Chapter 27:

　　Long story short, by 21 E.T., I had 100 more children by my 100 wives, who had all fulfilled their base quota. This time there were never so many vacancies in any one job that our workforce was overwhelmed, everyone got at least a little love every year, and yet there were still plenty of near-age siblings for the secondborns to play with.

　　At the same time, it did mean that for 4 years out of the previous 10, my wives' careers were disrupted yet again, so it was very difficult to put together any interesting long term projects. Like usual we relied on magic to tide us through -- we now had a 66% dependancy ratio, which pretty much required magical powers to pay the bills.

　　Our firstborns were aged 15-18 by the time the last of our secondborns popped out, aged 0. We had offered the girls the right to stop physically aging once they could ovulate, like many of my own wives were stuck at, but the girls opted to keep aging and growing until at least age 14. I could see their point -- their height, physical strength, IQ, fertility and breast size continued developing if they were allowed to age a couple more years, so why not take advantage of it? Some of the girls were still gamely aging even as 18 year olds. Aerith had still been attractive at age 22, so I wouldn't complain unless it got truly ridiculous, but with the median age of their mothers being 15, and Cute-sama, the God we had taught them to worship, being a 14 year old girl, most of the girls had already sipped from the Silver Crystal's age ending elixir.

　　The boys I expected to wait until they were at least 21, if not 25. Brain development, height and strength continued to increase in men well into the 20's. There was no real sense in stopping as a lanky teenager with poor self-control and raging acne-inducing hormones.

　　None of our children ended up causing any trouble. Not a single one insisted on identifying as a UFO or whatever, and they were all dating or marrying a member of the opposite sex. For one thing, firstborn children have the least gay-causing factors in the womb. Then there was the lack of endocrine disruptors in our food and water and air, thirdly the health of our sperm and eggs due to our relative youthfulness, and fourth the culture of complete intolerance for degeneracy got through to them, so anyone who was thinking that maybe it might be fun decided instead to just get with the system and follow the program.

　　It's amazing how easily a problem can be solved with a no tolerance policy. It reminded me of how easily Singapore dealt with its drug problem simply by executing all drug dealers. Just say no to drugs worked, and lo and behold, so did just say no to degeneracy. For that matter Eden also had a zero tolerance drug policy, but since our world didn't have any drugs in the first place, nor had we taught our kids how it might be possible to create any from the ingredients at hand, they didn't even know the vile stuff existed, so the idea of taking any never entered their head.

　　There were a few lucky boys who had managed to snag two or three girlfriends to themselves, following in their esteemed father's tracks. But they found it extremely difficult to juggle their girlfriends' jealousy and inability to get along with one another, so it didn't get very far. I had relied on the miraculous powers of Cute-sama to cover those problems, but they had no such ally. In the end only one boy had scored -- Cloud Lockhart was engaged to the twins Io and Noeri Farrell. The twins explained that they had never separated in their lives and they had no intention of separating in the future, so sharing a man was the only reasonable course. After that their similar descent from Final Fantasy characters and Cloud's overwhelming athletic prowess inherited from his mother had done the trick.

　　Cloud could have wielded a buster sword if he had wanted -- in fact I had given him one for his 17th birthday -- but there was nobody to cut down so his strength and agility had been put to good use as an ace pitcher instead. That had been enough for him to stand out to the girls and in an entirely peaceful manner win their hearts.

　　Since there had been one more girl than boy (51 to 50) among the firstborn in the first place, there was still a chance for everyone to land a wife. Time was ticking out for everyone so I was interested to see who would eventually end up with whom.

　　Each of the children had chosen to learn, mostly from YouTube tutorials and college lectures posted on YouTube, how to do one technical thing well. It didn't have to have any practical application right now. They understood that with the Silver Crystal's power, we could gradually build up the population and thus the skill base to the point that their skills would come in handy. The boys went into computer programming, construction, appliance manufacturing and repairs, plumbing, wiring and engineering. The girls went into nursing, farming, textiles, teaching, performance arts and cooking. Sadly none of them learned how to mass manufacture diapers so Mitsuki gamely dark mattered up the endless necessary supplies my breeding went through.

