Chapter 100
Chapter 100
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 100
Chapter Title: For a Happy Future
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Morning broke in the forest.
When I opened my eyes, something soft and warm was nestled in my arms.
She had round red eyes fixed intently on my face.
"...Mm, Rapne. Huh, when did you wake up?"
I rubbed my eyes sleepily and met her gaze.
"About an hour ago?"
"Then why didn't you wake me?"
"I wanted to etch Ken's sleeping face into my memory after our first time."
Rapne blushed shyly and traced circles on my chest with her fingertip.
The blanket slipped up, revealing her pristine white skin in full.
"Whoa! So energetic first thing in the morning? ...I'm up for more if you are."
"Th-this is just because it's morning! Anyway, let's get dressed first!"
"Tch, you let me see everything like a beast last night, and now you're shy.... Still cute. I love you."
Rapne smiled at my flustered reaction and snuggled into me.
Her soft, warm curves pressed broadly against my bare skin.
We'd done plenty last night, sure.
But getting this affectionate assault from naked Rapne first thing in the morning still embarrassed me.
"Ken's scent right after waking up... I love it so much."
Rapne lay there for a while, buried in my arms, inhaling my scent.
Yesterday,
we climbed the stairs to adulthood.
Hand in hand, we ascended with vigorous steps together.
'It still feels like a dream....'
It was truly ecstatic.
Recalling those beautiful moments that I could never tire of, no matter how many times, I gently stroked Rapne's hair.
"By the way, Rapne.... Sorry to ask this first thing in the morning."
"Yeah? What is it? Picking names for our son or daughter?"
"No, not that...."
We did it outside, so that should be fine.
Of course, if it happened anyway, I'd see it as a miracle and cry tears of joy.
"I mean us. ...You know, including Emily and Mary."
"......"
"You'll allow it, right?"
It was an important question.
Not that I'd spent the night with her on that condition, of course.
I'd just asked again because our talk yesterday hadn't given me a clear answer.
This had nothing to do with our night together.
"...I thought about it."
Rapne fell silent for a moment, then peeked up at me.
"I figured if I took your first time, it'd be okay."
That intro sounded ominous....
"But I don't want to share something this amazing with the others...."
Rapne pouted and hugged my neck.
Her ample breasts enveloped my skin.
No, last night was incredible, that's true...!
"B-but still, Rapne! Can't we talk about that part...!"
"Exactly."
Rapne looked at my panic and flashed a mischievous grin.
"Once wasn't enough♥"
She licked her lips like a predator eyeing prey.
"......Huh?"
And just like that, she devoured me three more times.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ "Ken! Thank goodness...! I was gonna report you missing to the academy if you didn't show up today...!"
I was late to the academy today.
I couldn't exactly disclose the reason.
Marital circumstances, you see.
By the time I dragged my exhausted body there after first period ended, Emily greeted me with a relieved face.
She threw her arms around me the moment she saw me.
"E-Emily...?"
"I was really worried...!"
Fair enough—I'd been kidnapped right in front of her, Peach snatched by Koopa.
Mario and Luigi must've been beside themselves.
But even so... .
"What's this? You and Ken that close?"
"Didn't you know? During the uninhabited island incident not long ago... The vibes were weird even then."
Our embrace at the classroom back door was enough to stir the class girls' romance radars.
Whether she noticed the gathering stares or not,
Emily wouldn't let go.
—Then
Thwack.
"Ow...!"
Something struck Emily's head. She clutched it in pain and pulled away from me.
Emily glared at her attacker, tears welling in one eye.
"Back off. ...It's still awkward."
"Ra-Rapne!"
The one who'd smacked Emily Epiris, protagonist of [Epiris Academy],
was none other than part 1's villainess, Rapne.
She yanked my arm and eyed Emily warily.
"What? I thought it was all settled."
"Me too, but..."
"Even for Emily, getting that clingy in class? It bugs me."
"You're glued to his arm too!"
Emily pointed accusingly at Rapne clinging to my arm.
Rapne smirked.
With a victor's smile, she looked down at Emily.
"I'm fine. It's just linking arms, right? Isn't it, Ken?"
"Uh, y-yeah?"
"What does that mean?"
Rapne's expression and my blushing reaction.
Emily watched, then fixed me with a scary glare.
Huh? That's the look Rapne often gave me.
As I shrugged under that gaze, the answer came from elsewhere.
