Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse

"Whatever you say" Muku refused to play along.

If she wanted to call him a pervert. So be it. It's not like he would die from it. And arguing about it would only make him seem guilty.

"Tsk. You know it's no fun when you just go along with it" Jade spoke as she clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction.

"So... What now? Should we make out? It's what you wanted right?" Muku asked while looking into Jade's green eyes.

"What?! You rogue! How could you say such a thing with a straight face? Do I seem that easy to you?" Jade replied in an uncharacteristically bashful voice.

She even weakly hit Muku on the shoulder as she spoke.

"Oh my! She really can be girly. Such a cute response!" Muku exclaimed exaggeratedly while holding tight to Jade who was trying to struggle out of his grasp.

There was no way he would let her go when she had just begun revealing this unfamiliar side to him. He wanted to see more.

"Ahh!" Muku suddenly screamed in pain.

Unexpectedly, Jade attacked him with a new move... She bit him on the chest. She didn't use her fangs but her normal teeth were more than painful enough for the job. So fangs weren't necessary.

It was an unexpected turn of events since Jade had never resorted to that before. It was something he would expect from the others, but never her... So, this is what the Jade who wasn't trying too hard could do?

How unpredictably predictable. While Muku was thinking all this, Jade made her way to the portal.

"You didn't expect that did you? You big pervert!" Jade spoke then escaped through the portal.

Muku just looked on silently. It was weird to him that the girls he expected to act ravenously when left alone with him were actually the ones who behaved well. Like for real, who would have thought that Emily and Jade wouldn't initiate anything at least as intense as what Layla did after seeing everything?

Hell, even the little kiss Chloe gave him was more daring than what the two of them did combined... Was it reverse day or something? A day were the girls behaved differently from how they normally would?

Or were they on their perio... No, that can't be it either. Mana had long taken care of that issue for them. They no longer had to go through the messy and painful process to get clean. Mana took care of everything.

Muku wasn't sure how it did that and neither were the girls. And no one cared. All that mattered was that the girls no longer had to deal with periods. Muku was even happier than they since he didn't have to deal with multiple moody girls one after the other or all at once.

They hadn't given him too much trouble before, but he knew that that was only because they were in survival mode.

While the current them was still in survival mode, they could comfortably relax a little bit and listen to their bodies. Which definitely wouldn't have been good for Muku.

Anyway, with Jade gone, another girl came through. And surprisingly it was little Elsa. The girl was plagued by being the youngest in the group forever.

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"What? You're not going to say anything?" Muku asked the girl having a staring competition with him.

"I'm just wondering what my sister and the others see in you... Sure, you have good looks and all. The best I've ever seen but still... That can't be all that it takes right? Is there something I'm missing?" Else spoke.

Whether she was replying to Muku or just thinking out loud, he wasn't sure. After they got a little closer when he helped her rank up, the relationship between the two never progressed after that.

It was almost like the young girl kept a distance from him. Like she didn't like him or something.

What Muku didn't know was that Elsa mostly stayed away because she saw him as someone who belonged to Emily, and she didn't want to mess with Emily's "belongings". She knew more than anyone how dark her sister could be.

Of course, another reason was that Elsa was a little socially awkward, and she didn't know how to act around Muku. Not that she thought of him romantically or anything, which she didn't. She just generally didn't know how to act around males. Even when it was the goofy Muku.

She also didn't mind the little distance as being a spectator wasn't too bad. Watching the drama without stakes was also quite fun after all.

"Don't try to understand. All kids need to care about is going to school and listening to their elders. Banish those thoughts from your mind right now" Muku spoke with a slightly dark expression.

He felt like the young girl was insulting him in some way but he just couldn't prove it. It felt like she was indirectly calling him average or something.

"You do know that I'm seventeen right? Not to mention that there are no schools and technically you aren't old enough to be an elder to me. Sure, you're older but not to the point of being an elder..." Elsa replied.

She sat on a water chair she created as she spoke. Muku was amazed by her skill... it can't be easy to make liquid take on the properties of solids like that. And it was visually stunning with how the water was constantly moving.

Muku being the childish dude he was, of course, had to outdo the kid or he wouldn't be at peace. So, he snapped his fingers and a golden king's throne appeared behind him and he took a seat with all the arrogance in the world while looking at Elsa.

Seeing this Elsa paused a bit then rolled her eyes. And again she wondered what the others saw in the man-child. Sure, he was dependable and whatnot. But one can depend on him without falling for him right? Hell, she was living proof of that. And it was easy for her too... Sure it could be said that Emily had a hand in her stance but whatever. A win is a win.

"Well kid, let me talk to you. As long as you're the youngest. No matter how old you get. You'll always be the child of the group. Oh and school isn't a building, it's the people. You can take what you're learning from the others as your schooling. And an elder doesn't have to be too old to be considered as such. Just like how Emily is your "elder sister" despite being just two years older. So respect me brat! Tsk, why am I arguing with a child anyway? Is there something you want to say?" Muku replied to Elsa's words.

Interestingly enough, he took the high road after saying everything he wanted to say. It was like killing someone first then saying, "nuh, I can't kill them. That's not me", so yeah, it was so hypocritical that everyone, including the author rolled their eyes.

".... I'm not here to say much. I actually didn't even want to come but the others urged me saying I shouldn't miss our or whatever. Anyway, I'm glad you're alive and well leader. Hopefully, the group won't seem so dead now that they know you're okay. With that said, goodbye" Elsa spoke her peace and turned to leave without waiting for Muku to say anything.

It was also like she had met her word quota for the day and wasn't willing to give Muku the chance to make her say any more.

"Thank you..." Muku replied with a wry smile on his face.

When he looked at Elsa, he felt like he was looking at a version of Layla who didn't care. It was a rather weird sight. But it was okay. To each their own as they say. Elsa was doing her part in the group and that's all that mattered in the end. Even if she wasn't doing anything, Emily did more than enough for Elsa to be a couch potato without any worries.

Of course, she didn't do that. The young girl had a dream to one day be the one to protect her big sister after all. And she wasn't going to stop until she achieved that goal. It was literally her topmost priority in life.

All of that was information Muku knew and it made him smile a little bit knowing that the apocalypse couldn't destroy strong bonds even if it could destroy everything else...

"Big Brother!" Immediately after Elsa left, another figure appeared and the entrance was by far the quickest and loudest.

A figure flew into Muku's arms before he could clearly see who it was. Of course, he didn't need to see to know who it was. There was only one girl with that voice, that excitement when seeing him and that blazing love.... Hope.

"I missed you soooo much. I missed you all day, every day. I missed you in the morning, afternoon, evening and even in my dreams. I'm so happy I can get to hug you again after such a long time. I don't know if I could have reached two full years without this. This is the happiest day ever! Did you miss me too?" Hope went on and on while hugging Muku as tightly as she could.

She was giving him one of her usual hugs where it seemed like she was trying to burrow into his body and become one with him. And as always it was accompanied by her heavy emotions she never hid.

Since Muku was sitting down, she was hugging him while sitting on his lap. Her hands and legs were wrapped around him. Which created a somewhat risque... No, it wasn't somewhat risque, it was purely risque.

So much so it was taking everything Muku had not to react sinfully. After all, he knew that Hope didn't have any dirty thoughts at the moment. She was just hugging her big brother.

But Muku couldn't be blamed. The position was way too much!...