　　Even if none of my children could get a job right now -- because my wives would outcompete them with supernatural powers -- they still needed to have these job skills so that they could teach their grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on for the day they would have to take over. And even if they had no jobs, they were still afforded a place of their own, free meals at breakfast and dinner and a citizen's dividend to buy what they needed. The primary job of our young ones was to find someone to marry, have children, and then take care of said children, which should occupy them all for a good while anyway.

　　Of course if they could find something useful to do that people would pay them for on top of their mandated childrearing then more power to them. It just wasn't considered a big deal in terms of wealth or status whether you were employed or not. For boys, reliability, athleticism, charisma and intelligence were how they distinguished themselves. For girls looks were of course the prime factor, but since every girl in the world was a descendant of a breathtaking beauty, that didn't really affect the rankings one way or the other. It more came down to constancy, courtesy and yet again intelligence.

　　Generally speaking, though, the girls were so damn pretty, that any of the boys would have been fine with any of the girls. Like usual it was the girls doing all the picking and choosing.

　　The boys weren't of bad genetic stock either, so they could hold their own. Of course they were supremely handsome, but they also inherited a lot of other great traits from their moms, like courage, grit, altruism and strength. Even without the concept of high socioeconomic status jobs, the girls could find plenty of things to swoon over.

　　All of my children were proper otakus, having grown up with it alongside their mother's milk. I had permanently reset the cultural norms on this brave new world. They didn't even realize there were entertainment options outside of otaku-dom. Even the girls enjoyed shows largely meant for men, like Naruto and One Piece. Probably because they had no other choice, they were so saturated in it. But I think another factor was how very many of them were descended from women warriors. Final Fantasy characters, Tales characters, Fairy Tail mages, Pretty Cure, Shana, Mikoto, Louise, Nanoha, Fate, Mumei -- the average wife I had incarnated into Eden was more ferocious than the average man back on Earth by orders of magnitude.

　　I may as well have been breeding a ninja clan I was so martially oriented. Plus it probably helped that a lot of children were reading about and watching their own mothers' exploits. They loved their mothers, so they loved the stories wherein their mothers appeared. Go figure.

　　They were also delighted to find their own names popping up in famous works of art, right alongside their moms. It made them feel like they were part of a collective legacy. Just as intended, their names had power and significance for them. Both the boys and girls strived to be like the characters they had been named after, and with the genes they had been given, that wasn't beyond their capacity.

　　When Vivio realized the strength of her mother-daughter bond with Nanoha, she broke down into tears. Moments like those could make anyone an anime fan.

　　There were so many wannabe heroes in school that the first whiff of any bullying brought down the fury of dozens of intercessors. The teachers didn't have to do anything. There had yet to be a single crime in Paradise's history. I hoped it would stay that way. I didn't want to have to execute one of my own children, who we had worked so hard and so long to create. It just seemed like a colossal waste. I also didn't want to look into the mother's eye, my wife's eye, at the funeral.

　　So much for how things were going with my firstborns. Now on to what transpired with our secondborns.

　　As I mentioned, the first lottery winners were Asuna, Rin Natsume, Rose, Deedlit, Yume, Koko, Yukino, Isara, Yoru (which inevitably also meant Asa) and Chiwa.

　　

　　Asuna's son was named Sora Yuuki.

　　Rin Natsume's daughter was named Saya Natsume.

　　Rose's son was named Sorey Dagger.

　　Deedlit's daughter was named Pirotess Glade.

　　Yume's son was named Soo-Won Asakura.

　　Koko's daughter was named Nanaka Tsukishima.

　　Yukino's son was named Jun'ichirou Ouhama.

　　Isara's daughter was named Kate Aomi.

