"Nine...? Nine?! Y-You have nine LOVERS...?!"
Shizuka's eyes widened, with her mouth hung open in disbelief, as she stared at Zeno after he finally revealed what he wanted to say to her, which caused Shizuka's previous shyness to be completely blown away by the shocking revelation of Zeno's current relationship with multiple women, while Rika, who was sitting beside Shizuka, whistled in amazement as she immediately entered spectator mode to watch how this is going to play out since Shizuka's crush turned out to be such a playboy.
"Yeah, all of them are currently staying back at my palace in one of the Caribbean island nations."
Zeno continues as he observes Shizuka's reaction closely so he can judge whether she can accept being in his harem, and if she shows a strong rejection to this, then he can only end things with her and move on.
"Palace…? Caribbean island…?"
Shizuka blinks as she absentmindedly repeats what Zeno says as she starts to imagine the half-naked Zeno surrounded by a group of faceless women that dress themselves lewdly in his palace, like a typical image of a sultan with his harem. She imagined them doing naughty this and doing naughty that with him as her cheeks were flushing a deep shade of red and her expression turned sullen before she turned to pout at Zeno.
"Muuuuu~!"
Zeno watches Shizuka with an amused expression as the dizzy nurse makes her displeasure known with a frustrating noise and cute pout, and strangely enough, Shizuka didn't show any outright rejection towards him having a harem like he expected, as she only showed jealousy in her body language.
Is it because of the ecchi manga/anime world logic and the combination of zombie apocalypse and my own charm? Zeno thought in wonder while he felt like the chance of Shizuka agreeing to be with him despite him having a harem was pretty high.
"Caribbean island…"
Rika, on the other hand, became more attentive as she heard new information about Zeno. Her gaze turned sharp as she pretended to look at the wall like there's something interesting there while she focused her ears on what Zeno might reveal next.
"I also have one daughter, and I am expecting four more babies."
Seeing no strong reaction from Shizuka, Zeno decided to continue dropping bombs with a nostalgic smile as he thought about his babies and the girls back home in DXD. Zeno really missed holding baby Zia in his arms and doing naughty things with the girls after he spent a year with White Dream here in this world.
"Eh... daughter...? babies...? Zeno-san is a daddy...?"
Shizuka's voice was barely a whisper; her neurons became active with the revelation that Zeno had multiple children, which means he has impregnated multiple women—a virile stud.
"Ara~"
Shizuka's heart raced as she subconsciously licked her lips at the thought of being impregnated by Zeno. The twenty-something virgin woman who didn't touch herself for a while became even more thirsty for the man next to her than ever before as her eyes were almost begging Zeno to push her down right here, right now.
"..."
Rika's lips twitch, seeing her friend suddenly become enamored with Zeno all of a sudden. Rika now knows why the dizzy nurse wants her to be here.
"Ah-hem…!"
Does this idiot not care that this guy has nine women already? Rika thought while hitting on Shizuka's thigh with her fist to wake her horny friend up from her horny state before she embarrassed herself any further.
"Ah…?! Ano… ehhto… I-I-I'm… uuuuh~"
Zeno watched with an amused smirk as Shizuka suddenly woke up from her lusty state thanks to Rika, as the dizzy nurse turned to see her friend giving her a side-eye. Shizuka quickly becomes aware of how slutty she was earlier, and her face immediately turns into a tomato, with her eyes glancing around the room, afraid to look in Zeno's direction.
"Well..."
Trying to disperse the awkwardness in the room, Zeno steered the conversation that had taken an unexpected turn back to the original course and started talking about his daughter to the two women, which Shizuka felt grateful for while Rika just rolled her eyes.
"She's probably almost three months old by now…"
The two women listen to Zeno speak about his daughter and couldn't help but feel curiosity about the baby girl he had been talking about with such a happy smile.
"Oh, that's right. I can just show you; this is what she looks like."
Suddenly Zeno realized that he could just show them his daughter with the hologram image projection before he fiddled with his HMT wristwatch for a couple of seconds as a hologram image of his daughter, baby Zia sitting in her yellow onesie, appeared in the air above the coffee table with her favorite jumbo milk bottle in her little hands while the bottle's butt rose in the air as she currently drank from the milk bottle like a champ.
"And there she is..."
Zeno muttered with a smile as he looked at the hologram image of his daughter with the two women as they stared intensely at the holographic image of Zeno's cute daughter, Zia.
"Waa~! She's so cute, so adorable~!"
