"What if Amelia comes?"
"Cold dish."
"… Do you think she'll chop you up and make you into a cold dish? That's true. Should I ask her to share a bowl with me? "
When I mentioned Amelia, the silly cat pretended that she didn't understand my slang. But how could my thoughts through our soul connection possibly be different because of my language? She was simply mocking me with evil intentions.
I had rather complex feelings about Amelia. After all, she treated me quite well back in the day, and I made her suffer. And in this life, when we met again in the Northlands, she helped me without holding anything against me and solved the Northlands' food problem. This was already two major favors. Plus, I made her suffer a third time at the Earth Elemental Tower, damaging her reputation, so I owed her yet another favor.
I wasn't a good person, and Amelia definitely wasn't a good person, either. But at the very least, she wasn't a bastard. It would be too much to repay kindness with enmity when others treated you well. That was why when Amelia tried to "force me into a marriage" in order to save her reputation, even I didn't know how to respond. If it wasn't for the fact that I couldn't explain myself to Eliza, I probably would have just agreed.
Actually, I should have ended my single life long ago. Amelia was actually quite nice, and I owed her quite a bit as well. I also knew that she seemed to have a favorable impression of me that surpassed a teacher-student relationship. It would be nice to have a nominal marriage with her. Yep, I definitely wasn't trying to get her to marry me, but for some reason, I kept feeling like something was wrong.
"… That's what you're thinking? I actually thought that you'd improved. Did a dog bite your head off? Oh, you lost your memory again? And you're even having selective amnesia with evil intentions? 'Venerable' Goddess of Order, are you certain that you didn't do anything to him? Why does he always forget the most important part? "
[He's hopeless. What does that have to do with me? Besides, apart from all the bad ideas on how to scam others, there's nothing unimportant in his mind. If I really want to find something unimportant, I'll probably have to start from his personal life.]
I still remembered how the silly cat looked at me with disdain whenever I mentioned Amelia and felt like I owed her many favors, as well as how my System mocked me.
"Cough, cough, you're looking at me as if I'm a heartless man. Actually, I'm already quite old, and it's about time for me to find a partner. It's also about time for the Mist Family to have a new successor. After so many years, the standards for marriage have gradually decreased. Actually, I don't have high standards for a female partner. "
"Tell me about it."
Heloise was very surprised. Could it be that this guy had really activated it?
"I'm actually a traditional man, so I like my other half to be more traditional. She doesn't need to be beautiful or strong. It's best if she's a traditional little woman who's gentle, kind, family-oriented, knows how to cook, and knows how to act coquettishly. It doesn't matter if she's a little stupid. She'll hand me a cup of tea when I'm tired, understand my goals a little, understand my hard work, and gently say 'welcome back' to me after work. I'll be satisfied …"
Alright then, I had been in high spirits as I spoke, and the more I spoke, the more excited I became. However, when I thought of the cruel truth, I suddenly realized that the more I spoke, the more boring I felt. It seemed that the women by my side were quite excellent in all aspects, but their toughness and combat strength were all a bit too high … Cough — cough — there weren't many people who met these requirements.
"… I sympathize with Eliza. She went in the wrong direction from the beginning. This man doesn't need a comrade by his side. All he needs is a little woman who's like a caring older sister. "
[Actually, she can wait. A man's standards for choosing a spouse aren't fixed. From a certain standpoint, he's probably just an elementary school student's love budding. It's understandable that he has excessive expectations for the future, but as time goes on, the cruel reality will viciously attack him.]
"For example?"
[Princesses are all sloppy people who don't know how to clean their own rooms. A beautiful female Knight has a sweet smile but her brain is completely empty. Facial paralysis looks cute but is boring at home. A dragon girl looks cute but you need to be careful of her true form. She'll eat you for lunch. It won't take long for her to fall from 'a beautiful, well-educated, and understanding girl with long, straight, black hair' to 'a girl' or even 'it's enough as long as she looks like a girl.' Right, Kolos fits all of your requirements perfectly. Apart from the fact that she looks like a girl, she's actually … still a girl. What are you hesitating for? You can use your status as your former boss to hide her in a secret room and UNIQLO!]
