V8.C37: The Rewards
Dienleed woke up and blinked his eyes.
Wasn't I taken by the servants of Heretic God?
Before he thought further, a young woman hugged him.
"Otou-sama!"
Deinleid looked at the woman. Her hair reminded him of someone he held dear. But he had long confined her to the depths of the abyss and this woman's body was far more different than Aletia he knew.
She also called him "Otou-san" instead of "Oji-sama".
"...Who are you? Why are you calling me Otou-san?"
The woman looked up with teary eyes. "Otou-san… it's me Aletia, your daughter."
Deinlied looked at her in stunned silence, not willing to accept this as a reality.
She snapped her finger and her figure started to shrink until she became someone Dienleed knew very well.
"Otou-san, it's a long story…"
Aletia began to tell her story. How she met the man sitting on the chair with a polite smile and came to love him. That she changed her name to 'Yue'—the name her beloved gave to her. This world was 300 years in the future and she and her 'supposedly' lover brought him here from the past.
Deinleed felt a bit touched at the smile his daughter showed. He had always hoped that she would smile like this and now seeing it come true with his own eyes made him doubt if this was a dream...
After she told everything, Yue snuck into the man's embrace, her heart fluttering.
"Otou-san, this is Leo, my beloved who rules over Tortus."
Leo straightened his back and an air of pride wrapped his presence.
Dienleed couldn't help but be impressed with the young man. With a chuckle, he replied, "No need to be polite." He stood and bowed. "I thank you for reuniting me with my daughter."
Meanwhile, a series of prompts popped up in Leo's face.
[Quest Revival: Reviving Dienleed completed.]
[Rewards obtained: 1x Skill Evolution Coupon, 1x Tier 5 weapon: Vijaya - The Bow of Victory Obtained]
That seems like another OP weapon... I have no skill I want to upgrade.
Jen whistled at his thought.
Leo brushed Yue's hair and exchanged words with his father-in-law — Deinleed was a good man as he had expected.
"So father-in-law... Can I call you that?"
"You can." Dienleed smiled. "I would be upset if you didn't address me with that."
Seeing Leo speechless, Dienleed smirked. "Where is my granddaughter? I am fine with a son too!"
Leo scratched his cheeks while Yue fidgeted on his lap. "T-That, Otou-san… we haven't decided... on having one yet."
Dienleed stroked his nonexistent beard. "How about an official marriage? Did you two have one?"
"No, we haven't yet. I plan to marry them all at once."
"All of them?" Dienleed asked. "Oh, your harem you mean. That's fine I guess. Every King has one."
"Nn~."
Overflowing with love for their daughters, Leo and Dienleed got along just fine.
Yue tilted her head as she watched her beloved and father talking like friends.
Leo gets along with doting fathers…
As usual, Leo had no male friends which worried Yue that he might always feel awkward with females around him. She knew a man sometimes needed a male friend to keep things refreshing. Otherwise, every time Leo spends time with a girl, it escalates to heated battles on the bed — the girls had yet to get accustomed to the strong urges and instincts of being a dragon.
Deciding to act on the idea later, she continued talking to her father until her heart became assured — that her father wasn't upset from her selfish actions.
Leo returned to Earth with Yue. However, Dienleed requested to stay in Tortus. He wanted to revisit some old places and see the world himself. Leo accepted while signaling Blaine and Felina to guard Dienleed against all troubles. Dienleed was stronger than anyone in the current Tortus but he could never be fully assured.
***
The following day,
The sun peeked out of the horizon, scattering gentle rays through the curtains of Eri's room. Eri sprawled on the bed winced from the sun intruding on her.
"Go away…"
Eri grumbled as she crawled from the bunch of manga and punched the button next to her bedside.
*shiiing*
A steel panel rose and sheathed the window. With a satisfied smile, she shut her eyes. She had no idea why her new class made her legs weak in the morning. The sun seemed to disgust her to no end.
*Knock!* *Knock!*
"Eri, are you up?"
Eri kept silent at Maria's question. Moments later, the door opened and Maria walked in.
Seeing Eri curled up on the bed with her favorite manga, Maria shook her head.
"Hey, what about your date with Leo? I am sure someone else will gladly take your place."
"Maria nee-chan… please kill the sun…"
"Yare yare daze," Maria mimicked a certain popular figure in anime. "Just ask Leo. I am sure he will even destroy the sun for you."
Eri sat up on the bed and rubbed her eyes. "He might go overboard like always." she looked at Maria. "Nee-chan, why is your face flushed? Drank too much last night?"
Maria averted her gaze. Eri's face exhibited an irresistible charm and after serving Leo together, it only amplified further. Although Maria loved Leo, her feelings for Eri had far surpassed the boundaries of a sister — or legally adopted daughter in her case.
Maria couldn't imagine how high her charm would be if one of the Gods blessed her.
She sighed to clear her confusion. "Leo is already waiting outside playing with the new toy he got from saving Yue's father."
"Fiiiine," Eri grumbled. "I will keep my later dates at nigh—"
*Twang!* *Rumble!!!*
An ear-piercing twang accompanied by a loud rumble silenced the two of them.
"Is that the new toy? It's certainly the bow wielded by Karna," Eri remarked and got off the bed.
"That bow can destroy a world if the power isn't controlled." Maria released a sigh. "What kind of existence has my poor boy become?"
"Nee-chan!" Eri flashed a brilliant smile. "Get used to it!"
"I am trying. That aside, I have a training date with Spiera later."
"Nee-chan's harem is expanding quickly."
Maria couldn't help but rub her forehead. "I can't do anything about it. If I was a reader of a novel, people would be cursing me for the NTR vibes here."
Eri burst into laughter. Maria frowned and slapped her bottom.
"Shall you taste the Dragon God once, you may never leave his side~," Eri sang and made haste for the bath.
"Good grief. Thank god, I have Miledi-chan to tease and release my stress." She rubbed her belly with a grin. "Don't we?"
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