Hey, Fuyao. Am I supposed to win the game...?
It's a difficult question...

　On the way to the training ground, Ende asked me in secret.
　Not to mention the match, which would be a match with Alice, who was walking in front of me, surrounded by everyone else.

'You'll have to win to keep your father's dignity. A father is a wall to be crossed, and it's not an exaggeration to say that he's the first person a child has to aim for.
Yah, I'm not so sure about that.
But I feel like this is prefaced with 'for boys'. I don't think it's a good idea to get serious with a girl, and above all, when you lose, it's like, 'I hate my father! What would happen...
You scared the shit out of me.　Which is it, after all!

　Ende approaches me with a heartbroken look on his face. Even if you say something like that, I don't understand it either. To be honest, there's a good chance I'll end up in the same situation, so I'm willing to let Ende's behavior be my guide. I'll pick up the bones, don't worry.
　With Ende continuing to worry, we came to the training ground in the north. This is not the training ground used by the knights, but the warding system is ridiculously strong due to the divine energy. This means you can go on a rampage.
　It's used for magic experiments and test fires, as well as when Morohara sister and uncle Takeru show off their skills. It's also used for transferring demonic beasts to the area and fighting a group battle with a group of knights.
　And in one corner was a raised martial arts arena.
　Ende and Alice began to wear open-fingered gloves made from the skins of demonic beasts to each other. They couldn't hit each other with gauntlets.
　There wasn't anything that would fit Alice's hands, but Linse took out her sewing tools and in no time at all, she had transformed a normal glove into a child's glove. Wait, what was that?
　Is it called 【High Speed Sewing】 or is it just a Linse's military trait?
　The resized gloves are gripped and opened by Alice to feel them.
　This is to protect the fist and also reduce the damage done to the opponent. However, the impact it gives remains the same, so it still hurts if you are hit. Will it really be okay........
　The fact that Grandma Tokie won't stop means it must be okay........

''Alright, let's get started then...''

　Ende and Alice move to the center of the martial arts arena by the words of Sister Morobane.

It's not allowed to use magic. You can't use magic, and if you fall out of the martial arts arena, you're disqualified. You have to be able to use it. I'm sure you'll be able to find a great deal more information on the subject. It's not a good idea.

　Ende and Alice give a small nod. The height difference is huge when we line up, but I wonder if it's really okay. Ende is over 170cm, but Alice's is not 120cm........

''Then, begin!
All right, here we go.

　Boom!　And Alice, who charged with explosive force like a rocket, swings her right fist at him.
　The moment Ende catches the fist brought out with his left hand, this time a thrusting left fist flies towards Ende's chin.

''Oops.''

　Alice, who ducked the blow by backing away quickly, releases a follow-up attack on Ende. It's a very fast series of attacks, and Ende is handling them accurately.

It's a very good move.
'Yes. Yes, it's a streamlined movement, with plenty of room to maneuver, but it's also a little too straightforward. However, it does seem to be a bit too straightforward.

　Yae and Hilda let out such impressions. By honestly, do you mean they didn't use a feint?
　I call out to Else, who was beside me.

''How do you feel about being a future master, Else?''
'It's hard to say yet. Maybe I'm only teaching the basics. ........oh.
Haha!

　When I turned my gaze back to Else's mumbling, I saw that Alice had released a large lump of 'Qi' from the front of Ende's front with a large mass of 'Qi' on the bottom of her palm. Is that a 'Hajime'?

d*mn!

　Ende crossed his arms to prevent it, but he was pushed backward a step by the firing jaws. Perhaps aiming for that opening, Alice thrust her arms forward, and a crystal thorn, a crystal thorn, flew out from the end of it.

''【Rose Crystal Thorns【Prisma Rose】!
What?

　A few thorns caused Ende's legs to become entangled in a flash. Ende immediately released his hand sword to sever it, but he jumped backwards to avoid being entangled again, and got away from Alice.

''Mel-sama, that was........''
''Yes. My "[Rose Crystal Spine [Prisma Rose]........ I'm surprised.
I'm sure she is Master Mel's daughter.

