Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou

Common Holiday Brief Story Myuu & Remia’s Case

「「「「「No-, that guy has a child already-!!!」」」」」

Retorting voices resounded inside the cafeteria. The speakers were harmonized splendidly.

Perhaps in a sense, the students too had gotten completely used to the chaos that Nagumo family brought.

The girl clearly didn’t look similar to Hajime, and on top of that it seemed impossible for her to be his daughter age-wise. But there wasn’t anybody who expressly mentioned that.

The fate of the people who imprudently hassled Nagumo family had been whispered with seemingly truthful tone like urban legend……

That family was already a group that was out of common sense in various ways. Everyone thought that anything might be possible when it came to them. Because of that it was natural for everyone to not step on a landmine proactively. They flatly refused to actually experience the rumor or the like.

Although, the group was a deeply interesting spectacle that gave color to their campus life as long as they didn’t step in too deeply.

As the result of not being able to avoid paying attention to the group, the tsukkomi in their heart magnificently united like this. It was an “all-too-familiar story” that was happening with gradually increasing frequency in this campus.

For Myuu this was her first time visiting this university. Naturally she wasn’t used to the environment. She jerked in surprise from the many older men and women retorting and focusing on her. She also let out a shocked voice 「Fue?」 from her mouth.

She wondered whether she had done anything bad and looked up at Hajime with slight uneasiness oozing out from her eyes while still hugging his chest.

「Don’t pay them any mind. Everyone has the aspiration to be comedian.」

「Is that so nano? So it’s their daily effort nano.」

Ain’t no way that’s the case, the tsukkomi in everyone’s heart united once more.

「More importantly……you came huh~」

Hajime kept hugging Myuu on his lap and showed a gentle smile──from the viewpoint of the surrounding students it was the expression of a completely fawning papa toward his daughter. *Murmur-*

「Ehehe, Myuu came nano~」

Myuu hugged him tightly once more. The smile on Hajime’s face kept widening even more and his hand gently caressed her emerald blond hair.

Their gestures completely didn’t suit their appearances, but that scene and atmosphere definitely belonged to a father and daughter.

The students were assaulted by confusion and questions but, the scene was so picturesque that they were all making meaningless voice like 「O, oo……」.

「Ahaha, come on Myuu-chan. Even though we said that we’ll meet up at home after the end-of-term ceremony is over」

「You couldn’t wait huh?」

「Fufu, that’s cute.」

「I monopolized the yesterday evening completely after all.」

Just like Shia said, Hajime and co planned to go home after this. They should meet up with Myuu there.

Kaori and Shizuku smiled warmly, while Liliana knitted her eyebrows a bit apologetically.

「……Myuu, you didn’t come here alone right? Where’s Remia?」

「Myu? Come to think of it……oh no nano! Myuu sensed papa’s presence the moment Myuu saw this building and dashed here nano!」

It seemed she left mama behind.

Naturally Remia too had never come to this university before. Furthermore, this university was huge. She might be lost right now.

「It’s amazing you know that I’m here. Even though you didn’t even call first.」

「It’s an elementary deduction, Papason-kun.」

「What do you mean, Myuumes?」

Myuu jumped down from papa’s lap to go pick up mama. But before that she raised her index finger straight and spoke with a smug face.

「It’s lunch time right now nano. Furthermore, Lili-oneechan should be wanting to experience the cafeteria nano. Ah, Lili-oneechan, long time no see! Myuu is so happy to see you again nano! Take your time!」

She greeted her Onee-chan properly even when still in the middle of talking. Liliana said 「I’m also happy to see you again, Myuu-chan」 with a smile slipping out and did high five with her. Then Myuu turned around and thrust the result of her deduction toward papa.

「In other words, papa and others will be somewhere in the three large cafeterias!」

「I see. But, why did you pick the cafeteria here?」

「Fuh, a stupid question, Papason-kun. You simply──need to check all three cafeterias! Nano!!」

「My kid is genius!」

No, in the end you’re just searching everywhere!? Or rather, are you an idiot parent!? The tsukkomi of the heart of everyone around was harmonized once more.

Yue and others were watching the parent and child skit warmly, but then for some reason it became noisy near the cafeteria’s entrance. The surrounding students who were paying attention to Hajime’s group got noisy.

「But, wasn’t it hard just to reach the cafeteria? After all this place is huge.」

「It was fun instead nano! Myuu looked around the university while looking for papa and others!」

「I see. Then that’s good.」

「Myu! Besides, Myuu didn’t really get lost. After all there were a lot of kind big brothers who showed Myuu the way!」

「What did you say?」

Hajime wondered what Myuu meant by that. But the answer arrived from behind them.

「Everyone, thank you kindly. Thanks to everyone, I managed to find my husband.」

「N-no no, no biggie! We haven’t done anything much!」

「It’s a honor to be of use ssu!」

「Rather we’re glad that we can accompany you because we had nothing to do-」

「My my, ufufu」

The fluffy and warm atmosphere and voice gently caressed their eardrums.

Aa, I see……Hajime looked around with an expression of understanding. Sure enough, he found the warm and soft beauty who could even turn someone on the verge of violence to be friendly in just several minutes──Remia over there.

She was wearing a flutter chiffon skirt, simple sandals, and a shirt with no sleeve that suited her atmosphere. Her hair was braided and hanging forward from her shoulder.

Her slender waist and the bulges of her chest that jutted forward explosively were naturally drawing people’s eyes but, even more than that……how to describe it, her femininity as a composed mature woman, or perhaps her married woman’s aura was powerful.

From the start Remia had been clad in such atmosphere and that was also one of her charm points, but it looked like that tendency had gotten even stronger since she dropped all pretense and exchanged words with Hajime at the day of the graduation party.

Perhaps that was why. Around Remia there were about twenty male students who were dazed by her 「My my ufufu」, but every single one of them looked like they were acting servilely toward her due to a kind of feeling of admiration rather than approaching her because of a vulgar ulterior motive. In fact, it looked like they were interacting with her politely, shyly asking her if there was anything else that they could help with.

