"It's so long, what are you doing at home all this long, Carl?" Leona folded her arms across her chest while her foot tapped the ground several times.
I scratched the back of my head, smiling awkwardly.
"That... Sister Hana asked me to do something earlier..."
Leona turned her head for a moment before replying, "Oh, I see. Come on, let's go quickly." Leona then started walking towards the school.
Our school wasn't too far from apartment. Just a five-minute walk to the west and you'd find the middle and high school building that was originally for girls only.
"Huh? Don't we have to go separately?" I followed Leona, walking behind her. The sun was a third of the way through its orbit. City life immediately began to throb.
Leona glanced briefly then turned around.
"From now on, you're mine. Our classmates won't suspect anything if I make you mine." Leona smiled faintly, narrowing her cunning eyes. She then grabbed my hand and told me to quicken my pace.
"What do you mean, 'mine'? I'm not a pet, Leona!"
Leona didn't answer but only chuckled softly.
She then cheerfully walked beside me, holding my hand tightly. She really treated me like a pet that would run away if she let go of me for even a moment.
Halfway there, I accidentally met Lilia.
"Good morning, Carl Zeiss."
Leona and I stopped at the intersection for flying cars. We were just about to cross the street when Lilia suddenly appeared from the side. She then grabbed my other hand.
"You? Lilia? What are you doing here?" Leona asked in surprise, seeing my left hand being held by Lilia just like that. She had a thousand questions in her mind at that moment.
Lilia calmly and with a flat face replied.
"Meeting Carl Zeiss. Good morning to you too, Leona Rosemary."
"Morning. I mean, why are you holding Carl's hand too?"
Seeing my right hand held by Leona, Lilia immediately understood the situation this morning.
"Also, that's because I'm Carl's girlfriend. Just like you." Without any objection or other feelings, Lilia stated it directly.
I, who had been confused about what to say, could only open my mouth without uttering a word. Before suddenly, my face was pulled by Lilia and she kissed my mouth in the middle of the street!
Smooch.
I was surprised and looked around. There were many people looking at me, Leona, and Lilia here. Leona was so shocked that she opened her mouth wide without a word coming out. Meanwhile, the people around me only whispered while laughing or smiling slightly at Lilia's sudden romantic act!
Had she calculated this?
"Mwah, look. I'm also Carl's girlfriend since yesterday." Lilia wiped her wet lips with her left hand using the handkerchief she carried in her pocket. Her right hand did not let go of my left hand.
Leona was still gaping, trying to process what was happening. After that, she looked at me cynically and full of threat.
"Carl. You owe me an explanation." Leona tightened her grip. I nodded my head, bowing apologetically to Leona.
"I'll explain. But before that..."
I looked at Lilia's still flat face. I mean, she was like a robot with no expression.
I brought my face close to her ear and whispered.
"Lilia. Haven't I answered anything about becoming your future husband yet? Besides, you said to forget about yesterday as if nothing happened?"
Lilia then looked at my face while raising her hand that was holding mine.
"After I performed many calculations and simulations. I chose you to be my boyfriend. You won't be irresponsible for what happened yesterday, will you? Your sperm is in my womb." She explained it like presenting a business report.
The corner of my lips twitched as I opened my mouth, speechless.
"But—"
"No, Carl is mine!" Leona was even more aggressive than Lilia, she forcibly hugged me and dragged me away from Lilia. My left hand slipped from Lilia's grasp.
"Before that, what is your relationship with Carl, Leona Rosemary? Since when did you two become close? Didn't Carl just move in one day ago?" Lilia asked a series of questions bluntly.
"I-it..." Leona hesitated to answer. While Leona was off guard, my body was dragged again by Lilia to move away from Leona. Lilia hugged me tightly as if I were her precious item.
"Wait!"
"If there's no relationship, then you have no right to contact Carl."
All this time, I could only surrender to being led around like a toy. Meanwhile, many people on the roadside watched our drama scene.
Leona clenched her hands tightly. "Alright! I am Carl's cousin! And I love him!" Leona exclaimed loudly, blushing with embarrassment, making people walking twenty meters away from us stop to hear that sentence.
"Cousin? Hmm, which has a higher status, a lover or a cousin? If she's his cousin, she shouldn't be in an intimate relationship with Carl. In this case, as his lover, I have a higher status." Lilia was lost in thought, muttering her thoughts. I was still in her embrace before Leona pulled me from Lilia's embrace.
"Ha! Carl and I have also slept in the same room! And we've done 'it', so I win!" Leona exclaimed proudly. Meanwhile, I wished I could just disappear into smoke from this situation. Many people started to surround us and began recording. Some laughed loudly, some gaped in surprise, even shocked because Lilia is one of the famous noble families. I'm sure this morning could become a big scandal tomorrow.
"No." Lilia pulled me again from Leona's embrace. "Carl and I have also had intimate relations. That cannot be a measure of victory."
Leona was utterly surprised this time. She reflexively covered her gaping mouth in shock.
"Carl, you... So yesterday you were late because..."
Lilia nodded, confirming Leona's words. "I have Carl's seed in my womb."
