Harem God: Leveling Up Yanderes in the Apocalypse Chapter 39 Cultured Development And Civilization

[A/N: I don't know how, but I forgot to post three chapters. If you're reading this and you haven't seen Leon go apeshit ballistic over pudding, please go back to Sacrificial Brat. I forgot the best chapters! So the equivalent of 7 chapters today. Accidental mass release. Surprise!]

Reina confessed that she was bisexual, exploited female social identities for personal gain, and was sexually interested in Caitlyn Mira.

However, Leon didn't look moved. He silently sat back in the corner of the couch and reaccepted Caitlyn back into his arms.

Then he patted the cushion to his left to signal Lindy over.

The brunette's eyes widened in surprise, but she quickly snapped out of her daze and scampered over.

When she snuggled close to his left, Leon cringed. He imagined people would perceive his action as treating Lindy like a pet. However, her smile as she cuddled up eased his mind.

He looked up at Reina for the first ti since she beca a mber of his harem.

"I'm glad you're still alive and that my cultured power has helped you accept your sexuality and toxic personality." Leon said with a lifeless expression.

Reina gave Leon a predatory smile with a dangerous glint in her eyes. She used two fingers to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear with a seductive expression.

"As for lying, so long as you don't lie to about party-related matters, you can social engineer a tragic backstory if you wish." Leon said.

"Your past is irrelevant. I don't care if you killed soone's dog by accident and then developed a thrill and addiction to it.

Your life choices don't matter. Call yourself Clarise, take hormones and beco Clarence. I don't care.

There are only three things that matter. First, I'll rip your throat out if you lie about an official party operation or slander my won.

Second, your throat is in your body, which ans Caitlyn's danger sense skill hasn't gone off, and Lindy doesn't need to take another shower. Let's keep it that way.

Third, Caitlyn's my woman.

Now can you please sit down, so we move on? We still haven't procured supplies and haven't learned how to sleep without threat of attacks."

Leon didn't attach his third statent to a threat and didn't show any emotion on his face.

The mystery of the punishnt made Caitlyn blush, Lindy heat up, and Reina narrow her eyes in interest.

"Don't worry, I have a new interest." Reina announced casually, "On the subject, do I get to cuddle up with you since I'm now a haremite?"

Caitlyn growled. Literally. She [literally] growled at the woman's words.

"You heard that woman." Leon said in a relaxed voice.

Lindy shot Reina a smug expression. Of all of the fakers and thieves of the group, [Sarah] was the worst. So she was happy Caitlyn bared her teeth.

Reina smiled, shrugged her shoulders, and sat in her original seat.

Once everyone was situated, he started the discussion.

"It's the apocalypse." Leon began, "The fact that a ga caused it doesn't change that."

Caitlyn, Lindy, and Reina sent him wry smiles.

"I've checked the rules of this [ga] we're playing." Leon announced.

"There are two conditions to win. The candidate with powers must live a life that espouses the virtues of their patron god and die of old age or disease.

That's it. There are only a few exceptions. In other words—"

"We should prioritize setting up to live for the long term." Caitlyn completed.

Leon nodded in assent.

"Yeah… about that… that's a tall order, chief." Lindy remarked with a skeptical expression.

"It's hard to espouse the virtues of a harem god with three people stuck in an apocalypse shelter.

That's like the desperate sex scene from horror movies if it lasted for… the rest of your life.

Don't get wrong; I'm all about it. So sign up. I'm only comnting on this trial's rules being stacked against you."

"Yeah, the rules aren't in your favor." Caitlyn agreed.

"But I agree. If we spend a little ti, we can make a great shelter to live in.

Then we'd only need so opium and an excuse to make you the new Heavenly King." (1)

"Sounds dull… but don't knock it till you try it. So I guess it's only rational—"

"Without Tina." Caitlyn added.

"Tina?" Leon asked in confusion.

"Yeah, Willow." Lindy explained while pointing to Reina.

"Ohhhhhhh, Patricia. I see." He chuckled.

"Yeah, we can do without Silvia." Lindy agreed while nodding at Cailyn.

