A/N: This is a special chapter. It will give you a glimpse of the future. It might also give you an idea of how the fight from the last chapter will end, but since I think that I made the outcome quite obvious from the lack of Regulus P.O.V lately, you can read this, I guess?

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Valentine Special: Regulus Corneas Love Life.

Regulus Corneas P.O.V

What is it with today that I keep seeing people giving out chocolate to women? And why do they seem happy about it? Wasn't the act of giving out something to others generously is basically pitying them? Pitying is the form of humiliation so those women instead of being happy, they should be bitter about it instead.

That is what I had been musing on at the village center. People are still throwing glances at me once or twice, but maybe because they don't want to offend me or something, they just stop paying attention to me and continue on with their day.

The villagers sure seem to be getting used to me well after a year, and that is all contributing to that accursed woman! If it wasn't for that bitch and that bitch with red and the bitch with house for a hat, I wouldn't even be stuck in here! I want to complain more but that accursed woman probably is looking at me through that abominable ability of hers that is absolutely abhorrent! Well, that accursed woman wouldn't be her if she didn't degrade my existence like that, I guess.

As I was contemplating my life choices, a woman I know so well and hate walked up to me. It was the bitch with the hat. "So this is where you've been." She said that in a very fake courteous tone, or that is what I thought anyway.

"Huh? What's wrong with me being here? I should be able to be anywhere I want, no? Don't tell me that you are going to steal this right of mine away from me too? Sad to say that I will not allow you to—."

Annoyed, the woman named Keine said, "Not that, keep your rights. I'm just checking on you since you still are a danger to the village."

"Tch, you still as serious at your job as always, I see. Regardless of that, what with the women and men being such a whore today." Saying that, I pointed at the crowd of men and women exchanging something I would call a gift while having red faces. Those flushed cheeks and red lips are very disgusting to watch as that is the sign of a sexual response.

Seeing such a scene with my very eyes, I want to hurl and say 'go get a room already'. But even if I want to say such a thing that I've thought of saying, it is yet another form of decency that I absolutely abhor.

Ewww, sexual intercourse sure is disgusting. That is why I'm superior to them as I don't need such disgusting things to be one with my wives and be satisfied with them. I can simply give my 'heart' to them and share a heartbeat with them, doesn't that sound more romantic?

While I was thinking that, Keine said, "That is something called 'love'. Today is Valentine's Day so it is expected that there will be a lot of confession today. So stop throwing such disgusted expressions at them, you are ruining the mood."

Hearing she said such, I began to say, "What do you mean by 'ruining the mood', love is something that cannot be ruined by such a thing, if it were to be ruined by such a thing, it is not love. The idea of love being shaken by something like that is beyond laughable."

"... Well you're not wrong. But since everyone has their own interpretation of love, you might be wrong about that as maybe in someone's perspective, something like that might actually ruin their moment. Though color me surprised, you know what love is? How?"

Did this bitch just think that I was still single? What bases did she use? (A/N: Personality) And why is it so surprising that I know what love is? Of course I know what love is. Love is something that is perfect and without any imperfection nor flaw, that is why love is so unshakable. And because I know exactly that, I was always keeping my wives from making any sort of expression as the idea of true love is the fact that the feeling of love will never change throughout from the moment their love first bloom to when their love die with them, so it is only natural that I didn't let them change their expression as by showing their expressions, they are changing from how they once were and that can be taken as a sign of their love being shaken as their feeling had change.

See? I know what love is! And so, I began to point that out to her with a bit of indignation, "Of course, I know what love is! I'll let you know that I'm not an unmarried man, instead I was a proud husband of over 150 women!"

With that shout, I attracted a lot of attention to myself, and what followed after that was many whispers that seemed to be talking about me.

They probably are jealous of me so they couldn't help but talk behind my back. So disgusting, I wish I could kill them right here and now. But that accursed woman told me not to, or else…

Tch, when did my life as a perfec— no, a being that is a step away from being perfect— have gone so wrong?

