Ranking System - Chapter 263: Farewell

Soon, the days passed by. Everyone’s marriage succeeded, with time passing by in an instant. Days, weeks, and months. The time I had with these girls got shorter by the day, and everyone could feel the mood because of it.

News of my wives’ pregnancy came, and knowing I would have multiple children without seeing them grow brought great pain. Even so, I will do my best to care for them when it comes.

It’s been nine months since Reina and I married, and I couldn’t help but think it was a blissful experience.

Over the nine months, I had achieved a lot. The defensive power of Earth had strengthened to a great degree, making it impossible for this world to be invaded even by a fourth-ranking world.

Clyde rose in fame, finishing second. Cyrus, the previous second rank, had passed away from old age. He had done a lot of service for our world but used all his strength on the lizard attack a year ago.

As for the contract I had with Linsey, it was dissolved after I did some work. I felt like I had a bargain with that contract.

Reina and the others were in the hospital, preparing to give birth. It was a great thing to have everyone in the same room.

Going back and forth would bring emotional stress to us all. This way, I could be with them for the entire period.

“Husband!!! The baby is coming!!!” Claire was the first to speak. Being part humanoid and part plant, I never thought she would have a child like this.

Since she was the first person to give birth, I waited by her while the doctor did her job.

It was stressful seeing how uncomfortable Claire was. Eventually, an hour passed, and the child was born.

Claire could only produce female species due to her blood. We have already decided on a name for our daughter, and we could agree.

Lily Maygarden. That was our daughter’s name. I also allowed my children to take their mother’s last name. I would hate it if the children took mine. Many emotions flooded me with my first daughter’s birth, slapping me in the face.

There were positive emotions and negative ones as well—mainly the positives, of course.

“Charles. Look…” Claire was mentally exhausted from the process of giving birth.

Before we could interact with our child, the doctor had asked us to let them perform a test. This gave Claire some time to rest, which I thought was better. My other wives were close to giving birth, but I would have to wait a little longer before I did.

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Another month had passed, and I now had five children. Four of them were girls, and the last was a boy.

Being a father has a lot of challenges. I had to watch all of them at the same time and make sure that they were fine.

It was sad that I wouldn’t be there for them for most of their childhood. I wondered what type of people they would be when they grew up.

I’m starting to get sentimental. Even so, I didn’t mind the changes. If I were to stay in this world, I wouldn’t find this a problem.

The world I was going to was dangerous, much more than before. Could I afford to be sentimental in a place like that? I might be exaggerating, but it never hurts to be cautious.

“Charles, look! My baby is so cute!!!” Reina cried in excitement.

Not only did I change, but so did everyone else. Responsibilities came into play, and everyone became more motherly due to them.

Reina was the one who gave birth to the male child. Zachary was the name we decided on, and he had taken all the traits from his mother.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he grew up as a womanizer. There was one problem with Zachary, and I don’t know if it was due to Reina’s previous injuries, but my son had suffered the same illness.

The doctors said that he would be fine but would only find feeling emotions hard. That’s why I was the most attentive to Zachary out of all the children.

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And just like that, the time had run out. Another three months had passed, and it was time for me to leave. I had already told all my friends and servants they would be under my wives.

I gave them all enough to live for a thousand years without worrying about ensuring that none of them were in trouble. I also gave them defensive and offensive artifacts that would be powerful enough to survive in this world.

Before I left, everyone wanted to send me a farewell that I would never forget. My five wives followed me, and I could see Iris about to manifest.

“Charles. It’s been a while. Did you finish what you wanted?” Her aura was still impressive, as always. Despite my power throughout the year, I still couldn’t hold my own against this goddess.

I could sense the uneasy feelings of the girls. Iris was just that oppressive. I hid my emotions and nodded.

“Very well, we will leave this instance. Being here ruins my mood.” I was glad she meant our world and not the girls. Otherwise, it would be a problem if they got hurt because she was in a bad mood.

I had already said my last words to the girls and the child. Iris took my hand, and I felt the divine power pulling me out of this world.

My body was glowing, and bits of me were disappearing. I could now see why the gods would rarely do this. The power they had to sacrifice was immense.

The girls were tearing up as I was about to leave. It hurt my heart that this would be my last time seeing them in a long while, with these being our last memories together.

“Goodbye everyone.” And just like that, the Earth was gone from my sight.