Chapter 12: The beginning of the end
I wake up at 6:00 as usual. Shizuka is still sleeping, she is hugging me and giving little snores.
"What do you know, she snores," I comment softly as I smile at her cute face.
I let her sleep some more, today will be quite hectic for her. I spend some time working out a plan for a base.
I will need a water source and good enough land for planting. The place that comes to my mind is a Japanese island. Hokkaido, would be ideal for long term survival, large expanse of land that can accommodate thousands of people, enough land for planting. To improve safety I just need to destroy the bridges so that zombies can't cross, with enough time I will be able to clear the island of most zombies.' Finishing thinking about the ideal island, I move on to how to get to the island.
'Tokonosu is a coastal town near Sendai. It won't be too difficult to make the trip to Hokkaido by ship, we will have to stop a few times to replenish supplies, but it will be safer. The locomotion by land will be more dangerous for people, we will have to pass through several cities that can result in casualties, we will have opportunities to meet other survivors, but it is not worth the risk. The locomotion will be done by ship then.'
As I finish thinking, I feel a finger on my cheek. I change my gaze and see Shizuka, she is poking my cheek and making a fond face.
I tighten my hug around Shizuka and give her a kiss.
"Good morning dear, did you sleep well?" I ask as I caress her head.
Feeling my caress, she places her head on my chest and snuggles in.
"Huuh~" she nods.
Looking closely at her, I can see the redness rising to her ears.
"Agata talked to you?" I ask her. Agata said she was going to talk to her, I want to know how much she said.
She turns her face to mine and looks me in the eyes.
"Yes... She told me all about you two and what's going to happen..." She speaks in a more serious voice.
I look at her and shake my head in denial. I kiss her I start stroking her head.
"It's not just me and Agatha, it's the three of us now. You are also my wife now." She blushes a little at the affection shown.
"What do you want to do now?" I ask her. I will move at first according to her wishes, I will help family or friends if she asks.
She spends a few seconds thinking, I can see on her beautiful face the struggle for a decision.
"I want to help Kyoko-chan and Kana-chan, I will talk to Rika-chan to stay home today." she says with a serious expression.
I nod my head to say I support her and wait for her to continue. She spends a few seconds in silence, when I see that she doesn't want to add anything, I raise an eyebrow as if to ask 'anything else?'
She ignores my unspoken question and gets out of bed. I follow her and we go to take a shower together. After the shower she leaves to talk to Rika and I stay to make breakfast. Two weeks were not enough to increase the mastery of cooking, but it was enough to make an edible breakfast.
After five minutes, Shizuka and Rika walk through the door.
"Is it true about what Shizuka told me?" Rika asks me in a worried voice.
I take my attention off the food and look her in the eyes. She is dressed as if she is awake now, her face shows some anger and concern for what Shizuka told her.
"Yes, around 11:00 this world will change. Many people have died and life will not be the same. What do you intend to do?" I ask her in a serious voice.
She stops for a moment to digest my question. After a few seconds, her face makes an expression that I cannot understand.
"What are you talking about?" she asks with a strange expression and a raised eyebrow.
I am confused. What do you mean 'what are you talking about? I shift my gaze to Shizuka for help and she shifts her gaze to the window.
"*sigh* what so much did Shizuka tell you?" I ask as I signal to Shizuka to make breakfast.
"She told me that you two had sex." she tells me as she follows me and sits down at the table.
"And you came running because of that?" I try to hold back my laughter and ask with one eyebrow raised.
"Do you realize how many men I scared away from Shizuka? That's all I needed to run out and beat you up!" she exclaims at the end.
"Okay, okay, okay, I'll explain everything to you, just relax a little then." so I start explaining everything to her.
