First and foremost, let's not question things that don't need to be questioned. This is just a filler chapter.

You can think all of this happens in the future, in some alternative timeline, or whatever else you want to think. You can think of this as canon or non-canon for this story if you so wish. For now, just enjoy.

Basara had gone out to receive some special guests today. Those guests were both of his mothers, Sapphire and Raphaeline. Like I said, don't worry about things you don't need to.

"Humm, h-hi? I'm Basara, your… you know… son."

"I-I guess this is the first time we talk. I'm Raphaeline, your mother, one of them."

"Well, this isn't a first for me, but I suppose you don't have these memories anymore. I'm Sapphire, your other mother."

You could seriously consider this the first time these two mothers and son talk, so they were still a bit awkward. Nothing that time wouldn't fix though.

Sapphire and Raphaeline had just arrived in the human realm, in other words, Earth. Basara had gone to pick them up and guide them to the Toujou household.

Jin would have also come, but he just left a message for Basara that went like: "Basara, introduce everyone. Tell me the results later" and disappeared. Well, he would probably come back a short while after Basara had finished introducing everyone living in the Toujou household.

"For Jin to leave a message like that, there must be something for us to see at the house. All that I can think of is…"

"Jin spends most of the time away. So Basara would normally be living alone. But do you happen to be living with someone? More specifically, a girl?"

The mothers completed each other's line. Do mothers have some form of telepathy? Basara seriously asked himself that.

"Y-yeah. You two guessed it."

Well, it would be simple if it were just one… Things were sure to get awkward.

"Is she your girlfriend?" Sapphire asked.

"Y-yeah."

"I haven't seen you since you were born and you're already so grown up! Then, you have to properly introduce us later." Raphaeline said.

"O-ok."

One of his mothers was a goddess, the other was a demoness, so who was Basara supposed to pray to if they got angry? Should he pray for both God and the devil? Basara had a feeling he should start researching about that.

It didn't take long for them to reach the Toujou household. They did talk on they way there and got to know each other a bit, but we're not here for that.

Before entering their home, Basara and his mothers met with Yuki and Kurumi. From the bags in their hands, it looks like they just came back from buying stuff at the grocery store.

Raphaeline and Sapphire saw them about to enter the house, so it was more than obvious they lived there. The mothers had a doubt.

"? They are…?"

"Basara, which one of these-?"

His mothers had already guessed it, so Basara had decided to start explaining. He called Yuki and Kurumi over and introduced them.

"These two are Yuki and Kurumi Nonaka. We're childhood friends back from the time I lived in the hero village and, huh, some things happened and they both became my girlfriends. Yuki, Kurumi, these two are my mothers, Sapphire and Raphaeline."

The first two to react were, in order, Kurumi and Yuki.

"Eh? Uh? T-they are your mothers? N-nice to meet you two."

"Nice to meet you. Can I call both of you mother?"

Raphaeline and Sapphire looked at each other, exchanged a few glances that might have meant something, looked back at Basara and the other two, and said.

"W-well, he is Jin's son as well, so I guess this isn't unexpected."

"Yeah. I guess there's no problem if they don't mind. It's not like we're much better."

The mothers seemed to have accepted these two sisters. The sisters said they were going to take the stuff they bought to the kitchen and then entered the house. The mothers discussed something like "so that's why Jin said he'd come later" for a while. Basara tried to get them to enter the house, but it didn't seem like they were listening, so they spent some time outside.

After a few minutes of discussion passed, someone called out to Basara.

"Basara? And who are those?"

She was Celis, another hero and childhood friend of Basara's, like the Nonaka sisters. The two mothers saw her, and then turned to their son for an explanation. Basara started the introductions.

"These two are Raphaeline and Sapphire, my mothers. Moms, that girl is Celis Reinhartd. She is also one of my childhood friends from back when I lived at the village and… also one of my girlfriends."

Celis, without really knowing what to do or how to react, waved her hand and said.

"H-hello? I'm Celis, and, huh…"

This time, the mothers were faster to react.

"T-there's not that much difference from two to three, right?"

"R-right. And you know how you usually get really close to your childhood friends, right?"

Although the mothers had a smile on their lips, it made them look creepier. It seems they could accept two girls, since that was similar to their own situation, but were having a bit of trouble accepting three.

