Extra's Rebirth: I Will Create A Good Ending For The Heroines

Chapter 516 516: Hero Coronation

"You did… what?" Edna stood up and walked over to him.

It seemed that her motherly instincts had kicked in and she was giving him quite a glare. Azel raised his hand up like a criminal that was guilty.

"No, it's not like that. I made him do it." Naelia said with a grin as she looked back at Ira who had shock written over her face.

Ira had realized it had happened when he was staying with them at the Grand Mage's mansion and her face twisted in a mixture of disbelief and something close to betrayal.

"Azel is a pretty easy guy."

"I'm not that easy." Azel said with a sigh as he sat up with Naelia still on his lap, feeling the weight of every stare in the room. "And you seem to have grown since the last time we saw each other."

Naelia wiped the tears from her eyes with her sleeve and stood up, posing with a smile on her face as she showed off her hips. The girl had definitely filled out more since their last meeting.

"Like what you see?" She asked, doing a little turn that made her dress swirl. "Though the last time we did it… I didn't get pregnant unfortunately, whatever we can always do it again."

Azel stood up as well and smiled, though there was a nervous edge to it given the current audience.

"We will not. My hips hurt as hell." Azel said while stretching and Lillia popped up at his side scaring him half to death.

"Papa… what are you using your hips to do?" She asked with those innocent eyes that made every adult in the room want to disappear.

Azel jumped in the spot while most of the girls at the table face-palmed. He had just dug his own grave with a shovel made of his own stupidity.

"Yes Papa… what did you mean by that?" Raphael asked with the kind of curious tone that meant he'd store this information for later use. Lysandra looked intrigued too, tilting her head at him.

"It's some kind of exercise." He said while swinging his hips to the side in a funny way that looked absolutely ridiculous. "You see?"

Lillia looked away immediately, pretending that she didn't know him at all. It was embarrassing to see and that made several girls at the table laugh out loud as well, including Esme who tried to hide it behind her hand.

"Hey! Stretches aren't funny…" Azel protested weakly and Naelia laughed so hard she had to hold her stomach, then her face turned back to normal as she composed herself.

"Azel… I'd like to use your restroom." She said and Azel turned over to Edna who stiffened like she'd been called to the principal's office.

"Edna, be a darling and show her to the restroom." Azel said.

It was clear they wanted to talk in private, and they would most certainly talk it over. It was better to do so than to act awkward and make the others suspect something was wrong between them.

"O… Okay." Edna said and began to move however Azel leaned forward and kissed her on the lips before patting her on the head gently.

"The sauce tastes nice." He said making her blush a deep red while Naelia looked as if she was going to punch him square in the face.

Eventually though, the both of them went up the stairs and left Azel downstairs with the rest of his chaotic family.

Lillia cleared her throat loudly.

"Ew… you're always doing those with mama." She said with a look of small disgust. "It's weird."

Azel chuckled while placing a hand on her head and ruffling her hair affectionately.

"There's nothing weird about kissing the one that you love." Azel said with a smile on his face as he held her hand and they walked to the table together.

"Does that mean in the future… If I have a husb—"

Azel stopped dead in his tracks and gave his daughter a look that could freeze hell itself, making all the other girls laugh at his immediate panic. He pulled her along quickly.

"You're too young to say words like that… It's clear, you'll be staying with Papa forever. Do you have any problems with that?" Azel said, his tone leaving no room for argument. "If you're going to get a husband then he should be capable of defeating me."

For that battle, he would be using the full force of divinity to unleash hell upon anyone who dared to challenge him for his daughter's hand.

"Men are very evil, except me… your brother, Uncle Feng and that bastard Alvinus."

"I see Papa." She said with the kind of obedient tone that meant she'd absolutely ignore this advice in the future.

Azel took the head of the seat once more while Lillia went back to her own mini-table. It seemed another chair had been added and this was where Elizabeth, Naelia's younger sister sat with an expression that showed she was deeply uneasy about this entire situation.

"Oh Elizabeth… you want to use the restroom too? You can join the—"

With that, the girl stood up and burst into a run heading up the stairs like her life depended on it.

"She didn't even let me finish…" Azel muttered.

Then he turned to the new additions for today and smiled warmly, trying to make them feel welcome despite the absolute chaos they'd witnessed.

"I'm glad all of you could make it today. This is my home and I have multiple wives… these are all of them." Azel said proudly, though he glanced at the girls to see their reactions carefully.

Stella had no visible reaction. In fact the Grand Mage puffed her chest as if she was proud of herself and her position.

However the same could not be said for Irielle who was all red and fanning herself with her spoon like it might cool her burning face.

'I'm Master's wife too?' She thought.

It was amazing and it made her heart hammer in her chest like a drum. Mira was more or less trying to hide her embarrassed face behind her hands while Anastasia looked prideful as well, sitting up straighter.

Mynes herself looked proud too, a small smile on her lips.

Flare looked at everyone else and sighed under her breath.

"I expected something like this…" Flare said while coughing into her hand delicately. "I just came here to check how you were doing, with the permission of my family of course."

Esme smiled tightly as she looked down at her food.

"I came here cause I was worried… but it seems you're doing fine with all these women." She said and then began eating quickly, shoveling food into her mouth faster than was probably healthy.

