July 15th.
Afternoon.
Tokyo, Shinjuku Ward Hospital.
Outside the delivery room, eight people waited.
Cael, Makima, Reze, Metis, Kobeni, Fami, and Reze's adoptive parents, Alexei and Sofia.
His wives and in-laws.
Makima and Metis both had visible baby bumps now.
Yeah, both of them were pregnant.
Metis carried her child to counter the Nostradamus Prophecy. Makima got pregnant for a much simpler reason.
She refused to lose.
If the others were having his kids, she was not sitting that one out.
Cael's Primal ability, Reproduction, made it possible. Even Devils like Control and Death could conceive.
Reze still had no plans to become a mother.
Kobeni wanted to, but kept overthinking it, worried her body was not ready, so she held off.
Fami was just there because she felt like it. Her sister was giving birth, so she showed up to watch.
Inside the room, Asa Mitaka was drenched in sweat.
The delivery was successful.
But something felt off.
The baby did not cry.
"Ms. Asa, she's… a very beautiful girl."
The nurse stared in disbelief.
This was not flattery.
She had delivered countless babies. Most looked… rough at birth.
This one was different.
Her features were already well-formed, balanced in a way that felt unnatural. There was something else too, something hard to explain, like the child was already aware.
The nurse instinctively wanted to pat the baby to make her cry.
Then the baby glanced at her.
Cold. Indifferent.
The nurse froze and quietly gave up.
"Let me see my child."
Asa wiped her sweat, impatient.
The nurse handed her over.
The baby looked at Asa, then turned her head away like she had already made a judgment.
"…Huh?"
Asa blinked, then frowned.
"Hey… you don't like Mama?"
The baby opened her mouth slightly.
"Ah… Mi… Zi…"
The words were clumsy, but clear.
The nurse almost collapsed.
"She spoke?! Right after being born?!"
Asa's eyes lit up.
"You want a name?"
The baby gave a small nod.
Asa thought for a moment. If it was a girl, she would take Asa's surname.
"Mitaka Hagoromo?"
No reaction.
"Mitaka Shina?"
Still nothing.
She tried several names. The baby rejected all of them.
Then Yoru's voice echoed in her mind.
"Heh, interesting kid. Fine, I'll name her."
Asa rolled her eyes.
"You? With your brain?"
"Shut it. Call her Yui."
Asa hesitated.
"…Mitaka Yui?"
The baby's lips curved slightly.
She accepted.
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Mitaka Yui's growth made no sense.
Five days after birth, she had thick black hair and a full set of teeth.
Ten days, she was walking.
Fifteen days, she spoke Japanese, Russian, and English fluently, like she had always known them.
August 6th, evening.
While her parents were busy making more siblings for her, Yui quietly pushed her stroller out of the room.
She went looking for Pochita.
"Chainsaw dog, give me… present."
"Woof? What do you want?"
"Want… boom."
Pochita stared at her, then sighed.
"Woof… fine."
It already felt bloated anyway.
Pochita sliced open its chest and pulled out a piece of flesh that had been bothering it, then dropped it into Yui's mouth.
Pochita, the Hero of Hell.
It had once shared authority with the Death Devil.
Its ability could erase Devils and their concepts.
But originally, eating a Devil was meant to protect it, not erase it.
True death came from being forgotten.
And now, the Nuclear Weapon Devil had found the perfect vessel.
A promise had been made to War.
The time had come.
Return it.
Yui swallowed the flesh.
Her body absorbed it instantly.
She became the new Nuclear Weapon Devil.
Something far worse than the Gun Devil.
The true king of terror had arrived.
That moment, across Japan, people woke in the middle of the night.
They remembered.
The explosion.
The fear.
It all came rushing back.
Fear of death surged to its peak.
Metis's power spiked with it, overflowing beyond control.
People began dying without reason.
Japan suffered the worst. Their fear of nuclear weapons ran deeper than anywhere else.
Luckily, the children in Metis's womb shared her authority.
It slowed the rate of death.
Still, the disaster dragged on for nearly half a year.
During that time, Cael did not forget something important.
He held a wedding during Qixi Festival.
Besides his five wives, he dragged Fami into it too.
She was already there anyway.
Her sisters had married him, leaving her out would have been unfair.
(Bro just finding an excuse atp.)
After the wedding, things escalated quickly.
Cael did not waste time.
Fami cried a lot afterward, but not from pain.
She just would not admit why.
Eventually, Metis gave birth.
The moment her children were born, the random deaths stopped.
Japan's population had dropped to thirty million.
Metis and Cael had twins, an older sister and a younger brother.
Both carried the authority of Death.
Cael named them Aoi and Zen.
Not long after, Makima gave birth as well.
A daughter.
Black hair, just like Cael.
Makima thought for a moment, then named her Miyu.
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Years passed.
Yui, Aoi, Zen, and Miyu reached school age.
During holidays, they always gathered around Cael.
Same question. Every time.
"Dad… why do we have so many moms? Other kids only have one."
Cael looked at them, then sighed, rubbing his temples.
"Because your moms and I… yeah, it's complicated."
He paused, then smirked.
"Just know this, I've got elite taste."
He patted their heads.
"Now go to sleep."
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That's the end, wuwu (ᗒᗩᗕ), See y'all on the next CHAINSAW MAN fanfic.