Book 8: Chapter 11: Wives On the Go (8/9)

“W-what do you mean? You, are you…s-sleeping with Halt?”

The Celestial Spirit King was obviously shaking, thunderstruck.

“Ahm, this is a bit late, but we are married to Halt-sama now.”

“…………”

“Father!?”

“— Ah! S-sorry. I was surprised for a bit. S-so, you’re married to that Mons- Halt, huh.”

In the long course of the history of this planet, it wasn’t really uncommon for spirits to marry humans.

Humans only lived for a hundred years or so, so the time the spirits, who didn’t have lifespan, spent with their beloved humans could be considered too short.

It wasn’t such a big deal if her girls liked Halt and they wanted to spend that meager time together.

Spirits and Humans couldn’t bear children together.

There was an exception, but that wasn’t applicable to his daughters.

Afterall, they wouldn’t engage in the acts of forming a family.

So, there’s no problem with that — that was what the Celestial Spirit King had in mind.

“Congratulations. I give you my blessing.”

“T-thank you so much, Father!”

“Alright then, I will bestow my divine protection on Halt. If I did that, then his lifespan might be extended, more or less.”

If he, a Spirit King, bestowed his divine protection on Halt, then his lifespan would probably double.

The Celestial Spirit King thought that much was fine, if it was for the sake of his adorable daughters.

“Ahm… We think that will be impossible.”

“Hm? Why?”

Mai and Mei chose their words carefully, finding it extremely hard to explain.

“Actually” (Mai)

“We received” (Mei)

“Divine Protection from Creator God-sama.” (Mai and Mei)

“— Huh?”

“Because we have the Divine Protection from Creator God-sama, we couldn’t receive the protective blessing from Father.”

“W-what!?”

The Celestial Spirit King placed his hand on top of Mai and Mei’s heads.

“W-what the…it’s true, Creator God-sama did bestow his blessing on you.”

“Creator God-sama blessed our marriage with Halt-sama.”

The Celestial Spirit King knew they were speaking the truth when he touched his daughters.

“Nonsense… I had never heard of any instance when Creator God-sama himself blessed a marriage between a human and a spirit — Hm?”

There was another thing that bothered the Celestial Spirit King.

“Y-you, is something else different aside from your recent marriage to Halt and Creator God-sama blessing it? Did you have something that you forget to report to me?”

“Different?”

“What might it be?”

Mai and Mei were perplexed.

The Celestial Spirit King caught a glimpse of a part of the power that lay within Mai and Mei.

It was on the level of a Spirit King.

Spirit Kings were the monarchs of the spirits, and they governed the four elemental mana of fire, water, wind and earth.

Mai and Mei’s powers already surpassed that of a spirit king.

“For example, did you receive a huge amount of mana from Creator God-sama, or something like that —”

“Huge amount” (Mai)

“Of Mana?” (Mei)

“Ahh!” (Mai and Mei)

“Oohh, did you remember?”

“We have become stronger after receiving mana from Halt-sama!!”

“W-what the heck…”

The Celestial Spirit King clutched his head.

His daughters had changed into an existence that could bear children right under his nose without him having any inkling about it.

It would have been better if they received mana from Creator God-sama temporarily because of their circumstances.

However, this was what happened instead.

Mai and Mei received mana directly from Halt, their contractor, and had raised their existence several levels higher.

Only the spirits who reached the level of spirit kings could conceive with a human.

Mai and Mei already fulfilled that requirement.

In short, the Celestial Spirit King’s daughters became the brides of Halt after they obtained bodies that could bear a human’s child.

It was no longer a platonic relationship that would spend a century together —  no longer a make-believe play of being families.

In that case —

“So I’m Halt’s father-in-law now, huh…”

“Y-yes, that’s right.”

The hard reality that his daughters had became brides before he knew it hit the Celestial Spirit KIng.

His precious daughters were taken away without a single simple courtesy call.

If this was an ordinary man, he would already obliterate him, but —

The Celestial Spirit King couldn’t do so.

Aside from being bound with a contract, the Celestial Spirit King already experienced being forcefully summoned by Halt.

If it was just a mere summoning contract, then he could abolish it with ease, but the reality of being summoned against his will had been painful for him.

He had been forced to submission right at the moment he manifested into the Human Realm.

“…What the…”

“A-ahm, we planned to visit Father and Mother sooner or later, together with Halt.”

The Celestial Spirit King was obviously depressed, so Mai and Mei called out to him out of worry.

However, the Celestial Spirit King calmed himself.

“So, you’re already husband and wife with Halt, right? Why do you still need the Bunshin Magic? Isn’t it fine to just sleep with Halt?”

The Celestial Spirit King couldn’t do anything but to accept this, so he nonchalantly tossed that question to Mai and Mei.

“Ahm…” (Mai)

“Actually…” (Mei)

“There are nine other women aside from us who are married to Halt.”

“Huh?”

“That’s why, the nights we can sleep with Halt are few.” (Mai)“We’re lonely when we can’t sleep with Halt.” (Mei)

“We want Halt-sama to use the Bunshin Magic.” (Mai and Mei)

“S-so what you’re saying now is that Halt has ELEVEN WIVES!?”

“Indeed.”

“N-no, w-wait a second! You girls are spirits that are at par with the Spirit Kings. Not only that, you are my beloved daughters, and you also received the divine protection of the Creator God-sama. That’s how you are, so aren’t you being prioritized that the others?”

The Celestial Spirit King firmly believed that his daughters are the most adorable girls.

He had been miffed that his daughters had been taken, but his desire for the man to treasure his daughters was truly sincere.

“No, Creator God-sama’s Divine Protection is—” (Mai)

“Given to all of Halt-sama’s wives.” (Mei)

“And so, Halt-sama’s wives are of equal status.”

“Wh-what!? T-that Creator God-sama bestowed his divine protection on all of those eleven people?”

Although it also depended on the degree, the Creator God’s divine protection was considered to be the ultimate blessing in this world.

Moreover, the Celestial Spirit King sensed that it was no ordinary blessing, but the highest degree of divine protection that he gave to Mai and Mei.

The supreme deity’s greatest divine protection —

It would take a colossal amount of divine energy just to bestow that to a single person.

And yet, he gave it to 11 people.

“Impossible… Halt, just what kind of creature are you!?”

“His our husband!”

“Ahh, yeah. You’re right.”

“So” (Mai)

“Father” (Mei)

“Do you know anything about the Bunshin Magic?” (Mai and Mei)

The Celestial Spirit King was torn,

He wanted to grant the request of his adorable daughters.

However, he couldn’t shake that feeling of displeasure that his daughters had to spend the night together with a clone.

He was stuck between a rock and a hard place, when…

“Father, please.”

Mai and Mei grabbed the sleeves of the Celestial Spirit King.

Both of them pulled it while looking like pitiful puppies.

They hadn’t used this trick recently, but it was effective everytime they wanted to request something back when they were children.

It was too precious that it couldn’t be helped.

The Celestial Spirit King had never once refused them when they did this action.

His wife scolded him many times because of this.

However, the Celestial Spirit King didn’t change at all.

“C-can’t be helped, then. This is dangerous magic, so be careful when you use it, okay?”

“We understand! Thank you so much, Fathe!!”

Afterward, Mai and Mei learned Bunshin Magic from the Celestial King, and they manifested again in the Human Realm jubilantly.