I love you

As the Denatus was held, Isao, Hestia, and Artemis hugged each other. They didn't say anything and just felt each other's warmth. Naturally, there was nothing perverted about this act, really. 

Isao's head wasn't on his lower body after all. 

He might be healthy and would have an erection as long as he met a beautiful, mature woman, but he had control over his body perfectly after he gained Muzan's DNA, so it was fine. 

Still, as they enjoyed each other's presence, feeling happy that Artemis didn't have to die and Isao had woken up, they started to talk about their next plan. 

What would you do next? 

"Do you want to go with us?" Hestia looked at Artemis and asked. 

Antares had brought a lot of pain to Artemis as it had killed all of her Familia members. At this point, except for Hestia and Isao, she had no one. 

"Okay." Artemis nodded since she also felt reluctant to leave Isao and Hestia. More importantly, Isao had worked hard to save her, giving her a chance to live, and she also wished to be with him, especially when she knew how many dangers he encountered. 

However, Artemis had to say that she was quite ungrateful since even if she had been saved, she couldn't help but think about her deceased Familia members. The girls who had helped her and fought with her died and passed away as they fought Antares. 

Due to how weak she was, she was unable to get their bodies, and their bodies should have been incarnated as Antares shot the arrow of Artemis into the ruin previously. 

This was her regret as she couldn't give them a proper burial, but she knew that there was nothing she could do. 

Still, before she left to follow him to Orario, she wanted to make a grave for all of her children. It is a reminder, something to remember, for both her love and regret as she couldn't give much and protect them. 

"By the way, before we go back, follow me for a bit." 

"Hmm?" 2x

Hestia and Artemis felt confused, but they nodded. As he held them, they quickly slipped away from his room and went somewhere a little far away from the group as if trying to hide something from the group. 

"What's wrong?" 

"What do you want to do?" 

Hestia and Artemis felt confused, but then, Hestia was dumbfounded, blushing, and asked, "D-Do you want to do a threesome?" 

"R-Really?" Artemis was also dumbfounded, but somehow, she didn't hate the idea. 

"..." 

Was he that kind of guy? 

Well, he was, but this wasn't the reason why he was here. He took a deep breath and said, "Before I fought that thing, I slipped into the ruin." 

"Hmm?" 2x

"I found many bodies inside, and I hoped that you didn't get angry toward me for taking their bodies like that." 

As he said so, he took out the bodies of the members of the Artemis Familia who had passed away one by one from his space inventory. 

Hestia was stunned, but she didn't say anything. She only stared at Isao with a moved expression, thinking that he was really the man that she loved. 

Yet, Artemis couldn't stop her tears as her legs felt weak before she squatted and hugged the bodies of the children of her Familia. 

"Thank you... Thank you... Isao-kun..." 

She thought that she wouldn't be able to meet them, but fortunately... fortunately... 

At the same time, Hestia and Artemis also understood why Isao brought them somewhere quiet since if he didn't do this, the others would think that he was partial. While he didn't have any responsibility or obligation to save the others, those who were connected with the death would feel resentment toward him as to why he didn't save them. 

Isao had that power, yet why didn't he do anything? 

Yet, was he at fault? 

No. 

After all he had said before, he didn't have the obligation to save the others, especially those who weren't connected to him. 

However, the heart was a complicated thing. It wasn't perfect, and unlike a body, it was impossible to control it perfectly. While they knew they shouldn't feel negative feelings toward him, they couldn't help but think so. 

That was why Isao brought them to a quiet place where no one could tell what they did. Even so, Artemis was grateful to Isao as she was able to give a proper burial to her Familia members.

Only—

"Do you want me to revive them?" 

"Eh?" 2x

"Can you?" Artemis asked, hopefully. 

"I do." Isao nodded. "The deities can be reincarnated, and compared to that mechanism, resurrecting a living being is much easier." 

The concept of death in this world was like reincarnation. 

When one dies, their souls are sent to heaven and washed away, so they forget everything before they are reincarnated into a new identity. 

While it might be a rude comparison, it was like a recycling system. 

The old became new. 

Something like that. 

Still, the ability to resurrect was to pull those souls that were sent from heaven to go back into their bodies. 

There was no doubt that this was an amazing ability, and even the deities were unable to copy it, so when Hestia and Artemis saw Isao really resurrect all the members of Artemis Familia, they fell into a daze. 

"Huh? Where is this?" 

"Didn't we fight Antares?" 

"Artemis-sama! Artemis-sama!" 

As members of Artemis Familia fell into confusion, Artemis quickly came to calm them down. "You guys..." 

"Artemis-sama!" 

Watching them hugging each other happily, Isao said, "Artemis, we will go back first." 

"Ah, um." 

Artemis nodded with the gentlest and happiest smile on her face. "I love you!" Still, she quickly hugged him and kissed him obsessively under the eyes of dumbfounded many. 

Isao thought that with this ability, he should be able to resurrect the father of Maya and Miya, along with all the members of the Yotsuba family, who passed away after avenging Maya. 

Or rather, if he wished to, he could make them into an immortal. 

Still, those were something that he could think about later since his focus should be on this world. 

Holding Hestia's hand, he brought her back to his room. 

"How?" 

As expected, Hestia quickly asked when there were only the two of them. 

"Remember the quest that I took before?" 

"Quest? The one that made you hurt and fought Evilus?" 

"That one." Isao nodded. "The one who gave that task was a sage, and I learned that ability from her; naturally, I improved it, so it was easier for me to do it." 

Yes, while he said so, his face was pale, as if his entire energy was drained. 

"Don't force yourselves, okay?" 

Hestia quickly helped Isao and supported him in lying on the bed to rest. While he might say this was easy, she knew he might have paid a lot, which made her heart ache. 

"Don't look at me like that. It just took a lot of energy to do that, and I will recover soon." 

If there was a problem with the resurrection, it took a lot of energy, but it wasn't like his energy would completely disappear as it would recover sooner or later, and the only thing he didn't lack was vitality, as he was brimming with one. 

However, he felt it would be great if he could get another source of energy as he knew that even if he had a lot of energy, it didn't mean he had an unlimited amount of energy. 

Hestia cried, but she didn't say anything and just hugged him quietly since, like always, Isao only wanted to make his women happy. 

"By the way." 

"Hmm?" 

"Can you update my status?" 

Isao knew that it was time for him to level up, so why should he wait?