In the end, he wasn't able to find out anything about Chiaki's mother.
But, he felt that he shouldn't give up just like that … Seiji intended to call Seiji again later.
If Wakaba Hiroshi Makoto still didn't tell him anything, he would go find Hiroshi and ask him directly.
If he really couldn't find out anything, he could ask Summer Night to send someone to investigate!
Of course, he would have to take Chiaki's feelings into consideration.
"I'll leave it all to you," Chiaki smiled at Seiji. "Letting Dad worry about me for a while … I think it's a good idea."
Seiji smiled as he felt his girlfriend's trust in him.
…
After Seiji explained the situation to Summer Night, she said that she was more than happy to help. If she really needed someone to investigate, all she had to do was tell her.
After that, it was time to train in the Domain.
This time, Seiji, Mika, Hoshi, Feng Wu, Mayuzumi, Kaori, Summer Night, and Rona were participating in the battle.
Chiaki was unhappy that she couldn't pet the cat since the cat girl was participating in the battle.
After the battle meeting, everyone changed into their appearances. Rona transformed into a large cat girl. Her alluring beauty was a great contrast to her original cuteness. Everyone who saw her for the first time was stunned.
Chiaki was especially stunned. She couldn't help but drool.
After she regained her senses, she strongly wanted to touch the cat girl's tail! But, she avoided it.
"Please, Kirin-chan ~ Let me touch you ~ ~"
"Meow."
The tomboy chased the large cat girl around the hall in circles. She seemed to be having fun.
Mayuzumi also expressed that she wanted to touch the cat girl. Mika and the others were interested as well. But since Rona didn't seem to be interested, they naturally didn't force her.
Seiji caught the "enraged" Chiaki and tossed her to Mai.
After everyone finished preparing, everyone entered the Domain.
Kazuko lowered the difficulty of the Domain, but not by too much. It was about the same level as the day before.
The team's battle went smoothly. They didn't encounter any unexpected situations, nor did they encounter any "vicious demon" spiritual monsters. They successfully cleared the level.
After coming out of the domain, Seiji found Chiaki and saw her staring at the yard in a daze.
"Welcome back … are you alright?" Chiaki noticed that someone was walking over to her. She returned to her senses and greeted Seiji.
"The battle went well." Seiji looked at her. "What about you?"
"Dad just called me and asked me to have dinner with him tonight," Chiaki said softly.
Hearing this, Seiji raised his eyebrows.
"He was willing to talk to you about mother?"
"He didn't mention it. He just asked me to eat with him … and specifically said that you can't come with him."
Not surprisingly, he was disgusted. Seiji's heart did not waver at all.
He didn't care what Wakaba and Hiroshi Makoto thought. He only cared about Chiaki's feelings.
"Now that he said that, I actually want to go with him even more … But, the choice is yours." Seiji looked directly at his girlfriend's face.
"If you want me to go with you, I'll go with you.
If you want me to go with you but don't want him to see me, that's fine as well. I can use a spell to conceal myself.
And if you feel that it's better for you to face him alone, I'll respect your opinion. "
Chiaki fell silent.
"If I let you go with him, can you guarantee that you won't attack him?"
"I can't," Seiji answered directly.
"I knew it … That's why I can't take you with me." Chiaki acted like a teacher who was helpless against a bad student.
"I can guarantee that I won't beat him to death." Seiji acted like a delinquent.
"That sounds more like a threat than a guarantee, Haruta -san."
"You misunderstand. I'm sincerely guaranteeing that I'll at most break a few of his bones, Wakaba -sensei."
"That's already a threat!"
"If there's really no other way, then I'll take another step back. At most, I'll only break one of his bones."
"It's not a problem with the number of bones!"
"For Sensei's sake, I'll take another huge step back and promise that I definitely won't break any bones in his dominant hand."
"It's not a problem with the location of the bones either!!"
After retorting, Chiaki chuckled.
Seiji also chuckled.
"Is there really no problem?" After laughing, he asked in a serious tone.
"… It's not completely fine, but … I want to face him by myself," Chiaki replied.
"I'll feel much more reassured if you're by my side, but I feel that this won't do.
He's my father, and I want to find out about my mother from him … I need to personally talk to him. "
Her boyfriend was reliable, incredibly reliable. It would definitely be fine to leave everything to him.
But since her father voluntarily asked to talk to him, then she should work up her courage and properly face him.
At any rate, she could still ask for help if things went south.
"If the situation becomes bad, I'll send a distress signal … is that alright?"
"Of course." Seiji smiled. "As soon as I receive a distress signal, I'll immediately rush over and reach your side as quickly as possible."
Seeing his gentle smile, Chiaki once again felt her boyfriend's handsomeness, and a brilliant smile appeared on her face.
…
Dinner time.
Chiaki sat by a table in a private room of a high-class Sakura Island restaurant and quietly waited.
How long had it been since she last ate dinner together with her father?
She thought about it for a moment, but was too lazy to think about it.
It wasn't that she didn't care about it, but it didn't really count for much now.
Compared to the luxurious apartment that she originally lived in, she was now more accustomed to living in the Uehara apartments … no, it wasn't to the extent of "accustomed" anymore. She didn't even want to imagine leaving the Uehara apartments and returning to her original residence.
Seiji, Mika, Kagura-san, Ling Yang -san, Juumonji-sensei, the landlord … with all these people here, the Uehara apartments felt far more like a home than her original residence.
The tomboy couldn't help but smile as she imagined the happy scenes of her daily life. She even took out her cell phone and looked at the pictures she took.
Seeing the pictures reminded her of the time she took the pictures … She quickly immersed herself in them.
When she saw the picture of Seiji holding a teacup and looking up at the cherry blossoms, she heard footsteps.
Her father had arrived.
Chiaki put away her cell phone and turned around to see the man who had just entered.
He was wearing a dark-colored jacket and long pants. His face was handsome but rather thin, and he wore black-rimmed eyeglasses. He had a full beard, and his grayish-brown hair was neatly combed and tied into a ponytail. He had the aura of an artist.
This was Hiroshi Makoto, Wakaba Wakaba.
His appearance and aura matched his identity as a famous artist. To be more specific, if ten people who didn't know him were asked to guess his occupation based on their first impression, approximately seven out of ten people would be able to guess correctly.
He was able to appear on various TV shows as an artist, and he even had a role in some movies. His appearance was probably the main reason why so many people called him an "idol artist."
"Dad … good evening," Chiaki greeted him.
Hiroshi Makoto nodded slightly and sat down across from his daughter. He then asked the waiter for his order.
After the waiter left, everyone fell silent.
"How have you been?" Hiroshi Makoto asked after a period of silence.
"Excellent," Chiaki answered calmly.
Up until now, whenever her father met with her, he would always ask such a question. And no matter what she replied, the next sentence would always be …
"I see," the famous artist said in a calm tone and expressionless manner.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
