To bloodyredrose1994: I sincerely apologize if you end up disliking this but yes... Guinevere would be somewhat OOC in this fanfic. In the anime canon, Filo never really had a mother figure who could teach her how to be a proper lady. Raphtalia is more of a big sister instead of a mother to Filo so she doesn't count. Also, in the anime, Naofumi never fully accepted his role as a father to Filo, so she never really got around to calling him "daddy". I hope you continue to read and support my story despite its imperfections.
To Oniner: Yamai and Kurumi are from the anime Date A Live. I also borrowed Rino's appearance from Miku Izayoi from this anime also.
To KiritoIRL: Answering your question about keeping Eugeo's alliance with Naofumi a secret... it would no longer be secret. The main purpose of Eugeo and Alice's stunt is to derail Melromarc's false belief that the Shield Hero is not needed in combating the Waves.
Thanks to the historical lore that Eugeo and Alice made up at the rigged duel a few chapters ago... the Church's claim of the Shield Hero being rightfully demonitized by his fellow heroes are now nearly non-existant. With the beliefs of the Three Heroes Church being questioned by the citizens and a chunk of its members, Eugeo is now more free to help Naofumi without getting labeled as a public enemy of Melromarc.
As for Yamai and Kurumi reacting to their meeting with Eugeo, I'm sorry to say that it won't happen. I'm only using the characters themselves, not their backstory or their love-interest in the Date A Live anime.
To SxS: Naofumi DID got those shields. If I'm not mistaken, I wrote it in the Wave chapter where Naofumi and Eugeo did some cleaning up at Lute village by absorbing a lot of the monster corpses left behind by the Wave. I just didn't write them getting unlocked because they didn't have any Weapon Skills, only Stat boosters. My other readers and fellow authors advised me not to overdo the unlocking of new weapon forms.
- Thanks for the ideas on future Sword forms, but I won't be able to use all of them as keeping track of too many forms is a bit hard to balance.
To KafeiDetour: You don't have to worry on that front. Each of the girls will have their chance to shine and get some character development as the story progresses. And only one more girl will join his Harem, (story wise, about 2 months from now) and no more will follow afterwards. This is my first ever fanfiction so I'm still inexperienced in fleshing out the characters but I will do my best. I hope you continue to enjoy this story despite its flaws.
NUMBER OF VOTING POLLS:
1.) Rino's home
Lerno village - 10
Northern territories - 5
Former Dragon Village - 2
2.) Fixing Itsuki's mess
Yes - 15
No - 0
3.) Appearance of Yamai and Kurumi
before battle with glass in slave tent - 1
during the clean up of Itsuki's mess - 4
after battle with glass - 3
FINAL RESULTS OF POLLS:
1.) Although not so cut throat, the one that will be Rino's home town will be Lerno Village where Motoyasu royally screwed up.
2.) Another landslide winner of the polls, this fanfic will have an arc where Eugeo and Naofumi will fix Itsuki's revolution mess.
3.) Not much has been thought on this poll but as the votes shows... Yamai and Kurumi will be the "personal" slaves of the corrupted king who took over the Northern Territories shortly after Itsuki left.
FOR THOSE READERS WHO DIDN'T NOTICE:
Just imagine "Filo" wearing the outfit of the female main character in the mobile game called "Genshin Impact". I thought that her clothes look both cute and badass so decided to use the design for Guinevere's modified clothes.
As for those who don't know, Yamai and Kurumi are from the Date A Live anime.
SHOUT OUT TO ALL READERS:
This chapter is a conjoined work between me and my fellow author "KiritoIRL" as he helped me flesh out this chapter into a really pleasant read. It is somewhat a filler chapter but will still move along the storyline and would also kinda jump-start Eugeo's relationship with the girls.
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It was just about sundown when Eugeo managed to teleport himself and his party back to the capital city of Melromarc. Materializing in a golden light just a few feet away from Erhard's front door as this is the general area where the young Hero assigned as his Castle Town Save Point.
Remembering the promise he made with the kind blacksmith, Eugeo decided to complete one last task for the day before he falls over in a well deserved slumber. Since the rest of his group were completely exhausted, (Anna even more so as her body is still recovering from poisoning) Eugeo ordered them to go on ahead and rent two rooms at the nearest inn while he handles his business with Erhard. With Arthur and the girls being too tired to argue, they promptly obeyed and left without much effort.
"Sword boy!" Erhard grinned in both excitement and concern as he saw the clearly exhausted Eugeo wobbling inside his doorstep, "Haven't seen you in a while. I was starting to worry that you bitten off more than you can chew in one of your Heroic adventures."
"I guess you can say that, which is why my party and I are all exhausted. So we plan to eat an early dinner before hitting the beds for some well deserved sleep." Eugeo replied with a tired chuckle while scratching his head, a habit that he picked up from Kirito, "But seeing that your shop is practically in front of the Save Point that I made, I thought that giving you what I promised a day earlier wouldn't be too troublesome."
And just as Eugeo promised, Erhard was able to get first dibs on 2 whole crates worth of rare metals and ores that he had collected from the quest. Much to the blacksmith's delight as he gleefully inspected the quality of said materials. Things got even better for Erhard's potential profits as Eugeo proceeded to commission to him more armor sets for his lesser equipped companions.
The Wave in Siltvelt has shown him that Anna is still ill-equipped and is in dire need of an upgrade. Same thing could be said for Rifana's as even the sturdier armor that she received from Ingrid was still heavily damaged by the previous battle. Which is why Eugeo also left behind a sizable amount of Gaelion's leftover dragonscales and talons that Erhard can use for his latest project.
