Starting from Zero Chapter Book 3 - 25 – Conclusion

Book 3, Chapter 25

Conclusion

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"Are you Charon?" Mom quickly pulled Rose to the side. "No worries dear, I'm Sairin's mother and your future mother-in-law. I'm not going to do anything harsh. I'm pretty open-minded you know. The only thing I need you to do is to take good care of my Sairin. Got it?"

"Hey mom!" I pulled Rose back. "Is that supposed to be an introduction?"

My father ca too. "Hello, I'm Sairin's father. You may already know what our family looks like. Now I'm going to reveal sothing to you that may make you feel uncomfortable. This may sound embarrassing for our first eting but still, I hope you can rember it."

"Dad! Stop scaring her!"

He just hinted to keep silent. "Sairin is my only child. In other words, the only inheritor of my business. Both Dragon Fate and Zhong Hua Company will fall under his na sooner or later. We have a reserved ergency asset too, 10% share of the EU Countertrade Association. No one else knows about this. The true value of these assets of my family, and what you can do with them, are beyond the comprehension of any ordinary n. Let tell you this: they will allow us to manipulate an entire country or even a region. And of course, any sane being will more or less get attracted by such a fortune. There will be all kinds of individuals that will try to usurp what we have. If you truly wish to stay with Sairin, you will have to be prepared to withstand what will co with your decision."

Rose looked at my father and didn't say anything. She slightly nodded her head, then nuzzled into my arms, refusing to get out.

"Son, you also need to know this: Once you two get married, your life will change and you will never be able to return to where you were. You will be center of the spotlight soon, anything you do will probably be revealed to the public by so reporters."

"I understand!" I stopped my mother from adding anything further. "I know what will happen. But I also know I can't leave Rose."

"Then we have nothing more to say. I can arrange your wedding. Before you two are officially married, make sure you don't fall out of the lines."

"What lines?" Rose asked, with the look of innocence.

"It's, well... that, action." Father tried to explain what he ant without actually ntioning that word. But Rose won't understand, so he turned to . "You know what I'm talking about right?"

I nodded, blushing. Father added: "If you two really want it, do it in the ga. You two are always together anyway."

"Wait, you can do that in [Zero]?" I'm surprised.

"You can. Anything that may happen in real life, can be reproduced inside the ga."

I thought about it. Well doing that business in the ga can be a good idea. The problem is I'm not sure if my own body will have any reaction outside. It'll be really embarrassing if I...ss up my bed.

So I asked my father (whispering): "Um, will my body actually, ahem, if I...try it in the ga?"

Father laughed. "Don't worry! No one would play our ga if we can't even solve that problem. Did your body dance around when you're killing monsters?"

"I think not."

"That's it. To put it simple, our helts are brain wave interceptors. Human movents and reactions are controlled by neural signals, the helt will halt these signals and forward them to the ga instead, while keeping the signals from reaching other parts of your body. In short, you body 'disconnects' with your brain once you're in the ga. Anything apart from those necessary to keep you alive, like breathing and heart beat, will be jamd. Other sensations like hunger, are also forwarded by the helt to your brain. Or you will not feel a thing until you're starved to death."

"That sounds good!" I snickered.

Mother dragged father away. It seems she can't take it anymore. "Now don't you spoil our son already, you old pervert. And you, Rose is such a good girl, don't you do anything beyond the border! Alright it's late now. To your beds!"

Rose didn't understand what we were talking about in the whole process. She knew it's sothing to do with her, but just couldn't make it out.

Not surprisingly, mother asked us to sleep in separate rooms. But that's no problem. Rose, you're mine anyway! Hahahaha!

"Ow!" Soone knocked hard on my head.

"Sleep already. Why are you laughing like an idiot?"

Oh co on mom.

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It took so effort to get into sleep, which didn't last long. Crap. One night, and now I got panda eyes.

"Son! We'll leave now. You take Rose to the college." Mother showed up in front of my bedroom.

"Got it!"

When they've left, I entered Rose's room. She still asleep. The large blanket is in the form of a tent. She covered her entire body so I can't see her face.

I carefully flipped it open.

"Umff--" I pinched my nose. That was close! I felt blood coming out of my nose! I never noticed that Rose got such a slim figure. Looks like that wizard armor I bought her was a terrible choice.

I can see through those half-transparent silk pajamas she's wearing. She looks like an angel with all the sunlight! She must have modified her looks towards the opposite end when creating her character.

