Chapter 191 - Teacher Is No Longer Here
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Angelica paused her words there, showing a hesitant demeanor.What is it?Don't tell me there's an even more terrifying discovery?As my throat quivered from fear, she began to speak the rest in a hushed voice."...I can kinda see why Father's party fell apart."Unusually for the maternal Angelica, she wore an expression that was cold and dismissive.Could it be that she's been bottling up a lot of things too?"Why? ...What did I do?"I deeply reflected on my failure in the other world—falling into a codependent relationship with Elsa and casting aside the other women.So this time, I decided I would love all women who come to me equally.From the perspective of modern Japanese values, I might be a heartless harem bastard, but it's something still commonly practiced in Africa and the Middle East.It's not that terrible of a thing. Probably. Though the guilt is intense every day. The feeling of being whipped by the lash of morality is intense.Angelica has a strong possessiveness, so it's not unreasonable for her to be dissatisfied.But I'm giving you the most affection, right?What's not to like? Are you saying that if there are other women around me, all other expressions of love become meaningless?"Is it that after all... You mean you won't settle for not being the most beloved? I see, so you want to be the next Elsa. You want to drive Rio, Ayako-chan, and Philia-chan out of this house, and have me love only you, is that it?"That would be fine by me, actually.Since returning to Japan, the woman I've connected with most deeply is Angelica.If I'm honest, being devoted to just one woman suits my nature better anyway.I stared straight into Angelica's blue eyes.A tremendous force in her gaze.I steeled myself, refusing to be overwhelmed.The one who averted her eyes first was Angelica."Honestly. Father, you always jump to extremes. You're surprisingly short-tempered, you know.""...I'm aware of that."What I'm trying to say is, Angelica said, spreading both hands."It's that you don't have to favor Rio-san so blatantly.""...Huh?""Last night, Father, you had Rio-san on your lap and were spoiling her, weren't you? Saying things like, 'You adorable thing. You really are Elsa. Look, here too. This is also Elsa. Even your hair, even the scent is Elsa. It's like freshly washed Elsa.' And in the living room where everyone could see, no less?""What!? What the hell is that? I don't remember saying that—I said that?"When I'm flirting with Rio, I often get so high that my memories before and after become hazy.You could call it a minor state of mental incapacitation.So I can't be sure of my own words. Or rather, I'd like you to overlook it due to a lack of criminal responsibility."...If that's how you were doting on Elsa-san back in that world too... then it's only natural the party fell apart, isn't it.""Ugh...""It's only natural Ayako gets gloomy. Even I have the flames of jealousy burning."I had no words to reply.I failed again. The new human relationships I had just started to grasp, I ruined them with my own hands again.I grit my teeth and hung my head.Perhaps unable to watch any longer, Angelica gently took my hand."But, it's alright. Because I'm here with you, Father.""You're angry too, aren't you?""I have those feelings too, but right now, my worry is greater.""...What do you mean?""Father, you're not just insensitive, you're a child.""...I might have some childish traits.""If you think about it, you've been steeped in war since you were fifteen. It's only natural your emotions didn't develop normally.""You're harsher than usual today, aren't you?"Frustratingly, I couldn't find any material for a rebuttal.That's because it's a fact that men who have lived lives steeped in war often have childish personalities.People who held positions like commanders develop a dignity befitting their age, but those who spent many years on the front lines tend to have various parts of them frozen in boyhood.I even know soldiers who saw too many horrible things and regressed into infancy.Perhaps it's impossible for a person with normally developed emotions to fight on the front lines.Unless you maintain a child's cruelty, you probably can't do such things."...What should I do? To dispel Ayako-chan's darkness and become happy together with all of you, what should I..."My knees buckled and I collapsed. I put my hands on the floor, my shoulders trembling with regret and shame.To me in that miserable state, Angelica crouched down and spoke.At the same eye level, the girl whispered soothingly."...I know a way to improve Ayako's mood.""...How?""Wasn't it written in the diary? So many, many desires for r*pe and desires for pregnancy.""