"Haaa!"
Everyone around watching gaped widely. I'm dead.
Leona didn't want to lose, she hugged my hand, not giving Lilia a chance.
"Me too! I even have more than you!"
"Haaa!!!"
I have returned to heaven. I am an incarnation of Buddha. I am just a lump of flesh without desire. Namu amida butsu.
I couldn't take it anymore, this was too embarrassing. I had been trying to hide my face behind my palms. Meanwhile, Leona and Lilia were still arguing over me.
Throughout the journey, I maintained a flat expression and a flat smile. My eyes were like dead fish. Meanwhile, Leona and Lilia kept clinging to both my hands, not wanting to let go. I knew they were still innocent teenagers, but I never thought that the genius Lilia and the tsundere Leona would act like children in public.
Even after entering the classroom, as long as Ms. Liyue hadn't entered, Leona and Lilia were still clinging to my sides, staring at each other tensely.
"Good morning, Carl, Leona, and Lilia..." Elena had just arrived and sat at her desk.
"Nee, what's wrong with Leona and Lilia? Why are you both hugging Carl? Is there a special day for hugging boys?" Elena asked innocently. Meanwhile, the whole class of girls whispered about me and the two famous girls from this school.
"Elena..." I turned to the side. My face was very crumpled like someone who had just been forced to do hard labor for a full week.
"Uwa, what happened to you, Carl?" Elena asked innocently again.
"Help me..." I asked for help with a depressed tone. Because Lilia and Leona were clinging to both my sides, not wanting to let go at all.
"Jaaa, in that case..." Elena hugged my head from behind. I could feel soft mountains behind my head. Immediately, Leona and Lilia moved to glare at Elena.
"You two! It's not good to torment Carl like that!" Elena scolded like a mother protecting her children. I'd gladly be Elena's child then.
"Elena! This is none of your business! Carl can only be mine!" Leona pulled my head to rest on her chest. Here we go again...
"Elena Amagame, what Leona Rosemary said is a fact. But Carl cannot be hers alone." Lilia snatched my head to rest on her chest.
"Please, you guys stop..." I resignedly said. Because they weren't listening to me at all.
"No! This is my business, Carl is my new friend! A friend must help their friend in need!" My head was snatched back by Elena, who was behind my chair. This one is the softest.
Lilia and Leona scoffed softly in unison. They looked at each other and signaled to coordinate.
After both nodded in agreement, Lilia and Leona sat on my lap facing each other. My head was pulled to land on the four mountains of the girls, which were pressed against each other.
"Carl is ours!" Both said in unison. I could only resign myself to gasping for breath in the cleavage of four soft mountains.
Elena was initially surprised, but then she smiled cheerfully.
"Saa, now you two are getting along. Carl shouldn't be owned by just one person. Carl also has his own feelings. Isn't it better to share and accept each other than to be selfish and quarrel?" Elena said, hands on her hips and a wide smile.
However, her words made Lilia and Leona realize. That's right, Carl shouldn't be owned by just one person. He also has feelings.
"Lilia..."
"Leona Rosemary..."
"I'm sorry for being selfish and thinking Carl was only mine."
"I'm sorry for not allowing you to have Carl all to yourself."
Lilia and Leona shook hands. They nodded in unison.
"From today on, we are Carl's, and Carl is ours."
"Agreed."
Elena smiled proudly. She rubbed her nose.
The other classmates were touched and started clapping before Ms. Liyue appeared from behind the classroom door.
Seeing the undisciplined state of the class.
Thwack!
A piece of chalk, which was an aluminum stick, accurately hit my forehead.
"Carl Zeiss, it's only been two days and you've already committed many violations in this class."
Why only me?
**
"Do you know why I called you to the office this afternoon?" Ms. Liyue today wore a black shirt, a tight black skirt, black stockings, black glasses, and a black bra (visible from above her black shirt, which was only buttoned a third of the way). Everything on Ms. Liyue's body was jet black yet elegant. Because her skin was pure white like bone white. Her hair flowed gracefully straight. If there was a figure of elegance, I'm sure Ms. Liyue was the answer.
She sat in her office chair. In her hand was the aluminum chalk that could extend like an iron stick and return to her hand after being thrown like Thor's hammer.
I shook my head in answer to Ms. Liyue's initial question.
"I don't know, Ma'am. If this is about this morning, Carl promises not to do it again."
"Oh, really?" She sat with one leg crossed over the other.
"Sit." Ms. Liyue's intonation sounded sharp and fierce. I immediately sat in the chair in front of her desk as she commanded.
Ms. Liyue stood up, then walked to the front of her desk and sat on it.
"When I felt a heavenly power descend from the sky, I didn't expect that there was a Goddess left in that realm."
I, who had been timidly looking down, now looked up at Ms. Liyue's face.
"Goddess? Could it be?"
"Oh, Artemis hasn't told you yet?"
I swallowed and then shook my head. "Who are you really, Ms. Liyue?"
Ms. Liyue gave a faint smile.
"I am Goddess Doumu Yuanjun."
***