Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 136: The Talk

"So can we talk now?" Muku spoke while standing at the door looking at Emily who was still frozen on the bed.

She still didn't budge. She was just looking at him with her golden eyes, unblinking. Her brain had short-circuited. To think Elsa would ditch her just like that.

She was considering how she could escape. But his standing at the door made it hard to do. It was almost like he knew that she wanted to run. And she couldn't break through the window since replacing it wasn't an option anymore.

"Sigh, I'm not going to ask you why you left like that... Because I already know why" Muku continued speaking after not getting a response from Emily. He didn't want to drag it on for long so he was going to get it sorted out that day no matter what.

"Oh, okay... You what?!" Emily replied subconsciously after hearing that he wasn't going to ask her why she left. But after the second part of his statement was finally decoded in her mind she screamed out in shock and panic.

What did he mean he knew? Did he really know? Or did he just think that he knew? What would she do if he really knew? But there was no way he'd really know right? Not with his dense brain... Right?

Emily's brain went into overdrive. Muku could swear that he saw a little smoke coming out of her ears. That's how much she was thinking.

"Anyway, I came to tell you that I won't play dump anymore. I know about how you and the other girls see me in a special way. And honestly, even the densest person in the world would be able to tell," Muku continued again before stopping without saying everything. He was giving Emily a chance to say something if she wanted to.

"So you knew all this time"? Emily, who had finally calmed herself down, spoke. She wouldn't let her nerves cheat her out of having the conversation she had always wanted to have with Muku.

If she did that, not only would she have let herself down. She would have also let the other girls down. As from his words. He knew about them all. So she brought herself to ask the first question clearly.

"Ye..." Muku was replying before Emily interrupted him by asking something else.

"What do you think about us then? Do you see us the same way? Or even one of us?" Emily didn't care about how rude it was to interrupt him at the moment.

She just couldn't hold herself back from asking anymore. What she asked was something that had been plaguing all their minds for the longest time. So when she got the chance to ask, she didn't care about anything else. She was that desperate to know.

However, his unknown answer also made her extremely nervous. In her mind, it could go four ways. The first way would be that he liked them all romantically. Which was somewhat good news for her. The second way would be that he only liked her. Which would be great news for her.

Then came the opposite side. Which was either he didn't like any of them romantically. Or he liked one of them and it wasn't her. The first one was acceptable since it was what they had been assuming all this time. And it was something that could be changed with some effort.

However, if he likes someone else from the team who wasn't her. She would be devastated. Likely to never love again. After all, she wouldn't be able to do anything in such a scenario. She couldn't betray her friend so that she could end up with Muku herself. And even if she tried to sabotage the relationship. There was no guarantee that she would be the one to benefit.

So, with such thoughts going on inside her pretty little head. It was understandable that she would be nervous about his reply. Especially when she was aware of Murphy's Law and found truth in it.

"The answer to that is complicated..." Muku replied before trailing off. Not sure how to continue.

New novel chapters are published on freewёbn૦νeɭ.com.

"Do you, or do you not?" Emily wasn't going to let up. Even if she was nervous. She was determined to hear the answer no matter what.

"Fair enough. The truth is I'm not sure. I think I do. But because of your ages and our past relationships, I can't let myself completely surrender to my emotions. So that makes me uncertain" Muku replied as honestly as he could at the time.

He really wasn't sure how he felt about them because of the various mental barriers that he faced. While he was certain that he didn't want to see any other man with any of them. He wasn't sure if he wanted to see himself with them when they were still so young.

The situation reminded him of a traumatic event from his past. When he was still a child, there was a nice, slightly older girl who took care of him at the orphanage. Then some old dude came and took her away at sixteen as a bride after bribing the orphanage administration. Which was a common tale really.

Obviously, some stuff happened afterwards that harmed her young mind. When he met her five years later she was an apologetic drug addict who didn't care about anything. From the smart and caring young girl he knew. Which he felt was because she stepped into the adult world earlier than she should have.

While he knew he wouldn't do anything bad to the girls. He still felt that even starting a relationship with them wasn't something that he should do. Not to mention that there was more than one girl. Which was another problem.

Because of that, among other things. He didn't want to start anything with them. But his weird encounter and Freya's incident made it clear that he also couldn't ignore the situation anymore.

So his mind was caught up in a mess. Not knowing what he should do. In that moment he couldn't help but miss the simplicity of the days before the apocalypse. In those days, he wouldn't have to deal with the situation.

"So, at the very least, you don't dislike us, right?" Emily took his reply rather positively. For her, as long as it wasn't a definite no. It was okay. Now, even if she had to wait two years. She would bear it. It was clear to see that he was going through some mental struggle because of the situation. So she wouldn't push him too much.

There was no need to rush. After all, his words had merit. They really were still quite young. For the time being, knowing that there was a chance was good enough.

"There's no way I could dislike any of you even if I wanted to" Muku gave her a clearer answer this time to her pleasure.

"Okay, what about Freya then?" Of course, she didn't forget about Freya.

"What about her? I really only brought her into the team because of her abilities, which I think will prove helpful in the future," Muku replied straightforwardly again with a clear conscience. While he had thought a few dirty things involving Freya during the hug. That was it. It had been strictly business after that.

"So you don't think she's pretty?" Emily pressed on.

"Obviously... I do. Why wouldn't I think a beautiful girl is beautiful when I can see that she's beautiful?" Muku replied while rolling his eyes, thinking that Emily's question was rather stupid.

"Good point. But, do you want to... You know, with her?. You know what? I'm certain you do. But before that, I want you to promise that you won't do anything with her before me" Emily then went on to say something that left Muku speechless.

The girl really didn't know when to stop. What kind of questions was she asking?? Even her face was red with embarrassment from what she was saying but she still dared to ask such things. Though he wasn't surprised that she even knew about such things. After all, if a child has a phone from ten years, by the time they reach fourteen, they'd definitely know some things.

"Fine, whatever. I promise," Muku agreed so that he could get it over with and get out of the awkward situation. His face had long darkened from the moment she spoke.

"Can you promise not to do anything with the others before me as well?... Fine, I'll shut up. Forget I said that" Emily, who had been given an inch, wanted to take a mile. But after seeing Muku's ugly expression she retracted her words. She didn't know where all the confidence that powered her was coming from.

"Good. I'll take my leave now" Muku spoke as he got up from the chair he had sat on preparing to leave.

"Wait!" Emily called out hurriedly then got off her bed. Ran to Muku. Tiptoed beside him then gave him a little kiss on the cheek. Then ran back to hide under her blankets. Finally, she had something she had wanted to do for the longest time.

Muku froze for a moment, thinking about what had just happened. He then shook his head a bit before walking out. He felt quite tired from just talking to Emily. Which made him sigh thinking about how he also had to talk to the others.

It was going to be a hard day for him. He just knew it...