"Ho ho? So, with the great work of the young Meg, the wretched Demon King returned to me, and the issue of the chief was resolved until the future of Namo? Hey, that's awesome. Meg! I have to reward you!... What did the wretched demon king go to do? Hmm?
"Hey, stay, Eugene, you can tell... Huh!
I also finished breakfast with Maryla, who was happy to take care of me in the morning after finishing her personal duties, and I am currently attending a briefing in the Guild's conference room. They're back early in the morning, Fathers. I came here earlier when I heard the report was all over... it was a sermon by your father to the Demon King that was going on in front of me. Your father is amazing at the Demon King with a smile with Nico. Amazing with a smile or something, quite a masune......!
"Ah, Meg, good morning! Aren't you tired? I heard. Okay? That's amazing, Meg! Unlike someone pathetic!
"Yeah, that's Meg. You want me to apprentice, pity someone."
"Heh heh, Meg worked very hard, didn't she? Wouldn't it have been tough on someone pathetic, too?
Wow. A furious arrow from Mr. Saura, Mr. Shrier and Mr. Kay pierces the Demon King's heart! Glad to be complimented, but honestly not happy......!
"Well, it all fitted round because of it. There will be a lot of post-processing, but let's have a banquet today! I'll give you plenty of novels for Arsh later."
"Yay! (Don) I know!
I didn't see Juma-kun react to the banquet word as soon as possible yesterday. Looks like there's bandages everywhere and it's pretty badly wounded. That Juma! And yet it's amazing how weird it feels to worry too much because you look so good!
"Dude, this time the hero is Meg. Let Meg prepare her favorite dishes."
"Whoo...!
is that a hero!? Is that okay? Wouldn't they all spoil me too much? Your father urged me not to hesitate to tell you if I was in mojo. Everyone is watching with raw warm eyes. You're embarrassing me!?
Uh-huh. It's a banquet. It's like we can all eat, right?... Speaking of which, I might as well have made that one when I was always celebrating something. A table of memories of your father and ring. But can we prepare it in this world? That's what I thought, Chira, and I saw your father.
"Hmm?"
My father, who noticed my gaze, looked at me with a gentle eye.
—— Maybe now.
I thought so. With those eyes, I wanted to be seen as a ring.
"Um..."
"What's up?
Your father lays one knee in front of me and gazes at me. What am I going to do? Good, can you say that?
"... there's chisel sushi - it was"
"... what?
Your father opens his eyes to a little surprise. Everyone on this scene. Chicken sushi? And I'm tilting my neck, so maybe I don't know. In this world, there are no dishes yet.
"To the best of our ability to reproduce in this world."
"This world... Meg, you..."
Somehow, the atmosphere seemed to tell me that I was about to talk about myself now. In an attempt to hear my words, I found everyone quietly clear their ears.
"De 'jah (...) t, I like pudding. Handmade, simple one.... Shicu, right?
"Oh no... Huh!?
Your father's hands began to tremble. You notice that, I feel signs of blurring. Everyone else is here because of this. Let's get it right. Because this is something that I want everyone in my family to know.
I keep the word going as we all pay attention.
"Eugene, isn't it? Name. Rashan showed me your business card."
Your father lost his words with his eyes open.
"He said no one could read it, but I could read it right. So I was very surprised."
"... tell me"
With a prayerful look. I guess I managed to squeeze it out, your father's voice was trembling, too.
"Tomoko Hasegawa, right? My, with your father's name."
"--Eh!!
I could see a severe upset. My eyes are shaking. My face in those eyes is still going to cry. I tried to make a smile somehow, but you look terrible, already.
"Father, shan..."
I also manage to squeeze out my voice. To that one word, the guild members took their breath.
"I'm dead... from overwork..."
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
"Because of this, your mother gave birth to me and your father raised me..."
What an infidel I am.
"I can't take care of myself... I'm dead...!!
I couldn't spin the words to the end. I couldn't tell her without crying.
"I'm sorry...... I'm sorry! Father...!
indoors, only my crying sounded.
"Ring, is it..."
"... aye"
"Are you sure...?
I ask him to confirm. I shake my neck vertically over and over again in your father's voice.
"Why, apologize... I just can't believe how hard it's been... you, pretty much since I disappeared...!
Your father covers his mouth with his hands without being able to say it to the end. I'm sure you imagined it. After your father disappeared, I lived alone. Look at me working until I died of overwork. I had to apologize more for myself, but I wanted to tell them.
It's okay. It's telling. I want to apologize as much as I do. But I have more to say than that.
... All right. I calmed down a little. I have to say it right.
Covering the lower half of my face with one hand and trembling with my eyes open in front of my father, I continued my words.
"I've been meaning to tell you something. Can I tell you something?
Oh, and your father replied that in a plundered voice. That look seems to me to be saying that I will accept any language of blame, which makes me laugh unwittingly.
No, Dad, what I was trying to say wasn't a blame word, was it?
I've always wanted to say these words when I wanted to welcome my father back from business that day with a smile. Even after I found out your father was missing, I waited at home every day to say just these words.
"... I have to come back"
"Huh...!
"Welcome back, Father. This is what I've always wanted to say."
"...... Huh!!
Oh, no, not anymore. I can't tell you how much I chewed until this time. Shizuku is flooded from your father's tightly closed eyes. You don't want anyone to see such a pitiful figure of someone who would also be the head of the Extraordinary Alliance (Don). That's what I thought. I shook and hugged my father downwards and hid him from me. My body is small, so I may not be able to hide it.
"Welcome back. From now on, we'll always be together"
"Oh... oh...! All the time, we're together...!
Your father hugs me back. Though the yore yore tie peeking through the collar was no longer faded. You did a good job, too, and I gently stroked you with my fingers, thanking you for your father's amulet.
I felt a long, hard and lonely time disappearing softly in this short time. I felt it fill up.
I was extra glad everyone was watching how we were doing in silence.
I'm not alone from now on. Because you have a father, and most importantly, you have a lot of company that you can call family.