Keara and are eating in the table. Well, I'm eating but Keara still have her head lowered.
"You should eat, the foods will get cold."
I said.
Looking at , Keara picked up a spoon and took a bite from the food in front of her.
Her eyes widened.
"This is so good!"
She exclaid.
Keara's honest thought made smile, I'm a human so it's normal that I like being praised.
"Really? That's good to hear."
Keara looked at .
"You cooked all of these?"
She asked, taking a bite on every food on the table.
"Yes, I did."
I replied with a light nod.
"You're..shoo...gooshd..at cooking!"
Keara's cheeks were expanded as her mouth is full of foods.
She's really cute. Like a hamster or a squirrel.
"Slow down, there's enough for the both of us."
At my words, Keara got embarrassed and lowered her head again.
After she cald down. Keara looked at .
She's fidgeting.
"What?"
I asked her as I eat.
She was pretty hesitant to talk, but in the end, she asked a question.
"Are you gonna leave now?"
I stopped eating and looked at her.
Keara's question is serious, you can feel and see her worries and fears through her wavering voice and slightly watering eyes.
Actually, Keara can't do anything if I decided to just leave her after a one-night stand. That's because she's a halfling, and halflings doesn't have a real value based on the societies as all of them are being pushed away.
With a calm voice, I replied to Keara with my own question.
"Do you want to?"
Keara who have her head bowed, tightly closed her eyes and shook her head.
"Then, why would I leave you?"
I asked and drank so water.
Though Keara's next reply caught in surprise.
"Because you already got my first ti?"
"Keouk!"
I choked at what she said. I cald myself and looked at Keara.
"I will not."
I said, looking at her in the eyes.
'I'm not that kind of a scumbag!'
After letting out a sigh, I spoke again.
"But you can leave whenever you want."
Bam-
"Why would I do that?!"
Keara got agitated by my words. She stood up and slamd her hands on the table.
Not minding her actions, I replied with a shrug.
"Because I'm not that a good person."
Keara frowned at at my words.
"I'm a very greedy person."
I said.
Greed is normal to humans, so did to , I want to get everything I want, and I don't want to let go any of what I got.
I want Keara to know how greedy of a person I am so she wouldn't feel guilty at leaving .
So with a sly smile.
"What will you do if I suddenly made my own harem?"
I jokingly said.
But Keara's next words almost made choke again.
"isn't it fine?"
She said like it was normal.
My mind got complicated, but shaking my head, I rembered what I did to the story.
In this world, polygamy is normal, many high ranking heroes and important people have more that 2 wives or husbands. I did that for the protagonist, Alec, for his harem of beautiful ladies.
But just thinking about myself having a harem, it's weirding out. Now I'm questioning my past self why I did that to the story.
"If you got your harem will you neglect ?"
Snapping out of my imagination is Keara's question.
Glancing at her, I let my honest thoughts out unconsciously.
"Well, no."
I shrugged.
"As I said, I'm greedy, once I have sothing I can call mine, I'll never let go of it if possible."
"So if I did have a harem, I'll love them equally so they'll never leave m–"
In the middle of my proud and stupid speech, I suddenly frowned.
'It's like declaring I'm gonna have my own harem.'
Chills ran through my spine as I cringed at my own words.
"Then it's fine, I'm just an halfling anyway. Worst case is soone will force to be their concubine."
Keara said while smiling bitterly. Seeing her lowering her value with a bitter smile, beat the shit out of my conscience.
I frowned, things like that really do happens.
So of Keara's case got forced to marrying soone by making their parents go to debt or by pushing them into the edge where they couldn't do anything else but to agree.
In the end, they'll be left with no choice but to marry that soone.
Because the society, and even the otherworlders doesn't care to halflings.
Imagining those things happening sparked anger deep inside . At that ti, I added a new goal for myself with a clear and solid resolution.
'I need to fix what I did.'
I thought, tightly clenching my hands into fists.
"You know..."
I just cald down when I heard Keara's voice again.
"The fact that you are considering my feelings and you doesn't discriminate against ans that you're a good person."
Keara added after a short pause.
Her words are too kind that it's hurting , so I decided to rebut again.
"But there's a lot more better person than . More handso, more kind, more—"
"But it's you that I want."
But my rebuttal was cut by Keara's words. Then she blushed at what she said.
Her words were honest and sweet.
'This... You're just not used to being given care that's why you're so attached to ...'
Keara is weak to kindness because of her past. I got complicated expression and it's the sa in my mind.
I'm hiding it but I'm blushing a little. Normally I'll call this cringe, but when I heard it from Keara and I'm the subject of such sweet words, the corner of my mouth twitched and threatened to rise.
Acting annoyed, I grabbed my cutlery and spoke.
