Seeming to realize he had said sothing wrong, Mr. Smith hurriedly added, "Bringing them all would be even better. I'll reserve a table just for you guys… Okay, I'll shut up now."
Facing his childhood friend's cold gaze, Mr. Smith gave a sheepish smile and shut his mouth. But soon, he saw Aiden suddenly start laughing.
"Alright, I'll bring everyone when the ti cos. Just make sure to arrange more than one table, otherwise, there won't be enough seats." Aiden said proudly.
Including himself, there were more than ten people at ho. They'd need at least two tables to fit everyone. Normally, for wedding banquets, the host covers the cost. Even if he gave ten tis the standard share, he'd still be earning big.
Mr. Smith clearly didn't care whether he'd lose money in the future. He stared at Aiden in disbelief. After seeing the normal expressions on Scarlett and Roberta's faces beside him, he suddenly realized Aiden might really be telling the truth. At that mont, admiration appeared in his eyes.
If there are three to five won around, that is generally called a scumbag or promiscuous, but if there are more than a dozen won around, then that's called a man among n, soone to be worshipped... although for most n, having more than two and still being able to maintain the relationships is already considered that.
Quietly giving Aiden a thumbs-up, Mr. Smith looked again at Scarlett and Roberta, but he wasn't so fan of gas or ani, so besides thinking that they looked really beautiful, he didn't have any other thoughts.
"Aiden, how about we grab lunch together later?" After chatting for a while, Mr. Smith said.
To be honest, Aiden was sowhat tempted. After all, they were childhood friends for over ten years and old classmates, and since joining the military, they had lost contact. He also wanted to catch up.
But thinking of the won at ho, plus the many things to do today, he still politely declined.
Seeing this, Mr. Smith didn't insist either, just told him to definitely attend his wedding next month, and then left with his girlfriend.
Watching the two gradually disappear into the crowd, Aiden shook his head. At that mont, he heard Scarlett whisper in his ear, "Marriage, huh? That's nice. I also want to get married. So, darling, when are we going to have a wedding too?"
"Uh…" Looking at Scarlett suddenly falling into fantasy, and Roberta who was clearly tempted, Aiden started to get a headache.
He did want to agree, but if he were to really get married, then obviously it couldn't just be with one or two people. If getting married, it would definitely be together.
But he wouldn't say anything discouraging either. After thinking for a mont, he said, "If it's just a wedding, let's do it together after we buy a big house later."
"Not together. How can a wedding be done together? It has to be one by one." Scarlett very seriously raised her finger and waved it, then threw out another tough question, "Also, there must be many guests as witnesses. It can't just be the few of us."
"That's impossible in the country." Aiden said with a bitter smile, "If we need witnesses, then everyone would need to have them. But then, too many people would know. Bigamy is illegal in the country."
"We can change nationalities. I rember there are quite a few countries that allow polygamy." Scarlett hadn't been idle during this ti and had learned quite a bit about foreign customs.
Aiden imdiately shook his head, "I don't want to change nationalities."
"Then it'll be difficult." Scarlett frowned, looking troubled.
Aiden tried hard to think but couldn't co up with a good idea either. He could only say, "Let's talk about this later. We'll definitely co up with a solution."
"Mm!" Roberta and Scarlett nodded together.
After instructing the lingerie store clerk to deliver the packed underwear to the location they specified, the three of them began wandering around the pedestrian street again.
What surprised Aiden was that Roberta, who usually wasn't interested in shopping, was unusually enthusiastic today.
After browsing several places, she pulled Aiden into a won's clothing store and said, "Aiden, let's also buy a few outfits for the androids. We can't let them keep wearing maid outfits forever."
"Better for to bring them shopping later. Besides, they're not picky. The maid outfits are fine." Aiden said, "And haven't you always worn a maid outfit too?"
Except when going out, Roberta always wore a maid outfit at ho. According to her, she didn't plan to change clothes no matter where she went.
Although society's acceptance was quite high now, the city Aiden lived in was just a third-tier city. Aside from events like ani conventions, being followed by a woman in a maid outfit would still attract attention. So asking Roberta to change when going out was his firm request.