"… Can you not say it to my face next time you attack me! Also, what the hell is UNIQLO!? How many times have I told you that Kolos is a man … or at least, she was in the past. Yep. Although I was indeed an honorary member of Kolos' fan club, I definitely wasn't tempted. Nor did I consider whether such a descendant would be mentally or physically healthy! I'm not a pervert! Don't make wild guesses! Also, no matter what, you're still a goddess. Can't you at least have some morals!? "
[Morals? I've long since been mentally corrupted by you.]
I remember that I was commenting on how my System's lower and lower limits were getting, while the silly cat was mysteriously depressed.
"… Relax, I'm not in the mood to attack you. Losing to a man in terms of female charm is quite a blow to my self-esteem …"
[… Do you want to see how similar you are to this idiot's ideal partner? The person in first place is that Kolos. She's so heartless. Let me also tell you that your ranking is actually quite high, far higher than I expected …]
"Shut up! Otherwise, I'm going to perish together with you!"
[Perish together? Heh heh? Why don't you try? Aren't you afraid that I'll sing 'Little Apple' in your head?]
"I'm going to go read gay magazines about muscular men … No, that won't work on you anymore. I'm going to go read the Beifeng Divine Cult's propaganda and training manuals!"
[…]
When I finally managed to make my System shut up, I mysteriously felt like I had lost something very important.
Morals? It wasn't like I could eat that, so it wasn't important at all. Perhaps what was more important was that a person with normal morals would instinctively be on guard against certain anti-human behaviors …
Yep, that's right. Beifeng and his believers were quite dangerous. Considering the fact that the population was decreasing due to the reproductive isolation, they had long since reached the level of anti-human and anti-social behavior.
What? Beifeng had already broken through the reproductive isolation of different species? Randomly creating all sorts of strange mixed-blood creatures was no longer anti-human and anti-social. That was anti-human and anti-human Aichy. Beifeng was basically the public enemy of all the dimensions! Actually, Beifeng had already entered the top ten of the Calamity Rankings and was wanted by all the countries and Gods! This was already the treatment of being the public enemy of all the dimensions!
Cough, I should put aside the fact that Beifeng was becoming more and more like "that man whose name shall not be mentioned". However, I had rather complex feelings about Amelia.
I felt like I owed her a lot, but I always felt like I was lacking something when it came to marriage. Perhaps I would still have to run away when we met.
But right now, I mysteriously felt happy when I saw Amelia smiling sweetly while countless vines transformed into a forest of thorns. Behind her was a towering tree covered in black mist.
"She's so reliable to see at such a time! HELP！ Hurry and save me! "
The ground was still violently shaking as the magical element in the area was automatically dispelled. Although it wasn't at the level of a true forbidden spell's mana vacuum, the large-scale mana fluctuations made it impossible to cast any spell.
On the other side, a familiar pale white figure was circling in midair. Her death roar was filled with anger and killing intent, causing the living to instantly die. This was the special ability of an undead singer, as well as the most troublesome natural talent of all ghost-type undead creatures.
"What's even more troublesome than an Undead Emperor is an Undead Emperor that can't even be killed by a nuclear bomb. Not only that, she's gone berserk because of a nuclear bomb!"
"… Also, you were the one who threw that nuclear bomb."
I didn't know how that female ghost had managed to escape from that terrifying explosion. However, just from the energy storm gathering in the sky, I could tell that Conservation was furious, and that the problem was serious. This was truly going to be a huge problem. Fortunately, our reinforcements had already arrived … Wait a moment, Amelia, aren't your vines attacking in the wrong direction? Why are they attacking me instead!? We're on the same side!
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