My Next Life

For as long as I'd remembered I admired anime characters, not heroic ones with a strong sense of justice, nor the underdog villains with sad stories to pull at your heartstrings, neither was it those who hid in the shadows and controlled things from the background.

For me it was harem lords, to be loved by so many people was a dream of mine that would never be accomplished in a modern world where loyalty was held at such importance.

I eventually settled for a normal wife with a beautiful loving wife and talented children, but I was never truly happy

'I don't want to die like this, a life where I was held back by what society deemed as right or wrong.'

"Please..."

And with that at the age of 69, the renowned doctor Claude George dies on his hospital bed, leaving his family behind

"What do you wish, worthless human soul."

"I want to be a harem lord."

'Even if it's just a dream, I want to think it's real..'

"That's all? Hmm, I'll gift you something, it'll aid you in that little dream of yours, Merlin Hyodou..."