It was implied in prologue that the harem might broke out.

Personally, this is a huge green flag. A good harem is a dead harem. What I meant by that is MC ditch the harem and ends up choosing only one waifu but we'll see...

Edited: Prologue chapter chronologically took place at ch. 155.

Berg - nicknamed bell. He's from a slum. He met Sien and hit it off. After breaking up with sien, he joined the mercenary through Adam and became capable fighter and a leader.

Sien - the Saint, MC's past ex. They met in the slum since childhood, gotten intimate after some time, then made promise of their future to each other - the classic vanila troupe.

She got choosen by the God of Purity to be a saint. As a saint, being in a relationship is taboo. She reluctantly broke up with Bell after she was given a vision by the God that MC would die if she didn't became a saint.

She still has big feelings on MC and is regretting that she might have draw the line too much when she push him away. She plans to run away after the war and be with MC.

Ner - wolf girl who got bulied by her family and became the collateral for an arranged marriage to Bell's mercenary in exhange for them killing the monsters that could have analiate Ner's family.

Arwin - elf girl who volunteered to be the collateral for an arranged marriage to Bell's mercenary same reason as Ner's. This is so she could escape her village ab*se and explore the world. She's acquainted with Ner.

Both Ner and Arwin shared a camaraderie sense at the start because they both didn't like the arranged marriage.

Although Bell accepted Ner's arranged marriage for the reputation of his mercenary group, he also want to make the relationship genuine even if it will take time so they both agree to start of as friends and act as husband and wife when in public. He also hope that this new relationship would help him move on with his ex who left him.

It was also like that with Arwin's arranged marriage after MC asked Ner if she was all right with having one more wife since in their culture, harem is taboo. Ner accepted it because she plans to break away from the arrange marriage anway. Beside, Arwin is her friend and she thought she'll have someone who she can disclose to.

Grandually, both of them started falling in love with Bell but this also torn them apart from each other as they thought the other as their love rival.

Ner was told by her father to gather information and weakness against MC mercenary group so he could get leverage to help her out of the arrange marriage. Initially, Ner did so and wrote them in her diary but later on discontinued it when she got close to MC. She almost forgot about her diary so she forgot to throw it. Arwin secretly found out about the diary but she haven't told MC about it.

Arwin was promised freedom from the elf tribe once MC, her arranged husband, died. So she initially planned to poison him after a year or two. She quickly changed her mind after MC saved her from her tribe's periodic torture tradition but she still brought the poison 'just in case the situation demands it.' This was later on secretly found by Ner. She still dont know if it's really posion or not but she's suspicious.

Lately, Ner has recognized her feelings so she started acting assertive while saying it's acting so that their relationship becomes believable to the public. Since she believes she will be together with MC for her entire lifetime as a married couple, she felt no rush to confess right away, preferring to take things slowly with MC.

Arwin displayed some act of affection in public, but she done it out of consideration of Bell's public reputation. Ner got jealous especially after noticing how close MC and Arwin became so a bloody cold war ensues.

The both of them thinks that the other still hates bell and the arrange marriage, unaware that the other is developing feelings.

Meanwhile, because the Church couldn't trace where MC went after Bell and Sien broke off, they assumed he's dead. So they lied and made her believe that MC is peacefully living as a farmer. They're afraid that the saint might lose it.

Years later, Church found MC and tries to have a dialog probably to make him stay away from the saint but failed. They tried other means to make them not meet but as of ch. 110, MC accepted a mission where he might meet the saint. He is also foreshadowed to be the next chosen hero of the God of Solitude just like how Sien got chosen by the God of innocence.

Ch. 120 Update

Arwin is also starting to notice that she's been developing feelings on MC. She's afraid that she'll feel broken once he dies of old age, leaving her with this feeling for the rest of her 1, 000 years of her life. She 'accidently' shared her fear to MC and ask him to let her go before it happens but MC disagree, telling her he wants her to enjoy the moments they could share now until she'll get tired of it so parting ways won't leave a bitter taste. Also because she has become his source of strength.

