"I'm ready!

　The heavy knight riding on Alice's Chevalier rumbles through the earth towards the giant beast. In its hands is the rugged war club "mace".
　The one that greets you is a giant boar-shaped beast, the task boar. It's not just a matter of time before you get your hands on it, it's a matter of time before you get your hands on it.
　I'm not sure if the two tusks that look like long, sharp spears will reach the aircraft, but at that moment, the heavy knight that Alice rides on was flying brilliantly into the air.
　It wasn't blown away. It jumped by itself. I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this in the next few weeks.
　The heavy knight 《Chevalier》 is a heavily armed type that places a heavy emphasis on defense, even in frame gear. Naturally, it is heavy and its movements are slow.
　To handle it so nimbly, a great deal of piloting skill and experience should be required.
　It seems that it's not a lie that I used to ride it in the future world.

"BGOOOHHHHH!

　After changing directions, Tusboa once again began an assault towards Alice's heavy knight 《Chevalier》. This time, Alice also held the war cudgel in her hand and confronted him head on.

''Yeah!''

　Alice threw the war cudgel, which glows in dull colors, at the taskboa. Eh!　Why are you throwing it?
　Goin'!　And with a dull sound, the war cudgel 《Mace》 hit Tusboa's forehead. The skin was split open and blood flowed from it, but the assault did not stop.

''【Crystal Armament】!

　Suddenly, crystal thorns flew out of the arms of Alice's riding heavy knight 《Chevalier》 and wrapped around both fists, forming a crystal gauntlet.
　That thing is Mel's........

''Powder, shatter!

　The fist of the heavy knight 《Chevalier》, hardened with crystal gauntlets, exploded into Tusboa's nose.
　With blood splatters and broken fangs scattered, Tusboa was blown away with a flourish.
　Tusboa, whose face is crushed, falls to the ground and dies.

''Yay!''
...ahhhhh, no...

　I gave a drawn-out smile as I looked at the heavy knight 《Chevalier》, who raised his fist and struck a victory pose.
　As if I didn't like those words, Ney and Lise, who were next to me, raised their eyebrows and glared at me.

'What do you mean "no"? Alice has done well. Do you have something to complain about my little girl?
I'm in total agreement. Alice is a genius. A very good girl.

　Ummm, we're getting a bit of a parental idiot too. When I glanced at Ende, he had a troubled smile on his face.

''What Fuyao said about 'no' isn't about the way you fight, it's about the way you defeat it. Alice's way of fighting is brilliantly defeating the frame gear without hurting it, but that way of defeating it shouldn't be done. The fang that is the most valuable material is broken in the middle of the fight, and its value has dropped in value. What I'm trying to say is that it's a waste.

　Tuskboa's fangs are valuable, and that's why you want to get them intact. The value of an intact one and a broken one are quite different.
　But if you're a silver-ranked adventurer, you should know that part of it.
　I'm sure he wanted to show his parents that he's good at what he does. You don't have to jump like that to duck an attack. He's still a kid in that way.

"Heh-heh. How's that?　You got it right, didn't you?

　Alice, who has come down from the Heavy Knight 《Chevalier》, runs up to me with a big smile and fluttering her scarf. Her aura of praise and admiration is in full swing. It's as if I can see her tail buzzing and waving.
　I'm struggling with what makes it 'properly defeated', but the fact is that Frame Gear's piloting skills were excellent.
　As expected, I can't put a damper on this smile either.

''Mm!　That's our girl!　Well done, Alice!
Alice is strong. The mighty Princess Frazeez.

　Ney and Lise take turns praising Alice while stroking her head. You really are delirious........
　As it is, Alice dives into the chest of Mel, who was watching her with a smile.

''Are you okay?　Are you hurt?
It's okay. I'm a very strong girl. Next to your moms, though.

