"Now is for President Brent to award him with the official medal and star."

Thus what the host said as Brent put all of his achievement in the last battle on either his chest.

This was Kai's second time getting the award in an official event like this, especially the one with all media covering him.

Just like the first ceremony, Kai became famous worldwide. The reaction was even crazier than the first one since this ceremony allowed him to officially become a general…The youngest one in history as the former record was 20 years old while he was only 19 years old.

Everything looked perfect on the television, but the same couldn't be said for him.

"Huft. Yesterday was tiring." Kai planted his face on the table while grumbling over what happened yesterday.

"You only received the medal and talked with some middle-aged men and old men, no?" Michelle tilted her head in confusion. "Not many attended the ceremony yesterday."

"Yes. That was the only schedule. However, you needed to add the fact that those people were trying to force a marriage into you shamelessly. Even when I rejected them, they kept changing their words, trying to make me agree to it in some weird ways." Kai's tone was tired as if it took more stamina than the war.

However, Michelle understood Kai's misery perfectly and chuckled. "Fufu. So, you needed to come up with a constant excuse."

"Yes. I thought that your grandfather was annoying, but if he were there, I wouldn't need to suffer that experience yesterday. Ah, how I regretted rejecting him…"

Michelle couldn't contain her laughter anymore. Her grandfather is annoying. That's a fact that many know.

When her grandfather attended the ceremony, his presence alone managed to keep fifty percent of them away while he easily handled the other thirty percent. Kai didn't need to do much since he was only required to keep spouting bullsh*ts for a few minutes, and the award ceremony would have ended without anything big.

However, Kai told Nathan that everything would be fine. He shouldn't continue receiving his help because it would look bad to the public.

"Haiz. You have it rough." Tasha laughed. "Luckily, you have me. You don't need to worry about traveling because I can simply teleport us away."

"Yeah…But it's not like we can escape easily from this room." Kai pointed at both the door and window in the room.

He had set up a Sound Insulation Magic to prevent any words from coming into the room, disturbing the little piece he had. However, if they took a look at the window, they would find many girls standing in front of the building, keeping their focus on the room to make sure that Kai came out.

Suddenly, Dark Michelle came out, hugged, and kissed him. She licked her lips and asked, "How about me shutting them up?"

"Oi!" Michelle never thought that she would appear by herself and pulled her hair. "What the heck are you doing?"

"You promise me that I can spend time like this."

"It seems that I was wrong to give you more freedom to appear. You wouldn't get my permission anymore to appear without saying anything." Michelle snorted.

"In that case…" Michelle clung to his neck while pointing at another door in the room. "Let's go there. I have a limited time, so we should do it when it's possible."

"You…"

When Michelle was about to erupt, Kai already patted Dark Michelle's head and said with a smile. "Haha. Maybe in the future, okay? It's not like I don't like you or whatsoever, but let this progress a bit more, alright? I am sure that you can wait for a little longer."

Dark Michelle then released his neck and nodded docilely. "If that's what you want, then I will be waiting. Since you respect my wish by giving me a chance, I won't get too pushy either."

"Thanks." Kai smiled and kissed her forehead. Unfortunately, there was no feeling in that kiss because Dark Michelle was only a shadow no matter how realistic she looked.

Even so, it was enough for Kai to show his affection.

Dark Michelle reciprocated the feeling by kissing his cheek before disappearing while waving her hand. "Alright. I will leave for now. I am looking forward to our date."

"Yeah."

Michelle let out a long sigh after receiving the power back. "How can you handle her that easily?"

"She is nice and understanding. Because you are so passive, she loves teasing you. After all, both of you are the same Michelles." Kai smiled.

Bang.

Suddenly, the door was slammed open as Shirotsuka Sanae entered the room. Even so, none of them could actually see her due to the mountain of presents on her hands.

She even closed the door with her foot and dropped all the presents on the table.

"This is yours, superstar." She grunted after getting stuck outside the door for ten minutes just to bring all the presents from the girls outside.

"Thanks for your hard work, Teacher." Kai scratched the back of his head embarrassedly.

"What thank you? I went through hell just to enter this room."

"Ahaha… I can understand that well." Kai nodded in agreement as he had been enduring it since a few days ago after that news. The reporters kept waiting for him outside his house and his fan club was born.

On one hand, he thanked them since he had everything covered, allowing Tasha to live freely with her power. On the other hand, this change really took a toll on his mind.

And Sofia seemed to want to add another flavor to this mixed feeling.

"Actually, I have one good news and bad news for you, Kai. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"I haven't been in a good mood since two days ago, so I want to hear the Good news first."

"Good news…The school principal has been replaced. In other words, when you come to my school, you won't need to handle the principal because the government is trying to deal with you seriously."

"And the bad news?"

"My grandfather is the one replacing her."

"…" Kai twitched his eyebrows. "Just asking, but why would he become the principal?"

"Just theoretically speaking, if we put Sir Nathan and my grandfather face to face in a situation like this, they wouldn't stop talking about their plan for a whole day."

"So, they are the same type." Kai facepalmed and sighed. "Haiz. When can I get time to live peacefully."

"You won't have it anymore. Haha, serves you right." Sanae laughed as she opened the present, which contained cookies and ate them.

"And you are enjoying yourself with the presents?"

"Then, you are going to eat everything?"

Kai fell silent before correcting himself. "Please enjoy."

"Good." She continued serving herself with all kinds of snacks from the presents the girls gave Kai.

Meanwhile, Kai wondered whether he could still change what had been agreed upon. "Can I pay a fee to escape from this situation?"

"No. My Base won't take it lightly and there is a potential of war against each other, which we don't want to see. That's why, just come and marry me. Everything will be solved."

"Well… We can talk about it in the future. We have something more important going on, so…yeah." Kai let out a long sigh.

"!!!"

He soon realized that his words shocked everyone, especially Sofia.

Unknowingly, tears came out of her eyes, falling into her cheek. Even Sofia couldn't understand why it happened and started wiping her tears while asking herself with a confused tone. "Eh? What happened? Why was I crying? I was saying that because I knew that everything was going to be arranged and…"

After knowing Kai for almost nine months, she had begun to change and calmed down. The desire that she thought was "arranged" had completely been suppressed by her real feeling. That was why when Kai said those words, her earlier expectation was shattered, replaced by the genuine feeling.

That genuine feeling rejected the idea and created a conflict in her heart, resulting in her tears.

Michelle, Ayaka, and Tasha facepalmed. With the addition of Sofia, there were already five of them. No matter how they said it, they still had trouble accepting so many people into the "family."

Luckily, it was not an arranged marriage that forced Kai to marry someone since he himself said he would consider it in the future.

At the very least, they already knew Sofia and her character, so it was easier to swallow. Still, the situation couldn't be more awkward than this.

"You all…Get a room already." Sanae let out a long sigh. "You bastard… If only you were a bit older or I were a bit younger, I would eat you already."

"Teacher, please don't joke." Kai sighed as he wondered how to escape this situation.

As the atmosphere became awkward, Evan subconsciously made a small heart on the table with a marker. Inside, he wrote three names.

Evan.

Isabelle.

And…

Leisa.