Gate Guardian - Song Of The Frozen Soul

Living with two girls in the same condo unit is a lot harder than it sounds. Sure, I have tried living with them two years ago, but that"s different. During the first book, we lived in Heushac"s house together with her sister Helena, the homunculus Key, and sometimes Kristoff who tries to tag along and get some handsome points from Amy. It was chaotic back then, and I can"t get along that much, but there"s Heushac whom I can always talk to keep my sanity.

Now that my best friend is gone and I"m stuck with two of the girls that mainly causes the chaos, and being the only man in the house, I can safely say that this is more stressful than last time.

As the lone man, I am in charge of doing the labors. If there"s a defective faucet, or leaking pipe, or flickering lightbulb, or whatever-the-heck-problem is present, I"ll be the one to get wet and dirty to fix it. If there"s a spider in the house, I will be the knight and s.h.i.+ning armor of the two idiots. 

Sometimes, Tiara would help me do some ch.o.r.es. But letting her touch any of the mess will make everything messier. She"s still as clumsy as always, if not clumsier. She once volunteered to help me kill a c.o.c.kroach, and she ended up using u003cShenlong Driveu003e. She killed the c.o.c.kroach, but she ended up shattering some appliances in the background.

That Jeannette I rescued from the underworld now acts like she"s the queen of the house, and I hated it. Tiara pays no mind to it, however, and she would only get angry if I get angry at Jeanne. Talk about angry-ception.

Every school morning is a struggle. You know how long it takes for girls to prepare themselves, right?  What I"m experiencing every morning is doubled. The girls only want to use the toilet and shower rooms first before me, so they created a schedule where Jeanne would be the first one to use it, then the second would be Tiara, and last would be me.

Each girl stays in the bath for one hour, so that means I have to wait for two hours before my turn. Before I knew it, I would be late again. I shouldn"t have bothered transferring places if the whole shower-waiting time is longer than my travel time from Mirose Grande.

Good thing my girlfriend is so understandable. She would only end up using fifteen to thirty minutes of her shower time just for me to catch up. She isn"t bothered even if she forgot to dry her hair or even comb it as long as I can use the bathroom earlier. Tiara is the best girl, and certainly best waifu.

Jeanne was able to enter the Dradecim National High School. Mrs. Martha Fontaine was able to fabricate a story where Jeannette Amiella Fontaine von Noctis was mistakenly announced as dead, but she was studying abroad until last month. I don"t know how she did it, but I"m glad that her story worked.

Jeanne managed to fit in this universe quite fast. She was able to fit in Amy"s place with no problems at all. Maybe the people in her universe are not different than hers, so she can adapt quickly. She also did what Amy used to do such as being a cla.s.s representative, being an official to the Femin.a.z.i Club, and even doing cosplays for the weebs. She"s as smart as the Amy we knew.

If there"s one thing that"s different from the Amy we knew and her, it would be her eyes. Her eyes are near-sighted, so she had to get eyegla.s.ses. No wonder she"s not as good as Amy in terms of firing a gun-type Weapon Gem.

Enough about her. Let me go back to my daily routines with the girls.

Every night is a girl"s night. They would often have Netflix marathons, more specifically, romance series and movies. Every night I"m stuck with these two girls who are addicts in musicals, childish cartoons, and cheesy Korean dramas. If that"s not enough, there is a segment on the night where Jeanne will tell a story about the version of the show in her own universe. 

In her universe, Spongebob is black, that princess in Beauty and the Beast is a transgender, and that guy from the K Drama Goblin is a social justice warrior who fights aliens that look like Trump. I kind of wanted to see that last one, too bad her universe was destroyed. I guess Hades was a racist.

When it"s time to go to bed, my designated sleeping place is on the sofa. Sometimes I would get bitten by ants due to the bread crumbs that Tiara left whenever she eats a snack. Sometimes I would feel achy on my back due to Jeanne"s hairpins and earings laying around in my bed. 

Everything changed however when they both surprised me that they have bought a sleeping mat for me to sleep on the floor of the bedroom. It was so thoughtful for them two to spend money for me and let me sleep with them in the same room. So every night, the two girls would share the same bed while I am separated. I have tried negotiating Jeanne to swap beds in order for me to have cuddly nights with Tiara, but Jeanne always says no. She deserves the Most Annoying c.o.c.k-block award of this year.

As of the moment, the Eidolons rarely attack. Peace and order in Dradecim City have reached its peak, and the crime rate has never been lower. We barely fight Eidolons once a week, and sometimes we can"t see any of them at all.

