NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 402
Chapter 400
Extra: The Last Story – 7
The graduation ceremony ended quietly without anything special.
No grand celebration, no surrounded friends in a graduation album. Just a few friends taking pictures, parents joining in, and receiving a few pieces of graduation evidence. That was it.
My parents, wanting to be with me for graduation, looked at my girlfriend who was shamelessly clinging to my side, and left with satisfied smiles.
I waved goodbye to my parents as they departed with Baek Yujin and turned to my girlfriend.
No, I turned to my girlfriends.
“Isn’t it amazing? No one is bothering us, no one is coming near us.”
“We’ve seen it a few times before. What’s so amazing about it, unni?”
Lize, who found it fascinating that people around us saw us as one, and Erica, who criticized it by saying it was magic we’d seen before.
“Graduation… experiencing it feels a bit ticklish.”
“True. Alcohol… probably not allowed yet, right? Maybe too much for this atmosphere?”
Iris, blushing at the word graduation, and Claudia, begrudgingly salivating over not being able to drink.
“Being a student is something that has nothing to do with Minerva— Owowow! That hurts! It hurts! I surrender!”
“Choose your words carefully, child. It merely means there’s nothing left for me to teach, yes?”
Aurora, who was about to mention age, was caught by the head and flailed, while Minerva wore a slightly menacing smile, and Kaiquilia looked at the two with disdain.
“Congratulations on your graduation, Delta.”
“You’ve finally become a true adult. Though you were technically one before,” Luna presented a bouquet, asking where she got it, while Floretta made a meaningful pun about being an adult before.
“Isn’t that underboob and jeans a bit too exposed, Your Holiness…?”
“It should be fine. After all, others can’t see us, can they, Stella?”
Stella, worried about the high exposure of the Pope’s attire, was reassured by Selene, saying no need to worry since no one else could see us.
“Hehe, everyone is so big… it’s a huge comparison, hehehe.”
“If you want, I could make your body grow larger, how about it?”
Nix, who seemed a little gloomier than usual as she had to look up at everyone, and Eclipse, who confidently offered to create a new body for Nix.
All were beauties capable of dominating any atmosphere wherever they went, yet despite this, no one around cared.
Only a few friends dared to congratulate me, only to leave in a huff after being shut down, calling them real tough women.
“Why didn’t you let them say hello? They weren’t even trying to address you, it was me they wanted to greet.”
“Why would I? Today you wholly belong to us. I can allow no one but your father and mother.”
It was more the case since Kaiquilia was beside me.
If it had been the more gentle Lize or Claudia, or the Popes, or Stella, Aurora, or Eclipse, perhaps they would have allowed a simple greeting.
‘…Maybe not Aurora?’
I began to think that maybe Aurora wouldn’t openly refuse either.
In the past three years, Aurora had grown so much she might as well be twins with Kaiquilia. Her looks, atmosphere, and personality had changed significantly; mostly resembling Kaiquilia.
While her mischief wasn’t completely erased, concentrating on Brightest Darkness 4 meant she often kept quiet or sat cross-legged looking down, radiating a strong Empress vibe.
So I wouldn’t have been surprised if she behaved just like her aunt.
‘Surprisingly, she seems to like it.’
Kaiquilia surprisingly seemed to genuinely like Aurora’s appearance. She even seemed to take some pride in it.
“Let’s start heading back.”
Thanks to our narrow relationships, no one came searching for us anymore. I opened a portal and sent my girlfriends back to the apartment first.
All 13, without a moment’s hesitation, vanished into the portal as if the past three years were barely a thought. I hesitated for a moment before following and looked back.
I probably wouldn’t ever come back again. I captured the campus sights in my eyes for a moment and stepped beyond the blue light.
We all knew there was only one thing left to do.
The wedding.
The day when our titles for each other would change.
I had known it, as my parents had been dropping hints for years. There was no escaping that scrutiny under the pretense of university life anymore.
Later, I found out my girlfriends had been subtly blowing winds of change to my parents, who noted my girlfriend’s willingness to marry and began pressuring me.
It seemed unlike them, but the pressure had only intensified for that reason.
“So, about that…”
Although the real thing would take place after shifting to Eclipse’s world, I still needed to show my parents a ceremony in this world.
To do that, I chose to ask my parents for help.
“Good thinking, Juwon! I’ll handle everything!”
“Got it. I’ll look into it.”
As soon as I expressed my intentions, my parents sprang into action enthusiastically. They were so eager I had to tell them several times to hold back a bit.
