"… Her Majesty Glina Caso has arrived!"
"Damn it, why didn't you inform me!?"
The joyous welcome song was still ringing in my ears, but I was doing my best to find a way to escape. Meanwhile, the attendants around me and Renée didn't even try to hide their evil smiles, which made me realize that I had been scammed again today.
Why did I have to run? I didn't know either, but I mysteriously felt anxious. However, I felt like if I didn't run now, I would be in big trouble.
"Is that really necessary? It's just that you haven't paid child support fees for eight years. Although you're completely disqualified as a father, you've been disqualified in many other ways. Is it really necessary to care so much? "
I suddenly understood. So this was the problem. Back then, for the sake of convenience, I had taken that lass as my adopted daughter and even changed her bloodline. Legally and by blood, we were now father and daughter. Now that my father had been gone for so many years, the child support and pocket money I received had all been cut off. So this was what I was feeling guilty about.
"… I recently made a small fortune. At most, I'll pay you back double."
When I thought of this, I mysteriously calmed down. I forced out a smile and walked to the door.
"It's been eight years. Back then, she was only a teenager. She's probably twenty now. A girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood. Perhaps she'll become a mature beauty …"
But reality was always cruel …
* Boom! *
The moment I stepped into the hall, I saw a pair of metallic feet. The gray armored feet seemed to be made of pure steel, and faintly cracks appeared on the floor as it stepped on.
My smile froze as an ominous premonition appeared in my mind.
And the next second, my nightmare became reality …
This was a gigantic metallic armor that was more than three meters tall. It had a humanoid body, four gigantic limbs, and a mechanical backpack on its back. Its heavy appearance reminded me of the Mage Country's diamond puppets.
The two light bulbs on its head lit up when it saw me. It was as if it was a vulture staring at its prey, as if it was a demon from hell.
It opened up its metallic arms and pounced at me. Crack! Crack! Rock fragments flew everywhere as the ground shook. It was a pitiful scene where cracks appeared all over the floor.
In front of me, a strong gust of wind blew and rock fragments flew everywhere. It was as if a train was about to crash into me.
I wanted to dodge, but a familiar voice from the helmet's sensors stopped me.
"Dad, I … I miss you so much!"
A child's voice unique to puberty came from the metal giant's head. That familiar voice caused me to shake. Back in the day, she had left without saying a single word, yet she still recognized me as her "father". A mysterious sense of guilt welled up in my heart. So … this was just her way of expressing how much she missed me. So this was just a touching father-daughter reunion!
"At least act like an adult."
I stood up and opened my arms with a smile, welcoming the hug of my "daughter", and then …
There was nothing after that. I only felt a strong force flying towards me, and I heard the sound of bones cracking. It was so painful that I felt like at least a dozen bones had broken. Pain and consciousness flew out of my body, and the next instant, my consciousness flew out as well. And my final thought was …
"Ah, it looks like a Diamond Puppet. It also feels like a Diamond Puppet when I hit it, and it also feels like a Diamond Puppet when I touch it. My daughter, you've become so heavy … Eh, the little girl waving at the door looks so familiar. She, she looks like Glina … Damn, I've been tricked again! It really was a solid Diamond Puppet that hit me! "
At this time, I was still doing my best to maintain my consciousness. However, I would rather have fainted, because I saw black smoke rising from the top of this Diamond Puppet's head. Based on how things had developed, what happened next should be …
* Boom!! *
It was said that on that day, even the entire palace was shaken by the explosion.
…
"… What a familiar ceiling."
I opened my eyes and casually commented. How could I not be familiar with the smell of medicine and the white ceiling? Recently, this hospital in the palace had almost become my home.
"I'll tell you beforehand that I didn't do that on purpose …"
"… You just lost control and self-destructed as always? Then, was that on purpose? "
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I thought back to back in the day, in order to prevent information from being leaked to Cavendish, not only had I left these two girls behind to go to the battlefield, I had even intentionally isolated them and guarded against them. This guilt made me unable to get angry even if I wanted to.
