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Chapter 34:

  I wanted to get started on our fourthborns immediately after witnessing my failure with Nagisa, but the problem with pregnancies is that it takes all year just for the girls to get pregnant, and then another nine months before they actually give birth. Which meant even though I resumed the cycle immediately, nothing could happen until at least next year, 33 E.T. The girls were rather impressed with my stamina and gung-ho ness for a fourth child, but of course that was all thanks to Ruby's magical injections.

  To people a new world and fill up a married lifespan of 1,000 years you have to be willing to have a lot of children, so even if Nagisa had given birth to a daughter I would have continued getting my harem pregnant, I just don't know if I would have kept doing it so insistently soon.

  While I was having my third batch of kids, Earth invented a safe, efficient process for genetic engineering away all birth defects. We already had a magical answer for this issue, but it was nice to know that even after our magical healers died, the grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who perforce had had to marry their half-siblings due to there not being anyone else, had a permanent solution to the risks associated with incest. We of course 'borrowed' the knowledge with Mikoto's psychic hacking powers. Thanks, Earth! With Siri and VR, we were generally more advanced than the home planet, but obviously we weren't specializing in medicine due to magic being so much easier, so they still surpassed us in that field.

  As required, all of our children from the first batch had married and had two kids. Many had gone beyond that minimum, figuring the world was empty, the citizen's dividend existed, Siri could manufacture all their needs, and kids were fun (I especially liked the making-of process, but then again all my wives assured me I was the most perverted guy they had ever known, so I assume all of my children junsui loved children which was why they had gone above and beyond the call of duty.)

  My secondborns were also coming of age. The eldest were 20 years old and required to marry. The youngest of that generation was 11. The oldest of my thirdborns was 9, so they were right on their heels.

  A lot of the boys were following my example and courting younger girls. I didn't blame them, girls were always beautiful, and once they were fertile too there was no reason to wait and many reasons to hurry -- if you wanted a virgin who had only ever loved you, who would look up to you and obey you, a younger girl was always best. But it wasn't so simple.

  The sexual dynamic went like this -- 18 year old men would hit on their 14 year old juniors, who were flattered by their attention and enjoyed flirting with them, but didn't want to settle down yet in case they could find a better guy later. The 18 year old girls, seeing their time limit approaching, became desperate to get the 18 year old guy's attention back on them, so they would suddenly become much nicer and more accommodating around them. Then the boys would realize that their true loves had always been the classmates they'd grown up beside and propose to them, after which point the girls, with a deep sigh of relief, would accept. Marital bliss ensued.

  There were only a few times a girl mature beyond her years would choose to marry an older guy she had picked out for herself immediately, and likewise there were only a few times when two 14 year olds would decide their loves were eternal and marry in the middle of their schooling. (It was perfectly fine to attend school as a married couple, though not once you had your first child.) Polygamy also happened a few times, which left some boys in the lurch. The stranded boys were aggressively courting the younger girls, but most girls turned their noses up at them. If they had already been rejected by their elder sisters, what made them think they were good enough for them? Rejected once, rejected for all time it seemed. It was a shame, but they had a long life ahead of them. Maybe they'd be a perfect match with some girl down the road, and until then there was always virtual reality.

  The worst day of the last ten years was when Araragi had what he described as a 'sexual emergency' and raped Miharu in the shower room adjoining the school pool. During the co-ed swimming class she had apparently just looked so good to him that he resolved to wait in ambush for her when she went to change back into her school uniform for the walk home and take her by force.

  It's hard to imagine what he was thinking. That perhaps Miharu would be charmed by his buccaneer spirit halfway through, or that any consequence was worth it, or perhaps he wasn't thinking at all. But since he confessed to the crime himself, in a regretful and pitiful state of self-loathing, there could be no doubt as to what had happened. Actually, with Sakura Kinomoto's Record magic, there would never be any doubt of what exactly happened in any contested court case. Which is why courts, lawyers, judges, etc. didn't exist and needn't ever exist here. The same was true of journalists. Since Record could report the truth of any happening, journalists had nothing useful to report. Like with the famous parable involving the Library of Alexandria and the Koran, if journalists agreed with what the Record card said they were superfluous, but if they disagreed with it they were heretical. Under no formulation could they ever prove beneficial. The entire industry was banned as pernicious, just like banking.

  Tonikaku, I had no choice but to throw Araragi off the designated mountain cliff for executions. It was a part of the system I had hoped to only ever threaten to use, but in the end, sometimes threats alone weren't good enough. Especially threats that had never been proven to be legitimate before. Hopefully the other boys would let this be a lesson to them. Consent mattered. Unlike statutory rape, which was total bullshit, rape rape violated everything sacred and holy in this world.

