Chapter 133

After that, another funny thing happened: the girls of the Hearth Home had a dispute with the girls Raven had adopted.

"Father Bai Ge is the gentlest person in the world!"

"Wrong, Teacher is the gentlest person in the world!"

On the beach, the girls were arguing over "who is the gentlest person in the world, Bai Ge or Raven." It had to be said that it was a dispute as cute as they were.

"Hmph! Since you say so, let's compare! Father Bai Ge often buys us gifts!"

"Teacher Seele is the same! Every time Teacher comes back, she gives us gifts!"

"Father Bai Ge sings to us every night! Father's singing voice is super good!"

"Wuwu, although Teacher hasn't sung to us, she sometimes performs magic for us! Teacher is best at the 'great living person transformation' where she suddenly disappears and suddenly appears."

"Guwu! Father can also defeat white monsters!"

"Teacher can do the same!"

"Our Father's cooking is super delicious!"

"... Tea, Teacher's cooking isn't good, but she always brings us delicious food!"

"Heh heh, yay~ we won!"

"Doesn't count, this doesn't count!"

The girls of the Hearth Home, feeling that their side had the upper hand, were happily high-fiving each other to celebrate, while the children Raven adopted were stomping their feet in a hurry, wanting to give more examples.

"Cough, cough. Alright, stop, that's enough."

"Mm, that's enough, that's enough, okay?"

Bai Ge and Raven covered their girls' little mouths, preventing them from leaking more of their secrets, while looking at each other with surprise and teasing in their eyes.

(Yo, I didn't expect you to know how to sing and cook, Bai Ge. How come I've never seen you show off this skill before?)

(Heh, I didn't expect you to not know how to cook but know how to perform magic, Raven. By the way, are you sure that's magic and not your movement technique?)

As cooperative partners who only worked together when on missions, both Bai Ge and Raven saw each other's most violent sides, so they didn't know much about each other's daily states.

Now that they had been exposed by their own girls.

Both of them felt a bit ashamed.

"Bronya, why didn't you keep an eye on them? By the way, did you participate in the dispute just now?"

Bai Ge looked at his Bronya in surprise.

He was very surprised that the usually mature Bronya had actually joined in such a childish argument just now.

However, Bronya had an expression of 'a clear conscience,' and said to Bai Ge solemnly.

"Because what everyone said is the truth. In Bronya's eyes, you are the best person in the world."

"... This really makes one happy."

Seeing his Duck using a tone as if stating the truth, Bai Mou also felt happy and moved, and immediately hugged Bronya into his arms and rubbed his cheeks against hers.

What is the happiest thing in the world?

Bai Ge felt the answer was simple.

The person you like also likes you.

Looking at the usually mature and steady Bronya, who had actually engaged in such an innocent and childish argument just to prove that he was the gentlest person in the world.

This girl believed so firmly that Bai Ge was the best person in the world, as if it were the only truth in the world.

How could Bai Ge not be happy and moved?

Although he had already liked Bronya very much before crossing over, now, after living together for these months, the concentration of this liking had already increased several times.

"Duck, my good Duck, let me give you a good hug. I didn't expect you to like Father so much. What should I do? Now I'm so happy that I feel like I could agree to whatever wish you make."

"Then please, Father Bai Ge, marry Bronya when she grows up!" (Super quiet)

"Mm? What did you say just now, Duck?"

"Nothing. Bronya hopes Father Bai Ge can allow the daily game time to be increased by two hours."

The blushing Bronya changed her wish.

It was a pity that she didn't have the courage to say it formally yet. At this moment, Bronya really envied that idiot Rozaliya at home.

"... No."

Bai Ge hesitated for a few seconds before crossing his fingers to make an X, while his gaze also shifted away guiltily.

Ever since he bought a computer for Bronya, this duck had become completely addicted and was now an internet-addicted girl. So Bai Ge had to borrow the anti-addiction system from his previous life and limit Bronya to only playing on the computer for one hour a day.

