NOVEL NEXT Chapter 338
Extra Chapter: Prediction – 3
After a prolonged exposure, there was no clear winner in the revelation contest.
Eclipse was mentally wrecked after all her perverse positions were exposed, and Frigia, who had to endure countless scoldings from her mom, was in a similar situation.
And it wasn’t just any ordinary scolding; it was the kind only a goddess could deliver, manipulating the time scale so that one second felt like hundreds of times longer.
“Both of you stop it. What the heck are you doing here?”
In the end, I had to step in.
Frigia, who had ignored her mom’s pleas to stop and argued fiercely, suddenly became meek the moment I said to quit. Eclipse looked utterly dumbfounded by her change.
“…I’ll go catch a breeze for a moment, darling. I apologize for leaving so abruptly.”
“It’s fine. It’s understandable. I completely get it.”
After the storm passed, only then did Eclipse’s embarrassment catch up with her, her ears turning bright red as she covered her face with her hands and disappeared saying she needed some fresh air.
“Waaaah, daaaad… my ears really hurt… can’t you just blow some magic into Frigia’s ears? Huh?”
As soon as Eclipse vanished, Frigia half cried and snuggled into me.
“You did something to get scolded. Why on earth did you reveal adult secrets like that?”
“Why can mom say things but I can’t? Mom was whispering to you every chance she got today, asking you to do something.”
“…In front of you?”
“No, I went back in time and checked every single instance. Mom and dad never bring that up in front of me. Honestly, I’m curious— ow?!”
Bam! Before she finished that line, I flicked her forehead lightly.
I was horrified thinking that Eclipse and I could talk about that stuff in front of our child. The real pervert was my future daughter for even contemplating that.
Frigia wailed that her dad hit her, but in the meantime, with her left hand, she was subtly rubbing my abdomen. How on earth did I end up with a daughter like this?
Was it because of Eclipse’s genes?
“…Sniff. If I’m mom and dad’s daughter, don’t I have the right to hear about such things?”
“No such right exists. Do you want to keep talking nonsense, daughter?”
“Heeey… that’s just mean, dad…”
If she had any acting talent, it was certainly working wonders. If not for her left hand still rubbing my belly, I might have felt some sympathy.
While she cried out loud, her face showed a look of grievance, but with her left hand lewdly groping my abdomen, I felt no sympathy whatsoever.
“Daughter.”
“Call me Frigia. Or I won’t answer.”
“Alright, Frigia.”
“Yup. What’s up, dad?”
Moments ago, she had been crying pitifully; now, her voice was full of flirtation, completely opposite to her earlier demeanor when she had been avoiding saying anything to Eclipse.
“Are we raising you incorrectly?”
“What do you mean? Why would you raise me wrong? You never did that.”
“I was wondering if we might have kept you from mingling with other kids or piled on conditions to prevent you from getting married.”
While her common sense seemed intact, seeing that she thought I was her romantic interest indicated we might have been too strict in vetting potential suitors.
To think my daughter went back in time to watch her parents get intimate, it felt bizarre no matter how I looked at it.
Especially considering Frigia was well over a hundred and almost reaching 150.
‘She insists she’s seven years old with all her might…’
She claimed that since divinity cannot be measured by human years, she is actually seven, not 147. Naturally, I dismissed it, and she puffed her cheeks in protest.
This behavior mirrored her mother too closely.
“Actually, I had a ton of friends, you know? Lots of older and younger siblings. Combined, it’s over 70! And no weird conditions were placed. If they were just attractive to me, that was enough.”
“Okay, thank goodness… wait, what? 70?”
I couldn’t let that shocking number slide; how many siblings did she just say she had?
As it turned out, the other women around me were also free from numbers. As long as they weren’t tired of life, they could go on living forever.
She explained that having lived for such a long time naturally resulted in having many children. It wasn’t a reckless breeding spree; it was just a consequence of longevity.
‘Floretta and Luna finally got their wishes fulfilled.’
The four women from the Holy Kingdom combined had 43 daughters, indicating that the popes had indeed fulfilled their wishes. While Stella and Selene had slightly fewer, they still felt satisfactorily fulfilled.
The rest had more common numbers, surprisingly including Lize and Nix, who had more than expected.
Aurora and the other knight commanders had each had as many as they wanted, with Kaiquilia and Minerva only having one each.
“And marriage?”
“Hold my hand this time, dad. Then I’ll tell you.”