  On the bright side, that did lessen our sex imbalance a bit. It also meant I had exactly 300 children again, so perhaps shaving one kid off for the sake of a nice even round number was worth it.

  Miharu, by the way, was naturally a cheerful girl, and laughed it off saying, "I guess that officially makes me the sexiest girl in Eden." She later married the much nicer, shorter, more timid and almost girly Riki who she felt extremely safe around and hadn't worried about it since. Which just goes to show that no one was really a victim unless they chose to be. If you chose to get over it, the future could always be bright again.

  Though my children's romances were intriguing, I had enough trouble keeping up with my own romances, juggling 100 different wives at once. So unless something noteworthy came up, I had no idea who had married whom or whose grandchildren were born to which children. I was determined to remember all of my children's names, but that of course didn't apply to the endless sea of grandchildren and beyond. I figured their own parents could worry about that kind of stuff.

  Unlike me, a lot of my wives were deeply interested in their children's and grandchildren's lives, and hung out with them all the time. Since they only had one husband and I usually couldn't be with them, it only made sense. So a lot of the time while I was on my scheduled romp with a wife, she would be bubbling about what was going on in the family, who was feuding with whom, who liked whom, what amazing achievements my five year old granddaughter had lately done, and so on. It all became a sea of words (oh, for a perfect memory!) but I nodded along and listened because they were clearly happy to talk about it, and like a shiawase spiral, if they were happy I was happy.

  Orihime told me that a couple boys and a few girls had availed themselves of her power of rejection to chase their inner demons out of them. They all married normally afterwards and seemed to be living happily enough, so I was content with my ironclad rule and the solution I'd come up with to enforce it.

  But truly, my kids were good people. This stuff was small peanuts compared to what the percentages would have predicted. A negligible fringe in the corner of Paradise. Everyone was growing up smoothly and was well-adjusted to life in Eden. Even Cure Flora could have nothing to complain about.

* * *

  From the year 33 E.T. to the year 42 E.T., my life orbited around getting my girls pregnant and correcting the travesty of bad names that plagued my thirdborns with new and better fourthborns. I was convinced that this time, surely, Cute-sama would smile upon me and give the girls who needed sons, sons, and the girls who needed daughters, daughters. Following the same cycle as before, the results were as follows:

  "Congratulations, it's a boy!" Cheria held up Nagisa's fourth healthy child, while Rosa made sure nothing terrible happened like in the visual novel.

  "THAT DOES IT! THAT'S IT! THIS WHOLE PLANET'S GOING UP IN SMOKE!" I charged a gallak-ho and shot it with absolute fury at the hospital wall. Or I would have except I lacked any superpowers, so I just pantomimed the move instead.

  "I properly contributed an X chromosome." Nagisa said tiredly, leaning back into her pillow.

  "I know, dear. It's my fault. It's always my fault. But dear Cute-sama above, what did I do to have four sons, and only sons, in a row with the one girl I absolutely definitely needed to have a daughter with? Just one daughter? Please, Cute-sama, come down again, talk to me again, and tell me what do I have to do to get one daughter from my beloved?" Bargaining with God was a proper stage of grief, or so I had been told.

  "Your fourth son needs a name." Cheria gestured the child towards my arms.

  "Yusuke. He was my mentor and savior. He'll grow up to be a good kid, like Yusuke Yoshino was, and make some girl very happy, like he did Kouko." I dabbled a bit of water on his forehead and christened my fourth son in a row.

  "Yusuke." Nagisa smiled at the name, remembering the man who had played baseball with them all and had rocked a guitar. "Don't worry Yusuke, I still love you. Come to Mama." Nagisa held out her arms, and I carefully placed our baby into them. Like all the times before, she held our son to her breast, and started singing the Dai Dango Kazoku song to him, just like she had sung it to him while he was still in the womb the whole time she had been pregnant.

  The virgin Mary had never looked so holy as Nagisa did in this moment.

  "I guess this means I should get ready for a fifth." Cheria muttered to herself, watching me watch Nagisa with infinite tenderness.

  Year 1 (33 E.T.):

  Asuna's daughter was named Yuuki Yuuki.

  Rin Natsume's daughter was named Iori Natsume.

  Rose's son was named Zaveid Dagger.

  Deedlit's daughter was named Shierke Glade.

  Yume's son was named Haruhiro Asakura.

  Koko's son was named Choji Tsukishima.

  Yukino's son was named Toushirou Ouhama.