　　Yoru's son was named Aoi Kazato.

　　Asa's son was named Armin Kazato.

　　Chiwa's daughter was named Elehayym Harusaki, or 'Elly.'

　　

　　For year two, the lottery winners were Rosa, Eruru, Sherria, Lisanna, Emily, Usagi, Nadeko, HaruHaru, Riko and Aoba.

　　Rosa's daughter was named Celes Farrell.

　　Eruru's son was named Oboro Green.

　　Sherria's son was named Lyon Blendy.

　　Lisanna's son was named Happy Strauss.

　　Emily's son was named Aragorn Granger.

　　Usagi's son was named Ranta Tsukino.

　　Nadeko's son was named Araragi Sengoku.

　　Haruka Haruno's daughter was named Kirara Haruno.

　　Riko's son was named Lucius Izayoi, or 'Askeladd.'

　　Aoba's son was named Hiraku Suzukaze.

　　

　　For year three, the lottery winners were Kud, Kagome, Nekone, Sagiri, Kobato, Myusel, Nemu, Aisia, Sakura Mamiya and Hozumi.

　　Kudryavka's son was named Riki Noumi.

　　Kagome's son was named Sesshoumaru Higurashi.

　　Nekone's son was named Ougi Gold.

　　Sagiri's son was named Haruki Izumi.

　　Kobato's son was named Kodaka Hasegawa.

　　Myusel's son was named Ryu Foaran.

　　Nemu's daughter was named Kotori Asakura.

　　Aisia's daughter was named Miharu Snow.

　　Sakura Mamiya's daughter was named Sena Mamiya.

　　Hozumi's son was named Ikoma Schmetterling.

　　For year four, the lottery winners were Kirino, Mylene, Nico, Rin Tohsaka, Kobeni, Mavis, Levy, Yuna, MOMO and Urara.

　　Kirino's son was named Kyosuke Kousaka.

　　Mylene's daughter was named Ranka Jenius.

　　Nico's son was named Griffith Yazawa.

　　Rin Tohsaka's daughter was named Sakura Tohsaka.

　　Kobeni's daughter was named Yue Yonomori.

　　Mavis' daughter was named Erza Vermillion.

　　Levy's son was named Laxus McGarden.

　　Yuna's son was named Tidus Sea.

　　MOMO's daughter was named KOS-MOS Mizrahi.

　　Urara's daughter was named Kanade Kasugano.

　　For year five, the lottery winners were Silica, Tessa, Kaname, Kotori, Makina, Sora, Sara, Sayaka, Menma and Mitsuki.

　　Keiko's daughter was named Shino Ayano, or 'Sinon.'

　　Teletha's daughter was named Schala Testarossa.

　　Kaname's son was named Sousuke Chidori.

　　Kotori's daughter was named Kagari Kanbe.

　　Makina's son was named Yuuji Irisu.

　　Sora's son was named Yuuta Takanashi.

　　Sara's son was named Theoden Chrysalis.

　　Sayaka's son was named Yamato Mayuzumi.

　　Meiko's son was named Jinta Honma.

　　Mitsuki's son was named Yuu Mononobe.

　　For year six, the lottery winners were Saigusa, Cheria, Juvia, Mirajane, Nanoha, Rin Nohara, Lafiel, Himeno, Yuuhi and Wakaba.

　　Haruka Saigusa's son was named Masato Saigusa.

　　Cheria's son was named Hubert Barnes.

　　Juvia's daughter was named Rebecca Locksor.

　　Mirajane's daughter was named Elie Strauss.

　　Nanoha's son was named Yuuno Takamachi.

　　Rin Nohara's son was named Obito Nohara.

　　Lafiel's daughter was named Marle Abriel.

　　Himeno's daughter was named Emeralda Katsuragi.

　　Yuuhi's daughter was named Danette Katagiri.

　　Akane's daughter was named Aoba Tsukishima.