At that mont, watching Reina puffing up her cheeks and his won conspiring against her, he realized sothing important—

Having two fiery won at one's side was far easier when they had sothing to bond over.

"Let's give Martha a shot, you two." Leon chuckled with a cunning glint in his eyes.

None of the three could place their finger on what ga Leon was playing. It could be anything, from acquiring a new rag doll to a future use case for Reina.

However, all three were invigorated by that manipulative look in his eyes and nodded mindlessly. In short, everyone in that room had serious ntal health issues.

"Moving on. I don't want to live in a shelter for the rest of ti." Leon sighed, "So I have another idea I thought of during our trial."

"What's on your mind?" Lindy asked hesitantly. She knew he wouldn't ask official permission unless it was moderately controversial.

"I propose we save won and build a new city." Leon replied in a relaxed tone.

"Yeah, I like that. It has a nice flare—wait! What did you say!?" Lindy cried in response.

Caitlyn stared at Leon with a confused expression.

"Putting aside the fact that you're proposing to create an energy grid…." Reina laughed in bewildernt.

"Beast and demon candidates, which may represent their gods by killing humans, will level up over ti.

So even if we find won to build a [city], the group will be an inflexible liability that will quickly die off."

"Curious. How many tis have you leveled up for acting like a human in the last fifteen minutes?" Caitlyn asked Reina with a brutal mocking smile.

Reina's eyes trembled in shock when she processed what had happened.

"As you can see, Leon's power doesn't require him to pimp out his body in exchange for power." Caitlyn continued with a caustic tone.

"Correct. It's better to say that my power rewards for improving my mbers' lives or helping them to improve their own." Leon sighed while raising his hand to stop the bickering.

Everyone quieted down to listen.

"The essence of harem culture is communal relationships, not sexual activities." He continued.

"The plan would be to save as many won as possible, and build a city. The most loyal of won would build contracts and protect the city. In essence—"

"We'd be creating an army…." Lindy whispered in amazent.

"That is what I'm hearing, right!? Please say we're going to build an army of op won.

That would be legendary! Historians will forever be confused whether to call the city a demonstration of female superiority or the virtues of hyper-masculine, borderline misogyny!"

The brunette burst into laughter and fell onto Leon's lap before rolling around. He watched her face with a strange smile, and Caitlyn had a similar expression.

She watched the scene with a lukewarm, conflicted gaze. She was curious whether their bond had gotten stronger or if they—who had been friends for a year—were just close.

"Yes. That's correct." Leon replied, "We'll build an army of overpowered won that will shake the heavens!"

Caitlyn, Lindy, and Reina were drawn in by his words. He wasn't making a powerful declaration but showed genuine passion.

"We'll rebuild society to a degree where we can feel human again." He continued, "I will provide those who lend their power the comfort they deserve. Are you three with in this plan?"

"This… room will get crowded with a hundred mbers…." Lindy noted tactfully, summing up Caitlyn's point of conflict.

Leon chuckled twice in confusion before bursting into laughter.

"No, no. There will be [my] harem consisting of [my won]." He said while pulling Caitlyn close and ruffling Lindy's hair.

The latter turned bright red and lted into her lap. She had never had such an amazing lap pillow in her life.

"Then there will be the 95% of won who are uncontracted. We'll need as many people as possible to restart civilization, and naturally, I won't juggle hundreds of contracts." Leon chuckled, "People will get disgruntled and then plot to kill ."

A wave of understanding washed over them. Leon's power wasn't designed for casual neglect.

"Lastly, there will be those contracted and holding different roles." Leon continued.

"For example, if I take part in a raid team, having mbers in the raid team gives ample ti to build the won up without requiring them to follow everywhere.

Therefore, my mbers will mainly consist of individuals in military or governntal posts. In short, leadership positions. We'll level up when I'm around naturally."

"That's a brilliant idea, but what about the n? Are we going to save them?" Reina asked.

Leon looked at Caitlyn and Lindy to see if they were as equally confused as he was. Seeing their confusion, he looked up to et Reina's gaze.

"I'm afraid I don't understand. Why would we do that?"