Chapter 540.1
Changing Days
After everyone had calmed down a bit.
First, I thanked Xena-san from the bottom of my heart and hugged Lefi, Layla, Nell, and Lyuu, who had been helping me all the time.
Since we had only eaten a light meal so far, and it was late, we prepared and ate a little bit of food, took a bath, and went to sleep.
Xena-san stayed the night as well – and the night was over.
“Wow, Riou, you are so cute!” (Illuna)
“Mm, she’s definitely Yuki and Lyuu’s child, Her eyes look like Yuki’s, but her face is just like Lyuu’s!” (Enne)
“Yes! She has ears and a tail, but her hair is black, too cute!” (Shii)
“Riou, I am looking forward to taking care of her!” (Illuna)
“Riou, this is Shii, your big sister! Shii nee-chan!” (Shii)
“…Enne, big sister Enne is here too…” (Enne)
“Oh, that’s not fair! Riou, Illuna’s here too!” (Illuna)
“Kakaka, Riou has so many names to remember. That’s not going to be easy for her, is it?” (Lefi)
“Haha, we have a lot of family members. When she grows up, I’ll teach her swordsmanship, and she’ll learn how to defend herself!” (Nell)
“Then I’ll teach her magic!” (Layla)
“Well, then I… I hate my lack of skills at this moment…!” (Lyuu)
Watching them talking in a hushed voice so as not to wake the sleeping Riou, I said.
“Anyway, you guys. I understand how you feel, but… please calm down.” (Yuki)
They were all smitten.
No, I really understand that it was inevitable that they would be like that. Because the child was super cute.
But from the looks of it, it seemed like they would keep looking at Riou like this forever and chatting with her for hours on end.
The Wraith Girls have been spinning around on top of Riou in an excited state for a while now. I felt dizzy looking at them, so I asked them to stop when Riou wakes up.
“You’re so popular, Riou. Well, it can’t be helped. She’s so cute.” (Lyuu)
Lyuu also seemed to think the same thing as I did.
After a night’s sleep, she still looked a little tired and was still lying next to the sleeping Riou.
But she looked really happy, and just seeing her face like that made me feel warm inside and happy again.
“…Thank you so much, Xena-san, you’ve been very helpful.” (Yuki)
“No, no. witnessing the moment a child was born, was more than enough to give me happiness. The expressions on your faces. The happiness. For this old woman, being present at this moment is what makes her life worth living.” (Xena)
Xena-san said this with a smile.
…Great….
“I look forward to working with you again with Lefi next time.” (Yuki)
“Yes, you can count on me.” (Xena)
Riou, who had been sleeping peacefully up to this point, suddenly started to cry loudly.
“Oh, Lyuu just fed her a while ago, so I guess she needs a change of diapers. Let me show you how to do it.” (Xena)
“Yes, please.” (Yuki)
And so we learned how to take care of the baby one by one from Xena-san.
Everyone was serious and very motivated.
Riou, who had cried with all her might, started to sleep soundly again, now that the cause of her discomfort was gone.
Hmmm…cute.
This cuteness was a little bit dangerous.
Listen, surprise, surprise, she’s my daughter.
“Oh yeah, I’ll have to call Lyuu’s parents. I also have to show Riou to Rir and the others…” (Yuki)
I have already informed Rir and the others that the baby was born safe and sound, but they have been left standing by in the grassland area for a while now.
For now, I would just have them disband… and maybe only bring back Rir with me.
I would like to show Riou to the other pets, but that could wait.
“I’m going out for a bit!” (Yuki)
After saying so, I left the living room, and after telling the pets in the grassland area to disperse, I returned with only Rir.
“Rir, this is Riou! Please take good care of her.” (Yuki)
Rir stared at Riou, then sniffed her smell – and that’s when Riou, who was sleeping, woke up.
Then she touched the tip of Rir’s nose nearby and laughed.
No…correctly, it looked like she was laughing, but Riou certainly seemed to like Rir.
“Hmm, it seems she likes Rir-sama, too. She’s our girl, after all!” (Lyuu)
“Nuh…! Rir, you’ve been favored by Riou so quickly…!” (Yuki)
So, this girl also inherited the traits of a War Wolf…!
“Kukuku…” (Lefi)
“Look, look, don’t be angry. She’ll understand that you’re her father, and Rir’s master.” (Lyuu)
When she gets a little older, I’m going to make him say, “I love you, Daddy!”.
I had to be careful not to make her say, “Daddy, you’re so annoying!”.
“Kakaka, well, I can feel the blood connection, Rir, you take good care of her as well.” (Lefi)
Lefi laughed cheerfully, and Rir implied seriously that he would definitely protect her.
I wonder how this child would grow up.
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The days with the addition of Riou.
She was so irrepressibly cute that the whole dungeon was centered around her. Well, that’s how it goes.
Riou was a really energetic child who cried a lot and slept a lot, as if it were her job.
As a parent, I appreciated the fact that she was able to express herself so clearly.
Because of her high-energy level, she often cried in the middle of the night, but because there were many adults around, we could share the responsibility of taking care of her, so the burden on each of us was minimal.
And, well… even though Riou’s actual mother may be Lyuu, everyone in the adult group would be treated as her mother. I, for one, would be happy to see her grow up under this kind of mindset.
And seeing us like that, the little girl group was also helping us out a lot.
Since Lefi and Lyuu became pregnant, the little girls had been doing many things for us, but now that they have an additional role as [older] sisters, they have been helping us more and more often.
When I tried doing chores, they would say, “Oh, I’ve already done that,” or “Oh, we’ve all finished that already!” or “…you can take your time.”, and there were situations where there was nothing to be done.
They were really great kids.
However, there was one reason for this: the girls were going to be busy again, so they wanted to help us while they still could, and it appears that they were actively doing housework for us.