"That's different. I'm a maid, a proper, legitimate maid." After hearing Aiden's words, Roberta imdiately refuted.
"How is it different? They're also maids." Aiden scratched his head.
"Pfft!"
Hearing the two's conversation, Scarlett on the side couldn't help but laugh out loud. Her gaze shifted between them and finally stopped on Roberta. With a smile, she said, "Darling, you probably don't know Roberta's real thoughts yet."
Aiden froze for a mont and looked at Scarlett. She continued, "What she ans is that there can only be one maid at ho, her, of course. Fabiola barely counts as half, because she's hardly a threat."
Fabiola wasn't even of age yet. Aiden wasn't so depraved as to go that far, so to Roberta, she had no real rivals in the maid departnt.
But that was before. When A2 and White appeared in maid outfits in front of her, she had almost felt like the sky was falling.
Scarlett's words made Aiden freeze again. He held his chin and looked closely at Roberta. Under his gaze, Roberta uncharacteristically blushed and lowered her head, but more than that, she looked nervous.
Seeing Roberta like that, for a mont, Aiden thought about a lot of things. But mostly, he was touched, and slightly amused.
After watching her for a little longer, Aiden ignored the gazes from around them, pulled her into his arms, and whispered into her ear, "Roberta, what are you worrying about? Don't forget, you're the head maid. My favorite head maid!"
"But I can't do anything well. I make terrible food, can't do housework, can't even take care of people. I… aside from fighting, I don't seem to be good at anything." Roberta said in a rare weak tone.
Those words weren't wrong at all… but of course Aiden wouldn't say that. He gently kissed her forehead and said, "It's okay if you can't. Just having the heart for it is enough. That's already more than enough."
"Aiden…" Roberta looked at Aiden, a bit emotional.
At this mont, Scarlett couldn't take it anymore and cleared her throat. "Watch it, we're not at ho."
———
Roberta was still quite easy to comfort, at least compared to Scarlett and the others, she was much easier to comfort, and she quickly cald down.
Next ca the big shopping spree.
When it ca to picking out clothes, especially won's clothing, Aiden wasn't very good at it. He could only tell whether sothing looked good or not, and had never studied how to match or coordinate outfits.
Roberta was about the sa. Her past life made her not very picky about clothes either. If it weren't for her identity change, she probably would have been like Aiden, thinking that military uniforms were the most comfortable clothes to wear.
So picking clothes for the androids could only be left to Scarlett. This beauty-obsessed mature woman had a very sharp eye. Even though she had only interacted with the androids for a few hours, she had already calculated their body sizes and quickly picked out suitable clothes for them.
"What a pity, the clothes sold in malls are all pretty proper. So are suitable for 2B... that's how you call her, right... clothes suitable for 2B and the others can't be bought here." While the sales assistant was packing the chosen clothes, Scarlett said regretfully.
"2B, and that 11B, their figures are simply flawless. Mm, I've decided. Once we go back, I'll order a few custom outfits for them online. I guarantee it'll leave you stunned."
Scarlett was not the shy type like a little girl. Among Aiden's won, she was the most daring, and also the only one who sotis left Aiden unable to handle her.
After picking the clothes and filling out the address, the three of them continued to stroll for a while, also buying so snacks, of course, most of them were eaten by Aiden. Then they took a ride to the real estate sales office Scarlett had ntioned.
Because house prices had been continuously falling, even in places mainly selling luxury villas, the sales ladies didn't act like in those novels where they judge custors based on appearance.
Of course, maybe it was also related to Scarlett's appearance. As a senior executive of Shinra, her aura was extraordinary, so as soon as the three of them entered, the sales lady directly connected with her.
Since this ho purchase was out of necessity, and Aiden really wasn't short of money anymore, he quickly picked a standalone villa with a land area of nearly 300 square ters and a usable area of more than 1000 square ters, three floors above, two below. If used well, living with several dozen people would be no problem.
Then Aiden directly paid the deposit, discussed the renovation plans for a while, and finally brought Scarlett and Roberta back ho.