Although, it wasn’t surprising but naturally it wasn’t purely kindness that was driving them.

「Shit-. Who the hell is this husband who has a wife this beautiful and a daughter that cute?」

「Her Japanese is fluent but……she’s a foreigner right? As expected it must be one of the professors.」

「I’m gonna boo that professor loudly in his class.」

Such whispers could be heard. It seemed that Remia didn’t go as far as mentioning Hajime’s name. No wonder they made that kind of misunderstanding.

It seemed that they accompanied Remia until the end because feeling of envy of wanting to see who was the lucky bastard was mixed into their motive. Also……

「……It’s strange. Even though this is my first time meeting her, I’m feeling that I just want this person to smile.」

「I get you.」

「Be happy forever with your daughter god dammit all」

「No harm can be permitted to befall this mother and daughter. We must protect」

It looked like there were some who got their heart stolen in a different sense. It was like they were looking at something precious, or looking at something holy.

It seemed that voluntary knights were also gathering around Remia to prevent any wicked insect or trouble from approaching.

「……As expected from Remia. Devilish woman」

「I had read this from Sumire-okaasama’s manga. This kind of situation is called reverse harem isn’t it?」

「I think that’s a bit wrong though……perhaps describing it like a group of fan crowding a Hollywood actress is more accurate I wonder?」

「Certainly I’m getting that kind of feeling from them desu. Then, should we provisionally call them as “Remia Guys”?」

「Shia, Remia-san will definitely feel uncomfortable with that. But……so many of them gathers around her like that even though she has daughter and already said that she came here looking for her husband. Really, as expected from Remia-san.」

Attraction field that didn’t weaken even after the people around her learned that she was a wife with child. Certainly it was just as Yue said, it was a type of devilishness. Myuu’s “seduction” power was undoubtedly passed down from Remia’s gene.

「Then everyone, do excuse me.」

Remia courteously bowed and turned around. Remia Guys (temp) saw off her back with lovestruck faces before their eyes immediately sharpened like hawk and started searching 「Who’s this so-called husband?」.

And then, reality hit them. With a cruel truth.

「Mama, over here nano!」

「My my, Myuu, this girl. Don’t leave mama behind like that.」

Eh, wait, beside the daughter is……their eyes widened.

The students in the cafeteria understood their feeling like their own. Some covered their eyes, some looked up to the sky, some were unable to accept reality and looked befuddled, some looked at Hajime like they were looking at something terrifying.

The chaos at the surrounding was deepening. But Remia headed toward him with a melting smile while her warm and soft atmosphere was still unwavering.

「Hajime-san, I’m sorry. Myuu was really insistent so……we came here♪」

She exuded a bit of playfulness just at the end and chuckled ufufu.

A lot of people could see the vision of heart being shot through. The hearts of a part of Remia Guys were also shot through in a painful sense.

It would be understandable for someone to have a wife this lovely if it was an adult with position and prestige like a university professor. They would also be able to dream to achieve the same thing one day if they worked hard.

But, what was this? What in the world was this reality unfolding before their eyes!?

It was mindblowing. Some of the surrounding’s eyes turned dead like a dead fish, or falling on their knees because of the cruelty of the world……

But as expected, the majority was burning with jealousy.

「God dammittt, why’s it that guy of all people!?」

「Something’s strange. Something’s mad. Since when the world became totally ridiculous like this? His luck stat is just too unbalanced isn’t it? Someone debug this……」

「I DON’T WANT TO ACCEPT THIS! I DON’T WANTTTT!!」

「Disclosure request, just fine! I’m going to flame him socially for sure this time──fuckkkk, it can’t connect to the internet like alwayss! Is it divine protection!? Is it affection!? Is even the goddess inside his haremm-」

It couldn’t really be said that he wasn’t actually that wrong. The goddess of the Treasure Tree must be sneezing in the “Miniature Garden” right about now.

「Yes, break up break up! Who cares if the two are happy」 Nobody really flared up thanks to the guidance of the people who persisted in being knights to the end. Those who were lamenting the unfairness of this world were also leaving the cafeteria while being soothed down.

A part of the students in the cafeteria were looking at those people with sympathizing gazes, even so they were still hoping that perhaps a miracle might happen.

「Bloodbath-, this time for sure bloodbath-」

「A secret love child! Be a secret love child!」

「Mistress VS legal wife──FIGHT-」

The male camp uttered their wish with small voices. Even some of the females were wondering Is it going to be a real life soap opera? A sordid one!? while nonchalantly sending eyes that were filled with curiosity toward the group.

Of course, those expectations weren’t answered.

「Ah, Remia-san, please take my seat.」

「Lily-san, is it alright?」

「Myuu-chan too must feel better if she has both her papa and mama at her sides.」

「Ufufu, thank you very much. Then please allow me to take up your offer without reservation.」

Liliana yielded the chair beside Hajime smiling. Remia sat there gracefully.

「Myuu. Which lap’s is better, papa or mama?」

「Hm~m……papa!」

「My my, I’m abandoned.」

Myuu looked greatly delighted within Hajime’s arms while Remia watched her with a gaze that was overflowing with love.

Yue smiled toward Remia and Myuu with a smile that was exuding affection and asked.

「……Myuu, Remia, have you two eaten?」

「No, not yet. I was planning to do that after returning home, but Myuu wouldn’t listen and hurry us here before her papa and everyone return home.」

「……I would open a gate if you called beforehand」

「Myuu want to surprise papa together with mama nano!」

「……Fufu, can’t be helped then.」

Similar affection were exuding from Remia and Myuu’s answers too. Kaori and others were also exuding exactly the same thing.

