"Where… where is this?" Alice asked in slight wonder and puzzlement as she looked around the grave they found themselves in.

Not only her, everyone was wondering the same thing, their eyes settling on Noah… whose face was different, but all of them could tell it was him.

They became even more confused.

"First," Noah started, as Selene and Elira stood beside him and hugged him immediately without any care for the current situation, "can you please lower your beauty? Or at least change how others perceive you. Seal your power too," he asked gently, feeling the huge strain Earth was bearing under the presence of his wives.

The women obeyed, each of them feeling the strange, manaless atmosphere around them cracking under their mere existence.

They sealed their power and altered the perception of others, though none of them was willing to change their faces.

But there were some who didn't bother with that at all. Neko, for example, transformed herself into a black cat and nestled on Noah's left shoulder, licking his cheek lovingly, but with an obvious reproach.

Noah chuckled while caressing her soft black fur. "I'm sorry, my dear. I missed you too, you know?" he said softly.

Ester acted next, dissolving into shadows and merging with Noah's own, her voice whispering in his mind.

'I missed it, Noah. Your shadow feels so different now!' she said, a sense of belonging echoing in her tone.

'You're different too, Ester. I feel like… like a whole realm lies beneath me now, becoming my shadow.' He chuckled. 'Haven't we come a long way since those days in the Weaverheart estate?'

Ester laughed. 'Yes, so much that my mother is looking at you like a shy, lovesick girl meeting her lover after eons.' She teased, and Noah barely suppressed a laugh as his gaze fell on Sari, fidgeting shyly between Lilith and Dominique, who were clearly teasing her.

Shadeva stood beside them, smiling at the sight.

'Let it be between us, Ester. But your mother is a trap. She's acting! I swear, she's not as shy as people think!' Noah snitched shamelessly, only to feel two warm presences embrace him — one from behind, one from the front — before he could hear Ester's answer.

Yuki and Elizabeth.

"Why do you love acting alone?" Yuki said in a sulking tone. "Did you enjoy your life outside, going around with your siblings, meeting a red-skinned woman, enjoying yourself while leaving us behind?"

Ouch.

Touché.

Noah winced, feeling as if his heart were being shredded by a pointed blade. He looked directly at Elizabeth, who gave him a sly smile. "Oops," she said mockingly.

Noah immediately knew she was the one who snitched. He wondered how she could have known, considering he wasn't supposed to be seen, which only meant her Seer ability had improved exponentially.

He was proud.

And yet, because of her…

"Noah, I thought you were going to take me to cause destruction!" Anya said next, followed by Red. "Sigh, our husband only thinks of women and enjoyment without us."

Zara chuckled from the side as she watched all the women voicing their grievances to Noah. Even his maids had come out of their garden, blooming like lotus flowers while airing their own complaints about feeling ignored and deprived of warmth.

Sophie stood quietly near Zara. Like her, she wouldn't complain, but that didn't mean she didn't share the same emotions.

Only they knew how difficult it had been to be without him for so long.

Noah was being overwhelmed by all the voices blaming him from every side.

Selene, Emily, Justicia, Christelle, and Elira — the milfs — watched with amusement.

Noah looked at them with pleading eyes, silently begging for help, but they ignored him. Even Selene, usually soft for her baby, turned her head away.

He deserved it.

He shouldn't have left them for so long to wander the universe with his siblings. They should have been together. Hell, they were supposed to be together, always.

Noah understood their feelings. He knew he shouldn't have, but the urge to simply bond with his siblings and nothing else had been too strong.

But now he knew. He knew that only among his wives could he feel truly himself, with no filter. They knew every side of him. The dark, the funny, the sweet, the flawed, the lustful… and they accepted all of it without complaint.

Now thinking about it this way, 'I'm a dick, aren't I?' he mused wryly before spreading his arms wide.