"Ken's firsts all belong to me."
Rapne's bold declaration amplified the surrounding girls' murmurs.
"F-f-f-firsts...?!"
"What? What's going on?!"
"Wasn't Rapne bullying Ken? And Emily too...?"
"No way it turned into love from the bullying...!"
"I know that novel! The bullied outcast...!"
"Hold up, that's too adult-oriented...!"
"What are you talking about? Rapne's words are already rated R!"
Emily, piecing it together from Rapne's words amid the chatter,
blushed furiously, fingers trembling, and stared at me in shock.
"W-wait.... Ken, you don't mean... ."
"Aaah—!!"
Of course, I couldn't let this drag on here. I shouted to drown her out.
"I forgot the textbook for next class—! I'll run back to the dorm real quick!!"
Escape was the answer here.
My instincts screamed it.
"W-wait—!!"
Emily's voice echoed behind me,
but my diet-boosted physical speed let me flee unscathed.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Thankfully, the confession incident wrapped up peacefully.
"Hold on, Mary! Isn't that too clingy...?!"
"Urghhh...!"
Crack.
Rapne's spoon shattered.
Silver spoon, yet a girl's grip made that sound? Unreal.
Worth the top 2nd-year spot and model student's physique.
"But it's my turn today. ...Emily and Rapne were way more intense yesterday and the day before."
Lunchtime now.
I, who'd proposed marriage to three girls for a shared future—trash move,
got approval from all three and started dating them with marriage in mind.
Yeah, sounds like pure scum.
"Even so, sitting on my lap and feeding me... i-isn't that a bit much?!"
"Urghhh...!"
Crunch.
A sound no spoon should make.
Rapne, how do you plan to eat?
"If you're jealous, do the same on your turn. Right, Ken?"
"I have nothing to say."
"Here, try this too. Ah~"
"Nom, munch munch."
No choices for trash like me.
I just gave my all to whichever of the three girlfriends' turns it was, decided by rock-paper-scissors.
For their happiness, sacrificing my body was no big deal.
Incidentally, Mary was now perched on my lap, hand-feeding me her homemade bento.
Payback for feeding Rapne entirely yesterday, probably.
'Still rocky between them, but... .'
Things were improving bit by bit, I thought.
Of course, worse than before we dated.
Back then, they knew each other's feelings but stayed close as friends.
After I confessed to all three,
they treated each other more like rivals than friends.
Emily and Mary used to get along great pre-dating.
Now she blushed enviously, glaring.
They like me this much. I'm truly happy.
'I wish they'd get along as family, not rivals.'
Too soon for that wish, probably.
I trusted time would sort it out.
Academy life otherwise unchanged.
For one, fewer shy glances from girls post-diet.
The three scared them off with glares.
Two were top 2nd-years, and Emily was strong too.
'But this makes me feel owned... .'
Scummy me imagined owning three girls.
Them in my arms, me smirking leisurely like a playboy.
Not what I wanted, though.
Reality: them yanking my limbs in a quartering.
Another change:
"Ken, I heard. You ended up... with all three."
"Whoa.... Even with your looks upgrade, Ken... ."
Siegfried spoke impassively, no emotion.
Elis stared like I was a bug.
Stinging gaze.
"Ah, playboy senior! Kyaa~ Heard the story! Three at once...?! Way badder than I thought!"
Alicia teased playfully when we crossed paths.
Our relationships were academy gossip now.
Barring the weird reputation shift,
academy life stayed peacefully the same.
Especially since I spent happy times with the girls I loved—better than ever.
'If only the three get closer.'
Gazing at the peaceful sky in class, I made a simple wish.
May this peace last.
May we four spend happy days and build a bright future.
May it end with everyone living happily ever after.
Grandpa-style smile as I watched birds soar above.
And that wish
"Hey—!! Is this the academy where famed blacksmith Ken Fineschtein attends—!!"
shattered
with one girl's shout.
"I am the lord of the demon tribe ruling the Karab Continent—hailed as the Demon King—!!"
She stylishly flaunted handle-like horns, shouting toward the main building from the academy garden's center.
Beautiful silver hair.
Cat-like slit pupils.
And two pitch-black horns.
"The 13th rightful successor of the great Zaela Basa Armarion—Reynesis Vana Armarion—!!"
The Demon King had come herself.
"Ken Fineschtein, show yourself—!!"
Calling my name.