Zero to Hero (Prequel/prototype)

Chapter 65. Rest

"Do you really have to leave today?" Indra asked softly as she woke Ken from his slumber on the final morning of his stay in the underwater kingdom.

In the two weeks of his stay, Ken was able to fully adjust and adapt to the underwater world thanks to his daily training and working with Indra while also getting private lessons from Calidon on top of sparring with the best students at the royal academy.

"I wish I could stay longer too. Your family has treated me with such kindness. The training here in this environment has helped me greatly with my boost and overall enhancement in such a short time! I wish I could stay longer than two weeks but I need to at least go spend some time with my own family and I have business to take care of at home as well." Ken replied as the pair got out of bed and got dressed.

"So I don't make the list at all?" Indra asked in a depressed tone.

"Come on Indra. I will see you in two weeks!"

"But it's not like I can do anything once we are in school with girls like Genesis, Alice, Clare and Cecilla hawking over you at all hours." Indra replied as Ken chuckled.

"Ken. Next time you visit. Bring a few cute men with you. It's not fair Indra is the only one who's got a lover." Inaya pleaded.

"Come on Inaya. I barely have any guy friends to even have good training partners. Where do you want me to go find cute lovers for you?" Ken replied as he and Indra sat with her family for one final breakfast before the teleportation.

"I expected you to not have that many guy friends but for a womanizer, you are rather well behaved."Ingrid added as the siblings teased Ken.

"Just so you know. I was able to resist the advances from countless cute girls in the past two weeks. You all should be proud of me instead of making fun of me." Ken replied jokingly.

"I can understand the allures of beautiful girls especially for someone in your position. I went through similar ordeals in my youth until I found the love of my life. I know people will grow and change over time, especially someone your age but if you make my daughter sad, I don't think I could let you off the hook." Calidon added, turning the mood of the conversation.

"I might fall in love easily but once I do commit, you can be assured I will do everything in my power to keep my girls happy even if I end up having to do things that might put myself in danger." Ken replied sincerely to the ruler of the city while Indra came to his defense telling her father to not put more pressure on Ken.

"Well everyone. Thank you so much for the hospitality. I appreciate everything you all have done for me and I look forward to visiting again one day." Ken said in the language of the merman people as he waved goodbye while getting teleported back home.

"What happens if you forget to fill up this air artifact?" A voice asked curiously as Ken teleported to the front door of his century old wooden home in the quiet countryside.

"I would be forced to seal lips with a cute girl to get air from them until some air magic gets added to the artifact." Ken replied with a smile as he greeted the fox beastman girl alongside the rest who were waiting for his return.

"Did you have fun? Please tell me you didn't get yourself any new lovers like this fox girl here." Genesis asked as she kept giving Rena dirty looks.

"Just so you know. At least a hundred, maybe even two hundred cute merman girls flirted with me in the two weeks and I was able to turn them all down." Ken said proudly.

"You are telling me you stayed in your room at night like a good boy all by yourself for two weeks?" Genesis questioned as she gave him a doubtful look.