Exiting the blacksmith's shop, Eugeo quickly reunited with his companions at the nearby inn. All of them agreeing to have an early dinner so they can all hit the beds as quickly as possible.
Unsurprisingly, Eugeo's meal that evening was met with some measure of fanfare, from both the employees and patrons alike. The Melromarc citizens quickly recognizing the Legendary Sword that is strapped at his hip. No doubt, the news of the his return would spread like wild fire at the first light of dawn of the next day. Maybe even before that, if the Church's Shadows are back in town also.
Not that Eugeo, Kirin, Rifana, Anna and Arthur cared much about the local gossips. The party of five preferring to focus their attention on the small feast that the inn keeper have decided to prepare for them as a favor to the honorable Sword Hero. Especially on Arthur's part as he had built up quite the appetite after all the fighting that they had to do for the passed couple of hours.
All except for Eugeo that is...
His mind stuck in a clueless haze on how he's going to tackle tonight's "the talk" despite literally having Alice's blessings on this whole Harem agreement thing. Especially since, aside from his currently blooming relationship with Alice, Eugeo had no idea on how to even handle a lady's declaration of love towards him. Let alone three more of them at the same time!
Tiese's confession during his last days at the Swordcraft Academy is by far the closest thing he had of facing the earnest words of a young woman who's in love with him. And like a coward, the best answer that he gave back then is for Tiese to wait for him until he ascended to Knighthood. Promising that they would discuss things between them if he manages to climb the rankings of the Integrity Knights.
A promise that was never fulfilled, partially because of the rapid chain of events that followed... and partially because of his untimely death during his final battle with the Administrator.
That kind of resolution wouldn't be working this time...
Not only will it cause unintentional pain in the hearts of the three other girls who are falling in love with him...
but he will also have to face the hoards of noble women that the other countries might throw at him in the near future...
possibly to try and force him into multiple loveless marriages.
Something that he very much despises.
'I wonder how Kirito would have handled things if he's the one in my place.' Eugeo absently thought to himself before swallowing the last bite of his dinner plate.
In another world...
In a small wooden house just outside of Rulid Village...
The one-armed and still comatosed Kirito suddenly sneezed out of nowhere. Startling the former Integrity Knight Alice as she just finished spoonfeeding him his dinner. This unexpected development gave this Alice a small measure of relief. Small as it may be, she felt elated that her efforts in caring for Kirito has achieved a bit of progress in his recovery.
After paying the employees with a hefty tip despite their protests, Eugeo asked for two rooms that he can rent for the night. Asking for an average sized room for Arthur and himself and a larger one for Kirin, Rifana and Anna.
While Eugeo's preference for ordering separate sleeping arrangements is seen as common courtesy...
For tonight, things would be a bit different.
While far from the level of love that he shares with Alice...
and despite having known them for only a short period of time...
Eugeo has truly learned to care for the three women in his party deeply.
Although his relationship with Kirin, Anna and Rifana leans more on friendship and the comrade-in-arms department, it still has the potential to grow into so much more.
And for the sake of everyone's happiness, (and also for his own protection) he gathered up his resolve and decided to convey his answer.
That he would give this Harem idea a try.
'Alice?'
'Yes Eugeo?' Alice asked in clueless anticipation. Having noticed her beloved Eugeo's need for privacy during dinner, she took it upon herself to sever her link with him so that he can get some much needed privacy.
'Tell the girls to refrain from sleeping for a bit longer.' Eugeo answered with firm conviction, 'I wish to talk with them about... my final decision.'
Alice took a few moments to realize what Eugeo meant before giggling in delight.
'Will do!'
The Sword Spirit squealed before growing silent. Most likely shifting her telepathy towards the other girls to convey his message.
"Wherever you are Kirito... I fully blame you for this." Eugeo murmured to himself in humorous sarcasm while scratching his head. Kirito has always been popular with the female half of the Swordcraft Academy.
And somehow... someway... Eugeo had a strong suspicion that his best friend inadvertently infected him with his unnatural luck with women.
About 15 minutes later...
After making sure that Arthur has fallen asleep in his bed, Eugeo quietly exited the room that they shared. Moving as silent as he can to not disturb the other tenants, Eugeo quickly walked towards the designated door where the girls are currently residing.
'Stay cool Eugeo...' the Sword Hero thought to himself, taking in a few deep breaths to calm down his nerves, 'You can do this.'
With his simple self assurance, Eugeo calmly raised his hand to knock at the wooden door to request entry...
Thump! Creak!
"Well hello Master~~..."
That is, until he got beaten to the punch as a pair of strong yet supple arms of a serpentine seductress grabs Eugeo by the shoulders and pulls him in. The blonde Sword Hero couldn't help but yelp in surprise as he got dragged to a nearby bed where Kirin and Rifana were awaiting for his arrival.
"Come on in Master." Not really sharing Anna's enthusiasm, Rifana awkwardly welcomed Eugeo inside.
"We were waiting for you Sir Eugeo." Kirin spoke her piece as calmly as she can.
Either Anna and Rifana were actively using their enhanced Demi-human senses to detect his approach... or Alice forewarned them about his impending arrival.
'Guilty as charged darling!' Alice teasingly admitted without an ounce of guilt before going silent again.
'I should have known...' Eugeo could only sigh in mild exasperation before smiling. 'Oh well... I guess that's just one of the many reasons why I love you.'
