Chapter 137: Morning
Now Ank was awake, but unlike before, when confusion and hesitation clouded his thoughts, this time there was a strange clarity in his mind because the memories he had just experienced were not meaningless fragments but answers of all his questions.
Answers to questions he had been avoiding, answers to decisions he did not want to make, and for a brief moment, he remained still, staring at the roof of the room while those thoughts slowly settled into place.
"I understand now " he murmured softly, his voice barely audible even to himself, he was afraid speaking louder would wake up the girls who sleep with him, and then, without thinking much, he added, "Thank you ????."
"I will repay this favor one day," he said again, this time with more certainty, I would never forget this advice you gave me, and then his gaze lowered slightly as another thought surfaced.
And a realisation suddenly happened to him.
"So this is why " he continued, his tone changing subtly, "this is why you were ready to do something so extreme just to stay by her side."
Ank cannot understand why a person like him was ready to fight with death for some random woman.
And now he had to face his own situation.
"So now I have to accept them," he said, as if convincing himself, his lips forming a faint, almost forced smile,
"it should be easy I can do this."
Two minutes passed.
Then another.
And slowly question marks began to appear in his mind.
"How " he thought.
His brows narrowed slightly, "how am I supposed to do this?"
Because understanding something and acting on it were two completely different things, and although he had reached a conclusion.
He had no idea how to take the next step, no idea how to face them, no idea how to respond to their feelings in a way that would not complicate everything even further.
He considered asking the AI.
But immediately rejected the idea.
Because he already knew.
She would not help.
She would only laugh.
Only mock him.
Only make things worse.
So instead, Ank slowly closed his eyes, choosing the simplest option available to him at that moment.
Sleep.
Because his body still needed rest, still needed time to recover, and no matter how urgent this matter was, he could not ignore his physical condition.
Time passed.
Quietly.
Without disturbance and then morning came.
Soft light entered the room.
And Ank was still asleep.
The first to wake up was Maya.
She stretched slightly, her eyes still half closed as she adjusted to the light.
But the moment her vision cleared and she saw the scene in front of her, her expression changed instantly, her eyes widening before anger replaced everything else.
"You bitch!" she shouted without hesitation.
Her voice loud enough to shake the silence of the room, "get out of my Ank right now, and if you don't, I will kill you!"
Her words were direct , full of hostility and directly threatening her to kill .
The sudden noise caused movement on the other side of the bed, and Freya slowly opened her eyes, still half asleep at first, but the moment she saw Celestia lying on Ank's chest, completely comfortable as if that was her rightful place.
She froze for a moment, her mind taking a second to process what she was seeing.
Her first instinct was to shout.
But she stopped.
Because at that exact moment, she noticed something else.
Ank.
He was waking up.
Slowly.
His eyes opened just slightly.
And because of that, Freya chose silence, holding back her reaction as she watched the situation unfold.
"Ank, what is the meaning of this?" Maya asked immediately, turning toward him the moment she saw his eyes open.
Her voice is still filled with anger.
She was frustrated seeing how Ank cannot do anything about this.
Ank blinked.
Once.
Twice.
He was not fully awake.
But still trying to understand what was happening.
His body was still heavy and repairing.
And the first thing he noticed was noise.
Too much noise.
"How " he thought, his gaze shifting slightly as he tried to make sense of the situation, "how did this happen?"
Because even he did not understand how things had reached this point.
Why Maya was shouting, why Celestia was still sleeping despite all the noise, and why Freya was watching silently without saying anything.
"First, Maya, stop shouting like this in the morning," Ank said, his voice still slightly hoarse from sleep, yet calm enough to carry authority, and then his gaze shifted slightly downward.
"And you, Celestia wake up," he added, a faint hint of knowing appearing in his tone, "I already know you are just acting."
Silence for a moment.
Then.
"You!" Maya immediately turned toward Celestia, her eyes narrowing as realization hit her.
Celestia slowly opened one eye.
Then the other.
And instead of looking embarrassed or guilty, she simply stretched slightly, as if she had been genuinely resting.
"Ank, you are mean," she said lazily, her voice filled with mock complaints "I wanted to sleep more I am tired."
She yawned slightly before continuing.
"And you want me to stand up and "
Before she could finish her sentence,
Freya suddenly moved.
Quickly with Forced.
She grabbed Celestia and pulled her away from Ank's chest, bringing her to her own side without giving her a chance to resist.
"Sister Celestia, this is enough for now," Freya said, her tone calm but firm, her expression serious as she looked directly at her.
"Can you not see how angry Maya is and how awkward Ank is feeling because of this?"
Celestia blinked.
For once she did not argue.
"Heh " she let out a small laugh, scratching her head slightly, "sorry,
Freya I will behave."
Celestia easily accepted her mistake.
Because out of everyone Freya was the last person she wanted to hurt.
The room settled.
The tension eased slightly.
And at that exact moment the door opened.
Without warning.
Seraphina entered.
Her gaze moved across the room.
Scanning everything around the room.
Ank sitting on the bed.
Maya on one side.
Freya on the other hand.
Celestia slightly pushed away but still close.
And the atmosphere was still heavy.
Still complicated.
Still far from normal.
For a brief moment, she said nothing, her eyes narrowing slightly as if analyzing the situation, before she finally stepped inside completely, closing the door behind her.
And looked at Ank who was sitting on the bed.
Surroun
ded by girls.
Who would beat anyone who would steal Ank from them.
Seraphina quickly understood that she entered a battlefield .
And without her knowing she is also going to join this battlefield.