Chapter 186: That Which Achieved Success And Refuses To Step Aside III (1/2)
Shuna, Rana, Regure, and I went to the dining hall of the dormitory.
For some reason, Okaa-sama came along.
「Shuna, first of all, let me clear up the misunderstanding. I have! Nothing! Not one bit! To do with the babies in your teacher's belly!」
「………………Really?」
「REALLY!」
I screamed.
Trust! Where's your trust in the leader of your party?
「Uh, Shuna, long time no see. You sure have gotten stronger」
「………It's been a long time」
When Regure, who was in a cold sweat, greeted him, the sulking Shuna returned the greeting brusquely.
「You know, the babies, uhh…….」
「No, don't worry about it. I'm not a child anymore」
「Ah, that's right. Here, to celebrate our reunion. Come here, I've missed you」
Regure spread her arms.
Shuna didn't approach her, but calmly remained where he was.
「No, like I said, I'm not a child anymore. Things like that are………」
「Oh, right, that's true! It must be embarrassing! ………………Hahaha, of course~」
『………………』
A heavy silence fell between teacher and disciple.
The free-spirited Regure was sweating profusely and I found myself thinking that she got what she deserved.
「Your name is Regure, right? So, whose children are they? I get the feeling that their father is someone I know, hmm?」
Reading the mood, Okaa-sama changed the subject.
（Souya, hey）
「Huh?」
Regure came up to me and whispered.
（Can this god be trusted? Does she talk too much?）
（It's fine. I guarantee it）
It might be dangerous in another sense though.
「So suspicious」
「I agree, Shuna-san」
Shuna and Rana were looking at Regure and me with suspicion in their eyes.
Rana, believe me please~~
「The father of my babies is a king from the distant left continent. ………………Souya, is it really――――――」
「It's fine. Okaa―――Gladvain-sama is not the kind of god who divulges people's secrets easily」
「Well, I'll say it then……the father's name is Ra Dainsleif Riog Ashtalia」
「Ashtalia!」
Okaa-sama yelled out suddenly, startling me.
「Could it be that you've won the favor of a Myriad King?」
「Well, yeah」
Could it be that Okaa-sama knows about the connection between Ashtalia and Lola?
「My senses sure have dulled. I can't believe I didn't realize it right away when I had the feeling that something was off」
Ah, that means she totally knows about it.
「Gladvain-sama, who is this Ashtalia person?」
「Shuna, it's no wonder you don't know of him」
Okaa-sama answered Shuna's question.
「Ashtalia is one of the Myriad Kings on the left continent. He’s one who has my blood in his veins」
『Huh?』
Regure and Shuna, who didn't know the whole story, exclaimed.
「Then are you, ahem, could it be that you’re His Majesty's………ancestor-sama?」
「In your belly flows the blood of my daughter」
Regure abruptly changed her attitude towards her.
「I won't go into the details. It would be detrimental to your king. So do not speak of this lightly. But what a strange and wonderful coincidence this is. To think that after all these centuries, I would cross paths with my daughters again」
「Gladvain-sama, that means that!」
Shuna posed a question to Okaa-sama with a serious look on his face.
「They're really not Souya's then?」
「Shuna, when the same punchline is used a second time, it isn’t funny anymore」
Just how suspicious of me are all of you?
I could build a tower out of all your suspicions. If I made a parfait out of them, it'd be enormous!
「There's no doubt. I can sense my blood. But I can also sense another strong blood. Hmm………………Regure, you have the blood of a hero, do you not?」
「Well, you could say that, I suppose」
「What?! Shisho, seriously?!」
「Y, yeah. It's nothing that great though」
「Amazing. So I was taught swordsmanship and given a sword by someone like that」
Shuna's eyes turned into sparkling objects.
「Oh no, it's not that big of a deal」
「My teacher is an amazing person after all」
「Urghh」
Regure wilted under Shuna's glittering gaze. Somehow, I could imagine what the two of them were like in the past.
「Shuna, umm……」
With a pained look on her face, Regure squeezed out her words.
「I'm not that great of a person. I've been meaning to tell you this for a while now, but now is as good a time as any. Or rather, if I don't say it now, I think I never will. Shuna, listen to me. This will be the second time I've conceived a child」
『What?!』
Shuna and I both exclaimed.
I don't know why, but I had raised my voice as well.
「I had a kid once when I was about the same age as you are now, Shuna」