Chapter 35: Kept Woman...

(*Celia’s POV*)

Despite God’s frequent attempts to get me to do something, I just relaxed mostly. For two weeks, I woke up early in the morning and went to work with Garentia. Well, I wouldn’t really be the one that was working, though…

Instead, I would just chill out on her couch while she worked the entire day. Of course, I didn’t just sit there the entire time. I would give her something to drink, snacks, and I would also make her a meal.

Both Garentia and I would eat breakfast and dinner at her estate, so I would only make one meal for us. Even though Garentia had gotten used to my presence, she would still block her laptop screen by pulling the lid down.

Celia: “Garentia, is your work so secret?” I ask with a sigh.

Garentia: “…Yes. Sorry if I’ve hurt your feelings by not letting you see it.” She said with a remorseful tone.

I was just sitting down on the couch playing with my phone, I actually didn’t expect Garentia to reply. Considering that she usually gets super entranced her in work, whatever it is.

Celia: “Now you’re just making me curious…” I reply.

Garentia: “It isn’t too interesting.” She said with a laugh.

Celia: “Really? You know, if you keep hiding it from me, I will just use time magic to pause time and peek at your work.” I say with a teasing tone.

Garentia: “…You…you can use time magic?” She asked with a shocked tone.

Celia: “Hm? Yeah. But that was just a joke. I can only pause time. And even then, doing so uses a lot of Mana, and I always feel somewhat sick afterwards.” I reply with a slightly embarrassed tone.

Garentia: “I see…” She said before refocusing back to her work.

Since she went back to work, I went back to playing with my phone. It’s weird how much I missed this kind of life… I…I love it? More so than the adventures that I would go on. It is relaxing, and I don’t have to worry about someone trying to kill me, or them wanting me to get involved with their grand schemes.

Granted, I still want to go back to my dimension. Sure, it will be awhile until it will advance to be similar to this, but I can wait. I truly long for the day where my wives and I can relax on a couch and do nothing all day…

While browsing, I came across an interesting piece of gossip. Mainly, I’ve only used social media for art, I wasn’t really interested in gossip at all. But the gossip revolved around Garentia and me…

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Headline: “Shocker!!! CEO Garentia’s secret wife? Or maybe kept woman?”

After the headline was a picture of us both. Garentia was helping me out of her car, and both she and I were smiling at each other. There were many other pictures of us as well. Some even in the office, so it seemed that one of Garentia’s employees is a leaker…

Random Commenter: “Damn… I was hoping that CEO Garentia was still single…”

Random Commenter Two: “Single? Doesn’t look like it anymore. And, do you see how pretty that other girl is? No one has a chance to get Garentia now!”

Random Commenter Three: “Wait! Are we sure that they’re together?”

Random Commenter: “Are you stupid? Don’t you see her purple ID? You know, the ID color that is reserved for the spouse of the Garentia family? It’s over for everyone besides her new lady…”

Random Commenter Three: “…”

Ah, so the purple color did have a specific meaning… Wait, does that mean that Garentia already planned on marrying me!? Then why was she so surprised at my marriage comment a while back? Oh, now that I think about it, her face was red at that time…

Looking at the stock price for Garentia’s various companies, I was relieved to see that they’re not only stable, but have actually gone up in value by a decent bit. Yes, the stock market still exists in Heaven. Weird, right?

Celia: “Did you see this gossip?” I ask after getting up from the couch and walking over to Garentia, and showing her the gossip on my phone.

Garentia: “I didn’t… Some of the pictures seemed to be us in the office.” She said with a dark tone.

Celia: “Yeah. It looks like someone in your company is a leaker.” I reply with a sigh.

Garentia: “Are you upset? Judging from your reaction, this is the first you’re hearing about your ID color, and why it is special.” She asked with a nervous tone.

Celia: “Hm? No? Though, I wonder why you decided to marry me right off the bat? We hadn’t known each other long, you know.” I reply with a thinking pose.

Garentia: “…Forgive me, but it was mainly to mark you as mine. If we didn’t end up together, they wouldn’t have been any pressure for you to marry me. That is, I wouldn’t force you. But the ID would prevent anyone else from trying to make you theirs.” She admitted with a remorseful bow.

Celia: “Ah, I see. Do we need to do anything about these rumors?” I ask.

Garentia: “Not really, no. That is, unless you don’t want to marry me.” She replied with a nervous tone.

Celia: “I want to marry you, I really do. But I need the permission of my other wives first.” I reply with a smile.

Garentia: “Other wives? But, Celia, you’re dead, while they’re most likely alive…” She said with a confused tone.

Celia: “Huh? Who said that I was dead? I am a living person like you, Garentia.” I say before breathing on her.

Garentia: “…”

Celia: “See? Can’t you feel the breath of life from me? No dead person has a breath of life, but both of us do.” I say with a laugh.

The breath of life is odd. I couldn’t feel it until my latest evolution, but now I can easily tell when a being is living or not.

God, I see you, I truly do, but could you please stop pouting? I might have agreed to help you, but this is mainly my show. I mean, it’s not like you’ve bothered to show your face to anyone. So doesn’t that mean you’ve let me run this show?

Garentia: “Living… How did you end up in Heaven?… No. It doesn’t matter. Celia, could you please attend a party with me tomorrow?” She asked with a smile.

Celia: “Oh? Want to show off your girlfriend? Sure, I don’t mind at all.” I reply.

Garentia: “Good. It starts early tomorrow, so let’s head back and sleep early today.” She proposed.

Celia: “Alright.” I reply with a nod.

Garentia finished up some of her work, fired some employees that she somehow figured out where the ones that leaked the photos, and then we went back home to her estate. We’re technically together, but we sleep in separate rooms. It will be the first time someone has wanted to show me off to the world, so I was pretty giddy about tomorrow. Though, I still fell asleep easily…