Anyway, because of that, I have no other choice than to choose a more peaceful option, thus I choose to do what I usually do to these lowlifes, and decided to berate them until the morning turn dawn and then blast them with danmaku later, but when I turn around and about to do just that, like a group of flocking birds, they dispersed themself, like they had anticipated what I'm going to do next, leaving my 'satisfying self' and the bitch with house for a hat alone.

Seriously, I swear that they hate my lecture or something! How can they hate such an enlightening session? I think I heard somewhere that the yama (the god of death and reincarnation) does the same, but those villagers also seem to be trying to avoid her too, so it wasn't just about them hating me.

While I was thinking that, Keine began to say with an unhidden surprised tone, "Well, that is quite a number. Perhap, you mistook those girls for your lover?"

Hearing such blasphemy, I immediately reject the notions she seems to be suggesting, "Who do you think I am? I wouldn't be mistaken about something like that. We have ceremonies done, I protected them, I gave my hearts to them, and they projected their love by being obedient and not being dishonest or disrespectful to me."

"I will take your words at face value then… I really feel bad for your wives having you as their husband though."

"Don't feel bad for my wives, feel bad for me instead as I have to deal with their disrespect. Actually, I don't need your pity."

"… Exactly, I feel bad for your wives." She deadpanned at me.

Urk, this woman. But before I could say something to retort, Keine spoke up once more, "Well, I have something to do, so I will leave the conversation at that. So follow the rules and don't cause trouble, if you do… well, you know what will happen to you when that happens." With that remark, she just went up and left.

Tch, that bitch doesn't have to remind me like that. I don't plan to break those rules anyway. I don't want to taste that 'punishment' that accursed woman gave to me a year ago again. I swear, I still remember when that accursed woman made me 'not myself'. I'm not scared of her, of course, it's just that going through all that is quite unpleasant so I would rather not experience that again. I considered her as someone of the same authority as Pandora-sama, or should I say the bitch who wore a tablecloth, and I will treat her like I treated Pandora-sama, which basically consists of me trying to kill her and her sending me away. Thinking of it, that accursed woman is very similar to Pandora-sama except for the lack of vanity…

Anyway, after that bitch with the hat is nowhere in sight, I simply walk in the opposite direction and enjoy my peaceful life. While doing so, I just contemplated many things, like the relationship between me and that bitch with the hat, which could not be called great or bad. She still did not forgive me of course, though she started to treat me like a problem child. I really, really, really wish to kill her for that.

After that, my mind started to wander off, and eventually, I started to think about how much I want a wife, possibly wives, right now. It is perfect timing actually, as today is… Valentine's day, or that is what I heard from the bitch with the hat anyway. I hadn't been thinking much about wives until today actually as they are quite unnecessary for me now.

But thinking about living a life without companions is a bit sad, so I might as well let fate guide me toward my lovely wives again. It's not like there is anything written in the rule manual, that I was given a long time ago that said something about I can't have a wife, so that is good I guess. If I still can't find a perfect woman for me to become my wife, then I will have to give that brat scarlet a visit as that bitch is probably the culprit behind me being unable to find a wife as she probably manipulated my fate to cause such a scenario.

But that visit will not happen as once I was thinking about that, I found a perfect woman for me. The woman I saw had brown hair without a single grain of dust or dirt on her hair, a delicate hand that wasn't being ruined by doing labors, and a beautiful face with cute noses and colorful eyes.

Perfect. Love is truly all about face.

And so, I began to approach her amidst this valentine day. And like normal, the villagers keep their eyes on me in vigilant. I am quite infamous after all so it's not like I didn't see this coming. But seeing such a scene, it invokes a bad memory within me from a year ago. But I pretend not to care as I continue to walk toward the wife candidate. As I'm closer to her, she began to notice me and became rather scared from recognizing me. *sigh* I need to train her to not show such expressions.

