Chapter 99 - Fertility
Philia is staring intently at Angelica's face.
I thought she might start crying, but it seems her confusion is greater.
"Who is this big sister?"
She tilts her head curiously.
I feel exactly the same way.
The current Angelica is muttering resentfully, her eyes swollen and bright red, "Father's pussy... my pussy..." and I wanted to ask her who the hell she is.
I have no memory of raising a daughter who is such a pussy maniac.
Or rather, she is no longer my daughter. She is something far more sinister.
"Do you really not remember anything?"
And then, the sinister something that is Angelica leaned her face in close to Philia with a sudden movement.
She is asking the question at a distance where their noses are almost touching, as if to say, It's me, it's me.
No matter how much acquaintance they had during the other world era, since the other party has lost her sanity, it is practically a first meeting.
Even I had my recognition of her overwritten from Hero-dono to Father.
Already, there are no memories of her time as High Priest in Philia's head.
As expected, she cast a glance toward me as if seeking help.
"Father, is this big sister Philia's mother? Is she Father's wife?"
"Eh...? Yes!"
Angelica answered on her own accord.
She was completely ignoring my will.
"My, my. Good morning, Mother."
"What, you've become a better person than the previous High Priest. That's right, I am Father's legal wife. I'll give you a younger brother or sister next year, okay?"
"...Mama?"
"Yes, Mama!"
Man, I'm glad she's the understanding kind of crazy, Angelica thought, becoming quite cheerful, but I want to say, What about my will?
Also, I want to say, Do something about Ayako-chan, who is glaring at Angelica and the others with terrifying eyes.
Actually, I want to go home.
I want to run away.
What can I do?
Of course, escapism.
I headed to the bathroom and sat down on the toilet.
Just like my apartment, this room is a unit bath style, so a bathtub is installed right next to it.
If I told them that I had already bathed with Philia three times by filling that with hot water, what would become of Angelica and the others?
It is a hellish scene I don't even want to think about.
Offering a prayer that I definitely won't get caught... I took my smartphone out of my pocket.
I accessed a news site and entered full-on killing-time mode.
I decided to research the dragon commotion until Philia's cleaning up was finished.
Dragon lays fifth egg
And at the headline that jumped into my field of vision, I let out a voice of admiration, wondering if that's a bit too many.
Five.
Five, you say?
It seems like quite a large brood for a dragon, but is this normal?
"I'm jealous."
Elsa and I were not blessed with many children.
In the end, we lost the child we finally managed to conceive before they were even born.
When such a large brood is flaunted so openly, a complaint is bound to slip out.
I scrolled the screen and continued reading the article.
Apparently, the male destroyed surrounding houses and brought back broken pillars to use for nest building.
And then. Once the house was built, next was food. It apparently attacked a zoo and, in full view of the public, proudly turned an elephant into meatball-like chunks and brought them back to the nest.
It's like a "my home papa" acting as if to provide a model for the single-filled residents of Tokyo.
The female is also not losing, warming the eggs, and spending her time intimidating approaching Self-Defense Force helicopters and fighter jets by spitting fireballs.
A good wife and wise mother, the dragon breath of domestic support.
If their body size were about the size of a small bird, they might have become a tourist attraction as a devoted couple, but unfortunately, they have a physique where it wouldn't be strange if they died at any moment.
They'll probably start eating humans before long, too.
Now, the public's interest was focused on every single move of the dragon.
What on earth are these things? Where did they come from?
The conclusion reached by experts was, "We know nothing."
As for me, it's not that I don't have a hunch.
That dragon came from another world. It's easy enough to predict that much.
The problem is who sent them and for what purpose.
Now that Philia, an authority on summoning magic, has broken, there shouldn't be many people capable of sending large monsters to Earth.
If that's the case, they might have come from a different other world than the one I was in.
Was it the dimension called Aqua where Kana was, or perhaps the dimension called Gaia where those goblins from the other day were?
Or there is the possibility that they were summoned before Philia went mad, and this is the result of them being left roaming free.
...In that case, I am harboring the woman who threw the capital into chaos.
I hate myself, thinking that I am truly a hopeless guy.
"So Philia really did summon this, huh."
Exhaling a sigh, I stood up.
It should be about finished by now.
I quietly stepped out of the bathroom and returned to the bedroom.
There, a scene unfolded that I really didn't want to ask what happened in: Philia shedding tears on the bed, Ayako-chan with a red face holding Philia in a bear hug, and Angelica clutching her own body while half-crying.
"...Alright. It looks like the diaper was successfully removed. Thank you both."
"Please tell me what happened!"
At Ayako-chan's shrill scream, I reluctantly replied.
"...What were the three of you doing?"