Esper Harem in the Apocalypse

"Imagine living for thousands of years… sounds like a fairy tale…" Eleanor muttered.

"My life has been a fairy tale ever since… I transmigrated to this world. It has been an awesome experience so far. Really… I don't think I would have managed all that if… I didn't have the Lord's power.

I still have no idea why I was chosen as a Lord, by the way. Humans shouldn't be the Lord because of their short lifespan. And not to mention… the human race was abandoned by the Lord.

Everyone has abandoned the human world because of humans. Also… according to Angelica… I have human parents, so… yeah, we are back to square one. I don't know who my parents are.

However, I do hope they are normal humans because if they turned out to be something else… I will be pissed. They abandoned me after birth… they don't deserve to be my parents…"

Rudy muttered in a low voice as though he was talking to himself.

It was rare for him to talk about his inner thoughts out loud, but Eleanor was the only one he could open up to because she was the oldest human harem member who knew Rudy even before his birth.

Eleanor placed her hands on Rudy's cheeks and covered his ears.

"What are you doing? Just to let you know, covering my ears wouldn't make me stop hearing things. I can still use my senses and enhance them beyond one's imagination."

"When we met in 1989, you said that we are quite similar in most aspects, and that's why we fell in love easily. I have a habit of overthinking everything, and so do you. But what did you always tell me when I used to worry?" she asked calmly.

"...why worry about things you can't control…" Rudy answered.

"Exactly. Choosing your parents wasn't in your control, so stop worrying about it. And as for how you became the Lord… I am sure you will find the answer soon. Also, if your real parents hadn't abandoned you… you might have never met Rebecca and others.

You wouldn't be living the same life… with or without your powers. Don't you think it's good that you were abandoned? Let's look at that with a positive perspective, shall we?"

She smiled at him.

"You know… I might not have been abandoned. Mom told me that a shadow brought me in its arms and gave it to her. What if that shadow kidnapped me from a random couple?

According to the kid Rudy, our soul was split into two, so maybe that shadow was the one responsible for inserting the soul into a newborn baby? The more answers I try to find… the more questions I discover…"

SIGH!

"I hope Nyxia has the answers I am looking for…"

"I have a question too…" Eleanor chuckled nervously. "Is it a good time to ask it?"

"Shoot."

"You didn't have powers in your past life… right?"

"Nope."

"But… Rebecca was still your mother, and Eric and Erika existed in that world too. So… how does that work…?"

"I actually spent hours wondering about that, and I came up with one… theory. I wouldn't call it an answer since I am not 100% sure about it."

"What is it?" she asked curiously.

"As far as I know, the time travel wasn't done by me… that wallet triggered it. You gave me the wallet because you knew I was supposed to get it. Someone must have set a timer on the wallet that triggered when I compared both wallets.

Which means… even if I didn't have powers… I might have traveled back in time and… well… impregnated you. And… It might have taken me a long time to make you fall in love with me, leading us to date after a few months of meeting and sex a few months later."

"But why would that happen? Someone was helping you from the shadows in your past life too?" Eleanor wondered.

"Perhaps…" Rudy shrugged.

"Uhhh… if you had time traveled in your past life too, you would have remembered it… right? But you know nothing. And you said that the other races existed too, so… who exactly fought with Asura, and how was the world saved?"

Eleanor asked with a curious and confused look on her face.

"That's a billion doses question. And I have one more… how and why did I transmigrate to this world? It's not like I got lucky, and I suddenly got a second chance at life. Because that's ridiculous, and I don't buy it as a miracle."

"Well… as they say, some things are better left unknown."

"Yeah. If… that shadow was helping me out in my past life too… doesn't that mean this game is much bigger than it seems?" he wondered.

"Game?"

"All this planning."

"Oh… yeah. Also, if they could do all that, wouldn't that mean that he or she is stronger than you?"

"It's a natural instinct of every living being to be afraid of something out of their comprehension. I don't think anything or anyone could be stronger than me… per se. But I hope it's a girl."

"And why is that?" Eleanor raised her brow.

"Think about it. If I made her fall for me, she would join my harem. And if I have someone so formidable in my harem, I wouldn't have to worry about anything— I will be a no-worry man."

"Uhh… that's just called being ignorant of the duties and responsibilities."

Rudy pulled Eleanor close and kissed her on the lips. They looked into each other's eyes as though they were talking with their eyes since their lips were sealed.

After a few kisses, Eleanor stopped Rudy and said, "Let me take a quick shower. Then, we can move to the bed, and… have a bedfight."