　　For year seven, the lottery winners were Leafa, Elize, Tifa, Aerith, Fate, Chtolly, Sakura Kinomoto, Sae, Reina and Ai.

　　Suguha's daughter was named Alice Kirigaya.

　　Elize's son was named Teepo Lutus.

　　Tifa's son was named Zack Lockhart.

　　Aerith's daughter was named Relm Gainsborough.

　　Fate's daughter was named Alicia Testarossa.

　　Chtolly's daughter was named Nephren Seniorious.

　　Sakura Kinomoto's daughter was named Meiling Kinomoto.

　　Sae's son was named Fei Fon Nakata.

　　Reina's daughter was named Hanyuu Ryuugu.

　　Ai's daughter was named Lulu Hinatsuru.

　　For year eight, the lottery winners were Rydia, Aruru, Kuon, Lucy, Sakura Haruno, Shana, Mikan, Illya, Lyria and Louise.

　　Rydia's son was named Edge Mist.

　　Aruru's son was named Benawi Green.

　　Kuon's son was named Haku Black.

　　Lucy's daughter was named Brandish Heartfilia.

　　Sakura Haruno's daughter was named Salad Haruno.

　　Shana's son was named Riku Blaze.

　　Mikan's son was named Janus Yuuki, or 'Magus.'

　　Illyasviel's daughter was named Chloe von Einzbern, or 'Kuro.'

　　Lyria's son was named Rackam Jewel.

　　Louise's son was named Citan Francoise Le Blanc de la Valliere.

　　For year nine, the lottery winners were Cure White, Cure Egret, Azu-nyan, Yui, Sophie, Rinoa, Nayuki, Misuzu, Orihime and Iris.

　　Honoka's daughter was named Veyle Yukishiro.

　　Mai's daughter was named Saki Mishou.

　　Azusa's daughter was named Mio Nakano.

　　Yui's daughter was named Ui Hirasawa.

　　Sophie's son was named Law Lamb.

　　Rinoa's daughter was named Lenna Heartilly.

　　Nayuki's daughter was named Ayu Minase.

　　Misuzu's daughter was named Kanna Kamio.

　　Orihime's daughter was named Rukia Inoue.

　　Iris' son was named Erwin Freyja.

　　For year ten, the lottery winners(?) were Cure Dream, Mira, Leia, Nagisa, Wendy, Miu, Sakura Yoshino, Kokona and Mikoto.

　　Nozomi's daughter was named Rin Yumehara.

　　Mira's daughter was named Elizabeth Yurizaki.

　　Leia's son was named Alvin Rolando.

　　Nagisa's son was named Akio Furukawa.

　　Wendy's daughter was named Charles Marvel.

　　Miu's son was named Kouichi Takanashi.

　　Sakura Yoshino's son was named Luke Yoshino.

　　Kokona's daughter was named Hinata Aoba.

　　Mikoto's daughter was named Last Order Misaka, or 'Misaka Misaka.'

　　Add them all together, and the details surrounding my secondborns looked like this:

　　Asuna's son was named Sora Yuuki.

　　Rin Natsume's daughter was named Saya Natsume.

　　Rose's son was named Sorey Dagger.

　　Deedlit's daughter was named Pirotess Glade.

　　Yume's son was named Soo-Won Asakura.

　　Koko's daughter was named Nanaka Tsukishima.

　　Yukino's son was named Jun'ichirou Ouhama.

　　Isara's daughter was named Kate Aomi.

　　Yoru's son was named Aoi Kazato.

　　Asa's son was named Armin Kazato.

　　Chiwa's daughter was named Elehayym Harusaki, or 'Elly.'

　　Rosa's daughter was named Celes Farrell.

　　Eruru's son was named Oboro Green.

　　Sherria's son was named Lyon Blendy.

　　Lisanna's son was named Happy Strauss.

　　Emily's son was named Aragorn Granger.

　　Usagi's son was named Ranta Tsukino.

　　Nadeko's son was named Araragi Sengoku.

