The Author here: As I had promised I will be releasing two chapters today, but I also have a piece of news for those who want to read another story about an overpowered guy with all messed up memories, It's my new novel, namely: - [Re: live - Enigmatic Powerhouse with System.] Give it a try and tell me if you like it.
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Takashi and Kohta wore their dresses and came to Rika and Shizuka's house, only to see everyone watching the news. So, both of them also moved behind the sofa and stood there, watching as the news showed opinions of different people and images of different places all over the world.
(Haru POV)
While I was watching the news, I could feel the gaze of every girl now and then. They were sneaking glances at me, and I don't know why, but I felt that their way of looking at me changed a little. I turned towards Saeko and gave her a confused look, I had a feeling why this was happening, but I was still not sure. Seeing me look at her with a confused expression, Saeko just giggled and shook her head. Now I was surer of what would have happened, maybe the girls had some kind of talk in the bath, and Saeko told them about my Harem scheme. Though I am not saying it's bad, as I would have to tell them about it anyway. After knowing the reason for the weird gazes of the girls, I turned back towards the news channel.
On the news we could see a lady journalist conducting interviews with some people in white lab coats, probably some doctors or scientists. She asked them about their idea of what was happening to the world, and they explained that maybe the world is going through some changes, and because of that its people are provided with strength. Everyone had their own theories and their own beliefs, but what everyone really wanted to know was the real reason behind the changes. Well, I do wonder what they would think if I told them that I am the reason for everything.
The next topic was of how people should treat the zombies, and even here people had many opinions. Some fanatics believe that they are reapers sent by God to punish us, some think they should be captured and studied, while some think they can still be saved as they have just lost their mind because of the power they received. However, they were a minority as the majority was killing the zombies. No one wants to die.
Looking at the pictures of people killing zombies and catching them for experiments all over the world, made everyone in the room realize that there was nowhere in the world that was safe.
There was also news about people forming their own groups, and fighting and killing each other. In simple terms, it was showing that the world had become lawless and the world had turned into a dog-eat-dog world. I can see same as Canon Takashi didn't like the idea of killing and fighting among humans, but I didn't care much about him, as I can see that the girls understand the situation, well except Rei. She also seemed to think that there are some good people out there, and I am not denying it, but I will not take a chance by thinking that my enemy might be a good person. Well, I have some plans to make them realize the cruelty of the world, but that can be done later. I could see that the pancakes were almost done so I turned off the TV and just then Saeko said.
"The dinner is ready." Everyone nodded their head and got up to eat.
When we were done eating, I walked up to Saeko who was in the kitchen with Kazuki washing dishes. "The pancakes were absolutely delicious," I said while hugging her from behind and resting my head on her shoulder. She just smiled with a blush and continued doing the dishes, so I also moved away after some time. Then I patted Kazuki on the head.
"Thank you for the hard work," I said to her, and she happily melted with my pats. "It is alright. I wanted to help." She replied. After some more pats, I moved to the hall again and sat with everyone.
When I was sitting in the hall, I could feel the gaze of Saya, Rei, Shizuka and Miku on me. I could see that they wanted to talk to me, but none of them dared to ask in front of everyone. Well, except Miku…
"Haru, when are you going to 'talk' with me? You said you would talk to me~" Miku said and her voice became seductive when she said 'talk', making her meaning clear for those who can understand. Saeko and Shizuka understood the meaning of her words and looked at me secretly to hear my response.
"Not today, Miku. But I promise I will have a 'talk' with you." I replied while also emphasising the word 'talk'. My reply caused Miku to pout a little, though Saeko and Shizuka nodded their head, I understood Saeko's reason. Even if Saeko is alright with me opening a harem, I am not going propose to two girls on the same day (I don't know about a girl proposing to me, though), though there might be special cases in the future. I need to show them that they are important to me and that I am not just picking up girls. However, I don't know why Shizuka sighed in relief.
After some time Saeko and Kazuki also finished the dishes and sat in the hall with everyone.
"So, what are we going to do for the night?" Saya asked while looking at me with her regular frown, yet I could see the blush she was trying so hard to hide whenever she looked at me.
"I was just about to discuss that matter." Everyone nodded and focused on me. "We should all sleep in the same house, since both the houses have three rooms and a large hall. I, Takashi and Kohta will sleep in the hall, while you girls can share the rooms." As I said, they nodded their heads and the girls started to discuss who would be taking which room. But I clapped my hand and gathered their focus on me again.
"We have yet to decide on the night watch." Everyone nodded their heads again. When I was about to continue, Kuroneko came and sat between my legs and I just smiled and patted her head while completing my sentence from before. "We will have two people on the lookout for two hours and then we will change with the next two people."
"But we only have 9 people, that means someone will be alone on the lookout." Takashi suddenly chimed. I just kept on patting Kuroneko and replied.
"I guess you missed a count," I said and looked at Kuroneko and stated, "We have 10 members in our group. I will be on the first lookout with Kuroneko. You can decide about your sequence and pair by yourself." I took the first turn because I wanted to check if the plot is still continuing or not since there have been many variations from the canon. In the plot, in about an hour or two, the group would have saved Alice and I want to check if she comes here according to the plot.
After I stopped talking, everyone else started talking about who to pair with and the sequence of lookout. It took them about three minutes to decide and in the end, the sequence was like this: Me and Kuroneko- first; Saeko and Kazuki- second; Shizuka and Rei- third; Takashi and Kohta- fourth; Saya and Miku- last;
Saeko and Kazuki seemed to have talked about something before they decided to take the second spot, while I had some hunch, I decided not to think deeply about it. Other than that one thing everything else was within my expectations, even the princess and lazy ass taking the last turn was within my expectations.