　Alice spoils Mel with her cat-like eyes. How can I say, I'm really getting used to it.
　This time we went to the Kingdom of Parellius to exterminate giant beasts, but this was not a request through the guild. Alice said that she could handle Frame Gear, so I searched for her to see what she could do.
　Basically, giant beasts live deep in the mountains, far from human habitation, and in the magical world where people don't dwell. If that's all there is to it, they should be separated from each other and not interfere with each other, just like the dragons, but every once in a while a straggler will appear and ask the Adventurer's Guild to take them out. Essentially.
　This tusboa was near the central temple of the Kingdom of Parellius, so I offered the Kingdom of Parellius the chance to exterminate the giant beast.
　I promised to sell the taskboa material at a discount to Queen Parelius, who readily agreed, but this is going to be even more expensive.......

''Well, we can ask Ende to compensate us for our losses...''
He just said some scary shit!

　Hang in there, Dad. You're going to kill the big one.
　...But according to Alice, there are still some huge animal attacks in the future. On the contrary, it seems to be slightly more common in the future than it is now.
　This is probably due to the fact that when the worlds fused together, demon pools occurred in many places. A few decades later, the ones that have turned into giant beasts have appeared one after another, right?
　Alice let it slip, but it seems that my kids are also riding on Frame Gear to exterminate the giant beasts. What am I letting my kids do, future me? But they're all gold-ranked and silver-ranked....
　With the threat of Fraise and her friends gone, I thought that the Flame Gear's activities would be put to rest, but it seems that it's still necessary. Well, I don't think there's any more battles that I'll be throwing hundreds of planes into.
　At any rate, since the killing of the giant beasts was taken care of, I contacted Queen Parellius and connected the [Gate] and asked Parellius' soldiers to take the taskbore with them. I'll claim the money later.
　Now let's go home, and as I was about to open [Gate] to Brunhild, I heard a light phone ringing in my ears.
　It's not mine. Basically, I've kept it in my pocket and left it on silent mode.
　Is it someone from Ende and the others?　I thought, but everyone looked at each other and wondered. Huh?　Unlike you guys?

Oh, it's mine.

　Saying that, Alice took out a cute decorated phone from her pocket. It's a white phone with a cover case that looks like cat ears. I wonder if that's the one made in the future........ It doesn't look like it's been upgraded much.

'Huh?　It's from Yakumo 《Yakumo》 big sister.
What?

　A little sister in a puff piece?　Yakumo?　No, that's...!

'Hello, big sister Yakumo?　Yes, I'm already in Brunhild. I'm living with my mom and dad. Where's your sister, Yakumo?　Huh?　Yeah, okay. I'll say so. But ... oh, I'm out.

　I hear a two, two, two, two sound from Alice's phone as she takes her ear off. Apparently, the other side of the line has unilaterally hung up on me.
　No, it doesn't matter. ........no, not good.
　What matters is who was calling.

"Oh, Alice, who was on the phone with you?
'What?　Yagumo's big sister?　Well, um..... Huh?　Am I allowed to talk about this?　But he told me to tell His Majesty...
You can talk. If you don't, Grandma Tokie will come flying in. I'll be fine.

　I can't help but think it's a bit forceful, but I'm more concerned about the person I just called. If I'm right........!

'Well, you see, Yakumo-sister is His Majesty's eldest child your eldest daughter, Yae's daughter.
I knew it...!

　Yagumo. I thought it was a name similar to Yae, but I was right. And the first daughter.... My first child is with Yae...!
　Oops, I'm not getting too emotional!

So, where is this kid now?
'Well, I heard that you left for the Rhodomere Commonwealth, but you're going to Brunhild after you've trained for a while.
What?

　...training?　Sorry, I just don't understand what you're saying.

''Big sister Yakumo, you like to train. Maybe you want to meet His Majesty after you've become stronger?
No, no, no!　You can't just let the kids wander around by themselves!　You're a roadmare!　Ask the governor of all the states to search for them...!
'I think it's useless! Sis Yakumo, you can use [Gate]. She said she's going to go around, so she must have gone somewhere already.
My daughter, she can't use the gate?

　Seriously?　
　I mean, if you can use [Gate], come straight back to Brunhild (home)!
　I tried to use my search spell to find it, but I couldn't. Of course you can. I don't know what that girl looks like. I even thought about getting memories from Alice with [Recall], but perhaps because of what happened with Grandma Tokie, Alice was reluctant to do so, and even her parents groaned at me with gulls. Just a little peek into her memories!
　No! I won't let that happen now!

