"Mama~"
Myu, leaving us at the door, ran to her mother.
"Myu, my baby," Remia hugged her child, with tears in her eyes.
Myu, seeing her mother after a long time, embraced her with tears.
"Well, that went alright," Rihito watched as the mother and daughter reunited.
Seeing their emotional reunion, Rihito decided to leave them alone for now. His gaze shifted to the woman in the guild uniform. From the moment he arrived, he had noticed, she had been watching us with wariness.
"Excuse…" before he could say a thing to her, he was interrupted.
"Rihito, come over here." I heard Shizuku from outside calling out to me.
"What is going on?" I approached Shizuku at the spot where Remia had sent the man flying.
There, Shizuku examines the man to determine whether he has a concussion or not.
"Can you…" Shizuku stopped, seeing Rihito kneel beside her and place his palm above the man's head, activating healing magic. A green glow instantly bathes the man.
After the green light faded, I stood up and looked at the dagon women who followed. "He is Alright. After a day of rest, he will be good to go."
The woman, seeing her colleague alright, bowed, her worry gone.
"Thank you for healing my friend."
"No need to thank me. Just place him in a proper bed; he will need the rest," I advised.
The woman nodded in response, took her colleague, bowing again, and went away toward where Rihito supposed the guild was.
Now that this was done, I was about to see how Myu was doing, only to get tackled by her.
"Mama, look! I brought Papa with me," I heard Myu say loudly.
At that moment, her joy was palpable to anyone who saw her.
Rihito looked at the door and saw a stunned, beautiful dagon-woman looking towards him; she was wearing an outfit that resembled a gown, or some kind of one-piece outfit. He had not much idea of women's clothing.
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Anyway, it's not the time to think about that.
Rihito cleared his head and looked at the stunned woman.
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Remia, having her daughter in arms, could finally relax now; her daughter was back.
"Mama?"
Remia then heard her daughter call her. She looked at her with gentle eyes. She, for some reason, looked excited.
"Mama, look who I brought," Myu pointed at the door, just to be confused.
"Papa!!?" Seeing the vacant door, Myu looks around.
"Where did Papa go?" She clearly remembers that her papa was there.
"Papa?" Remia looks at her with confusion.
[Who is she calling Papa?] wondering, Remia tried to correct her.
"Myu, as I said before, your pa…" Before Remia could say more, Myu ran to the door.
"Myu wait…" Remia ran after her, trying not to lose sight of her. Only to see her daughter run to a man with white hair surrounded by three girls.
For a second, she felt nostalgic seeing that figure. It was quite rare to see someone with white hair, and seeing his closeness to Myu, she suspected this might be the adventurer who had brought her daughter.
Just as she was about to greet them, she caught a glimpse of the adventurer's face and was stunned, her heart beating faster.
[Is that…] Remia couldn't even finish her thought before both of their gaze met.
That face, those crimson eyes, there was no doubt about it, it's him.
She wanted to ask where he had been until now, how he was, and more. However, before she could continue, Rihito spoke first.
"Hello, my name is Rihito, it's nice to finally meet you. You must be Myu's mother," he introduced himself with a bow.
Remia, hearing that introduction, was confused. Several questions were running through her head. But for the moment, she played along.
"And this is my…" Rihito was about to introduce the girls. But the girls cut Rihito off and decided to do the introduction themself.
"Hello, I am Shizuku. I am Rihito's…" She paused for a moment, coming to a decision.
"I am his fiancée." Shizuku introduced herself with a confident smile.
"..."
Rihito was speechless at what Shizuku said.
[From girlfriend to direct fiancé.] Rihito was amused.
It didn't just end there. Following her, Shea and Tohru also did the same.
"Hello, I am also Rihito's fiancé. My name is Shea."
Tohru also introduced herself but with a slight twist, "I am Tohru and I am Master Rihito's mat…"
"Fiancé, she is also a Fiancé," Shizuku finished Tohru's words while Shea shut her mouth.
"..."
I looked at them finishing their introduction, announcing their relationship with me. All three of them had various expressions.
Shea announced the news with pride and happiness.
