## Chapter 1378 – 천마신교 (Cheonma Shin-Gyo – Heavenly Demon Cult)

“So, I understand how you all feel. Basically, you’re not thrilled about some elf queen we barely know proposing a marriage alliance, right?”
“That’s my honest opinion, Oppa.”
“Yeah.”

Karin and Winia answered.

“Yes. I don’t like it. We are already favored by our beloved god… Frankly, I think that should be enough.”

Liztina said the same.
Beloved god, huh?

“Hehehe, Oppa? Is that what you’re calling me now? Beloved god.”
“W-Well, it’s true, isn’t it?”

She was embarrassed.

Looks like my wives were thinking that only the eight of them, my women, should be the ones to receive my love.

“We’re a family. We’ve fought together. We’re the family that raised you, Kat. And we’ve shared our love… And, and you’ve become a real god now…”
“Yeah. So?”

I looked at Liztina with amusement.

It’s just fun to see her saying things like that, all flustered.

It seems like they’ve been planning to talk about wives and women, and that means they’ve already discussed it amongst themselves.

Okay then.

Let’s happily listen to what my women want to say to me.

“Tell me. I’m listening.”
“S-So… Anyway! We are, in name and reality, your legal wives, aren’t we?”

She hesitated, then asked, her face flushed, as if seeking confirmation.

“Do I even need to say it? Of course.”

They are.

“Kim Kat loves his wives more than anyone in the world. Of course, you’re my legal wives.”

My legal wives.

Hearing that, they all blushed slightly and smiled.

“Hmph… Yes. The eight of us are the women chosen by you, Kat.”
“We’re the females chosen by Kat-nim, no, women.”
“Hey, Hilde? What did you just say?”
“Nothing! Please continue, Liztina-nim!”

I don’t know what’s going on, but it seems Liz-noona is the representative.

“Ahem, then I’ll continue. We’re your legal wives. And you’re a king and a god now, right? So, we’re queens and the wives of that god, aren’t we?”
“Right? Liz Unni is right, isn’t she?”

Winia echoed Liz’s words.

“That’s right. All eight of my women are my queens. The wives of my god.”

It’s so obvious that there’s no need to even confirm it.

“So, what I’m saying is, I think we need to provide support befitting that status.”
“Support befitting that status?”

Sounds like they’re going to properly re-establish some kind of household policy.

“Yeah. Support.”
“That’s right, Kat. Support.”

Karin and Claudia said at the same time.

“So, what is that support?”
“Well, first of all, it’s that, right? Karin?”
“We’re going to establish proper wife policies.”

Wife policies, huh?

“Alright. If my women are going to support me, I’ll follow. Keep talking, Noonas.”
“We’ve actually been talking about this for a while.”
“About what?”
“How we want to monopolize your love…”

Monopolize my love…!

“You’re already monopolizing it with eight people.”
“That’s why, Kat. Like I said before… That. Being a legal wife…”
“Being a legal wife?”
“…”

Winia started to hesitate.
It was unbearably cute.

“Hehehe, Winia. Tell me. What is it about being a legal wife?”
“W-Well…! Ah, Unnis, are you really going to make me say it? Me?”

She asked for permission for a moment, and they all nodded.

“Then I’ll say it. I don’t want my Oppa to have more legal wives. All the Unnis think so too.”

They don’t want my number of legal wives to increase!
Winia, no! My women said that!

“Winia! You said up to ten was okay!”
“Y-Yeah, that’s right. I thought up to ten was unavoidable, but what I’m saying now is that the eight of us are special.”

Of course, they’re special.

But I wanted to hear the meaning directly, so I stared into Winia’s eyes.

“We’re… beings who can be loved by you, right?”

With a completely flushed face.
Winia said, as if trying to get confirmation from me.

“That’s right.”
“S-So…”

—Swish.

At that moment, Claudia touched my shoulder.

