Hearing Aerith first heard about such thing, Aerith gave Tifa a mock-annoyed glare. As a woman, she could easily see the intentions behind a man's attentiveness.
If it were before the planet was destroyed, and she had met Cloud, who resembled that person in temperament, Aerith felt she might have been quite willing to get to know him.
However, although not entirely Cloud's fault, it was indeed his failure at a critical moment that led to her foster mother's death.
This made it impossible for Aerith to develop a relationship with him. This was also one of the most important reasons Aerith moved to Planet Terra, to get away from that place of sad memories.
After Aerith left, Tifa thought Cloud would finally rein in his little ideas, right? Coincidentally, Cloud's mother, Claudia Strife, living in Nibelheim on the Planet Fantasy, said she missed her son and wanted him to visit.
She also told him to bring Tifa along. Tifa could guess what this auntie was thinking. After some hesitation, Tifa agreed. After all, she was already in her twenties, almost becoming a leftover woman.
However, while being hosted by Cloud's mother back in the village, Claudia jokingly asked the two when they planned to get married.
Before Tifa could even say anything, Cloud jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, stating that he and Tifa were just ordinary friends. He even asked his mother if she would be willing to move to Planet Terra with him.
Tifa not pulling the act of flipping the table right then and there showed she had good self-restraint, 'This bastard, she's already left, and you still want to chase after her across the galaxy?'
"How awful..." Aerith's emerald-green beautiful eyes held three parts sympathy for her friend and seven parts indignation towards Cloud. After all, this was completely trampling on a girl's dignity.
"Exactly! He makes it seem like I'm throwing myself at him! I'd rather find a married man than let him have me!" Tifa gnashed her teeth in anger.
The married man standing less than five meters away, after silently consuming this big piece of gossip, couldn't help but let out a scornful sneer: "Tch! What's the big deal? Just take both, isn't that fine?"
As soon as these words were spoken, both girls turned to look at him with expressions reserved for scum. Although they were also afraid of Lott, they couldn't help it.
"Why look at me like that? You think he isn't really thinking that in his heart?" Lott retorted.
Although Tifa was also terrified of Lott, she felt her childhood friend was definitely not a scumbag like him. She pouted and said, "A-absolutely not!"
"Tsk~" Lott felt it necessary to shatter this old maid's fantasy. He stepped forward and said, "Open your chat group."
"What for?" Tifa looked wary.
Lott couldn't be bothered to waste words with her. Seeing her dawdling, he directly turned to Aerith, "Aerith, open yours."
Compared to Tifa, Aerith was less afraid of Lott. Mainly because she had been on Planet Terra longer than Tifa and understood Lott a bit more.
As long as you didn't stupidly provoke him, he usually couldn't be bothered with you.
Aerith obediently opened the chat group.
Lott then pushed aside Tifa and leaned in to look.
Tifa stumbled from being pushed, inwardly cursing 'crude dog of a man'.
Feeling Lott's firm muscles pressed against her arm, a blush flashed briefly across Aerith's cheek.
Then, they saw Lott mention Cloud and send a message using Aerith's account:
[Aerith: @Cloud, Cloud, Tifa and I have discussed it for a long time, and we think the three of us can live together. Are you willing to marry both of us at the same time? Mwah~]
Aerith beside him and Tifa, who was rubbing her sore butt from being bumped, were dumbfounded. Especially Aerith, who directly turned into a steam-powered kettle.
'What is it… That tone was so disgusting! And that 'Mwah~'...' Although Aerith was better at acting cute than Tifa, she believed she would never say something like that.
'Cloud wouldn't fall for such an obvious trick... right?'
Before Cloud could even reply, the Universe Chat Group exploded. Recently, the main hot topics of discussion had been about Trunks, Lott's yet-to-be-born eldest son, or fathers like Professor Kukui and Akimichi Choji discussing their children's 'study abroad' life.
Then suddenly, 'Aerith' came out with this. It completely stunned everyone.
[Kukui: Aerith... which 'Aerith' is this? There are quite a few people named Aerith in the group.]
[Erina: Well, it's definitely not this Nakiri Alice.] (T/N: Alice and Aerith were written the same in Chinese.)
[Alice: @Erina, Erina! Do you want to die!?]
[Ainz Ooal Gown: Cloud... I remember him, the blond guy from the martial arts tournament a few years ago, the one who lost to Sakata-san, right?]
[Zenitsu: Why? Goddamn it, why?! How can that weakling get two great beauties to serve him together!? He's not even stronger than me!!]
[Kocho Shinobu: Probably because he's handsome. Though he's not my type, too much of a baby face, not manly enough.]
[Brock: Impossible, this, this can't be... it's not fair...]
[Kazuma: @Cloud, You little blond punk, you've never seen a real threat, dare to square off with me!?]
[Krillin: Ah, this... is this the legendary 'two women serving one husband'?]
[Chi-Chi: What 'legendary'? Isn't someone right here a living example? And it's not just two, it's almost double digits already.]
[Giovanni: What's Lott's strength level? What's Cloud's strength level? How can you compare them?]
…
Although Tifa's strength wasn't ranked highly in the group, the Universe's Number One Martial Arts Tournament had earned her plenty of attention.
There were even perverts from other planets expressing interest in keeping her.
As for Aerith, when she applied for a job at Shuchi'in Academy, she also posted her photo. Both were undoubtedly first-class great beauties.
So now, with both women indicating their willingness to serve one husband together, this naturally caused a huge uproar in the group. Especially the many single male comrades, whose eyes turned red with envy. They voiced the soul-searching question one after another… Why him?
Even though Lott was already a precedent in the group, as Giovanni said, what was Lott's strength, and what was Cloud's strength?
During the previous martial arts tournament, Cloud was arguably one of the worst performers. How could such a guy have a harem?!
Instantly, countless single perverts in the Universe Chat Group directed profanities and soul-searching questions at Cloud. The screen didn't stop scrolling, reaching '9999+' in less than half a minute.
"Why did you have to send it in the group?! M-my reputation..." At this point, noticing that Lott had sent the message in the group chat, Aerith realized the severity of the situation.
Her small fists clenched, and she started pummeling Lott's arm with a flurry of 'kitten punches'.
Tifa's face also darkened, 'Two women serving one husband? I'd rather die than do such a thing!'
"Your man replied." Lott said coolly.
The two women turned to look at Aerith's chat screen.
[Cloud: @Aerith @Tifa, I-I am willing.]
Aerith: "…"
Tifa: "…"
It's settled!
They thought Cloud was a clean-cut, upright young man, but it turns out he's no good either!
"See? This is the true nature of men." Lott showed a rare troublemaker's expression and smirked.
"You, you're the same!" Tifa retorted stubbornly, unable to swallow her anger.
"But I don't hide it." Lott replied.
Tifa was momentarily speechless, stammering for a long time before barely managing to squeeze out another sentence: "M-men, there isn't a single good one among you!"