Chapter 3 · 9 min
Chapter 3
I Got a Wife.
[The other party is choosing]
[Sched: Level 8
Wishes to devote his life to serving you loyally. Having your head cut off once for Sched would be nothing to you either]
[Serin: Level 7
Likes you. You seem willing to destroy an entire country for Serin]
[Maneric: Level 5
Reveres you. You would at least say a word for Maneric]
“W-what! Why is it being this blatant!”
Serin forgot that the princesses were nearby and ended up shouting.
“Ah! I-I'm sorry... I have been discourteous.”
Only then realizing it, Serin glanced around nervously. The princesses smiled as if to say it was fine. Weren't they all family starting today? Something like this was no longer even discourteous.
Those gathered here were the women Han Suho had married today.
And on that same day, Han Suho disappeared from this world.
He suddenly said it seemed he was about to cross over to his original world, and that he would somehow take care of it, so they shouldn't worry.
Leaving only those words behind, he vanished in an instant.
And not long after, a blue hologram appeared before everyone's eyes. It was a system window.
System windows, levels—those were things that had only appeared in movies or novels.
It was their first time seeing something like this actually appear before their eyes, but they guessed this might be the method he meant when he said he would somehow take care of it.
“But if I'm level 7, does that mean he's around 50,000 or something?”
Serin spoke to the dragon beastwoman beside her, whom she was relatively close with.
“If mine had appeared too, I might have been able to make a guess, but I cannot tell from this. Still, I do not understand why only three people appeared on the list.”
“Ah, that's probably—”
“If I had appeared on the list, I could have known for certain. What do you think the selection criteria are?”
“Y-Your Majesty.”
Serin hurriedly dropped to one knee and paid her respects. The Emperor, who had been looking at the system window from the throne, had somehow come over.
“Speak comfortably, won't you? We're family now, aren't we?”
“Th-then I shall speak. I-it seems there is probably some restriction for now, considering all three currently listed are low level. Perhaps only those at level 8 or below can appear. That is what I believe.”
“Hmm~ That makes sense. Then once that restriction disappears, will I appear on the list someday too?”
While the system window still displayed ‘The other party is choosing,’ another entry was added to the list.
[Clara: Level 5
Believes you, whom she met for the first time today, are her destiny. You too, for Clara, chose to marry all of them so that everyone could be happy together]
“I appeared!”
“Hmm? Come to think of it, Clara isn't even within the level restriction, so why did she only appear now?”
[Clara has been selected]
“Waaah!”
Clara jumped up and down.
“Mother! I am going to meet him first!”
Leaving only those words behind, Clara vanished in an instant.
It hadn't even taken ten seconds after Clara appeared on the list.
In truth, today had been Clara's first time meeting Han Suho.
Because of that, the updated list had taken longer to reflect her,
and because Han Suho's system list was in a world beyond dimensions, there had been an even greater delay on his side than here.
That was why Clara's entry had updated and been selected at the exact moment Han Suho was about to choose Sched.
Clara's clothes and sword were left sitting alone where she had been. Serin, unaware of the facts above, had complicated feelings. He had agonized over it for so long, yet once Clara appeared, it hadn't even taken ten seconds. That was really too much.
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“Your wife! Clara has arrived~!”
“What?”
Those were the first words my summoned creature said the moment she was summoned. Your wife? What did that mean?
“What!? What is going on!”
Of course she'd be shocked. She should be naked right now... I didn't do this on purpose...
Tap tap tap.
I heard footsteps approaching me as I lay face down. From the sound, I could tell she was small.
Why was she suddenly coming closer?
I felt a breeze against the back of my head.
She seemed to have crouched down.
“You're covered in dust!”
Pat pat pat.
?
Wasn't she naked? She should be, right?
My summoned creature paid no attention to that at all and dusted off my clothes.
She was close enough that I could even feel her body heat.
Feeling her warmth above my head was incredibly embarrassing.
Even so, I still kept my eyes tightly shut and even pretended to cover them with my hands.
‘Is she a beastfolk? An elf?’
“Are you hurt somewhere? You've been lying face down and crying this whole time, so I'm worried!”
“No, my legs don't work properly, so I can't get up by myself. Thinking about it, I suppose that does make me injured. And I'm not crying, I'm desperately trying to cover my eyes. I didn't do this on purpose, it's just that because of the system, when you're summoned you probably can't bring anything with you, so your clothes...”
