Breeding Day (Part 1: Less Money, More Problems)

It was finally morning after such a long night, and Darkness was thankful to have been on a mattress (though she secretly would’ve been fine with sleeping on the floor). While it was a pleasant enough sleep, it was completely ruined by a loud and angry sound.

"WHY?! WHY?! WHHHYYYY?!"

She knew it was Kazuma. Opening her eyes, she saw a myriad of women she'd slept with all standing or sitting around the large conference table. The mattress had been placed inside the room earlier, but now that morning was here there seemed to be an actual meeting taking place.

Luna, Sena, Wiz, Kazuma, and Vanir were all in the room.

One was laughing, one was crying, one was frowning, and two were looking concerned.

The real answers to what had happened start from about ten minutes prior.

Ten Minutes Ago

Kazuma awoke happy.

Sure, he'd died last night and that always sucked, but in the grand scheme of shitty nights the whole thing was in the upper echelon for him. Ignoring the unpleasant heavenly business, he'd finally been able to seal the deal with Darkness (with some help from a potion). So, waking up to a sleepy but beautiful blonde was just the icing on the cake for-

"BREEDING DAYYYYY!!!!"

It wasn't exactly his longest sleep ever. The boy was just buzzing with excitement.

Here it was, the day he'd dreamt of for so long. Going to another world to have a harem of women just begging to be filled with his cum! This Harem Knight business was always finding ways to be the best thing that ever happened to him, so who could blame the guy for being ecstatic? He leapt out of bed, thankful he hadn't woken Darkness with his outburst, and hurried to the other side of the room like a child on Christmas morning.

The briefing room where they'd slept was mostly just for the large table in the middle, but it also had a window near the back to look out of. From his position, he could see so many men and women all congregating around the guild. Chatting, waiting, mentally preparing themselves, all wanting a chance to get into the main building.

"Where their dashing Harem Knight is waiting for them, fwhehehehehe~" giggled the lecherous adventurer. He skipped away from the window to look outside the door to the main area.

It seemed the guild wasn't open yet, but was thoroughly prepared for his arrival. Mattresses were now sitting on top of the tables, and a small stage had been erected near the back of the area as well. It too had a bed on it but was mostly free for the central podium to sit. Workers also were walking around getting things ready. Some of the girls were testing the beds for theor softness, and others were preparing lube and hydration stations for the long day ahead of them. It seemed Luna had prepared everything.

"Ah! Kazuma!"

Speak of the bombshell devil~

Luna had just reached the top of the stairs when she called him out. "I was just coming to check on you. No peeking!" She hurried him back inside and closed the door behind her.

"Sorry, Luna. But I just wanted to say, from the looks of it, you’re doing an amazing job!" Kazuma was practically jumping in place from perverted excitement, unable to stop himself from bundling her up in a big hug, scooping her off her feet and spinning her around for a few seconds. He was practically crying with happiness as he blubbered into her chest. "Thank you~! You're the best ever~!"

She was blushing and a little surprised, but the blonde still petted his side and reassured him. "Th-thank you! You can let me down now!" The poor girl had to readjust her loose top again, but she couldn't be too mad at his massive grin.

"Ah, you are awake. Good," said Sena, entering the room with Wiz swiftly and closing the door again. "Not much has changed since you slept. Xara, Sylvia, and their armies have all temporarily returned to the Succubus Café. Tifa and Aerith will also be returning soon. And I have not seen Aqua for quite some time now."

Kazuma nodded, thanking Wiz for the food she'd brought up for him and beginning to munch on a breakfast roll. "Thanks, Sena. I'm sure that bimbo of a goddess just went to say some choice words to her boss or something. No way she'd miss out on all the fun." He still couldn't exactly hide his excitement. "Oh Luna-chan, have you got a schedule by chance~?"

Activating business mode, the blonde got out the clipboard she'd been carrying. "Yes. I'm sure you noticed the beds down there, we're going to need you to be round the clock breeding today. We're using a ticket system, plenty of women have already taken their numbers so when we send a girl to you, that'll be their turn. Although you are allowed to jump a girl in the queue if you'd like since it will be you breeding them." She explained while running down the list. "I’m afraid we’re on a bit of a time crunch since Sena said you all have to be out of here no later than five to attend the Harem Knight Gala. So we have scheduled bathroom, food, and water breaks here, here, and here." She pointed down the list.

Wiz looked over his shoulder to see the schedule. "Oh my, that is one packed day. Are you going to be alright, Kazuma?"

