"Hey, I'm Alrena. Goddess of Wisdom and Victory. One of the twelve pillars of the Elios Pantheon. As the hero who saved our world, I think we should reward you properly for what you've done. How about you visit Mount Elios, where gods like us reside? We can discuss the details there."
Rena walked over, stood right in front of him, and extended the invitation. Her demeanor was very friendly, and her voice was filled with a charm that men found irresistible.
Whether on purpose or not, she even let her large breasts jiggle for a split second as she stopped walking.
"!?" Odis and the other Elios gods.
The first was delighted because he'd finally come up with an idea!
What man doesn't like women?
Especially a woman as beautiful as Rena!
As it happened, Rena had also been single for a long time.
This was the first time he'd seen her take the initiative to woo a man. The meaning was clear: Rena herself didn't mind using herself to tie Eiji to their side.
"Oh my, I'm one step behind Rena-chan."
"Ishtia, your husband is right next to you."
"I know that, and he doesn't mind, does he?"
"...." Heibos's lips twitched.
The conversation between his wife (Ishtia) and Fanacea made him feel a little uncomfortable.
What man would be okay with his wife flirting with other men and even sleeping with them? He wasn't one of them!
But what could he do? Ishtia held the dominant position in their relationship, and he had long since given up on trying to stop her from sleeping with other men.
He silently endured many cuckold experiences.
Eiji thought this man was truly pitiful. And no, he doesn't want to be cheated on as much as Heibos.
Although he had to admit that Ishtia's beauty could be compared to Rias's, since they both had red hair and incredibly alluring bodies.
Unless he went out of his way to deal with her and used the method he used on Freya (Danmachi), he'd rather avoid her.
As for Rena?
He knew from the original work that she was one of the heroines, and she was still a virgin.
She has a beautiful fair complexion, red lips, lovely, sparkling eyes, large breasts, and a slender waist. She's clad in a white battle dress with gold detailing, and accessories like a pair of angel wings on her head.
Under normal circumstances, Eiji wouldn't even think of rejecting Rena. Especially since at that moment, he could sense jealousy and a hint of hatred from a god named Thores.
That man must have been one of Rena's suitors.
"Let's just save that for later. Right now, I'm busy and need to get back soon."
Eiji looked at Rena calmly, even a little indifferently. He wanted to go home right away to see his daughters again.
'He turned me down!?'
Rena's smile froze—this was the first time a man had rejected her. She could have used her charm magic, but she was worried she'd offend Eiji if she still failed to make him fall in love with her beauty.
Still, his rejection only made her want him even more!
"Is that so? That's such a shame. We'll just have to wait until you're not busy. By the way, can you tell me how to get in touch with you?"
Eiji sighed.
Rena was stunned.
This guy sighed!?
Does he think he's a bother?
"Pfft! I never expected to see Rena-chan get rejected by a guy. This is really interesting." Ishtia laughed.
Rena clenched her fists. She pretended not to hear Ishtia's laughter and taunts.
Thores's face was gloomy, and his expression was grim. Even though Eiji had rejected Rena's advances, he was still unhappy that he'd caused the woman he liked to take the initiative to such an extent for him!
Thores was jealous, but he wasn't foolish enough to pick a fight with Eiji.
Eiji thought it was boring.
[King, why did you refuse!? Are you going to let a heroine fall into another man's hands? Especially the protagonist?]
Leme sounded anxious and tried to persuade her contractor not to let Rena go.
She even wanted her contractor to do the same to all the beautiful women there.
As for Ishtia's slutty nature? Her contractor could do something about that. That's clearly a piece of cake for him!
'Leme, I'm just stalling. And don't worry, I've slipped shadow soldiers into the shadows of every beautiful woman here. Besides, I know women like Rena like a man who are hard to get.'
Eiji had read Dark Knight Story on NovelUpdate in a past life. Honestly, it's a pretty good dark fantasy and harem novel. But the biggest problem with that novel was the protagonist.
That guy, Kuroki, had extremely low self-esteem just because of his childhood friend... I forgot his name. That woman often compared him to Midou Reiji (the hero summoned by Rena). However, she doesn't know that Reiji uses a ring that boosts his charm.
