Love X Harem

"Atrafinis will soon come. A great shadow who is sleeping in the darkness will soon awaken. When the great shadow awakens it will devour everything in its way till nothing is left. The only one who can stop it is the massager of love, "THE HAREM GOD." He will be the one who will defeat the great shadow. He will be the one who will bring the DAWN. He will be the one who will marry Harmonia, and their son will be the next god who will rule over Ortus, and he will bring a new golden age to whole Ortus."

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In a dark room, a middle-aged man was lying in his bed and reading manga on his laptop. That middle-aged man is me. My name is Erik Lowenberg and I turned thirty-five not too long ago. Momentarily I am reading the final chapter of a manga called Nisekoi.

"I really love harems, but this was just HORRIBLE"

That was the first thing that I sad after finishing reading it. The manga had so much potential, but after the first rejection the manga only went downhill and the final chapter was by far the worst. I just wish there were more manga out there who had a true harem ending.

*knock* *knock* *knock*

I mean really how much of an idiot can Raku be. I mean six beautiful young girls who love him so much they would marry him, and he chooses just one, and on top of that the one with the worst personality.

*knock* *knock* *knock* *knock*

"Erik are you there?!"

Don't get me wrong I really liked all the girls in his harem, but I think the other girls like Marika, Onodera or Yui deserve his love much more.

*knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock*

"ERIK OPEN UP! IT'S ME ELENA!"

Poor Onodera. The author must really hate her. But the character I feel sorry the most is Tsugumi. She was my favorite character and the girl I was rooting for the most, but her romance with Raku ended before it even started.

*knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock* *knock*

"ERIK ARE YOU OK?! CAN YOU HEAR ME?!"

Just as I was daydreaming I heard someone knocking on the door of my apartment. I knew it could be only one person.

"I hear you! You don't need to start to scream like a howler monkey!"

The one who was knocking on the door was my old friend and neighbor Elena Liebermann. I met her in nursing school and soon after that, we became friends. She was always there when I needed her. Thanks to her I found a job after graduation and she also helped me to raise my two daughters. I really don't know what I would do without her.

"I'm coming, just wait a few seconds!

I jumped out of my bed and went to the door to open it. As soon as I opened the door I saw Elena standing there with teary eyes and angry expression on her face.

"Um....sorry I didn't want to worry you."

Just as I said it, out of the blue she started hugging me tightly.

"You idiot! You barricaded yourself in this apartment for a whole week! Of course, I would get worried! Why didn't you answer any of my calls or messages! You worried me to death!"

"Sorry I was reading manga the whole day and totally forgot everything around me."

I really am the worst. How could have I made her cry? She is always so considerate, and I made her cry. I'm definitely the worst.

*sniff* *sniff* *sniff*

"You stink. I can tell that you didn't take a bath for a whole week. Your beard is also unshaved, why is it smelling here so strange and why is it so dark in here?"

"I closed the curtains because I don't like it when strangers from the street can see what I am doing in my house ."

To be more precise, I just wanted to masturbate without anyone watching me.

Elena stopped hugging me wiped away the tears on her eyes. Her sad face turned into an angry one again.

"Seriously, I knew you were using your sick leave to just slack off, but if you lock yourself in a sticky and dark room like this you will really get sick."

After she said that her angry face became a happy one. After that she went to one of the windows and opened it.

"With a little more sunshine and fresh air you will soon feel much better."

"Thanks Elena, but I don't think this will let me feel any better."

"We all have been worried about you. Since the day you sent Belinda to live with Angelica you have been like a totally different man."

Belinda is my younger adoptive daughter. This year she turned fourteen and she really has become a beautiful young woman. It seems like every day she looks more and more like her moter.

Angelica is my older adoptive daughter who momentarily lives in America. She went there because she wanted to go to college abroad.

"I still don't understand how you could do something like that to her."

"It was a hard decision, but I had to put some distance between us."

"Why? What happened between you two?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"...ok... but if you decide that you do want to talk about it you can always come to me."

"I know. You have done so much for me over the years I don't know how I could ever repay you."

"You don't need to repay me anything. We are friends and that's why friends are there."

"Is that so? Because I think of you as more than just a friend."

Hearing my words Elena becomes shocked for a moment and started blushing.

"Really?"

"Yes. Sometimes it really feels like you are my wife."

"...I am glad to hear that"

After I spoke those words to Elena she started looking at me with a beautiful smile. And so Elena and I were staring at each other for a few seconds without saying anything. I really have forgotten what a beautiful woman she is. Even in her mid-thirties she still looks so charming. Her beautiful long brown hair. Her emerald green eyes. Her beautiful slim figure. Everything on her is just so beautiful. The only thing she lacks is bust. Don't get me wrong, it's not that she has small b.r.e.a.s.ts, they're just....average. Oh well, nobody is perfect. I personally don't like milfs and prefer younger women, but even I must admit that she is a first-class beauty. Maybe...I really should ask her to marry me? Maybe I have luck and she will say yes? Maybe she feels the same way I do? The longer I stared at her, the more and more such questions started popping into my mind. I really wish this moment could have lasted forever. But like all good things in life...it had to end.

*GROWL*

"Erik...did you eat anything today?"

