The Trials: Path Toward Godhood - Chapter 141

Suzuka sat while looking around.

After the episode with the police, they decided to take a little pause somewhere private. The restaurant where they were currently was a special one dedicated to couples. The atmosphere was truly relaxing and romantic. Also, since they were in a private booth, they wouldn’t be disturbed.

She once again took a look at Kuroha, the man who may and will most likely become her husband and the father of their child.

“So, Suzuka, tell me a little more about you. I admit that I don’t know very much.”

Kuroha asked before lifting his glass to sip on the juice he had asked for a few minutes ago. Suzuka couldn’t help but think of a certain prankster and said,

“Momo is my little sister.”

“*Cough* *Cough*”

She had to stop herself from laughing once she saw how he reacted.

Kuroha’s lips twitched on the other hand after his coughing fit, looked down at his drink then at Suzuka before sighing,

“Remind me to never drink something in front of someone from your family.”

“Haha~! Sorry, it’s just that you are always so calm and composed, I wanted to see you fl.u.s.tered for once. I must say that it was worth it. Still, your reaction thereafter was rather mild. Did Temari-san already inform you?”

He shook his head,

“I already had some doubt, to tell the truth. Of course, it was just that. See, the head must i.m.p.r.e.g.n.a.t.e a member of the Hiragi family. This means that Momo had without a doubt at least one sibling. Sister or brother. Secondly, from what momo and Temari said, your influence is extremely large, but you aren’t the heiress of the Hiragi family. This would mean that you are related to someone very highly placed. Those two points are of course not enough, but it was enough to stroke my doubts.”

Suzuka nodded, it was true that those two points alone weren’t enough, but she admitted that few people would even connect those two, she looked toward the window and said,

“I am Momo’s big sister. My mother gave birth to me five years before Temari-san Kidnapped father.”

“…Kidnapped?”

“Oh…Seems like you don’t know about this. Let me tell you.”

She then proceeded to slowly narrate all the events of that story. Kuroha, while listening to this story only had one thought,

‘I must never let Temari meet Himiko. Those two are simply too compatible.’

Himiko was seriously cute, but he had no illusions about how dangerous she was. If he wasn’t immune to poison, she would have drugged and kidnapped him long ago. He shook his head,

“Enough talking about Momo. Right now, I am on a date with you. I am unable to love all of you equally, but when I am alone with one of you, this person will be the one I love the most.”

This was a guideline he decided to follow.

In order to better understand harem type relationsh.i.p.s, he began to read many books and such about true harem. He learned one truth.

Harems aren’t cool.

Men, when they think of harem, generally only see the awesome part of it. Being able to f.u.c.k many girls without being a cheater.

They forget all the problems that come with it, all the disadvantages of it. One first problem came from the fact that love wasn’t equal. Not even a mother could swear that she loved all her children equally. This difference in love gave birth to a difference in treatment. This difference breeds resentment and this resentment generally ends with the death of someone. The larger the harem, the higher the likelihood of death. Even more so if there was some kind of legacy.

Kuroha didn’t take himself for a Guru of love. When adding Suzuka, he was technically in a relationship with four people. All with a rather… let’s say distinctive personality.

If he didn’t establish some guidelines fast someone would die without a doubt. He simply shuddered at the thought of all of them alone in one room.

‘It would be a bloodbath.’

He discarded those thoughts and turned back to Suzuka who was staring at him with a thoughtful light in her eyes,

“Your mother talked to me about what it truly means to be in a relationship. A relationship that could last for years. It would be a lie to say that I understood everything. After all, some things can only be understood after experiencing them. But I understood the gist of what she wanted to say.”

After that, he sighed and decided to stop this discussion. Today they were here to play and have a relaxing day. Heavy discussions could be kept for later.

“Tell me Kuroha, what are your hobbies?”

Seemingly having the same thought as him, Suzuka suddenly asked.

It was truly a basic question, but a question that held endless possibilities. As long as your discussion partner truly wanted to discuss with you then it was a good subject. But for Kuroha it was truly a pitfall.

Hobbies? What he liked the most was going outside at night and killing criminals. Another one was training until my own veins snapped.

He looked down at his juice and decided to opt for the less bloody one.

“I don’t have many hobbies, but I truly like reading.”

“Oh? A truly interesting hobby. What kinds of circ.u.mstances made you begin to like it?”

‘I was a tortured child who needed to get up to date with the common sense of the world.’

“Hum, I don’t really remember why, but I have always been in search of knowledge, as such reading was a way to satiate my craving.”

He said this as he laid out a bitter laugh inside.

‘Lying through my teeth on our first date.’

Suzuka could feel that he wasn’t telling all the truth. He was still holding back something. But she wasn’t offended. Everyone had their own secret. It was their own story to share and no one should force them to do so.

Kuroha decided to also ask a question.

“Say, there’s something I always wondered. Back then, eight years ago, if I wasn’t here what would have happened?”

He was talking about the event of his first meeting with Momo. Hearing this, Suzuka smiled,

“Nothing would have happened. Momo is the heiress of the family. How could an eight years old girl really manage to sneak out without alerting anyone? From the very beginning those bastards would have never been able to hurt Momo. But lady Temari didn’t want us to save her too fast. Because Momo needed to learn a lesson. Of course we had decided to erase those sc.u.ms later, but… ”

Kuroha closed his eyes now he understood everything. He always teleported when eliminating criminals. So how did they manage to know he did it.

The answer was simple,

‘They were present when I killed those guys with Himiko.’

He smiled a little as he said,

“I wonder if I should be called lucky or unlucky.”