PAID

To be honest, things felt a bit awkward with Alice.

Unlike the others, who I had spent considerable time with, Alice and I were still getting to know each other. With the others, we had already grown close enough to realize we cared for each other, leaving little doubt in our relationships.

“So, I wanted to ask you something.”

“...You want to know if I like you, Instructor?”

Hmm. I’m not an instructor anymore, but she still insists on using that title.

“Yeah, that’s part of it. But also, you know our situation isn’t exactly… normal.”

Lee Yuri, Kang Do-hee, Shin Se-hee, Fall Senior (Im Ga-eul), Sophia, Ichika, and even my mentor.

One guy with multiple women—it’s absurd.

Especially in this world, which operates on a reversed power dynamic and a strict meritocracy.

If this were my previous life, it’d be the equivalent of one woman being shared among several men.@@novelbin@@

The fact that I live-streamed the “Cupid Majin’s Curse” to explain the situation saved me from backlash, but otherwise, I’m certain I’d have been severely criticized by now.

“So, I’m giving you the chance to decide. You could still meet someone better than me and pursue a normal relationship.”

As for the Majin’s curse, well… I could explain it away by saying that the curse was weaker on those without any feelings for me to begin with.

To be honest, Alice is closest to my ideal type among the party members.

Her sapphire-blue eyes, silky silver hair, sharp nose, and crimson lips—perfection.

Even though I’d heard from the Sword Emperor (Geomje) that her looks were artificially crafted, it didn’t change the fact that Alice was exactly my type.

Sword mastery improves when training with someone you strive to surpass.

For every soul you are bonded with, all stats increase by 1%.

Current Bonded List: Lee Yuri, Kang Do-hee, Shin Se-hee, Im Ga-eul, Sophia, Ichika, Alice, Baek Seol-hee, and Lina. Total increase: 9%.