And we're only just beginning.

Since she really didn't know how to react, Celis simply said she was going inside and entered the house. She had just gone out for a walk, but that doesn't really matter to us.

"Basara, these three are the only childhood friends, right?"

"These three are the only ones, right?"

The mothers started questioning the son. They might be traumatized by their husband, though they don't really dislike the way things are. They hoped that the son would be better than the father.

"A-anyway, let's go in."

"He didn't answer" both mothers murmured. And that's how they finally entered the Toujou household.

Right after entering, the three met a certain vampire on the way out. She stopped just before bumping into Basara.

"B-Basara?!"

"Nanao?! What are the chances of something like this happening?!"

On that specify day, by random chance, Nanao had come to the Toujou household to grab some notes from Mio and Yuki. Like Basara said, what were the odds of his mothers meeting her like this?

"Is that a boy or a girl?"

"Right now, I'm hoping it's a girl."

By the way, Nanao was wearing some boyish clothes, so that's probably what got Basara's mothers confused. They were having trouble accepting three girls, but it didn't look like the situation would improve if there was a boy included. Luckily, that wasn't the case with Basara.

Before he was even asked to, Basara started the introductions in order to avoid any misunderstandings.

"These two are my mothers. That girl is Nanao Tachibana. She's a vampire, a friend from school and… another one of my girlfriends."

"Eh?! These are your mothers?! I-I'm not ready for that!"

While Nanao was flustered, the two mothers showed no reaction other than the release of a sigh. Apparently, just knowing Nanao was a girl was already some kind of relief. It seems they found it easier to accept four girls than three girls and a boy.

"Nanao, everyone is asking if you want to stay for dinner-? Basara-sama, and…?"

Zest was the one to appear at that time. She had just come to ask if Nanao wanted to stay for dinner, but, obviously, this turned to a chance encounter. Again, what were the chances of this? Basara decided it was better if he acted first.

"She is a goddess and also my mother, Raphaeline. She is a demoness and also my mother, Sapphire. She used to be one of my enemies' servants, but some things happened and she's now my servant and girlfriend, Zest."

"S-Sapphire-sama?!"

"Ahh, another one. A previous enemy this time."

"Well, we're the biggest proof that love does bloom in battle, aren't we?"

It seems the mothers felt some sort of a connection with this. Well, Zest's relationship with Basara was similar to Sapphire and Raphaeline's relationship with Jin in that sense.

Before even more stuff happened, Basara decided to introduce the rest of the house to his mothers. By the way, Nanao would apparently stay for dinner, but that also doesn't really matter to us.

Although his mothers weren't showing much a reaction, they were probably waiting for him to end the introductions to show what they think. Although Basara does love all of these girls, can he really blame his mothers if they don't approve of this?

They now went upstairs. Basara wanted to show his and his father's room to them, but Sapphire seemed to sense something and opened a different door. Inside, there was Basara's red and silver haired stepsisters.

"Basara-san?"

"And these are?"

Mio, Maria and Sapphire were looking between each other and then looking at Basara, as if searching for an explanation. Raphaeline was the only one that didn't seem to mind, probably because she didn't feel the sixth sense that told them someone of close lineage was nearby, though Raphaeline's time would come soon.

Well, this was bound to come sooner or later, Basara thought. Might as well go on.

"These are my mothers, Raphaeline and Sapphire. Moms, these are Mio and Maria Naruse. I'm sure both of you know about what went on the demon realm and these two are Wilbert's daughters. I guess they also count as my stepsisters, but, huh, they are also my girlfriends."

Mio and Maria were surprised. They had heard about Sapphire before. They knew she was once considered the strongest demoness and they also knew that she was Basara's mother, but they never imagined they would meet like this.

They were all surprised for sure, but the one to voice out her thoughts was Sapphire.

"Eh?! Even my nieces?! He won't stop even for incest?!"

"By now, we might as well accept it, but I really don't know how to feel about this."

Seeming to agree with Raphaeline, Sapphire calmed down, or at least tried to. Basara decided it was best to introduce his mothers to his room before they changed their minds. He thought that was his best option.

Except it wasn't. And Basara discovered that as soon as he opened the door.

"Hi~ Basa…ra? Raphaeline?!"

"Afureia?!"