　　Haruka Haruno's daughter was named Kirara Haruno.

　　Riko's son was named Lucius Izayoi, or 'Askeladd.'

　　Aoba's son was named Hiraku Suzukaze.

　　Kudryavka's son was named Riki Noumi.

　　Kagome's son was named Sesshoumaru Higurashi.

　　Nekone's son was named Ougi Gold.

　　Sagiri's son was named Haruki Izumi.

　　Kobato's son was named Kodaka Hasegawa.

　　Myusel's son was named Ryu Foaran.

　　Nemu's daughter was named Kotori Asakura.

　　Aisia's daughter was named Miharu Snow.

　　Sakura Mamiya's daughter was named Sena Mamiya.

　　Hozumi's son was named Ikoma Schmetterling.

　　Kirino's son was named Kyosuke Kousaka.

　　Mylene's daughter was named Ranka Jenius.

　　Nico's son was named Griffith Yazawa.

　　Rin Tohsaka's daughter was named Sakura Tohsaka.

　　Kobeni's daughter was named Yue Yonomori.

　　Mavis' daughter was named Erza Vermillion.

　　Levy's son was named Laxus McGarden.

　　Yuna's son was named Tidus Sea.

　　MOMO's daughter was named KOS-MOS Mizrahi.

　　Urara's daughter was named Kanade Kasugano.

　　Keiko's daughter was named Shino Ayano, or 'Sinon.'

　　Teletha's daughter was named Schala Testarossa.

　　Kaname's son was named Sousuke Chidori.

　　Kotori's daughter was named Kagari Kanbe.

　　Makina's son was named Yuuji Irisu.

　　Sora's son was named Yuuta Takanashi.

　　Sara's son was named Theoden Chrysalis.

　　Sayaka's son was named Yamato Mayuzumi.

　　Meiko's son was named Jinta Honma.

　　Mitsuki's son was named Yuu Mononobe.

　　Haruka Saigusa's son was named Masato Saigusa.

　　Cheria's son was named Hubert Barnes.

　　Juvia's daughter was named Rebecca Locksor.

　　Mirajane's daughter was named Elie Strauss.

　　Nanoha's son was named Yuuno Takamachi.

　　Rin Nohara's son was named Obito Nohara.

　　Lafiel's daughter was named Marle Abriel.

　　Himeno's daughter was named Emeralda Katsuragi.

　　Yuuhi's daughter was named Danette Katagiri.

　　Akane's daughter was named Aoba Tsukishima.

　　Suguha's daughter was named Alice Kirigaya.

　　Elize's son was named Teepo Lutus.

　　Tifa's son was named Zack Lockhart.

　　Aerith's daughter was named Relm Gainsborough.

　　Fate's daughter was named Alicia Testarossa.

　　Chtolly's daughter was named Nephren Seniorious.

　　Sakura Kinomoto's daughter was named Meiling Kinomoto.

　　Sae's son was named Fei Fon Nakata.

　　Reina's daughter was named Hanyuu Ryuugu.

　　Ai's daughter was named Lulu Hinatsuru.

　　Rydia's son was named Edge Mist.

　　Aruru's son was named Benawi Green.

　　Kuon's son was named Haku Black.

　　Lucy's daughter was named Brandish Heartfilia.

　　Sakura Haruno's daughter was named Salad Haruno.

　　Shana's son was named Riku Blaze.

　　Mikan's son was named Janus Yuuki, or 'Magus.'

　　Illyasviel's daughter was named Chloe von Einzbern, or 'Kuro.'

　　Lyria's son was named Rackam Jewel.

　　Louise's son was named Citan Francoise Le Blanc de la Valliere.

　　Honoka's daughter was named Veyle Yukishiro.

　　Mai's daughter was named Saki Mishou.

　　Azusa's daughter was named Mio Nakano.

　　Yui's daughter was named Ui Hirasawa.

　　Sophie's son was named Law Lamb.