The perverted young man was too busy giggling in pride/happiness at the large block of time labelled “Kazuma fucks”.

Luna was similarly happy, apparently quite pleased with her role for breeding day. "Don't you worry, Wiz. A little spoiler, but I have a magic item that should help move things along just nicely," She smiled, making the lich soften her worried frown. "Everyone's really looking forward to this, Kazuma. Are you ready? It's only about an hour till opening time."

"Hell yeah I’m ready!" He cheered and pumped his fist. "And hey, even if we do work a little overtime, I’m sure we can just blow off this 'Harem Knight Gala' for something as important as BREEDING DAY!!!" He roared, jumping around and grabbing Wiz's hands in celebration, dancing with such merriment that-

"Not if you want to avoid going to jail."

Merriment over.

Kazuma's head slowly turned to the ever serious Sena.

"....I'm sorry, what?"

"We are critically in debt. If you don't attend the Harem Knight Gala and beg for money, they'll pull your already limited funding and you will likely go to jail."

"...I'm sorry, WHAT?!"

Suddenly, the door burst open once more. In strode a tall man with a mask and a sickening grin on his face, sitting down at the table and folding his legs as everyone stared at him.

"Moi definitely wants to be here for this."

Which is about when I woke up. Sitting in bed and wondering what was going on, while Kazuma continued to scream and Vanir continued to laugh.

“What? Why? What?! WHY!? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN!?”

The ex-prosecutor was mildly scared at his ferocity, Kazuma shaking her back and forth with a non-sexy feral look in his eyes. “I-it’s just a theory!” She defended, trying to push his angry look carefully away from her face, “We’ve been haemorrhaging money ever since you enveloped Sylvia into your harem!”

“HAEMORRHAGING?!” He panicked, grabbing her arms and shaking them slightly. I quickly got in there and stopped him, Sena rushing to hide behind me.

“Kazuma, I don't know what's happening, but please stop abusing our secretary. If you need to shake someone, you know I'm here for you,” I tried to calm him, but it didn't really work. He had a look in his eyes that I'd seen before: Kazuma had a pit in his stomach that was growing rapidly. He always had a strange extra sense when it came to knowing how screwed we were, so part of me was a little scared to ask.

“Sena? What's happening?”

The woman collected herself, trying to return to her usual poised coolness. “I’m afraid we're nearly bankrupt. After the last half a week of employment, I've never seen a Harem Knight group burn through their money quite like all of you. And this Breeding Day may need to be cancelled altogether if you all want a chance to stay out of prison.”

Kazuma crumpled to the floor. "No... not Breeding Day...!" He whimpered, curling into a ball and shuddering in fear. An act that Vanir chuckled happily at. He wasn't the only one shaken by the news either.

"Woah, what? Cancel Breeding Day?!" Luna exclaimed, "But I've put a lot of work into this event, why would we need to cancel it?! I said you could all leave at five, didn't I!?"

Sena sighed, looking at her friend apologetically while rubbing her temples. "That may be the case, but this Breeding Day is going to set us back even more in the red than we are already."

"It is?" I asked, a little confused, "How did we get so far in debt without me realising?"

Her apologetic frown suddenly turned into a harsh, annoyed grimace towards me. "Well, clearly you don't read enough of the paperwork I make you sign, Mistress. Otherwise you'd realise this isn't new information. But allow me to explain exactly where all your money went."

Sena's hand went up to point her index finger upwards. “Firstly, you have hired ex-Demon Lord Generals. Both Wiz and Sylvia pled guilty with my questioning about their past deeds. The state recognizes them as under your harem's ‘protection’, so will not arrest them, but you have to pay for their bail and the current bounty on their heads as recompense for keeping them out of jail. Similarly, some of Sylvia's monster girls had bounties on their heads too. I believe the zombie woman was wanted in several provinces when she was alive.”

I was surprised by a different piece of news, “Wiz was nearly in jail?!”

Looking over, Wiz had sat down around the table at some point next to Vanir and was currently looking very guilty, like all of this was her fault somehow. With the whole room looking at the poor girl, even Kazuma had to do what was right.

“We’d have paid any price to keep you out,” Kazuma said reassuringly.

"I believe I still have the payment number you made."

After scribbling down a number on a piece of paper, Sena passed the bill to Kazuma. His eyes went wide and his skin went white as a sheet.

“Uh…d-did I say any price?”

