Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse

"Who are you calling old thing you disrespectful brat! Have I been so nice to you that you forgot I'm your mother?!... Hmph! You're lucky I'm not petty or you would regret what you said right now. Anyway, inject your mana into that phone and you'll understand..." Mrs C rebuked Muku a bit then moved on.

She refused to stoop to his level... Bullshit! She knew that it was her fault in the first place. So instead of being shameless, she decided it was best to move on.

"Okay", Muku replied without saying anything confrontational as he did what he was told.

He didn't dare push her any further or she really might do something. It would be unfair if she did, by it wasn't like he could do something about it...

Anyway, the moment his mana touched the "phone", it reacted. It began glowing faintly. The more mana it received from him, the brighter it glowed. Noticing that, he didn't stop injecting mana into it.

The light grey glow suddenly got sucked into the "phone" and something mystical happened.

A phone-like display appeared on the block. However, there was only an icon for the phone book at the bottom. He clicked on it and the contacts... Or contact rather, which was saved on it was shown.

He wanted to say he was confused and didn't know whose contact it was. But he couldn't. After all, if he couldn't figure out who the owner of the contact named, "World's Greatest Mother" then he would be an idiot.

His lip twitched as he looked up at Mrs C. The twitch got worse when he was met with her proud expression.

The way she was looking at him practically screamed, "Go ahead and praise me. I know I did a good job. There's no need to stop yourself from admitting it"

That look didn't last long though. She soon realised that Muku wasn't going to praise her. It wasn't hard to realise as his eyes were saying...."No". Nothing more and nothing less.

"Tsk. Now look at this" Mrs C expressed her dislike of Muku's reaction with a click of the tongue then moved on.

She then directed his attention to her hand which she was holding out. Another "phone" which looked exactly like the one Muku was holding appeared in her hand. The only difference was the colour. Hers was like silver instead of black.

Anyway, "the screen" was already on. She clicked on it and the "phone" in Muku's hand began ringing.

The ringtone was interestingly his favourite song. It was a bit girly but he didn't mind, so he wasn't embarrassed by it at all. He even appreciated that Mrs C made it his ringtone. Of course, he didn't say anything. But judging from the sudden smile which appeared on her face, he was sure she read his mind and found out.

He didn't make a scene about her reading his mind again. It kind of seemed pointless at that point. It would just delay things..

Anyway, he didn't waste time and answered the call... Mrs C's voice was heard from it. It was low but audible.

As for why it was low, that was because the lady was whispering into her phone from a corner in the distance.

She was making sure Muku heard her from the phone instead of hearing her due to their proximity.

"I said hello, son... Aren't you going to say anything back?" Mrs C's low voice sounded again.

"Sigh. Do I have to? I mean, we're literally looking at each other" Muku played along while asking why he had to play along. It was killing two birds with one stone.

"No, no. I refuse to take that as the first thing my son said to me on the phone. You better play along properly or I'm not going to give you the other phones I prepared for the girls" Mrs C replied.

".... Hello. Mother, how are you? How's your day?" Muku thought for a bit and decided to play along.

The girls would murder him if they found out that he had a chance to get them all communication devices but he decided to pass it up because of his pride.

As for how they would know in the first place when they weren't there?... Well, Raya the dragon rat was present after all. She might be behaving well at present due to needing him. But he knew that she wouldn't hesitate to stab him in the back the first chance she got.

In fact, that's exactly what he was expecting after knowing her for so long. And no, he wasn't thinking too badly of her because that's exactly what Raya was thinking of doing... He could sense the faint malice she emitted through the soul-link. She was trying her best to suppress it, but a little was leaking out...

"Hehe. There you go... I'm a good son. My day has been quite eventful. I assume you're good too. And how's you're day?" Mrs C happily replied.

"Well, you know me. I have a strong body. So of course I'm okay. What a coincidence. My day has also been quite eventful... I'm sorry Mother, but you caught me at a terrible time. Thanks for calling me though. I'll call you back once I'm free..." Muku replied.

"Oh, is that so? Okay. If you're busy it's okay. I'll be waiting for your call then" Mrs C replied while glaring at Muku from a distance.

She was starting to get into character and there he was cutting it short. She didn't expect that talking to someone on a phone would be fun. It would have been better if Muku hadn't ruined it...

"Okay. Bye". Muku replied then cut the call.

Mrs C appeared next to him the moment he did.

"Was that good enough?" Muku asked her.

"It could have been better. But you're going to call me back so I won't hold it against you" Mrs C replied.

"What?! Wasn't that just part of the demo?" Muku asked in surprise.

"And who said it was a demo?... Wait, are you planning on going back on your promise? Were you lying to your poor old mother then?" Mrs C replied in her out-of-touch-with-the-world tone.

She always spoke like that when she knew that using reason wouldn't get her what she wanted. So she would pretend to be dumb and bulldoze her way through.

"... Fine, I'll call you... This thing doesn't need to be recharged right?" Muku replied.

If the phones weren't still on the line, he might have tried to argue. But they were, so... Yeah, arguing was out of the question.

"Great! And no. They don't need to be charged. Well, they do, but the "charging" is you injecting mana into it. That's all that's needed to make a call. And they can only be used by the first person to inject mana into them, or the people that person allows by letting them inject a little of their mana along with theirs.

"Oh, that's good to know. So you're saying that if I want the girls to use my phone. I'd have to inject my mana first then have them inject theirs while mine is still keeping it on?" Muku asked.

"Yes. You only need to do it once. After that their mana print would have been recorded and they can use it without you" Mrs C replied.

"Oh, olay. But there's no need to do such a thing, right?. I mean the device only works for communication and everyone would have their own. So why would they want to use mine?" Muku spoke.

"Well, clearly you still do not understand women son... Anyway, here, I'll give you twenty of these. Keep the extras for your business partners if you're going to get any... Or more wives. I wouldn't mind" Mrs C replied while giving Muku a box with twenty"phones".

"Well, I do mind! There will be no more girls!" Muku replied strongly.

He really didn't want any more girls. The ones he had were already overwhelming. And that was before bedtime activities were in the mix. Who knows what is going to happen then?

He heard that ladies can get ravenous in bed. And that made him fear for his life... Hopefully, his enhanced body would be enough...

Anyway, Muku received the box and made it float. After that, he opened it to examine the phones. He didn't think that there might be issues with them... It would be crazy to think that something Mrs C made would have issues.

He opened them to see what they looked like. He wanted to know whether they would all look the same or come in different colours. It was just to satisfy his curiosity.

Anyway, there were eight phones on which looked different from the rest. They all had a unique colour. And it was obvious who the owners were just by looking at them...

The remaining twelve looked like his phone. It made him scrunch his brows a bit thinking that his mother was biased and favoured the girls.

Then he thought, most phones looked the same anyway. And it wasn't like he cared that his phone looked like the rest...

"Thank you, mother. You're the best" Muku thanked Mrs C seriously.

She had easily solved one of the biggest issues they had. This was how to communicate when they were away from each other.

And considering that Mrs C was planning to talk to him from a different world. It was clear that the phones worked no matter where you were.

And he wasn't worried that they would break. He didn't specifically test them, but he was sure that even his full-power attack wouldn't be able to break them. Which was understandable considering the creator...

So yeah, she had done his group a great favour.

"Oh my, so serious. There's no need to thank me. I'm just a mother taking care of her son" Mrs C replied with a gentle, almost sad smile on her face.

Muku put the phones in his storage ring and gave her a hug without saying anything...