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3rd Pov
'How did we get to this?' Subaru wondered as he looked around.
Sylphy was drooling on his left shoulder, another girl was sleeping peacefully on his right shoulder sitting next to him and another woman was lying on his lap.
Many women were lying all around him.
"Number 227, the blood is cleaned," said a woman.
The other woman nodded, and then looked at Subaru who was covered in Regulus' blood that he got from the women snuggling to him.
"You all! Wake up! To make such a mess of our saviour's clothes!" Number 227 snapped.
The women woke up, Sylphy yawned and rubbed her cheek against Subaru's shoulder.
'Is this what they call a harem, I suppose?' Beatrice asked emotionlessly, however one could tell she was jealous.
'Why are so many women after my contractor?!' If not for the fact all the women had gone through so much pain and trauma, she would have started blasting El Minya.
"I am sorry, we had soiled your clothes" Sylphy said with guilt, having regained her mind.
She also blushed realizing how close she was to Subaru.
"Don't worry, you all have been through a lot. Let's all clean up, take a bath and prepare to leave this place" Subaru said patting while her head.
She felt her heart beating rapidly.
Unlike her self-proclaimed husband Regulus, she preferred to have Subaru as her husband.
Subaru was so caring towards her.
"Sir Zero, let us help you to take a bath" suddenly a woman suggested, as if a trigger was pulled.
All women's eyes were fixed on Subaru, who shuddered.
"No need!" He quickly used aura and all the blood stains vanished from his clothes as if they never existed, even the foul smell was gone.
All the women's faces fell, their disappointment was immeasurable and their day was ruined.
'There is no way I would take a bath with them; last thing I want is to evolve the entire situation into some sort of orgy!' He thought. He knew that these women were being pretty affectionate with him.
Some might have already fallen in love with him, however he doesn't want to take advantage of the situation when they are so much emotionally disturbed.
Some had their entire families slaughtered by that man, how the fuck will their dead families feel if they knew their saviour is doing their daughter or wife from behind, while surrounded by several other women?
Thus, Reina was saved from the fate of becoming a cuck.
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Reina finally returned, manifesting by Subaru's side.
She looked around to find many women, some of who were surprised by her sudden appearance.
"Don't worry! She is my Knight, and her name is Reina" Subaru said waving his hands, and they calmed down.
"My Liege, are they?"
"Yes, they are that Sin Archbishops' wives. Right now, they are preparing to leave." he said.
"It will take a considerable amount of effort to return them to their homes." said Reina.
"Yeah, I have a plan for that" he said and suddenly Betty came out and yawned.
"I had a good sleep, I suppose" she said and then looked at her contractor.
"Say Betty do you have any way to get them out of here?" Subaru asked his trustworthy loli spirit.
"I can teleport them to my library, however it would take a huge amount of mana, I suppose" Beatrice said, not betraying her contractor's trust.
"Fantastic! Mana is the last thing that I am deprived of!" Subaru grinned and grabbing the loli's hand he injected a huge amount of mana in her.
"~Ahhh!~"
Suddenly there was silence, Subaru had a blank look, and so did Reina, however their internal thoughts were very different.
While Reina was wondering whether to draw her sword, Subaru felt guilty for making Beatrice like this.
(A/N: Reina: There is nothing in this world that my sword cannot solve!)
Beatrice, somewhat embarrassed, didn't think much of the incident, instead she looked at Subaru with shining eyes.
"My contractor is the best! In fact!" she looked at him happily, as it was the first time in her life that she had gotten so much mana at once after 400 years!
Subaru sighed in relief and asked: "Do you need more mana?"
"It is more than enough to send these women to the mansion, I suppose."
"Good, Reina let's talk about what happened with the Wise men once we finish rescuing them"
Finally after a while all the women had gathered.
"Okay everyone! I have something important to ask of you all!" Subaru said, Beatrice and Reina standing by each of his sides.
"First we will be going to a mansion where I live, and after that it will be up to you on what to do next." Subaru said.
Many of them had sad expressions after hearing his words, while some were still emotionless, unable to recover from trauma as well.
"So I have a proposal for all of you! You see, I am going to start a company. A merchant group if you understand, and I will need a lot of employees, so how about you being the first batch of my employees?" he said, surprising not only them but also Reina and Beatrice.
"Of course, it is for those who have nowhere to go… or don't want to return back to their homes. If you want to leave, I will help you to return to your homes after a few days" he said in a measured tone.
Almost all of of their families were slaughtered, they had no place to return. Even if they had somewhere to return, they didn't want to. A few were forced to be abandoned due to the Witch cult's threat.
They had formed a bond with the other women who shared the same fate, they were akin to sisters now.
"Is it okay Lord Zero? We don't know much about trading…and how to handle such qualified work." a woman said.
"Don't worry, you all will get the training for free" Subaru smiled.
It wasn't the modern world, where you need over the top-class education for something which can be learned by a few months of training.
Not to mention, since he had saved them, their loyalty will be guaranteed.
They were the best employees, and since it will help both of them, it was a win-win situation.
Many women were deeply moved by his proposal, some even almost had hearts in their eyes as they looked at him.
Seeing the group of beautiful women staring at Subaru as if looking at their future husband, Reina's bitch-o-meter went haywire.
She quickly got in front of Subaru and said "I am Reina Van Astrea, and the loyal Knight of Lord Zero. I promise, for those who want to return to their past lives, I will give my full support!"
Although Reina wasn't the current head of Astrea family, she was filthy rich.
Even the two thousand Holy Gold coins that Subaru got from the clown was just a mere drop in the bucket in front of her resources.
So, she was more than ready to take it upon herself to send these hot women away from her Lord.
She thought at least half of them would choose to return, but unfortunately for her, expectations never met reality.
Only four women out of seventy-nine were willing to return back to their homes as their parents were forced to abandon them.
However, the rest of them decided to stay.
Out of nowhere she got an additional seventy-five competitors.
To be continued...
(A/N: The eighth chap is almost finished which extends this story to the 60th chap! And man in chap Eighth, Subaru goes through another important power growth! Especially his Authority of Lust, it is quite powerful.
Any guesses? Any?
By the way, let's be king for this week as well!
So yeah give me your powerstones and I shall give you chaps!)