Also Bell met up with Sien. He discovered that she still has feelings for him. He decided to draw the line, that him and her are a thing in the past now that he is already married. He properly bids farewell hoping that he could finally move on (but that doesn't seem to be the case).

Ch. 130 Update

After noticing that Bell still has some feelings left for her, Sien didn't give up pursuing him. Bell also learned that Sien had always plan to abandon being a saint to be with him once the war is over.

Also, Arwin is becoming more certain with her feelings now.

Due to some schemes for the succession fight of a human polygamy family, the hero party was almost eliminated. Worried, the king revealed that he is thinking of banning polygamy to avoid the same incident from hapening again.

The King casually asked for many opinion including Bell's. He disagree with the ban because that would go against his promise to take care both of his wives but it planted a seed of doubt in him. As far as he knows, his wives want to break the arrange marriage. For Ner, it was to meet her destined partner while for Arwin, it was because of the incompatibility of long lived and short lived species and for freedom. He's starting to reflect that maybe he's just hurting them because of his greed to move on.

Ch. 140 Update

Sien gotten even more depress but after learning that Bell's relationship with his wives are just acting, she gained a surge of confidence and hope. She straight up approach Bell and told him to hug her while she was crying (a.k.a she wants things to return back to how it use to be). She done it in front the public and Bell's wives were also there.

He was this close on hugging her but his wives precense helped him clear his thoughts. This time, he bids farwell to Sien, leaving her crying but more determined.

Rumors about the saint apparently having someone she likes (which is taboo as the saint of purity) spreads. The king invites Bell in the capital for many political reasons, but mostly to help show the public that him and the saint is a thing of the pass now by showing that he now has wives during a ball.

Also, Arwin has now acknowlege her feeling for Bell. It's implied that she's secretly looking for ways to somehow share her longevity.

Also manipulative wives montage. At this point, I just wants Bell to be with Sien who genuinely care for him more than his wives right now.

Ch. 150 Updates

The talks about the abolishment of polygamy continues as it was reveled that most of the nobles agree with it.

Bell said he's against it when he was asked by the king for his opinion. The king was also curious of his wives opinion so he invited them but suggested Bell to evesdrop.

Both of the wives agreed for its abolishment. Still unaware that the other had already developed feelings, each of them thinks that they could finally monopoly Bell while helping the other break free. A big miunderstanding on their part.

In the other hand, Bell is having his own misunderstanding, thinking that they are agreeing with it because both of them want to break free.

He now knows that one day, he will have to choose who to let go, and who to be with. But that's beside the pain of knowing that despite his effort and affection, the gap between them was still there and it was not as small as he had imagine.

Also, the war against the demon is coming to an end but Adam, Bell's brother in arms, keeps raising his red flag. Perhaps another manifestation that Bell is truly the hero of solitude.

(The logic behind each hero candidate of a God is that they are opposite characteristic of the God. For example, Felix is coward but is hero of God of courage. The display of courage is the strongest when a coward does it compare to a fearless. Failing to do so would lessen his power granted by him.

In Sien case, she promised her whole self, including her chasity and being to Bell, but is hero of God of chasity who must display purity despite all these.

In Bell case, he's surrounded by a lots of friends and comrades as vice president of a mercenary, and even has wives and a childhood sweetheart but as choosen hero of solitude, he will feel the most painful separation and solitude because of it.

Ch. 160

Adam died

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Ner found out that the suspisious bottle inside Arwin's bag is a special elf poison.

The abolishment of polygamy were immediately implemented. Ner and Arwin finally talked about who would leave and stay. Only then did they discovered that each of them doesn't want to leave because they had actually fallen in love when they thought otherwise.

Arwin showed Bell Ner's diary containing her espionage notes, and Ner showed him Arwin's poison. Bell felt so betrayed that he started treating both of them coldly.

