Chapter 86: The Third Bride/ Serious Confession (2/2)

「Yeah, you always played in the classroom, Natsuno-kun was really quite famous for it」

「Undoubtedly it wasn’t a good kind of famous. But well, that doesn’t really matter anymore. Playing games like that I always fostered and levelled up my characters until they were the strongest they could be. The embodiment of that passion is Hera. Therefore, please don’t mistake it with the other meaning」1

「I-Is that so…」

「If you were to ask me what she is…. Hera, please show her」

「Eh? Ah that’s right desu, if I don’t show them at least once, they won’t get it~」

Hera poked herself on the side of the head. While winking, she stuck her tongue out. Considering her size, this was an extremely cute gesture.

「Then here it goes~, there we go~」

「Eh…..eh, ehh, ehhhhhh?」

Aoba was bewildered as she raised her voice for some reason. Outwardly nothing has changed, but Taiyou knew what was occurring to her.

Right now she was experiencing something Kohaku referred to as “information and numbers flowing between the back of her eyeballs and her back teeth”. If a torrent of numbers just suddenly appeared in front of your eyes, it is natural to be surprised.

「T, this is?」

「It’s my status. It quantifies my abilities numerically」

「……It feels like I’m in a game」

「That’s exactly right, it’s like an RPG. This is the power that Hera gave me, with this I am able to have more abilities than the average human being.

「Ah…. Is this why you were capable of winning against our school marathon runner Saito-kun in physical education?」

「Yea, it’s thanks to this. Because marathons are probably about speed and physical strength」

「Your value on strength is really high….」

「That’s my highest numerical value. If I hit concrete I can break it apart, and perhaps if I was given sufficient time, say around 10 minutes, I can make a whole building crumble and turn the area into a vacant land」

「I….. see」

Aoba was astonished. This was just so unrealistic but it was a fact that she could see Hera, and she also saw the scene that occurred during his physical education class. Although this was not what Taiyou really wanted to show her.

「Miyagi-san, can you please turn your attention to the last status number? The last one and the one before that」

「Eh, the last one? ….. Ah」

Aoba was taken aback. Looking at the two numerical values Taiyou told her to. One of the numbers was still at their lowest, and the other remained in a bugged state.

・Harem　65535(-16383)

・Popularity　0(+0)

「Could this be….?」

「That’s because I currently have two people in my harem」

「Two people? Isn’t it four….?」

「Ahh, I haven’t explained that have I? Then I guess for now you can assume that it’s four people」

If he had to explain about the three sisters right now, it would derail the conversation, so he left that aside for now.

「I think that the cause of this is because I was able to make a harem with four people in it. And I just noticed that this is perhaps what you mean when you said that you were afraid」

「W-What do you mean?」

「It’s a simple thing. Although I am extremely unpopular….. I can still get along with a part of the people in my harem. A person who is unpopular will probably remain unpopular, but once you enter my harem I think that this harem numeric figure will help us get along」

「This thing… Does it have an influence on my mind?」

「Kotone and Kohaku have told me that it doesn’t affect their minds」

Remembering the words, they told him, happiness gradually spreads in his heart.

「The reason it’s at such a value, is because I want it to be that way. This is what I believe and that’s why I will interpret it as such」

Taking a pause, he looked straight at Aoba. A piercingly direct look.

「I think that this is not the ability for me to create a harem, instead it’s the ability for me to maintain a harem. I decided that anyone who enters my harem, will be happy without exceptions. Therefore, you don’t need to be worried, as long as you’re with me…. I will make sure that no matter what you fear, I will make you happy 」

Taiyou declared so. Without wavering in the slightest, he powerfully finished his sentence. Although in normal circumstances a person may doubt what he was saying, but because of his tone and the determination in his voice, there was this feeling that any rebuttal was not going to be permitted. In fact, it looked like Aoba’s heart was deeply moved by it.

「Therefore, please abandon such worries and be with me. I will make you happy…… No, I will absolutely make it happen even in a numerical sense」

Taiyou shuts up and made another statement.

「Please make me happy」

There was nothing that he couldn’t accomplish with his numerical figures. Taiyou strongly desired for Aoba to respond to his feelings.