　　Rinoa's daughter was named Lenna Heartilly.

　　Nayuki's daughter was named Ayu Minase.

　　Misuzu's daughter was named Kanna Kamio.

　　Orihime's daughter was named Rukia Inoue.

　　Iris' son was named Erwin Freyja.

　　Nozomi's daughter was named Rin Yumehara.

　　Mira's daughter was named Elizabeth Yurizaki.

　　Leia's son was named Alvin Rolando.

　　Nagisa's son was named Akio Furukawa.

　　Wendy's daughter was named Charles Marvel.

　　Miu's son was named Kouichi Takanashi.

　　Sakura Yoshino's son was named Luke Yoshino.

　　Kokona's daughter was named Hinata Aoba.

　　Mikoto's daughter was named Last Order Misaka, or 'Misaka Misaka.'

　　The sex ratio came down to 52 boys/48 girls. This posed a problem for my mandatory marriage laws, so I figured I'd give the poor boys a waiver until some additional daughters could be provided for them. You can't marry what isn't there.

　　As usual, my children's names were the best friends, relatives, or lovers of their parents in their source works. However, when there weren't any worthwhile options down that road, I was willing to cast elsewhere for inspiration. Sara and Emily were originally English, so I named their sons after inspiring characters from Tolkien. Sakura Yoshino lived in America for most of her life, so her son was named after the protagonist of Star Wars. Cool characters from series that were totally unrelated to my wives, like Xenogears, Street Fighter and Soul Nomad found representation.

　　Yet again, Usagi had stupidly had a son, so Small Lady still didn't exist. Likewise, Nagisa had a son, so Ushio's birth was yet again delayed. Rin again had a daughter, so I again failed to bring Kyousuke Natsume into this world. There were some great successes though, like Illya giving birth to Kuro, Sakura to Salad or Mikoto to Last Order. In these cases I was able to bring about the literal canon mother-daughter relationships straight into Eden.

　　I was pleased that Tifa had another son so I could give Cloud a little brother named Zack.

　　All in all, the names were amazing. I could rave about any of them -- Yui having Ui, Azusa having Mio or Sayaka having Yamato -- it was all good.

　　In the source work, Mitsuki Mononobe was the protagonist, Yuu Mononobe's sister. In this life Mitsuki Mononobe was Yuu Mononobe's mother. It was so perfect. I was able to match even the last names.

　　Elize giving birth to her very own Teepo was classic.

　　In short, I managed to fill in most of the remaining gaps in my coverage, but there were still some prominent open sores, which meant, you guessed it, there was no helping it but to try for a third child with everyone.

　　We fulfilled our quota of births, though, so maybe we could take a break for a while and have some fun first. For one thing, I wanted to give Aoba and Mikoto the chance to finish their VRMMO. And I wanted to give Silica, Asuna and Suguha, who had been so patient with me, the chance to play it. If I wanted their lives to be as good here as it was in their source work, yappari VR was a must.

　　The dependency ratio was also getting out of hand, so it would be nice if all our 0 year olds could grow up and become old enough to look after themselves before we piled on any more.

　　I also wanted to try some more adventurous sex. All this focus on breeding meant I still hadn't enjoyed all the threesomes and foursomes I had originally imagined as one of the chief perks of owning a harem.

　　Plus there was still a ton of Da Capo to catch up on, light novel series to read, etc., etc. In short I wanted to go back to being a carefree adult again. Of course I would still teach the "Arts, Literature, Philosophy and Morality" class so I could get to know my new 100 children, and I was still Mayor in case anyone needed me to make a decision, but it felt like ages since I could concentrate on having fun. If not for the Silver Crystal, I'd be closer to my death than my birth right now. It was a frightening chunk of time, getting 100 wives pregnant with just 2 children. I have no idea how non-immortals thought harems of this size would work. I was struggling to serve them all as is.

　　Surely there was something more to life than churning out children. It had just been so long that I had forgotten what.