  Isara's son was named Shuhei Aomi.

  Yoru's daughter was named Ageha Kazato.

  Asa's daughter was named Kotori Kazato.

  Chiwa's daughter was named Hana Harusaki.

  Year 2 (34 E.T.):

  Rosa's son was named Locke Farrell.

  Eruru's son was named Izuru Green.

  Sherria's son was named Rogue Blendy.

  Lisanna's son was named Gildarts Strauss.

  Emily's daughter was named Carina Granger.

  Usagi's daughter was named Usagi Tsukino, or 'Small Lady.'

  Nadeko's son was named Koyomi Sengoku.

  Haruka Haruno's son was named Hayate Haruno.

  Riko's daughter was named Mirai Izayoi.

  Aoba's identical twin daughters were named Nene and Yun Suzukaze.

  Year 3 (35 E.T.):

  Kudryavka's daughter was named Itsuki Noumi.

  Kagome's son was named Shippou Higurashi.

  Nekone's son was named Piccolo Gold.

  Sagiri's daughter was named Megumi Izumi.

  Kobato's daughter was named Rika Hasegawa.

  Myusel's son was named Legolas Foaran.

  Nemu's daughter was named Otome Asakura.

  Aisia's son was named Trunks Snow.

  Sakura Mamiya's daughter was named Saki Mamiya.

  Hozumi's daughter was named Kotomi Schmetterling.

  Year 4 (36 E.T.):

  Kirino's son was named Killua Kousaka.

  Mylene's daughter was named Toki Jenius.

  Nico's daughter was named Honoka Yazawa.

  Rin Tohsaka's daughter was named Yumi Tohsaka.

  Kobeni's daughter was named Yukine Yonomori.

  Mavis' son was named August Vermillion.

  Levy's daughter was named Perona McGarden.

  Yuna's daughter was named Frederica Sea.

  MOMO's son was named Rubedo Mizrahi, or 'Jr.'

  Urara's son was named Gohan Kasugano.

  Year 5 (37 E.T.):

  Keiko's daughter was named Karen Ayano, or 'Llenn.'

  Teletha's son was named Matrim Testarossa, or 'Mat.'

  Kaname's daughter was named Shirley Chidori.

  Kotori's son was named Haruhiko Kanbe, or 'Yoshino.'

  Makina's daughter was named Amane Irisu.

  Sora's daughter was named Yoshika Takanashi.

  Sara's daughter was named Valentine Chrysalis.

  Sayaka's son was named Shouichi Mayuzumi, or 'Captain.'

  Meiko's son was named Satou Honma.

  Mitsuki's son was named Recca Mononobe.

  Year 6 (38 E.T.):

  Haruka Saigusa's daughter was named Kanako Saigusa.

  Cheria's son was named Alphen Barnes.

  Juvia's son was named Makarov Locksor.

  Mirajane's son was named Fried Strauss.

  Nanoha's son was named Chrono Takamachi.

  Rin Nohara's son was named Minato Nohara.

  Lafiel's daughter was named Boa Abriel.

  Himeno's daughter was named Charles Katsuragi.

  Yuuhi's son was named Jun'ichi Katagiri, or 'Genokiller.'

  Akane's daughter was named Ichiyo Tsukishima.

  Year 7 (39 E.T.):

  Suguha's daughter was named Touko Kirigaya.

  Elize's son was named Rowan Lutus.

  Tifa's daughter was named Tina Lockhart.

  Aerith's daughter was named Garnet Gainsborough.

  Fate's son was named Erio Testarossa.

  Chtolly's son was named Kuririn Seniorious.

  Sakura Kinomoto's daughter was named Hatoko Kinomoto.

  Sae's daughter was named Ai Nakata.

  Reina's son was named Keiichi Ryuugu.

  Ai's daughter was named Kaya Hinatsuru.

  Year 8 (40 E.T.):

  Rydia's daughter was named Vanille Mist.

  Aruru's daughter was named Touka Green.

  Kuon's daughter was named Nosuri Black.

  Lucy's son was named Sting Heartfilia.

  Sakura Haruno's daughter was named Ino Haruno.

  Shana's daughter was named Kazumi Blaze.

  Mikan's son was named Goten Yuuki.

  Illyasviel's son was named Gilgamesh von Einzbern.

  Lyria's son was named Gig Jewel.

  Louise's daughter was named Henrietta Francoise Le Blanc de la Valliere.

  Year 9 (41 E.T.):

  Honoka's son was named Haruhiko Yukishiro, or 'Haruto.'

  Mai's son was named Aoshi Mishou.