What surprised me was the decision of girls sleeping together in one room. They decided to sleep in one room by combining the mattresses and I also saw Miku sneakily taking out some drinks and running to the room. I sighed in relief because they would be drinking just like they did in the canon, I guess even my existence does not have much effect on the plot. I can change some things, but the plot will continue the way it is supposed to.
"Come with me," I said to Kuroneko and moved to the balcony on the first floor, though I sighed inwardly as it really sounded weird saying that to a cat. Kuroneko also moved behind me as even though she could not talk with us, she could still somewhat understand us.
(Haru POV end)
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It had been around 15 minutes since Haru started his shift on the lookout, and he had been checking on the system shop while petting Kuroneko. He was looking for any useful ability of an item in the lower price range. He did find some abilities that he thought of buying later since right now he could sense someone sneaking up on him. He already knew who it was, so he didn't show any reaction and just sat there while looking at the surroundings for any zombies that had gotten inside after they locked the gates.
When the person sneaking up was just behind Haru and he turned around to face the person, his face was pressed between two soft mounds that caused his words to be struck in his mouth. He didn't reject when she came and sat on his lap while still keeping his face buried in her breasts. He separated from her after some time and looked at her face which had turned rosy, indicating that she was drunk. It was Shizuka who was now sitting on Haru's lap and looking at him with love and a little grudge in her eyes.
"Why have you never said 'yes' when Rika asked you if you were going to make a harem with both of us?" She asked him in a fake angry tone trying to cover the sadness in her voice. This caused Haru to hug her a little tighter. Whenever Rika was on leave, she would come back here and at that time Haru would come to their house to flirt with both of them, which always caused Rika to ask him that question, but he just smiled and never answered.
"I wanted to build our relationship first, then I would have told you about-" he didn't get a chance to continue as Shizuka kissed him on the lips. He also kissed her for a while then separated, creating a string of saliva.
"Then, then why wasn't I the first one you proposed? We, we have done i-it after all." She asked while shuttering and blushing.
"It just happened. I didn't plan anything and I don't regret a thing about it. But I am sorry if it hurt you by doing that. I would never want to hurt you, Shizuka." Haru replied sincerely, as he really just proposed to Saeko on the spur of the moment, without thinking of Shizuka's feelings. But he was not going to regret his decision, since he loves Saeko and there is nothing that would make him regret proposing to her. Shizuka looked at Haru for a while, expecting him to say something else but he didn't, and without her knowing tears started to flow out of her eyes and she started sobbing.
Haru felt that his heart was being pierced by something, looking at Shizuka crying. So, he hurriedly hugged her tightly and said, "I am sorry, I really am sorry." He didn't think that, just because he didn't propose to her first, it would hurt her this much.
"Don't say sorry!!!! Was everything between us just fun for you!! Have I ever had a place in your heart?!?!?!" She said in an angry and sad voice and tried pushing him away to break the hug. She was not expecting any reply, but she heard a reply. "Huh? What are you talking about?" he asked in a dumbfounded voice. "Eh?" which also caused her mind to go blank for a moment. But then both of them realized that there was a misunderstanding. Both of them looked at each other for a while, and Haru understood what was going on in the head of the woman in front of him.
"I don't know what you are thinking, but you always had a very large place in my heart. I enjoyed every moment of my time with you, and don't you ever think that I am playing with you, Shizuka." He said seriously and sincerely while looking into her eyes. When women are drunk, they tend to think more than they are supposed to and almost all the time they come to their own conclusion. Haru understood that Shizuka had also started overthinking, as she had little to no tolerance for drinks. So, he seriously justified himself. But Shizuka started sobbing again, though the reason was different.
"S-s-so, why don't you take me? Why don't you look at me? Why D-d-don't you do me?" Shizuka asked with a little nervousness and elation in her voice.
"Not today Shizuka, at least not right now. I will do that when you are a little sober, but right now you are more drunk than ever." He said gently and carefully while looking at her reaction so that he could change his words when her expression went negative. But thankfully she understood the meaning behind his words.
"Th-then let me hug you for a while." She said while snuggling closer to him, Haru also held her tighter and said, "Alright".
Haru kept patting her and after a while her breathing evened out and she fell asleep. The emotional up-downs were too much for her, which caused her more exhaustion than fighting zombies for hours.
After confirming that she was asleep, he stood up and carried her in a princess carry and walked towards the girl's room. Though not before saying, "I'll be back" to Kuroneko who was looking at him, and received a cute nod from her. When he opened the door of the room he could see, that everyone except Saeko and Kazuki were asleep after drinking or at least that's what it seemed like. With his super hearing, he could hear that Rei's breathing was uneven. Showing that she was still awake, but he didn't point it out. He just laid Shizuka on the mattress under the eyes of Saeko and Kazuki. When he got up Saeko looked at him curiously and asked, "Is she my sister-wife now?" She asked with a little tease in her tone.
He turned to look at Kazuki first, only to see her lowering her head with a blush. Then he turned his head towards Saeko and replied, "No, not yet." And Saeko raised a brow and smiled but didn't say anything else.
Haru also didn't say anything more, since he had noticed that when he placed Shizuka on the mattress, everyone woke up and focused on their conversation. Even Shizuka, who was a little sober now.
He then moved a little closer to Saeko and hugged and said, "Feeling jealous already?" at which every girl in the room flinched and even Kazuki lowered her head more.
"Jealous, yes. But not dissatisfied, since I can get the same thing as well." She said and gave a light kiss on his lips and moved back. He just chuckled at her response. Then went towards the balcony after patting Kazuki's head a little, not being able to see the meaningful look Saeko gave Kazuki, which caused her to blush hard.