’So, it’s not like I’m pulling away from Young Master because I like his patting so much.’

’It’s just that his hands are just too good to want to pull away from, so why would I consider doing something as blasphemous as pulling away.’

’So, what I’m saying right now is that it definitely isn’t my fault for being so close to him.’

’It’s the Young Master’s fault!’

’I blame Young Master’s fingers for being so good and snuggly!!’ Nora uttered cutely in her mind before falling asleep on his chest.

Meanwhile, Austin suddenly noticed a notification appearing in front of him and he couldn’t help but grin heartily, because he realised that his apology had definitely touched her, even if Nora hadn’t said anything about it yet.

[Congratulations to the Host. Nora’s Affection toward Host is now 50%.]

[Congratulations, you’ve improved your first wife candidate’s Affection to 50%. As a result, you have been rewarded with an improved stamina-enhancing potion recipe.]

[Also, you have received 50 units of power values and 50 units of mana as well.]

[Nora will also receive an equal amount of mana and power values as well.]

[Host power value and mana capacity are now 370 and 200 respectively.]

[Meanwhile, Nora’s power value and mana capacity are also 2,850 and 370 respectively.]

Looking at the difference in their strength, Austin could definitely see how hard Nora had been training to get as strong as she was right now.

In this world, power value signifies the amount of damage a person is able to inflict on a target using either a physical attack or a magical attack.

His was still pretty low, but he had a strong belief that it would only be like that for now, before he became strong in the future.

Speaking of obtaining power in the future, Austin suddenly recalled what he might have seen from his system earlier today.

He swiftly pulled up the system interface to have a better glimpse of it, and the words got displayed before him, shocking him once again as it had done before.

[Congratulations, Host! You’ve awakened the "Be Intimate and Multiply" System.]

[With this system, you can now grow stronger every time you become intimate with your wives, and if your wives give birth and you help raise them, you’ll become invincible, as well as your little ones.]

[In other words, Host doesn’t need to work so hard in training when you can just gain years’ worth of experience points and increased attributes by simply kissing and being intimate with your beautiful wives.]

[In a nutshell, this is your time and chance to move those hips of yours like never before, to impregnate the beauties of your choice.]

Looking at the words displayed before him, Austin chuckled softly as he realised that this would be his new reality now.

Of course, it wasn’t like he was upset or unhappy with it.

After all, who would be unhappy with the idea of not having to train for months or years, when all he would ever need to do to get his rewards was to simply kiss or pump his seeds into his future wives.

For a man who had just died a virgin a few hours ago, Austin’s grin could only widen even more as he stared at the ceiling before hearing Nora’s soft sweet voice.

"Young Master?"

"Hmm?"

"Are you asleep?"

"Not really, but I thought you were already asleep as well."

"No, I wasn’t."

"Oh okay, but what’s wrong?"

"Um, now that the mansion has been sold, what’s going to happen to us now?" Nora asked calmly, and Austin remained silent.

To be honest, he had expected her to ask him this question for a while now.

At the time, he thought he would be able to come up with a reply before she asked, but seeing as how he still hadn’t come up with a good response yet, Austin could only let out a sigh.

Meanwhile, Nora noticed the sigh and she noticed how quiet he was as well.

So she said. "Sorry, Young Master. I shouldn’t have asked that...."

"No, it’s fine. I told you we’re in this together, so you shouldn’t feel the urge to apologise for asking me a question, okay?"

"O-okay."

"Well, to be honest, I’m not sure about what’s going to happen from here on out, but like I said earlier, things will definitely get better for us, and before you know it we’ll be swimming in gold coins for years to come. Maybe when that happens, I can finally proceed with the promise we made on your thirteenth birthday."

Hearing this, Nora’s cheeks instantly turned crimson and she gripped his shirt tightly before burying her face into his chest. "You still remember?"

"Of course I still remember it. Every night. So please be a little patient with me, okay?" Austin asked softly, and Nora nodded in response as the room turned silent once again.

"Goodnight, Nora."

"Goodnight, Young Master."

Time passed and Austin had already fallen asleep, but how could Nora fall asleep when Austin had just assured her of a dream even she had begun to doubt would ever happen.

On her thirteenth birthday, under the bedsheets of her beloved young master, the two of them had made a vow to be together forever.

It was a silly promise at the time, but Nora had always remembered it every night, making it difficult for her to ever think otherwise.

However, things changed between her and her beloved master the moment Austin had realised he wouldn’t be awakening a mana core.

He became more aggressive and the two of them grew distant like never before.

Even though she had assured him that she would never look down on him like the other nobles his age, the previous Austin had been plagued with the thought of how his peers viewed him as worthless and useless to his family.

This forced him to spend most of his time in his room doing nothing.

As years passed, his solitude introduced him to drinking, until he noticed a few knights gambling and he too had gotten engrossed in it within a cavern. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Those two activities became the highlight of his daily life, but when he lost his parents, everything turned worse for him.

His drinking and gambling habits escalated, resulting in most of the staffs stepping down, with him sending away the rest, but Nora stayed behind.

At first he tried chasing her away, but he eventually gave up and resumed his new lifestyle until the little money he had left got squandered away.

Then he began to sell the house furniture, his own clothing, and several other things.

Even when he had asked her to sell her clothes for him, Nora didn’t hesitate to do as she was asked, because she had always put him first before herself, wanting him to see this as well.

But with how the previous Austin had been behaving, a part of Nora knew that it wouldn’t be surprising if Austin decided to one day sell her as well.

But even if he did, Nora doubted she would be upset with him.

’Baka. Of course I would be upset if he had done that to me.’ She scolded herself.

However, to her greatest surprise, Austin had changed so much since he entered the Chan Household.

She didn’t know why he had wanted to go there in the first place, but she was glad he came back feeling different, especially with the news that he had awakened his mana core.

It made him feel different because his thinking and mentality had changed as well.

This was something Nora had noticed so far, and she was happy to see these changes, because Austin was clearly showing that he still had feelings for her, just as much as she had always had feelings for him.

And now that he had assured her he would marry her someday in the future, how could she not feel too happy to fall asleep.

After all, she loved her young master so much, and that would never change.

Nora thought about this silently as she nuzzled closer to him in the bed, but her eyes suddenly turned sinister the moment she caught a flying kunai that had pierced through the window of their room, aiming straight for Austin’s skull.