「Then, you two might as well eat here after coming this far.」

「True. Myuu-chan is also interested with university’s cafeteria right?」

「Fuh, Myuu has been waiting for that offer nano.」

「By the way Myuu-chan. I recommend the whip cream sandwich here. The fluffy bread dough and the refreshing aftertaste of the cream are superb desu!」

Myuu’s stomach cried *kugyuu~~* cutely the moment Shia spoke her recommendation. It seemed the monster in her stomach got stimulated by the food reportage.

The stomach monster was quite loud in its demand, so Myuu got slightly embarrassed as expected. Her cheeks blushed faintly and she pressed her hands on her stomach to hide it.

She looked just too adorable that the expressions of Yue and others broke into smiles. Their expressions were greatly exuding affection. The atmosphere was just warm and comfortable.

It was enough already.

「……They’re completely a family.」

「It’s obvious from the start though.」

There wouldn’t be any bloodshed happening. Rather the atmosphere was just too nice tears might come out……that kind of mood spread through the cafeteria.

Watching Nagumo family that didn’t show any crack no matter how much they observed made sighs leaked out from here and there. Surely the people themselves didn’t understand whether they were sighing because of resignation, exasperation, or admiration.

Although, the group kept providing new topic in small amounts periodically like this as though to tease them.

This is why I can’t stop watching Nagumo family! I’m gonna continue observing still! That kind of mood occupied the majority of the people at the surrounding.

It was unclear whether the group in question had the self-awareness that they were gradually becoming a kind of special product of this university.

Hajime sensed the surrounding’s mood even while ignoring it and stood up.

「Then I’ll go buy the food for a bit.」

「……Nn, take care.」

Remia also followed along by standing up. Hajime somehow guessed her intention and lowered down Myuu from his arms.

That seemed to be the correct choice. Myuu held out her hands to papa and mama. The two each take one of Myuu’s hands very naturally and started walking toward the counter holding hands together with Myuu at the center like a harmonious family.

There was a large menu with pictures attached above the counter like in a food court. Myuu read the menu with sparkling eyes while hopping up and down in high spirits.

Naturally Hajime and Remia matched her movement by moving their arms up and down along her to help her hopping.

「Hm~m, those three make a nice picture like what you can see in TV commercial.」

Nobody could deny the words that Shia said as she saw them off. Not Yue and the other girls, and not the other students around them.

「……No worry. Soon we will too. Shizuku’s bold proclamation has also helped making the surrounding accept it.」

「Please don’t bring that up……」

「Uu, I’m also getting jealous now……」

「With Lily’s age, you should be patient for a bit more okay? ……You might forget it anyway when you start working again.」

「Please don’t mutter words like that, Kaori. As expected that’s impossible to happen even with me!」

Very, doubtful. Yue and others were unanimous in their opinion about that.

Hajime, Remia, and Myuu returned back while they were doing that. But, something was odd. Myuu was looking despondent for some reason.

There seemed to be delicious looking pasta and toasted sandwich on top of their tray but……

「The whip cream sandwich, is sold out nano……」

That was the first thing Myuu said when she returned to the table.

「Ah」 escaped Shia’s lips. That often happened with how popular the item was. Her face became awkward for forgetting that and raising Myuu’s expectation.

Even the surrounding students, some of them gasped and looked at their own plates. Empty. The whip cream sandwiches that were there not long ago had been cleaned up and settled inside their stomachs now. Even though they hadn’t done anything wrong, feeling of guilt welled up and their gazes wandered around away from the family.

「We can just come here again another time so you can eat it. I can even buy one to bring home for you next time.」

「Myu」

Myuu nodded wordlessly before clambering up to papa’s lap once more. She then picked up the toasted sandwich that was full of cheese and ham that she had bought as replacement.

It looked tasty enough but……her mouth and stomach must have finished the preparation to be filled with whipped cream sandwich. Her expression looked very conflicted.

It was then.

「O~i, Nagumo~」

「Hm?」

From the back of the cafeteria, four yak*za with overly built physique──wrong, four friends who simply had scary look came.

At the forefront was Ikeda from boxing club, followed by Aoki and Gotanda from judo club, and Mukouzaka from kendo club.

「Uo, there are more beauties again──wait, if I don’t remember wrong you two are Remia-san and Myuu-chan right?」

「Aa, come to think of it we only showed you guys the picture and this is your first time meeting them huh.」

Hajime had shown them his family photos and his huge daughter photo collection set that was kept in a separate exclusive folder during the get-together, no, even after that, so Ikeda and co at least knew the two’s faces.

They had also interacted with Yue and co several times in campus doing things like eating lunch together, so they weren’t that nervous even after seeing Remia.

But, all four of them stiffened seeing Myuu looking at them in great interest with her big and round eyes from Hajime’s lap. Their faces instantly tensed.

In short, their faces that already looked scary even at normal times now became like 「What the hell are you looking at huh, you wanna get beaten up you bastarddd-」.

「O-oi, what to do-? That’s a small kid!」

「Nagumo said that if it’s his daughter she won’t get scared but……」

「Shit-, this is a bad timing. Even though we already practiced greeting for when Myuu-chan get introduced to us one day……my face stiffen up if it’s this sudden-」

「What’s the correct way to greet her here?」

The four scary looking bunch instantly formed a huddle and started a discussion with low voices.

They immediately turned their back on Hajime just as he was about to introduce Remia and Myuu, but he could also understood their feelings so Hajime only smiled wryly without knowing of what to say. The faces of Yue and others also looked the same.

Meanwhile, the surrounding students had also seen how Ikeda and co sometimes were together with Hajime’s group, it looked like almost none of them felt worried that the four were trying to pick a fight with the group. Rather, some people were still suspecting that their relationship with each other was of a yak*za’s young master and his henchmen.

Although, it seemed there were a lot of people who looked worried that Myuu might started crying after getting scared of the four’s appearances. The whole cafeteria was watching with nervousness in the air.

The one who first broke that atmosphere was perhaps just to be expected. It was Myuu.

