As reality came crashing down where I got to know that Leila…. Had no amount of faith in me… or rather she never thought about monopolizing me at all… I was left flabbergasted. Although my mind was gone to a place beyond repair at how mature Leila was acting… At last calming down, I looked at Leila and broached the subject that I had ignored until now.
"Well on that note, Leila I did something too…" since I had done something that was borderline unfaithful, I said looking more timid.
"Yeah I know most of the Maids are ready to be your mistress. I heard it from Mai…"
"What no no… that's news to me, when did that come to be?" The rather threatening news made me shaken up….!! Even more, when did I ever go around making mistresses…? I wasn't a womanizer damn it! Today really is getting very exhausting…. And why do the maids in my home fall for a little kid!! I better grow up fast if they really intend to pursue me that hard. Being a kid I feel really intimidated. I wish I can grow up to be a man that won't get intimidated… I should work in that line of thinking too...
"Well if that's not it then what?"
"Well you see... Ridge the Spirit that I made contract with, it seems I somehow made her submit to me"
"What!!" On that news both sisters were quite surprised..
So I told them the events regarding Ridge.
"Well I.. think it's better if you really do have more wives then, I don't think I can endure what even a spirit couldn't endure!" What was she even thinking! Leila was getting red all over and seemed to shiver a bit. was that a shiver of excitement or fear? please don't think of me as a wild beast that loses control like that!
'I assure you my girlfriend! Nothing over bearing happened! I am sure in my sleep I won't lose my virginity at least!' as I thought to myself like that I looked towards Alice to see...
She seemed a bit proud. I wonder what I did that even a spirit couldn't handle! I was only sleeping okay!
"I never knew you could do something like that… I have heard a legend that subduing a spirit or breaking it's will is harder than conquering the world. Well if someone were to be my husband I would want nothing more I guess… although it wouldn't kill you to be at least a little more arrogant. but going forward I think I need to better my resolve, if what you said is true, being putty in your hands is the last thing I want.'' What's that prideful look on your face Alice?! I thought you hated my guts, where did that attitude of your gooo?! after stopping to hate someone don't you become neutral and then think about friendship? you even skipped on the step of proposing to me and directly became a fiancee?!
is it because I dodged your attacks soo much in our duel? you dodged all the unnecessary steps and just dropped on my lap!?
"Oiii! Weren't you disgusted by me before, how can you accept this so readily?" I couldn't accept a reality where this girl could turn around just like that so much.
"Hmm. that's easy, even if someone disgusting beats me he still beats me, I can't run from that….moreover I can see that I can get stronger by being with you… yeah your my ticket to becoming stronger, even gramps Merlin said to stick with you. I suppose if I have to be weaker than someone that someone being my husband sounds about right. And… since my sister has changed you… even if a little… I hope to change you too.." while her boasting became weaker and meeker, I realized that girls could change in the blink of an eye.
What kind of change does Alice want from me? For the time being, she didn't say but… she herself had changed… that too to a certain degree where she can tolerate my behavior of being polite with anyone.
And I can see that they were all but ready to get hitched with me. Well someone told me once you should never say no to a beautiful girl's proposal…. If I think about it coolly, I think this is a good situation… I always did think that I should accept the girls who would want to be with me… was granny really waiting for a day like this! How the hell did she know that this would happen?
...…..
"Hmm, I see, then I find you both attractive…. so I will accept this proposal too but I think it has a hidden agenda… Lilith must be planning something big.. In the future… if Alice held the same feelings she had now.. I am sure gradually something would have happened… with us… but it seems to be a bit forced now." I said remembering from my 1st meeting. I knew she was a schemer...
"Well mother is like that, I also think there is something…" Leila seemed to accept my judgement.
"Well then from now on I will stay with you and I order you to fight with me and train me! I am sure I can get stronger by that…" Alice said, looking resolute with confidence. Was this her idea of winning my heart?
"Yes I heard your house was complete. Say Rekka, why don't we move in together?" Leila proposed.
"Hmm sure we can do that.. But first I want to clear one fact…. Leila… I have asked you for marriage only since I had really fallen in love with you… but Alice.. I believe even if I find you attractive.. I don't think I really love you at this point.. You are more like a weird girl who had attacked me when I came back home… so please don't mind if I take it slow and get to know you first." Hearing me made Alice blush in embarrassment,
"Sorry about that time… I am ashamed that I had not realized your true strength.. But it's fine.. As a girl.. I will definitely earn your love, take it as slowly as you want." Alice said, bowing to me. Wow she really respected me for some reason now… it would always remain a mystery to me as to why Alice suddenly held respect for me.
"Well if Leila wants, you can come and live with us too. I won't mind." I said so to Alice.
"Yes I would love it if Alice came and lived with me.. We will have to get everything ready then oh my!!!" it looked as though Leila just lost herself in a fairytale world.. Where is that extreme business like face? More than that, before I came, I think Leila had just taken a bath. Her body was unusually glowing a seductive pinkish glow.
Getting myself out of that train of thoughts I talked to Alice." Alice you wanna train and fight nonstop right? Then I have an Idea, I don't know how long you can endure, but if you want, you can train in the harshest environment and get the hellish training you want."
"Yes! That's what I've wanted All my life. I wanted someone to say those words…." hearing me made Alice look more intrigued. rather, she jumped up and down just from hearing me say that, well, she is still young, and it looked cute seeing her excited like that.
"And Leila, I know that we are apart by age… but I have made a decision that will change that… so I hope you don't mind me doing this. I want to do this so we can move forward.'' Leila remembered the line that I had said in our 2nd meeting and immediately turned red. I had said that it was too early and we didn't move any further, even after dating her, we never did anything that could be called intimate. Well we did kiss that one time back at the dinner we had, but after that… let's just say that we couldn't find the right mood. As such, our meetings got more towards getting to know one another mentally rather than physically.
