'Ummm!　It's another beautiful day!

　I stretch out in the garden as hard as I can. Lately, I've been doing a lot of paperwork to help Alexia and Helen, and I've been sitting around a lot, so every part of my body has been stiff.

　When you stretch out, your bones get crispy. Lately, I've only done a little exercise in the morning, so today is the first time in a long time that I'm going to move my body as hard as I can.　Just when I was thinking that, wham!　And then I heard the sound of something falling, followed by the sound of crying.

　The sound came from inside the castle, and the crying was of a child, a girl's voice, so it was probably someone's daughter. Before that, I heard the sound of something being dropped, which bothered me. I hope she wasn't hurt.

　I seemed to be the closest to where the sound came from, and I was the first to reach the room where the sound came from. I looked into the room where the crying was coming from and there it was.

"Yuck..........it's not gonna budge.........

　A three year old girl with beautiful blonde hair cut short that shines when it hits the light that was inherited from her mother. Kirika, the eldest daughter born to me and my wife, Caroline, who was called a saint, was crying and trying desperately to get something to stick to her.

'What's going on, Kirika?'

　When I ask in as gentle a voice as possible, Reece freezes, shaking with a jolt. Then she slowly turns to me, and tears pool in her beautiful, hollowed-out golden eyes.

　Will I just cry as it is?　I thought, but after I managed to hold it in, I wiped the tears from my eyes with my hand and showed him what I was holding.

I'm sorry, Otoshama, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, my boyfriend.

　The thing Kirika was holding in her hand was the mask that Caro had been wearing since she received the goddess' blessing. It had been cracked off just in the middle.

　However, Caro's mask must have been on a shelf. Kirika's height would never be able to reach it, though. Still if they used a chair.

'Did you take it alone without anyone else?

I was at Fenway.

　Fen. He's a four year old boy born this year to me and Ferris, and he's quite the prankster. I'm sure he's a prankster, he could do it.

　He'd be able to reach it if he got on the chair. Well, I can't blame him for dropping it and breaking it, but I can't forgive him for pushing it on Kirika and running away. I'll have to catch him and scold him later.

''Well, what's broken can't be helped. Let's go apologize to your mother with your father.

"Love.

　When I suggest that, Kirika nods and reaches out to me. I laugh and hold Kirika in my arms. At the same time, I take out a handkerchief from the item ring and wipe Kirika's tears and snot away.

　She's probably always at the church at this time of day, so let's head there. When I left the room with Kirika in my arms, I found a maidservant and a soldier standing there who had heard the noise.

　I ask the maidservant to clean up, as there may be debris scattered around, and instruct the soldier to catch Fen.

　The soldier looked a little uncomfortable doing this, but when I mentioned my name and told him that he could rely on Ferris, he went.

　I leave the castle with Kirika in my arms. Naturally, as I walk through the castle, I pass soldiers and maids of honor, and they all bow to me. Kirika didn't seem bothered by this, smiling and waving, and the faces of the soldiers and maidservants were smiling.

　My kids are all so cute, you know. I can see why they're smiling. The girls are especially cute. Maybe it's because I'm a male parent, but when the girls spoil me, I can't help but indulge them. And my wives get angry with me for overdoing it. I know that, but I just can't help it.

Do you want some of this?

'Yes!　Eat it!

　What I took out of my item ring and gave Kirika was a candy I made. There's a rabbit-shaped candy on a wooden stick. Kirika licks it happily. Yeah, after all, you can make as many as you want for this smile. Well, that's one of the reasons why I'm angry.

　I walk through the city, holding Kirika as she happily licks the candy. The people of the city also know me and Kirika, so they talk to me in various ways. Kirika smiles at those people as she licks the candy.

　However, there are people who are smiling at this smile and giving me a sneaky smile. They are so-called pedophiles. They see the cute Kirika and wander up to her, but they shoot thunderbolts at her when she's out of sight. I will never let them get close to Kirika.

　I hear the men fall behind me, but I don't care to go on. And Kirika is too distracted by the candy to notice.

　Despite these problems, me and Kirika make it to the church where Caro is safely. In front of the church, two sisters were sweeping with brooms.

　When I spoke to those two, they saw me and hurriedly walked into the church. There was no need to be in such a hurry. I follow them and enter the church.

　There is a statue of Aster inside the church, and the people who came to the church were bowing to the statue and praying to it. I was looking at the scene.

Hey, what's up, Ray, Kirika?

　The sister from earlier must have called me over. Caro came with a smile on her face. Kirika looks at Caro, who is also her mother, and extends her hand. I handed Kirika to Caro as I handed her the reason I was here and took the cracked screen out of the item ring.

'Apparently, Fen and Kirika went into the room and dropped their masks. I'm here to apologize for that. Hey, Kirika.

'Really?　Totally, I told you not to climb the ledge, didn't I?　Were you hurt?

Aye!

　After hearing the story, Caro poked Kirika's forehead with a twang, then checked to see if she was injured anywhere. Kirika, who was poked on her forehead, replies cheerfully while rubbing the spot.

　A saint and an angel smiling at each other. The people who had come to worship stopped to look at the beautiful scene, which was like a painting, and looked at us. Some of them are genuflecting like they were doing to Aster. Huh, you must be jealous. They're my wife and daughter!

　I'd like to brag about such things out loud, but I'm not going to do it because I'm going to get angry.

'So, what about the masks?　We're still going to fix it, right?

　I show the cracked screen to Caro again. Caro looks at the mask nostalgically, but after a bit, she shakes her head.

'Fine. It's something you don't need anymore. The truth is, I haven't needed it since the day I met you, but there was no time to throw it away. Just as well.

You don't want that, do you?

Yes, because I've got something far more important than this mask.

　Caro gently strokes Kirika's head as she says this. It's like a painting, but I didn't expect this scene to be sent to me as a painting at a later date. Moreover, I didn't know the author was those pedophiles.

　........I'll give them this much credit.