「Ah, whip cream sandwich……」

「Eh?」

Myuu must have caught sight of it from the gap of the huddle. She unconsciously muttered those words.

Ikeda looked back. His hand was certainly holding two whipped cream sandwiches that were put in a wrap.

Myuu’s gaze was fixed on them while Ikeda’s gaze was going back and forth between his hand and her.

Gotanda and the other two went 「Hah, is this a big chance!?」 and poked Ikeda’s back.

Ikeda looked back over his shoulder and saw his friends eyes opened wide looking at him as though trying to tell him something. He looked at them with a bit of dubiousness──right after that, his eyes also opened wide in understanding as though to say 「So there’s that way!」.

They looked plainly scary.

The students who weren’t too familiar with Ikeda and co felt tense thinking 「Crap, that harem bastard gonna get killed♪ I mean, he’s gonna be killed!?」「Should we call the police!?」.

Meanwhile, Ikeda’s face became like an Ashura from nervousness. Also his whole body was bulging up from the way his powerful muscles getting pumped up to the limit, perhaps because of how tense he was. He took a step forward with such appearance.

The overwhelming pressure made the students sitting near Nagumo family to spontaneously raise their voices 「Hih」 and leaned backward. Meanwhile,

「N-nice to meet youu, I-I’m called Ikedaa. I’ve heard about you from Nagumo some timmes ago. It’s an honor to be able to meet you ssu! I-if it pleases you, here, please partake-」

Ikeda-kun bowed his head to Remia, intentionally used a more formal way of talking, and then he fell on one knee before holding out the whipped cream sandwich as though he was making an offering toward a queen.

He must have been trying his best to spoke with a gentle tone. His trembling voice and some parts of his wording sounded clogged were because of that, however, to the outsiders it completely looked like he was enduring an unbearable humiliation with furious heart.

「My my, thank you so much for the polite greeting. My name is Remia. This girl is my daughter Myuu. Thank you for always looking after my husband.」

Remia stood up and politely bowed her head while greeting him back. She showed not even the slightest disturbance. The wave of fluffy and warm atmosphere was softening the wrath (misunderstanding) of Ikeda and co.

The surrounding students hallucinated the sight of red aura of fury and white aura of healing clashing against each other. She’s a saint……such muttering could be heard from here and there.

「Come on, Myuu. Give your greeting to papa’s friends.」

「Hah, Myuu’s heart was stolen by the overflowing amount of the whip cream nano!」

Myuu shook free of the whip cream’s charm and returned to her senses. She jumped down from Hajime’s lap and moved in front of Ikeda and co.

「Nice to meet you! Myuu is Myuu! Please take a good care of me! Nano!」

Myuu gave her greeting energetically without even the slightest sin of fear while even raising up both her hands high above her head.

Remia’s gentle aura was backed by Myuu’s innocent aura. The Asura aura from Ikeda and co was blown away completely this time. Or that was how it looked like to the students around them.

T-this mother and daughter, not bad──eyes that were filled with that kind of shock were turned toward them.

Naturally Ikeda and co were also watching openmouthed. Their jaws couldn’t close back as they were looking at Myuu like she was an impossibility.

「E-err, nice to meet you?」

「Yes nano! Nice to meet you nano! Ikeda-oniisan!」

Myuu’s sparkling eyes were also directed toward Gotanda and the other two. What is your name? She was clearly asking them that.

The three were shaken. Not even once in their life there was a small girl who ever looked straight like this toward them. Even if there was, it was only because the little girl couldn’t avert away her eyes from fear. After that it would be a challenge to see which side was faster, either a crime prevention buzzer would be pressed or they would manage to retreat first.

And so the three were being all flustered while somehow introducing themselves.

And then hearing Myuu calling them “Onii-san” made them felt greatly moved for some reason and they looked like they were digesting the experience slowly.

「Are you, not scared, of us?」

Ikeda asked that question to confirm, or perhaps to question whether this was really reality.

Myuu tilted her head slightly. She stared fixedly into Ikeda’s eyes.

「Scared? Why?」

「Why you ask……you know, our bodies are big, and we have villainous faces……」

The cafeteria had fallen silent before anyone noticed. Everyone was holding their breath while watching the scene of a scary faced huge man still on his knee talking with a small girl.

Amidst that, Myuu blinked and stared at Ikeda’s appearance. And then she ran her gaze on the other three too before falling into thought.

「You know, Ikeda-oniisan. A really scary person has scary eyes nano.」

「Eh? Eyes?」

She said that. She put on a peaceful smile.

That smile made the spectators spontaneously gasped. She just looked mature and also kind.

Ikeda and others had their gazes fixed on Myuu. Their looks would make the average grade schooler broke into tears, but Myuu faced them as though it was only natural.

「No matter how they smiled, no matter how pretty their face is, the eyes of someone with bad thought are scary nano. Myuu know that.」

That’s why, she said while taking a step forward. Her small and soft hand consolingly patted Ikeda’s head that was covered with hard and short hairs that were like hedgehog.

「The eyes of Ikeda-oniisan and the others are the eyes of kind people nano. That’s why, Myuu isn’t scared at alll~~ you know?」

Ikeda’s eyes widened even more. Even Gotanda and the others stopped breathing from too much astonishment.

The surrounding students’ expressions also changed as though they were seeing something holy.

The atmosphere was still as though time had stopped. It was then Hajime broke the quiet with a very smug face.

「How’s that? My daughter is the bestest girl right?」

Ikeda and others looked at Hajime like he was an idiot parent when he kept talking about Myuu without stopping, but when they were implicitly asked Was he exaggerating in the end? like that, they returned to their senses with a gasp.

「Y-yeah, no……yes. She’s really a good kid. Far more than in our imagination.」

It was at this point that he felt bashful from having a small kid patting his head. Even so he showed a strong agreement.

「That’s right isn’t it. If you get it now then leave behind that whip cream sandwich behind for my daughter.」

「Geez, papa! Extorting a friend like that is Bad- nano!」

The surrounding students thought.