Shizuka gushed, reaching out to touch the hologram projection, but her hand just passed right through it.
"Ahh~ I can't touch those chubby baby cheeks~"
Shizuka moans with disappointment as she can't touch the cute baby, while Zeno chuckles at her reaction.
"Heh~ she's quite a cutie, huh?"
Rika said as she also couldn't help herself but reached out towards the hologram image and tried poking at the bulging tummy of the hologram Zia while Shizuka tried to pat the hologram image's head.
With a dose of cuteness being injected into the room, the awkward atmosphere gradually became more relaxed as the two women occupied themselves with Zia's hologram image as Zeno changed the image of Zia to when she was sleeping on someone's lap while the hologram image of her was projecting on top of Shizuka's lap as the dizzy nurse pretended to hold the sleeping baby with a happy smile.
"Shizuka-san…"
Seeing that Shizuka finally calmed down quite a lot, Zeno decided to continue where he left off in the previous conversation as he called out to Shizuka with a serious tone.
"Y-Yes~?"
Hearing his serious tone made Shizuka flinch a little as she turned to look at Zeno nervously with her arms still pretending to hold on to the hologram baby as well as Rika, who is also paying attention to the two of them.
"Now that you know my relationship and commitment with multiple women, do you still want to be in a relationship with me?"
Zeno asked directly as his icy blue eyes locked gaze with Shizuka's hazel ones as her breath hitched by his question.
"..."
They sat there in silence for a moment with the hologram projection of baby Zia drooling innocently on Shizuka's lap as Shizuka herself fidgeted in her spot while she maintained eye contact with Zeno, thinking about what to say to him.
"..."
Rika's eyes darted between her friend and Zeno as she considered leaving them alone for this but decided against it, as she is too worried about her silly friend; who knows what will happen if she leaves them alone?
"What do you... think about me, Zeno-san?"
Shizuka finally gathered her thoughts to say something to Zeno, as she asked him another question instead of answering his. Her eyes filled with a mix of hope and anxiety, as Zeno knew that she liked him, but she didn't know what Zeno actually felt about her. He might seem like he likes her and invite her into his harem, but that doesn't mean she wants to be with him if their feelings are not mutual.
Rika took a sip of her drink and leaned back on the couch, watching them in silence without any intention of being involved before she sighed with resignation after she noticed that she really had become a third wheel, just like she predicted.
"Of course I like you, and I also want to make you mine."
Zeno admitted with a smirk as he leaned in close to Shizuka that she could feel his hot breath against her cheek faintly, while her heart was full of happiness and excitement that her crush liked her back. She wants to jump around in joy, but what he says next makes her pause.
"But if you're going to be with me, you'll have to share me with the others. Can you handle that?"
His voice was smooth and almost seductive, like he was tempting her to become naughty again. Shizuka's heart was racing as she looked at the man in front of her with an urge to throw herself at him, but she managed to restrain herself before she continued to ask him about what concerned her the most about all this.
"But what about... your other... partners? Will they accept and welcome me?"
Shizuka's voice was filled with concern as she asked the question about Zeno's women. She doesn't really want to be bullied in his harem like some concubine in a feudal drama.
Zeno chuckled as he leaned back on the couch, his gaze still locked on her, observing her closely. He understands what Shizuka might be afraid of, but she doesn't really have to worry about his girls bullying her since they are not that toxic; they might tease her, but they will never harm her without a cause.
"No need to worry; they all are nice girls. You can probably be friends with them in no time."
Zeno replied in a reassuring tone as he patted the dizzy nurse's shoulder like she was a nervous child, and Rika couldn't help but snort at his action.
"As long as you don't try to hog me to yourself all the time, no one is going to beat you up, Shizuka-san."
Zeno warned, his voice half serious, as this is the reason for his girls to brawl most of the time, while Shizuka giggles a bit nervously with a guilty conscience as she is actually planning to hog him for herself as much as possible.
"Is she actually…?"
Rika, who was observing them, muttered quietly as she couldn't believe that her friend was actually planning to join Zeno's harem from how the conversation was going.
"Then… please take care of me from now on, Zeno-san~!"
Then, without any suspense, Shizuka smiles shyly as she bows towards Zeno, who also smiles as he bows in response as well.
"Please take care of me from now on as well, Shizuka-san."
Zeno now welcomes Shizuka as one of his lovers despite them not even kissing each other yet and the other girls will also be very surprised when they hear about it since Shizuka is probably the only girl who enters a relationship with Zeno in the most prim and proper way possible despite being such a slut in bed…