“Farne’s daughter from the future, you say?” Fiana still looked shocked as she mumbled and sat back on the couch. Yoshino hugged her side regardless.
I’d asked everyone else to leave for the time being, since I thought she’d probably need time to process matters. Only me, Sakura, Yoshino, and Fiana remained in the room.
“I know you might find it a little hard to believe...”
“Oh, no... Space-time manipulation magic of this level is definitely theoretically possible...and you are an abnormal man, Grand Duke, so I don’t find it that hard to believe...”
...That almost felt like an insult.
“Then are you having trouble accepting it? Is there some issue with Yoshino...?”
“No, of course not. There’s nothing wrong with Yoshino... I just never expected to be a grandmother so soon... I can’t help but feel old, you know?” Fiana smiled as she looked over at Sakura and answered her question. Her feelings were understandable, really. I’d hardly expected to become a dad so quickly either. Why, when I first heard my kids would be coming back, I had no idea how to react at all.
“You’re still younger than you are in the future!”
“Goodness me, dear... I’m not entirely sure if that’s very reassuring,” Fiana’s smile turned a little wry as she responded to Yoshino’s blunt comment.
“Do you love your grandma, Yoshino?”
“Mhm! She plays with me a ton, and she always teaches me stuff! She even taught me magic!”
Magic, huh...? If I remember right, Sakura’s aptitudes are for Water and Darkness, while Yoshino’s are for Fire and Wind.
It was hard to teach magic to someone who had a different set of aptitudes to you, so it made sense that Fiana would be Yoshino’s teacher, as she had the same aptitudes as Yoshino. It was quite rare for a person to have dual aptitudes for magic, but Fiana was from the magically inclined nation of Felsen, so she probably had a natural advantage in that regard.
“I never thought I’d see my granddaughter this early in my life...”
“Neither did we.”
Life really is unpredictable sometimes. One day you’re walking around, and then, bam, you get zapped by lightning and warp to another world.
“Er... Have you told the overlord about her?”
“Umm...not yet, no. We told you first, but we’re still not sure how to go about telling him,” I mumbled as I glanced to my side and saw Sakura sporting a look of disgust on her face. She clearly wasn’t a fan of the idea.
“I don’t mind him meeting Yoshino... It’s what comes next that’s the problem. I know what he’ll do if he meets her. He’ll go all crazy and lose his composure, and then he’ll act out like an idiot... It’s annoying.”
She wasn’t really wrong. I could easily imagine that happening. At the very least, he’d be extremely high-energy when seeing her. Or maybe he’d cry... Yeah, he’d totally cry. Either way, it’d be a pain in the ass to deal with.
“Apparently, when Yoshino was born, the whole of Xenoahs had a parade...”
“Mhm. That’s what I was told, and apparently, Uncle Faron and grandfather had a big fight on the day I was born.”
...Faron? The hothead prince from Xenoahs? Why was he fighting with his dad after Yoshino was born?
“Grandfather said he’d stop ruling Xenoahs and move to Brunhild so he could be with me all the time, but Uncle Faron fought with him because he said he couldn’t just suddenly abandon the country.”
“Jeez...”
So they had a fight over that, huh? I can already imagine the scene in my head.
It made sense that Faron was mad about it. The Overlord throwing his whole country into disarray over the birth of his granddaughter was a bit much, even for him.
“Grandmother calmed him down and told him off, but even now, he’s still trying to retire so he can move to Brunhild.”
“He’s tenacious, that’s for sure...”
I wasn’t exactly relieved to know he was the same old idiot in the future.
Hrm... Should I tell him about her in this era, then? It might cause trouble.
“What do you think, Sakura?”
“I think it will cause some issues, but if we don’t introduce them, then the other children can’t really meet their grandparents either.”
Mmm... Good point. Yumina and Sue’s kids haven’t shown up yet, but Frei and Arcia will probably want to meet their grandparents... And they’ll definitely get together at the next meeting I host. If they happen to talk about their grandkids and the overlord overhears, he’ll know we skipped over him, which won’t be good for anyone.
In the end, I decided it’d be best to let Yoshino meet her grandfather, and it was clear she’d be happy to see him as well.
“Guess we’ll head straight to Xenoahs, then...”
“Might I trouble you to take me with you?”
“You wanna come too, Fiana?”
“If the overlord happens to get too rambunctious, I can most likely calm him.”
That was a good point. If we could keep the overlord from freaking out without me having to use force, that’d be ideal. It could turn into an international incident otherwise, given my position.
“In the worst case, I can stop him... I’m his daughter... I should be able to hurt him without causing any international incidents...”
That’s not true at all, Sakura! You might be his daughter, but you’re still a grand duchess of Brunhild! Don’t beat him up!
I silently gulped before opening up a portal to Xenoahs. I wasn’t so sure if this was the best idea after all.
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