Once Frigia realized she held the key to my curiosity, she began placing conditions one by one.
The first was a head pat, the second was pulling my cheek, the third was a kiss on the cheek, and this was the fourth.
It didn’t seem too tough, so I reached out. Frigia grinned, intertwining her fingers with mine tightly.
Even now, she never crossed the line between us. The moment she did, she would use it as an excuse to back out, proving she was quite perceptive.
“No one’s done anything yet. Even the oldest sister hasn’t, neither has the second one, and none of us have.”
“…Really?”
“I’m not lying about this kind of thing. Especially not to you, dad. If it’s you, I’d even tell you my self-service count— Ow?!”
“Want to keep talking nonsense? Are you getting scolded?”
Just as she tried to say something useless again, I smacked her behind with the hand supporting her back. Since my right hand was still intertwined with hers, I had no choice.
Frigia whined dramatically about the pain, yet her face was still filled with a goofy grin.
“There’s one sister who traveled around the world trying to find a partner. Altogether about ten of them. But they all failed and returned with sore sides. Do you know why, dad?”
Her face lit up with a smug smile directed at me.
“Since you’re the only man we’ve grown up seeing, how can we settle for just anyone else?”
I lost my words. Could it be my fault?
“What do you think the sisters said when they came back? There are so many men on the surface who make us wonder, ‘How could they not do this?’ They lament about things we took for granted while living with you. Even the sisters who took the initiative only realized that much, what about the other sisters who haven’t given it any thought?”
“……”
It definitely wasn’t my fault, yet it felt like I had to admit it.
“You tend to underestimate yourself, dad. Objectively think about it. If you ask me to name all your good points, I could speak for a new world’s creation. I bet the other sisters would be similar, maybe not as much as me.”
“Then do those kids feel the same way you do—”
“From this point, it’s DLC. Kiss me on the forehead and I’ll answer. Not a peck, a kiss.”
That sounded like a sleazy sales tactic.
I hesitated but thought a kiss on the forehead was a fitting expression of affection for a father-daughter relationship, so I placed my lips on Frigia’s forehead.
With an eagerly expectant face, she closed her eyes. Tap, our lips met. As I mentally counted, I pulled away as fast as I could.
“Why only three seconds? Mom and dad would stay together for dozens of minutes if they started.”
Although Frigia complained it was too short, when I stared at her seriously, she promptly tucked her tail between her legs.
“…Sometimes we discussed it. Since there aren’t any good men on the surface, we thought of aiming for you as a target. Well, it happened often enough to be regular.”
The sensation felt like my head was about to burst. To think there was another daughter who shared such similar thoughts.
As I was getting slapped with yet another shock, Frigia continued her speech.
“At first, everyone rejected the idea as nonsense, but as time went by, the participants increased. By the last meeting, I believe almost everyone joined except the really young ones. Well, none of us could compete with our mom, so it ultimately fizzled out.”
“……”
“I thought it was possible, though. Hmph, just wait a thousand years and you’ll see.”
Frigia muttered quietly. I listened with one ear and let it flow with the other while I sunk into deep thought.
‘…What should I do?’
What I had feared was becoming half a reality.
I wasn’t directly expressing desires like Frigia, yet the fact she held such feelings for me was a problem. And they weren’t just isolated cases; it seemed almost everyone felt this way.
But I couldn’t simply ignore my daughter or act coldly toward her either.
“Dad, if you want to hear more about what we said in the meeting….”
Frigia, who was trying to market another DLC, hurriedly buried her face in my chest. Before I could think, a golden light mass appeared, and Eclipse walked in.
Her cheeks were still flushed, and she couldn’t meet my gaze properly, but she looked far less about to burst into flames than before she ran out for fresh air.
Perfect timing. I directed my question toward Eclipse, who was staring at Frigia, still pretending to cry in my arms.
“Goddess. You mentioned you would bless all my daughters regardless of their number, right? You must have done that on this timeline as well.”
“Yes. That’s correct. Why do you ask?”
“I can’t shake the feeling that maybe there’s something wrong with the blessing you bestowed upon them.”
“…Pardon?”
At first, Eclipse looked incredulous at my statement, but when she heard about my 70 daughters’ delightful plans, she fell into deep contemplation. She appeared a bit anxious.
Eventually, unable to bear her unease any longer, she utilized a bit of ‘divine power’, which revealed that it had nothing to do with the blessing. The relief on her face was an added bonus.
It seemed necessary to find another solution.