“Kat. They don’t want your love to be divided anymore.”
“Divided.”
“Yes. That’s right. Divided. The overflowing power you’ve given us… It’s proof that we’re receiving the greatest love, right? I don’t want that to be divided. It’s so precious, and it’s proof of overflowing love. I can’t share it with a woman I don’t know…”

She can’t share the proof of my love with a woman she doesn’t know.

Hearing those words made me feel so good.

“We love each other, have your babies… and receive this sacred power. Let’s just do that with us from now on? Huh? Honestly, I don’t think I can accept another woman as family anymore.”

Accept as family.

That’s what they’re saying now. They were already friends, comrades, and all my women. They’ve experienced so much together for so long that they’ve become a close-knit family.

“Everyone thinks so too?”

When I asked that, they all nodded.

“Yeah. So, if you bring in another woman now, I want you to treat her like a concubine. Think about it, another woman coming in now. An elf queen we don’t even know? I don’t think we can treat her well. It’s hard to accept her.”

That’s definitely true.

But wasn’t that the case all along? No. Well. Back then, my harem was just starting to expand. Never mind.

Now, a lot of time has passed without new women coming in, and it’s been fixed.

During that time, I’ve fought with them and lived with them.

If a new woman were to enter this fixed family. Especially a woman they don’t know. Of course, they have feelings too, so they wouldn’t be able to accept it well.

In the past, my harem was just starting to expand, and everyone had just come in, so they just let it go, but now it’s become like this. Because it’s settled.

I understand everything.

They’re going to support me with my women issues.

“Did you start thinking about this when I told you I got a marriage proposal from the elf queen?”
“Pretty much.”
“Hehehe, you could have told me sooner. Of course, I’m the kind of guy who thinks that if my women think that way, that’s the right way. I understand everything you’re saying. Only my current women are special and deserve to receive my love, right?”

Of course, that’s what I think.

“Yes… That’s right.”
“You’re also qualified to have my babies?”
“W-Well, right?”

Liztina answered shyly.

“Still, there are exceptions. If you want to possess a woman, love her, or want to get her pregnant, then of course, I’ll consider her as a legal wife.”

A woman I want to possess. Love. And want to get pregnant. Of course, that’s what I think of my women. They’re more precious than anything.

I don’t feel that way about other women.

In the first place, isn’t there no such woman right now?

“…”

For a moment, Elise’s face came to mind, but what am I thinking about a Divine Friend? Elise is like a precious younger sister to me.

“But if not, she’s a concubine. I’ll ask you frankly. Kat. Can you love another woman now? Like you do for us?”
“That’s a really sharp question. I really don’t think so. I don’t think I can love other women besides my current women.”
“Right?”

Liztina became triumphant after hearing the answer.

“Alright. It seems like things are well organized. Husband. So, what a concubine means here is a woman who’s hard for us to accept as family. A woman who’s not good enough to receive our husband’s love. I don’t think it’s good for such a woman to have a baby. I don’t think it’s good for her to receive the power that’s proof of love.”

This story came about because Shahran proposed, but honestly, I don’t really have any intention of bringing in such a concubine. Why should I keep a woman by my side under the guise of a concubine if she’s not a woman I can love?

It’s better not to bring her in.

The concubine Karin is talking about is a woman who doesn’t receive my power or have my children.

“Hehehe, I understand. Noona. Anyway, you don’t want unqualified women, right?”
“That’s right.”
“But listen. Why would I bother bringing in such an unqualified woman as a concubine? I don’t need her?”

I’m someone who doesn’t need a concubine.

“Huhu, I knew you’d say that. But there are exceptions sometimes, right? I ended up specifically mentioning the elf queen, but I’m saying this if it’s hard to give up the benefits you can get by taking her. In that case, let’s make her a concubine. It’s okay if she’s a concubine.”
“So, you’re saying take only the good things and don’t give her my love.”
“That’s right.”
“I don’t really want to do that, so don’t worry. If I’m not going to give her love, I won’t take her.”

