God of Time System: Harem in the Zombie Apocalypse

Ray was a math scholar. He excelled in physics and computer science and did software engineering, attaining one of the highest scores one can ever have. With the chance of going to the greatest university in the world, he had a bright future that anyone would be jealous of.

But he left it all for a girl, Caroline Olivia Escarte. That was me. Normally, I would have fallen for him, but you know… there is a thing called preference. One thing was that I wasn't attracted to him at all. I was neither interested in his degrees or his smarts or anything.

The fact that he left everything for a girl, even if it's me, was something that I considered beyond foolish. He could have gotten any girl he wanted, but he focused on only one girl that kept on rejecting him. From high school to university, I might have rejected him over 100s of times in all ways possible, yet he kept on saying that he wouldn't give up. It was honestly creepy at this point.

"Brother is talking with him right now,"said Amila in an awkward tone as she looked at me, making me dumbfounded as well. My elder brother, Nicholas, someone the entire family is dependent upon right now, all the more when he received his gift.

"Why is Nicholas talking with Ray?" I asked in confusion, but looking at the expression of Amila, it was clear that she was as confused as I was.

'Does he want to punish Ray? I don't see that happening, given my brother never interfered with my life before. So is he trying to recruit him? Unless Ray is an S-Grade or something, I don't see the possibility of that happening. All the more because of how it might affect the entire family right now. Nicholas, just what are you trying to do?' I questioned as I ended up going in a deep thought.

As I was racking my brain trying to understand what exactly my brother was trying to do, I realized someone was already standing in front of me. Raising my eyes, as I focused on the gray jacket over his red shirt, he was standing there with a serious look, as he always had plastered on his face. Especially after the Apocalypse.

"Nicholas," I muttered as I looked at those blue eyes of his, and those short white hairs that were similar to our mother. He stood there with hands folded, eyes fixated on me, while Amila was just curiously looking between him and me.

"I apologize,"he spoke as he looked at me. It carried some heavy feelings, as I somehow understood what he was getting too. But I cannot understand why,

"Apologize for what?" I asked just for confirmation to see if what I was thinking was really what I was thinking. Honestly, I wished it wasn't the case.

"Something came up and now Ray is going to work with us. I tried my best to not make this choice but based on his words and what he presented us, I don't think we have any choice but to let him work with us," He spoke as he looked at me and sighed before turning around as he began walking towards the wooden chair at a distance, dragged it closer to us and sat on it.

For a few moments, I just kept looking at him. He knew that he owed me an explanation, and I was waiting for him to do so.

"There is a report of finding an S-Grade Zombie in the neighboring city. The energy and the sightings match the description. Ray actually has a gift related to tracking ability. A really powerful one at that and he has promised us to locate the S-Grade and a dozen more A-Grades to us. Normally we would have rejected him, but he also threatened us directly that if we don't work together, he will work with his leader and attack us at our weakest moment,"Nicholas spoke with a deep sigh as he looked at me.

I was flabbergasted hearing that, as I lacked words to explain my emotions here. Just how far will that psycho go? I should…

"We can't kill him either, as it will result in a direct war against the Tobisha Group, which is anything but fruitful at this stage of the Apocalypse. You understand, right?" Nicholas spoke as he observed me with a deep look. I wanted to say 'No' or something like that, but I could see that this will make things worse not only for us but for everyone.

Ray is someone who always had a dozen contingency plans for almost everything. That guy might have even planned something in case he dies at this point. This is troubling, in way more than one.

"Brother, you know that he might have already planned a way to get me, don't you?" I spoke as I looked at Nicholas. The fact that Ray has stepped forward to join hands with us means that he already has thought of the steps in order to get closer to me.

His eyes darkened a little as he looked at me and told me that he knew what Ray was trying to do. While there is little to no bond between the children and the parents in our family, among us brothers and sisters, the bond was a bit strong. Which got even more stronger than before when the Apocalypse occurred.

"The least I can promise is that he won't be able to get 50 meters around you,"he spoke with all seriousness, and I could only sigh at that. If that is all we can do right now, then that is what we will do.

"But I won't stop thinking about a way to remove him permanently from this world,"I spoke with all seriousness and he nodded at me,"as long as it doesn't cause any problem to the family as a whole."

"But that is not all the news I am here with,"he said as his mood changed a little, making me curiously look at him.

"You remember Myla, right?"

'Rings a bell.. Ah! She was the military girl, the former girlfriend of Michael,' I looked at Nicholas as he continued,

"According to the reports, Myla visited Liqua Country in response to a strange energy. We suspected that energy to be SS-Grade level, but after a few days of her visit, the energy just vanished from existence as if it had never been present there. Myla is returning to their base as we are talking right now. She has found a group of people and is bringing them with her. One of them was the blood manipulator, George, your friend from Meria."

"Oh! So they are doing well, huh? That's good to hear,"a smile appeared on my face before I realized something,"Wait! SS-Grade?!!!"

My eyes widened as I realized the implications of this. Just how strong is the military to…

"That is not all though… actually… I haven't told anyone, but for the past 2-3 months, I had always felt another strong energy coming from Meria country. It was an SS-Grade too… That was the reason I stopped you from going there all the time. Though… just a few days before the energy of Liqua vanished… The SS-Grade of the energy vanished as well…" He spoke with all seriousness as he looked at me. Things were turning more serious… that too, at an insane speed.