Once I was in front of her, I began to give her my best first impression as the first impressions are always something to be remembered in any relationship, and so I began with my introduction, "I am the former Sin Archbishop of the Witch's Cult, representing greed, Regulus Corneas. I'm here to take you as my wife"

After I said that, she seemed to be taken aback at what I just said. And seeing that my future wife didn't respond, I repeat, "I will take you as my bride. I believe that first impressions are important and so I decided to confess my love to you face to face as that is the best way to confess your love to someone, don't you think so? As by doing so face to face, it will make both parties feel more comfortable with each other's presence and make the confession even more special. It will also give both parties the chance to see their eyes and smile, which can boost the building of trust between each other faster. Of course, I didn't exclude the possibility of you being shy. After all, there are people out there who are emotional and are sensitive individuals, and so to be considerate to those people, I decided to take the lead in the conversation."

"..." The girl still didn't know how to respond after that and was still wearing an expression of bewilderment. The villager who heard me say all those things also didn't even know how to react to me.

My newly assigned first wife still did not speak, and so I continue to get my point clearly across, "There is also the difference in personality that needs to be considered as well as there might be some who feel uncomfortable about talking to others, and so knowing those type of people exist, I try to be as mindful as possible by introducing myself first before anything else. And so, as I had introduced myself, wouldn't you mind introducing yourself to me to start off a beautiful relationship?"

After I said that, my future wife finally got out of her stupor and replied to my sudden confession, "Um, Ah…? I-I, I don't… I already have someone I like." That is what she said after a bit of stumbling on her words.

"I see." Hearing that my perfect confession had been rejected so quickly, my face began to darken, "Well, it's not like I too need a whore like you, bitch!" That is when I began to move my arm up vertically to cut this bitch in half, screw the rule. But before I could, however, a gap in space opened up in front of my attack trajectory, making my attack fully go inside, effectively nullifying my attack of unstoppable force.

Seeing that phenomenon, I clicked my tongue, "Tch, accursed bitch." With me addressing her, another gap opened up and what came out of it was a woman who wore a purple dress, indicating her high authority.

"Fufufu, how vulgar. You sure have the neck to cause trouble." That is what she said while hiding her face behind a fan.

Annoyed, I said, "Did you really watch me all the time?"

"Of course, but not only you. I have my eyes everywhere on someone important and dangerous."

"Now that is just a violation to their right to their privacy!" That is what I shouted at this accursed woman after she casually implied that she spies on people and can multitask on such a big scale. This woman sure knows how to give a subtle indication of how superior she is, huh? Just like Pandora-sama.

"Don't say that, since my surveillance has a proper warrant and probable cause, I have the very right to do that. The evidence for that is how you are about to kill that poor lady just now." Saying that, the accursed woman, Yukari, began to point her fan at the bitch I was about to kill, and then completely made her forget what happened today. She also does that to all the surrounding villagers.

Seeing that, I simply grumbled to myself after that, and said, "Tch fine, whatever. Say whatever you want, Yukari-sama. It's not like I did anything wrong anyway as I hadn't broken any rule from the manual you gave me." Saying that, I was about to simply walk away, but that accursed woman's voice rang out again.

"Fufufu, where has that attitude of yours from a year ago gone to? Regardless, are you sure that you hadn't broken any rule? Since you were about to use lethal force against a resident of the human village just now."

"What? I didn't do it hadn't I, so—."

But before I could justify my action, that bitch just cut me off and said, "You will not get out of this one also." Saying that, she reached her hand out to me to manipulate my boundary of something, I'm not sure.

That is when I lost the majority of my rights again by the accursed bitch with a method I don't want to think nor talk about, and in the end, nobody knew that I had been greatly violated on this year valentine day except for me and the accursed woman.

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A/N: I wrote this in less than 10 hours. I don't even know where that motivation came from, probably from the fact that I'm still single on this valentine day. Anyway, I already wrote the next chapter and it is already half done. So, stay tuned for that I guess. The next chapter is quite hard to write so it might be a long wait, so sorry for advance.