"What!? But you're the Reality Goddess!" Harumi shouted.
"Yes, but they don't actually exist in reality," the Goddess replied. "They drift between realities. I'm sorry, but there is nothing a god can do about it, except..." She stopped.
Miss Yurin asked, "Except? Except what?"
"No god can handle this matter," she continued, "but the energy we call 'Moungtewasiora' can do anything. It is the source of every soul and all existence. It is not a god or a living being; it is an energy that reflects other energy like an answer. This mystery is unknown even to us. No one has been able to find the source or the beginning of this energy, but we can feel that it belongs everywhere."
Sayaka asked, "So how could we get help from the Moungtewasiora?"
The Goddess replied, "Good question. But you are surrounded by and made of that energy—we are, too. No one can talk to or meet with it because it is an energy. There is only one way: if you are able to 'switch on' the energy from within yourselves, then the Pirasyeter cannot erase you. But there is another problem. Even if the Pirasyeter cannot devour you, it can still devour this planet. After that, how could you live in 'nowhere'?"
Then I said, "You said 'nowhere'?"
"Yes," everyone turned to me.
"So... at the moment the Pirasyeter devours the planet, we will have to be teleported or glitched into another dimension, multiverse, or timeline. Because there is no 'nowhere' in this world. Every existing being has an existing world."
I saw that everyone was looking at me with surprised eyes. I thought that I had just hit them with my 'genius vibe,' but Rin replied, "Huh? Don't you know that we were already erased?"
I was shocked and said, "What! I've forgotten!" I sobbed. Ame, Kagatari, and the royal family tried to cheer me up.
Then Miss Yurin asked the Goddess, "So what could we do?"
The Goddess replied with darkness—"You all have to die... so we will do our best to save as much as we could." Instantly, she vanished.
Then we were all scared; our eyes glared with fear. The royal family and Tsukiko sobbed. Everyone fell into silence. But what could you expect from me? I'm a Harem fan. I tried to make them feel normal. "Knock it off!"
Suddenly Rin turned toward me. I was scared looking at Rin's red eyes filled with tears. She slapped me, and the other girls caught her because she had gone mad. She shouted at me, "What the hell are you?! You're taking it lightly, but our fate is written as death! We were born, we grew up, and for what? For a individual reason made by your past form? We're going to die!! I dreamed that I would have a peaceful life, but now I'm going to die!"
"Stop! It's not his fault! He was just trying to make us normal!" Miss Yurin said.
"What normal!? Nothing is normal anymore!"
I stopped her. "You know that my life hasn't been normal since childhood. I didn't have any friends, but now I have all of you. Even my mom hated me, but now Tsukiko-san and Natsumi-san..." Tsukiko and Natsumi blushed in sadness for me. "...I liked the Harem genre in my past life, but no one loved me then. Now I'm in a Harem and I have you all... but I'm still happy... You know why? Because I have you all around me. A lonely guy on a lonely island, but it's full of girls... my Harem dream became real. I know that no one could save everyone from this, but... I can't let my dream be broken! I'm... I'm..."
I lifted my hand toward my chest, made a tight grip, and exclaimed— "I'm... gonna save all of you!! No matter what!"
All the girls were looking at me with surprised eyes. I could see tear drops on everyone's cheeks. Then suddenly Rin broke free from Kagatari and Charolina's grip and ran toward me. I was scared, thinking I had done something wrong, but she hugged me. She started to cry loudly, hugging me tighter.
Tsukiko commented, "This girl was moved by Ahiro's speech. Really, after a long time, tears came to my eyes."
I placed my hands slowly on Rin's back and said softly, "Don't worry, it's my promise—I'll save you. No matter if my limbs abandon me, no matter if my soul abandons me. It's my promise, a Harem fan's promise. I'll change fate with my own hands."
She was still crying and hugging me. Ame said, "You're not just a Harem fan anymore, you're the... THE HAREM KING... ALSO AHIRO!!!" She also hugged me. Kagatari and the royal family hugged me, too.
I screamed, "Someone save me! I'm drowning in a swarm of big chests!!" They let go of me, as I was fully soaked in sweat. They all laughed.
Then we all started to visit the village again. On the other hand, Fumi, the chemist gang, Suzume, and Hanma stayed in the castle to work on the speakers. Harumi led us to the river, which was located behind some stones near our castle. When we reached it, I commented: "Aw! I thought I was going to see some girls bathing in the river water!!"
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" Harumi laughed. "Harem King! The girls have bathrooms in their houses. They carry river water to their homes in wooden buckets and baths; the water runs underground. If you really want to see some girls nude, then come with me—I'll lead you to the three 'stars' of our village. Let's go!"
Rin shouted, "You're the daughter of the President, and you're talking without shame!"
Then Ai, Ame, Sakura, and the royal family girls said in unison, "Stars?"
The girls were all surprised. Charolina shouted, "It's normal that Ai and Sakura don't know—they are good girls! But you...?"
I said, "I really don't know!"
"What!? You... are real!? Then you are not a normal guy who likes the 'H' word!" Ame shouted.
"No, I don't know! I swear by Harem Anime!"
"So why do you like Harem and nude girls?" Rin asked.
"Because they look beautiful, and Harem is comedy! I like it so much! There is no other reason."
"Someone slap me! Is it true?" Charolina shouted. "Oh! Guys, calm down! Knock it off." Miss Yurin stopped them.
Tsukiko said, "It means after marriage, Yuzuki has to teach him everything."
"Oh, Mom!" Me and the girls were still thinking about it.
So I asked, "So lead us to them. I want to meet the 'stars'—by that name, I can figure out if they are actually stars or something else."
"What, really!?" Rin and Yuzuki wailed.
Then Miss Yurin said, "Yes, Harumi-san, lead us. I'm his teacher, so it's my duty to find the answer." Rin and Yuzuki were shocked. Both thought, "I'm scared about our future..."
We walked from the village path and met five more girls:
Tsukamoto Hikari: A dancer from Tokyo, age 17, wearing a blue top and black pants. She has deep blue hair and red eyes.
Tsuboi Yoshiyuki: A schoolgirl, age 15, who lives with Hikari. She has blonde hair.
Nitta Yuri: Finally we found a doctor, age 22. She has red eyes and crimson hair.
Fuji Myako: A high school girl with short black hair, age 18.
Nagasawa Eiko: Age 17, a high school girl with long brown hair. She opened the door wearing only her bra without noticing.
TO BE CONTINUED. ..