[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-esper-harem-in-the-apocalypse":3,"chapter-esper-harem-in-the-apocalypse-esper-harem-in-the-apocalypse-chapter-658":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Esper Harem in the Apocalypse",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1664398,2131,"Chapter 658 An (Un)Familiar Guest","esper-harem-in-the-apocalypse-chapter-658",658,"\u003Cp>\"I want to go there. It sounds so cool, like in the movies…\" Alice mumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can come if you want. I am not stopping you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But we have school tomorrow. Not to mention, you can only take two people with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That rule doesn't matter. The rule is made by the Queen of the underworld, who rules over all the underworld in the world. And… I personally know that Queen, and she won't stop me from taking as many people as I want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In fact, I would rather take all the girls with me,\" he added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, I can't come.\" Reina raised her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know. You all are busy with your stuff, and I don't want to interfere with that. Your daytime belongs to you, but your nighttime will be mine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reina stopped counting money and looked at Rudy with a resolute expression on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That sounded cool, not going to lie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't even need to try to sound cool to be cool.\" He proudly said with a smug look on his face, \"I am always cool.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that wasn't…\" Reina looked at the money in her hand and sighed, \"I forgot the count…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's 112.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you know that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I was counting with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"While talking with Alice and me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yup. And I kind of expected you to mess up the count.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reina squinted her eyes and said, \"You do something awesome and then something stupid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How much does the water park make per day?\" Rudy asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not stable every day. It depends on the number of customers I get.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, but what's the approximate number?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Umm… about five thousand dollars a day on weekdays and almost double on the weekends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's less than I expected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's still one hundred and fifty thousand dollars per month,\" Alice stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Around fifty thousand dollars go into maintenance and expenses each month.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I just increased the price a few weeks ago. If I keep increasing the price every month, it might upset the regular customers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, you are right. Let's increase the price once we renovate the place. I have talked with twenty builders who have previously worked on mega projects all over the world. They will provide us with a 3D blueprint in a few weeks, so you can make changes if you want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's going to cost a lot of money, isn't it…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry about the money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am anxious. What if we never recover the money we spent making an amusement park? Sure, it will become the main attraction of the city, but I don't think people from other cities would come all the way here for that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's why we have to do something no one has. We have to make it so unique and appealing that even people from other countries would come just to get a glance of this place,\" Rudy proclaimed with a serious look on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are setting the bar too high!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's good to have high hopes. And at this point… nothing seems impossible to me. I can do anything I want, and I am not being arrogant when I say that. I have powers, and I can use them however I want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, we can talk about this later. It's getting late, so I will leave for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kissed Reina on the lips and said, \"I also have a surprise planned for you, but that will take a long time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks for spoiling the surprise but not ruining it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are welcome.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rudy grabbed Alice and teleported in front of her house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks for today. I had fun,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you coming to the auction?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know…\" she muttered. \"I want to come, but we have school tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can skip. We have sports week, and our attendance isn't included, so you can skip.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about Janet? We have to pick her up, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can pick her up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And then, what? You will leave after dropping her off, and she will be alone. I think you already know this, but she doesn't have any real friends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She does. What happened to the group she always hung out with?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After Janet started spending time with us, they cut her off. But not completely. They still talk, but they don't invite or include her in their group activities,\" Alice informed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will take care of Janet. If you want to come or change your mind, let me know before 10 PM. I will come to pick you up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\" Alice nodded and leaned forward for the kiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rudy chuckled softly and kissed her on the lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I feel like we haven't been spending enough time together,\" Rudy said to ALice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's just your imagination.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice entered her house while Rudy teleported to his house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced around the sky to check whether someone was watching them, but it was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Are you perhaps looking for me?] A voice asked from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rudy turned around and saw a tiny glowing golden orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was it you the other day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes, but I ran away after you started chasing me.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wasn't chasing you, I just wanted to have a little chat with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I could sense blood thirst from your aura.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was just my normal aura. If I wanted to harm you, I wouldn't have chased you. I can remove you from existence at any given moment. Anyway, what are you? And why can't I sense you still?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[My characteristics are the same as the inanimate objects in your surroundings. Walls, rocks, plants, trees, clouds, water. I can manifest from any of them.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm~\" Rudy hummed in wonder and said, \"That makes sense. But I cannot see any living organs inside you. What are you, exactly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I am an inanimate object.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you are alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Indeed, I am simply using an object to talk to you. My real self is not present in this world. I cannot see or listen to anything. I can simply sense. Your words are being carried away with frequency and hitting this orb, which are later converted into a code and deciphered when they reach me.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That's a nice technique.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I am looking for the Lord.]\u003C\u002Fp>",1047,"2026-06-06T12:42:22.774Z",1,"novelbin.me","7a52977089bbe75ad176c4f2f45aefd6ee13dd58bf33fa2e996abc8f81961869","esper-harem-in-the-apocalypse-chapter-659","esper-harem-in-the-apocalypse-chapter-657",1163,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fesper-harem-in-the-apocalypse-cover.jpg"]