Chapter 401: My Problem
Perseus POV
"Perseus!" Leilah exclaimed as soon as I got up
"Wait," I stopped her, "Rosa's coming, let's pinpoint her location fast."
I looked around and could see Vince and my parents were in the room as well, they all cared for me too much, this wasn't how I was going to die, I mean in the arms of beautiful women, yes, but not like this.
"Rosa?! You were gone for a day and the first words out of your mouth is the name of anoth-"
"Shut up." I politely cut Leilah off
"Woah." the rest exclaimed
"Quickly. I'll explain as I go."
I then took the gauntlet off just in case it could do the same thing to me while I was awake as well.
*****
The location was close, she appeared in Anna's showers and then accidentally knocked Anna out because of her quick instinct and reflexes. It's a skill she got from living in such a world for so long.
I went in with Buddy, helped Anna put some clothes on, and took Rosa back to our house. Leilah was all over her, she always wanted children after living for so long, a part of her also thought that she had died or something since none of the 3 children who came earlier were her biological children.
Rosa was just quiet and shy, which also made sense since she spent years alone. The way she avoided eye contact, how her sentences trailed off into uncertainty, and the gentle smile that would occasionally come out...
"Arf." Buddy barked
"I know, she's just a bit like me."
"Since when can you understand the fox?" Maple asked
"Our heart is one, so we always understand each other, I can't let it be one-sided."
"Can we adopt her?" Leilah asked
"Um, I was thinking of having a more mature alternate me do that, remember the godlike Perseus who apparently lives in some underwater kingdom?"
"Hey, I'm more than old enough, and you are as well, let's adopt her."
My mental age is indeed old, but I am by no means prepared nor mature enough, but ugh...if I abandon Rosa now, I'll be such a dick, I convinced her to leave her home, and yet I'm going to abandon her...but I'm not prepared for this...
But she's technically older than me, but...she's also emotionally younger than me...author, help!
|This sounds like a you problem.|
Hey, help me here, age me a bit or something.
|You can already use magic to alter your aging, do that yourself. Heck, aren't you Loki? You can shapeshift or even place an illusion projection on yourself.|
That's temporary and it'll only affect my looks. Help me!
|Skill issue.|
"Wait, you don't have other siblings?" Rosa asked, "Where's...nevermind...timelines are weird."
"Woah, the multiverse sure is cool. Anyway, Leilah, let's give Leilah a chance to decide it herself, and she can have time till then, for now just relax, we still got time before all hell breaks loose."
"Can I help?" Rosa asked, "Uncle Vince isn't ready, and I can fight...I don't want this world to end in the same fate as mine."
"Nah, as much as I'd like to receive your help, you deserve some rest, I'll deal with this."
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Alright, now it's time to think of how to sabotage Russo...his citizens are some of the last people who want a war, so that can be used to my advantage. The world should be real scared after my recent attack, I mean, overpowering the heroes AND Phineas?
Russo is probably getting criticized by his mates for picking a fight with the wrong guy...so I can infiltrate and just...fan the flames a bit, maybe having a bit of a Caesar's assassination kind of scenario...
Ah, such a simple plan, yet so effective, now all I need are some papers on a person whom I can easily imitate and use as an identity to infiltrate.
"Well, you look lively." I commented as soon as Leilah came in, "She didn't make the decision yet, did she?"
"No, but..." she trailed off and then sat on my lap, "Rosa...that's one of the names you've had in mind."
"Well her full name is Rosalina, I would never added that last bit."
"Your mom intervened, got the full story." she said before kissing my cheek, "If she wants to stay, just know, the name Rosa is off the table."
"I know, besides, considering that in the timeline, despite being located at a much further point in time, she was born around now, even if our first child is a girl, she's probably not going to look or be the same."
"When do you want our marriage to be?" She asked, "I want to be able to call you husband soon."
"Wait till Ruka asks me out, One of the conditions I placed was that she'll be the one to organize and arrange all my marriages if I win, it'll be hell for her while we can fool around. besides, do we even need marriage for all of this to work? You're all already living with me."
"I just want to announce to every girl in the world that I'm the first wife and I am your number one, this includes the others in your harem."
"Won't signing the marriage registration do that quicker?"
"No, I want to also do a verbal declaration." she insisted, "Should I help you out with Ruka?"
"You? Helping me get with another woman?"
"I'm your number one, it's not like it matters."
"You know, when I marry Dawn, you'll no longer refer to her as Mom since you'll both be my wives...Lilith will have it easy since well...her slapping Dawn was a start of her no longer looking at anyone as superior."
"Where are your hands going?" she asked with a flustered face, "It's...well...your parents and brother are showing Rosa around, I got a good 1 hour and a half to fool around."
"Hmm? I don't know what you're talking about."
"You know, just because a potential daughter showed up, it doesn't mean that I'm in a rush..."
"Well, I'm not either, besides, you're the one fidgeting around here."