When the morning light shone through the window, Cascia slowly opened her eyes.
Her head still ached, and she felt a tingling sensation as she sat up in bed.
Cascia's last memory before losing consciousness was... fighting with the redhead girl. And then, when the stalemate became impossible to break, something shocking happened.
Just as she was feeling confused, the redhead girl suddenly pushed her hard, finally breaking free.
And in that moment, Cascia's head suddenly became congested, and she fainted.
And when she woke up, she found herself lying in bed.
"Cascia, you're awake."
I entered my daughter's room with a bowl of breakfast porridge and a smile.
"Dad..."
"Sleeping in today, huh?" I touched her head. "Come on, eat while it's hot."
"Dad, last night..."
"Last night??? What happened? Did you have trouble sleeping? Or a nightmare?" I rattled off a series of questions.
Cascia hesitated, showing a confused expression.
"Oh dear, it was just a nightmare." I immediately said sympathetically, "Come here, give me a hug. Daddy is here, don't be afraid."
As for my daughter, she was now in a somewhat dazed state.
Could yesterday really have been a dream?
I guess that's what my daughter was thinking.
Yes, yes, daughter, that sister you saw yesterday only exists in dreams. She doesn't exist in real life!
After Cascia fainted last night, I quickly changed back into my normal clothes and hurried back.
My daughter, with a flushed face, was already floating in the hot spring.
Oh my, daughter, you should know the strength of Daddy's willpower to dress you! Daddy is a sage, a saint!
But come to think of it, my daughter is really developing well, with slender limbs, almost no body hair, and... ah, Daddy needs to reflect on his thoughts before the god Querce!
"Could it really have been a dream?"
Cascia muttered to herself, starting to doubt her experience from yesterday.
"Oh dear, Cascia, my good daughter." I nodded absentmindedly. "If you're afraid to sleep alone, then sleep with Daddy. Daddy is always lonely, you know."
"Ew." Cascia looked at me with disgust. "No, thanks. Daddy is a pervert!"
"Huh?! How can Daddy be a pervert?" I immediately refuted her mistaken notion. "Daddy is a good father who loves his only daughter. Daddy is the most doting person in the world!"
"No, thank you." Cascia held her chest protectively. "Daddy smells bad, I don't want to sleep with you!"
"Daddy smells? How do I not know that??" I went to hug Cascia. "Come here, daughter, smell it. How can Daddy, who smells so good, smell bad?"
"Go away, go away, go away!!!"
Cascia swung her little fists and punched me in the stomach several times.
And at that moment, outside our house, someone called my name.
"Isaac-kun! Is Cascia-chan there?!"
Looking through the wooden window, it was the village chief, leaning on a cane, standing outside with his usual kind face.
What was it again? I heard he got caught cheating by his wife and only broke his leg. So he didn't die, and he looks pretty good.
"Village chief, what's going on?"
But this old man, despite being a bit perverted and always restless with any woman, regardless of age, he had helped us a lot when my daughter and I arrived in Shiloh, so I quickly went out to greet him.
In the room, only my daughter was left alone.
Cascia seemed to still be unable to come back to her senses from the "dream" of last night.Yes, after all the experiences and the red-haired girl named Lisa, including the huge monster, it all felt so real, as if it is still vivid in front of my eyes now.
Suddenly, Cascia realized something.
She lifted up her skirt and reached for her private area.
Indeed, her underwear was on inside out!
Such a silly mistake, she would never make it herself. So, does that mean everything that happened last night was true?!
And her dad's ambiguous attitude just now, he must have hidden something!
But wait!
Cascia fell into deep thought again, her dad deceiving her, along with that red-haired, flat-chested girl with the large monster.
Could it be?!
"Dad!" Cascia jumped out of bed and ran outside, "I can't believe it, you actually like that kind of girl..."
Cascia saw me outside, and her voice gradually softened, and she stopped her angry steps as well.
Because at this moment, I, standing alone in the yard, holding onto the wooden railing, was trembling from fear. My face was pale, without a hint of color.
Seeing me like this, my daughter also panicked.
After all, in the past, I was always full of energy like I had taken chicken blood every day, but now, I was like a withered cabbage.
"...Dad, what's wrong with you?" Cascia came over, a little worried, and supported me, "Are you feeling unwell?"
"This year, the mission to procure from Gianda..."
Gianda, the holy city of the Niels Kingdom, where Queen Lilis resides, and it is also the capital where I escaped with Princess Elektra years ago.
"It's my turn now," I said.