Finding this rare display of Alice's mischievous side to be both amusing and very endearing.
'Now then...'
As Eugeo took a seat at the right end of the bed, Anna joined her fellow females to line up at the left.
Seeing the nervous yet hopeful expressions on the three women's faces, Eugeo felt nervous as he cleared his throat. Because of his humble upbringing, being a woodcutter for 6 years then becoming a swordsman for 2, he didn't really know how to speak more formally aside from the bare minimum.
So Eugeo decided to be blunt as he admittedly didn't have a clue on how to elaborate this subject in a much more tactful manner.
"I'll go straight to the point. I decided to give this Harem idea you girls had a try."
Eugeo boldly declared while staring at each of the three girls with very determined eyes. Fighting down the noticeable blush that began to form on both of his cheeks. The three girls were a hairbreadth away from cheering in relief and delight when Eugeo immediately paused them on the spot. Raising his open palm in a firm 'hold-on-a-second' motion.
"But on three conditions."
Kirin, Rifana and Anna all nodded in almost perfect sync as they eagerly focused on hearing what their beloved Hero has to say.
"My 1st condition is that there would be no fighting amongst yourselves. I promise to do my best to make time to spend for each and every one of you. So there will be no need for anyone to fight for my attention." Eugeo more or less commanded as he counted the condition with a finger.
The three girls nodded in understanding. They knew about Eugeo's kind and peaceful nature, so his first condition is actually very reasonable and fits with his preference of doing things.
"My 2nd condition is to keep any kind of public show of affection to be relatively tame. I don't know how different the customs of this world is compared to mine, but I would feel a lot better if we keep our displays of affection away from prying eyes." Eugeo explained as he counted his fingers to number 2.
While Kirin and Rifana didn't have any issues with the 2nd condition, nodding immediately in agreement, Anna couldn't help but pout with a soft grumble. The Snake lady didn't really like the limitation being placed. But she eventually agreed as the condition technically didn't include the times when they are out in the wilderness and far from any human settlements and prying eyes.
"My 3rd and final condition is actually Alice's idea, not mine." Eugeo sheepishly admits with a severely embarrassed smile as he held his third finger to finish his count, "Alice suggested that you girls should take turns of getting the chance to share a bed with me."
That last condition caused all three girls to explode in heavy blushes, their respective imaginations going wild. Anna being more so as she knew that her next phase of going into heat might be more extreme than the last one.
But despite that, the three girls eventually managed to give awkward nods. Signaling their acceptance to the now established rules that Eugeo has layed out for them to follow. The Sword Hero couldn't help but release a huge sigh of relief as he relaxed his very stiff shoulders.
"Thanks a lot for being so understanding of me, you girls." Eugeo said as he then gave a bow of gratitude to his now, unofficial love candidates, "I truly am grateful."
"N-Not at all Master Eugeo!" Rifana stammered with a blush as she felt unworthy of receiving this kind of treatment. She is Eugeo's slave after all.
"S-She's right." Kirin added in an embarrassed fluster, "We're the ones who should be grateful. For giving the three of us a chance like this."
"Mmhhmm." Anna simply hummed in agreement with a blushing yet enthusiastic nod.
"Even so, I still appreciate it." Eugeo replied as he sat up straight again, "Having... more than one woman might be considered a common thing for high-ranking citizens of this world, but that isn't the case for me. In fact, I don't even know how to keep a steady relationship. Let alone having more than one."
Unknown to the Sword Hero, Alice and the rest of the girls all had one thought in mind...
'Just stay as you are now...'
The females all smiled endearingly at their chosen Hero, a strong yet gentle hero.
'that is all you will ever need to do.'
With their intimate conversation gradually coming to a close, Eugeo conveys his good nights and tried to exit the girls' room.
Keyword "Tried".
Everything about this night would have ended smoothly by this point.
But unfortunately, thanks to the condition that Alice decided to add for Eugeo, the girls are now very eager to get their turn to share a bed with their beloved Sword Hero.
So, long story short, after a lot of intense debating and much more awkward embarrassment on Eugeo's part, they finally agreed to let Kirin have the first night. The next one would be Rifana's turn and Anna would be going in last before cycling back to Kirin.
Alice decided not to participate in the debate as she already has the privilege of always being by Eugeo's side, whether its in her sword form or in humanoid form. And thanks to Eugeo's rapidly expanding MP and SP reserves, Alice can now transform nearly whenever she wants. Granted, she still has to keep an eye on her energy consumption as to not deplete Eugeo's strength.
Anna mercilessly gave a farewell tease as Eugeo and Kirin exited the room.
"Have a good night you super stud you~~"
Causing the still developing couple a furious blush at the heavily implied parting words.
In the darkness of the night, as everyone turned in to sleep away the evening hours...
"He's here."
The best squadron of Shadows that the Church had to offer, about 6 members in total...
"Understood."
descended upon the Inn where the Sword Hero was reported to be spending the night. Parkouring and sprinting along the walls and rooftops of the nearby structures. In search of the elusive and corrupted Hero of the Sword.
Having been sent out of the capital to investigate the deaths of several of the Church's biggest benefactors, they were left clueless about everything that occurred at the King's Post-Wave afterparty. Taking advantage of their loyalty and lack of knowledge, the Pope spun an incomplete story of the events that happened that night.
Saying that the Sword Hero sided with the Shield Hero by helping him win the duel against the Spear Hero. Also claiming that the great and honorable Sword Hero is being tainted and influenced by two Demi-human harlots that wormed their way into said Hero's party.