"Suit yourself. Let's continue eating."
Keara did as I instructed, she happily eat while grinning at ear to ear.
Keara who is weak at the act of kindness toward will surely be taken advantage sooner or later, so I decided to stick with her for it to not happen.
'I'll be by your side then until you realize that it's not that you want and until you can tell if soone is kind or they're just acting.'
I'm not doing this for Keara, I'm doing it for myself. It's to relieve my guilt even just a bit.
'Okay it's decided, I'll spoil Keara with kindness so when she leave my side, she will have a higher tolerance against kindness.'
I nodded my head proudly at my genius plan.
***
I placed the dishes in the kitchen sink after Keara and ate breakfast.
And as I was about to enter the bathroom to take a bath, Keara pulled my hand and stopped .
Looking at her.
"What?"
I asked.
"Umm..."
Keara is hesitant to talk. So I urged her.
"What is it?"
But Keara's face just reddened.
Seeing this, I noticed sothing.
My brain imdiately worked and pointed out to why Keara is acting that way.
When I reached a reasonable answer, I spoke.
"Look, tomorrow I'll go back to the Lunar Academy."
Keara's mood worsened, so did her expression.
I smiled at her reaction. Her reaction ans that my guess is most likely correct.
I slouched near to Keara's ear.
"So... Do you want to take a bath with ?"
I whispered.
Keara suddenly looked at and got embarrassed. But then, she slowly nodded her head.
With that, we both entered the bathroom.
It took longer on taking a bath today than usual.
***
"So is it safe to say we're lovers?"
Keara asked .
She was about to leave for work. It's Saturday but she still have works to do in the City Hall.
I also have my own plans today so I'm getting ready too.
"Well, the developnt is indeed fast, If my life is a novel, many readers will be triggered, especially those who are toxic and romance haters that just doesn't receive enough love."
I said looking at Keara. She looks confused.
"But I don't really care to them."
Even in the past world, there are readers like that so I just ignore them, they just annoy .
"And I'm not a fan of a one night stand."
I added.
A relationship with Keara wouldn't affect the story, she's an extra like too anyway.
Keara just smiled. She was about to leave, but I spoke again when she was about to exit the room.
"I'll wait for you tonight."
Keara halted for a mont, but she didn't say anything and just left. Though I can see her ears being rosy.
'Cute.'
After a while, I stood up from sitting to the bed, I dressed up in a formal attire.
I have now 2 black rings. One is the [Ring of Gluttony] and the new one is the [Celestria], I reford it into a ring.
I thought of putting it in the spatial storage but decided against it as putting it in and out is a waste of ti in case of ergency.
With that, I also left the hotel and went into a big building nearby.
[Sunshine Hotel]
It's a luxurious 50 floors tall hotel that have the highest rating in the internet because of it's room being comfortable and the staff being attentive.
There's a lot of people coming in and out from the hotel and no one is taking note of my presence.
I planned to rent a room here, but didn't as I need to save money. I don't have a stable inco yet.
But, that's why I'm here.
For my stable inco.
I entered the hotel holding a envelope.
As soon as I entered, a staff greeted .
"Welco to the Sunshine Hotel."
I just nodded and walked toward the reception area.
Looking around, the hotel is super luxurious, everything is sparkly that it made frowned.
I like clean things and surroundings but, this is just too much.
I can see a lot of colorful things everywhere I look. I personally like things more simple.
It's also crowded with people and it's noisy!
Upon arriving at the receptionist, he, the receptionist, talked first.
"Hello Sir, how may I help you?"
"I'm here to do business."
I replied imdiately as I don't want to be in this noisy place for long.
"Business?"
He asked.
I nodded and whispered only for the receptionist to hear.
"Yeah, I have a business proposal for the [Paradise]."
[Paradise] is an underground organization and a black market.
The receptionist remain silent. He tilted his head like he knows nothing about what I'm talking about.
I scratched the back of my head and spoke with an annoyed expression and tone.
"Look, I don't know [Paradise]'s secret code, I'm new."
I don't know the code because I didn't put any.
To be exact, in the novel, Alec can enter the [Paradise] because he have a VIP card that lets him in freely. He got it after killing a majin.
Majins are people who made contracts with demons. By contracting with a demon, they will be able to utilize a bit of the demon's power they contracted with, their stats will also increase.
Anyway, the problem is that I don't know the secret code to enter the [Paradise], but I know there's one.
I made it like that after all.
[You're the author but you don't know the code? Are you stupid?]
The system appeared, mocking .
'Shut up, how the hell will I know that I will be transported inside my novel?'
I inwardly said to the system, it will read my thoughts anyway.
Looking back at the receptionist. He's just looking at blankly.
I frowned and suddenly activated
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