Seo A-jeong
"Is Yuri pretty?"
"Yeah. Not as pretty as you, but she's pretty enough. And you know Yu-ra, right? The granddaughter of the Independence Gate High board chairman."
"Yeah. I've seen her a few times. With... no, with Poae and her mom sometimes."
"I'll give you their mom as your bitch too. She'll get reassigned under someone else later on, but keep her for now."
"Ah... okay. Not right away, though... I still don't really know what a bitch even is."
"Sure. Take your time."
I switched to speakerphone and dialed Yuri first.
The ringtone sounded once, then her voice came through.
"Honey. Have you met Unnie A-jeong yet?"
"Yeah. Bring Poae and come to my house in Suseo-dong in a few hours. Sometime past midnight—around one or two."
"Ah... yes, honey."
"And you said you wanted to be placed under A-jeong, right? She said yes. She also said you can share Juae's womb. Bring the PB."
"Thank you, honey. Unnie."
"Yes..."
"Alright. Get here safe. Are you in a taxi right now?"
I should have gone and picked her up from the airport. If I'd known it would turn out like this.
Because someone else was with me, she was carefully switching between "honey" and "unnie" depending on who she was addressing.
"Yes. And please use casual speech with Unnie. Especially with Poae—you absolutely have to speak casually to her. Otherwise she'll pick up bad habits."
"Uh... yeah. Got it."
The call ended soon after.
I looked at A-jeong, then glanced down at my phone.
"There should be someone named Jeong-mi in there. Find her and call her—same thing, speakerphone..."
"Okay..."
She fussed with the phone for a while before a ballad ringtone finally started playing.
"Master. Have you met Unnie A-jeong yet?"
"Yeah. As it happens, I'm heading to Suseo-dong to check the place out and spend the night there. Let's see... Yuri's going to bring Poae over once she arrives, so send Poppy along too."
Poppy was a bitch.
I planned to pour my semen into her body first, then run a batch physical overhaul on all the bitches at once.
She was also a friend of A-jeong's, and useful in a lot of ways, so I was calling her in.
"Yes. I'll get Poae and Poppy ready. By the way, I nearly jumped out of my skin when I saw Bitna. Right now the whole house is crowded around Unnie Bitna, peppering her with questions."
"Ah... really? Hey, don't be too mean to her..."
"Of course not. It's the Kim Bitna, after all... hoho."
"Yeah. And get Pora—Lee Yu-ra—Poyeon—Kim Na-yeon—and Pojin—So Mi-jin, Yu-ra's mother—ready too."
"Yes. I'll send them to the pet room at Master's house."
Click.
The call ended.
A-jeong was staring at me with a blank look on her face.
"Don't tell me... you're talking about the track athlete Kim Bitna? That Bitna?"
"Yeah. Ran into her at a jjimjilbang yesterday."
"Wow... are there more people I know?"
A-jeong scooted in close, looking completely stunned.
I gave a short laugh and reached out to stroke her hair.
"Go Hye-rim, Jeong Hyeon-jin, Song Da-hyun, Ahn Jeong-eun? You probably know those ones."
"Whoa!!! Don't tell me—the actresses... and a director?"
"Yeah. Hye-yun goes to Dongra University. That's how the connections happened."
"Thank you. For making me second even though you've got all those incredible beauties."
"Don't mention it."
"But honey, it's amazing. How did you end up getting every woman you ever liked? You used to be into Go Hye-rim and Jeong Hyeon-jin... and now Kim Bitna on top of that? Holy crap..."
I shrugged.
Da-hyun and Bitna hadn't been on my list, but following the Constellation's guide had simply delivered them into my hands. Even I didn't fully understand it.
"Honey? Ian-ssi? No—honey!"
"Hm? Heh... yeah. Call me whatever you want. What should I call you, noona?"
Pinch.
She suddenly pinched my side and shot me a sulky glare.
"I hate 'noona.'"
"Hmm. Just your name, then?"
She nodded.
I chuckled and stroked her hair again.
When my fingers brushed the pointed tips of her ears, she flinched, then quickly pulled off her headband.
"Why so sensitive?"
