Vol 5 Epilogue (1/2)
Epilogue
Since then
Four years have passed by
The days since that one when our fight with Luka-san ended have passed in the blink of an eye
Saying it like this may reek of an old man, but… They often say that time waits for no one and that the ti life
I, Kusumi Chiharu, welcome this very day; my twentieth birthday
“Chiharu Once again, thanks for bearing with me”
When I got ho the tattered T-shi+rt that I handed her quite a long tireet me
“… That you still haven’t throw out”
“Yeah Since it’s the first present that you gave me, Chiharu Forever and ever… Until this body rots, I’ll cherish it”
“… That’d be speaking for long term”
The undead tribe is known as a long-lived race even a it down it see the T-shi+rt that I handed to her for around three centuries
“Now that I think of it… Have you made contact with Kyouko or Iris?”
“… I beg your pardon I’ve been busy with home issues and haven’t had the time to contact those two”
“I see Since all of you have been busy at work everyday, it can’t be helped”
As you know, the Princess of the Ghouls
Zonmi Ra McKenzie has welcorown into an adult woman[1]
Zonmi, as of now
Having earned the achieve the huhoul’s clan first queen
“… Even if we say that, I’urehead The one who holds the essential authority is my father”
“It’s a nonetheless, Zonmi”
Zonh support as the hero of the ghoul clan and, as a result, the queenly path once closed to her had opened, but… It see that her oas not enough
With the support of her sisters Aruru & Meruru, she holeheartedly striving for further prosperity of the ghoul clan
“O—h It’s been so long since I caic It’s the scent of Haru’s home”
“Kyouko!?”
Kurose Kyouko 20 yo
By now, there isn’t a day her name is not heard of in the Netherworld’s media
Kyouko,trauma she experienced with the Netherworld’s food when she travelled there with us, she developed a talent as a capable fees more than 20,000 restaurants in a mere 4 years
Of course, the feat of increasing by lawful means in four years from her own shop to twenty thousand stores is next to a miracle I’ve known just recently from the Netherworld’s ers and acquisitions of different coality
Now that Ithe contract froirl with a forte of stealing other people’s achievements[2]
“… Hey, Haru Right now, you, haven’t you thought of so terribly rude about me?”
“H-hoould I, of course I did not!?”
“Hu-ed to a polite tone, but since today is a special day… I’ll let it slide”
“…”
A close call
Most likely, Kyouko has went through many hardshi+ps in these four years and her intuition has sharpened
Expect her chorokawaii[3] disposition froet hurt
“… Nu Excuselate, Chiharu The afternoon lectures ended up being stretched a tad”
“Iris… Is it you?”
The last tio
Though we have exchanged letters a couple of times, it may have been around three years since we actually last met
“… Sorry Excuse me, but I shall borrow a seat without delay With these… It can’t be helped that et stiff”
Muttered Iris, lowering her chest on the table
“… Y-yeah”
Meeting again after 3 years, no wonder I behave strange
In the while that I haven’t see her, Iris… Erm… Bodywise, she seems to have had a plentiful development that unconsciously makes you unable to stand out of surprise, and her body clad in a red dress like those of red dragons brings about a voluptuous sensuality
T-these are…
D… No, they may be E cups
As expected, if coinal boobs daimajin[4] Lilith-san she’ll lost in terrown this much—
““…””
Contrasting with rowth in a pure way & a wicked way, Zonmi & Kyouko’s expressions clouded
Suddenly, while patting their own chests, they rapped in GLOOM! a heavy otten back from a funeral
“I lost… To that red dragon…!? It’s the first time that I tasted this sense of loss as a woman”
“By souess, I airls here!?”
By the way, there’s a reason for the fact that out of us four, only Iris has grown in outward appearance
I, Zonmi, and Kyouko, us three were already 16 e met[5]
Even if 4 years have passed invoking the eternal seventeen (christened by ed a year’s share, but… Iris is different
In Iris’s case, since she was outside of the scope where eternal seventeen would apply, like that she shows a growth of four years
Iris Scarlet Lindwurm
She who hadthe one’s we’ve h school to university, she skipped grades and graduated in astaff at a Netherworld university
With knowledge that puts adults to shame and a lovely appearance, Iris’s lectures have becoo to attend them
“Since we are all gathered, do I announce that now?
What I couldn’t o… Let’s start with the continuation of that day”
“““…”””
Four years
Until the day that’s today, four years have gone by
A irl’s confession, wouldn’t it be a historical existence?