...You're not telling me to violate Ayako-chan, are you? There's no way that would be allowed.""That's not it."Angelica rose to her knees and embraced my face to her chest."Not that... you just need to fulfill her pregnancy desire.""...? Isn't that the same thing? ...Either way, it means I have to sleep with Ayako-chan, right?""Isn't it fine if you don't actually impregnate her? Ayako wants to give birth to Father's baby. You just need to grant that wish."...Make her give birth to my child, without impregnating her...?A contradictory expression.My characteristic of being more childlike than others.The conclusion drawn from this is—"I see! So I just need to be born from Ayako-chan!?""As expected of Father!"Angelica stroked my head as if in appreciation."When you have free time, just stick your head under Ayako's skirt and cry 'wah wah.' That's usually an instant kill for most girls.""I think most girls would call the police before it's an instant kill, but it does seem like it would work on Ange and Ayako-chan.""The desire to have the child of the person you love is a fundamental desire for girls, after all."Having safely arrived at a solution, we returned to the main topic."Right, there was something I wanted to talk to you about, Ange. It's about what I sent on Shine.""...The thing you mentioned in code. It was that the self-proclaimed half-Japanese Emily-san is suspicious, right?"Exactly, I nodded."Every time her body touches me, the degree of distortion in the numerical values changes... It's unnatural that she claims to be half when she looks like a pure-blooded white person no matter how you see it. Maybe she isn't actually wearing blue colored contacts, and was born with blonde hair and blue eyes.""You're saying she wants to appear as a mixed-race Earthling?""To make me let my guard down. If that's the case, Rebecca, who's in cahoots with Emily, also becomes suspicious.""Do you think the two of them came together to take you down, Father?""It's possible, right?""...Hmm..."Angelica, still holding me to her chest, let out a low hum."But, Father, you had no acquaintance with those two until very recently, right?""So?""Going by the pattern so far, the assassins sent here are chosen because they're opponents Father would hesitate to attack, aren't they? I was sent as an offering to you, with a Wraith implanted inside. I think it was a strategy calculated on you growing attached to me and finding it difficult to act. The High Priest and Erin-san are your old comrades, and the dragon was just a wild creature raising its young, which again, is an assassin that would likely make you feel guilty in battle. A fight against a parent protecting its child directly triggers your trauma.""...Well... they do come at us psychologically, every time.""Right? So sending just two ordinary girls is a bit strange, I think.""If they're two underage girls, that's enough of a psychological attack. It's incredibly hard for me to deal with, you know?""That is true, but... Um, I was wondering if an old comrade of yours might be involved this time too, but is that not the case? You know, the Party Member, Warrior-san. Isn't this person still left? And besides, I heard that person had knowledge of Alchemy in addition to swordsmanship. Wouldn't they be good at interfering with electronic devices?"Angelica is being unusually slow, I laughed."No. There's no need to worry about that. There's absolutely no way Teacher would come attacking.""Why is that?"I recalled the end of my last Party Member, Lili, whom I called Teacher."The female warrior Lili—I called her Teacher, but that person is already dead. She's deceased.""...That's the first I've heard of it.""To prevent a drop in the Human Army's morale, the information was suppressed by the King's decision.""When did she pass away?""Just before I defeated the Demon Lord. Apparently, a tumor formed in her left chest. In terms of this world, it's breast cancer."Cancer cannot be cured even with magic.Since it originates from the patient's own cells, Detoxification Magic can't eliminate it, and even if you cut out just the tumor and apply Recovery Magic, it will regenerate the tumor along with the healthy tissue.In the first place, the other world doesn't have the means to cleanly cut out only cancer cells."...I see. I heard she was a knight as brave as any man, but to think she died of an illness because she was a woman... One never knows a person's fate."I didn't make the pointless remark that, very rarely, men can get breast cancer too.Angelica, born and raised in a Neutral European Fantasy world, couldn't possibly have modern medical knowledge.
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