117 117 "Beer accompanies my fathers long story" (2/2)

In other words, manipulate and create time and space. I'm traveling across the other world because I'm creating a space between this one and that one. When I do this, I can manipulate time, so that when I get to the other side, decades may have passed, or conversely, only a minute or so has passed.

I see. That explains the mystery of where my father had been.

And I also figured out why it's definitely been more than half a year since I went to the other world, but in the world I came back from, it's only been three months or so.

”That's an amazing ability, Dad. Is it possible to go back in time?

I'd rather be jealous. Give me that skill.

”Well, that's something I can't do. Semargle's original owner might be able to manipulate time like that, but I was just given it, so I can't do that. The first time I used this ability, it took me a while to get used to it. When I returned to the other side with my mom, more than a hundred years had passed, and she was appointed as the Demon King right after that.

Nah, I see. If you don't handle it well, hundreds of years will pass when you move.

Scary, but it's a good thing it was on the move from here to there: .......

If it were the other way around, it would have been all over the place and my dad and I would have never seen each other again. .......

I'd like to have one, but the disadvantages are too great for me to get used to, so I'll pass.

And here's the thing. When I came back, my mother and I did something that the goddess asked us to do. She said that one day I would summon you to that other world as a grown man.

”Yes?

Then my name came out of nowhere and I was surprised.

Why me?

I told you in the beginning. I told you that I was indirectly responsible for the evolution of that world. That he hooked up with your mother and gave birth to you.

What do you mean by that?

I heard a line I've heard in a comic book somewhere, and my dad replied to it.

When I went into the other world, I had a creation skill. I had a creation skill when I went into the other world.

”Demon change?

”Think of it as the ability to control the direction of a demon's evolution. I could show the monster's evolutionary change for the better, or encourage it to evolve into something else entirely. Using this ability, I succeeded in cultivating a thing in that world. Can you understand what I'm saying?

When he said that and explained his skills to me, it reminded me of something he used to do in that world.

Oh, yeah, vegetables!　I didn't know my dad could make vegetables because of his skills!

”That's it. I turned the demons into vegetables and made them grow. But I could only control those demons as they evolved and grew. I didn't have the ability to create and grow the monsters themselves.

In short, Dad's ability is like a breeding program.

He could take an existing thing and improve it into something edible or better.

But he couldn't create the original thing itself.

But born between my blood and my mother, an SS-ranked demon, you were born with skills that literally surpassed my skills, and that's exactly what--

”Demonology skills, you mean.

I breathed a sigh of admiration when I heard that much.

Until now I thought there was no reason for me to move to that world.

And moreover, I thought that the ability to create demons in a world where there were only demons was just a coincidence.

But that was not the case.

Everything was predestined to be this way before I was born.

I don't call it the bloodline of a legendary hero, but my transition to that world, this skill, and the role I played in evolving the world were all planned before that, from my father's stage.

I'm interested in the grand plan of my dad and the goddess, and at the same time, it's a mystery to me.

I didn't think I was worth that much.

That's why. That's why you were called into that world from the very beginning, isn't it?

So that's what happened.

I've heard this much about my dad, and I'm pretty sure I know what he's talking about.

So, there's only one thing he said before coming here about the evolution of my skills: .......

I'm sure you're a perceptive person and you're already aware of that.　Yes, you have my blood in your veins, which means--

”You think some of my demon cultivation skills should include the ability to evolve and improve my dad's demons?

My father laughs at my words as if they were the right answer.

That's right. I'll show you the details tomorrow, so you can get a clue. It's time to get confident, Kyoji. Your ability to grow demons is a skill that will allow you to continue to perform feats that no one else has ever been able to do.

Although I was somewhat embarrassed by this unusual compliment from my dad, I didn't feel bad about it.

At first, I was just trying to survive or live a slow life, but now I realized that this skill has been nurtured by many more people and goddesses than I had expected.