Chapter 37, Section 4: What they want is Daddy, not Daddy!
Watching the room door slam shut, Xia Youjie turned to Fu Hei Hui and asked, "Didn't Shen Ersan tell her about the situation when he brought her back?"
Fushiguro Megumi's expression was not good: "Probably... no."
"perhaps?"
"He was asleep when he brought the person over."
Xia Youjie: "..."
Okay. Then there's no need to think about it, it's definitely not there.
The three of them were in a dilemma.
Clearly, because Fuheshel irresponsibly failed to explain the current situation to the child and then handed them over while the child was asleep, the child now does not recognize them at all.
Waking up to find yourself in an unfamiliar place with no one you recognize around would make any adult feel uneasy, let alone a child.
"How about... I go and say hello to her first?" Fushiguro Miki, the only woman present, volunteered.
Xia Youjie glanced at Fushiguro Miki, but said, "I think it would be better to let Hui go."
After all, he's the child's biological father...
Although it seems the children don't recognize him anymore.
Fushiguro Miki, however, thought that Natsuyuki was saying that Fushiguro Megumi and Oriyuki Karin were full siblings, and that Fushiguro Megumi looked a lot like Fushiguro Jinji, which might make it easier to get along with her.
She nodded in agreement, saying, "That's true, then Hui, you can go."
Of course, it should be Fushiguro Megumi who goes, but Xia Youjie glanced at Fushiguro Miki and asked casually, "Do you have any snacks or drinks at home that are suitable for children? It might be better to give her some food, since she's a child?"
“Yes, but I don’t think I have any at home. There’s a convenience store nearby, I’ll go buy some.” Fushiguro Miki stood up quite naturally.
Xia Youjie gave a perfectly timed smile: "Then I'll leave it to you."
As for why, even though there were two men present, Miki Fushiguro was still asked to go out and buy things.
I'm sorry, it's not that he lacks gentlemanly manners, it's just that if they don't get Fushiguro Miki out of the way, they can't tell the child that Fushiguro Megumi is your father.
Fushiguro Megumi realized why Xia Youjie had said that and gave him a grateful look.
So Fushiguro Miki was sent away, and Natsumi and Fushiguro Megumi arrived at the room door together.
The two exchanged a glance, and Xia Youjie gave Fu Heihui a look, signaling him to go.
He's the child's biological father, so of course he has to do it.
Fukuro Megumi paused for a moment, then stepped forward and gently knocked on the door: "Mingli? May I come in?"
Upon hearing that it wasn't Xia Youjie's voice, Ayaka Kirin, who was inside the room, asked tremblingly, "Have the villains been driven away?"
Fuhei Hui, Xia Youjie: ?
Where did the villain come from?
Has this kid been watching too many cartoons?
Fukuro Megumi patiently said, "There are no bad people here."
So, the cult leader Jay has already left?
With this in mind, Ayaka Shiki quietly opened a crack in the door.
Then I saw Natsuyuki standing behind Fushiguro Megumi.
Zhixue Yahuali:! ! !
She thought Fukuhei Hui hadn't noticed Xia Youjie's presence, so she quickly pointed behind him to remind him, "He's behind you!!!"
Fushiguro Megumi: ?
He turned his head in surprise to look back, and Xia Youjie did the same.
But Xia Youjie realized that there was no one behind him, and... the child seemed to be pointing at him.
Xia Youjie: "..."
Could this be referring to me?
Xia Youjie, who had already defected in two previous scripts...
To be honest, he'd almost gotten used to being cast as the villain again...
Megumi Fushiguro also noticed that Karin Oriyuki seemed to be pointing at Natsuyuki, and was about to explain to her, "Natsuyuki-senpai, he..."
Before he could even begin to speak, the door slammed shut again.
Fushiguro Megumi: "..."
Xia Youjie: "..."
Fuhei looked at Xia Youjie, who smiled helplessly, made a gesture to him, and then went to sit down in the living room.
Clearly, it's not appropriate for him, the "villain," to step forward right now.
Fuhei Hui turned around and knocked on the door a second time: "Mingli, the person has left. You can open the door now."
The door didn't open because Karin Ooyuki's mind finally started working.
She didn't look closely at first glance, so she didn't notice that Xia Youjie was wearing a college uniform instead of the cult leader's robe.
Her temporarily abandoned mind was finally retrieved, and Karin finally realized—that didn't seem to be the cult leader, but rather... the teacher, Jay?
Yes, only teacher Jie would side with Fushiguro Megumi!
With her safety assured, Ayaka Shiki was finally able to put her mind at ease and begin to seriously consider the current situation.
First, Xia Youjie is a college student, not a villain, so... so... so it seems like it has nothing to do with her?
She's not Xia Youya Huali anymore.
Uh... so... so what should she do now?
Karin Oriyuki: Stunned...
Oh, she's going home. So she probably has a mission.
The mission is... her father... her father is Huihui. Huihui... Huihui... Huihui, he didn't defect either.
Huihui... Huihui didn't die either.
Huihui... Daddy... Daddy isn't dead either.
Megumin... Tsumiki! Oh right! Tsumiki is dead!
Yes! This is her mission! To save Tsumiki!
So...so...so what good is she anyway?! She's so small, she wouldn't even be enough to fill a cursed spirit's teeth!?
No, I need to stay close to Huihui.
No, that's not right. Huihui only gets beaten up every day; she can't be with him. She has to be with Wu... No, not this one!
