Wait, what do you mean?
Have we done something bad, that we have?
"...for your wife, you'll do it for me...
Mr. Fuyao?

　The four of them stand up and lean towards me. Shit, I said it wrong!

Hey, wait a minute! I mean "now. I mean 'now' I'm not getting married!

　Hearing my words, everyone stops moving. Good, they're listening to me.

''Now?'' Does that mean he'll marry you then?
Of course. If you don't mind, I'll take all four of you as wives.

　When I respond to Else's words, everyone sits back in their chairs, calmed down for now.

'I like all four of you as much as you do, and I'll keep my promise to get you as my wife. But this is not the time. I can't just go ahead and marry everyone as is, or rather, I can't just go ahead and do it.
What do you mean by that, that I don't understand?

　Yae asks while nodding her head in a small way.

''In the end, I'm still only half a man myself. I'm not mature enough to take on someone else's life and I don't have deep thoughts. So I want you to wait a little longer. Until I am able to take all of you in good time. If you don't think there is any chance of that, you can always leave me. You have the right to do so.

　This is selfishness on my part. I want to make everyone happy. But there's not enough of that. So many things. Determination, courage, love, knowledge, and all that stuff.
　The point is to give me time to become the man I deserve, but I'm not going to let that selfishness take over forever. I'm saying that they deserve to be dumped. I'll let the girls decide on that choice.

''...That's pretty selfish of you to say. But I see what you're saying.

　Else let the words slip out with a sigh. She looks stunned and distracted. In fact, he's no different from the lame duck man who is being forced to marry her. That's just the way it is. He's trying to take away their freedom for his own reasons. He's a horrible man, I think to myself.

"That's not fair. You know we can't just leave you, right?

　He stared at me with zit eyes. No, though I'm not that overconfident. I'm not going to be discarded right away after talking to you, but I wanted to think that you wouldn't.

"The first to fall in love with someone loses, that is a common saying...

　Yae taps Else's shoulder while smiling bitterly. The person who was tapped has puffed out her cheeks and turned her head to the side.

''...Even if your sister leaves Fuyao-san, I will wait forever. Fuyao-san will make me a bride.
Wait, I didn't tell you to throw it away!

　Linse chuckles as she looks at her panicked sister. 'Good, you're kidding.

''I'm fine with that too. We've all confirmed our feelings for each other, so all we need to do is enhance them. Until you can't stop loving us, until you can't stop loving us.''
I'll try to make you like it more, too.

　I can't help but smile at Yumina's words. From now on, we're not just friends, we're family, lovers and fiancés. You have to have more strength. And I need to be able to propose to them with confidence as soon as possible.

''Well, now that we're all Fuyao-san's fiancé, shall we have each of them kiss their husbands in turn?
""What?"

　Yumina claps his hands together and throws a nice strike, nice idea! You look at me like... What are you talking about, girl?

Wait, shit, shit, isn't it too early to do that?
I mean, even if she is your fiancee, you have to be moderate in your dealings with her, that you do.

　Else's face turns bright red and she starts to rattle and get impatient. Similarly, Yae is also turning red in the face. Yae is, well, understandable, but surprisingly, Else is also very deep.

''But I had it done yesterday, right?
?

　Yumina's tweet, and bah! Tomo's amazing speed made me turn to face Else and Yae. No, I certainly did....

''Wow, I had it done to me too.... Oh, on my forehead, though.
?

　Reluctantly, Linse raises her hand, and again, bah! And with even greater speed, Else and Yae turned to face me. No, I sure did!

Well, then, you'll have to do it to us too!
I'd like you to do that, that I would like you to...

　What a turn of events! You guys just said it's too soon, and you're not ready for a social life!
　Although their faces were red, the two of them were still looking straight at me.
　d*mn, we can't run away here..... I've already decided to accept everyone.
　I reach out my hand and pull Else closer. Her body trembled for a moment, but she obeyed honestly. She put her hand on her cheek and slowly moved her face closer....

