You silly. Why would I leave?...
So don't cry now...
Watch the fort for me, Dear...
"That's so embarrassing..."
[Alert! Alert! Alert! To all passengers. Please watch your steps and mind the people at your front, evacuate with coordination set by our staff on the ground. I repeat...]
"Young man, there's an ongoing outbreak. Hurry up."
"Ah, yes, grandma."
Anyway, I should leave for now. I don't want to be casualties among rubbles.
"You need help with those, grandma?"
"Oh my, what a wonderful boy you are. Thank you."
"It's nothing much, grandma."
...
I was now standing in front of our door, contemplating if I'm going to open it or not.
No matter how I pinch myself or convince my mind that it is just a dream, it was not.
This is all far too real.
Now, inside my house, three beautiful women claim me as their husband.
I have no idea how to face them.
I'm not an extrovert to makes conversation without stuttering my sentence.
I think my face is now accumulating sweat and I am so uncomfortable thinking about just how would I face them.
"Breath... I need to breathe"
Breath in, breath out.
I can do this!
With fabricated resolves inside me, I opened the door and was ready to see these through.
"""Good afternoon, Husband!""
"G-good afternoon, too."
"Husband, are you hungry? We've made a few dishes for you to try! Come, let's go inside."
"O-kay."
Zen hugged my left arm and pulled me over to the dining room.
"W-what the hell!"
What greets me inside shocks me.
There was a row of delicacy, so many that I need to run hundreds of meters just to reach the end.
Who's house is this!?
"Over here, husband."
Helen took my arm and pulled me over to the only available chair at the table.
"Husband, try this one that I made!"
Zen, whose very enthusiasts, put a mouthful of dazzling meat in my mouth without notice.
So good!
It was so delicious. I have never tasted something like this.
Tap!
"Zen, you are being rude towards husband!"
She was once again reprimanded by Helen.
"No. It's okay. I like the taste."
I respond to her defence.
"No can do, Husband!" She retorted. "We have to be mindful, so we won't make you uncomfortable."
"But I-"
Wait. Why am I defending her?
Crap. I have been swayed by fleeting moments. I have to get my act straight!
However, how do I tell them without hurting their feelings?
Ah! This is hard.
Someone nudges me in the side, "Husband, try this." it was Erise.
She was holding a spoon, It had soup and an unknown kind of meat on it.
"You want me to try it?"
She responds with a nod.
Well... I guess it won't hurt to follow the mood for now.
I chomp the spoon, and immediately, I thought I was on cloud nine.
It is so good!
"Husband, try mine too!"
"Me too, me too!"
What happened next can be described as something that all men dream of once in their lifetime.
I was so full and it hurts, but at the same time so bliss.
I have to announce that I cannot take another bait or my belly would explode with how full I am.
Then they took me to the living room after eating.
I comply with their demand because I needed it too.
Everything is so fluffy and bliss, I like this...
No! I'm being swayed again by the moment, I have to wake up!
I have to address the issue or they would take the wheel again.
"Uhmm... Guys, can we talk for a moment?"
"Yes?" Helen replied.
She was at my left hugging my arm into her bosom.
It is also the case with Erise while Zen is having a bliss as she sat on the floor and her head rested on my lap
There's no denying that I enjoy the soft feel of their skins but I can't be swayed by now.
"You told me that all of you came from Inya, is that correct?"
"Yes, Husband. Is something wrong?"
"Yes. You see... I am not the God that you thought I am."
I said it.
So I hope they would accept and leave me now.
I don't have the guts to lie to them and manipulate their understanding of me otherwise if I was busted there's no knowing what would happen.
Others might do it but I don't.
If my understanding is right according to the game, every one of them has the power to destroy a city in an instant.
As the leader of their race to survive the apocalypse, their strength speaks alone for their capability. I don't want to risk it.
Hell! Even if I'm awakened, I won't!
"We know."
But instead of a question, Helen smiled amicably at me.
My eyes widened, "You know..."
"Yes."
"Yep!"
"Hmm."
"Then why are you in here if you all knew then?"
I don't understand. There's no point reuniting with me if they supposed God is not actually what they thought it was, instead it should be resentment, betrayal, and confusion.
Maybe, they even know that they're only a character in-game!
"Is that even a question, Husband? We are your wife, so of course, it's only right to be by your side."
"Right! Our only place is beside you, Husband!"
"I agree."
"B-b-but there's-"
"Why? Is there a need for a reason to be by your side? Are you going to leave us again?"
"..."
I was... speechless.
Their gaze intently became more nuanced.
Erise grip on my arms tightened.
Zen eyes became watery.
And Helen's resolve can be seen in her eyes after she questions me, however, I can see her eyes becoming moist as she put on a strong front.
"*Hic* Are you... *hic* leaving us?"
Zen started to sob as she ask the question.
Astral projectiles of arrows pierce my heart as I saw how vulnerable she was.
I feel like I'm a bastard making her cry. I can't take it.
But It still does not erase the fact that I am nothing to even take them.
"I am nothing as you all know, so why even be with me?"
"Don't tell yourself that, Husband! You're my everything! I did not train myself every day just to hear that! I am here today just to feel the warmth that I wanted to feel every single day I break myself into training. So, please..."
"Yes, she is right! *Sob* I have always dreamed to meet you again and being embraced by you, Husband! That only thing I have is only you!*
An outburst of emotion exploded on them as their grasp on me tightened up.
Even Erise is now tearing up affected by the atmosphere.
I'm at loss. I don't know how to respond.
Is it okay to reject their feelings and leave them alone?
It's a fact that my feelings for them are nonexistent. They are only a character, nothing more, nothing less.
...But why I am so disturbed?
"Give us a chance, Husband. We will express how we are meant to be by your side, please..."
"Yes, *hic* give us a chance, I will not make you uncomfortable again. *sob*
"Please..."
I'm at loss...
I wish I were more versatile in how to express myself.
Helen spoke, "I know it's hard to express your feelings to us spawn in that called game but to us, every minute you put just by interacting when we are alone is a whole meaning for us. Every time I feel like giving up, you are always in there ready to soothe my emotion and feel I was loved. Everything you thought doing is meaningless but for us, it is everything we anchor to face the next day with a smile." She was now on verge of crying.
So they even knew that even though the concept of the game is alien.
Should I give them a chance?
I cannot just leave them alone in the street without someone looking at them, can I?
Question is... Do I even have it in me to do that? I think not.
"Okay. You all three can stay here."
"Really?"
"Thank you, *sob* thank you, Husband."
I pat the crying Zen and wiped Helen's tears.
"Alright, alright. It's okay now."
"Thank you. I truly... *sob*"
I have no idea where my strength comes from to pull Helen into my embrace but I did the right thing to do to cease her from crying.
I also put Erise in my embrace to comfort her, she was already crying in silence.
"Everything will be okay now. Shh..."
The two sandwich me between them as they settled in my chest while Zen hooked her arms in my waist and embrace me.
I can't help myself but sigh.
What did I get into, Father, Mother...