Chapter 130 - Angelica in Heat
As I kept making excuses in my heart like that, Angelica asked me with a fidgety look.
"Um. Could it be that the thing you want to give me, Father, is that?"
"That?"
"See... it's that thing, you know. Shaped like a notebook, the thing I need most right now."
Angelica moved her index finger sharply, drawing a rectangle in the air.
"What. So you noticed."
Women's intuition sure is sharp, I thought, my eyes widening.That's right, exactly. I'm about to give you a passport now.With this, you'll finally be able to obtain your identity as an Earthling--
"Yeah. I'm finally going to give you your passpo--"
"That's it! I'm finally going to get that thing, a mother-and-child health handbook, right!"
My hand, which I had thrust into my pocket to pull out the passport, stopped.
"No."
"Huh?"
"Completely wrong."
I shot a stern look at the teenage girl shouting maternity-related words in the middle of the street.
"...Why did you think you'd get something like that?"
"W-Well, the thing I want most right now is that, and... I just assumed Father would make a baby with me and help me collect mother-and-child health handbooks."
"Those aren't trading cards, you know. How many are you planning to collect?"
"I dunno. Maybe I want as many as I can possibly give birth to. My dream is to keep giving birth to Father's babies every year until I hit menopause, and stuff my drawers full of mother-and-child health handbooks."
Angelica rubbed her belly as she spoke of her terrifying goal.
"...You know, you only get one of those after you officially file a report once pregnancy is confirmed. It's not something you can just self-report and receive on the same day you make a baby, saying 'I think I might be pregnant.'"
"Is that so? ...I see. So you can't get one unless you hit the jackpot with a pregnancy test kit first."
She was treating it like a popsicle stick with a prize. I couldn't help but worry if anyone was overhearing this conversation.
"I mean, making a baby isn't something you should do so casually. Do you have any idea how much education costs?"
"I heard about that from Ayako too. I don't really get it, though. Isn't education free if some bored adult just teaches you? If the country's in trouble because it's full of old people, shouldn't we just pop out babies without thinking too hard?"
"...Well, there are various things, various things."
I can't really explain it well either, regarding this issue.Everyone knows it's bad in their heads, but I can only guess their finances are tight.
"Let's make lots of babies, me and Father, and contribute to the country!"
"Is that all that's in your head?"
"Well, I love Father."
"O-Oh. When you say it so boldly, it's embarrassing."
"Besides, I'm at a fine marriageable age. ...Actually, I'm a bit past the prime marriageable age."
"Huh? You're still sixteen, Ange."
I thought that, but in that other world where the average lifespan was under fifty, she was indeed at an age where it wouldn't be strange to have already had her first child.Life in that medieval European-style world has a fast pace for everything.Thinking about it that way, from her own perspective, Angelica might be around what we'd call a woman in her late twenties here.
But this is developed-nation Japan. Teenage girls are treated as children. No matter how mature their bodies are, they're minors, no questions asked.How should I explain this common sense so she understands?
"Well, you see. In this world, the period from being a child to becoming an adult is long. It's like a youth period, or a long adolescence. It's normal to focus on studies and hobbies before marriage and childbirth. So even though from your perspective it might be the optimal age for childbirth, here you're still treated like a schoolchild."
"...I'm not in adolescence."
"Don't act so grown-up. A sixteen-year-old is firmly in adolescence."
"It's Father's fault."
"Huh?"
"Because of Father, my adolescence ended. Instead, I entered heat."
"H-Heat...!? You're not an animal..."
My beloved daughter pressed her chest against my arm with a squish, spouting problematic statements.Her breath was ragged, and her refined face was completely melted. You could say it was gooey.
"...Because of Father, I'm becoming more and more of a slut..."
"A slut!?"
A car passed by on the road right next to us.It was still bright out. More and more witnesses were appearing. And I'm a celebrity who appears on TV.This situation is bad whether I'm seen or heard...!
"...Even back in the other world, I did it alone a lot. But since I met Father, it's just been increasing. ...Lately, I think I do it every night. ...Imagining Father holding me, over and over."
"What are you saying!?"
"Father, do you hate a lewd daughter? I don't like it. This is no different from an animal. ...If things stay like this, I'll go crazy. I'll be like this until Father holds me for sure. ...It's all Father's fault."
"Okay, let's go into some building. Alright? Let's eat something tasty and calm down, okay?"
"--Some building, like here?"
"Huh?"
I stopped at her words.Then, in front of me, stood a sign that read, 'Fashion Hotel Amariris.'
"...Father, do you want to go in here?"
She looked at me with a sticky, expectant gaze. Her cheeks were flushed bright red. The sweet scent of a young girl. The soft feel of her breasts. Her fidgety motion, rubbing her inner thighs together—what was she hoping for?
I felt my rationality as a father waver.
--Angelica does it with me in her head every night....
Thinking that a beautiful girl as pure as an angel harbored lewd desires for me.That imagination hit me pretty hard.Even I have male functions.
"...Yeah."
Maybe this is the only way, I thought hazily, my mind feverish.I mean, Angelica looks like she's suffering, doesn't she?She's yearning for this so much.
I can't keep running away forever.As a father, as a man--I have to relieve Angelica's horniness.
"Yeah, let's go in."
And so.I took the hand of the sixteen-year-old girl and stumbled into the love hotel.
I pretended not to hear the alarm bells ringing in my head.