"It's the only explanation." the Pope said in anger, "Otherwise, the great Sword Hero would never turn his back on us and side with the Devil of the Shield! They must be terminated!"
And so, mislead to believe the false story, the Shadows quickly obeyed and proceeded on their new mission. To silently capture and dispose of the two she-devils who dared to taint their honorable Sword Hero.
"Here's the Sword Hero." one of the masked Shadows whispered as he found Eugeo sleeping with Kirin through one of the windows. (unbeknownst to them, the two seemingly sleeping swordsman were in alert when they sensed their presence and were prepared to take action if the Shadows decided to break in)
"We'll have to get rid of the bird beast some other time." another Shadow spoke as he noticed Arthur sleeping in another bed just a few feet away, "It's too dangerous for us to do it now."
With all of the Shadows in agreement, they left the Sword Hero's room alone and continued their search for their prime targets. Which wasn't really hard as the girls' room were predictively found just a few doors away from the Sword Hero's.
As the six Church Shadows stealthily entered the room through the window, they unknowingly walked right into a trap.
(*collective gasps*)
The very moment all of them set foot inside Rifana and Anna's sleeping quarters, the floorboards along with their legs got frosted over by some kind of freeze spell. Immobilizing all of them from the waist down in a solid block of ice.
But before they got the chance to gather their wits and try to escape from their frosty restraints, they immediately witnessed something that caused any thought about their mission to fade away from their minds...
FLASH!
With their very own eyes, the Church's Shadows saw the Legendary Sword floating in thin air, bathing the room with light before morphing into what they could only describe as a holy angel sent from the heavens.
"Greetings, foolish mortals." Alice coldly said in a very convincing voice of authority, "So what is your twisted excuse of a religion up to THIS time."
The Shadows drastically paled beneath their black cloaks as they soon learned the hard way just how scary an angel of god could be if angered to such an extent.
Anna and Rifana, who were only feigning slumber when they awoke from Alice's warnings, finally relaxed their guard and went back to sleep. Said Sword Spirit then spent the next few minutes interrogating the Shadows within her mindscape before knocking them unconscious. Throwing them out of the window and into the partially hidden alleyway bellow afterwards.
Needless to say, the Pope will be more than just upset when he discovers the "letters of resignation" these Shadows would write for him to read a few hours later at his Church office. Although the Pope still has a few part-time Shadow platoons at his beck and call, losing his top squadron would still cause severe repercussions in his sect's forces.
[Dream Sequence Start]
"Hmm~~ Is it morning already?" Eugeo moaned out with a heavy yawn as he rose from his slumber.
Sitting up while rubbing his eyes to wipe away some of the sleepiness, the Sword Hero quickly noticed that he's no longer in the same room that he once slept the night before. Instead of the generic room of the inn that he rented, he is now sitting in a room that is not only larger and well lived in, but also strangely reminiscent in design to the simple home he had in Rulid village – except that it was a bit more elegant and extravagant. Not to the point of high-ranking nobility, but certainly more extravagant than the room he remembered living in Rulid.
'Am I dreaming about the past again?' Eugeo thought to himself in confusion, before looking down at his hands to see that it looked just the way he remembered and not smaller. 'No, I'm not a child, so this can't be a memory of the past. Besides, I don't remember ever sleeping in a room this extravagant'
After reaching this conclusion, Eugeo stretched and rubbed his eyes again to clear the remainder of sleep away and started to move with the intention of getting out of the bed he was on. But as he started to move his legs to do so, he felt them collide softly with something else that seemed to be on the bed. Puzzled, Eugeo opened his eyes and let them refocus from the rubbing. It was only then that Eugeo realized that he wasn't alone in the room.
For when he looked down to see what his leg had collided with, he saw not just one but a total of four pairs of smooth, milky, and feminine-looking legs on the larger bed that he had been laying on. Quickly darting his eyes to see the faces of the owners of the four pairs of legs, he was thunderstruck to see that it was Kirin, Rifana, Anna - and especially to his shock and confusion – Alice!
'HUH?! How… how is Alice still in her physical form and not in her Legendary Sword form…?!'
The last time he had spent the night with Alice in Siltvelt during their undercover mission to face Siltvelt's wave, she had reverted back to her sword form when he had woken up since his mana had been drained while they had fallen asleep after their first passionate night. Don't get the wrong idea – he was happy to see that Alice had somehow been seemingly freed from the Legendary Sword.
After spending a few seconds to think about a plausible answer as to how Alice had permanently regained her physical body, he gave up – unable to come up with an answer that made sense. He would have to ask Alice herself when she woke up from her slumber.
As he began to refocus on the other three girls, he saw that they too had a very satisfied smile on their faces as they slumbered away. He smiled at the fact that the girls were sleeping peacefully. Not wanting to rudely awake them, he began to move slowly to get out of the bed. But as his now completely focused eyesight began to move from their blissful sleeping faces back to his own legs, something once again caught his eyes – but this time, the sight of interest made all his ability to think grind to a complete halt.
'Eh…… Eh…? EEEHHHHHHH?!'
Waking up to find the girls that he now knew wanted to become his love interests cuddling closely to him no longer bothered Eugeo as much as before. After all, he already experienced this kind of scenario a number of times when he and the girls (minus Alice since she didn't have a permanent physical body back then) had to spend the night inside Arthur's carriage when they had to camp out during the colder evenings.