"Go on!" he said, his tone high, voice melodramatic. "Curse this unworthy husband for failing you once again! I will take it all! I will bear it, let out everything in your chest and…"

His voice lowered, smooth and sweet. He smiled at them.

"…and let me make it up to you all by showing you this world. This world that's yours to dominate, yours to rule."

They paused instinctively at his last words, curious.

"What do you mean?" Aphasia asked, transforming into an earring spirit and attaching herself to Noah's ear.

Noah smiled. "What I mean is simple, my dear wives. My heart is composed of each of you…each of your beings. It would be dead and incomplete if even one of you were missing."

"And this world," he said, making a brushing motion with his hand, a gesture that seemed to encompass all of Earth and its stars, "this world will be my heart."

Dominique chuckled. "What's this madman of a husband saying again?"

Lilith laughed with her daughter. "Yuki named him Blasphemer, or did you forget?"

Each of them was surprised, not quite understanding. A world as a heart?

What was Noah saying again? Was that even possible?

But the sharpest among them thought of something else when Noah said this.

"Why this world, my child?" Selene asked, slowly caressing Noah's left cheek with tenderness enough to melt the moon above.

The others focused, wondering the same question.

Noah smiled faintly at them, a strained smile all of them recognized as his way of signaling something important. They immediately grew attentive.

But—

"Why not take a glance at this world first? Then we'll talk," he said, while Selene looked behind him out of curiosity, noticing the tombstone of Halima and the teardrop still glistening on the muddy ground.

She frowned, her eyes lowering to his knees, noticing the dirt stains. Raising her head again, she looked deep into his eyes and saw something none of them had.

A subtle, buried sadness deep within his now-black eyes.

Unease flooded her senses like a murderous ocean, eager to drown her in its endless depths.

Noah noticed her gaze, his heart skipping a beat at the thought that his mother might understand without him saying a word, something Elizabeth and Yuki, still clinging to him, felt sharply as well. But before they could speak…

Noah already did.

"You prefer I stop the world for you to enjoy or not? Tell me what you want, ladies. I listen and I obey. Today, I am your slave. Enjoy it."

He said the last words with a smirk, trying to brush off the weight pressing on him, the stress of confessing his past.

The women noticed his subtle act. But…

"Slave, you say?" Dominique smirked. "Then will you accept me to—!"

Sophie immediately clamped a hand over Dominique's mouth, muffling her words, and whispered, "Why can't you read the mood, you whore?"

Dominique squinted her eyes in amusement, her voice still echoing despite her covered mouth. "Do you want me to show you how much of a whore I am by licking your palm?"

Sophie instantly pulled away from her, glaring in disgust. "You'll die if you dare! Only Noah can lick me!"

"But I licked you, though?" Emily interjected with a mocking smile.

"You licked Noah's sperm off my skin!" Sophie retorted.

"Same thing," Dominique, Lilith, and Emily said in unison, shrugging.

"Why are these women always unserious?" Justicia wondered, her eyebrows arching.

"Isn't that what makes it fun?" Elira laughed.

Morgan, Leona, Katy, and Nephis watched the wives in amused admiration of their lewdness.

Noah only smiled, watching the chaos unfold among them. He had to admit once more…

'I'm a lucky bastard, aren't I?' he mused internally, smirking before clapping his hands loudly to draw their focus back.

"I love listening to you talk, I promise you, my lovely wives, but…"

He smiled, his voice soft yet commanding.

"A paused world for us to enjoy or do you want to mingle with mortals? Time's wasting, ladies."

The response was swift and unanimous, something quite rare among them, aside from when sex was involved.

"Let's enjoy among mortals and…"

Selene leaned closer to her son, cupping his face gently and pressing a soft kiss to his forehead.

"…and tell us what's bothering you, okay?"

She spoke gently, like a mother coaxing her son to talk after being bullied at school.

Noah smiled, a smile too bright for the hearts of the lovesick women around him.

"Anything for you, my ladies."

—End of Chapter 369—

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