　I'm impressed with Frazier's Moms, but isn't that against the rules?　It's not magic, so it's OK...?　If it's like a limb for Frazeez, it might be an ant. As long as Sister Morobane wasn't paying attention, it was probably OK.
　The pulled back crystal thorns wrap around Alice's elbow and beyond, making an even bigger crystal fist at the tip of her fist.

''Hey!''
What?

　A large crystal fist was released from Alice's outstretched right fist towards Ende, pulling the thorns round and round like a spring. It's like it has a spring attached to it.
　I've seen games online where characters fight like that........ The kind where a spring is attached to a boxing glove and it pops out.

''That's also an application of my [Shouki Renunciation 《Prisma Guillotine》]. I'm using it well.''

　In contrast to the stunned me, an impressed Mel nodded a small nod. Is it Alice's style to fight using the characteristics of her mother 《Frase》?

''Kuch!

　The crystal fist that had been avoided by Ende moved back towards Alice as if pulled back by a spring. At the same time, this time the opposite fist struck Ende in a large arc. Ah, there's no avoiding that one.

''Bushin-ryu, Kyoshin, Rekpa!

　Against the large crystal fist coming towards him, Ende released a right palm bottom thrust.
　Pang!　And with a loud sound, the crystal fist shatters into small pieces.

''Not yet!　Powder, crush!

　Alice's orthodox fist thrust, which dives forward as if sliding, is unleashed into Ende's pigeon tail, or Mizotoshi. It's as if she's tracing Else's movements. It's natural since he's a master.
　But I have a feeling that's not good. Because Ende and Else, that's exactly why they fight under their uncle Wushu every day. You can easily understand your opponent's movements.
　That's why it's so important to be able to outsmart them and read the future. Compared to Else, Alice's move, which Hilda just described as 'straightforward', is.......
　Ende pulled Alice's attack to the side and ducked, grabbing its wrist and pulling it down gingerly.
　When Alice lost her balance, she swiftly dispatched her legs and inserted her left arm into its torso and leapt up as Alice got into a forward stance.

'What?　Wow!

　Floating in the air, Alice neatly spun around halfway and fell off her back to the ground. Ende's fist was swung down on Alice's face as she immediately tried to stand up. Naturally, that fist is stopped short.

'That's it. Winner, Ende.

　Sister Morobane raises her hand to announce the end of the match. Hmm. Did we win? No, I thought Ende would win, but there was a pattern of losing on purpose. It's a secret that I was thinking of laughing as hard as I could if I was caught off guard and lost.

'Mmmm!　My dad over here would have seen it for the first time, and I thought it would work!
'Ha ha. That's sweet, sweet. I can't let the kids win at any price.

　Alice, who is frustrated as she falls to the ground, Ende replies so lightly and walks over to me.

''........Hey, you're pulling a face.
No, that was close.　What the hell is that kid?　She's like a big box, totally...!

　Ende mumbles this in a small voice as we pass each other. She's your daughter, for God's sake. You may not feel it, though.
　The sisters Nay and Lise hold Ende from both sides.

The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that it's not a good idea.　What!
You couldn't cut him some slack, could you?
'Hmm. Endemuon has not been kind enough to my daughter.

　As it is, Ende is taken to a corner of the training ground with a cheat. Ugh, unreasonable.
　The actual Alice, not seeming to be bothered by it, stood up with a bang.

You're not going to be able to find out what's going on.　Next time you'll have to deal with His Majesty!
What?

　I glanced at Ende, who was lecturing me in the corner of the training ground, and I realized I was in a dangerous situation. I can only see the future alongside Ende. This must be avoided at all costs.

''Well, thanks for the offer...''
"I'll deal with you next time. Right, Winter Night?

　As I was about to make an excuse and refuse, Else, wearing an open glove, quickly stepped forward. That's my wife. Thank God.

'Oh, with a young teacher, that sounds interesting!　Alright, let's do it!

　Alice confronts Else with a heightened sense of urgency. I made an excited face, well. She's still a child, after all.

Although she's small, she's pretty good, that she is. It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with them.
''Yes. It wasn't the main part of the story, so it stayed that way, but let's go and raise us to the silver rank too for a moment.

