Chapter 638: Cila's Fortune-Storing Jar

"What exactly do you want from me?"

After finishing a meal on Nappa Star that he didn't know was Leka Star's breakfast or lunch, Cila couldn't help but ask.

"Don't talk about my happiness, those incomprehensible words. What I want is a concrete answer, one I can understand."

When encountering unfamiliar things, Cila felt freshness and unease simultaneously. She was Norta's rat girl; a sense of security trumped everything. She wanted to obtain from Broly a definite answer that could put her at ease.

"I want you to promise to become my wife in the future, and at the moment in your future life when you feel the happiest, join my Crystal Palace."

Broly looked seriously at the green-skinned girl opposite him and gave a direct, unambiguous reply.

"Eh, the wife you speak of, Broly, is that the kind that gives you babies?"

"If you want to have them, have them. If you don't want to, I won't force you."

Broly knew from books that giving birth is actually quite a painful thing for women.

Pain and happiness are mostly unrelated, so he gave this answer.

"Ah, then if I agree, does that mean every year during the Couple's Festival, we have to kiss on Norta's streets or in the park?"

Cila asked again. Leka Star also had a festival similar to Valentine's Day. Every year when that festival arrived, even racial barriers would be reduced significantly, and the streets were full of lovey-dovey men and women.

Of course, for Cila, the men and women of that festival were the easiest targets to steal from. Their hearts and eyes were full of their partners beside them, and they often failed to discover their finances missing.

And compared to risky theft, there was another, safer way to obtain others' property: going outside the city in advance to gather wild flowers, weaving them into bouquets, and selling them on the streets on Couple's Festival. This was not only safe but sometimes even earned tips from customers.

"Kiss?"

Broly was a bit puzzled.

"If you need it, we don't need a specific festival. We can do that anytime."

He said.

"Hmph, I never said I needed it."

"Then we won't do it. When you need it, we'll do it then."

The boy answered seriously.

"Then, after I become your wife, will you keep treating me well like you do now?"

"Of course."

"You won't suddenly turn hostile and hit me to vent because work isn't going well, then scold me as a fat, lazy, stay-at-home sow?"

"Cila, why would you have that thought?"

"In Qida's rental apartment building, there once was such a couple. The husband was fired by his company and lost his job. The wife was then beaten and abused by the unemployed husband, who accused the sweet words the husband spoke before marriage of all being deceitful lies!"

That was an unfortunate family's marriage. Little Cila at the time silently noted it down, merely watching it as a spectacle before. Now, because of Broly's words, she suddenly recalled it and produced some worries about her own future if she agreed to become the boy's wife.

"I won't hit you, unless you ask me to hit you. I won't scold you, unless you ask me to scold you. I will protect you. Although I cannot guarantee making you happy every single day, I will do my best to let you live every day in a happy life where you can feel joy."

Broly finished speaking seriously, then looked at the green-skinned girl and asked: "Cila, are you willing to accept the goodwill of me, who holds this purpose toward your embrace?"

"Sounds like a profitable deal. As long as you can fulfill your guarantee, I'm willing to accept your goodwill!"

Cila discovered nothing unfavorable to herself. She agreed. However, she wouldn't be like that resentful Leka woman who was lied to by her husband before marriage, thinking that once she sensed something wrong, discovered Broly violating his promise, she would immediately break free and run away.

"Good, but before that, I still need you to clearly know one thing."

"What thing?"

Cila asked curiously.

"You are not my only wife. Before you, I already have many wives."

"Eh?"

"Can you accept this point?"

Broly asked. And from what he understood of Leka Star's marriage situation, the people above mostly practiced monogamy.

Even the couples encountered on the streets were all pairs. Combinations of one man with multiple women, or one woman with multiple men, were rarely seen.

"Mm..."

Cila pondered seriously for a while, then gave her reply.

"As long as no one comes to find trouble with me because of this, I'm willing to accept."