Meanwhile, Sien waits at the capital knowing that Bell and his mercenary would come there for the King's reward.

Ch. 170 Update

The king turned Bell into a noble as a reward. Having no more reason to continue his relationship to Arwin and Ner for their noble background, he divorced them. Both of them are in agony due to the separation, even more so with Bell because of the betrayal he felt.

Meanwhile, Sien retired being a saint. As Bell went back to the mercenary's base village, he let Sien tagged along mostly because he takes comfort having a trustworthy person to lean on. She's getting a good second chance for Bell.

Ch. 180 Update

Plenty to unpack here, and plenty more foreshadowing both good and bad.

First, Bell and Sien married and now they've been a couple for 1 year already.

Sien lose her power as a saint every since she retired. Now she is pregnant but shows signs of sickness. Not good especially since a pandamic seems to be starting.

Ner had finally recovered... relatively speaking. Arwin went and explore just like she always wanted but didn't find joy in that after realizing that Bell was the reason why exploring was fun then. She went back to her elf village and requested the elder to make the painful sacrifice tradition more frequent in exchange of knowledge on how to share longivity.

Both of them had been checking up with Bell. For Ner, it was through network information and for Arwin it was through her bird that she can share her sense with.

Ch. 180+

No more spoilers, novel is too good that detailed spoilers will ruin it at this point. Just know that it's a harem ending.

This novel suffers from characters not being honest. Very few drama could have not happen if they just honestly open up but most are reasonable.

In sien case, it was not telling bell that she plans to run away from the church and be with him after the war. She could have at least whisper to him to wait for her or she could have personally slip a letter or something. I just fail to see why she didn't do it. She's now regretting how she didn't consider Bell's feelings.

In Ner and Arwin case, contrary to what others think, their reasoning actually makes sense to me. They didn't feel rush to confess their feelings because they were complacent that they'll be together with Bell for a lifetime. It's a flaw reason but it makes them feel more human-like.

It also makes sense that each of them don't know that the other is already inlove to Bell because a.) Each thought the other is just acting affectionate to Bell for his consideration; and b.) They became less open to one another after they started picturing the other a love rival. From that point, they just act friendly in the surface while secretly wanting the other to break off.

Sien awakens as a Saintess of a Goddess and is conscripted to fight the Demon King..

SHEIN:

With Shien, lies the misunderstanding that makes the least sense. Why did Shien part with Berg in the way she did? Why did she say that she wanted to become a Saint for better life that it offer, rather than admitting she was scared of prophecy shown to her that if she does not become a Saint that Berg would die, and that she was scared of what the Hea Church could do to Berg. Overall, I can still understand her to some extent, considering that she is very young at the time and emotionally under a lot of pressure with limited time to respond to the emotions.

NER:

For example, Ner, Wolfman, a kind that can only love a single person, is told by her grandmother, a famous fortune-teller, that she will deeply fall in love with someone who is noble and who will protect her when she is a child. Ner misunderstands this prophecy to mean the person must be noble, so she initially does not want to get close to Berg, a human mercenary. This not to mention the fact that humans and mercenaries do not have good reputations, so it is understandable that she is afraid of Berg and does not want to get involved with him (this also applies for Arwin).

ARWIN:

Similarly, Arwin, an elf, tries to avoid contact with Berg because she earns for freedom after years of torture by the World Tree (this done in a ritual where she shares lifespan with the World Tree), and because Berg is short-lived, and she is long-lived, so attachment would become a burden.

Eventually, both (Ner and Arwin) fall in love with Berg, but pretend to not be in love with Berg because of their pride and their conviction that the other person is not interested, so there is no reason to try to explain their emotions, believing that the other person will eventually be gone anyway (Ner because of finding her destined partner, and Arwin because of her desire for freedom).

It will teach you the important of having a clear line of communication with your partner, which also is the main part of the whole novel, what the author really want you to feel.

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