I feel faint looking at her exposed pink corsage. Did mother do this on purpose? I think this is the sa set-up my mother wore when she was trying to "seduce" my dad. I'm still a functional male being on the biological level. Now I'm trying very hard to control myself! Oh well. It will happen so ti or other. Here's my chance, I'll just make her...mine!

I nearly tore my pajamas off. Any normal guy would beco a predator under such a circumstance. But before I can make my move--

"Ziri... Help , I don't want to go to Japan!" A drop of tear slid down from her cheek. And I instantly suppressed my primal urge. My desire disappeared as fast as it ca.

I gently wiped her tears off, kissed her on the forehead and ran back to my room to get dressed.

What I didn't know is that Rose opened her eyes when I left.

"Good, he still have conscience! They really saw like so innocent girl? My granny was right. Tears beat all n, especially a man in love." Her naughty expression turned soft. "Don't worry Ziri, I will be yours. Just, give so ti to prepare."

She touched where she was kissed, smiling.

Oh the other hand, I'm still in my own room cursing myself. What kind of beast am I?? Did I actually plan to do that?

I woke up Rose (who is pretending to be asleep), we decided to take a tour around the shopping center. Neither of us really care about our college courses. Rose has already finished hers thanks to her extraordinary mory, while I just ca here to get my papers. What they taught doesn't matter.

For so reason Rose decided to hold my hand and then snuggle into my side along the way. It's really a pity that all we received from the passers-by are weird looks as if they just saw so lesbians. One of the young n even complained loudly: "Such beautiful girls. What a pity."

Rose made it even worse by intentionally shouting out loud :"Honey! Where are we going to play today?"

This caused the complaining young man to bump head-on into a lamp post. That must hurt a lot, cause it sounded like soone just knocked at an ancient bell.

Mother's mansion is not far from the downtowns ("this is convenient!"). We soon reached our destination. She stopped for a mont in front of Sky Crown building, then dragged away.

"You're not going in? This is the most luxurious place for shopping in the city you know. Don't won like to buy clothes?"

Rose just smiled. "You know how my family looked like. If not for the tuition-free offer I got, they would never allow to go to college. Even that woman won't dare to shop at such a place."

I looked at Rose straight in the eyes. "Listen Rose, rember, you are not that poor girl anymore. Anything you will need from now on is what will make you feel happy, don't worry about anything else. Now follow , I was planning to dress you like the top lady in the world!"

Rose complied after so minor protests. No female being is able to resist the urge to shop for free. She's not an exception.

But the mont I read the shopping tour guide at the entrance, I felt like going mad. Stores for n's clothes end at second floor, while those for won attires start off from 3rd floor, all the way to the 30th!

The situation changed faster than I expected--now Rose is the one leading. We first entered an ordinary store. Rose is already admiring everything she sees but none of the models t my standard. I just asked her to go straight to the 20th floor. That's where the good stuff will be.

I managed to push Rose through all the displays, all of which would attract her for quite a while. Start from the 20th floor there will only be special-grade shops which only sell famous brands or customizing services. Of course Rose never saw sothing like these with her own eyes.

I pushed her into a place called "The Snow Specialties". I don't know much about won's dress but I rember my mother likes to wear this brand. What she likes must be the right choices.

A guide quickly noticed us. "Welco! What do you need today, ladies?"

Oh crap. Not another one! Forget it. I don't want to explain anymore.

Rose picked up a random dress and checked the price tag. She just gasped when seeing those zeros on it.

"Um, Sairin?"

I know what she's going to ask. "My girlfriend here wants sothing pretty, from evening dress to casuals, everything she may need. I don't know how to pick, could you help her?"

The guide lady looked at us in surprise, obviously because of that "girlfriend" part. But she soon recovered and took Rose away to try things on. A rich custor is always welcod.

Rose is overjoyed while trying different outfits that would only appear in her wildest dreams. She also tried to put on different personas to go with them--a cute little child, a gorgeous madam, the most seductive woman... Even the other workers and custors in the store stopped what they are doing and stared at her.

We stayed for almost an hour, after which Rose has picked out a small pile of clothes. I noticed the guide lady is frowning. She must be worrying that we are just trying things out without actually buying them.

I picked another standard gentlewon wear, asked Rose to put it on and tossed what Rose didn't want over to the guide. "Take this away. And, pack up everything we have tried, except the one she's wearing. Send them to this address."

I gave her my ID card (which is bound to my bank account). The frown on her face instantly turned upside down. Actually that smile looks as if its going to split her head. Of course, she's gonna receive one hell of a bonus today.

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Don't worry, there won't be such chapters very often in the future. This is not one of those harem novels anyway.