Even I aly, Zonmi, Kyouko and Iris, those three nevertheless have waited for my reply today
The truth is, I… Think I’ the favor of the best girls
“The girl I choose as irlfriend That is…”
I’ve started with row strained
No s
Could it be… Maybe the three, in their hearts, have reached that agreement
“You… All of you!”
“““…?”””
Next instant after I replied to their confessions
The atmosphere promptly turned into silence, and the three of them at once fell into a daze with faces of “I don’t understand what’s going on”
…
……
Eeerm Yeah
To some extent, it’s like I had predicted, but this mood is quite painful
Inside the silent mood as if time had stopped, the one as first to show reaction to my conclusion was, unexpectedly, Kyouko
“Wait, Haru! What the heck does that mean!?”
BLAM
Raising a loud noise by banging the table, Kyouko bared her feelings
“Cut the bad jokes! We… It’s not like we have been waiting for four years wanting to hear those words! Is this a ame!? Haru, you think you’ve been born in a country that allows polygyny[6] or so!?”
Hearing Kyouko’s words, the other girls too raised after that words of objection
“Of course it't like that in an overwhel number of countries in the human world, but in all of Netherworld without exception es are forbidden[7] Like the Nephilim has said, I also don’t believe that your idea, Chiharu, is a feasible option”
“If such is the response thy hath given, I shall comply, but… In many a sense the option of multiple wedlock will be difficult”
“…”
Until now, it’s roughly as I predicted
I’m not the MC fro, they will refuse
“… Well, understood
In that case, you lot, if you found that my conclusion was feasible… Would you consent then?”
“… Understood If that thing was possible, I’ll agree
So norirls”
“… It’s not like I have no objections, but if I can receive your affection, Chiharu… I… Even so”
“If I can be by thy side, I shan’t question the means”
“…”
Good
If I didn’t get their consent here, in a certain sense, ht, but It seems that my worries ended as needless anxiety
“… Girls, thank you First, I want you to watch this”
What I took out, waiting for the right time, was, to be frank, my home’s TV remote
Since I’ve been living a busy life recently, I didn’t have many chances to watch TV and it was totally covered in dust
Coordinatingat the clock, once I had confirmed that the time was exactly 17:00, I turned on the TV
And nohat
‘… The show’s still midway, but we have an special news feed to broadcast just now’
Yeah!
Just tiht on the mark”]
It seems that, like I had planned beforehand, I could catch the start of the news program
‘What ellers of the human world feared has happened at last
Seven urated as the 48th round-breaking laws to build friendly relationshi+ps between humans and monsters, but… As if us humankind would be deceived by his actions!
Look!
This is a copy of a threatening letter froovernment has received
What’s terrible is that thehis tre of our country!
Let’s read the maou’s demands
Make polygyny fully legal in the human world, as well as in the Netherworld However, restricted to just irls happy
… We don’t knohat kind of intentions the current maou has with these requests
However, because of this turlobe are expec…’
“…”
Listening until there, I turned off the TV with the remote
“… Then, well, it’s like that
Froyny, be it hare behind anyone’s back”
“““…”””
Taking as truth the surprise I had prepared for theirl trio got stiff
Aah
That’s right
I’ve told you the ‘after that’ of the girls I will be , but I still haven’t told the story of none other than myself
I, who during the battle with Luka-san could brandish the treasured sword used by the former maou—“shi+den”, was advised by Lilith-san that “What about you try to become the Netherworld’s maou?”
They say that the weapon called shi+den is a special weapon that can only be brandished by those who htful maou successor… After that, I, in the blink of an eye, put aside the urated to the maou’s seat
Though I say it like that, the way till now has by no means been a bed of roses
I’ve been taught day after day, fourteen hours a day, by Lilith-san, who took over the position of a tutor, and there has been more and more open harassment frolad ofahead[9]
Nevertheless, whaton without co Luka-san’s ongoing Arcadia project
So as to verify that I had done the correct thing… Ithe maou
… In the very beginning, even if I, who ended up using my own authority for my self-interest, say that, it may lack in persuasiveness
Tothese three… Since changing the world’s legislation was easier, there’s no helping it
“Haru! I love youuuuu!”
“Nwah!?”
As I thought about those things, Kyouko suddenly hugged my body
Since it was so pushed to my home’s wooden floor
“… Wha, what are you doing all of a sudden, Nephilim!?”
“Fufufu Ghoul Still don’t realize?