I start by explaining about the world going into evolution. I say that the first visible sign will be a mana disease that will kill many people at first, the people who die will come back as zombies and attack any surviving people. I explain that the zombies have evolved due to the high mana in the atmosphere and human survival will be increasingly difficult. I also explain that after three months the evolved zombies will be practically on every corner in the city, in this same period is when the humans have started to break through the body limiters and become stronger, but it will be too late by then.
She spends the entire explanation in silence. After a few more minutes she finally speaks for the first time.
"How do you know all this?" she asks with a serious face.
I place my hand face up, on one finger I summon a small tornado and on the other a small flame.
"In the first place, I am not of this world. My wife Agata sent me here to make me stronger. Secondly, I am able to sense the mana in the atmosphere, it is increasing rapidly as we speak." I finish by extinguishing the two elements I showed. She spends a few seconds in silence and stands up for good.
"Are you already married? Are you playing with Shizuka!?" She speaks in a voice full of anger.
"No, I'm not playing with her feelings." I say in a serious voice.
At that moment Shizuka arrives with breakfast and sits down.
"I have already talked to Agata, his other wife, I have agreed to be his second wife. I have feelings for Loseram and he feels the same way for me, the world is going to end and I'm not going to care about rules that will no longer have meaning in a few hours." Shizuka says and starts eating next.
I stop for a moment and look in amazement at Shizuka. I don't know what Agata talked to her about, but it did wonders on her.
Rika is silent looking at Shizuka and me. After a few seconds she lets out a sigh and sits down again.
"... Shizuka has grown up without me realizing it.... Now, my last doubt. Why tell me about this?" says Rika in a tired voice.
"In this world there are only two people I care about. You and Shizuka, I wasn't lying when I said 'I can't leave my favorite tanned woman unprotected' that other day." I say as I take a cup of coffee given to me by Shizuka.
She spends some time looking at me and starts to laugh. Her laughter has a mixture of relief and acceptance. After a while she finally stops, drinks a glass of water to catch her breath.
"Alright, apart from the part that you are from another world, my best friend is your wife now, the world is going to end.... You still remain my soft hearted friend who is intimidating." she finishes giving a tired smile.
I give her a big smile and a positive sign. We start eating the breakfast made by Shizuka.
"So Rika, what do you intend to do? Shizuka asked me to save Kyoko and Kana, two of her teacher friends from the school she is a nurse." I ask as I take a sip of my coffee.
"Huuh~ I'm going with Loseram-kun to school." comments Shizuka as she eats.
Rika thinks for a moment as she looks at me and Shizuka.
"I'll keep the house safe until you guys get back." she says after thinking for a while.
"Don't you have any other friends you want me to help?" I ask out of curiosity.
She denies with her head "No, my friends are from the police force, they know how to take care of themselves."
I finish my coffee and leave Shizuka talking to Rika. Entering the room I start sorting out a comfortable outfit, I choose a pair of gray polyester pants, a red long sleeve t-shirt and black running shoes. I also take a backpack with canned food that I prepared a few days ago.
Finishing getting dressed I go to the workshop. I take my two wooden swords and put them in a gun bag that I bought at a sporting goods store.
I stop for a moment to see that I am carrying everything.
"Comfortable clothes? Check. My wooden swords? Check. Food for four people? Check." I leave the workshop and find Shizuka already ready for us to leave. She is wearing black dress pants with a gray belt, a white dress shirt, and dress shoes. An ideal outfit for a day's work, but if you look at it from a different point of view, you can see that this outfit helps her get around more easily.
"Has Rika gone to get her house ready yet?" I ask as I approach.
"Yes, She already went." she replies.
I nod and offer my arm to her.
"Let's go help your friends." I say with a smile.
"Come on honey~" she replies with a smile as she holds onto my arm.
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
Dedao
Dedao Look me here!
I planted all the corn my grandfather asked for. I have to say, I had forgotten that my grandfather is a guy who likes to explore his family. Not that I hate it on him, quite the contrary! I made him explore my uncle too !!!
I had a spare time ahead of schedule and wrote this chapter.
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