Chapter 156: Eikou's Requiem!
[The fall of Tomoe Gozen brings you an immense shock.]
[Even a woman as faithful and emotionally devoted as she is, before you she is ultimately just a female oni who cannot withstand temptation, unable to survive once she leaves you.]
[After experiencing many hardships, you realize that Disaster With Women is a contradiction that cannot be reconciled.]
[After thinking through the direction of the future, you have fully awakened.]
[Your mindset has undergone a significant change.]
[Instead of avoiding things negatively, it is better to openly and uprightly take responsibility for the women who have confirmed their relationship with you.]
Wanting to take responsibility for multiple women at the same time is absolutely not an easy matter.
Not only must you understand how to bring emotional value to the other party, but you must also possess enough capability to bring them happiness, not becoming the type who "tries to share affection everywhere," but instead using full sincerity to treat all of them.
Only by developing in an all-rounded way—virtue, intellect, physique, aesthetics, labor—and letting EQ, IQ, and AQ blossom, can you even hope to accomplish this impossible task.
However, compared to physical challenges, moral challenges are the real problem.
To monopolize these women—this is undoubtedly a form of evil.
At its core, it is an act of wanting while pretending to be moral, and Eikou understands this very clearly.
Especially when he, as "Pure-Love God" Eikoucles, ends up openly establishing a harem, and moreover, a paradise filled entirely with married women of extremely high concentration.
Once he does such a thing, his divinity will collapse, and the statue of the god on Mount Olympus will no longer have a place for him!
However…
"I no longer care about whether I'm still pure-love or not,"
God of Married Woman · Eikoulot sighed like this,
"Let me shoulder all the evils of this world, and in return, I will bear all consequences."
Only by placing yourself in a dead end can you survive; only by falling into loss can you persist.
If he doesn't even have that kind of courage, then in matters of love he will forever remain evasive and negative. Such vague, boundary-touching half-measures—he was never worthy of their love from the beginning.
If that's the case…
"Let me become this evil! Even if I must be shattered to pieces, I will not regret it!"
[This battle is named: Eikou's Requiem!]
[From today onward, you must live more seriously than before.]
[Only by training yourself to become an outstanding and reliable man can you shoulder responsibility well.]
[Thus, you first seek out El-Melloi II, grit your teeth, and sell all your newly purchased game tapes and consoles, including the Switch you love the most. Thinking about how you can no longer travel across the land of Hyrule with Princess Zelda, you cannot suppress your sorrow.]
"…But the protagonist of Zelda is Link!"
[You use the money earned to register for a gym membership and a library card so that from now on, you can freely train and borrow books at school.]
[As for the remaining money, just save it—who knows when you might need it.]
"Marriage, bride price, transportation money, housing money… and I still have to take responsibility for multiple women at the same time, so I have to prepare even more money…"
Looking at the balance on his phone, Eikou thought seriously.
[What an incredible gravitational pull…]
[You're clearly about to open a harem, so why do you still look like a pure-love warrior?]
"But… isn't dating for the sake of marriage?!"
Eikou spoke with extreme seriousness,
"Don't misunderstand, I have no intention of living carelessly. Since I'm opening a harem, I'll use all my abilities to do it properly, 'even if I burn myself out, I want every woman to feel satisfied.'"
[You're taking things way too seriously…]
Eikou couldn't be bothered to pay attention to the system. In his heart he thought: it's rare for me to be firm even once, yet somehow you're the one feeling unhappy.
In his mind, he had already begun arranging his future life—beyond studying knowledge and training his body, nutrition must also be adequately supplemented.
After all…
"Ehem…"
Eikou's cheeks turned a little red.
[You contact Scathach via phone, hoping that from now on she can make you a special nutritious meal every day.]
[You proactively request that the amount of sea cucumber and chives be tripled.]
[If you want to accomplish your great undertaking, you must absorb a lot of nutrition to supplement your physical strength.]
[Scathach is very happy when she hears this; before long, she brings the prepared nutritious meal to you.]
[Sea cucumber, sea cucumber, sea cucumber, sea cucumber, sea cucumber, sea cucumber, sea cucumber...]
[But thinking about the "dungeons" you will have to "farm" later, it's better to get used to this hard-to-swallow taste early.]
[You eat heartily.]
[As people say, the world is a huge boomerang; the fuller you eat now, the louder Scathach will moan later.]
[You finish the large portion of nutritious rice right in front of everyone in the cafeteria, and after resting for a while, you quickly head to the library to read.]
[Being full isn't suitable for training, so it's better to improve knowledge first.]
[And in the library...]
…
Time passes little by little.
The night sky grows ever deeper, and the underground library of Chaldea is filled with a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.
Perhaps because it is holiday season, the number of people in the library is fewer than usual; the quiet is so deep that your footsteps echo clearly, and you can even hear the faint rustle of pages turning from nearby readers.
When Eikou carries a book to the study area, he discovers that someone is already there.
"…Someone?"
From the well-lit reading desk comes a cautious call from a girl.
Her voice is pleasant and soothing, yet carries the danger of "stranger, stay away"; just by hearing it, he knows it is one of the women familiar to him.
That person seems to be…
Eikou immediately quickens his steps, and the figure comes clearly into view.
Long red hair like blood, a simple and modest gray-black dress, a beautiful yet pale face of a young girl. The literature girl is holding a book under the bright light, cautiously hiding half her face behind it.
Her skin looks as if it has never been touched by sunlight, carrying a delicate, cold, and pale beauty.
Just by looking at her expression, one can tell she is both sensitive and proud, yet the round glasses and hairpin add a touch of youthful innocence.
In the silent library, her pointed fairy ears and snow-white face truly resemble a witch in a fairy tale.
Sure enough, it is Baobhan Sith!
Unexpectedly encountering her in a place like this is truly a pleasant surprise.
"Hi there,"
Eikou casually greets her as if nothing happened,
"What a coincidence, you're reading here too."
"…It's you, you startled me a bit."
Baobhan Sith breathes a sigh of relief upon seeing him, slowly lowering the book that covered half her face, looking at him with an expression not entirely friendly.
Eikou thinks to himself: what is she hiding from, why does she look so secretive?
But on second thought, given her distant and sensitive personality, it's probably just "a little embarrassed to be seen being diligent," of course, if Morgan were to praise her, it would be another story.
Though she is proud and stubborn, at times she is extremely concerned about others' gazes.
"There's no need to be startled, what's unusual about seeing someone studying?"
Eikou naturally sits across from her, teasing her.
"I just don't want noisy people to disturb me while reading." Baobhan Sith replies.
"Princess, I have already helped you patrol; I haven't found any fools yet."
"But isn't there already one right in front of me?"
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