"Whether they'll come find trouble with you, I cannot guarantee. Because my other wives themselves have quarrels and conflicts, thereby finding trouble with each other. But what I can be certain of is that most of my wives still treat newcomers with a welcoming attitude."

Broly thought about the situation of the Crystal Palace wives and answered seriously.

Cila: "..."

"You... can you accept it?"

Broly asked carefully.

"If I get bullied, you're willing to give me a psychological compensation fee, then I'm willing to accept."

Cila said, if she could get tangible benefits, then she wasn't afraid of being troubled.

She had mixed on Norta's streets this long; she wasn't that easy to bully.

"Then what compensation do you want?"

Broly asked.

"How about 10,000 Laika Currency?"

"Deal!"

Broly agreed directly. Cila immediately reacted — she had asked for too little compensation!

But Broly was so straightforward with her; she really couldn't bring herself to go back on it and quibble over this.

Thinking it over, Cila asked: "Then where are your other wives, Broly? When do I go meet them?"

"They are not in this world. If you want to meet them, you'll probably have to wait until after you join the Crystal Palace."

The Cross-Border Gate can only be used after joining the Crystal Palace.

"Ah, not in this world. They wouldn't be dead already, would they? As for the meaning of joining the Crystal Palace, does that mean I have to die?"

Cila widened her eyes and asked.

Broly: "……"

"She's not dead, they're still alive. Not in this world means they're in their own isekai, not the afterlife. And joining the Crystal Palace won't kill you either. Even if you do die, I'll find a way to resurrect you……"

Broly explained for a good while before the girl understood what other worlds meant. Naturally, he also took the opportunity to explain the Crystal Palace's situation.

"Oh, so isekai means something like different planets. As for the Crystal Palace, wait, doesn't that mean I don't actually have to face your other wives before I really join the Crystal Palace?"

"More or less."

Broly nodded.

"Then Broly, will you keep treating me well before I agree to join?"

"Uh, yeah."

After Broly answered, he saw the girl across from him reveal a cunning smile.

"You and I are in the same world, so you need to exchange Happiness Value for Happiness Points. But once I agree to become your wife and join the Crystal Palace, the Happiness Value I originally produced would depreciate into low-value Happiness Points. In that case, the later I become your wife, the more benefits you actually get, right?"

"Uh, you could put it that way."

"Then I get it. What you need isn't a wife you already have, but a piggy bank who can become your wife at any time and is in the same world as you."

Cila declared.

"So, before you urgently need to obtain Happiness Points, I should stay out of your Crystal Palace and be a happy Reserve Wife, a piggy bank storing Happiness Value."

Broly: "?!"

"Can I share your idea with the others in the Crystal Palace?"

Broly asked.

"Go ahead."

Cila indicated she didn't care.

Broly spoke of Cila's idea in the group chat room, and soon many exclamation marks popped up in the group chat room.

"Broly, you found a good wife in your world!"

Aqua, from behind, sent a proud little expression for you.

"This is someone who understands Happiness Value Economics."

Black Bullet World. Tenkō Kisara, sitting in front of her office computer playing a certain chess piece game, looked at her screen where she had already suffered an early eighth elimination, and gave her evaluation.

"She's a smart girl."

"She's right."

……

In the highly active group chat room, many statements praising Cila's intelligence appeared, but there were also statements like Megumin's.

"Hmph, she's clearly avoiding my edge. Calculating like this, placing herself outside the Crystal Palace, wanting to delay the time of joining the Crystal Palace — this clearly means her feelings for Broly aren't pure enough. It's typically ill-intentioned!

Broly, you can agree to her piggy bank proposal, but you must not genuinely fall for such a calculating person!"

"Uh, but the three necessary conditions……"

"The era progresses, the Crystal Palace's selection standards should also change appropriately. Inviting someone to join the Crystal Palace, what do you need true feelings for?"

Below Megumin's statement, many people sent 【Tsk, I'm watching】 expression packs.

