What Do You Mean There Are Other Transmigrators In My Harem Fantasy? - Chapter 1376: I’m Not Under Control

Chapter 1376: I’m Not Under Control

When I returned back to the mortal plane again, I found myself being surrounded by my girls, all of them looking at me in worry.

“Ufufufu~ It would have been fine if you slept a little longer, my little one~” Mother giggled.

She then leaned down and gave me a kiss on my forehead before she started stroking my hair.

Looking around, it seems like we were still the only ones in the temple and I was stuck in Mother’s arms as she cradled me in her embrace.

“Umm… Did I miss something?” I asked.

“You were laying there for quite a long time, Mistress,” Katsuki answered me.

Oh… Oh yeah… I remember falling asleep with Srii so I guess she sent me back afterwards?

I sat up, right as Ira stepped towards me, her expression unreadable.

“Aster? I want to speak with you… Privately.”

Tsara was quick to appear beside her, “What could you even want to speak about that requires you to be in private with Lady Aster?”

Ira didn’t even bother looking in Tsara’s direction nor did she respond to her, opting to just focus on me instead.

I could see from her eyes that she was serious so I turned to my girls and gave them a nod.

I was worried that Mother might not agree but surprisingly, she released me and allowed me to stand on my own.

“Ufufufu~ We shall wait for you outside, my little one~”

All of them left the temple, though Tsara looked reluctant to do so until Odeta went ahead to pull her along by the arm.

I watched all of them filter out of the temple before the door shut behind them, leaving only Ira and myself behind inside the building.

The woman with red eyes looked at me seriously, “Aster… Did one of the Goddesses pull me in front of them earlier?”

Ah, she must be asking about being teleported in front of Nilali…

I hesitated but figured there was no reason to lie and it was pretty obvious anyway.

“Yes, you did…”

“Which God was that?”

“Goddess Nilali, if you know her?”

Ira sank into thought for a moment before looking back at me, “Aster… What do you think about that goddess?”

“Eh? Umm… I guess she’s nice? And if I have to admit… She is pretty… Why?”

She opened her mouth to say something but snapped it shut, her eyes darting around the temple as though she was checking to see if we were alone.

I guess at this point, she must have realised that talking about the gods here in their own temple might be a bad idea.

She then did something with her hands where blood seemed to seep out from her hands to form into a symbol before it turned into a translucent bubble that expanded to cover the both of us in a dome.

With that in place, she continued, “Aster, I believe the Gods are controlling you.”

I blinked at her, “Controlling me? Err… How?”

“They are messing with your head. I’ve seen and experienced it myself in that short moment I was in front of that Goddess. To think that my mental defenses were useless in front of her… And here I thought I was prepared enough to face the Gods…”

I scratched my cheek, “Umm… Sorry Ira… But I don’t think that’s happening at all…”

Ira raised her hand, “Don’t judge too quickly… Here, I will prove it to you.”

She moved her hands in front of her in a circle, creating another rune that was much larger in size with her blood that flowed out from her fingertips.

The rune illuminated itself with a flash of red light before it transformed into red particles to flow into me.

I wasn’t sure what this was for but I trusted her so I just stood there and allowed her to do whatever she was doing.

But even after all the particles of light disappeared into my body, I don’t feel any different.

Contrary to me, Ira was looking quite content as she gestured at me, “There, how do you feel?”

I looked down at myself, trying to see if there were any physical changes.

When I found none, I looked back up at her, “I don’t feel any different?”

Ira did not seemed surprised and simply continued, “What do you feel about the Goddess you were talking about earlier?”

Hmm? Why is she asking me the same question again?

Nevertheless, I answered her again, “She’s nice? And she is pretty.”

That seemed to surprise her as she stared at me for a good long minute before she waved her hand again, creating a different rune in front of her that hovered for a longer moment before it dispersed and flowed into my body.

“What about now?”

“Umm… I’m really not sure what you are trying to do but my opinion hasn’t changed? She really is nice and pretty? I mean… You saw her right? She’s really, really pretty. Ah, not saying that she’s more pretty than any of you, of course, I think everyone has their own beauty~ Ehehe~”

I’m not just giving her lip service either because those were my genuine feelings.

Everyone is beautiful and all of my girls has a part of them that makes me love them individually.

Like Katsuki has her tails… Odeta has her abs… Lisa has her–

“This shouldn’t be possible… Is the effect deeper than I am capable of removing?” Ira interrupted my thoughts.

I tilted my head at her, “Why don’t you tell me what’s going on, Ira? Maybe I can understand better if I know what you’re trying to do?”

She looked back at me before narrowing her eyes, “Aster… I’m telling you the truth… That Goddess has messed with your mind to make you like her. When I dropped in front of her, I found myself seeing her almost the same way as I’m seeing you right now. She had brainwashed me to love her and there’s no doubt she did the same to you as well.”

It took me a moment to realise what she was talking about and I clapped my hands together, “Ohhhh! Umm… Yeah… About that… Err… Let me explain… She didn’t do that to you intentionally…”

Ira frowned, “What do you mean? Are you telling me she did it by accident?”

“Not exactly… It’s err… Ok… She’s the goddess of love, you see… And each goddess has their own domains which kind of amplifies whatever they are a personification of… Do you get where I’m going with this?”

“Are you telling me that being in her domain made me fall in love with her?”

“Well… Something like that?”

“What about you, Aster?”

“Umm… I was affected by it once–”

“I knew it! I have to dispel it from you!”

I raised my hands, “You don’t need to… I have my own skill which also dispels these types of effects, so I’m not affected by her domain.”

“Wait… You do? But… Even my own skill was helpless against it. What skill is that?”

“Ah… It’s a unique skill… The problem with it is that I have to actively channel it in order to protect my mind from influence… So if I don’t do it, I would be affected too.”

“Then that Goddess could have used it on you before you have it activated, couldn’t she? She’s definitely brainwashing you!”

“Well… I know she isn’t… Because when I activated it, all of her domain’s effects disappeared from my mind. So it does remove the effect after activation.”

“But… You are clearly still under the effects! You still like her!”

I chuckled, “Ehehe~ That’s because I do like her, Ira. Not because she’s controlling me to like her but because I genuinely do like her. She’s been nice to me and even helped me before so I have nothing against her. And well… She really is pretty, like I said. You saw her, didn’t you? Don’t you think she’s pretty?”

She scoffed, “Of course, not. There is no one else that I would even consider beautiful in this World aside from you, Aster.”

I couldn’t help but feel a little tingly at her words and pulled her into an embrace, “Awww~ I think you’re pretty too Ira~ Your eyes especially~ They are so beautiful, you know? I like to look at them~”

She blinked, “My eyes? Why would this pair of red eyes be beautiful? Don’t they scare you?”

“Eh? Why would I be scared? They are so beautiful~ I mean… Didn’t you catch me staring at you while we were… Umm… Making love? That’s why you kept looking away? I thought you were being shy.”

“No? I thought you were scared of my eyes?”

…

Wait a minute…

“Ira… Do you… Perhaps… Have a complex about your eyes?”

“Of course? They are ugly and unnatural. Anyone who sees my eyes would be petrified or afraid,” She huffed before turning away. “Anyway… I understand now… The Goddess was not manipulating you to love her so you don’t need to worry about me or flatter me like that…”

…

Oh no… I have to make her understand that I really do find her eyes beautiful.