Because of this, the Black Cross Legion; the mother legion of Gate Guardians has not yet issued any mission for us Aether Crusade members. Some independent Gate Guardian legions from different cities started to pop up like mushrooms that did some of our supposed investigation jobs, so we are good as on vacation as of the moment.

It"s like our lives have become normal once again.

It"s already been three weeks, and I have finally adapted to this kind of living. 

We are only waiting for the go signal of the Kozukata Shrine to use the twelve G.o.d Cores. It takes one more week before the G.o.d Cores" energy replenished, and until then, we have to wait.

Once the G.o.d Cores and Tiara is in full power again, we can finally cast the u003cSong of Salvationu003e to bring everyone back. Heushac, Eliseo, Emily, Key, and all other people who got unlucky during the fight against the Fake Outsider will step to this world once again. And this time, we"ll make sure that the song will work.

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The bell rang from the tenth floor of the campus, signaling the end of the day once again. It"s Friday. Friday. Gonna get down on Friday. Tomorrow is Sat.u.r.day, and it"s my free day.

I don"t intend to sing one of the most hated songs on Youtube, but I can"t help but feel excited. 

I have a plan of gaming tonight till morning. It"s been a while since I played with the online squad I don"t really know personally. I will play battle royale shooting games, jumping from Fortnite to COD to PUBG until I get one of those chicken dinners, baby!

However, it seems that my plan of having a good time will not be allowed by fate.

When I was jollily humming while putting my books on my backpack, Tiara and Jeanne approached me. I already a.s.sumed what they will say, so I immediately talked to them.

"I"m sorry, gals. I won"t be joining you with your bulls.h.i.+t K Drama marathon tonight." I said happily. "I will be gaming until my eyes become black, so do whatever you want!"

"That"s not why we"re here, idiot." Jeanne sermoned. "Tiara and I wanted to tell you something about the future."

"Huh?" I tilted my head, confused. "What future?"

I saw Jeanne elbow Tiara"s stomach. She whispered, "Come on, tell your boyfriend."

"Ah! Right!" Tiara blushed for a moment, and then she locked eyes with me. Then she delivered a sentence that is not ought to be spread in this school environment. "Rikkun… I want to expand our family."

Suddenly, time stopped. No, only our perception of time stopped. All those students who heard Tiara"s words, including me and Jeanne, were stunned. The girls who heard Tiara"s declaration immediately blushed, and then they started to giggle like r.e.t.a.r.ds.

"Wha…" My jaws hung. All the blood in my body elevated to my face which made my cheeks red. Windows have stopped responding.

One, two, three. After three seconds, Tiara finally recognized what she just said. Her brain immediately exploded as her cheeks blushed.

"T-THAT"S NOT WHAT I MEANT!!!"

It was too late. Our cla.s.smates who were eavesdropping on this conversation. The girls are not spreading the wrong news, declaring "Tiara wants to have a baby!" and some other misunderstood things. 

"Auuuu…" Tiara cried in the corner. "That"s not what I meant! That"s not what I meant!"

Jeanne and I sighed. We both know that Tiara often misleads people with her words, so it"s nothing outside the ordinary.

"It looks like the Tiara in this universe has a poor choice of words too," Jeanne said with a disappointed sigh once again. She held her forehead sa.s.sily as if she"s having an imaginary headache. "Anyway, that"s not really what she meant."

"So what would you two wanted to talk about?" I said coldly.

"Tiara and I talked about this earlier. We both have this suggestion that we should hire some people for the Aether Crusade."

I forced a smile. "So that"s what Tiara meant about "expanding our family", huh…"

Jeanne continued as she ignored my side comment. "I have seen the members, and your Aether Crusade is pathetic. There"s only you, Tiara, Helena, Kristoff, Drex, and Benedict as members. My Aether Crusade in my universe has at least fifty members." 

"I don"t intend to compete with the number of members, and your Aether Crusade is dead," I said with a smirk, trying to roast her.

"No!" Jeanne pounded the table. "You have to be more careful! Tiara will sing the u003cSong of Salvationu003e after six days, and you need to st.u.r.dy up your defenses! You don"t know when Hades will attack!"

Seeing Jeanne slightly freaking out is a sign that I shouldn"t take lightly. She seems to be overestimating this Hades. I"m pretty sure I can take him with my Aether Armor.

Suddenly, the image of my friends being killed by the Fake Outsider flashed on my mind. The scene of Tiara slowly being covered by ice haunted me. I don"t want that kind of scene to appear again. I don"t want to lose Tiara once more.

Maybe I need to take some precautionary measures, just in case. We need to make sure that the u003cSong of Salvationu003e will work perfectly this time. 

I rested my shoulder and made a deep sigh.

"Fine. We"ll hire more Gate Guardians tomorrow."