Shizuku managed to maintain her confident expression, but her ears flushed, making her embarrassment evident.
[So much for controlling her expression.]
Tohru's mouth was still shut by Shea, she didn't try to move the hand and shrugged. Shutting her mouth didn't change the fact that she was married to Rihito. All they could do was cope.
"Oh my~, it's nice to meet you all, my name is Remia," she introduced herself, her gaze lingered on Rihito.
"Please have a seat, you all must be tired," Remia invited them in.
…
"Thank you for having us," I said, taking my seat. Shea and Shizuku sat on both of my sides, while Tohru stood behind, playing the maid persona.
For some reason, sitting in the middle between the girls, Rihito felt weird; it almost seemed like they were guarding him from something. But from what?
At this point, Rihito doubted, except for Hajime, Tohru, and Ehit, that anyone in the world could hurt him.
After we took our seats, Remia served us some snacks and tea and thanked us. She then sat on the sofa in front while Myu snuggled on her lap.
Remia caressed her daughter as she happily snuggled, slowly drifting off to sleep.
Seeing Myu off to sleep, Remia asked, her smile gone, "Mr Rihito. Can you tell me what Myu's situation was when you found her?" Her voice held a slight undertone of something.
Rihito, hearing her request, looked at her solemnly, his voice neutral, "You sure about that? It's not a pleasant story."
Remia, seeing the sudden shift in his mood, responded with equal seriousness, "I am aware of the Fact that things might not be pleasant, but…"
Remia looked at Myu sleeping, "As her mother, I want to hear it."
Shea and Tohru, who had been present during the incident, frowned as they recalled it. Meanwhile, Shizuku wore a frown. She remembered hearing the story about Myu nearly being sold to a noble, and the thought disgusted her.
Rihito stared at her and, seeing her determination, he agreed, "Fine, as much as I know, I will tell you."
I then explain the situation, how I found Myu and what happened after.
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Hearing the story from Rihito, Remia had to sip some tea to calm herself.
"Can I ask what happened to those men?" Remia asked in a slight hint of anger.
"No need to worry about them." Rihito's eyes slightly flickered.
"They were properly dealt with." Rihito smiled.
"I-I see, then I must thank you," Remia bowed.
"No need to thank me. I just did what any parent would do," said Rihito.
"..."
"Parent?" Remia said questioningly.
[Shit.] Rihito cursed himself, For slipping his mouth.
"Oh my, now that I remember, I heard Myu calling you papa. Why is that?" Remia asked, slight mischief dancing in her eyes, though Rihito didn't notice.
"Ah! Yeah, about that, after I found her, she just started to call me that. Don't know why, though?" Rihito said, troubled.
"I tried to make her call me something else, like a brother, but she refused stubbornly. In the end, I gave up."
"I see, I understand," Remia's smile, for some reason, widened.
Rihito didn't notice this, but it was different for the girls.
Shea slightly narrowed her eyes. She wasn't quite able to put her finger on it, but she knew something was wrong. She grabbed Rihito's forearm.
Shizuku, feeling the same as Shea, sat closer, intertwining his hand with her.
Tohru, on the other hand, instinctively knew exactly what was going on, but she didn't say anything. She thought it might do some good for her master. He might stop holding it in.
Rihito sees the sudden closeness of Shea and Shizuku and starts to get a hint of what is happening. But why though? He didn't see Remia making any move on him?
If Rihito were to use telepathy on the girls right now, he would call out, 'this is some woman's intuition bullshit.'
"Fufufu…" Remia smiled, seeing the dumb look on Rihito's face.
Rihito, breaking out of his dumb stupor, his expression changed. He got a telepathic call from Hajime, [Rihito? Where in the hell are you? Why can't I sense any of you?] Hajime's voice came in a solemn tone.
"..."
Can't sense us, Rihito was confused for a second and remembered the barrier placed on the house.
[Ah, yeah, about that, give me a second.]
Rihito got up and headed outside. [Try sensing now.]
[Got it.] Hajime's voice promptly came.
[I am heading your way.] Hajime cut off the telepathy.
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