They were impressed by how she correctly saw through other people and also her good sense. They couldn’t believe that she was just a girl who was still in the lower grades of primary school. She was abnormal in a sense.

At the same time, they thought that the saying of “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” applied to these father and daughter in a sense, but it was withdrawn-. Even though the daughter is a really good girl like this, the father is just-!! They all thought.

They didn’t notice that Myuu was implicitly saying that extortion was OK if it was done to someone other than friends (more specifically if it was toward enemy).

In a sense, their impression of “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” was spot on.

「Aa, well, that was my intention from the start so it’s fine.」

Ikeda-kun smiled wryly while obediently holding out the wrapped whip cream sandwich toward Myuu. So kind.

By the way, Ikeda-kun had the sandwich in hand because there was a circumstance that made him unable to come to the cafeteria during lunch time, even so he wanted to eat one and dashed to the cafeteria before noon to buy it, and then he expressly stored it in a flower-patterned cooler bag that he had prepared.

That was how much of a sweet tooth he was. He loved the whip cream sandwich of this cafeteria.

Of course, although Myuu didn’t know about that circumstance, she had somehow guessed that he must loved whip cream sandwich. She naturally hesitated to accept it. What a good kid.

「But……Ikeda-oniisan, must have looked forward to eating it yourself ……」

Good kid, everyone around, not just Ikeda and co were feeling that and narrowed their eyes fondly.

「It’s fine, don’t hold back on my account. I can eat this thing anytime I want, okay? Here-」

「That’s right, there isn’t any need to hold back or anything. Their things are Myuu’s things. And Myuu’s things are Myuu’s things.」

Shut your trap already, gazes that seemed to say that stabbed Hajime from all around. Also, the exasperated gazes of Yue and others were also mixed among them.

Myuu too promptly ignored that remark because she was aware of papa’s disposition that tended to run wild when it came to her, his daughter. And then, Gotanda and others said,

「O-oi. Isn’t there anything that we can also give here?」

「Shit-, if I knew something like this might happen, I’ll walk around everywhere with one or two candies on me-」

「Ah, I got a sukonbu (sour kelp prepared with black vinegar) with me! ──No, this is just nope」

Myuu snickered seeing them panicking like that. It seemed that she would make them happier by not holding back.

Although, as expected she was reluctant to monopolize the food so,

「Then, Ikeda-oniisan」

「O-ou. Here, just take it without reser──」

「Give Myuu half of that! Nano!」

「Eh? Half? ……Well, certainly there are two but, I don’t really──」

Myuu took the whip cream sandwich from Ikeda even while he was still in the middle of saying something. She then unwrapped the sandwiches carefully and took just one of them. She then returned the rest to Ikeda.

「Tasty food is tastier when eaten together with someone nano!」

「UU-」

Myuu’s innocent and sunny bright smile exploded. Ikeda who was caught of it from ground zero unconsciously stepped back. Hajime papa pressed his hand on his chest. The surrounding Onee-sans and Onii-sans covered their noses with one hand.

No feeling of disobeying or arguing welled up. Ikeda-kun’s hand reached out unsteadily as though his body was puppeted by an external force.

Myuu signaled 「One~two-」 with her gaze. Both bit on their sandwich at the same time.

「Nnnnn~~~~~~-!!」

Myuu’s cheeks reddened, her eyes were closed tightly, and her small legs stomped the floor repeatedly. She writhed from the tastiness that beggared her imagination.

She properly tasted it for a second. The bread was stuffed with so much whip cream it drew a large eclipse shape. That cream overflowed and formed a white beard on Myuu’s lips. She didn’t even notice the state of her mouth as she,

「So tasty nanoo~~♪ Ikeda-oniisan, thank you nano!」

Wore a limp smile that looked happy from the heart.

「「「「What, she’s just an angel……」」」」

Those mutters could be heard escaping from a corner of the cafeteria. They undoubtedly represented the voice of the heart of everyone in this place. Because, all the Onee-sans and Onii-sans were making slovenly smiles that seemed to say 「We’re the one feeling happy instead from watching」 without exception.

「Good for you Myuu. Ikeda-san, and everyone, thank you very much.」

「……No, it’s us who should say thanks instead. Yep, as I thought, this is delicious isn’t it, Myuu-chan.」

「Myu!」

Remia wiped Myuu’s mouth while saying her gratitude. Then Myuu said 「Myuu is sharing with mama too nano~」 and gave her a bite. Remia said 「My my-, it’s truly delicious」 and the mother and daughter smiled together. They looked truly precious that nobody could make fun of the Remia Guys (temp) anymore.

Yue and others were also watching over that with fondness.

It felt like the inside of the cafeteria itself was filled to the brim with air of happiness.

Like that, as everyone was feeling peaceful,

「Ikeda.」

「Nagumo……Myuu-chan is really a good kid──」

「Sorry. Let me apologize first.」

「Hm? Apologize? What are──」

Hajime faced Ikeda and co once more and said sorry.

「I’m going to buy up all the whip cream sandwiches for Myuu starting tomorrow, so I think you guys won’t be able to eat it again for some time. I’m really sorry.」

「……」

Ikeda and co, and even the surrounding students who were watching Myuu and Remia with warm smiles while their misunderstanding toward Ikeda and co had also been completely dispelled, all of them were turning their gazes toward Hajime with creaky movement like rusted doll.

Hajime declared with a wide smile.

「But, you guys don’t mind right!? After all, everything is for the sake of this angelic smile!」

Yue and co massaged their forehead with their fingers as though they were feeling headache……

It made everyone else felt keenly just how serious Hajime was when saying that.

And so, Ikeda’s group and the surrounding students, no, not only them, even the professors and staffs who were actually there too, including the staffs of the cafeteria finally ran out of patience──

「「「「「Just shut your trap alreadyyyyyy-」」」」」

A tssukkomi that was harmonized very beautifully together was yelled out loudly.