It was a new habit she had developed called stress eating... Esme couldn't believe it.

He already had these many beautiful women. Where the hell did she even fit in the picture?

'Welp, I can't stop liking him because of this.' She thought as she continued eating and Azel settled into his chair, about to take a bite of his dish.

Just because he had eaten breakfast over at the Grand Mage's mansion did not mean that he wouldn't eat over here as well.

His appetite had always been legendary.

However a letter floated to him from Anastasia's direction.

"Something came for you early this morning… darling. It was with a bird." She said as it floated into his hand smoothly.

It was a letter and it had the royal seal on it so this was clearly a very important letter from the Emperor himself.

He tore it open and looked at the contents before sighing and pocketing the letter in his robe.

"What does it say…?" Stella asked and everyone else looked at him with intrigue written across their faces.

"Apparently, I'm supposed to show up to the Hero crowning ceremony since I'll be crowned as the Hero in a few hours." He said as he looked outside the window at the bustling streets.

No wonder the Capital seemed a lot more busier than usual today.

"Are all of you going to come?"

The way he said it with a warm smile warmed up all of them immediately. It wasn't a command or an expectation, it was just a genuine invitation.

"Sure, why not?" Medusa stood up with a grin. "It's your special day and as your wives, we will be around no matter what."

"But I don't have any luxurious gowns…" one of them murmured.

Flare blinked and so did Esme.

They had been told about this ceremony but they had completely forgotten since they were so focused on coming to see Azel.

Just then, the three girls returned from upstairs.

They were back down and had all smiles on their faces, and to Azel, it was clear they had settled whatever tension had existed between them.

"Don't worry." Stella said as she stood up gracefully. "If you don't have any luxurious gowns, I can work something out… I am also a thread mage after all and I have a lot of materials to spare. I'll even do so for the kids."

And with that, the plan was in motion. They needed to get ready for the celebration.

…

Azel adjusted his royal red robe as he stood in a room before the podium where he would be presented in front of everyone.

It was right in front of the castle too, where thousands had gathered.

"Feels a bit tight…" He said, tugging at the white shirt he was wearing. It stuck to his muscles too much, restricting his movement slightly.

"Well, I guess you grew buffer through the past months since these are your last known measurements." Rain said as she threw back her hair elegantly.

She was wearing a long white dress with several holy jewels since she was the Saintess. It looked really beautiful on her especially given her figure, which the dress accentuated perfectly.

"I guess." Azel said and then looked at her properly. "Do you feel nervous…?"

"Why would I? Everyone from the church is watching me and my friends too." Rain said, though her hands fidgeted slightly with her dress. "Instead, you should be the one feeling nervous… You look more like a stripper than a Hero."

She sneered at him and Azel sighed heavily.

'I can't believe it… They didn't tell me they were here.'

It was when he came to the castle that he had found out that his mother, father and even his little sister were here with the rest of the members of the Furious Five from the Winter Region.

They had been here awhile and wanted to surprise him especially on this big day. It made him smile despite his nervousness then the large sliding door ahead opened magically, letting in the countless cheers that rained down for the both of them like a physical wave of sound.

"If the demon lord awakens and turns out to be a woman… I'm most likely sure that you will seduce her too." Rain gave him a look as they walked to the door together.

"Well if she is a hot woman… I will." Azel said honestly.

He was going to embrace his title as a womanizer and no longer reject it or pretend to be something he wasn't.

"Pervert." She said and he patted her head with a chuckle, messing up her carefully arranged hair. "Now you've ruined my hair…"

She smoothed it as they walked out and immediately the cheers intensified to a deafening roar. There were several guards positioned at the corners of the podium to prevent people from clawing upward in their enthusiasm, however there were so many cheers it was overwhelming.

It was deafening.

In the distance he could see where the King and VIP people sat. The Emperors and Empresses from the different empires were there and even representatives from the Winter region.

Ellie was with his parents and she was waving at him enthusiastically with Lillia beside her doing the same.

Diana, his mother had taken the initiative to hold both Raphael and Lysandra with the sweetest smile on her face.

She genuinely looked happy and it made Azel happy too, warming something in his chest. Azariah was sitting calmly however from his expression, Azel could see that the man wanted to jump up and cheer like a madman.

In front of them at the podium was the old Saintess, Martha. Immediately both of them kneeled on one knee as they looked forward respectfully.

The Saintess smiled at them warmly as she raised her hands over their heads in prayer, her voice carrying across the crowd with magical amplification.

"Let us pray for the protection of our Hero and our Saintess. May the gods watch over them in their sacred duty. May they be granted strength to face the darkness that threatens our world. May their courage never falter and may their hearts remain pure in the face of—"

There was a whoosh and blood splattered on both the Hero and the Saintess… it was hot and sticky. Everything had happened so fast that nobody could react…

Rain looked up only to see a hole in Martha's face with a demonic arrow piercing through her forehead, the tip protruding from the back of her skull.

"Martha…?"

The current Saintess, the old woman Martha who was a great mage capable of healing even the sickest of people fell to the ground in between the Hero and Saintess and bled out, her blood pooling rapidly on the pristine white marble.