When leaving, Scarlett was still regretful, saying the city was still too small, there weren't even any manors for sale. Otherwise, if more sisters joined in the future, they'd probably have to move again.
Aiden agreed with her. On the way ho, he kept thinking about one question, whether or not he should move to a bigger city in the future.
Only bigger cities had manors for sale. At that ti, he could buy a particularly large one, and no matter how many people lived there, it wouldn't be a problem. After all, he could summon androids from the NieR world, and wouldn't need to hire outsiders to manage things. It would be safer and more private…
The clothes and daily necessities they bought had already been delivered ahead of ti. At that mont, the won at ho were categorizing those items.
Of course, the main ones doing the work were the diligent ones, Fabiola and 11B. As for the bolder ones like Jessie and Aerith, they were picking out their favorite clothes.
A2 and White were watching from the side. One piece after another of clothing they had never seen before made them a bit excited, wishing they could change into them right away and show them to Aiden.
But in fact, when Aiden got ho, they were already doing just that. So as soon as Aiden opened the door, what he saw was a field of whiteness, and he quickly closed the door.
Although several more people had joined the household, life hadn't changed much. The only difference was that there were too many people.
Whether eating or doing anything else, there just weren't enough spots, especially for bathing. Even limiting each person to fifteen minutes, by the ti it reached the last one, it would take four hours.
So after realizing this problem, Aiden called the renovation company again and instructed them to install at least two bathrooms on each floor of the villa. This way, excluding the bottom floor used for storage and garage, the other four floors would have at least eight bathrooms total.
But before that was completed, the girls would just have to endure it temporarily and suffer a bit.
After eating lunch made by the twin sisters, in the afternoon, no one in the house was idle. They began a major ho reorganization.
But in truth, it was just clearing out all the useless junk in the house, trying to free up as much space as possible, because no matter how undemanding the androids were about their environnt, at the very least, they needed a place to stay.
Originally, Aiden planned to rent another apartnt in the sa community, but no one wanted to leave. So in the end, everyone just had to squeeze together.
It was just that, even in such cramped conditions, Aiden's bedroom still had only one bed. Except for Fabiola and Yuffie, including Manuela and the androids, everyone silently agreed not to bring up the topic of moving in, after all, everyone needed a space where they could be alone with Aiden, right?
After all this was done, it was ti for dinner again. The scene of more than ten people squeezing together to eat made Aiden unable to bear looking, it felt so miserable.
After that, it was watching TV for so, playing on phones for others, and then lining up to take a bath.
As for the bathing order, usually at ho, Aiden was always first. The second was whoever's turn it was. Tonight, it was Roberta.
To save ti, Aiden simply called Roberta to bathe together. After bathing, the two of them directly went into the bedroom.
Since it was still early, the two were just lying on the bed chatting. At first, they were mainly talking about trivial family matters, arrangents for future living space, and things like attending the wedding banquet next month and going back ho to et his parents.
But after a while, Aiden's hands started to beco restless. Slowly, they wandered over Roberta's exposed skin and eventually stopped on her lower belly.
Maybe because of years of training, Roberta's muscles were a bit firm. Her skin was also rougher than Aerith's and the others'. She didn't used to care much about it, but now she said gloomily, "Aiden, is my belly too hard?"
"No way. It feels amazing," Aiden said imdiately.
Of course, Roberta didn't believe it. She touched her own abdon, the abs were obvious. But that was normal. Her physical ability was far beyond that of professional soldiers. How could she not have muscles?
Still, Aiden's words made her happy. She grabbed Aiden's hand, placed it on her chest, and whispered, "At least this part is still soft."
———
The days passed one by one, and in the blink of an eye, it was the next month.
During this ti, Aiden attended his childhood friend's wedding as promised, but he didn't bring everyone, in the end, he only brought Roberta.
After all, compared to the others, like the overly youthful Yuffie and Fabiola, the blond and white-haired androids, and the overly eye-catching Aerith and Tifa, only Roberta looked relatively inconspicuous and had a lower recognition factor.
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