　Yae and Hilda are nodding to each other in some way.
　Yae and the others have registered with the Adventurer's Guild, but that's not their main job, so they don't do anything in particular to raise their ranks. In my case, there are requests to nominate a gold-ranked one, but Yae and the others only occasionally go to Dungeon Island and hunt demonic beasts for the purpose of patrolling. So they are both still red-ranked.
　If Alice is a gold or silver-ranked as Grandma Tokie says, then she's a higher rank than Yae and the others. Of course, she's probably registered with the Adventurer's Guild in the future, so she's currently unregistered in 《here》.
　I mean, how could a six year old get permission to register....... Is it the handiwork of Relisha-san, the guild master? Even though adventurers are a meritocracy, I wonder what's going on there.
　Well, if Yae and the others got serious, a silver rank would be a flash in the pan. All they have to do is kill a few dragons that are doing bad things. After that, defeating one giant beast would elevate them to the gold rank.
　The gold and silver rankers are going to be buzzing with activity. It's mostly my people though....




　After the match with Else (Else won the match, of course), Alice wanted to see the castle town in the past, so we sent her off with the family water. As expected, it's a bit of a wild goose chase.
　Else, Yae, Hilda and the others went to the Adventurer's Guild. They plan to raise their rank immediately. Since there are no big names in Brunhild, I asked them to look into it, and they told me that two subspecies of Cyclops are rampaging in the mountainous province of Rhodomere. The three of them are inferior to dragons, but I sent the three of them to Rhodomere at [Gate] to take them down anyway. He said he'll call me when he's done.
　I came to Babylon's 'Library' to investigate spatio-temporal magic, and I was talking to the Doctor, Engineer Elka, and 'Library' manager Pham about what had happened so far.

It's quite interesting, isn't it? But a magic that transcends time? I'm a genius, but even I can't get away with this. ...No?　If we can get Alice to return to the future and have a dimensional gate and create a singularity in space-time, we can create a time transfer...

　I let go of the doctor who had buzzed out a thought and returned my gaze to the Elka engineer in front of me.

'As I recall, the black 'crown', Noir uses space-time magic too, right?
'It's a pretty limited ability in that kid's case, though. He can speed up his own time, or pull powers from other timelines.
Can you go into the future or into the past?
'Hmmm, it's not impossible....is it?　But in order to use the ability to go back in time, there must be a significant [cost] to use it. Well, 【Compensation】 itself is going back in time.

　Noir's [Price] is the 'time' of the contractor. Only the physical body is rejuvenated while the memories remain intact. If that's all there is to it, it's truly an enviable thing, but if you make a mistake, you'll be rewound to an unborn child. It is a terrible price to pay.

'Can Noir feel the flickering of time, or rather ... the one who comes through time?
Well what do you think?　If I activate my constant ability and share my senses with the Noirs of the future, I might be able to understand it, though. ........You're not going to make the Norn pay a [price] for that, are you?

　I buzzed and shook my head at the Elka engineer, who shifted his glasses in a circle and stared at me with zit eyes.
　To her, Norn is my sister. I'm sure she thought I was trying to get her to do something dangerous. Of course that's not my intention at all.
　I thought that Noir would be able to somehow predict the time when the children would come from the future. Of course I was going to dismiss it if it would require a [Price].
　As far as Alice was concerned, I knew that our children were strong in their own right. They wouldn't lose if they were competing against a few demonic beasts and monsters. But that's not the only danger in the world.
　There are also scum that cheat and use children to sip their sweet juice. There are even slavers who still exist.
　I was wondering if you would ever get involved with such people.... I'm sure Grandma Tokie will be able to tell you if the children come from the future, but Alice was also entangled in the adventurer's collapse, so I'm honestly worried.
　While I was pondering, the doctor emerged from the sea of thoughts and asked me.

'Well, what was the cause of the dimensional quake?　Have you asked Mr. Alice about that?
'Oh, well, I haven't heard about it. Well, it seems that the occurrence of the dimensional quake is in the unshakable future, so there's nothing we can do about it even if we heard about it.