Zhi Xueya Huali shook her little head like a rattle: "Five stripes, five stripes."
That leaves...
At the same time, the faces of Xia Youjie, Fukuko Shinobu, and Otoko Yuta flashed through Ayaka's mind.
Daddy! That's right, she has to stick close to Daddy! She's Daddy's granddaughter! She can openly touch Daddy's... cough!
Zhi Xueya Karin patted her little face: No, I can't give myself away, or Daddy will beat me to death.
call……
Huh? By the way, where's Daddy?
A bolt of lightning struck her mind, and Karin was stunned into standing there.
She finally realized—it seemed, perhaps, that her father had abandoned her?
Zhixue Yahuali: "..."
QAQ
Then... the sound of a child crying inconsolably came from the room.
Outside the door, Fushiguro Megumi, who was contemplating whether to let the rabbit out to calm the child down, paused.
He frowned and knocked on the door again: "Ming Li?"
Only the sound of crying could be heard coming from inside the door.
Xia Youjie, who was in the living room, was also drawn by the child's crying. He looked at the child with concern and asked, "What's wrong?"
Fushiguro Megumi shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.
He knocked on the door again: "Ming Li? May I come in?"
The child still didn't reply; he just kept crying.
After thinking for a moment, Fushiguro Megumi simply opened the door.
Inside the door, Oriyuki Karin sat on the ground, crying pitifully, "Waaaaah..."
Fushiguro Megumi wasn't very good at coaxing children, and at this moment she was also a little unsure of what to say. Unfortunately, the other person present was Natsuyuki, whom the child seemed to be quite afraid of, so Fushiguro Megumi had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward.
He knelt down in front of Yuki Ayaka, tore off a tissue to wipe her tears, and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
Karin was extremely aggrieved: "I...I...I was abandoned by Daddy QAQ..."
Fushiguro Megumi had no idea that the word "Daddy" specifically referred to Fushiguro Shinji; he thought that Shiki Karin was talking about his own father, the one from the future.
He sighed and said to Karin Oori, "You weren't abandoned. I... I am your father."
Karin Oriyuki looked at him with teary eyes and said, "Oh."
I know. I am Fuhei Mingli, and you are my current father.
Fushiguro thought she understood and breathed a sigh of relief.
Following closely, Karin Ayaka pouted and cried, "But Daddy doesn't want me anymore QAQ..."
Fushiguro Megumi: "..."
The breath I had just managed to exhale was stuck halfway up the mountain.
"No, I didn't abandon you," he continued to coax.
Karin Origami sniffed: "I was talking about Daddy, you're not Daddy."
Fukuhei was in a real bind.
Was he participating in some kind of debate?
"Your father is... Fushiguro Megumi, right?" he asked.
Karin Origami nodded obediently: "Mm."
"I am Fushiguro Megumi."
"oh."
"I am your father."
"oh."
"So don't cry, I don't want you, and I don't want to lose you."
Karin cried, "But you want me, Daddy doesn't want me anymore..."
Fushiguro Megumi: "..."
Even Gojo-sensei isn't this difficult to deal with.
Fuhei Hui turned to Xia Youjie for help.
Xia Youjie was already sweating bullets for Fu Heihui just by listening from the side. Seeing this, he thought for a moment and tentatively stepped forward.
Seeing that Yuki Ayakari didn't seem as afraid of him as before, he came over and tried to explain the concepts of parallel worlds and time travel to her.
Considering that Fushiguro Akari was younger than Natsuyu Akarin and Ieiri Hiri back then, he tried to explain it in a simple and easy-to-understand way.
Unfortunately, Karin Ooyuki started spacing out after hearing just the beginning.
Who wants to listen to this stuff? She's already listened to two versions, okay?
Karin Origami was still thinking about how her father had abandoned her, and she was extremely sad.
"Waaaaah... Does Daddy not like me anymore?"
"He must think I'm stupid, waaaaah... I knew I'd become stupid..."
"I thought he liked me a lot, sob sob sob..."
Xia Youjie – KO
He sighed helplessly.
Well, Xia Youjie had to admit that the child was too young this time, and it seemed there was no way to expect her to understand these things.
Seeing that Xia Youjie had also been defeated, Fushiguro Megumi finally pulled out her trump card—
“［脱兔］。
Then they failed because they discovered that Shiori Karin could not see the cursed spirit.
Xia Youjie sighed and said, "Mingli-chan is this age... she probably hasn't awakened her magic yet."
Fushiguro Megumi only realized this belatedly and regretfully put the rabbit back.
As for Karin Oori... she had no idea that Megumi Fushiguro had released the Rabbit. Because she genuinely couldn't see the cursed spirits; she hadn't configured herself in that way at all!
As for why I didn't set any settings for myself?
Because she forgot.
Well... you can't expect her little brain to remember anything right now.
Anyway, by the time Fushiguro Miki, who had gone out to buy things, returned, Oriyuki Karin was still crying. Natsuyuki and Fushiguro Megumi tried to comfort her for a long time, but to no avail, and they were exhausted.
When Fushiguro Miki came in and saw this, she was somewhat surprised: "What's wrong?"
Fushiguro sighed, "She feels like her father has abandoned her."
Miki Fushiguro could totally understand this feeling.
"I'll do it," she volunteered to coax.
Finally, thanks to Miki Fushiguro's efforts—
After crying until she was exhausted, Yuki Ayaka turned down the volume herself.
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Author's Note: Ayakari: What I want is Daddy, not Daddy!
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