However, when I looked in the direction where the sound came from, I was astonished.
"You, you, you, how is this possible!?"
Don't misunderstand, I wasn't exclaiming about how a girl would change so much, but rather …
"Why haven't you changed at all!?"
It was still the same familiar doll-like head, the same familiar dazzling blonde hair, the same familiar right eyepatch … Oh, this one had a little bear drawn on it, which seemed somewhat different.
Hearing me say this, Glina glared at me angrily. If I really had to find something different, it would be that the current Glina was much more human than the emotionless ice doll of the past.
Back when I was eleven or twelve years old, I appeared to be eight or nine years old due to the sealed demon bloodline. Now that I was in my twenties, I still appeared to be eight or nine years old.
"Then I'll have to ask you. Just what type of blood did you give me back in the day!?"
I paused in surprise as I broke out in a cold sweat. Unlike Renée, who gave up on blood transfusions in order to cultivate the path of Chaos, I used my own bloodline to cover her in order to completely remove the influence of Cavendish's bloodline. From a certain standpoint, she was now my corrupted bloodline.
And, her appearance hadn't changed even after eight years. Didn't that mean that I …
"… System, be honest with me. Just how long did this bloodline take to reach adulthood?"
[This bloodline is the combination of the essence of Order and Chaos. It's the only miraculous combination in the entire world. It's unprecedented, and will be impossible to replicate in the future …]
"Unprecedented? So you're saying that there's no precedent? It's impossible to calculate? You don't even know, yet you're giving it to me? "
[Aha … the hotline you're broadcasting is busy. Please try again later.]
She even pretended that the line was busy. I was rendered speechless by this irresponsible system of mine. As I looked at Glina's youthful face, I suddenly felt that even my 500-year Dusk Fruit might not be enough.
Although Glina's displeased expression was rather refreshing, I felt an increasing headache looking at this legal loli.
"Can such a girl really be married off? Even if she marries off, they'll probably think that she's a pervert. Also, she's the heir to the Sleuweir Kingdom … "
No wonder I hadn't heard any rumors about Glina before. No matter how I looked at it, any rumors about such a queen would seem like a crime.
It would seem that the ministers of the Sleuweir Kingdom had already given up hope on finding an heir. With her body size, it would be impossible for her to have any descendants even if she married off.
"Don't look at me like that. You're just like those annoying, nagging ministers. Do women have to have children? I never expected that Dad would be so old-fashioned. "
Glina's mouth was twisted in displeasure. She seemed just like a teenage girl who was dissatisfied with her parents' arrangements. Was this her late rebellious period? The moment I said this, even the silly cat paused in surprise and almost fell off the bed.
In this patriarchal era, most people believed that having children was the most important thing for women. It was quite impressive of her to say something like this.
I took a deep breath. If you don't want to have children, then don't. I'll just treat it as me owing you something. I'll help you deal with your adopted father … Why did I feel like something was wrong?
"Relax. As your adopted father, I'll support you. If you don't want to have children, then don't. I'll help you have children … No, don't misunderstand. What I mean is that I need the wood spirits' biological technology to help me create artificial descendants."
* Crack! *
This time, even Glina paused in surprise. The silly cat, who had just crawled up, missed yet another step. This time, she looked at me with astonishment.
"What's the matter? Isn't this a good idea? Since it's possible to artificially create spare limbs, then it's technically possible to provide genes for artificial descendants, isn't it? "
"… The problem doesn't lie in the technology, does it? Even the ethics aren't right! There's something wrong with your head as well! "
"Heh heh, I'm relieved. As expected of His Highness Roland from back then."
Glina finally regained her senses and covered her mouth as she chuckled. It was unknown what she was looking at with her narrowed eyes. Just what was the most intelligent engineer in the Northlands thinking about?
However, I felt a chill run down my spine. I was very familiar with this feeling. It was usually the feeling that I had been mysteriously scammed again.
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