Sena, Tuuli, and Kaida burst into the room naked. I quickly averted my eyes and blurted out.

“Girls you can’t bathe with me.”

Sena responded, “ What are you talking about Lord Crow? The 3 of us are your future wives.”

It seems like the lesson I taught them went over their heads. Damn it, even Tuuli and Kaida too?

“ Wow Lord Crow has a very lean and muscular body!” exclaimed Tuuli.

“ We can help you wash your back!” added Kaida.

“ I want to help wash your important places and you can help wash mine too,” said Sena.

I can’t believe what I heard from Sena. This world’s morality is truly outdated. The three of them were hellbent into getting into the bath. I don’t know how those 3 went from being afraid of me to want to have a bath with me in 1 day. I kept my eyes shut and began walking out of the bathroom. My dream I will never let you make me into a pedophile.

“Okay, you 3 can have the bath.”

“ But Lord Crow, you just started,” pouted Sena.

“ I’m done.”

Sena and the girls seem a little dejected.

“ Leaving so soon Lord Crow? If you leave now, you won’t be able to see me naked in the bath too,” said Azure.

Azure was at the entryway naked as well. My eyes ended up staring at Azure as she walked into the bath. I just remember that in the past of human civilization. Some cultures had co-ed bathing practices. Some places in the world also had nude beaches in modern times. My brain started racking up real-life cultural excuses, er reasons to just to get into the bath with Azure.

Does Azure also like me back? If I choose not to. Would Azure think I am not serious about her? It’s not like I would do anything to them, we are just relaxing in the bath after all. I will have to order those 3 not to touch me though. This is a dream, and I should at least indulged in a little bit of it, right?

I went back to the bath.

I kept my eyes mostly closed and gave Azure some glances now and then. Sena, Tuuli, and Kaida respected my wishes to not get too close to me. They didn’t want to cause me any trouble which was quite mature of them. I ended up giving them lessons about personal space and privacy. Will they also choose to conveniently ‘forget’ this lesson too? I also learned that 15 was the age of adulthood for girls in this world. Girls would sometimes get engaged at 14 though. Azure is 20 years old, and I too am 20 years old in this world. It appears I am about 176 cm (5’9”) and Azure is about 173cm (5’8”). Azure once again thinks of me as an idiot who doesn’t know his age or height. Ouch.

In my desire to look at Azure, I ended up looking at the other girls in that short glance. They must have switched places. I saw something unforgivable. Kaida’s body was full of scars. I never noticed them because of the clothes she was wearing.

“ Kaida those scars of yours… do they hurt?”

“ I will heal up, don’t worry Lord Crow,” sniffled Kaida.

Azure asserted, “ You finally stop looking at me Lord Crow, and now you know the real reason why I’m here.”

“ Could it be? Kaida you wanted to show me your scars?”

“ Lord Crow I was worried you would send me back when you find out about my body full of old scars. I asked Sena and Tuuli to help me out. Sena told me you liked Azure the most so I asked her to help me as well,” sniffled Kaida.

I can hear her began to cry.

“ Kaida I won’t send you back, your mistreatment ends today.”

“ So does that mean you will marry me,” asked Kaida.

“ No, remember the lesson I gave you earlier about finding someone you love.”

“ Then I will be like Sena, I will wait until I am 18 to marry you too Lord Crow,” affirmed Kaida.

Tuuli added, “ Lord Crow I…. want to do as you say instead.”

Yikes. Now both Sena and Kaida are aiming for me. Good thing Tuuli is still a proper girl. I just realized their comments earlier. Tuuli was looking at me directly. Kaida wanted to wash my back because she doesn’t want me to see her many scars. Was Sena trying to hint the important places being Kaida’s Scars? Maybe I’m overthinking it.

It seems like Azure is heading back out. I also headed back out.

“ Azure, I’m sorry for looking at you in the bath, I thought that you liked me back and I didn’t know you were just helping out Kaida, so thank you.”

“ I see,” replied Azure.

Azure didn’t say anymore and left, probably to go to sleep?

I should head back and sleep too. The girls soon left too and they wanted to spend time more time with me. So I obliged. They are the only ones in this dream world who aren’t afraid of me. It was nice having a pleasant conversation and being able to laugh together. I wanted to give more lessons to the girls about the proper ways of growing up but I didn’t want to rush them. There is only so much I can do for them before the dream ended. It was getting really late. I took the girls to their rooms and told them to have a good-night sleep. I headed back to my room.

Tuuli asked, “ Lord Crow, is it really alright for me to love someone else?”

“ Of course Tuuli.”

She gave me another warm smile and a quick hug before running back to her bed. It was a fun day, now time to sleep and end the dream. My bed was super comfy. I almost fell asleep instantly but I suddenly thought about everything that has happened in this dream-like world. It was surreal. My heart broke from the start but mended back stronger than before. I am ready for the real world once more. My heart will now easily handle the misfortunes of life.

But this world... It was too real… the feelings… the people… everything. I felt a sense of deep sadness knowing I will soon leave this world. I haven’t done much but 1 person can’t save a desolated world by themselves, right?