After that, everyone who was present at the scene realized.

The feeling of unity that they felt at this time was amazing. It was like when the hearts of the whole mankind became one in order to face a common enemy like the demon king. That was how it felt.

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After the lunch in campus.

Although the color of the sky still hadn’t been mixed with orange color, it would soon be the time of evening.

From the nearest beach to Nagumo residence, and further dozens of kilometers off the coast from it, a high speed small boat was advancing in the middle of the ocean.

The passengers of the boat that was splitting through the wind and scattering sea spray were Hajime, Myuu, and Remia.

「Myuu, are you tired?」

「Myuu isn’t tired at all nano! Myuu can fight for 24 hours nano!」

「Don’t speak like a corporate slave from somewhere like that.」

Myuu was standing at the bow of the boat while crossing her arms imposingly. She looked back over her shoulder and gave a thumb up. She certainly looked like she still had excess energy in store.

「And you Remia? You were unusually high spirited.」

「It had been a long time since we are at sea so……but, I’m fine.」

Remia casted her gaze down with a slight embarrassment. She seemed to be aware of how she had acted. She was sitting on the edge of the boat with her legs pressed together and her hand holding down her emerald blond hair from being toyed by the wind. It was really a beautiful picture.

Now then, why were the three of them in the middle of the ocean like this?

「You’re a seaman after all. As expected you would miss the sea……sorry. I’m so busy I can’t bring you out here so often.」

「No no, please don’t let it weigh you down. Aren’t you bringing us out like this the moment you have some free time?」

「Myuu feels so happy to go to a date with papa together with mama, just like with the other Onee-chans nano!!」

「I see……I’m glad if you two are happy.」

Yes, this too was a date in a sense. Looked from the side it was a family outing.

From the start, they had planned to go out to an outing of only parents and child without anyone else interrupting after Myuu’s end-of-term ceremony finished. It also served as present to Myuu for properly finishing her first term in elementary school.

Specifically, they were going swimming at the nearest beach from Nagumo residence.

These seaman mother and daughter would play everyday at sea when they were still living in Tortus. As expected they must be missing that. Even Remia got unusually high-tensioned when coming to the sea after so long.

「It was amazing. Should I describe it as underwater dance? A real mermaid caused a bit of commotion there.」

「It’s disgraceful……」

Remia pressed her hands on her slightly blushing cheeks.

She looked completely like a human thanks to artifact, but that didn’t mean that her real body of seaman race had been modified.

The elegance of her underwater swimming, her diving time, and her pure speed. They were all naturally worthy of astonishment.

It was like, yes, in earth’s term it was like the swimming that combined all the techniques of Olympic class athletes in synchronized swimming and competitive swimming.

In addition, she leaped out high from underwater and somersaulted like a gymnastic athlete. So not only the divers, even the people who only came to the beach to relax out of the water had witnessed Remia’s swimming clearly.

After that even those people peeked into the water with deep curiosity and witnessed a beauty swimming underwater as though she was dancing.

Furthermore that beauty was accompanied with a beautiful daughter who was also swimming with unbelievable proficiency. The people also witnessed sea creatures gathering around those two as though they wanted to play.

It was truly, the sight of real life mermaids.

「Mama’s swimming is amazing nano. And really pretty too. Myuu cannot catch up at all nano.」

「My my, it’s alright, Myuu. You will quickly be able to do the same thing after growing up a bit more.」

Reallyy? Myuu asked while tilting her head. It seemed the mother’s swimming technique was in a level that the daughter still couldn’t even hope to catch up.

「Well, it was truthfully amazing. Even I was captivated. I almost forgot to activate the countermeasure against taking photo.」

「Geez, even you dear……」

Remia-san shyly fiddled with a tuft of her hair and rubbed her plump thigs together when faced with the unrestrained praises from her husband and daughter.

Hajime somehow tore off his gaze from her. After all he couldn’t possibly let his “male” instinct came out in front of his daughter.

「Aa~, also, one more thing」

「Yes?」

「That swimsuit, if possible, it’s forbidden when there are outsiders.」

「…………yes」

Perhaps Remia was looking forward to this plan of playing at the sea even more than Myuu.

Remia-san today was really bold. As though to show the high spirits her heart was feeling.

It was a black bikini. Furthermore, it was as though it was challenging the limit of the surface area’s size. It was the type of thing that would make potential buyer’s eyes snapped wide open and questioned, Wait-, you-, you’re asking for that much when the fabric is this small!?

It was like the flow of time at the surrounding area got stopped when that voluptuous body and bold swimsuit style came out from the building beside the beach that was used for changing clothes.

When Remia shyly asked 「Dear……what, do you think?」 even while her eyes were filled with expectation for praise, Hajime thought, indeed, she was certainly a devilish woman of the sea.

If this kind of mermaid existed, no wonder those tough sailors in legend would totter unsteadily toward them.

If at her side there wasn’t her daughter(Myuu) saying 「Myuu will protect mama-」 while making a vigilantly wary expression, and her husband(Hajime) immediately giving out the aura of “someone in that field of work” to threaten the surrounding , the charmed people would definitely swarm her.

Remia was always acting as “mama” and constantly taking a step back to give the bright spot to Yue and the others, but things would turn out like this when she was in her own field and also seriously bringing out her “woman” side──that became really clear from this case.

「……Even though Myuu only jokingly recommended that one when buying swimsuit, to think that mama really chose that one……Myuu felt like Myuu had seen mama’s seriousness nano.」

Myuu who was wearing an age-appropriate swimsuit──an adorable one-piece had a distant look in her eyes.

「M-my my, you were just joking Myuu? You said that papa will absolutely be happy with this, so mama tired her hardest to wear it……」

It’s embarrassing that I took her seriously……Remia-san thought as she lowered the hood of her jacket even deeper and curled into herself.

Hajime papa and Myuu’s eyes met. Their feelings were as one. Cute……they thought.