Squeezing in a little close together while inside the wooden transport so everyone can sleep a bit warmer. Although Eugeo would still feel embarrassed whenever he woke up the next morning to find that the girls (especially Anna) had ended up hugging him in a more enticing manner.
But that wasn't the problem this time. What he saw – now that his eyes were no longer blurry from the sleep residue – was that not only were Alice, Kirin, Anna and Rifana all cuddling closely to his body... but all four of them were as naked as the day they were born!
It didn't matter if they were still being half covered by the thin blanket, he could still clearly see their nude bodies in all their glory!
Eugeo's face began to reach dangerously high levels of heat as both of his cheeks were lighting up like two bright red traffic lights. And to make matters worse, when he jolted to get himself off the bed he had been on – completely forgetting about his previous intention to let the girls sleep in – he noticed that as he turned to look down at his own body, that he too was just as stark naked as the girls were!
And if that wasn't bad enough, the four girls were all starting to wake up from Eugeo's sudden movement as they moaned and flickered their eyes that focused as soon as they saw their beloved hero. The now panicking Sword Hero was about to make a hasty escape when two powerful arms seductively embraced him from behind.
"Well, good morning handsome~" Anna hissed into his ear as Eugeo felt a pair of heavenly soft pillows of flesh being caressed along his back.
Before Eugeo could react or do anything else, Anna's intimate gesture is soon followed by the others in quick succession. Alice claiming Eugeo's right arm, Rifana taking hold of the left and Kirin settling her head in the middle of his bare chest – all of their well-endowed breasts pressing down against different parts of the petrified hero's body as a result.
"Good morning dear~~…"
"Did you sleep well, my beloved knight?"
"Would you still like to sleep in, my dear husband?"
Kirin, Alice, and Rifana greeted respectively in similar seductive tones that matched their facial expressions. And for Rifana, even her tail wagged gently behind her in bliss.
Eugeo's brain once again froze at the youngest of the litter – Rifana's words.
"Hu… husband…?" Eugeo finally asked in a small voice.
The girls seemed to look at each other in confusion.
"Are you still asleep dear? Yes, she called you husband" Anna said from behind him, not releasing her grip on him.
"In fact, we all should be calling you that from now on!" Kirin said joyfully, to which the others seemed to murmur in agreement.
"Then shall we?"
"Yes. Let's" Rifana and Alice said in unison.
Then, the four young women greeted him in chorus.
" " " "Good morning, dear husband~~..." " " "
If Eugeo had felt that his face was heating up from embarrassment before, he now felt like it was on fire.
"Wha… when… how…" Eugeo struggled to get his words out.
Seeing this, the four women now looked at each other in concern.
"Do you really not remember anything?" Alice asked.
Then, the girls simultaneously pointed at something that was currently out of his field of view. Following his line of sight to where the girls were pointing to, he saw something that again made him freeze completely.
On the right side of the bed and other side of the room hung a big and well-drawn portrait. The content: himself along with the four women – all of them in bridal dresses and smiling joyously.
"We all married you the day before, remember?"
"And we're in our honeymoon right now"
"You made us feel so good yesterday thanks to Lady Alice's spell. So now, let's continue what we started" Kirin, Rifana, and Anna said in a seductive tone, with Anna ever-so-slightly tightening her grip, with her mounds pressing even more firmly against his back.
Eugeo's eyes widened at hearing the girls' statements. What was Anna talking about? Feel good thanks to Alice's spell?! And what did she mean, finish what they started?!
But seeing his own nakedness as well as that of the four women laying before him, it didn't take a genius to figure out what they were implying.
He almost beggingly looked at Alice, giving her a look that asked to explain what Anna was talking about.
To answer his question, Alice asked the following:
"Eugeo, um… remember the sword we unlocked during our first night together?"
Eugeo stopped to think about what Alice was talking about, seeing that currently his head was in a jumbled mess from all the shock and confusion he had just experienced. But when his head finally clicked, Eugeo once again felt heat rising in his face.
"The… the… the Sword of Procreation…?!" He finally sputtered. He didn't think he'd ever end up using the effects of that extremely peculiar sword!
"Mmhm…" Alice hummed as she gave a slight nod in confirmation.
"Lady Alice told us about it during one of our girl talks"
"So, we decided to have her try its effects out during our honeymoon"
"I don't think I'll ever forget what we experienced last night thanks to that sword… So please, let's keep going"
Rifana, Kirin, and Anna said, respectively. Eugeo looked at Alice with a thunderstruck look on his face. Alice had told them about that sword?! He continued to look at Alice with the look that silently asked for an answer from his golden-haired lover.
At least Alice had the decency to also look embarrassed as he could also see that her face was turning red as she avoided her sapphire gaze from his own. That was all the confirmation Eugeo needed – the other girls (particularly Anna) – must have nagged Alice to tell them about it when they somehow learned of the kinky sword's existence!
But her embarrassed look didn't last too long, as Alice soon joined the other three girls' actions – which was to lean forward to give him a kiss. Or perhaps something more than just a kiss if their aroused eyes are anything to go by.
Just as Eugeo felt that he would explode from the accumulated heat on his face, his brain short-circuited. Before anything intimate or pleasurable could happen any further, a bright light flashed before Eugeo's eyes.
