Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse

The rest of the day went by fine for Muku. He was done with what needed to be done. He even felt like a heavy weight had been lifted from his shoulders.

As for Audrey and Hope. He wasn't sure how to speak to Audrey. It also didn't seem necessary since she wasn't as insecure as the younger girls. While Hope had become like a real sister to him. She might have been a bit clingy but her love wasn't romantic. He could tell. She was also the one who felt most secure about her permanent position in his heart among all the girls.

With all that done. He was excited about what was next. Freya was back from the stadium and they could finally begin the binding process.

Out of everyone in the mansion, he was probably the most excited. Even more than Freya who was the one doing it. He just hoped that her class lived up to his expectations.

"Okay Freya, you can begin whenever you're ready." Muku addressed Freya while the other girls looked on from the side.

The time was around six in the evening. While they could wait until the next day before doing it. Muku didn't want to wait and Freya didn't mind. So it was getting done right there and then.

"Yes, sir" Freya spoke as she got ready to bind herself to the mansion.

"Good, and you don't have to call me sir anymore. We're teammates now. I hope you can feel more at ease around us" Muku mentioned something he felt was important for their future coexistence.

"Yes, si... I mean sure. I'll try my best" Freya replied affirmatively. To which Muku smiled with a nod and let her do her thing. With no more distractions, Freya focused on what she needed to do.

[Functional House Detected!]

[Do you wish to bind?]

[Caution: Once bound. Can only be unbound by the destruction of the house]

As soon as Freya crouched down and touched the floor. The prompts similar to the ones from before rang in her mind. Unlike last time, she wasn't surprised. She immediately thought "yes" in her mind.

As soon as she did, she felt all the mana in her body get drained out. It was sucked into the mansion floors and walls. The normal floors and walls of the mansion started to radiate a little mana.

The signature was so similar to Freya's that if the group were weaker and weren't looking at her. They definitely wouldn't be able to locate her just from her mana signature if she was in the mansion.

[Binding complete!]

Fortunately for Freya, before the girls started complaining about sensing her presence everywhere. It started to fade. All that was left was stronger walls that could dampen mana sense from travelling through them.

Which they all rather appreciated. While it was convenient to easily tell where everyone was through mana sense. It kinda felt like a breach of privacy. So while no one had mentioned it before. No one was too happy about it.

Now that Freya provided the option for privacy in the mansion. They all couldn't help but wish she got stronger quicker and completely sealed off mana sense from getting through.

After all, it was pretty obvious to them that as they got stronger. They will likely be able to "see" what they sense with their mana. Which was only good when you were the one "seeing", not being "seen". It would also keep their enemies from spying on them in the future if they get enemies strong enough to do it.

Muku touched the walls and put a little strength into his hand as he pushed them. He immediately realised that the walls were at least as strong as the body of a defence-type PR1 beast. Which was great news. He was already starting to get worried whether the mansion would be able to house them for long.

After all, their strength was constantly growing. So it was safe to say, there would come a point when one of them might randomly sneeze (if it was still possible) and blow the mansion away. Or maybe just casually move their hand and destroy the wall or something. The bottom line was that Freya showed up at the right time.

"So, the house's defence is directly proportional to hers? How interesting..." Layla commented, then trailed off at the end.

"Yeah, but without defence, doesn't that just make her a tortoise waiting for someone to break through and be feasted on?" Jade commented as well. While her words didn't sound nice, she had brought up a valid point.

"Umm, It seems at rank one, I only have a defence. It's only at rank two that I get offensive abilities... At least that's what the information that suddenly appeared in my head says" Freya spoke up, defending her class. She also felt that her class was nothing impressive at that moment. She still wouldn't let anyone look down on it!

"Oh, is that so? I can't wait to see that day then. I hope it's sooner rather than later. So realise your potential already" Jade replied, truly curious about what would come next. To the point of telling Freya to do something practically impossible.

After all, the potential realisation wasn't something that one could do instantly. On top of that, Freya's potential realisation was related to a freaking mansion. Where was she even going to start?

Even Elsa hasn't been able to realise much despite the guidance of everyone. After trying her best, she had only realised 5%. While it might have been linked to the situation that was happening at home. It was still a testament to how hard it was to realise potential.

"Let's not be unreasonable now. I'm sure Freya will get there soon enough" Audrey interjected after seeing that Freya didn't know what to say to Jade's somewhat unreasonable words.

"Y-yeah, I'll do my best!" Freya replied a little nervously. While Audrey was the nicest person she had ever met, and she had also met her at some point during the day. She still couldn't help but get nervous around her. Audrey was just too beautiful. She was as so beautiful it seemed like she came out of a fantasy novel...

While she could handle being around her when she was still part of the stadium. It was hard for her to face her alone like that. It was addressed specifically by Audrey. Being looked at by those mesmerising grey eyes. She was even suspecting that she might have a thing for girls or something.

What she didn't know was that she was just not used to Audrey's charm in such close proximity. Even Elsa had gone through the process. Just that the little girl usually remained quiet and kept a straight face. So she didn't seem to have been as affected as Freya.

"Well, whatever the case. I think it's already evident that Freya will be an important part of the team in the future right?" Muku spoke in support of Freya. He was already seeing promise in her class. Just her ability to strengthen the mansion was great to him. The current mansion could likely survive the previous World Evolution without having to get lifted off the ground.

If Jade released her aura like before. As long as she wasn't hell-bent on destroying the mansion with it. It likely wouldn't be damaged much as well. After she got a bit stronger, they probably wouldn't have to leave the mansion every time they needed to do something that seemed it could lead to some kind of exaggerated occurrence.

The girls all nodded to Muku's words. They were starting to see how she could be really useful to the team. And it wasn't like they needed any more immediate firepower when they were all basically offensive monsters.

The main reason they weren't willing to accept her before had been addressed anyway. Thinking about it, the four couldn't help but blush a bit whenever they looked at Muku. They would then take a glance at each other. Battle intent to see who would be "the first" sparkling between them every time they locked eyes.

Audrey could tell that something was going on. Which had begun soon after Muku went around talking to the four. She could guess a few things, especially from how the girls seemed a lot more relaxed. However, whatever she thought would remain as guesses unless someone told her. She was too embarrassed to ask.

"Hey!, I just remembered something!. Let's sit down and talk" Muku suddenly exclaimed. Gathering everyone's attention.

The group then all returned to their seats since they were already in the lounge. They were curious about what he had to say.

"What is it, Big Brother?" Hope impatiently asked as soon as she sat down.

"No need to get so excited. It's nothing new. It's something you know even. I just want to know the KP you all got from the ant kills. Especially you after all those kills. I'm also interested in knowing how many points a PR2 ant gives from Layla and Jade" Muku told them what he wanted to know.

Hearing his words the group realised that they really had forgotten about it. While it was something they did after every battle. It was understandable that they forgot since there was a major crisis happening.

"Oh, that?. Let me go first" Hope spoke in realisation. Remembering the KP she got, she immediately perked up as she was about to speak. Everyone could tell that she had made some great gains...