「Cough. Let’s forget about that……is it really okay that we don’t make a reservation at the nearby inn?」

Hajime attempted to change the topic because he thought that anymore than this would make Remia’s embarrassment go over the limit.

Actually, they hadn’t make any reservation even though they would stay out overnight. At this rate, they might need to camp out depending on the situation. Furthermore their destination was quite peculiar.

「That’s fine nano. Rather, that’s better nano.」

「I see. Well, I’m fully prepared for all kind of environments so you can do as you like.」

「Myu! Thank you nano, papa!」

Remia removed the heat in her cheeks while looking at Hajime worriedly.

「Hajime-san, aren’t you forcing yourself?」

He made time for each member of the family, put in time and effort to answer his daughter’s demand, and now he had finally managed to get out from the swamp of work, but was he resting now that he had the chance? Remia asked that question while observing Hajime’s countenance.

In respond, Hajime scratched his face while looking somewhat embarrassed.

「I’m fine. Rather, I’m even feeling like I’m recovering. Perhaps because my time with everyone was decreasing because of my busy schedule, how should I say it……this is a bit embarrassing to say but, it’s like I’m hungry for more time with Remia and everyone, or like the feeling of wanting to spend time together as much as possible just won’t stop bubbling up.」

It was a rare display of emotion from Hajime. Remia’s eyes slightly widened, and then she gave him her best smile. Myuu too huffed *mufuuh* in excitement and leaped toward her papa’s chest.

「Papa, you were lonely nano?」

「Hm~m, well, maybe so.」

「Fufufu, can’t be helped then nano. Myuu will stay close by for the sake of the lonely papa nano.」

The mature expression that didn’t suit her actual age which she showed for a bit in the cafeteria made appearance once more, this time with a bit of heat mixed in.

It was a maiden feeling that was mixed inside the wholesome deep affection of a daughter toward her father.

If this kind of expression was displayed in the cafeteria, surely a great bewilderment and a new suspicion toward Hajime would boil up and he would be exposed to extremely cold gazes……

That prediction in actuality was already becoming reality.

「Really Myuu. You must not trouble your papa too much you know?」

「It’s fine nano! Myuu is holding back when in front of others nano!」

「Then I guess that’s fine……」

「No, that’s not good though?」

「It was a bit dangerous in the cafeteria. Be careful okay?」

「Yes nano!」

「No, that’s not the problem though?」

Remia also got up and gracefully sat down beside Hajime. Her body was pressed on his.

By the way, what Remia meant by a bit dangerous in the cafeteria was when they talked about their plan for the afternoon.

Yue and others took over the role for showing Liliana around. Then Myuu and Remia talked to him about going to play at the beach just like their plan at the start. It was during that time.

Actually, just playing at the sea wasn’t their only objective for their outing this time. Rather, the main objective was something else……

Regarding that main objective, Myuu carelessly made a “suggestive statement”. And, naturally Yue and others got curious and asked various things. As the result,

──I-it’s a secret nano. What Myuu will be doing with papa

──Err, we’re going to do a lot of things somewhere no one can see nano. Myuu cannot say anymore than that nano!

──This is going to be our first time but……Myuu will work hard with papa teaching Myuu nano!

The desperate cover up Myuu attempted resulted in random prattling of sentences that might create such misunderstanding.

The cafeteria’s atmosphere froze. It went without saying that suspicion was placed on Hajime papa.

Ikeda and co who ended up eating lunch together with them didn’t doubt Hajime at all, even so they asked Myuu a question for some reason or another.

──By the way, Myuu-chan. Do you have dream for the future?

──Be papa’s wife!

The answer was given instantly. Myuu’s atmosphere when saying that also gave a splendid boost to the suspicion.

Thanks to the follow up from the warmly smiling Yue and Remia and the others, most of the misunderstanding was dispelled but……there was no doubt that the suspicion it wasn’t just a young child’s innocent view was remaining.

Hajime felt a bit scared for when he went to the campus next time. He could understand Shizuku’s feeling a little now, Hajime thought with a distant look while Myuu and Remia, a mother and daughter pair who were a formidable enemy in a sense nestled close on him.

It was there.

「Ah, papa. It’s around here?」

「Oh? Yeah, that’s right.」

The needle of the compass that he was holding in his hand kept rotating. It wasn’t going out of order, but showing that they had arrived at their destination.

Although, there wasn’t anything around them. As always they were smack dab in the middle of the ocean.

「It was a voyage as well as a break but, is it enough?」

「Yes. The breeze was pleasant.」

「Myuu want to work right away nano!」

Myuu’s eyes were shining with excitement. She looked like she couldn’t wait anymore for the “objective” that she kept secret even from Yue and others. They only played for not even two hours at the beach was also because she was prioritizing this rather than enjoying the sea after so long.

Hajime smiled at his daughter’s eagerness and personally put on necklaces──artifacts that were loaded with various functions like defensive barrier mainly against pressure, light source, and beacon on the two for emergency.

「Yosh, let’s go.」

He pushed the button on the engine part of the boat. The boat’s bottom instantly made sounds *kashu kashu* and many small transparent panels slowly rose up, covering the whole boat like fish scales.

It was like they were inside a crystal, and then the boat was sealed and dived down.

It was a small submarine with transforming function. Their true destination was the bottom of the sea where even seaman race wouldn’t be able to survive.

Before long the bottom of the sea came into view after the submarine dove down to a depth where light became necessary. A large crevice could be seen there.

It wasn’t an oceanic trench. It was a crevice that looked like a gaping open scar.

「Could it be, papa opened up this nano?」

「Yeah. It feels like a secret route right?」

「Myu!! It’s romance nano!」

「Yes, romance.」

「Fufu, Hajime-san is also having fun aren’t you?」

「Of course I’m thrilled. Surely there’s no man whose heart won’t throb after hearing the invitation Myuu said.」

They were exchanging such words while entering the crevice which was only possible because of the submarine’s small size. They kept diving in for a while.