The next thing he knew, Eugeo found himself transported into some kind of infirmary where several healers where going in and out of a particular room in a semi-chaotic frenzy – this time, he was fully clothed in his armor that he had grown used to wearing. It took Eugeo a few minutes of listening in to the jumbled-up conversations that were being traded back and forth for him to understand that his female companions are in some kind of fragile condition. Worrying the Sword Hero greatly, he tried to see them but was prevented to enter the room by the healers. Saying that his nature as a Legendary Hero might accidentally disrupt the room's medical enchantments.
Fortunately, Eugeo didn't have to wait for too long as the medical check up came to an end much sooner than anticipated as the head healer soon exited the room.
"Congratulations Sir Sword Hero." the Head Healer remarked in a strangely proud and cheerful smile, "In several months, you will be the proud father of five children."
"WHAT?!"
"Lady Alice will have a son, Lady Kirin will have a daughter, Lady Rifana will also have a girl, and Lady Anna is expected to have twins." the Doctor informed with the same cheery tone before signaling to the nurses to allow the expecting mothers to exit the room.
Eugeo's eyes widened drastically as his jaw dropped in embarrassed shock as he watched Alice, Kirin, Rifana and Anna being escorted out of the medical chamber one by one. Their swollen baby bump very noticeable for everyone to see to indicate pregnancy.
" " " "Congratulations dear Eugeo. You're going to be a daddy soon." " " "
The four mothers-to-be said in chorus with warm and affectionate smiles on their faces. Rubbing their respective abdomen with pride. Seeing the tiny life growing inside them as the embodiment of the love they shared with Eugeo.
The Sword Hero is left speechless as his face started to become blood-red again – his mind getting overwhelmed by the overload of emotions.
"I... I'm a... I'm gonna be a..." Eugeo stuttered with intense multitudes of emotions stirring up inside his head. Before he could react to this news, the same bright light flashed in Eugeo's eyes to change the scenery again.
As he refocused his eyes, he saw that he was alone in a long and barely lit corridor. But before he could gather anymore info of where he was, he heard a bloodcurdling scream coming from the end of the corridor. What alarmed him more than anything was that the voice that screamed was the voice that he knew all too well.
"ALICE!!" Eugeo shouted as he started to run towards the source of the scream.
"AAHHHHHHH~~!" He heard Alice scream again, clearly in agony.
"Alice! Hang on! I'm coming!" Eugeo shouted as he pushed his legs to go faster towards the end of the corridor, where he could see a door with light coming out from the other side.
Eugeo's mind suddenly flashed back to that fateful day in Rulid village during his childhood… when the Integrity Knight came to apprehend his best friend and love Alice Zuberg for breaking the Taboo Index… He had been unable to do anything but watch because of the Seal of the Right Eye holding him back at the time… but he didn't have that restriction anymore.
He had finally been given a chance to spend the rest of his life with Alice! He wasn't going to let anything take that chance away from him. He wasn't going to let harm befall on her – not again... never again!
Alice's scream once again pierced through the air. But this time, it was accompanied by another familiar voice.
"Mmmmm…!! Please… where are you…? My dear Eugeo…? Help… Please!"
"Anna?!" Eugeo realized in alarm. Anna's pleading screams somehow reminded him of when he and Kirin had first met Anna… when they had rescued her and the demi-humans from Idol Rabier and the rotten nobles…
What was going on?! Had Alice and Anna somehow been captured by another group of perverse nobles?! Or was it the Three Heroes Church that had captured them?! He put even more pressure on his legs to go faster. The door where the screams were coming from was getting closer and closer – slowly but surely.
"Please…! Make it stop…! It hurts… It hurts so much…!" As if Eugeo wasn't frightened enough for the well being of the girls, he heard Rifana's voice pleading weakly.
Were their captors torturing them?! Were they demi-human haters and insane zealots of the Three Heroes Church?! The frightening thought fueled Eugeo to run even faster towards the door – to the point that his legs were starting to burn painfully and his heart ready to explode.
"I can't… I can't do this anymore…! Eugeo!" Kirin's pain-filled voice was also added to the scream of the other three ladies.
"ALICE?! ANNA?! RIFANA?! KIRIN!!" Eugeo yelled towards where the four girls seemed to be.
"Ahhh~~!! EUGEO!!!" The voices of the four girls he had grown to care for screamed his name in pure agony.
"Alice! Hang on! I'm coming!" Eugeo shouted as he pushed his legs to go faster towards the end of the corridor, where he could see a door with light coming out from the other side.
"Hold on, all of you!! Please, just hold on! I'm here!" Eugeo declared as he drew his sword that was sheathed in his belt to cut down whoever it was that were causing the girls such pain. With a look of utmost fury on his face at the tormentors, Eugeo finally reached the door, which he quickly slammed open. As soon as he did, the light that had been emanating from the door became blinding. Eugeo covered his eyes from the bright light that blinded and deafened him completely.
But in a few moments, the light disappeared and was replaced by a scene that he hadn't been expecting at all.
Instead of finding himself facing a platoon of hateful zealots in the room, women who seemed to be healers were near four sets of beds, which he noticed contained each of the four women who had confessed their feelings for him.
Looking at their faces, he saw that all four of them were alright, much to his great relief… and there were no Church zealots there to begin with. Although the girls all appeared to be completely exhausted where they were lying on their beds, drenched in sweat.
What had been happening to make them scream like they were…?
What he heard next gave the answer.
His auditory sense finally returned to him to make him hear not one but multiple wailings… Specifically, wailings of infants…
Five healers had in their arms blankets that wrapped the sources of the wailings. They then carefully carried three bundles over to Alice, Kirin, and Rifana – two for Anna. The healers all smiled as they did so.