Well, call Yakumo, then!
Okay, but I think... Oh, it's still blocked. You don't want to be disturbed.
Mm-mm.

　We're moving too fast!　How much you love to train!
　What should I do........ Anyway, we should tell Yae, right?　No, I should tell everyone........
　My mind began to panic, so I opened the 【Gate】 to Brunhild in order to consult with the others.




''Well, well, well, it's my daughter, that it is!

　Yae gets up from her chair with a clatter as she removes the fried food she was eating for lunch and her eyes widen.
　Everyone else seems to be startled and exclaiming, too.
　Hmmm, I'm here in this time period, but I don't know how to tell them that I've disappeared....
　I'll explain the situation as slowly and carefully as possible. It's about Yae's (and mine) precious daughter. Don't stimulate her too much........

"What do you mean by going around all over the place, that you do, sir!
I'm sorry, I don't know!

　It was useless. It would be, right? I can only apologize to Yae, who is closing in on me as if clinging to me.

"Training, huh......... In a way, it's like Yae's daughter........
Yeah. It just makes sense.

　Linse and Else look at each other and give a small nod, looking at each other.

''Nuh?　If that Yakumo girl is the eldest daughter, does that mean she's a gold-ranked girl?

　Sue is right, in light of the information we've received so far. The one Ende said, 'I won't marry her unless she's stronger than me' is probably this girl too.
　Probably, it's not just Yae, but also Morobane sister seems to have taught this child the sword. As a result, she has become even more devoted to the sword than Yae.
　Perhaps she's received some blessings from Morobane's sister as well.... No, I've never met her yet, so I'm just guessing.

"Wait, wait, wait, what are we going to do?　Are you sure you'll be okay alone in the past world?

　Yae is cringing and tensing up. I understand the feeling very well. I understand, but don't stick the fried food in your chopsticks and make fried sticks for no reason. It's not that you're being picky eaters, but you're just freaked out.

'Calm down. It's no wonder you guys are on the edge of your seat.

　It was the second sister who called out to me with a bitter smile. Yae threw out the fried stick and rushed to the bottom of the Morohara sister.

''Also, Morohara, sister-in-law Aneue!　But one child in a strange past world, one child in a strange past, isn't that dangerous!
'The kid is gold-ranked, right?　Then you don't have to worry about it. How old was Yae who says this when she set out on her journey to learn?
I left Yisheng in thirteen and a half months, that I did.
Look, it's not that different. As a parent, you should have more faith in your children.

　No, no, no, no, no, a two-year age difference between kids is a big deal, right?　In God's sense, it might be a moment. And it's hard to ask me to trust a kid I haven't met yet.

''If it comes down to it, I'll come back at [Gate] and Grandma Tokie's handlers will be watching you, so I think you'll be fine.
''The one with Grandma Tokie's hand, the one you mentioned before, the spirit or something like that?''

　I am the King of Spirits on Earth, but among the gods, I am the new Shinjin, or Pei Pei, who has just joined the ranks of the gods. Even if we are the same gods, naturally, Grandma Tokie's career is higher than mine for spirits. In other words, other gods > > > me (new god) > the Great Spirit.
　I've never met a genie of the time, either. I've never met the Time Spirit, but I've never met any of them because they are so self-centered....

Well, they'll pop up sooner or later.
''Nuh-uh.... You weren't even born and you're already worrying about your parents....

　Contrary to Morobane sister's lighthearted words, Yae seems to be pondering something. I guess I shouldn't think too much about it, right?
　Eh, me?　Do you mind if I worry about this for a second?　I've been through a lot of trial and error since a while ago to see if I can't manage to find him through search.
　If you search for "Yae and Child" you'll get a huge number of hits, mainly from Yisheng. I couldn't narrow it down at all. It's probably because they think it might be Yae and I's child just by looking at it, but what's the point?
　When I asked Alice later, I heard that the children (and Alice, too) have the same effect on their phones as the Protectorate 《Amulet》, and they're not caught in the 【Search】... ''You, future me, that's superfluous.

