粉红的窗帘

Nikol sat on the throne, his eyes scanning the room with a sense of nervousness, which he didn't show outside.

For him, the throne was a symbol of his dominance over the many girls right now, and he would do whatever it takes to keep it and to make sure the same incident won't happen again.

With a flick of his hand, he signalled the start of the meeting, his voice ringing out with an authoritative tone showing he is no longer a weakling that would wait for others to take his decisions.

The room was silent, save for the sound of Nikol's commanding voice echoing through the halls.

Right now, he was the king, the one in charge, and everyone knew it. His eyes darted from one girl to the next, taking in their every move with a scrutinizing gaze and he didn't forget about the woman next to him, who was looking at him with an anxious gaze.

"First of all, I would tell you everything that happened until now, so none of you would feel out of the loop, and if you have any objections, just raise your hand,"

As Nikol spoke, his voice grew stronger, imbued with the power of his position. It was clear to all who were present that he was not to be trifled with. Each word he spoke carried the weight of his authority, and his subjects hung on her every syllable.

Shortly after announcing that, he started talking about everything that happened from his arrival to the present day, he neglected some useless information to save time, but none of them even had any doubts about his words, as everyone listened to them carefully.

Despite his imposing presence, Nikol was not unapproachable. He spoke with a firm but the caring tone, always willing to listen to the concerns of his girls and the strangers. They were his people, after all, and he was their king.

"So that's how we came here today to discuss what we are going to do from now on, but before that-" Nikol paused for a minute and looked at Leona.

"Where's that bug? Did she escape again? I will really kill her this time if she played some kind of a prank on me," Nikol muttered looking at Leona, but Leviathan was the one who flinched as soon as she heard Nikol's words.

"Nikol," she began, her voice trembling slightly.

"I regret to inform you that Arti passed away, during that fight. She got swallowed by Fenrir,"

Nikol's face remained impassive, his expression showing no emotion, even after he heard those words confusing everyone. But he soon opened his mouth,

"Is that so? Too bad, moving on-" Nikol looked unfazed for others, but only he knew how he was feeling inside.

'Why? Why am I sad? Didn't that insect betray me? Why am I feeling sad? Damn it, me and my weak self'

Nikol kept telling him not to worry for her, forget her but no matter what that playful smile of hers kept coming to his mind, so he quickly changed the topic and decided to get back to the main issue.

"First, I need to know the truth, the truth about everything and the only person that knows all of this is-" Nikol looked at Leviathan with his narrowed eyes, and she responded to his words while standing up proudly while looking at the girls beneath him.

"Fine, I will tell you everything, you need to decide what you're going to do from now on, but before that," She looked at all the girls and her eyes stopped at a certain woman.

"Care to explain me this? Why does she have another life inside her womb?" Leviathan asked pointing at Usha, who was standing next to Alva with her expression rather grim after hearing everything that happened.

Nikol shifted uncomfortably in his chair.

"Yeah, it's true. She's pregnant with my child. Things just happened, you know?"

Leviathan scoffed with her heart almost jumping out of her mouth.

"Things just happened? You went and planted your seed on some random girl without a second thought? Do you even know what you've done? Damn it, this is why I kept you always protected, no matter where we go, girls always try to seduce you, even in the previous world, "

Nikol looked down at his hands, avoiding his sister's angry gaze.

"I know it was a sudden, but it's my decision. And Usha and I are going to take responsibility for our actions. We're going to raise this child together, and many other girls would probably get pregnant by the end of the year, I have to increase the population of this land, I will take the responsibility of each child and woman,"

Leviathan shook her head in disbelief and sadness.

"You think that's enough? Carelessly spreading your seeds without even knowing your true identity, do you even know the consequences of your actions, Nikol?"

As soon as Nikol heard her words, he got up from the throne and looked at her eyes with an annoyed look and his eyes were glaring at her so hard.

"Stop complaining! Don't act like you don't have a part in this, you're the one who lied to me first, you lied to me my whole life, I thought you were the most precious treasure, but look-" Nikol said and pointed at his own face.

"This is the face of a man who got betrayed so many time by the people he loved, all of you lied to me, don't think I care about your opinions now, but doesn't worry, I will do what I have to, I won't abandon any of you, so tell me the truth now,"

Everyone had guilty and saddened expressions including Leviathan, but hearing Nikol's words she decided to tell him everything she knows and explain why she did these things.

"This is a long story, but I will try to summarize it, we don't want to stay here all day," Leviathan said and touched her head like she was trying to remember everything.

"First of all, I will start with your arrival to this land,"

"What I said about us being siblings is true, but we are not exactly from the same blood, we are siblings because we are from the same race," Leviathan said and expected Nikol to question her, but he simply listened to her without disturbing so she continued,

"We didn't have a father, it was all just an illusion, I single-handedly, undertook the responsibility of raising you. It wasn't hard, you were a good boy, and I had no problems, I thought about telling everything to you when you turn eighteen but before that-" Nikol suddenly filled her sentence with his own words.

"Artemis did something, right? That boat accident wasn't your work. Here I was desperate to save you without even knowing your true identity," Leviathan nodded her head hearing his words, but it really hurt her when Nikol said those last words like he was regretting trying to save her.

"I had no idea where you went, so I split myself and had to search so many worlds, and still I didn't get any clue since you were basically a human, but recently I met a dark elf that ran away after you attacked them, she told me everything and thanks to that I was able to find you," Leviathan said and looked at the girls and saw them listening to their conversation. It really pissed her off, but she decided to wait for now.

She didn't want to make Nikol any more disappointed in her.

"So after that, you decided to kidnap me and brought me to the sea folks queendom, and kept me there imprisoned, and now we are here after all the calamity occurred," It was almost like Leviathan was getting pierced by invisible knives, by how harshly Nikol's words were.

"So sister, who exactly am I? Who are you? What is our race, if we are not humans and what is sealed inside me that gives me the power to fight like a madman," Nikol had so many questions, but even Leviathan didn't know the answers to all of them.

"Leviathan, Phoneix and Fenrir, it's mentioned in my forbidden book about their race, they are aco-" Ressha talked but Leviathan suddenly glared at her like she didn't want to listen to any of the girls talking in front of her brother, but Nikol didn't tolerate her behaviour.

"Continue, dark elven queen, Ressha, don't mind her, I won't allow her to injure anyone, as I said this is a meeting with all of you, not just her, I'm glad you decided to talk, I want to know everything from everyone, not just one person," Nikol said and gave permission.

Even though scared, Ressha decided to talk and finish what she was about to do.

"In the book, it's mentioned that when these bring enter a world, it also means that the world will soon disappear, I don't know the accuracy, but our ancestors have witnessed a fight between two such beings in the past, but it is still a mystery what are the side effects of that," Ressha said.

"Leviathan, that is you! And Fenrir is the world we fought earlier, and you call me brother, does that mean I am?"

"You're not Fenrir, brother, Fenrir is a female," Leviathan said almost like she read his mind.

"Then who am I? What is the meaning of this?" Nikol got confused but Leviathan's next words caught everyone in the room by surprise.

"You're Fenrir! You're the one and only younger brother of mine, You're the fourth apocalypse,"