Pause System: Harem In The Apocalypse

Kylo swiftly rushed through the crowds of refugees, his head turned left and right in search of any trace or sign of his sister.

He had been on the lookout for the past five minutes and so far had found no leads at all.

'Where... Where is she!?'

'Where did she go!?'

The longer it took the more impatient he became. In just those five minutes he had surveyed the dome from the top of the tallest food stall he could find, he searched among groups of people and even made sure to check on those who were wearing hoods or covering anything.

More and more attention began to fall over him as he desperately searched for his sister, he didn't care about whether or not he was making a commotion.

"She's not here... She's not anywhere in this dome..."

Kylo's heart began to pound in fear as he slowed down near an alley in between two stalls.

The ground of the was scorched, with piles of ash lying around.

Kylo quickly began inspecting the scene in hopes of finding some sort of clue.

'There are a few bloodstains on the ground... This doesn't have anything to do with her, does it...?'

Kylo shook his head.

"No... Her ability doesn't turn people into ash... This is probably some other incident... I need to go back to search-"

The rest of Kylo's words left his mouth as he noticed something in the corner of his eyes.

'Huh...?'

Kylo slowly turned his head and began walking in the direction of the object he had spotted.

It was a shoe, a tiny shoe which was clearly the size of a child's. Kylo's pupils dilated as he stared at the single shoe.

The longer he stared at it, the more certain he became.

That shoe, it belonged to his sister, Lita.

-Memory.

"She went off with a group of men being led by some old guy."

-Memory end

In that moment, Kylo didn't speak a word. His wide opened eyes slowly began to tear up whilst his pupils darkened.

The wind in the area began to gather around him, circling him as he refused to believe his eyes.

The memory flashed over his mind, repeatedly over and over again.

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"Alright, so we're all good with the order? Ria will stay here for now, then it'll be me, and then Aurora, and lastly Ruby." Said Violet.

"Wha- What about me and Delta?" Lita asked with a saddened look.

"Lita, you're free to stay alongside Gray for as long as you want, and I'm not sure Delta wants to be burdened by this task..." Muttered Aurora as she rubbed the top of Lita's head.

Delta glanced at Aurora as if wanting to say something but proceeded to look away after making eye contact.

She directed her gaze to Gray who was fast asleep in bed.

-Memory [T/N: CH 124]

Gray suddenly grabbed her arm, and pulled her in closer.

Before she could react, their lips intertwined.

Gray wrapped his arm around her back, preventing her from moving away and falling.

While she was in this position, he began to blow air into her mouth.

Her expression softened for a moment. However, that was only for a split second before she pulled away and began coughing.

-Memory 2 [T/N: CH 125]

"Also that was my first kiss you stole." Delta said nonchalantly.

'Although it was to save my life.' She thought to herself.

"Wh- Ah... Sorry... I couldn't think of any other way to help you breathe..." Gray responded nervously.

Delta stared at him for a few seconds before walking ahead. She wasn't expecting that sort of reaction.

"It's fine, let's go."

-Memory End

From Delta's eyes, Gray was unusual, from the way he acted to his actions, it was impossible to read him at times.

But he had helped her countless times whilst they were in the other world, even though she had clearly told him she was sent to spy on him.

'I owe him a lot, now that I think about it.'

"I wouldn't mind helping him." She spoke.

The attention in the room instantly turned to her as all the girls began to eye her.

'D-Delta too? N-No way... Surely not...' Aurora thought to herself.

'But she did lower her finger when we asked who kissed him... Don't tell me she's also...' Wondered Ruby.

Ria didn't say anything and simply stared at her with a surprised look.

No one had any plans on voicing their thoughts, they all secretly assumed they had another competitor for Gray's number one spot.

No one except for...

"Delta, do you love Gray too?"

At that moment all the girl's attention turned towards Violet who nonchalantly asked the question they had all secretly been wondering.

'She asked it!!!' They shouted inwardly.

Delta cocked her head to the side with a confused look.

"Love?"

At that moment a series of memories from her childhood flashed by her mind, leaving her with a dark expression.

"No." She responded.

Her response almost seemed to pierce Violet from how cold It was. Based on her response there was no mistaking it.

'Looks like I overreacted because so many others girls have shown their true intentions...'

"Oh alright, sorry for asking that so suddenly." Violet apologised.

It was clear that Delta didn't like the question at all. It seemed to aggravate her even.

'Does she hate the topic of love or something?' Violet wondered.

Meanwhile all the other girls were still staring at Violet with dumbfounded expressions.

"You guys going to keep staring or are we going to go train?" Violet asked

"Y-Yeah, let's go... But before that, Lita where's your other shoe?"

Lita looked down with a confused expression, she was missing a pair of her small pink boots which had been provided to her by the base.

"It must have fallen off-

*Beep* *Beep*

Ria was interrupted the door suddenly beeped green lights, indicating that it was going to open. There was no one at the door so someone must have opened it from the other side.

"Who is it this time?" Ria asked with a somewhat annoyed look.

Upon opening, two corps members of the higher ranks stepped into the room, saluting after coming to a stop at attention.

One was a moderately long brown-haired man with dark brown eyes and the other was a short black-haired man who also had brown eyes.

They both wore the black angel corps uniform and carried their swords in the sheathe on their waist.

"Please forgive us for interrupting, supreme commander! There is currently an emergency occurring in the main dome!"

"An emergency?" Ria asked.

"That is correct! A wind dragon has manifested out of nowhere! We've been trying to deal with it but it's too much for the guards on duty to handle, the refugees are at the risk!"

Ria didn't believe her ears.

'Did he just say a wind dragon?'

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The girls rushed to the scene as fast as they could. Thanks to Ria's [Spatial Manipulation: Teleport], they got there in seconds.

After being teleported they were greeted by a strong breeze which seemed like it could blow them away at any second.

With their hairs swaying strongly from all the wind, they stared at the sight ahead of them.

Countless food stalls with supplies and unfortunate people who happened to be at the sight were soaring through the air in the inside of a recently manifested tornado.

The people who were still on the ground were panicking and doing everything they could to hold onto any foundations they could find.

Some were even using their abilities to avoid getting sucked into the tornado.

Those who were close to the next dome's entrance were rushing into it.

The new increased influx of people brought the next dome's capacity to the it's upmost limit.

"S-Someone help!!!"

"Please put a stop to this!!!"

"My boy is up there!! Please save him!!"

Their eyes were instantly drawn up to the ceiling where they could see it.

A giant, snake with a barbed tail and scales made of wind that travel throughout its body

Fiery eyes sat deep within its bony skull giving it a menacing appearance. On top of its head, just above its small, curved ears, were two small horns.

A genuine dragon.

Despite that, none of the girls were intimidated. Both Aurora and Violet had already faced off against a Lightning Dragon during the war against the Kessho's.

As for Delta, Ruby and Ria, they didn't think of it as a threat at all.

But the problem wasn't the dragon itself, it was the destruction that it was causing.

Veins bulged out of Ria's neck as she took a step forward.

"All my hard work..." She muttered with a shaky tone.

A surge of blood lust began to flow out of her a she glared at the dragon above.

"You girls try to help as many people as you can, if possible, recover the supplies. I'll go deal with that thing up there." Said Ria, before suddenly vanishing.

[Spatial Manipulation: Teleportation.]

Ria appeared before the dragon with glaring right into it's eyes.

She was pissed.