“That’s not the only thing that’s been going wrong,” Sena sighed, folding her arms. “The real crux of the matter, and why Breeding Day may need to be cancelled, is about the HKBs in play. Master Satou, are you aware of the Harem Knight Bursary?”

“The what?”

“I thought as much,” She nodded with resignation. “In layman's terms, it’s a way for the government to financially support any and all women you impregnate. A regular income of money for those stuck taking care of babies, as well as additional money to take care of big purchases, all the way until the child is eighteen years of age.”

“Oh,” He said, genuinely surprised. “That’s… actually reassuring. The sex has been great and all but every so often I realise that, y’know, babies will happen and it feels weird. I’ve been kinda worried about the actual 'impregnation' part, not gonna lie.”

I probably should have been worrying more about that myself, but in the back of my mind I thought I'd just use the earrings again to take care of it once we cross that bridge. Nine months is a long way to go, but knowing that the universe was smart enough to handle its own problems sometimes was a nice feeling as well.

“Yes,” Sena agreed, though her frown spoke a different story. “However, the problem arises when you realise it is not a bottomless fund.”

There was a collective gulp. “It isn’t?”

"Hmmhmm! Moi is loving this!" Vanir practically moaned. "Do tell him how many women a regular Harem Knight impregnates a year!"

Kazuma scowled at the masked demon, but then gave a fearful look over to Sena as she gave him his answer.

"Around ten."

Once more I had to stand between Kazuma and Sena as his blubbering mess of fear-filled face nearly flung himself towards her. “TEN!? Why only ten?! That's fucking TINY! That’s not even one a month!!”

“Raising a child is not cheap, Satou Kazuma.”

He was still acting feral and angry. “I know that! But aren’t the costs for raising brats supposed to be taken care of by the nobles or something?!”

“Each harem does have the bursary to help cover costs. But as I said, it isn’t endless. Each woman you’ve impregnated is entitled to a certain amount of Eris a year to help cover the costs for child support. Not enough to live on, but a substantial sum to at least help raise the next generation of heroes. Just as an incentive, though, some even try to become pregnant simply to get a slice of the noble money,” Sena explained calmly. “And that’s just the women who aren’t in your harem. Everyone you’ve hired also receives an hourly living wage to help support the times they are to be your sexual partner.”

Kazuma's eyes snapped over to Luna and Wiz, who looked a little weirded out but didn't deny it either. “I’ve told all the women you’ve hired this, and they’ve all been receiving steady payments…from the bursary,” Sena said while awkwardly readjusting her glasses.

There was a long drawn out sigh from Kazuma. He seemed to be considering everything that had been said to him, tapping his foot and scratching his chin rather neurotically.

"And the other ways we make money?” He asked. “The café, guild, hot springs?"

“Don't forget the financially illiterate lich’s shop!" Vanir cut in once more, not caring about Kazuma's angry attitude as he presented a flustered Wiz. "You did agree to take care of most of our debt as well as keep us afloat, oh benevolent landlord.”

"You're gonna be evicted if you aren't careful…" Kazuma hissed.

“He’s right, though,” said Sena. “Their debt was added to ours, and it isn't the only negative from your list. The Alcanretia Hotspring is also not as financially appeasing as you’d think either. Not a lot of tourists are visiting there after the Axis cult decided to make it a holy spot for your penis. Only the guild and succubus café are profitable. But even those can only stretch so far with such immense debt.”

“Immmeeennnnssseeee...." Kazuma reiterated, hands in his hair, practically stumbling around the room. I quickly grabbed him and tried to comfort him, but I could tell even my body wasn't going to get him over his woes that easily. "Well, that’s it then. We gotta cancel the event: can’t afford it."

One blonde was especially unhappy about that. "What?! NO! You can't!"

"Luna..." I said, "We can't disrespect Kazuma's wishes."

"H-he just doesn't realise what he's saying!" She reasoned frantically. "Kazuma-kun! Don't you want to impregnate all the lovely ladies down there? Imagine them with big round bellies, all speaking about how you rocked their worlds and laid claim to their wombs!"

Both of us were somewhat drooling at the image she had conjured in our dirty minds.

"Ah, ah, ah! But you'll go to prison!" Vanir sang like a demonic windchime. "Horrible, violent, full of awful people, prison!"

That stopped one of us from drooling at least.

Not exactly impressed, it was Luna's turn to growl at the masked businessman. "Shut it! What's your stake in all this anyway?!"

“Well, it probably has something to do with this.”

Sena suddenly dropped her panties.