Without realizing it, I started speaking faster. I rambled on, explaining my situation and making excuses to the person who was presumably naked.
She didn't seem to care, but I still needed to explain myself.
“I thought you were going to pounce on me right away!”
“N-no!”
“If your legs hurt, I'll carry you on my back!”
“I-I'm fine!”
Her words and behavior were so different from the summoned creatures people generally knew that I was confused.
“But where is this?”
“Um... Should we return to my house first? We're currently inside the tower, but would it be okay if I explained the details after we return?”
“Got it!”
It seemed towers didn't exist for residents of the other world, so an explanation was necessary.
“We'll return directly to my room. For now, could you hold my hand?”
Still lying face down with my eyes closed, I raised one hand, and a small, warm hand overlapped mine.
“Then we're going? Don't be too surprised. System window, return.”
Ding~!
[Returning]
Thump. Thud.
From the soft sensation, it seemed we'd safely arrived on my bed, the place I'd been before transferring into the tower. From the feeling of the hand I was holding, I could tell my summoned creature had returned safely too.
“What!?”
“Huh? Are you hurt?”
“It's a bed! So today really is our first night together!”
“N-no!”
My summoned creature had been saying incomprehensible things from the start. I wanted to pretend not to know any better and open my eyes so I could see her.
Somehow, it felt like she'd probably just laugh it off even if I saw her naked...
No, why am I acting like I already understand the personality of someone I've never even seen before?
“Um, I was so flustered that I couldn't prepare anything. For now, could you put on some of my clothes from the rack beside you?”
“What should I wear?”
“Anything.”
I was still lying face down on the bed, only the location had changed, and I could feel my summoned creature's gaze watching me from the side.
She was probably still sitting on my bed completely naked.
Rustle.
I felt the bed shift as my summoned creature stood up.
“I know what this is!”
“What?”
My summoned creature suddenly spoke as though she'd realized something.
“It's when a guy makes his girlfriend wear his clothes! But I'm your wife! So this is a husband making his wife wear his clothes!”
“I-I see...”
I didn't understand, but she kept insisting she was my wife. Why was someone whose name I'd never even heard before my wife?
...Could it have something to do with the dream I had while I was in a coma?
If I asked, I might be able to find out.
The truth I'd given up on.
Rustle.
I heard her putting on clothes. What did she choose? I didn't have any women's underwear, so I'd have to ask my sibling about that later.
“I'm all dressed! You can take it off now!”
“What?”
No, why are you telling me to take off the clothes I just told you to put on! I've been doing nothing but asking “What?” over and over this whole time like some broken record.
“...Was that not the kind of play this was?”
“No, seriously, the fact that you're naked when summoned is just because of how the system works. There really isn't any hidden intention behind it!”
“That's disappointing...”
“Th-then I'll open my eyes now!”
Hearing her disappointed voice made me think, Screw it, should I really just do it? But I barely managed to hold myself back and opened my eyes.
And the sight before me.
“Wow...”
Red hair, red eyes, long ears.
She was an elf.
Not just any elf, but an unbelievably cute and beautiful elf.
“Y-you're beautiful, really beautiful.”
I learned something just now. When someone was genuinely too beautiful, the shock made it difficult to speak.
All I could barely manage to stammer out was that she was beautiful.
Kyahahah!
Letting out an adorable laugh that suited her appearance, the elf rushed at me, grabbed my head, and hugged me tightly against her chest.
“I'm so happy! Say it again!”
Mmph mmph.
I could feel the sensation through the T-shirt. My face was buried, leaving me unable to speak as I made muffled noises, so she took hold of my face, released me from the hug, and stared intently at me before speaking.
“I love you too!”
Wow...
That was the first time a woman had ever told me she loved me. My mind went blank.
This elf right in front of me.
Red hair cut to around her shoulders.
Clear, flawless skin without a single blemish.
Sparkling red eyes.
Kneeling on the floor to match the height of me lying face down on the bed...
Her small frame, with my T-shirt hanging all the way down to her knees.
If someone asked me who the cutest and most beautiful person in the world was, I could say without even 0.1 seconds of hesitation that it was the person right in front of me.
Forget the truth I'd given up on and everything else—should I just avoid stirring up trouble and leave things as they were since she completely believed she was my wife?
Click.
“Suho, what's going on?”
“Son~?”
At that moment, I heard my parents coming out of the master bedroom.
...Ah.
Come to think of it, I hadn't told them anything.