That ring made it easier for the opposite sex to fall for him, with only the Goddesses being the exception.
Kuroki's childhood friend fell in love with Reiji to the point where she often ignored Kuroki's warnings about how evil Reiji was, and mocked him for it.
Kuroki became a depressed and gloomy man because of this. In the original work, even though Rena is one of the women in his harem, he isn't particularly possessive. He allowed Rena to be falsely accused of having a romantic relationship with Reiji.
Many people even thought Rena's son was her and Reiji's child.
Kuroki's reaction to that was... He couldn't do anything about it.
That was incredibly frustrating.
Just in case, Eiji ordered his shadow soldiers to find Reiji and do something to him.
That man with a name so similar to his own disgusted him. There's no way he'd let him reap as many benefits as in the original work.
[So that was part of the plan? Leme was glad to hear that! Our king is still the Harem King who will continue to expand the size of his harem.]
Eiji didn't say anything in response to what Leme had said.
"Come to think of it, that reminds me of something."
He took two items out of his inventory before handing them to Damocles and Rena.
"These are interdimensional communication devices. It's called the E-Dial. You two can use them to contact me."
Damocles and Rena's eyes lit up.
Damocles was happy because, with that device, it would be easy for him to contact Eiji whenever he wanted to see his daughter, Tohru.
As for Rena, she was even happier. She thought Eiji was at least interested in her and had even given her a special device to contact him.
Even though he'd also given the same thing to the old man of the dragon race. But that's okay; she was satisfied enough.
Odis refrained from giving Rena a thumbs-up. Being able to catch the attention of someone as powerful as Eiji was clearly a good thing for gods like them.
Shortly after that, Eiji left.
Before teleporting back to Draconic Deus, he didn't forget to give Elma a smile.
"...?"
Elma wondered what that meant.
But at that moment, she felt a little embarrassed by it and blushed. When she goes to the human world to look for Tohru in the near future. She might also be able to meet Eiji again and thank him in her own way.
...
Time passed.
To be exact, five days after Eiji saved another world for the umpteenth time. During that time, he barely left the house and kept playing with his daughters. Of course, he only did this after they woke up.
That made his women happy, of course, but some of them also wondered if he didn't have anything else to do?
It was a bit strange to see Eiji spending so much time at home for several days, aside from making love or spending time with them.
"Eiji, don't you have a schedule today to save a beautiful woman or something like that?" Sephie (the mother of Lala, Nana, and Momo) asked.
Her gaze was fixed on Eiji, who was sitting on a fluffy rug with each of his daughters. He was carrying Lyra on his shoulders, while his hands were putting together a large picture puzzle with Scarlet, Miyabi, Kohaku, Ravella, and his other daughters.
It had been two hours since they'd started.
Sephie's lips twitched.
"Sephie? For now... No. Oh! Akane, you put the puzzle piece in the right spot again. You and the others are so smart. Just as I'd expect from my daughters!"
Eiji clapped his hands with a broad smile on his handsome face. He ignored Lyra, who was tugging at his hair.
"Ehehe. Papa! Papa!"
"Abababa."
"Papa! Scuale! Scuale!"
Lyra, Akane, and their other daughters chirped in adorable voices.
Scarlet seemed to want to be carried on her father's shoulders too; she whined and glared at Lyra as if to say: "Stop hogging Papa! You've been sitting there long enough! Now it's my turn!"
Lyra tilted her head innocently and feigned innocence, just like her mother did.
Eiji's smile looked silly.
Rias, Lala, Sona, Akeno, Ravel, Lady Phenex, Lady Sitri, Venelana, Runeas, Xenovia, Irina, Koneko, Kuroka, Tsubaki, and the other women in the room fell silent.
"What about school? Eiji, you haven't forgotten that you also have to go to school, have you? Lala and the other women who'd already given birth were on maternity leave because they had to take care of Lyra-chan and their own daughters. So it's fine for them not to go to school, but what about you?"
"Ahem! Sephie-san, actually, Eiji has already taken care of that by..."
