Chapter 121: Realization
"Hmm... I see how it is." Luna decreed with a strong scowl. She turned her head sideways and refused to meet Kaiden’s gaze. The purple-haired beauty was currently sitting on the couch in their home, with one of her legs crossing the other, and her arms did the same in front of her chest.
Next to her sat a similarly disappointed pink-haired curvaceous bombshell. She also had one leg crossed over the other and her arms crossed in front of her chest, but at least she didn’t refuse to look at Kaiden, who had just finished explaining what had happened when he went to have a chat with Aria’s mother.
"Girls, he must think of us as mere props who he can use to raise his system’s rank. We’re just hot women to plow and have cooking streams with. Instead of being Sinsworn Valkyries, the system should just call us ’Harem Members,’ I think." Nyx’s words stung Kaiden, who was standing in front of the two girls with a downcast look. The fact that she referenced Kaiden as ’he’ instead of ’Kaiden, ’ ’Kai, ’ or ’Master’ hurt him the most. Even the always cheery Nyx was angry with him.
Aria stood next to him and was observing even his minutest reactions.
Once the pair said goodbye to Lux and Julia in the hospital, they came home to get ready for the upcoming dungeon dive. However, after his talk with Aria, Kaiden felt obligated to inform his other two lovers of his mistake.
Kaiden took a deep breath and then let go of a lengthy torrent of apologies, which boiled down to him understanding the errors of his ways, to him having been arrogant as well as ignorant of their conviction.
Throughout his onslaught of words, Nyx’s smile widened, and by the end, her cheery attitude had returned. "As long as you understand," she said happily, accepting his apology.
Luna, on the other hand, kept scoffing, growling, and frowning cutely alongside his apology. She still refused to meet his gaze and only let go of a "Hmph!" as her reaction to his words.
Aria suddenly spoke up, "But Kai, how did you survive in the first place? I was too angry, worried, and disappointed when I first heard the story, but now that I have heard it for the second time, I can’t help but realize that you shouldn’t have survived. Your Vitality stat is not even close to being high enough to shrug off pistol bullets."
Kaiden smirked. "You girls should pay more attention to your systemic interfaces."