''But the child with Yae is Fuyou-sama's first child, isn't it....... It's a little frustrating.

　Lou lets those words out with a small sigh. No, for me, I don't really feel that.
　I thought that normally there would be a period of gestation, and the resolve to become a parent of a child would slowly grow out of it, or something like that. That's what I thought, but now I've forgotten about it.

'I see. The child with me is your husband's first........ Well, I'm kind of, well, I'm happy, but I'm also embarrassed.......

　Unlike me, Yae is shy and squirming with a bright red face. What the hell, dude. My wife is the cutest thing ever!

But that's......... Yae's daughter is 11 years old, right?　It's only two different from my straw...

　Mmmm," growled Suu, looking up at the heavens. Suu is thirteen. If she's not good at it, it's possible that Suu will look younger than her.
　Nah, since Suu is married, Yae's daughter.......wouldn't it be strange if Yakumo was still engaged or something.......
　Well, well, I heard that she won't marry someone who's stronger than her, so I guess that's a relief for now.
　I don't know about the future world, but in this world, the only gold-ranked people are me and Hilda's grandfather, Grandpa Galen.
　Grandpa Galen's ability is high, but right now I think Yae or Hilda is stronger, and probably Yakumo, who is probably receiving the blessing of Morobane's sister, is stronger.
　There aren't many men who have received the blessing of a god of the same class and are as powerful as the gold rank...........there's one. .........

'?　What's the matter with you, that?
No, if Ende pulls out a 'daughter for me' or something like that, I'll cut you down with him, Yae.
How did that happen?

　As long as it's a possibility, you should consider a few ways to deal with it. One option, though.
　As we were having such a stupid conversation, Suu nodded vigorously with determined eyes beside me.

''Being Yae's daughter means she's a daughter to Warawa as well. Even though there's a two-year age difference, I must not be taken lightly. I must act more like an adult.
''No, that boy Yakumo is from the future, so you know Suu, who's grown up, or rather mature. I don't think you need to push yourself.
'No, it's better that people think I've always been mature!　For now...... Well, what should I do?　Lady Yumina.

　Sue turned her head towards Yumina. It appears that the way to make it more adult-like did not come to mind. If I called it childish, that would be the end of it, but I think that innocence is the charm of Suu.

I'm not going to be able to say that I'm mature.... Let's see, Lean-san, is there a better way?
What?

　Oh, Yumina threw a round. Leanne, the oldest, stops drinking her tea and looks at Sue with a huff. Hey, Paula. Don't try to imitate me," she said.

The easiest thing to do is to dress. And the hair?　And I think it's possible to make it look more mature from the outside. Even if you're just wearing clothes with a calmer vibe, it makes a different impression, doesn't it?
Oh, I see. Clothes!　That's easy to do!

　It's true that the clothes one wears give a different impression. If you wear a dress or something like that at a party, you get a different impression from the usual. But even so, in the case of Suu, I think she's more pretty and smiling, rather than mature and beautiful.
　Well, it depends on the design and color of the dress. I feel that most of the dresses worn by Sue are pink or yellow or other pop colors.
　Would it look more grown up if I made it look more chic?

'Winter night, winter night!　I need you to mend some grown-up clothes to go with my straw!
'What?　No, well ... okay ... but ...

　I don't have enough fashion sense to make a good impression.　Let's see, at times like this, you can search for it on your phone.......
　The group of clothes projected in the air seemed to interest not only Sue, but everyone else as well.
　I save the photos of the clothes that caught their attention from one side to the other. Later, I can print them out and take them to Fashion King Zanuck so they can make them with our materials.
　Apparently everyone else heard about Sue and wanted to look a little better when they met the kids. I wonder if this is a parent's way of looking good.
　Behind everyone examining the image of the clothes, I check my outfit again.

'..........................'
"Your father has been wearing the same thing for years.

　Guhaha!　It's an imaginary voice and the damage is massive!
　No, these clothes are enchanted with protection, they won't get damaged or stained...!
　Ugh, I think I'm going to dress a little more mature too........
　Feeling a strange sense of urgency, I opened the men's fashion website.