"Yes."
Soul Eyes.
Soul Eyes
The bold, confident A-jeong I remembered was mostly gone.
It looked like the aftermath of a lot of emotional strain, so I rested my hand on her head and cast Purification, then Soul Purification in quick succession.
Purification → Soul Purification
My hand turned white, and the energy spread from her head down through her entire body.
Nine tails swaying gently told me she was feeling good.
A-jeong parted her lips and let out a soft, drawn-out moan.
"Hnnk... aah!!!! What is this..."
"It's called Purification. One of my skills."
She looked up at me with hazy, unfocused eyes.
Then she nuzzled her face into my hand. She seemed to be feeling fantastic—the dark circles under her eyes vanished and color returned to her cheeks.
"Honey... thank you. This is really... my foggy head feels clean and clear now."
"Yeah? Good, then."
I deactivated Soul Eyes.
Thankfully no ghosts had been clinging to her, so I relaxed, caught her cheek between my fingers, and gave it a light tug.
"Honey?"
"Yeah. I've always wanted to do this. Every time I kissed your cheek."
"Hehe. Okay."
She really was a submissive woman.
That was why Lady Jini had said she'd done every dirty job for my sake.
"This is something even Hye-yun doesn't know. Listen while we drive."
I felt like A-jeong would hear out my worries.
I'd been planning to tell Hye-yun soon anyway, but since things had turned out this way, I wanted to give A-jeong a signal that I valued her specially—so I said something I maybe shouldn't have.
"Yes?... Yes. Only I know this? Then?"
"No. Jeong-mi knows. The truth is... two years from now, aliens are going to invade Earth."
"What?... What do you mean."
Blank stare.
Fair enough. Anyone who heard something like that would probably sneer and call you crazy.
"There's a being like a god watching over me, and He's the one who told me. The same one who gave me these abilities."
"Ah... really? How does it happen?"
A-jeong's expression turned serious. She sat up straight and fixed her posture.
Then, as if frightened, she gripped my hand tightly.
"I don't know. All we can do is prepare. That's why you and Hye-yun are important. As the first and second wives of the harem, you two have to soothe the younger ones and get them ready."
"What... should we prepare?"
"Listen to whatever Jeong-mi tells you, and what you need to do is train the girls together with Hye-yun. Martial arts and things like that."
"Ah... yes. But I've only ever learned judo."
"We can't jump straight into martial arts right now, so start by building their stamina. Take them out to exercise and so on."
"Ah... yes, honey."
"Want me to tell you something only you get to know?"
The worried A-jeong looked straight at me again.
Her wide round eyes were cute, but I turned my attention back to the road ahead.
Lately I'd finally understood why the fairy tale about the king with donkey ears existed.
The urge to share your worries with someone. Holding it in really was torture.
"Yes..."
"Looks like regression was triggered in this world. Ah... of course, I'm not the one who regressed."
"Regression?..."
"Someone turned back time and came to the past. To now."
"Ah... yes. And?"
"In the future, you were my first wife—the devoted partner who supported me in every way, body and soul. You even persuaded Juae and brought her into the harem. So have some confidence. I promise I'll always love you and Hye-yun as equals."
"Ah!!! Yes. But please don't tell the others this. Especially not Unnie Hye-yun..."
"Alright. Got it."
The worry that had filled her face was replaced by pure happiness.
Whatever she was imagining, she kept grinning to herself.
I chuckled as we slipped into Gangnam somehow, weaving through the forest of buildings and heading toward Suseo-dong.
"Then... we had children, right?"
Between you and Seo A-jeong: two daughters. Between you and Han Juae: one daughter and one son.
"Two daughters. And with Juae, one son and one daughter."
"Oh my. Then I should have at least two?"
"Heh. Yeah. Have two."
Could I transfer to Juae and then immediately impregnate her again? Just move it straight over to Yuri.
...Yes, it is possible. If you will it, ovulation occurs immediately.
Wow.... Thank you.
A-jeong lifted my hand and rubbed her cheek against it.
Something about being called the devoted wife of the future had completely melted her, and it was adorable.