The four girls who seemed like they were barely able to get their eyes open, weakly sat up from their respective beds with help from the healers. Looking closely, Eugeo saw that their hair was a mess and the strands of hair at the front were sticking to their foreheads from the sweat. They also had dark bags under their eyes, indicating how tired they were.
When they were finished sitting up, the healers holding the wailing bundles handed them over to their respective mothers, to which they all took them in their arms as gently as they possibly could.
When they looked inside of their respective bundled blankets, the girls all gasped and emitted overjoyed motherly smiles – in Alice and Rifana's case, they were even shedding tears of joy at finally meeting their children for the first time.
Kirin and Anna were no different; though they weren't crying, they seemed pretty close to it - their happy smiles also seemed to emit pride as well as joy.
And as all of this was going on, the Sword Hero, seeing and hearing the scene that was going on in front of him, his thinking process once again grinded to a halt… All kinds of conflicting emotions were welling up inside him… Were they happiness? Shock? Pride? Confusion? Or all of them together and more??
As he again stood frozen at the scene before him, the sword he held ready to defend the girls from whatever threat that was tormenting them from fell from his hand to the floor with a clatter.
With that metallic clang of the sword dropping to the floor, every single person present in the room Eugeo now identified as the birthing room finally seemed to pay attention to him.
The same head healer that he had seen in the previous scenery once again came before him, smiling proudly.
"Congratulations, Sir Sword Hero! The mothers and the children are all safe and healthy! As I've told you before, Lady Alice had a son, Lady Kirin and Lady Rifana had daughters, and Lady Anna had twins – a boy and a girl!" She informed him.
"I… They… they're… my children…?" Eugeo barely managed to voice out.
"Haa… haa… Of course they are, silly…" Anna pantingly answered as she weakly but proudly smiled and held the two bundles that were her and Eugeo's twins.
The babies now seemed to have mostly calmed down being in their respective mothers' embraces – their wailing now being more of whimpers.
"Oh, Eugeo… I'm so, so happy…" Rifana looked at him with her tearful eyes as she gently rocked their baby daughter.
"Eugeo… Thank you, so much…" Alice said to him as she also rocked their son with a tearful but loving smile.
"For making us mothers of your children…" Kirin finished blissfully, gently tickling their daughter's cheeks.
"I… I… I…" Eugeo repeated the same thing like a broken record. He was so confused – so overwhelmed by what he was seeing and hearing, and from his own jumbled up emotions.
Then, as if to hit the nail on the head, the girls simultaneously said to him as a group:
" " " " Now, come meet your children, Eugeo… " " " "
But before Eugeo could burst from all the confusion and embarrassment (and perhaps joy) at what was happening before him; or even take a look at what the children looked like, the bright light flashed to change the scenery once again. This time though, Eugeo saw that the light had come from his sword that he had dropped.
Eugeo opened his eyes again to find himself in front of a rather big and fancy looking house – one that he would expect a lower-ranked nobility would live in back in Underworld.
Picking the sword back up from the ground to briefly examine it, he sheathed it back into the scabbard on his belt.
He looked around to see that he was in the courtyard of that house – which was quite big compared to the standards of the houses in Rulid village. But soon, his attention was stolen by the noise that was coming from the other end of the courtyard – close to the entrance of the house.
To Eugeo's surprise, he saw Arthur in his Filolial form entertaining five children.
Two of the children were sitting down near Arthur and one of them was riding on his feathered back.
The other two were playing tag with each other, circling around Arthur, trying to avoid each other, while happily giggling.
Arthur himself seemed content being around the children. But then, Arthur noticed that Eugeo was standing in the courtyard.
"Father!" Arthur exclaimed, his eyes lighting up. The five children all stopped what they were doing and turned around to follow the Filolial King's line of sight. When they saw Eugeo standing where he was, their faces all lit up in a delighted smile and quickly got up to their feet and ran over to him.
When the children ran towards him, Eugeo froze in shock now that he was able to see the full feature of the five children.
They all appeared to be 4 or 5 years old of age. Two of the children were humans and three were demi-humans.
The first human child was a boy that was a spitting image of himself as a child, except that his eyes were sapphire blue – just like Alice.
The second human child was a girl who had long violet hair that was a little darker shade than that of Kirin's – along with the energetic aura that Kirin often portrayed. Her eyes were his own – forest green.
The third child was a demi-human girl with adorable animal ears on her head with short pinkish-white hair and his green eyes. She also possessed a very adorable and timid face that reminded Eugeo very much of Rifana when he first saw her when she was a child.
The fourth and fifth children were demi-humans that seemed to be fraternal twins. Both had scales on some parts of their exposed skin that were not covered by their clothing – much like Anna did – though neither of them seemed to possess Anna's tail. Both the male and female twin had Anna's lavender hair color and eyes.
Eugeo was too distracted observing the features of the children (and by the fact that they all resembled himself or the four women in his party in some way) that he didn't realize what they were about to do until they were only inches away from him.
"FATHER!!" They all yelled as they tackled him in a surprisingly strong hug –
"Oof!"
so strong that Eugeo was unable to keep his balance and fell over to the ground, to which the children laughed mirthfully and wrapped their arms around him as much as their little arms could.
"You're back, father!" Arthur transformed to his human form as he joined the young children in the group hug, only he crouched down instead of jumping onto him like the other children did.
"A-Arthur… w-what is…" Eugeo stuttered. But before he could put together a coherent sentence, the five young children bombarded him with words.