  Azusa's son was named Suzaku Nakano.

  Yui's son was named Ryoma Hirasawa.

  Sophie's daughter was named Marta Lamb.

  Rinoa's daughter was named Yuri Heartilly, or 'Yurippe.'

  Nayuki's daughter was named Sayuri Minase.

  Misuzu's son was named Ryuya Kamio.

  Orihime's son was named Uryuu Inoue.

  Iris' daughter was named Ariella Freyja.

  Year 10 (42 E.T.):

  Nozomi's daughter was named Tsubomi Yumehara.

  Mira's son was named Tatsuya Yurizaki, or 'Tacchan.'

  Leia's daughter was named Colette Rolando.

  Nagisa's son was named Yusuke Furukawa.

  Wendy's daughter was named Saki Marvel.

  Miu's son was named Hajime Takanashi.

  Sakura Yoshino's daughter was named Kaywinnet Yoshino, or 'Kaylee.'

  Kokona's daughter was named Fuu Aoba.

  Mikoto's daughter was named Uiharu Misaka.

  There were a lot more successes this time. Small Lady had finally deigned to appear among us. Mavis got to have her canon from the source son, August. Yuuhi gave birth to Jun'ichi, Reina to Keiichi, and Asuna finally had the absolutely perfectly named Yuuki Yuuki.

  The second set of identical twins were born into Eden, Aoba's Nene and Yun Suzukaze. Asa and Yoru definitely had a tinge of annoyance over it. But with this many kids it was bound to happen eventually. Cure Magical finally got to reunite with Cure Miracle, only 34 years later than she had desired. MOMO's lover, Jr., had arrived. Sagiri gave birth to the friendliest girl in the world, Megumi. Myusel the half-elf had given birth to a famous elf herself, Legolas.

  Sara's Valentine was from the series Ender's Game, since she was English it was more fun to use English literature as the inspiration behind her kids. Wendy's Saki was from Saki, so you could call her the Saki of Saki's, whereas Sakura's Saki came from Extreme Hearts. Itsuki Noumi and Iori Natsume were named after the heroines of I"s, a criminally undervalued manga. Gilgamesh was of course named after his heroic Grand Order version.

  With Ichiyo, Wakaba had completed the full circuit -- Kou and all three of her sisters were now with her in Eden. Sakura Haruno got to reunite with her best friend Ino. Kuroko and Uiharu were now shimai. Fate had now given birth to both of her canon sourced children, Caro and Erio.

  Nemu's granddaughter in the source, Otome Asakura, was now instead her direct daughter, Otome Asakura.

  Rin Nohara got to give birth to her former squad leader, Minato, who also happened to end up being the 4th Hokage. Alongside the previous Obito and Kakashi, she'd now brought her entire squad into this world.

  Up and down the line there were great names everywhere. Powerful names that carried strong bonds between mother and child. And when that wasn't possible the names were still of total badasses. Like Killua, or Ryoma, or Aoshi. If they followed their namesake's example, they would have no problem thriving in this world.

  There was just one problem. Ushio wasn't among them. I decided enough was enough. Next time I was sex selecting the embryos and implanting them via artificial insemination. I would no longer leave anything to chance. God had denied Okazaki his life with Ushio, and now Cute-sama had denied me my life with Ushio, but in both stories ultimately the father prevailed. It was time to stop relying on miracles and make one myself.

  All in all, the details concerning my fourthborns were as follows:

  Asuna's daughter was named Yuuki Yuuki.

  Rin Natsume's daughter was named Iori Natsume.

  Rose's son was named Zaveid Dagger.

  Deedlit's daughter was named Shierke Glade.

  Yume's son was named Haruhiro Asakura.

  Koko's son was named Choji Tsukishima.

  Yukino's son was named Toushirou Ouhama.

  Isara's son was named Shuhei Aomi.

  Yoru's daughter was named Ageha Kazato.

  Asa's daughter was named Kotori Kazato.

  Chiwa's daughter was named Hana Harusaki.

  Rosa's son was named Locke Farrell.

  Eruru's son was named Izuru Green.

  Sherria's son was named Rogue Blendy.

  Lisanna's son was named Gildarts Strauss.

  Emily's daughter was named Carina Granger.

  Usagi's daughter was named Usagi Tsukino, or 'Small Lady.'

  Nadeko's son was named Koyomi Sengoku.

  Haruka Haruno's son was named Hayate Haruno.

  Riko's daughter was named Mirai Izayoi.

  Aoba's identical twin daughters were named Nene and Yun Suzukaze.

