I woke up on my bed, with someone sitting next to me. Somehow, I felt a sense of déjà vu, as if this had happened to me before. Wait, it has happened to me before. As my thoughts cleared up, the figure next to me became clearer. As it sharpened, I could make out the shape of Mary appearing next to me. It seems that most of my injuries have healed to a decent degree.

I tried to sit up the moment I felt that I could.

‘Ah, you’re still not well, please just relax!’ Mary looked flustered, trying to get me to lay back down again.

‘F*ck. What happened to the backyard?’

‘You see… uhm… the entire floor was destroyed, and you see,’ She pointed at the window, which was not there, ‘we still haven’t fixed the windows.’

‘Is anyone injured?’

Mary shook her head as the room door slammed open.

‘Oi! What the hell did you do to do that? I want to try that!’

‘Uhm… dad, you probably shouldn’t do that. The house was almost destroyed…’

‘Oh, yeah, you have to pay for the damages.’

‘Ok, uhmm…’ There was only ten coins in my inventory, which roughly equated to 100 chinese yen (about $16), ‘I’ll pay in some other way.’

‘Then you have to pay for it with your body.’ Edward said that with a wink, making me fear for my chastity.

‘Sorry, I don’t swing that way.’ I said that with the most monotone and emotionless voice that I could muster in this moment.

‘No, no. I mean that you… Uhh… I didn’t mean it in that way…’ Edward stated, finally looking flustered, ‘you know what, I’ll stop beating around the bush. Please, marry my daughter.’

‘’Huh!?’’

I looked over at Mary for confirmation. She was blushing heavily, to the point where you could almost see steam coming out of her body.

‘S-stop!’

Edward continued seriously, ignoring Mary’s constant protests. ‘I would like you to be my son-in-law. I’m sure that you would be okay with it, considering how your relationship had been… developing.’

‘Before I decide on anything, could you please tell me why you picked me as a candidate.’

‘Power.’

‘Sorry?’

‘You have power. You have the power to destroy things, you have to power to protect someone. Therefore, I would like you to marry Mary, and protect her for all your life.’

That was deeper than I thought. I imagined that it would be something like ‘you can make explosions, how cool!’

‘Also, you can make explosions, which is awesome! Aha ahahaha!’

I knew it. Looking over at Mary, I asked her if she was okay with it.

‘I’m okay with it if you’re okay with me.’ She said in a voice that was almost inaudible.

C-cuuuute!

‘Ok. Then, I accept the proposal.’

Well, there has never been a reason not to accept. I am actually useless and immature, almost as much as Edward. On the other hand, Mary was kind, sweet, and cute. In my old world, she would be regarded as a goddess, be it in work or in school.

I looked to my side.

Mary was sitting there, blushing to the point where smoke actually was coming out of her face. However, there was this smile plastered on her face, which made her look even cuter than normal.

‘Uhhh, are you okay?’

‘Y-yes. I-I’m just r-really happy.’

Edward laughed and slapped his leg. ‘You know, Chen Nian, Mary was te one who aske—Ow!’

He was cut off as Mary kicked him from under the bed. However, I had heard enough to connect the dots.

‘What do you like about me?’ I asked Mary, curious about why she would like a loser like me.

‘Uhhh…uhh…’ her face flushed even redder

* * *

As the door slammed shut, Edward and I looked at each other in shock.

After I asked her why did she like me, she flushed and shouted, ‘Chen Nian, you big pervert!’ and ran out of the room.

‘So is the part where I have power true?’

‘No. It was just an excuse to get you to accept the proposal. After all, there are many people stronger than you. Me, for example, hahahahaha. You better become stronger than me, so that you can protect her, hahahaha.’

I don’t know how to feel about that.