While I was enjoying the soft feel of her cheek, we entered Suseo-dong. A little farther on, rice paddies spread out, and—exaggerating only a little—a village with towering fortress walls came into view.
"Holy shit. Four meters is that tall?"
Four meters was already absurd, and inside, three-story houses stuck up like spikes, showing just how high they really were.
"Wow... honey. Don't tell me our house is in there?"
"Looks like it."
I stared at the castle-like compound ringed by four-meter walls, then drove around looking for the main gate until I found one enormous entrance.
An iron gate. Even the damn door was iron.
As if recognizing the car, the barrier rose and the massive gate swung smoothly inward.
"Honey, is this your first time here?"
"Yeah. This appeared when I tore a magic deed given by the Constellation. I had someone generate it a few days ago... first time for me too."
Beyond the rough outer walls, a completely different world unfolded.
Lawn carpeted the vast grounds, and the houses were built in European style—three-story buildings of two hundred pyeong per floor that looked impressively large up close.
"Our house is..."
In that moment a map of the entire village flooded into my mind, and the location of my house registered automatically.
"Oh my... I have a house too?"
"Yeah. Eighteen buildings total, three floors each, so fifty-four units... they're all ours, technically... I put the wives and concubines to work and got the titles under their names... but damn..."
Apparently whatever was left over was still held under my name.
Even in winter the grass was lush green, and driving past the European-style buildings felt like another world entirely.
There was even a shared community building, handsomely built at five stories, complete with an auditorium—perfect for training.
"Honey. We should live here. Just running the perimeter of this village would be enough exercise, and it looks like the common facilities have a gym and a pool and everything..."
"Yeah... tsk. We barely even got to use Hangang Jium for a few days."
I should tell them to sell everything except the penthouse...
Two-hundred-pyeong three-story houses.
Eighteen buildings totaling six hundred pyeong each. Huge enough for all our women and then some.
The car kept cutting across the village and soon approached a building at the very back that looked a full five meters taller than the others.
A structure that seemed built of pure white marble. It reminded me of the American White House, though the shape and style were a little different.
"Oh my... is this your house and mine, honey?"
"Seems like it. But why is it so tall?"
The first floor is a combined warehouse and garage. There is also a still-hidden space; access to it has been sealed. It will open once you learn to handle mana.
Okay... but what exactly is in there...
What? And the United States?
Fifteen. The Dimensional Alliance has judged the United States the most critical nation on Earth, so it receives roughly 1.5 times the support. Nations under ten million population receive between one and nine each.
Ah... monsters, huh... But can Korea's be limited to the Korean Peninsula?
No telling what those Chinese bastards might try if it were placed in Manchuria.
Yes, that can be arranged. And as a special privilege, you and your women will be able to enter from the moment you awaken to mana. Early on only animals from the other world will be left, so enjoy yourselves freely. Goblins and kobolds will appear eventually, but not until January 1st, 2005 by Earth time.
Blank...
Goblins and kobolds? Those names sound familiar somehow.
Fairy tales... I remembered reading them in fairy tales.
Otherworld animals, though. That meant we probably wouldn't need to go hunting up in the northern three provinces.
The car stopped in front of the building, but I just stared blankly into empty air.
A-jeong clung to me worriedly, but I only stroked her while my mind raced to organize everything I'd just heard.
"But won't my women be in danger?"
I asked out loud without meaning to, still looking at the empty air.
I felt A-jeong staring at me with a dazed expression and rubbed her back.
"Honey?"
The tails were not granted for no reason. In the Three Kingdoms world they were given as one of the traits, but here, while their outward appearance remains human, their bodies will gradually transform toward the strength, agility, stamina, and mana affinity of beastkin. The Constellation adjusted this to match the changed environment.
"Ah... thank you. Lady Jini. Constellation."
I kept bowing toward empty air.
A-jeong seemed to sense that something was there and simply watched quietly.
I didn't know exactly how strong beastkin would be, but the concubines were of the tiger clan.
They would be stronger than tigers, not weaker—so they would be a huge help.
Holy shit, this is an incredible benefit. Should I just start expanding the women without thinking?