With what looked like a certain level of gasping and moaning, the ex-prosecutor slowly extracted a dildo from out of her pussy. The glistening, plastic-looking, strangely familiar shaped object was placed onto the table.

“That's...that’s Kazuma’s penis!” I declared, awed at the glossy length that had been inside of Sena. “That looks exactly like Kazuma’s penis!”

Kazuma himself was gobsmacked. Eyes as wide as saucers as he looked between the cloned phallus and the woman who had been keeping it inside herself all this time. Sena truly was a professional.

There was still a lot of panting from her, but she seemed to look defiantly at Vanir. “I was getting sick of your enjoyment, so it’s about time you come clean with your little project, devil.”

“Indeed! This moment is certainly sweet enough!” Vanir jumped from his chair, making Sena's defiance land pitiably on the floor and making her blush in embarrassment. Just another negative feeling for the masked devil who pointed at Kazuma's stunned face.

“Boy who’s been having too much fun, Moi decided to capitalise on your growing popularity! A certain Axis member and Moi have been selling these delightful plastic genitalia in the prolific purpose of spreading the ‘gospel’ as it were,” Vanir giggled to himself, tossing the dildo to me. “And that’s not even the best part! If a woman were to rupture their rapturous orgasm-gland with the object, their favourite sperm in the whole world would shoot out the top!”

Vanir cackled even harder at both mine and Kazuma's shocked expressions, drinking in our growing realisation as to what this meant. “There are far more of your proverbial spawn than any of us know! So in the world where you’re popular, you must now deal with the governmental consequences! MUAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

Thunk!

"Kazuma!" I rushed over to him, picking him from the floor and laying his splayed body out on the table, "He's gone into a debt-coma! I saw this once when Megumin blew up a noble's prized horse and carriage!"

"Is there any way to cure him?!" Luna asked, concerned.

"It'll wear off in a few minutes, though I'm sure that having some money would help speed up his recovery," I reassured everyone. Guess I’ll have to use the ear-

A hand was suddenly around my shoulders, dragging me away from the others in the room as Vanir began whispering to me. “Moi will just whisper to you quietly this information but do not be thinking of using any normalities to make new money. An economy is a delicate thing, and inflation is a real problem that could affect this world if you decide you are more deserving of it than others.”

I blinked. “W-wait, really? So I can’t get us out of this?!”

“Of course you can,” He smiled, though the friendly teeth quickly grew harshly mocking. “The old fashioned way of course! By earning that money! Moi believes that if you adventure 3,120,426 times a year, you may have enough to pay off the debt you’re in!”

Resisting the urge to fall into my own debt-coma, a pit in my stomach was growing at an alarming rate.

"I can't believe you'd go behind my back like this..." I mumbled, looking down at the dildo in my hands. "So this explains why my florist wanted advice on how to get 'wider' to 'fit everything in'. I just thought she wanted to get fitter to be able to eat more sweets. How many of these did you sell?"

"Oh, so many. Even for an all-seeing Archduke of Hell such as Moi, it's hard to keep track when some have bought them in the cart loads." Vanir chuckled deviously. "Moi just wanted to spread the love, as it were. Besides, Moi was mostly in it for the juicy negative emotions the boy would feel from such debtful woes."

We both looked over to Kazuma, who was already waking up from his temporary coma, rubbing the back of his head before glaring at Vanir. “Can I sue him for my intellectual property?"

"Moi is working under you, so of course you can. But you'd just be cutting into your own profits," He said while practically twirling in sadistic glee. "Moi will say, there were plenty of profits to be made by the bevy of women purchasing this purple penis! Though, think of these magic items like the little archwizard you keep around. They may be able to create you some money, but their explosive tendencies blast a hole in your wallet! Ha~! Moi suspects any profits have been eaten by the amount of new pregnancies they have also created! I suppose congratulations are in order, Papa Kazuma!"

The young man from another world groaned loudly, scrunching his fists into balls and squeezing those fists into his eyes. "GOAWD! I can’t fucking believe everyone was getting paid to be pregnant with my kid!”

Vanir didn't miss a beat, “Why else do you think they were having sex with you?”

“I dunno…” He mumbled, blushing up a storm. “Cause I was, like, good at it...n' stuff?” Vanir’s raucous laughter was practically tap dancing on Kazuma’s bruised ego.

I grabbed his hand and nuzzled him into me. "I have no doubt that's at least part of it."