''Yah, I'm still embarrassed!
Guffaw?

　She said that and released a desperate regular fist thrust that accurately gouged out my groin. And then her fist sent me into a coma for the second time today. I wish I didn't have to do this every time... I let go of my consciousness while thinking in a corner of my head, "I wish I didn't have to do this every time.



Wha...?
Didn't you see him?

　When I woke up, I was in my own bed in my room. Before I knew it, it was completely nighttime. In the dimly lit lamp light, Sheska, dressed in a maid's outfit, was sitting on a chair next to the bed.

''Sheska...? What's wrong with your clothes....
Master Lapidus will lend you this. You don't serve your master. This is your uniform.

　Well, since you came back, you left Sheska in charge of her........ It's not that I forgot about it, but life related events happened so quickly........ I mean, it's all triggered by this girl.

"So, why are you in my room?
I've come to crawl in the night.

　Zip! And backed to the edge of the bed. All at once my fuzzy mind wakes up! A crisis of chastity!

Just kidding. I don't feel like doing that today.

　What do you mean today, today! He's a real badass!

I've come to talk to you for a few minutes. I have a message for you, Master.
The message...? Who?
"Dr. Regina Babylon.

　From the ancient genius doctor who built Sheska and the Hanging Gardens! What do you mean?
　As Sheska gestured her left wrist with her right hand to take her pulse, the inside of her left wrist opened up and a cable with some kind of connector on it was pulled out.

'Wah.'

　When I see this kind of thing, I'm reminded again that she's a robot child.
　Sheska just pulled out the connector and held it out to me.

"Huh? What are we going to do about this?
Well? Give it to the newly masters, the doctor said.

　I don't like being told that. Unfortunately, I'm a human being, and there's no place to plug in a connector. What do you want me to do, put it in my mouth? ...Huh?
　The shape of this connector ... no way. No, but I can't think of anything else.
　I take out my phone from the pocket of my coat that was hanging on the wall and connect the connector that Sheska provided. It's a perfect fit.
　A peculiar electronic sound is heard with a beep, and a translucent gauge appears on the screen, gradually changing to a green gauge. Eventually, when the gauge is 100% green, the phone's screen begins to glow.

'What, what the heck?'

　When the light subsided, to my surprise, there was a person standing on the screen, about 15 centimeters tall.
　It was semi-transparent and looked like an image, but I don't think my phone had a function to project a three-dimensional image.
　The person in the image, about 15 centimeters tall, was a woman about 20 years old, wearing a white lab coat, wearing round glasses and holding something that looked like a cigarette in her mouth. Her hair is long and shaggy, and her blonde hair looks like it's ruined. He was also sloppily dressed in a jacket and skirt inside his lab coat, adding to his carelessness.

'I'm Dr. Regina Babylon.'
Is this the man...?

　The doctor's face, which had been looking lazy, suddenly looked up at me and smiled. Huh?

"Well, well, well, it's nice to meet you. I'm Regina Babylon. First of all, I'd like to thank you for taking care of the Hanging Garden and Francesca. Thank you, Fuyao Mochizuki.
"...what?

　What do you mean? How could someone from nearly 5,000 years ago know my name!
　When I think about it, why is this connector the same type as my phone? It's as if he knew all along....

'I understand. I understand your question. It's only natural that you want to know. That's just the way you are.

　People like that..... Do they even know that I'm not from this world? What the hell is this doctor...!

"I'm going to answer your question. Take a good look.

　As he said this, the doctor rolled up his own skirt. A black panty with lace on it caught my eye.

'It's my favorite,'
I don't care!

　I couldn't help but slam my phone down on the futon. What kind of a 'person' are you! Don't make me "that kind of person"! I didn't come here to question your panties, I came here to find out!

'Hahaha. Just kidding, kidding. I'm just kidding. Hope you don't mind.

　The image of the doctor chuckled on the futon. All the while, she was glancing up her skirt and trying to show me her panties. This doctor is still crazy!