot of things I didn’t know.
I also stroked Nito and Enir’s heads.
“Dad!”
“Hug me.”
The girls were so cute that it wouldn’t hurt to look at them.
Are all fathers with daughters feeling like this?
Of course, there was also an extreme daughter who was a genius.
That was Cain Arkwright.
The thought of having to see him gave her a little headache.
“Where is Flora?”
I asked.
Then Victorica, who was turning her back on me, said, “Hmph, you have to do it with your own strength. It was that kind of promise. “I won’t tell you,” She said bluntly.
Soon Enio spoke softly.
“I’m having tea with the saints at Ludens Church right now. Victor, after all, I’m the only one, right? “Leave that little b*stard, Victorica alone, and pat me twice as hard later.”
“Hey!”
“What!”
Victorica and Enio started fighting again.
At that time, Nike spoke softly to me.
“Don’t worry about those two, just pat me three times.”
It felt like I had finally returned to Ludens Island.
# # #
When I went to the cathedral, I saw three women elegantly drinking tea.
One was Flora.
She looked like the goddess of spring in full bloom, as her name suggests, wearing a dress like a flower.
The second woman was Jeanne.
She was a woman called a saint long ago. Was she a relative of Flora?
“But who were you?”
I asked the woman inside.
She was a woman who seemed to be wearing an imperialistic uniform.
White, silver hair.
Soon she frowned and spoke as if scolding me.
“I am ‘Salome of fate.'”
Ah.
It was like that.
It’s been so long since we last met that I slightly forgot.
The fateful Salome is the boss of the Genesis Church route.
Although she was called a ‘saint,’ she was someone who strayed from the religious order.
The saint in the eye asked me.
“Looking at you, do you have something very valuable?”
“Ah.”
I took out jewelry the size of my thumbnail from my waist pocket. It was not an actual gem, but a treasure made by tears hardening with mysterious power.
Soon, Saint Jeanne put down the tea she was drinking and was greatly surprised.
“That is ‘Tears of the Moon.’ I’ve heard about it, but this is my first time seeing it in person. Bringing the tears of the moon would mean that everything ended safely.”
At Jean’s words, Saint Salome nodded her head.
“This is indeed the man who defeated the Game Master. “I heard he stayed at home for a long time, just playing and eating, but I never thought he would be able to take down the world’s problems in such a short period of time.”
“Well, it’s a quest like this.”
I had a vague sense that this expedition was a quest designed by saints.
Find the Sea Temple and acquire ‘Pearl’.
Through that pearl, defeat the ‘spirit’ that is a potential threat to the northern snow mountain.
Putting the ‘giant’ of the great volcano to rest through the spirit’s annual ice.
It was a story with a better route than expected.
Pot-!
Soon someone Arnoy came out next to me.
This guy was Arnoy, a grade X nymph with long scarlet hair.
“Muhuh! Is this indeed the honorable nymph Viktornoi? ! This time, the world was saved from crisis… , This story is being passed down from generation to generation by Arnoy as a DLC story… !”
No, don’t you just want to make game DLC and sell it?
Because Arnoy had fun making and selling games.
And I was more talented at making games than I thought.
In other words, he was a ‘little game master’.
Nymph Pokémon, which Likanoi is very obsessed with, was also created by Arnoi.
But.
It wasn’t over yet.
“Now, I brought you the tears of the moon. Flora, now that we have dealt with the issues you mentioned, it is your turn to give me an answer.”
I came to propose to Flora.
These days, Flora is called the “Flower saint.”
Soon Flora looked at me and picked up the moon tear in my hand.
And then he laughed.
“That little girl who didn’t even give me the slightest comfort when I was crying because I was dumped by her fiancé is now proposing to me. “The world really knows but doesn’t know.”
One of my eyes twitched at Flora’s words.
It was the apple of the game master’s eye.
I said, ignoring the pain.
“So it’s fun. The point is that you don’t know what will happen in the future. That’s why we can lie in bed looking forward to tomorrow.”
“That’s a great story. But Victor. The pain in your eyes is getting worse these days, right? Even if you’re wearing an eye patch, don’t you just glance at things and end up throwing them away?”
“…”
“I guess so. Because the game master told me so. Now he is just an ordinary penman.”
“Is he nearby?”
I looked around for traces of the game master.
Of course, he was nowhere to be seen.
Instead, saints surround me.
Flora, Salome and Jean.
Three people surrounded me in a triangle and started reciting a spell.
“What is it?”
I asked.
Then Zane answered.
“Victor, I will try to suppress your eyes a little.”
Paaat-!
A magic circle seemed to form beneath my feet, and strong wind pressure began to blow from below. Thanks to that, it felt like the blindfold over my eyes was removed.
As I held on to the blindfold, Flora came over and grabbed my hand
“Take it off.”
“Wait a minute─.”
I wasn’t allowed to take off the eye patch.
Then you see the future and all possibilities.
Then, my life would become dull and uninteresting, like someone who had been exposed to a lot of spoilers.
“Because it’s okay.” Don’t you trust this sister? “It’s all left to me.”
“No, but if you take this off…”
“Sseu-eup-.”
Flora frowned.
It felt like a long time ago when I was scolded.
The time before the quirk of steel was implanted in me.
I took off the blindfold like Flora said, as if I was being guided by something about her.
Wow-!
An eye patch that flies away.
At a time when so much information was rushing through my eyes that my mind could not handle it, Flora dropped the “Moon tears” She was holding in her hand into my eyes.
Hug-!
It hardened like a jewel and sawed into my eyes like real tears or eye drops.
It was so cold that it felt like the back of my head was going to explode.
But thanks to that, I felt like the amount of information flooding into my mind had slowed down a bit.
“Oh. My eyes… ?”
Even after taking off the eye patch, I could no longer see the future.
How on earth did this happen?
As I looked around in curiosity, Flora looked at me.
“Victor, can you still see the future?”
“No, I don’t know.”
“Then ask me one thing.”
Ask Flora a question.
I felt the blood rush to the cold back of my head.
That’s because confession is always shameful.
“Flora, will you marry me?”
“Victor, what do you think my answer will be?”
“I don’t know. That’s why I’m asking.”