Sena adjusted her glasses again before adding, “From what I can tell, yes. Some women down there do seem to be in it purely out of lust for you. For others, though, your skill in the bedroom is more than likely just an added benefit I’m afraid. Having a child with anyone is a huge life commitment. Without some sort of incentive, the Harem Knight Programme would’ve failed long ago…” Her tone grew a little darker at the end. Sighing a long drawn out breath, Sena stood up from the table and walked over to the window.

"There is also a third reason why people down there would wish to be impregnated by you."

"Oh, great, let me guess: they have a claim to my LAND as well? Maybe they want my identity or some of my hair?!" The petty and stressed boy angrily huffed.

Sena stepped up to the window, looking down at the masses slowly pouring into the building. So many women were below. All none the wiser of the darker tone that Sena had begun to set.

"You really are from far away, aren't you, Satou Kazuma?"

Her tone did something to stop his whining, "Er...y-yeah?"

"Then allow me to tell you a little about this place, since you may not be aware of our history," She sighed, not looking back at him to speak. The tone of the room had now become so palpable, Kazuma timidly sat down with his hands on his knees. "Do you know how many years the Demon King has been fighting humanity?"

"Uhm…like twenty-ish?"

"Try over five-hundred," She replied coldly. "And that was just the latest Demon King. There were those with the title before him, and his daughter is set to take his place once he's gone. It's a nightmare with no end in sight. Humans against his monstrous armies. And let me tell you, the humans? Are losing."

The room hung silent. Kazuma looked around at the people inside. It was clear he had no idea, seeing the hurt Luna, the saddened Wiz, the nodding Vanir, and me...I'm not sure how I must’ve looked at him but he seemed really worried about the news regardless.

"I thought I heard through the grapevine that the Demon King was actually a somewhat reasonable guy?"

Wiz spoke up, gripping her own elbows rather tightly. "The Demon King himself, maybe. But he’s not the only member of the army, and he has the power to strengthen everyone that allies with him remotely. They're the real horrors. He's barely a commander, instead deciding to hire others to do his work for him..." Guilt stained the cute lich’s face, though her story of trying to face the evils of the world only to die and join him was not her fault.

"Belzerg used to have many more settlements, you know..." Luna solemnly added, trying to hold back emotions to talk. "We've dwindled over the years. So many men go off to fight in the King and Queen's army, and so few ever return. Those that do remain tend to become adventurers to protect the places they grew up in, but nowadays even they're becoming smaller in number."

Sena continued, "If you're not insanely powerful like the Crimson Demons, or powerfully insane like the Axis cult, then the places where you can safely live are limited. Our nation’s capital mostly protects itself, Elroad pays for its protection, and then there's little Axel Town…the place too weak and out of the way to even bother with."

Kazuma was still freaking out a little, so I tried to get us back on track of the history lesson I'd apparently created. "So what does all this have to do with the Harem Knights?"

"The Harem Knight Programme was started as a direct result of the falling human population crisis," Sena explained. "It was originally pitched by a strange scientist from another land, **** for a harem of his own as he claimed his genes could provide the protection we needed."

I had an annoying feeling that I knew exactly who this “strange scientist” was, and judging from Kazuma's grinding teeth he probably knew too.

"But the idea was given life by the Prince at the time. Find a few willing women, give them a night of fun, then they'd be taken care of by the government until their sons or daughters became old enough to earn money as whatever profession they choose to become. Even just having a potential hero in your family was enough hope for some."

"Sounds...nice-?"

"But things went awry," Sena cut him off, Kazuma muttering something sardonic to himself when she did. "The nobles were put in charge of selecting their 'Harem Knights', and as soon as they were able to, they all chose themselves. It instantly became a tool for the wealthy to cheat on their wives with their maids, servants, or other noblewomen, losing its original purpose as a tool to help the kingdom. Knowing that they'd have to basically sponsor another man to have a harem before giving a large sum of money to his offspring did not inspire the nobles to be…well, noble. Those with money kept their wealth, accrued more, and had children that grew up to be more and more complacent as time went on."

I’ve certainly met my fair share of awful nobles who were more than content to let the outside world burn while they rested on their laurels to know that was probably true. The lines between my old reality and this new one were starting to blur a bit. Or perhaps absolute power corrupts absolutely.

"The Harem Knight Programme was a complete and utter failure...until you came along," Sena said, directing her sharp gaze into Kazuma’s shocked eyes.