If it were the original timeline, Bai Ge certainly wouldn't stop Bronya from playing games—play whatever, play all night, he wouldn't care... after all, he was quite addicted himself.

But now it's different!

Now Bai Ge is in the position of 'Father Bai Ge'. Seeing his daughter gradually becoming addicted to the internet, of course, he has to implement certain mandatory measures to stop it.

"Father Bai Ge, bad!"

Bronya puffed up her cheeks cutely, as if dissatisfied that he had just said he would agree to any wish.

With one hour of game time a day, she couldn't even finish the daily tasks of the dozen or so games she was playing at the same time.

"Cough, cough, change another one, change another one."

"Then, please, Father Bai Ge, be with Bronya... with all of us forever."

As soon as this wish was spoken, Bronya regretted it a little. She felt that she had wasted this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Father Bai Ge said he could fulfill any wish, so she should have asked for something difficult.

In Bronya's eyes, Bai Ge would of course be with them forever, just like the fire in the fireplace of the Hearth Home that seemed to never go out—forever.

"... Alright, this is okay."

However, Bai Ge hesitated for a long time before agreeing. He raised his hand to gently touch Bronya's head, and his golden eyes contained emotions that the Duck couldn't understand at this moment.

"We will be together forever. Mm, I promise. Even if there might be a period of separation in the middle, we will still meet again and be together."

"... Father Bai Ge, will you be separated from us?"

Bronya suddenly felt a bit lost. Bai Ge's profound answer made her feel a bit uneasy.

"Eh, mm, don't make that expression, Duck. I said it's only temporary. Temporary. And not now, far from now. We still have a long time."

"Bronya doesn't quite understand, but if Father disappears one day, Bronya will always wait for you to come back at the door... Seele, Rozaliya, Liliya, An, everyone will always wait. So Father Bai Ge will come back, right?"

"Of course. After all, that's home. As long as a person is alive, they will definitely come home. No matter how far they go, they will eventually come home. Actually, don't I do this every day?"

"... That's true."

Bronya felt relieved upon hearing this.

She let out a sigh of relief, thinking she had thought too much.

How could this person not be here? Impossible, absolutely impossible! The separation he just mentioned must mean going out to work.

If it's just that, then of course it's no problem.

They had long been accustomed to seeing Bai Ge off to work, and squatting at the door in advance to wait when he was about to get home at night. Bronya even quite enjoyed this process.

Looking forward to him pushing the door open the next second, and then saying 'welcome back' to him. After that, Bai Ge would hug them and touch their heads.

Bronya believed that such a daily life would continue forever.

"Let's go, Duck, let's go eat barbecue together."

"Mm! Coming."

After her heart was put at ease, Bronya held Bai Ge's hand as usual, only this time she gripped it tighter.

As if to keep this person from leaving.

"............"

Bai Ge wasn't a slow person either.

Upon noticing that the little hand holding him was tighter than usual, he also squeezed Bronya's hand slightly harder in response.

Traveling is inherently something that can distract attention. Whenever one encounters new things, one can soon put the things that happened the moment before behind them.

Or perhaps it was just because someone's cooking skills had been leveled up too high recently. While eating the seafood barbecue made by Bai Ge himself, Bronya also returned to her usual state.

"Eating only barbecue is easy to get tired of. Here, I also made watermelon pizza to change the taste."

Bai Ge handed a plate of watermelon pizza to everyone.

This thing is very simple to make: just cut the watermelon horizontally, then cut it into six triangles, then put various fruits on the watermelon slices, such as strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, and sticky drinks like yogurt, and it's done.

Unlike heavy-oil and heavy-flavored barbecue, it's very refreshing and sweet, and eating it mixed can relieve the greasiness.

"Bronya wants to eat the piece with strawberries."

"Wow! It's watermelon pizza, thank you, Father!"

"Bai Ge, I didn't expect you to be so good at cooking."

"Delicious, more, more~!"

Looking at the girls waiting to be fed in front of him.