“Mother role, does that mean me?”
I decided to leave the role of the girlfriend’s mother to Lana. Initially, I intended for both parents to be replaced by avatars, but Aurora had asked if Lana could take on the mom role.
“That sounds good. Let’s do it right away.”
Lana accepted with equal enthusiasm as my parents. She felt like she was officially recognized as Aurora’s new stepmother.
When I joked that it meant she was old enough to be a mother, she darted over to Aurora to tell her. Aurora told her not to joke about age, considering that Lana was of a mother’s age.
Lana seemed more shocked by that remark.
“Creating an avatar… it’s perhaps a bit more of a high-tier task, since we’re creating new life.”
Regarding the wedding, all we had to do was pick from the list brought in by my parents, but there was one essential task.
Creating the woman who would stand beside me.
Because unlike the world of Eclipse, Earth was monogamous. We agreed to choose another method rather than standing only one person together. Eclipse smiled confidently, offering to handle it.
“Honestly, I’m a bit surprised.”
“Right?”
Though I felt a hint of anxiety, it quickly faded as Eclipse successfully created a being that embodied the 13 traits perfectly.
It was clear the goddess was truly a goddess.
“Wait! Who’s moving my arm?!”
“Must be one of us!”
“Don’t move! My legs are tangled!”
“I’m not even the one moving?!”
“Oh, I’m kind of getting used to this now.”
“So this is how it feels not using magic? How fascinating.”
“…What kind of absurdity is this? I can’t look Delta in the face.”
“It’s much more uncomfortable than moving with two people, Evangelina.”
“There’s nothing we can do, older sister Seraphica.”
“I… I’m one with the Holy Popes…”
“Calm down, Stella.”
“Hehe, I grew taller! Looking down from high places feels like this.”
“Definitely feels high with a 30cm difference.”
From then on, it would be a stage my girlfriends would need to overcome together.
We decided to share our souls and control our movements, yet the mouths blabbering with 13 voices and creaking limbs made it clear this wouldn’t be easy.
However, it only proved challenging initially, and perhaps thanks to the goddess’s support, we quickly synchronized our actions. It took merely 30 minutes for our movements to stabilize.
“Now let’s begin, shall we?”
I suspected it was likely due to the bait I had dropped.
It promised to satisfy the terrifying curiosity about what would happen when 13 souls merged into one body. As soon as my girlfriends successfully transformed, they boldly opened their arms.
After all, a promise was a promise, and I embraced that body and headed for the bed.
To cut to the chase, climaxing was just as possible as transformation.
The wedding proceeded without a hitch. It was a situation where no issues could arise from the start.
My parents laid out a perfect plan, just as they had expressed confidence, from beginning to end, and Lana fulfilled her role with diligence.
Even though I felt a jolt at the thought of 12 other women occupying ‘my daughter’s’ body alongside Aurora and the list of those contained within, there were no mistakes.
The roles of the girlfriend’s father and acquaintances were filled entirely by avatars. If Earth’s people knew the truth, they would all be amazed, but what could we do about it?
As long as no one found out, we were golden.
“I’ll be back.”
“Son, why do you speak like you’re leaving far away?”
When my mother questioned why I spoke as if I was going far, I felt a twinge of concern, but because I planned to shuttle between both worlds until everyone related to me was absent, I maintained a vague expression.
We declared our marriage on the day we crossed over to Eclipse’s world. One man marrying a staggering 13 women, an unprecedented union in the Aiternum Empire and Raphael Holy Kingdom’s history.
So it was only natural that the empire and kingdom would go into an uproar.
Merely the idea of 13 women was enough to shock anyone, not to mention that each of those women was a formidable power player and authority in the continent.
However, the direction of the uproar was exactly the opposite. While the empire was troubled by the sudden wedding announcement, the kingdom transitioned into a festive atmosphere as if they had expected it.
While the empire was thrown into chaos, the maids who had foreseen this situation, calling me the national letter, rapidly took charge in the Imperial Palace, not to mention the Holy Kingdom.
“The goddess’s identity…”
“I know. There’s no choice.”
We revealed everything else but chose to keep Eclipse’s identity a secret. Announcing the true creator of this world would inevitably lead to disastrous consequences, as I foresaw clearly.
Eclipse agreed with my opinion, confirming the future visions were grim, shaking her head vigorously.
As time went on, the moment to rejoice after a month’s worth of preparations grew nearer.