"No"

"Erik you are a grown-up man and you still don't know when you should eat."

"I was just planing to make something for dinner."

"....."

"After reading some manga."

"*sigh* It really seems you are hopeless. But don't worry. I will be cook something for you. Because helping people like you who can't help themself is my mission in life!"

That's my Elena, always bright and optimistic. She really loves helping people, and because of that, she is very popular with the patients. She really knows how to speak with all kinds of people unlike me. Her outgoing and bright personality combined with her beauty makes her also very popular with a lot of men. Since I know her I have seen countless men hitting on her, but in the end, all of them got rejected. When I ask her why she always rejected them she always sad "They just weren't my type." The more I think about it the more I start to shame myself for just thinking that a man like me could be with a woman like her. She would never marry a stinking and lazy v.i.r.g.i.n who can't even take care of himself without someone around him. I'm really the worst of the worst.

"Let's see what you got in your fridge."

When I heard those words I already knew she was planning to test one of her weird food experiments on me. I prayed to God that she would cook something good this time. Last time she made waffles with pasta sauce. I just hope it at least tastes good this time.

*GROWL*

Who am I kidding, I'm so hungry I would eat it anyway.

"Hey, Erik look what I found, your phone. No wonder you were ignoring all my calls and messages."

How did my phone get in there?

"Let's see. The only missed calls you have are from my and your little brother."

"Ah, Alfred surely wants to borrow money from me again."

"Why are you so sure?"

"Because he never called me for anything else."

My little half-brother Alfred Lowenberg was always a trouble maker ever since he was a kid. When he got into puberty he became obsessed with women and s.e.x. He lost his v.i.r.g.i.n.i.t.y with 14 (or so he says) in a brothel to which my father took him to. Nowadays he is just a womanizer who only thinks about s.e.x. I think he once tould me he had three girlfriends at the same time and none of them knew about each other. The next day I saw him completely beaten up.

"Hey, Erik there is a message for you from a woman who calls herself Aphrodite."

Aphrodite...didn't I had a classmate in secondary school (hauptschule) who had the same name?

"She says she invites you to a class reunion."

"Ah, that Aphrodite. Say to her I won't be coming."

"Why? That sounds like a lot of fun. You are going to see all, your old classmates you had fun with back in school."

"I only have bad memories from that time. They all bullied me back then. There was really no boy in my class I didn't had a fight with at least once. I think I even fought with the girls. I don't see anything good in seeing those assholes again. And besides, I don't want to see HER."

"Wait a second. Wasnt secondary school also the time you and Ana were together in the same class?"

The girl she is referring to is Ana Rosenfeld... no her name should now be Ana Wolff. Anyway, she is my old childhood friend. My mother and her aunt were also childhood friends and because of that we met each other at the age of three. We were really like brother and sister and always played with each other as much as we could. However, as time went on, we grew older, went to different elementary schools and lost contact. Later because of my parent's divorce I changed schools and ended up in the same class as Ana. It was also that time that I fell in love with her. However, that class would soon become my personal hell. Fist they all said they wanted to be friends with me, but as soon as they realized that I was not like them things started to change. First, they started picking on me, then they started pulling pranks on me and before I knew it I was in a war with the whole class. Their pranks became more and more humiliating and their provocations became more intense. I decided to fight back and started to pick fights with the boys, but I always lost because they always outnumbered me. After every fight, I would start crying before the whole class. The only one who would always save me was Ana. She always would stop them when she could or call the teachers. However, the boys also started to target Ana and the girls also started picking on her. The worst thing was that I couldn't do anything to help her. Instead, she was always the one helping me, even if she self was also suffering and that was all my fault. At that time I lost the will to live. The day I graduated from secondary school was without joke one of the happiest day in my life. After graduation, Ana and I went to different schools again but this time we stayed in contact. Over time I noticed how Ana started changing. She started to wear high heels, extensive makeup, and fake nails. Soon she found herself a boyfriend. That rich boyfriend of hers soon knocked her up and married her. After her marriage, I broke up all contact with her but a few years later I met her by coincidence again, but after that I have never heard of her again.

"Yea but I don't want to see her."

"Why?"

"Because I don't know what I should say to her."

"Well you can just ask her "How are you doing?" or "What have you been doing all thous years?"

"But what if her husband comes to the class reunion and what if she doesn't even want to see me, and besides I really don't want to see anyone of them again."

"Erik stop making excuses. If you don't go now you will regret it for the rest of your life. Is there really no one else besides Ana you would like to see?"

"Well, there was a girl in my class I and Ana were friends with. She was also bullied because of her burned face, but most of the time they avoided her because of her face. She often tried to help Ana and me but without success. I remember that she was very shy and had low self-esteem, I really would like to know what happened to her."

"Then it's decided! Tomorrow we are going to your class reunion!"

"Wait a second. You are going with me as well?"

"Of course if there are any problems I will be there to help you. Did you really think I would let you go into the cave of the lion alone?"

"Thanks Elena."

"No problem. Besides I'm very curious to meet all your old classmates."

That night before the class reunion I was sleeping peacefully, something I was unable to do those past few months. But little did I know that this would be the beginning of my new life and the end of my old one.