Anyway, I understand how my women have decided on policies regarding legal wives, queens, and such. My current women are a lovely cartel united by being my legal wives. They’re demanding rights and monopolies. I can happily accept that.

“But you said this a bit suddenly. I want to hear why you thought that way now?”

I want to hear it accurately.

“Until then, well. Because of what Claudia said. Actually, we ended up like this with Claudia’s permission, right? So, it was natural for the number of women to increase. What could we say? This Noona is a beneficiary too.”

In other words, she became my woman thanks to Claudia’s Kim Kat harem policy, so she had nothing to say about it and followed Claudia’s policy. In fact, that’s why everyone has been accepting new women coming in.

“Then now?”

When I asked that, all eyes turned to Claudia.

“Ah… Are you talking about that now? Me?”

Claudia, who had received all the attention, nodded.

“It’s your turn, Unni.”
“Yes. Please tell us.”
“Um… Okay. Kat, listen?”
“Of course, I’m listening.”

Then shall I listen?

I got up, put on my boxer briefs, and sat back down. That’s how Claudia ended up talking as if she was giving a presentation in the center of the house.

“Until now.”

Claudia started to speak.

“I thought that Kat, who would become a great warrior in the future, should naturally have more women and children. Because Kat was mine, and he was the man who possessed me. I wanted him to be even greater. And to take even more.”

A desert-like way of thinking.
Among them, an even more unique way of thinking.

But that was Claudia’s love.

“I thought that Kat, who had taken everything, should spread his great seed even more and make this land Kat’s… I think that’s what I thought. The reason I wanted him to spread his seed was… because I can’t have Kat’s children. So, I thought I had to find a woman who would do that for me. That’s why I wanted so many women.”
“Claudia…”

This was the first time Claudia had said these things to everyone. I knew her heart, but we had never talked about it together.

“It was natural for Kat’s women to increase, and I thought it was wrong to interfere with that.”
“That’s why Unni pushed everything through.”
“Yeah. That’s right. And…”

Claudia paused for a moment.

Everyone was focused on Claudia’s words.

“Actually, there were times when I regarded everyone as… Kat’s possessions. Possessions that would have children.”

Shocking story!

But everyone nodded.

“But that’s not it. We’re family, right? Not just beings who have children… Family.”
“Claudia-nim…!”
“U-Um…”

Hilde covered her mouth at those words, and Karin scratched her cheek with a flushed face. Winia reacted as if she knew everything, and Liztina turned her gaze away as if she was embarrassed. Everyone knew Claudia’s stance itself. And that her thoughts have changed now too. No. Probably from quite a while ago.

“I still think it’s better for Kat to have more women, but my thoughts aren’t the only important thing. Everyone’s thoughts are important too.”
“So… You were timing when to have this conversation? Claudia?”
“Yeah. That’s right. If everyone wants to monopolize Kat’s love. I think that’s the right thought. It’s good not to increase Kat’s women any further.”

Claudia.

Personally, she wants more women, but now she accepts everyone’s opinion and thinks it’s okay not to do that.

Can this be called Claudia’s growth?

That’s where the concept of a concubine came from.

“Yeah. My story ends here.”
“Claudia-nim!”

Hilde hugged Claudia.

“Well, well… That’s how Claudia came to accept our thoughts. So, we talked about it a bit. That’s what this is all about.”

Karin said shyly.

“Thank you for telling me. I listened well.”

Yeah. If that’s what my women want, that’s the right thing to do.

To become my legal wife, she must be a woman I can love. Even if I take in a woman who doesn’t have that qualification, she’s just a concubine.

A deep realization swept through my brain.

If I knew we were going to have this conversation, I would have brought Risha and Ari, who are studying hard. Well, they probably knew everything too.

“So, Kat. Kat has a strong sex drive. So, if you want to violate a woman, you can violate her and make her a concubine. It’s okay as long as she’s not a legal wife? Let’s use what we can use? And Winia will have more children that the concubine can’t have.”
“Hey, Unni?! That’s not what I meant?!”