Although that worked in Leila's favour. She was a girl that didn't like men to begin with, so after she gets to know me better, I am sure it will be easier for her to get physical with me. But today all those notions had changed… Leila was really getting comfortable… I think me giving her space to sort out her feelings was the right choice after all, still today was the first time I was at her home too.. I think that this is the true Leila that she hid from the world… she could be unreserved when she really wanted after all.
As Leila got embarrassed, she changed the subject by looking at Alice.
"Alice you have to pay too, you can't just ask someone to train with you and be your husband…?" Leila seemed to lecture Alice. These two already have established a hierarchy… but more than that, it was cute how Leila used Alice to get out of her embarrassment.
"Hmm I see… Sis, what did you give him then…?"
"Me? I didn't really give him anything? I guess I was just getting spoiled oh no! What have I done…? I was supposed to be the older one… but I was the one being spoiled…???!!" It seems that Leila is thinking too much into this. It's not like I wanted her to do things explicitly for me? Still, who knew she would be this much rattled? On another note… apart from being able to do lewd things, I probably only wanted Leila to go on fun dates with me. It would be great if we could spend time in a slow fashion, enjoying each of our times to the fullest.
Sadly Leila was busy… being a guild master wasn't a slow work after all and her holidays were very rare too. Anyway, going forward, if we live together… I think we can work through that too.
"Hmm I see, Sis you are failing in this matter too… but we are overlords daughters, we have to do what we must.... Master Merlin did say that before learning and fighting from someone, you have to offer something… but what do I offer him…. As painful as it is to admit, he really does have everything you would need…" Alice looked very cool headed in this department or maybe she doesn't really know what love is. I guess she is just on this ride because I am strong… Well everyone has different standards and love doesn't really have to be all about romantically captivating feelings. I guess being in love with my battle prowess can work too?
"Yeah that's right, he even earned those things himself…. Oh I don't know how I got a man so great…!" I didn't peg Leila to be the romantic type but since the talk about marriage, she really was daydreaming a lot. I doubt right now I looked more than a teen but I guess she could fantasize as much as she wants…. I do love to see this side of her too… as if looking at a new moon. Leila's glow just became brighter and brighter. As I patted her head to calm her down. She settled in.
"Sis, if it's that urgent… Rekka… as an offering to seal our relationship, do what you want with my body." as Alice suddenly said something in a serious sounding way without any embarrassment to speak off, I looked at her stone still out of my mind.
As for Leila who knew just what those words meant got even more flustered… and I had just calmed her down too.
"Sigh… you sisters are serious at completely different things… Alice… you don't have to do that… anyway.. Rather than that.. Let's get to know one another better… when I will be able to meet your expectations… at least as a man who you can really accept… only then I want you to say such a thing."
As I said that, Alice looked at me sharply.
"So you figured it out…"
"Yes I did… you want to change me to be arrogant… and someone who really is worthy to be a hero… I know what that means… and… even if I am not that now… if you really want that to happen… I would try to be that… but you have to change your ways too… at least your way of thinking." As I said that to Alice, Leila finally figured out that me and Alice still hadn't moved on from our duel…
Even if we were friendly… deep down.. We were not thinking the same. Where Alice thought that the hero's strength should be revered and the heroes should embody arrogance… I thought that though having strength we should value any and all that was around us… and the people I value… I can never be arrogant around them…
"Hmm… why not make a middle ground?" As Leila suddenly said that, both Alice and I looked at her. Now calmed down, she looked serious again.
"What do you mean sister?" Alice asked.
"Master Melinda… you know her past don't you?" as Leila said, Alice and I both nodded.
"She was nefarious and a wanted criminal for a long time in many countries in the world.." Alice said. It was the truth. At Least until she showed her strength to be capable of handling a large nation.. My granny was sealed as a wanted criminal in many places that too including other races.
"Master Merlin, when he was able to gain Master Melinda as a companion, had changed her ways quite a bit. She may not have changed into a completely different person… but you can say that Master Melinda is now someone fearsome and kind. And master Merlin who was blindly following justice has changed to become a man who can enact many theories even outside of that justice… What I mean is just how they changed slightly for one another. You two can do the same." as Leila said, I heaved a sigh…
"If it's alright.. I can be arrogant when I at least have achieved something… right about now… I am living off my grandparents fame… I would say… if Alice wants me to look arrogant… until I think I have achieved something out of my Grandparents reach.. I would not act the part she wants so much."
"If you say that… alright… and… I would… value the ones that take care of me too… but apart from that… don't expect me to sympathize with just about anyone like you." as Alice said with a huff, I chuckled…
"Alright… then the middle point it is… Alice, if you really can do that… and respect the ones that take care of you… that would be enough for me to accept you."
After calming down from all this talk, Alice and Leila heaved a sigh… but after this talk.. I believe that we have gotten a lot closer.
As our topic changed, I explained to them that I had made a new magic spell from void magic and that it could help me train for a long time in mere days…. Alice looked like she just got sent to heaven; she seemed to gloat about the Idea hearing about it. Leila on the other hand was speechless.
"Can I research your spell too, I am rather nerdy in that way…" both of the crimson sisters as I liked to call them from right now we're far apart from each other, one was all about combat and strength and the other was calculative and magic enthusiast… but in the end.. I could see that both of them were captivated by me….
That was how my unneeded stone will had been shattered, it seemed that having more then a single girl as my partner was already written in my destiny, as I thought about that, the face of my granny gloating over her triumph and my gramps who would look perplexed seeing granny like that floated in my mind.