Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 137: The Talk (pt.2)

Due to the prior nap, by the time Muku was finished speaking with Emily. It was already late in the afternoon and the stadium women were already gone. The girls were all doing their own things somewhere within the mansion.

With its large size. It would have been rather hard to find where they were quickly by just walking around and searching. So Muku was using his heightened senses to look for them.

At the same time, he was deciding on who to talk to first. At the very least it wasn't going to be Jade. He wasn't sure whether she would say weird things like Emily did or not. However, he was certain that she had the capability to do it. So he would play it safe and talk to the others first, lest she say something that would make him unable to continue with the plan.

"Oh, Layla is in her room? I'll talk to her first... This is gonna be a rather awkward conversation to have. Even more than its default was going to be. I just hope she says something at least... Man! I feel so scummy for this" Muku spoke to himself as he hyped himself to talk to Layla.

He wasn't even sure where to start. Layla has always been the hardest to talk to among his students... For obvious reasons. Then he had to talk to her about something like that? It was going to be quite a hard day indeed. He didn't even know what to expect.

Knock! Knock!

For the second time in an hour, our Muku found himself nervously knocking on a door.

"Come in"

Fortunately, unlike Emily at first. Layla was receptive as her calm voice was heard soon after he knocked. He also didn't delay as he entered immediately after being allowed to.

"Is there a special task for me?" Layla asked immediately while looking confusedly at Muku who had just taken a sit beside her bed.

It was understandable that she was confused since that was the first time he had ever entered her room. Whenever he had to talk to her before she was in her room. He would either call out to her from outside or send someone else to get her.

"No, there's no task, but there's a matter I want to seek out with you. You're free to not respond if it's not something you want to talk about by the way" Muku immediately got into it. Not wanting to delay things.

"Okay, I'm listening" Layla replied as calmly and a bit stiffly as always. She was completely in the dark about what was happening. She could sense the awkward atmosphere Muku had created at all. The girl was sometimes slow to pick up on things despite her high intelligence.

"Hmm, where to start... This is so much harder than I thought it would be" Muku couldn't think of what to say. Being stared at by Layla so intently made him forget everything he was planning to say.

Layla didn't say anything. She just continued looking at him. Her confusion increasing. It wasn't that she didn't want to say anything. But as a person of few words, she didn't know what she was supposed to say in such a situation. So she just chose silence. Which wasn't too different from how she usually operated.

While she was a quiet person who didn't mind being quiet. That wasn't always the reason she stayed silent. Sometimes she just won't know what to say which made her seem even quieter than she was.

"Okay. I'm just going to say it. I know you have a romantic interest in me. After the incident with Emily, I realised that you girls seem to lack security since I don't acknowledge your feelings. So I came to make it clear that I will not do anything with any of you until you're at least eighteen. However, you can rid yourself of any worries of losing out since I will also not get into a relationship with anyone for at least the next two years

Since she couldn't think of a way to soften his words and make them less direct. He decided to be as blunt as possible. Which he was sure was also the best way of speaking to Layla with her low communication skills.

"Oh..." Layla only said one word with a slightly higher-pitched voice.

If it wasn't because of her reddened face. Muku might have thought that she wasn't moved at all. It seemed she just didn't know how to respond or act in the situation.

"Who told you?" After a while, Layla managed to barely squeeze out a question after seeing that Muku wasn't leaving.

She had considered encasing herself in ice to escape. Which wasn't something new to her. But even she could tell that it wouldn't cut it that time. It was something she had no choice but to face.

"No one. I knew from the start" Muku replied immediately and confidently.

Hearing him, while thinking that her behaviour along with the other girls was quite obvious. She still couldn't help but want to dig a hole on the spot and hide forever. She was only so obvious because she thought he wouldn't understand what she was doing. Which was likely the case for the others.

Now knowing that he knew all that time... The embarrassment was unbearable. How was she supposed to look at him now? Why can't a R3 beast attack them right then so she can escape the situation? And where is everyone when you need them? Wasn't Hope supposed to be sticking to Muku like glue?

"So how are we supposed to continue now?" She asked another question. With such an elephant in the room, would they be able to continue acting like they did?

"I wouldn't mind continuing how we were, but I know that that's impossible. So I can only hope that we figure it out as we move forward from now." Muku replied with a wry smile. He really had no idea how the team would operate from now.

While he would have given them some form of security. Was it worth it? He wasn't sure. But he was going to see it through no matter what. Since he had started it. He had to finish it. Whatever comes, comes!

"Have you talked to the others?" Layla asked another question. She was getting more and more comfortable as they spoke. Which made her wonder whether she was the first or not.

"I've talked to Emily before you for obvious reasons. She's the reason this all started, after all,," Muku replied truthfully. While she would have likely been happier if he said she was the first. He chose the truth since lies always end up getting exposed at some point.

"Oh, makes sense. So which one of us has the highest chance?" Like Emily before her, Layla started getting more and more daring. At least hers weren't too over the top though.

"That... I don't know" Muku didn't know what to say. If he said that he saw them all as equals then it would seem fake. As for liking one more than the others, he wasn't certain so he couldn't say that either.

"It's fine. It doesn't matter. I'll make sure to be the one you like the most by the time it matters" Layla then dropped a bomb on him.

He didn't know that her competitiveness would extend to even this. The girl literally radiated battle aura as she spoke. In that moment he knew for certain that things were definitely not going to go back to how they were before.

"Umm, okay?. I'll be taking my leave now if you don't mind" Muku didn't know what to say anymore. Who knew what she would say next. So he tried to make his getaway.

"What about Freya?" Layla ignored his hidden plea to leave and asked one more question.

"What? About Freya?" Muku asked her to clarify what she meant. He probably knew what she meant. He wanted to see if she would retract her question and end the awkward situation.

"Is she also on your list?" Layla asked him with narrow eyes. She seemed like a different person at that point. It was like Heaven and Earth from when they began talking.

"What do you mean list?? She's just a teammate who will likely become very useful later on like I said. I can just feel that her power is something special. Nothing less, nothing more" Since it couldn't be avoided. Muku defended himself the best he could.

He was also getting a premonition that he might get asked that question a few more times that day.

"Hmm... Okay, if you say so. I have no more questions for now" Layla accepted his answer but sceptically.

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"Okay, good. See you later then" Muku took what he got and ran. Layla barely saw how he moved from the chair to the door. Then he was gone...