"I discovered it. Her earlier words were all nonsense. The point is to not let Broly genuinely fall for that girl named Cila."

"Haha, truly worthy of you, Demon King Megumin. Easily saying the words we couldn't say!"

"Where's your integrity? Where's your bottom line? Is a statement like this fair to a newcomer who hasn't joined yet?"

Wolbach sent an Evil Dragon Covering Face expression below.

"So this is the Crystal Palace's hidden dark schemes. So scary~"

Tsuchimiya Kagura sent a trembling expression.

Today's group chat room was a bit more lively than usual.

Broly gave a thumbs up to Cila: "Everyone in the Crystal Palace is praising you for being smart."

"Eh? It's that harmonious?"

"Because everyone's a good person. By the way, do you want to communicate and get to know everyone?"

"How do we communicate and get to know them?"

"I'll introduce the others' situations first, then act as a mediator to let you communicate with them."

Broly drew the wives' likenesses on the ground and began introducing them to Cila.

But he hadn't finished introducing them all when he had to return to Leka Star. Cila was worried her disappearance would make her friends worry.

Broly took her back.

And in the days that followed, he often shared stories of himself and the other wives with Cila.

Cila listened with great interest, and would also communicate with the others across the distance through Broly.

She gradually got to know the other people in the Crystal Palace, and discovered that those girls from other worlds she'd never met weren't really any different from the companions around her like Luna, Mace, and the others.

And after the trip to Nappa Star, Broly's attitude toward her didn't change much either. Occasionally having him take her into the sky, go to Nappa Star and play with the Bay Beasts, was also completely fine.

Although sharing this with her companion Luna, she said she was acting as a boy's mistress, but it seems there's no problem either.

Because Luna's dream is also to find a rich man in the future and have him support her.

Pity, the others in the Crystal Palace seem to oppose Broly finding capture targets not recognized by the Crystal Palace in his own world to be wives.

Otherwise, Cila really wanted her friend Luna to also get the situation of being taken care of by a boy.

……

Days passed one by one. When Broly was seeing off his Biga Star friends, the Senate in the Capital of Leka Star had also finished its meeting.

"The bill has passed. Starting today, all adult Boman on Leka Star will also be able to obtain Leka Star citizens' voting rights and candidacy rights."

"President Barn, you have made an utterly terrible decision. You have let a group of latecomers gain the same rights as us."

A Laika man with a face full of gloom stood up, his voice suppressing rage sounding as if he were accusing the person opposite, like a traitor to his own species.

"Senator Laken, I must remind you of one thing: this is the result obtained after a vote by all senators in the Senate.

And the senators come from the people's election, so this signifies the will of the people. As for why such a public opinion would arise, I imagine you are even clearer on that.

This is not because of me, but because of you. It is the proposal you of the Immigration Party put forward, the proposal to actively accept the Third Batch Immigrants, that has put the Laika and the Boman on the same front.

Senator Laken, Leka Star can no longer accommodate the Third Batch Immigrants. You and your family and the supporters behind you have already reaped more than enough benefits from the Galactic Federation's Immigration Subsidy Policy in the past.

And now, you should also, for the sake of Leka Star's people, carefully consider some correct things."

President Barn, possessing a pure white goatee, persuaded the man opposite in this manner.

"We will carefully consider this matter, but you will certainly regret the bill passed today in the future."

"I am the Great President of Leka Star. I am certain that the current Leka Star is walking on an utterly correct path!"

"We shall see."

Senator Laken quickly left the Senate's conference lobby. After arriving outside, a Laika immediately approached.

"Lord Laken, the bill granting the Boman voting rights and candidacy rights has passed. We no longer hold a numerical advantage in terms of supporters on whether the immigrant acceptance proposal passes. What do we do now?"

"Contact the other core members of the Immigration Party. I want to convene a meeting for our own people. This meeting will change the unfavorable situation before us!"

Senator Laken, with a gloomy face, issued the order.

(Chapter End)