Luna spoke up once more, "The other reason that Sena mentioned was hope. Ever since I said I'd started planning this event, there've been so many women asking me about you and trying to find out if you were really worth getting pregnant for. I told them all about your smart mind, your tenacity, and the fact you’ve taken down so many Demon King Generals. So many had given up, thinking they were unworthy of being chosen for the Harem Knight Programme. But then you came along, big dicked and horny as hell, and everyone saw the chance for a brighter future again. I saw hope return to their eyes again, Kazuma…"

It was a heavy topic, one that I'd also felt over the years, but when you're around Kazuma you tend to forget about that. I always did want to be the knight that this world needed, to save towns of helpless citizens from the evils attacking us so often. There's just only so much a single human can do. The capital has long since abandoned their major attacks on Demon King soil, favouring defence against the storm and protecting what they can. Only the heroes from other lands ever seem to make any headway, like Mitsurabi and Kazuma and those that came before. Because some say they're the only ones foolish enough to try.

To think my horny normality to give Kazuma a harem changed all that. It was almost inspiring to think that his sperm would be used as a weapon for the greater good. Giving us a new age of potential heroes…

Kazuma still wasn't as on board though. "Wait, back up a sec. Why the hell would I go to jail then?!"

"First the money comes from your bursary, then it comes from your wealth, and finally from the nobles’ wealth. If these are not enough to pay the fines, then the government steps in to fill the remainder, but this places the knights and nobles in jail as it's the equivalent of tax evasion."

"Wait, the nobles’ wealth?" I cut in. "Does that mean-?"

"Yes, the Dustiness-Ford estate would be seized as well. Probably foreclosing on your father's home."

"Kazuma! We can't let this happen! Not again!" I cried as I gripped his arms in panic. My father can't bear risking bankruptcy for a second time, not after that stunt Alderp nearly pulled! "We need to cancel Breeding Day and figure out how to pay everything back!"

Luna was still arguing against me though. "Sena-chan! Please be a little less direct with your honesty! You’re scaring them off!"

"Oi! Stop trying to pimp Kazuma out!" I yelled.

"I'm not! I'm trying to give you all a huge harem!" She defended. "Didn't you hear? That collective pussy down there is the RIGHT thing to DO!"

"But we can't afford it!"

"Moi is absolutely LOVING this!"

A low laughter began to settle in, and the arguing gave out while we looked over at the Harem Knight himself. Kazuma's face was in complete hysterics.

"So let me see if I have this straight…" He started with an incredibly **** smile. "The Demon King has killed so many men that there's an overabundance of women. While usually a boon, this means that the nobles can choose whoever the hell they want to breed with, yet choose to keep themselves insular and locked up because then they'd have to part with their money. Because of this, Darkness made ME a Harem Knight and got me to work painting the town white and providing every girl I fucked access to my money without my knowledge. And now, because of my dick being big, literally any woman can have sex with something that's basically me, but NOT me, because that shady masked asshole has decided to sell a dildo that can make a girl pregnant, yet another product in the line of worst magic items from that shop of hell. And because of ALL THAT, I am now possibly going to go to jail FOR LIFE since no one told me I should’ve reigned in my dick. Is that about right?!"

Sena adjusted her glasses.

"That's about everything, yes."

"I'm outta here."

Kazuma already stomped over to the doorway.

"Kazuma, wait!" Luna called out. "Please just think about it!" My arm stopped her from rushing after him. "Darkness!"

"No. If he wants out, then I'm not going to **** him. And neither will anyone else," I stood firm, barring access from the door he'd just left through. I could hear him activate his lurk skill, probably to avoid us and the gaggle of women downstairs.

"...fine," Luna nodded, raking a hand through her hair as she paced and continued to stress. "Nnngh... damnit! Everyone down there is going to be so disappointed..."

It wasn't much but I could at least say, "I'm sorry, Luna. If I had been more focused on work and less on having fun this past week I would have stopped this before it happened."

“No, I’m sorry for being so pushy,” Luna brought me in for a hug, looking genuinely apologetic as she did, “I had made Breeding Day my personal mission after so many women came up to me saying they were so happy Kazuma was doing this. The hope of the town is a lot of responsibility to be burdened with, I guess I just got blinded and ignored Kazuma’s feelings…”

After a brief squeeze back, it was clear there was no animosity between us. I admit, this was all definitely my fault no matter how you looked at it. From the writing on the Calendar, to this entire normality saga to begin with. Our money was basically gone and now it was threatening not just our lives, but my father's as well? I had to make this right somehow.

"What's the best possible way to make a lot of money fast?" I asked the room.

"Moi can recommend-"

"What's the best possible way to make a lot of money fast and legally?"