Chisato was waiting for Basara in his room in what I'll call "battle clothes" to not go in detail, but I'm sure you can imagine. Just like I said just now, it was Raphaeline's turn to deal with a "close lineage relationship."

Since the disaster was already set, Basara decided to simply moved on with the introductions before he lost all will to do so.

"These are my mothers, Sapphire and Raphaeline. That woman is Afureia, but here on Earth she uses the name Chisato Hasegawa. She has helped me out a lot and she is also one of my girlfriends. I swear this one is the last one."

The mothers reacted almost instantaneously. Though their roles seemed reversed from last time.

"Even my cousin?! Isn't there a lot of incest going on here?!"

"I'll return your words to you, Raphaeline. By now, we might as well accept it, but I really don't know how to feel about this."

Basara had planned to introduce his room to his mothers, but he decided to leave that for later, for obvious reasons. He then took his mothers to his father's room.

No incidents occurred this time, luckily, though that was probably because of lack of characters. But, even so, all the two mothers said was "we shouldn't have let Jin raise him alone" and "we really shouldn't have" and stuff like that. It would seem the apple didn't fall far from the tree.

After that, they had dinner. Basara thought something might happen on the table, but nothing happened. One of his mothers was a demoness and the other a goddess, so who was he supposed to thank for that? Should he thank both God and the devil? Maybe he should start researching about that.

After that, the mothers said they wanted to have a talk with the girls. Luckily, Jin had called Basara, so he had to leave either way. Basara left the house and allowed them to have a "special girl's talk."

Jin was waiting in front of the house. It seems he had no plans to go in if the mothers were rampaging in there. Basara was thinking about how to get back at his father, but he should leave that for later.

"So? How was it?"

"They are all talking right now."

"I see. So we just wait for the results huh."

Mio, Maria, Yuki, Kurumi, Zest, Chisato, Nanao and Celis. These eight girls were important to Basara and he was sure his mothers would come to accept them, but he couldn't deny that it was a big hit for them.

After a while, the mothers came out of the house. Jin had his back turned to the house, so he was surprised when the two women grabbed him by his head. Just by looking, Basara was impressed Jin's skull wasn't smashed.

"So this is where you were hiding."

"We need to have a good talk about your parenting."

They were smiling, but that only made them scarier. The mothers started pulling Jin in by his head. Basara decided that, from the looks of things, he didn't need to get back at his father. Before they entered the house, Basara's mothers turned to look at him and said.

"These girls, all eight of them, are all good girls. We don't mind them."

"What we mean to say is, although it'll take some getting used to, as long as you all love each other, we have no problem with that."

Basara nodded. Jin was then taken in by his wives. Basara could only pray for his father's safety now. Not even the God of War could fight a mother, much less two.

Basara then went back in. He went back to the family that, after much fighting, was all reunited again.

I'm sure you all noticed, but this isn't a batch, just a chapter. I know this didn't add anything to the story, but I just felt like posting a filler chapter. I wanted this to be more of a comedy, but it didn't quite turn out that way… well, this is really just a filler that you don't even have to consider canon, so I didn't mind it too much.

By the way, for those who don't know, or forgot, today (April 1st), Volume 12 is out, also happy Easter to everyone. Now let me talk about this chapter.

Celis is here for this chapter. I wanted to use her in the main story, but I wasn't able to, so I had her appear here (even though I've been recently told she isn't part of Basara's harem. Is that true?). The theme of the chapter was just Basara introducing his mothers to his harem. I think I could have worked the mothers' reactions better, but they have yet to really appear in the story and I didn't really want to put too much effort here.

And with all that out if the way, I'll use the rest of this note to give you all an update.

The extras are actually (almost) finished. I haven't posted them already because I want to have the Basara X Chisato ready, cause I want to post it a week or two after the extras are out. I'd give it a 60-70% chance of it coming in April, but, if it doesn't, it will come in May (the numbers are purely illustrative and don't actually mean anything).

As a little spoiler (or heads-up), some might be "disappointed" in the extras since it was focused on Anna and the other girls were just support there. Well, I said it was gonna be like that before, but I'm just repeating that (you have been warned). I don't think anyone will have any problems with the Basara X Chisato (and I'll say I have a surprise ready there that I think everyone will love).

Well, that's it for me for now. See you all sometime.