Then what they found after passing through the crevice was──

「Fuwaaaaaaah!! Mama! Look! That!」

「Yes, it’s amazing……」

「It’s great that you two are astonished. It’s worth it going through the trouble of using submarine rather than teleporting here through a gate.」

A scenery that showed the real ability of the stupid parent papa who would do anything if it was for his daughter was unfolding before them.

To describe it with few words, it was a sea bottom forest.

There was a gigantic space that was dome shaped and filled with seawater. At the bottom there was another hemisphere shaped dome and abundant greenery and spring could be seen inside that dome. Of course, that dome wasn’t filled with seawater.

The dome barrier that isolated the space itself was becoming the light source so the whole space was bright enough. It seemed the water pressure outside and inside was different, so various kinds of sea fishes were swimming around inside.

When the small submarine moved along the bottom of the dome barrier, it passed through without any resistance. The vast amount of seawater around it also didn’t flood in along with it.

「I used the undersea ruin of Melusine as reference. I brute forced the creation of the space using the unlimited magic power, leveled the ground, and transplanted plants from the Miniature Garden. There are also vegetations that filter seawater into fresh water, so there’s no need to worry about water.」

The submarine was parked on the beach and Myuu was the first one to go down and stand on the undersea green space. 「O-oo」 She was trembling from the excitement she was feeling.

「Umm, Hajime-san. Are you really not forcing yourself? I don’t think this is something at the level that can be created with just a bit of preparation.」

「What, it’s not a big deal. I just used Hour Crystal to pull all nightery for three days.」

「That’s a big deal!」

「The divine spirits also happily helped when I orde──requested them.」

「Just now, you said order……」

「A papa will turn invincible if it’s for his daughter’s wish. Isn’t that right?」

「Geez, you are really unbelievable.」

Remia looked like she was enduring a headache. She also resolved herself to express her thanks to all the divine spirits later.

Now then, putting that aside, if asked what Myuu wanted to do by creating an exaggerated place like this,

「Papaa! Thank you nano! Myuu can create the greatest “secret base” if it’s here nano!!」

Myuu turned around, spread open her hands, and said her thanks with a wide smile.

Yes, it was “secret base”.

Kid, no, even adult would feel thrilled if asked about such thing. A secret hideout that only they knew about. A place that anyone would definitely yearn for at least once.

One of the things that Myuu wanted to do with papa during this summer vacation was exactly this.

Normally the average people would create a small shed at the house’s garden with DIY, or put up a small tent in the attic, or going further they would create something like a tree house, but this was the demon god at work here.

He changed the terrain, transplanted nature, and created a place inside a natural barrier that the ordinary people couldn’t possible cross, the mother of all lives the sea.

Simply because he wanted to make his daughter happy.

By all means this wasn’t the result of him running out of control after his heart was stolen by the tempting invitation from his daughter to create a secret base. Perhaps.

Hajime papa looked extremely satisfied seeing how delighted his beloved daughter looked and replied 「It’s fine」 with a smile. And then,

「But, Myuu. The main part is from here. Papa only prepared the environment. You understand don’t you?」

「Acknowledged.」

Myuu nodded with a quiet expression. Hajime handed a “treasure warehouse” with a strange shape to her.

It was a square box. It looked like a normal wooden box. But, Myuu’s expression looked strangely moved.

「I-is this alright, papa?」

「It’s fine. I prepared all of them for Myuu. Show me your creator soul Myuu!」

「I love you papaaaaaaa!!」

Myuu put down the wooden box (only in appearance) on the ground while letting out the roar of her heart. Her tension was absurdly high.

Papa too had a veery nice smile. Remia mama couldn’t keep up with them. My my, she could only pressed her hands on her troubled looking face.

While Remia mama who was in such state and Hajime papa were watching over her, Myuu took out materials from the box──the new treasure warehouse artifact “Chest”.

All the materials were block shaped! Also, things like pickaxe, shovel, and axe with design that looked like pixel graphics also came out!

「Ah, Myuu, wear this when working.」

「Myu? Glove?」

「Yeah, it’s a “transmutation glove” with AI’s voice recognition function installed. You can also control it with your mind to some degree. You can stick or dismantle material with that. Of course, everything will be block shaped.」

「It’s the greatest nano.」

Anyone must have realized at this point.

Yes, the parent and child’s secret joint work that would be carried out here from today was──

「Papa, mama! Myuu’ll create a hideout now nano! With this real life Minecr*ft set!」

Minecraf*. The big hit game that was enjoyed in the whole world and even became teaching materials for making thing for some people.

She wanted to create a secret base with her own hands and surprised Yue and others. But, she couldn’t do something like construction……for the sake of his anxious daughter, the demon god-sama created this real life craft system.

When playing the actual game with Myuu, Hajime thought 「Isn’t this possible?」 and implemented it in real life.

「Ah, that’s right, papa.」

「Ou, what?」

Myuu was going to start from cutting down trees first to create an open space, so she carried an axe on her shoulder and started leading the way. But she then looked back across her shoulder.

「Can Myuu show the things Myuu create here for the summer vacation’s free handicraft project?」

「Fantasy is used here as the foundation so no. Do your homework normally……but well, just make some random──」

「Do it properly! Okay? You too dear, you agree right?」

「「Ah, yes.」」

The strange pressure from Remia mama who was holding a pickaxe made papa and his daughter averted their gazes. They then started the work eagerly.

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AN: Thank you very much for reading this every time.

Thank you very much too for the thoughts, opinions, and reports about misspelling and omitted words.

The story feels a bit rushed because I have no time. I also put in the real life Minecraft by parent and child because I want to write it somewhere, but for the time being the Common Holiday Brief Story will end with the next chapter 「Yue’s case」. Best regards!

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– I DON’T WANT TO ACCEPT ITTT!!

From the anime [Gundam SEED]. I want to go watch the movie already…