It wasn't Eiji who answered, but Sona who explained what Eiji had been doing about school for the past five days.
Sephie was just finding out now.
Her eyes widened, and a look of surprise appeared on her incredibly beautiful face. "What? Eiji sent his own clone to take his place at school? That's..."
"That's totally cheating." Irina said.
Xenovia nodded in agreement.
[What's wrong with sending your own clone to take your place at school? You guys don't know this, but a guy named Itachi did the same thing when he was still attending the Konoha Ninja Academy.]
[Using the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique), he had his clone attend school while the real him trained in the forest.]
Who is Itachi?
We don't even know him!
The women in the room grumbled to themselves.
You and that guy named Itachi are clearly bad students for taking advantage of a loophole in the school system, Eiji.
Eiji pretended not to know what the women were thinking.
Spending time with his daughters is clearly more important than going to school!
And it's his day off, okay?
While, his boss, a woman named Miss System, hadn't returned yet.
He decided to go on strike!
He could have his clones go to school, take his women somewhere (like visiting each of his prospective in-laws), or check on the status of his companies.
Suddenly, Eiji thought...
Why didn't he do something like this from the start?
Unless it's something like flirting with women, going on dates, and having sex with them (to avoid the poison). He could have his clones do other things instead.
[Hahaha. I'm so genius!]
The women: "...."
Whatever Eiji was thinking at that moment, it certainly wasn't anything positive, and his daughters shouldn't follow his example.
Fortunately, Eiji's strike didn't last any longer than that. Right at noon, while Lala, Rias, and the other women were breastfeeding their daughters with their own breasts.
Without a trace of shame, Eiji—who was about to ask one of the women for milk—suddenly froze.
A voice he knew very well echoed in his mind.
[How's it going, host? I'm back online! Some issues with the previous system have been fixed, and the system is working normally again.]
It was Miss System.
She sounded cheerful.
It's hard to believe she's Thanatos when she acts like that.
"...."
Eiji pretended not to hear her; he walked to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of goat's milk to drink by himself.
[Um... Host? Are you ignoring me on purpose?]
"The goat's milk is really fresh today. Did it just arrive this morning?"
"That's right, Eiji-sama. It was just imported from the best goat farm in Switzerland this morning."
Noel, who happened to be in the kitchen, answered his question.
Eiji nodded slightly. "No wonder—it tastes as delicious as usual."
"Fufufu."
Noel giggled.
[Host? Host? Hey... Host, please don't ignore me! Wuwuwuwu!]
Miss System was crying.
It was a fake cry.
Eiji knew this, but he finally replied.
'Stop pretending to cry, boss. I'm just your employee; you don't need to overreact just because I ignored you.'
[I—I was wrong, okay? I should have come back sooner and not missed the birth of your daughters! Please don't call me "boss"—call me by my usual name. You're my host.]
'Just your host? Boss, I'm worried I can't do it.'
Eiji sighed; he approached Noel and stood behind her as she was wiping down the table. He wrapped his arms around her curvy body and nibbled on her ear.
Noel bit her lip; her cheeks flushed slightly. She didn't stop him and continued working while deliberately rubbing her butt against his crotch.
Under normal circumstances, Miss System would have called her host a pervert right then and there. But right now, she kept pleading.
[H-Husband.]
She knew what the man wanted.
'Huh? What did you say, boss?'
[I said husband! Host, you're my husband. I certainly don't want you to keep being mad at me. I've even prepared some compensation in the form of a few rewards for my previous absence!]
Eiji found it amusing.
He was quite pleased that Miss System was buttering him up.
Usually, she often argued with him using her normal, logical reasoning.
This time, though, he'd let her off the hook a little.
'Miss System, stand up.'
Was this man imagining her kneeling in front of him?
Miss System was silent for a moment.
[Okay.]
She played along with him.
Her tolerance for her own apostle was extremely high.
'Now, let's see how sincere the compensation you're giving me really is.'
[Just as you wish, host. I'm sure you'll be satisfied!]
Miss System was very confident.
Eiji was growing increasingly curious about what kind of compensation she would give him.