[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc":3,"chapter-my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-chapter-96":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Harem of Dangerous and Crazy Women as a Reincarnated Necromancer",{"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},751587,997,"Chapter 96: Ceasefire","my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-chapter-96",96,"\u003Cp>\"Good, so that topic is more or less wrapped up for now,\" Mark said. \"Which means there’s only one more thing left to address...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as he said it, his gaze drifted slowly until it came to rest, without any attempt to hide it, on Rose and Alice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As some of you may already know, during the journey back... an incident occurred that shouldn’t have happened,\" Mark said in a notably calm tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And two of you ended up fighting each other.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aria and Ely turned their heads toward Rose and Alice at the same time, but neither said anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose had her lips slightly pressed together and her gaze fixed on an undefined point on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice, for her part, was rigid, fists clenched and green eyes locked on her own feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"While I’m not going to go into the details of what happened because it isn’t necessary...\" Mark took a deep breath. \"First I want to apologize to you all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing their Master’s words, everyone was left in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the first to break the silence was once again Ely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Apologize?\" she said with a confused expression. \"Why, Master?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I’m your leader... and I clearly wasn’t competent enough to prevent that situation from happening,\" Mark replied, letting out a sigh. \"I knew there was tension between the two of them, and yet I did nothing about it, assuming it would sort itself out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master...\" Aria said, snapping out of her shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I apologize to all of you,\" Mark said, looking at each one present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence that followed his words was long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ely wore an expression of total disagreement, her mouth half open as if she wanted to say something but didn’t know how to start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aria had gone quiet with a serious expression, which coming from her was quite uncommon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuki remained motionless with a slight frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And both Rose and Alice were exactly the same, eyes on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until Alice decided to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord,\" she said in a firm voice, stepping forward and making the others look at her. \"You have no reason to apologize.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alice—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\" she interrupted, and her voice came out stronger than Mark had expected. \"You are an excellent Master, my lord, and what happened that night was not your responsibility.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice swallowed before continuing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was my fault and my jealousy...\" Alice continued with her jaw slightly clenched, as if each word cost her physical effort. \"I knew I was letting my emotions build up, and instead of trying to fix things... I stayed quiet and bottled everything up until I exploded.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Alice open up like that, nobody said anything for several seconds until, surprisingly, Rose spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not only your fault.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice’s eyes opened and she looked toward the vampire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m also responsible for what happened,\" Rose continued in a tone that was noticeably different from the mocking one she usually used with Alice. \"Probably just as responsible as she is, or even more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rose...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I noticed her jealousy from the very first day,\" Rose said, crossing her arms and looking away to one side. \"And instead of acting like the adult I’m supposed to be, I decided to provoke her even more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The laughs, the looks, the comments...\" Rose listed. \"I did all of that because I found it entertaining to see her get annoyed, and I didn’t realize how far I was taking it until it was already too late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose looked directly at Alice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So Alice... I’m sorry for how I acted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t have to be,\" Alice said, slowly shaking her head. \"You could have provoked me as much as you wanted, but it was me who decided to throw a punch instead of using words.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even so—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was my decisions that made the situation escalate so quickly,\" Alice cut her off in a tone that left no room for argument. \"If I had kept my composure, none of that would have happened, so don’t carry all the blame.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright... but for the record, at least half of it is mine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll accept that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While there was still some tension, it was the closest Alice and Rose had come to something resembling an agreement since they had met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark, who had been watching everything from the throne without intervening, leaned back slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Well... looks like that resolved itself more easily than I thought.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the truth was he was genuinely surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had mentally prepared himself to have to mediate, or to give a long speech about coexistence, mutual respect, and all the things a leader was supposed to say in these situations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But none of that was necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two had apologized to each other on their own, without him needing to force or pressure them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Maybe I underestimated them a little.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark was about to consider the matter closed when he noticed something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ely and Aria hadn’t said a single word throughout that entire part of the conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And considering the topic, that was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ely, Aria...\" Mark said, directing his gaze toward them. \"What do you think about what just happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ely and Aria looked at each other for a second, and then Aria stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think it’s stupid,\" she said in a tone so direct that Mark hadn’t seen it coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Stupid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stupid,\" Aria repeated, nodding firmly. \"Fighting to that extent, risking your lives, destroying things, making a scene in front of the Master while he was sick... all of that was stupid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark looked at her completely surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because think about it, Master,\" Aria continued, turning to look at the others. \"The Master loves all of us. ALL of us. That’s something we all know, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others didn’t respond, but none of them denied it either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So hurting one of us is like hurting you,\" Aria said in a tone that sounded unusually mature for her. \"Because if any of us gets hurt, the Master would be the first to suffer from it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...That was surprisingly well put,’ Mark thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he looked at Ely, who had her arms crossed and was nodding with her eyes closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ely, what do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ely opened her eyes and looked at him with a serious expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I agree with Aria — fighting over who the Master loves more is ridiculous,\" Ely said in a tone that sounded like she was stating the most obvious thing in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh,\" Mark said, genuinely impressed. \"Well, I’m glad—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because it’s obviously me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aria turned her head toward Ely so fast there was an audible crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Excuse me?\" Aria said with narrowed eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You heard me,\" Ely replied without even looking at her. \"The Master loves me more, it’s always been that way, it’s a universally accepted fact.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Universally accepted by WHO?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"THAT DOESN’T COUNT!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course it counts, Aria, I’m the head wife, my word is law.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your word is not law, Ely!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes it is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Master’s favorite is me!\" Aria said, stepping toward Ely with puffed cheeks. \"It’s me, it’s always been me, and it always will be me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In your dreams!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"MASTER!\" Aria shouted, spinning toward Mark. \"TELL HER!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"MASTER, YOU TELL HER!\" Ely shouted at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark looked at both of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he looked at Rose, who had a hand over her mouth very clearly holding back a laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he looked at Alice, who had her eyes slightly wide with an expression of bewilderment, as if she couldn’t believe what she was seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally he looked at Yuki, who was simply watching the spectacle with boredom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I should have seen this coming...’\u003C\u002Fp>",1285,"2026-06-02T12:17:11.958Z",1,"novelbin.me","77652d05d31e50a01627fe30a2842a3ede82ac1907de1201b41c1e2108e86802","my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-chapter-97","my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-chapter-95",190,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-cover.jpg"]