Chapter 233 - Declaration of Continuous Impregnation
Everyone except me froze, their voices harmonizing in unison: """Polygamy...!?""
"...So, you're saying you intend to register your marriage with two high school girls? Y-You're planning to create a high school girl harem with my daughter!? In twenty-first-century Japan!?"
"There is no other way."
"I cannot speak with such a beast! We're going home, Ayako!"
"Ayako-chan, you're on my side, right?"
Professor Otsuki grabbed Ayako-chan's right hand, attempting to forcibly lead her out of the room.
In response, I gripped Ayako-chan's left hand, bracing my feet to keep her in place.
Two men glared at each other, with a single girl caught in the middle.
[Ayako Otsuki's Sexual Arousal has reached 70%]
[This is a value at which sexual intercourse is possible upon consent. Do you wish to proceed?]
[If executed, there is a certain probability of producing a child.]
[Born children will inherit the status tendencies and some skills of their parents, and sharing of equipment and items will also be possible.]
[Furthermore, it will be possible to transfer classes to the child.]
"...Ayako? What is that fidgeting movement?"
"It seems the situation of being fought over by me and you has apparently excited Ayako-chan."
"How far must you go to insult my daughter...!"
"By the way. Before arguing with me, don't you think you should confirm Ayako-chan's actual feelings?"
"...That is certainly true."
Professor Otsuki nodded.
"What say you, Ayako? Do you still wish to become Nakamoto-kun's woman even after this? This man has changed your nationality and is now trying to register his marriage with another girl! This isn't the Middle Ages...!"
Ayako-chan tilted her head with a graceful gesture, then spoke with a flower-like smile.
"...It's okay, Father-in-law. If any women other than me meet suspicious deaths, I can properly correct it back to monogamy."
The moment he heard those words, Professor Otsuki collapsed to his knees.
"...Ayako... just how far will you go..."
"I don't want to say this in front of her parents, but Ayako-chan is always like this, you know? She interacts cheerfully with every girl, but her eyes aren't laughing. She talks with the eyes of a snake facing its prey."
"..."
"Just admit it already, Professor Otsuki. This girl is more than an ordinary man can handle. Unless it's someone as sturdy and thick-skinned as me, they won't be able to serve as her husband. Leave it to me; I will definitely make sure Ayako-chan is reformed."
"...Reformed? ...How, exactly? Do you have a concrete plan? Even I, her biological father, failed in her re-education!"
"To be blunt, I think if I impregnate her every year, she won't have time to do anything bad."
"Is that not too demonic!?"
"Don't you want to see your grandchildren's faces?"
"...Grandchildren."
"Imagine playing ball with a boy who looks exactly like Ayako-chan, or buying clothes for a girl who is the very image of Ayako-chan in her childhood."
"...Ayako from when she was little... a grandchild who looks just like Ayako..."
"And they'll increase every year. Imagine a group of tiny Ayako-chans surrounding you, saying, 'We love you, Grandpa!'"
"I'd hate it if a grandchild who looks like Nakamoto-kun was mixed in."
"There's no way my mediocre genes could beat Ayako-chan's, right!? They'll all end up with Ayako's face anyway! Just imagine it!"
"...Lots of Ayakos..."
—Please, take her. Please use your hands to make her a decent child.
As Professor Otsuki pleaded in a fading voice, none of his former dignity remained.
After leaving the apartment, we returned straight to the patrol car.
Furthermore, I have ordered Angelica to stay behind.
Since we will be infiltrating enemy territory from here on, I thought it would be better to have fewer people.
...It was also because I didn't want to be seen any longer by the female officers while I was grinning like an idiot.
If Angelica, who shows her jealousy openly, were with us, things would become troublesome.
"Is the discussion finished?"
Hayasaka-san asked in a businesslike tone, and I replied, "It's all set."
"A lot happened, and I've decided to marry Professor Otsuki's daughter. With this, the Professor and I are family. He will gladly cooperate."
"Is that so, getting married... eh? Marriage!? Huh?"
In contrast to the women in the car who were in an uproar, the old man trio of me, Sugitani-san, and Professor Otsuki boarded the rear seat in silence.
Since Erin was already sitting there as a prior occupant, we once again ran into a shortage of seatbelts.
"What will you do about that girl? It seems there aren't enough belts."
Perhaps because he is a father with a daughter of age, Professor Otsuki stared at Erin with worried eyes.
I signaled him with my eyes to "don't worry" and hugged Erin.
"This is fine."
"It looks nothing more than a face-to-face seated position to me, though?"
"Please depart, Hayasaka-san."
"Can we really leave Ayako to this man...? However, it is also a fact that unless one is somewhat screwloose, they wouldn't be able to handle Ayako... ugh..."
Ignoring the agonizing Professor, the invisible car slowly exited the parking lot.
"Now, the real topic starts from here—Father-in-law, there is something I want to ask of you."
"What is it?"
"I want you to withdraw from the research involving tinkering with Goblin brains. That's actually why I brought you here today, to ask this of you."
Professor Otsuki spoke with a displeased expression.
"I thought it would be something like that. As I suspected, Public Security has its fingers in this."
"You'll listen to a request from your son-in-law, right? Father-in-law."
"Stop calling me that. You haven't officially registered your marriage with Ayako yet."
"Professor Otsuki, I want you to stop the research."
"Why?"
"Not only is there a risk of it running out of control, but the finished product is going to be tested within Japan, right? Moreover, I heard the delivery destination is the US Military. Is there any meaning in taking such risks just to strengthen a foreign country? Let's protect a society where Ayako-chan can give birth to grandchildren with peace of mind every year."
"Is a society where teenage girls give birth every year worth protecting...? But, I see. This is the suggestion of that Public Security Intelligence Agent over there."
Professor Otsuki glared at Sugitani-san with an intense gaze. That sharp look shared something in common with the evil glint Ayako-chan occasionally showed. They really were father and daughter.
"I am also aware of the dangers of this research. And the conclusion I reached is this. —Even knowing the risks, we have no choice but to do it. Do you know, Nakamoto-kun? Our country is lagging behind in both the fields of drones and AI. It's one thing to be behind the US or Israel, but we are even inferior to China and Russia. If one truly worries about national defense, shouldn't my research be sustained? Even if the destination of the finished product is another country, I believe there is significance in domestic engineers gaining the know-how."
"...Is that so?"
When I turned my eyes toward Sugitani-san, I saw him groaning with a troubled face. Judging by this reaction, it was likely the truth.