　And it's precisely because the dimensional quake occurred in the future that Alice came here.
　Just as an undersea earthquake creates seismic faults in the ocean floor that generate tsunamis, dimensional quakes must have a cause.
　In the past, five thousand years ago, the black and white "crown" ran amok, which drove the Freys into the inter-dimensional space and "rolled back" the world boundary.
　This time the dimensional quake might also be the runaway of the black "crown" Noir and the white "crown" Albus.
　I'll have to ask him properly later. I don't know if you'll tell me or not. If there's no direct relation to my children, maybe they will.
　We examined every book on spatio-temporal magic left by old Parellius, but found nothing new. It seems that it is difficult to aim for and cross time.
　It would be great if you could just call me when the kids come over here. Then I'd go get them right away.
　Nothing has happened yet, but I'm already feeling a lot of heartache. Dad, I feel a hole in my stomach........




　So a few days have passed since Alice came.

'Kids are good, aren't they, Winter Nights?
Who are you?

　Ende speaks a line that would be misleading to anyone who hears it, while nimbying. What a guy. Only after a tight smile.....
　Ende looks at the children playing with the capsail toys in the Strand Trading Company's storefront, smiling. .........You, you're going to get caught?

I didn't have a clue what to expect when I heard that she was my daughter, but as I lived with her, I began to think she was cute. The way she smiles and looks just like Mel. The way she smiled and her eyes were just like Mel's. Now I understand why fathers love their daughters so much.
"...so who are you?　 Oh, right, Ende's impostor.
'Oh well, you'll find out sooner or later in the winter night. I'm looking forward to it.
I hate it.

　The enlightened look on his face adds to that again. Let's slap him once. Maybe I'll come to my senses.

'I didn't call you here to hear that. So?　Did you get anything out of him?
Uh, well, some of them.

　Ende and the others who live with Alice could have heard many stories about the future from her. We're to share the information with you. Mainly information about our children.

First, there were nine children in Winter Night. "First of all, Fuyao has nine children, one boy and the rest are girls, apparently.
I know that!
Huh?

　Oh, I didn't explain that part to Ende. Never mind. Next, give me more information.

The other thing I want to know is... The older one is 11 years old and the younger one is 5 years old?　I heard the oldest one is already gold-ranked.

　What, nine babies born in six years?　No, two or three of them may be the same age, so it could be like that....
　However, the older one is eleven years old, which is almost the same age as when he first met Yumina. Does that mean he has a fiancée, and it's just a matter of time before they get married?　I don't know, I haven't even met him yet, but dad I'm starting to cry........
　I wonder if this is how a father feels about giving his daughter as a wife........

'No, I heard that girl said she won't accept you as a marriage partner unless you're stronger than her. There aren't many people who are higher than gold-ranked, so she still doesn't seem to have a fiancé.
Shhhh!

　Big gut punch. I don't know how it's an educational policy, but let's just say it's OK for now!
　A royal family may be small, but a royal family is a royal family. Being born a princess, the option of political marriage comes up.
　But for me, I don't want to choose that option. If the goal is to avoid war, promote invasion, or provide economic aid, my family can make a difference.
　That's why I want my daughters to marry freely. Their wives agree with me.
　But alas, alas, alas!　There is something called a relationship between countries. There are also family relationships.
　There are routes to meeting princes from other countries, falling in love, developing love, and marrying early... and so on.
　So I don't think this development is a bad idea. Okay, let's work out the first one really hard. So that she doesn't hate me.
　.... hmmm?　Isn't this the future based on information from the future?
　The paradox of certainty................well, let's not think about it. Grandma Tokie must have done something, probably. I'll leave those contradictions to God.
　As I was throwing my problems at Grandma Tokie in my mind, Ende suddenly tapped me on the shoulder.

'By the way. From what I've heard, my daughter loves the son of Fuyao's place, what do you think about that?
What?　My shoulder hurts, but...
'Alice says she's going to be that girl's wife, what do you think?'

　Oh, Ende........is he losing his temper?　My grip on my shoulders tightened, ouch, because it hurt!

What do you mean, you're thinking about marriage at six years old?　My daughter won't do it yet!
I don't know!　I don't care if my son, whom I haven't even met yet, gets mad at me!　You're too quick!

　I've seen a guy who is currently experiencing the feeling of giving his daughter to his wife.
　Mostly, what does that mean from my son's point of view?　So it's a mutual love affair?　Maybe it's just a one-sided crush of a childhood friend, you know?
　When I said something like that, Ende and I almost got into a struggle.
　Hmmm, this father is such a bother!