Chapter 161: A Divine Proposal That Cannot Be Refused.

Noah closed the door to his room, then stood in front of it for several seconds and did nothing, not even turning on the light.

’It’s over.’

The days had been far too long.

Yume, Luna, Aria, Ren, and Iris.

One after another they had ended up introducing themselves to Emma and Sarah.

Some in more complicated ways than others.

Noah walked over to the bed, dropped his phone on the desk, then sat down and recalled Sarah’s last words.

"Afterward I want to see that calendar."

And Emma’s as well.

"Me too."

Noah let himself fall onto his back on the bed.

"This can’t be happening."

He had managed to survive every introduction.

No one had died and the house was still standing, so in theory, he could consider that a victory.

’Then why do I feel like I just unlocked a brand-new problem?’

Now his mothers wanted to see the calendar they had organized, at which Noah covered his face with both hands.

"I don’t want to explain that."

He could picture the conversation perfectly.

Emma asking why that calendar even existed, while Sarah asked who had organized it and Ava...

Noah pulled his hands away.

"I don’t want to think about Ava."

He rolled over on the bed.

He was tired, and not just physically.

Over the past few days he had had to make sure none of his girlfriends caused problems with his mothers, that no one tried to get ahead of themselves, and that the introductions didn’t end in an argument.

Although that last part had been impossible.

Now that Iris had finished as well, he finally had a free night.

No training, no work, no meetings, no dates, no introductions, and no girls climbing in through his window.

Noah opened one eye.

"Luna?"

He stayed silent.

"I hope you don’t show up."

He stared at the window for a few seconds and nothing happened.

"Good."

He closed his eyes.

He just wanted to rest a little and he hadn’t even changed clothes, since he figured he would stay lying down for a few minutes before getting up.

Five minutes, maybe ten, then he would shower and check a few messages.

Maybe play something and after that...

Noah stopped thinking, his breathing grew calm, and in less than two minutes he was completely asleep.

"..."

When he opened his eyes again, he knew immediately that something was wrong, because he was not in his room.

Beneath him was a white surface and above him there was white as well.

To his left and to his right there was white.

Noah remained lying there for a few seconds and then closed his eyes again.

"Don’t tell me..."

A feminine voice answered from a distance.

"What a cold reception."

Noah opened his eyes.

"I don’t want this."

"You don’t even know what I’m going to say."

"It doesn’t matter."

He sat up slowly.

He already knew that place, since it was the goddess’s dimension, the same strange space he was taken to every time she wanted to speak with him directly.

Noah looked ahead and there she was.

The goddess remained seated on her enormous throne, resting her face on one hand while watching him with a smile.

Her appearance was as impeccable as always, far too impeccable.

Noah sighed.

"I was sleeping."

"I know."

"I’m tired."

"I know that too."

"Then let me rest."

The goddess smiled even more.

"But I wanted to congratulate you."

Noah blinked.

"Congratulate me?"

"Yes."

She stood up from the throne, but Noah watched her with distrust and the goddess spread both arms.

"You’ve worked very hard."

Noah stayed silent.

"Training, fights, kidnappings, confessions, relationships, engagements, work, high school..."

She started counting on her fingers.

"You also survived introducing several women as your partners in front of your mothers."

Noah frowned.

"That last part was your fault."

"Not directly."

"All of this started because of you."

"Details."

"Big details."

The goddess walked toward him and Noah crossed his arms.

"Besides, I don’t feel like I’ve done anything that deserves congratulations."

"No?"

"No."

"Your group is almost complete."

That made Noah stop complaining.

"Almost."

The goddess nodded.

"Exactly."

Noah looked at her carefully, since there was something in the way she had said that word.

"Almost..."

"Yes."

"How many are left?"

The goddess raised two fingers.

"Two."

Noah’s eyes widened slightly, since with everything that had happened he had almost forgotten the original goal of the application, which was to gather the necessary magical girls.

He had already gathered Yume, Luna, Iris, and Aria, but two more were still missing.

Noah knew their names perfectly.

’Hikari Amatsuki and Stella Lumina.’

A fairly popular pair in the original story.

Hikari was a brilliant student, responsible, diligent, and always busy, so on the surface she was practically perfect.

Stella, on the other hand, was a famous actress who had played several male roles because of her appearance, presence, and way of acting.

In the original anime, the two of them ended up getting quite close, a little too close.

Noah looked at the goddess.

"So Hikari and Stella are left."

The goddess smiled.

"Correct."

Noah brought a hand to his forehead.

"Of course."

He could already imagine that it would not be simple, but then again, nothing related to the goddess was simple.

"And after recruiting them?"

"The group will be complete."

"Completely complete?"

"Completely complete."

"No other girl is going to appear that you forgot to mention?"

"No."

"A secret member?"

"Neither."

"An expansion?"

The goddess raised an eyebrow.

"This isn’t one of your video games."

"With you, you never know."

She let out a small laugh and Noah breathed with a bit of relief again.

Only two.

After everything that had happened, two sounded manageable, but he had thought similar things before.

’I’m definitely going to regret thinking that.’

The goddess moved a little closer.

"Besides, I’ve been thinking of giving you a special reward."

Noah looked at her.

"I don’t want it."

She stopped.

"You don’t even know what it is."

"I don’t need to know."

"How ungrateful."

"Every time you say something like that, I end up suffering."

"Not always."

"Almost always."

The goddess brought a hand to her chest.

"You offend me."

"I’ll survive."

She narrowed her eyes and then recovered her smile.

"When you recruit the last two magical girls and complete your group..."

She made a brief pause, so Noah waited.

"...I will give myself to you."

There was a momentary silence.

Noah looked at her, the goddess looked at him, so Noah blinked once, twice, and then answered.

"No, thank you."

The goddess’s smile disappeared for an instant.

"What?"

"I don’t want it."

"Noah."

"I said no."

"I didn’t even finish."

"I don’t need you to finish."

She pointed at him.

"I’m offering you a divine reward!"

"And I don’t want it."

The goddess seemed genuinely confused.

"Do you understand what I’m saying?"

"Perfectly."

"I will give myself completely to you so that you can satisfy all your sinful desires."

Noah raised a hand.

"I don’t need more details."

"You can do whatever you want with me."

"No."

"Anything you want."

"Definitely not."

The goddess kept staring at him for several seconds and Noah began to suspect that he had wounded her pride, so she placed a hand on her waist.

"Are you rejecting me?"

"Yes."

"Me?"

"Yes."

"A goddess?"

"Especially you."

The goddess’s expression changed and Noah took a step back.

"Why did you make that face?"

Noah sensed danger.