40 Harem Troubles (1/2)
Aster let Kamryn rest on the bed while he headed for the showers to clean himself up. He wanted to continue his plays with her on the bath but she was on an emotional roller coaster for the day.
She came ringing the bell with her guards and met him. Her arrogance due to her upbringing, distraught from her guard's defeat, despair from comparing her talent with him, hope from seeing Garth, defeat from seeing her secret card being battered into a bird, mental distress from having her soul attacked, viciousness by tricking him into her trap, hate from having her plans continuously file by him, love from the Hate Reversal effect, pleasure from having sex with him, guilt from not informing him of the second trap, happiness from having overcome all those tribulations, and acceptance from finding a lover inside her enemy.
Aster was a bit quick with his bath because he is a man. Men take baths through simple soaping and washing dirt with relaxing water. Women's time in the bath is exponential than that of men's, it is a great mystery for all men regarding what makes women extend their time in the washroom to be quite long.
It is not a general way of things though because germaphobes and exceptions always break the rule. Maybe it is reverse in other regions and such time in the bath might not have any difference at all, regardless of sex and gender. Some people may not just take a bath at all.
'Thinking about baths really makes me realize that people's thoughts wander in unknown territories if they are bored.' He said while waiting for Kamryn to wake up. He really thought that she would be made some sort of slave but here they are, she sleeps soundly while he waits like the compassionate lover he should be.
'System, are there any options other than conquering them and the women will fall in love with me?' To ease his inquiries, the system answered. ”Host, whatever the case, they are still your harem member. It all depends on how you treat them and how they interact with you.”
'Yep. I get that but conquering them somehow makes me love them as well.' He was sure of himself that he grew cold-hearted and not knowing of love. Yet, situations like meeting the triplets and Kamryn just changed him into some sort of romantic. 'Shouldn't a harem be about benefits and connections? Like how generals and kings marry off their daughters to an emperor for empowering each other. The emperor would only find members of his harem as potential carriers of his offspring and to ensure the continuation of the imperial bloodline.'
”Host, the answer boils down to how you develop your harem. You could be a generic emperor that creates harem for his empire, you could be the talented genius that naturally draws women towards you and loves you well, you could be a douchebag whose harem only exists as a list of women you have sex with but eventually leave them in the morning, you could be a person that trains slaves who would go by the principle life of an S and an M.” Aster really thought that the system would stop there but it still continued. ”You could also be the loyalist who has only one harem member for life, you could be the fake loyalist who actually forms mistresses behind his wife's back, and you could be one that follows his weird fetishes when forming a harem.”
'System, your definition of a harem is quite broad that any form of relationship is actually a harem. Even the culture of monogamy is actually a single-membered harem.' He could only shake his head in exasperation. 'But strangely enough, I get what you're trying to say. A harem and how I interact with them depends entirely on me. I could be a tyrant, a romantic, a douchebag, a pervert, a hypocrite, a control-freak, and all the other known descriptions there.'
His words made sense and also did not make sense for him. 'I could be the benevolent lover to the triplets and Kamryn while I could also be a cold-hearted, cruel guy. Whatever the case, they are my harem members and no other fact could change that.'
Aster was really just rambling at this point to pass the time. He even asked the system of highly existential and philosophical questions like 'can somebody know everything' and 'what is the purpose of life.'
The system would only reply. ”Host, this system is not greatly omnipotent to answer the question. Even the creator, who created me and this world does not know the answer because he has gotten low grades on those subjects. If you think about it, things are pretty illogical in this world that nothing is absolute. The true answer to all unanswered questions is bound to be only opinions because the evidence that supports the answer may not be right at all.”
Aster somehow felt that the system and its computerized answers are just paraphrasing the popular philosophical quote that 'I know that I know nothing.'
Time passed and the clock on the wall was showing the most prominent time period where the small hand meets the bigger hand. It was twelve noon and lunch is bound to be ready downstairs.
Kamryn was still sleeping with her body facing downwards and he can't help but slap her enticing butt to wake her up. With the slapping sound echoing in the room and the jiggling of her butt cheeks, Kamryn begrudgingly woke up.
Her red suit was still intact by her arms and legs but she was truly naked on the more important parts. She found Aster and gave piercing glares to his direction. ”Why were you so violent?”
”It is my punishment for trying to take over my house.” He shrugged while thinking of an excuse for himself to punish her. 'There is a first time for everything and she is lucky enough to not get the truly violent treatment I would give to future women who would disagree with my ways.'