26 Father (1/2)

Only after he had boarded the car did Ivan come out of his state of shock he had entered after hearing the little girl call him father. Since then he had only acted on autopilot.

Now that he regained his calm he took a closer look at the little girl who sat besides him and which seemed to be his daughter from before the reset. She had dark brown hair which was braided into a pair of pigtails which made her look even cuter than if she had it open. At least that was what he thought. Her face was round and together with her big eyes and small nose made for a cute looking sight.

But most important for him was that there was an indescribable connection between them which was the reason he believed her claim to be his daughter.

* Why did I never thought about whom I had connections with before the reset?*, he asked himself and at the same time wondered if there were others. What about his former friends? Did they think he was dead and would they even recognize him if they met again, after all he would most likely not recognize them.

He then thought back to when he had first meet his daughter and her mother. There was no sign of the mother recognizing him. It was his daughter who seemed the only one to recognize him, which was most likely because of the mysterious connection between them.

When they had left the slums his daughter plucked at his sleeve and pointed at a tower which seemed to reach the heavens.

”Daddy, can you take me up there sometimes?”

”I'm not sure. I don't even know what this tower is.”

”It is the Tower of Ascension. Each level of it can only be entered if you have a certain strength and you can take at most two others with you. For each level you reach there are certain rewards and additionally some facilities.”, the woman intervened.

”Then daddy will try his best to take you up there, ok.”

”Ok”

Ivan was honestly quite surprised at how easy it was for him to accept the fact that he now was a father.

After about half a hour on the highway they left it and entered a upscale neighborhood where they soon entered a gateway.