"Hey, hey, father, listen! Mother was teaching me magic today – "
"Father, I missed you! And so did mother! – "
"Can you please read me a story, father? – "
"Can you play with us? Please, father?"
"Yes! Play hide and seek with us! It'll be fun!"
The children all asked together. They continued to bombard him with questions, demands to play with them, or telling him what they had been doing with their mothers for the day.
Eugeo felt like he was being assaulted by a litter of puppies – the only differences were that these 'puppies' could talk, and that it was much more embarrassing and mortifying than a normal puppy attack, since he had a very good idea who the mothers they mentioned were!
Eugeo's face started to grow tomato-red again. He didn't know what to do or say to the situation before him! Just where were their mothers?
Speaking of the devil, four women stepped out of the house to see what the ruckus in their yard was about – to see that their beloved children were giving their husband their undivided attention.
The four women all smiled fondly at the scene before them.
"You're back, Eugeo!"
"The children missed you a lot"
"We missed you a lot as well"
"Welcome home, dear"
Alice, Kirin, Rifana, and Anna said respectively.
"Now kids, what do you say to your father?" Alice asked the litter before Eugeo.
The children (including Arthur), who had quieted down when they saw that their mothers had come out to greet their father, all looked at each other and smiled before chorusing:
"Welcome home, father!"
Those three words echoed through Eugeo's head as if a recording orb were on continuous replay.
The shocking and embarrassing memories of what he had seen in the previous sceneries, as well as the fact that he had apparently become a father of five children and the knowledge of who their mothers were – combined all together, it was finally enough to make Eugeo's consciousness to comically expire.
"Ah… AAHHHHHHH~~!!!"
[Dream Sequence End]
"AAHHHHH!"
Eugeo got startled awake to find himself back in the room of the inn where he remembered falling asleep, with Kirin laying beside him.
'H-How in the world did I end up having that kind of dream!?' Eugeo berated himself while slapping both of his cheeks in a futile attempt to forget the very vivid images of what he just dreamt regarding the girls, 'The Sword of Procreation! That just had to be the reason why I had such an embarrassing dream!'
Because unlike a typical dream, where one would usually forget its contents quickly after waking up, Eugeo could still clearly remember every little detail of that dream!
Waking up beside the four girls with all of them – including himself – being naked after a night of passion...
hearing the news of their pregnancies...
the birth and seeing the children playing...
EVERYTHING!
After tossing and turning for what felt like hours, doing his absolute best to not think about his most recent dream, Eugeo finally managed to fall back into a troubled sleep.
For better or worse...
Kirin, Anna and Rifana...
they are a priceless part of his life now. All of them standing in almost equal footing with Alice and Arthur.
And while his romantic relationship with them is still at its infancy, he will hold them dearly and never let them go. No matter what it takes, he will protect them!
For that future that might come to be...
I apologize if the big talk that Eugeo had with the girls isn't as good as you expected. I admit that I'm still not good with stuff like that and on how to put it in writing that will be interesting and enjoyable for everyone to read. Sorry.
NEW VOTING POLLS:
1.) Several of my readers have already told me in their reviews and PMs, that they would really love to see Eugeo get his signature Blue Rose Sword back. So I thought that I might be able to grant their wish.
But after watching Kirito use a double Release Recollection during his Final Battle with Gabriel Miller, I decided that I should bring back another Underworldian Sword for Eugeo to Dual-Wield. Albeit, he will unlock Dual-Wielding in the very VERY far future in the Season 2. Just one more Sword though, their won't be anymore Underworldian Blades that will follow after this. So please choose carefully.
- The Night Sky Blade (Kirito's Sword)
- The Osmanthus Blade (Alice's Sword)
2.) After watching the Mutated Plant battle in the anime, I realized that if Naofumi and Eugeo fights it together - it would be total overkill and a boring, one-sided battle. So I thought up of 2 possible solutions that all of you readers would have to decide on.
Either:
- Eugeo and Naofumi splits up again after spending a few hours of reconnecting with each other. But after being alerted by one of the Queen's Shadows about Naofumi's destination, Eugeo rushes to help Naofumi with the Plant Monster. Only to discover that the Shield Hero has already taken care of the threat on his own. Naofumi then gifts Eugeo with some of the Plant Monster materials for him to absorb.
- Eugeo and Naofumi STILL part ways again after spending a few hours of reconnecting. But thanks to a strange string of coincidences, Eugeo and Naofumi will end up working together to exterminate the Mutated Plant infestation. In my version though, I will be making the Plant Monster several times more powerful than its anime counterpart. Strong enough so it can give our two favorite heroes a much more decent fight instead of a one-sided beat down.
3.) I'm sure some of you readers are completely pumped and excited to see Arthur and Guinevere meeting for the very first time. But I just had to ask because I'm not sure, what kind of scenario do you guys want them to be like.
- A somewhat "Love at First Sight" scenario where they immediately develope a small crush with each other which will gradually evolve into love as the story goes on.
- At first, both of them will only feel fascination over meeting another Filolial that can transform also. Seeing each other as just friends... until something extremely drastic happens that forces them to experience confusing feelings for each other. Which will give Eugeo and Naofumi a minor heart attack while Alice and Mash will be squealing in delight.
As always, thank you for all the reviews, favorites and follows. I'm open for compatible suggestions and any advice that you readers could give. As for those nasty Reviewers who loves to Insult us authors, please just leave us alone.
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