Fate Is Our Matchmaker

"Well, leaving that aside, let me ask my question." 

I looked up at her and asked.

"You said earlier that, even though I don't look very handsome by human standards, you still seem to think that I look good compared to others.

What I want to ask is, what characteristics about my appearance, made you think I looked better than others?

Or, to be more exact, I want to ask you why you think I'm handsome. What exactly made you think that way?"

I then gave her a wry smile and said 

"That is, unless you only said those words out of pity."

"No! I definitely meant what I said!" Astrid exclaimed.

"I really do think that you're much more good-looking, than the other human men I've seen in this school.

B-But if you ask me to say what exactly makes you so attractive. I-I can't say that," She muttered, while looking at the floor shyly.

"Why is that?"

"B-Because it's embarrassing." She looked at me and said it as if it were obvious.

"It's embarassing to say, what attracts you to a person so directly, when they're right in front of you...I-It's like I'm indirectly saying that I'm interested in you...Which I'm not! So don't get any ideas!"

She really emphasized the last part, as if she didn't want me to misunderstand her words. But the embarrassed expression on her face, really made me wonder if I should believe her or not.

Honestly, the reason I was asking her this question wasn't simply to tease her. There was something that I read in the guidebook, that piqued my interest.

Apparently, it was said in the prologue of the guidebook that, the father of all demi-humans and the matriarchs were all bound by fate, not just by 'Resonance'. 

But the world itself.

What I mean to say is that they were pre-destined lovers, whose hearts were meant for one another, which was written in the book of fate since the beginning of time.

The reason for this theory that was mentioned in the guidebook was that, when the Matriarchs first set out in search of the human with a powerful bloodline; they had already decided to put aside the matter of who the human was, how he looked, how old he was, and what type of personality he had, and decided to be one with him no matter what.

They didn't care about what type of person he was, even if he was an ugly, old man with an abusive and shitty personality. 

And they decided to be with him, no matter how bad he was, just to spread their race, as it was their life's mission.

But this didn't mean that they just didn't care about who he was, and were willing to mindlessly follow him. They simply decided to ignore who their partner was, even if he was a horrible person to be with, and decided to sacrifice themselves for their mission.

You see, the matriachs too were young girls with dreams and aspirations of their own, at that time. 

Even if they had a mission they had to follow and unimaginable power in their hands, they still wished to find a partner whom they preferred and loved, and stay with that person who they thought could keep them happy for the rest of their lives, like any normal girl would desire.

But because of their mission, they had no choice, but to leave it up to fate, to decide who their partner was.

Whether they were ugly or handsome, smart or dumb. Or if they were a good person or someone who would abuse them every day, they had no choice but to stay with them, instead of following their own love, which was a sacrifice they had to make for the continuation of their own race.

This was extremely sad to hear when I first read about it in the guidebook, as they don't have control over their own lives, which was something I too have been through in the past and was the only part of the novel that made me feel some way.

But fortunately, just like how they were given the ability of 'Resonance' and 'Bloodline Dominance' to help them on their mission, they were also set up by fate in the best way possible, so that they didn't have to spend the rest of their life with a partner that they didn't love.

The reason I say that fate was in play was that, when every matriarch of the first generation met the chosen human for the first time, they all found something about him that attracted them, no matter what race each matriarch belonged to.

Be it some part of his appearance, some aspect of his personality, how he holds himself, or even, how he looks when he laughs. 

There was something about that chosen human, that initially attracted them to him on their first encounter.

This didn't mean that they always found the ideal man they dreamed of in their hearts. But simply that there was always one or two things about him, that made them look at him in a different way, no matter how small it may be.

This initial attraction they felt, was basically a stepping stone in the matriarch's relationship with the human, and allowed them to start off on good terms. 

Instead of finding their ideal man or a man that they would absolutely abhor the most, they always found a man, who always piqued their interest in some way because of a certain aspect about him. And it made the matriarchs want to know more about them, which was very similar to how love normally starts.

Fate basically acted as a matchmaker and always gave them a candidate, who had the potential to become the man they loved with all their heart.

Although it didn't give them the perfect man, it gave them a chance to slowly fall in love with that man after getting to know him, after that initial interest.

'Resonance' also played no part in this, as it was mentioned in the guidebook that it didn't have the ability to alter the emotions of anyone, and only acted as a catalyst to synchronise two people's thoughts.

There's also a record that mentioned that, even the later generation humans with stronger bloodliness, were always people with good personalities and were able to keep their partners happy for the rest of their lives, which was something really praiseworthy, as it isn't exactly easy to keep multiple partners happy at the same time.

Having one partner was already enough to exhaust a man, physically and mentally. You could only imagine a bunch of them, that always wanted your attention.

This was why I wanted to know what Astrid liked about me, since it seems like fate is in play here right now.

And honestly, it would be great if the girls I meet in the future, were interested in something about me, no matter how insignificant it was, as it would be much easier to progress our relationship. 

But even if they are interested in me, it doesn't change the fact that I am still in charge of progressing our relationship. As, if I decided to just leave it off like that, they would just treat me like a normal friend who's a bit interesting and move on with their lives.

And this was also probably why Astrid didn't look too offended by my teasing and had mixed feelings about it. 

I was already quite nonchalant back on earth when it came to girls, and did whatever I wanted to, in a way that the girls I met just couldn't get mad at me, and would only make them think that I was either an interesting, eccentric, or weird individual.

But now that I know that every girl I meet, will have some sort of spark of interest when they see me, I wasn't going to hold back one bit when it came to taking these girls down and 'helping' them out of their curse.

I was going to be as brazen and out of pocket as I could be, to make these girls fall for me. Or at least enough for them to be comfortable with me dominating them.

Finding newfound motivation, I decided to ignore Astrid's words, and pulled her hands down even more, making her bend even further, to the point where her face was directly next to mine. 

All I needed to do was move my head a little forward, and I'd be kissing her lips, which were trembling right now. 

And now that she was so close to me, I could smell the sweet fragrance that came from her body, which, for some reason, smelled like condensed milk.

"This is your last chance." I said looking at her flustered face. 

"If you don't answer my question, I really will kiss your lips. And I'll even make sure that our tongues introduce themselves to one another."

"N-No you can't do that!" She panicked.

"On the count of 3." 

"1" 

I started counting down without a warning.

"No! You seriously can't!"

"2"

"It's too embarrassing! I can't say it out loud!"

"3"

"Okay fine! I'll say it!"

Chu~