  Kudryavka's daughter was named Itsuki Noumi.

  Kagome's son was named Shippou Higurashi.

  Nekone's son was named Piccolo Gold.

  Sagiri's daughter was named Megumi Izumi.

  Kobato's daughter was named Rika Hasegawa.

  Myusel's son was named Legolas Foaran.

  Nemu's daughter was named Otome Asakura.

  Aisia's son was named Trunks Snow.

  Sakura Mamiya's daughter was named Saki Mamiya.

  Hozumi's daughter was named Kotomi Schmetterling.

  Kirino's son was named Killua Kousaka.

  Mylene's daughter was named Toki Jenius.

  Nico's daughter was named Honoka Yazawa.

  Rin Tohsaka's daughter was named Yumi Tohsaka.

  Kobeni's daughter was named Yukine Yonomori.

  Mavis' son was named August Vermillion.

  Levy's daughter was named Perona McGarden.

  Yuna's daughter was named Frederica Sea.

  MOMO's son was named Rubedo Mizrahi, or 'Jr.'

  Urara's son was named Gohan Kasugano.

  Keiko's daughter was named Karen Ayano, or 'Llenn.'

  Teletha's son was named Matrim Testarossa, or 'Mat.'

  Kaname's daughter was named Shirley Chidori.

  Kotori's son was named Haruhiko Kanbe, or 'Yoshino.'

  Makina's daughter was named Amane Irisu.

  Sora's daughter was named Yoshika Takanashi.

  Sara's daughter was named Valentine Chrysalis.

  Sayaka's son was named Shouichi Mayuzumi, or 'Captain.'

  Meiko's son was named Satou Honma.

  Mitsuki's son was named Recca Mononobe.

  Haruka Saigusa's daughter was named Kanako Saigusa.

  Cheria's son was named Alphen Barnes.

  Juvia's son was named Makarov Locksor.

  Mirajane's son was named Fried Strauss.

  Nanoha's son was named Chrono Takamachi.

  Rin Nohara's son was named Minato Nohara.

  Lafiel's daughter was named Boa Abriel.

  Himeno's daughter was named Charles Katsuragi.

  Yuuhi's son was named Jun'ichi Katagiri, or 'Genokiller.'

  Akane's daughter was named Ichiyo Tsukishima.

  Suguha's daughter was named Touko Kirigaya.

  Elize's son was named Rowan Lutus.

  Tifa's daughter was named Tina Lockhart.

  Aerith's daughter was named Garnet Gainsborough.

  Fate's son was named Erio Testarossa.

  Chtolly's son was named Kuririn Seniorious.

  Sakura Kinomoto's daughter was named Hatoko Kinomoto.

  Sae's daughter was named Ai Nakata.

  Reina's son was named Keiichi Ryuugu.

  Ai's daughter was named Kaya Hinatsuru.

  Rydia's daughter was named Vanille Mist.

  Aruru's daughter was named Touka Green.

  Kuon's daughter was named Nosuri Black.

  Lucy's son was named Sting Heartfilia.

  Sakura Haruno's daughter was named Ino Haruno.

  Shana's daughter was named Kazumi Blaze.

  Mikan's son was named Goten Yuuki.

  Illyasviel's son was named Gilgamesh von Einzbern.

  Lyria's son was named Gig Jewel.

  Louise's daughter was named Henrietta Francoise Le Blanc de la Valliere.

  Honoka's son was named Haruhiko Yukishiro, or 'Haruto.'

  Mai's son was named Aoshi Mishou.

  Azusa's son was named Suzaku Nakano.

  Yui's son was named Ryoma Hirasawa.

  Sophie's daughter was named Marta Lamb.

  Rinoa's daughter was named Yuri Heartilly, or 'Yurippe.'

  Nayuki's daughter was named Sayuri Minase.

  Misuzu's son was named Ryuya Kamio.

  Orihime's son was named Uryuu Inoue.

  Iris' daughter was named Ariella Freyja.

  Nozomi's daughter was named Tsubomi Yumehara.

  Mira's son was named Tatsuya Yurizaki, or 'Tacchan.'

  Leia's daughter was named Colette Rolando.

  Nagisa's son was named Yusuke Furukawa.

  Wendy's daughter was named Saki Marvel.

  Miu's son was named Hajime Takanashi.

  Sakura Yoshino's daughter was named Kaywinnet Yoshino, or 'Kaylee.'

  Kokona's daughter was named Fuu Aoba.

  Mikoto's daughter was named Uiharu Misaka.

  Sadly, the twins meant the number of my children was no longer round again. The new total stood at 401.

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