## Chapter 585 – Is Spring Coming?

ㅡHngh, hnnng… Hwaaaang…

Alaune, who had fallen on her butt, burst into tears and began to wail. It was a truly heartbreaking sight, as if she were a child abandoned by her parents.

But it was strange.

Goddamn it, this wasn’t the kind of behavior a monster girl would normally exhibit. That’s why it felt so unbalanced.

“Hngh… Hweeeng… Papa, Papaaa… Hnnngh… Hwaaaang…”
“…”

But this little shit definitely called me Papa, and even said she was hurting. That meant she was capable of some level of communication, but Papa?!

What part of me looks like a Papa?!

Was this some kind of bird-like imprinting, where she recognized the first person she saw after hatching as her father? Did Alaune have traits like that? Unbelievable. It was too unnatural.

Confused, I clutched my head, trying to make sense of the situation.

“Pa, Papa? What the hell…!”
“Hnnng.”
“This… is quite interesting.”

Winnia and Claudia, faced with the unexpected “Papa” situation, and Risha each reacted differently as they observed the crying Alaune.

“Hweeeng, Papa. Papaaa…”

Alaune, who had been crying incessantly, looked up at me again, her eyes completely wet, and tried to approach me.

“Come here… Hweeeng…”

This crazy bitch!

“Get away from me, you nightmare creature!!!!! I am not your father!!”
“Ah, aaa… Hngeuk… Hwaaaang…!”

ㅡPounce!

I immediately performed a heartless backstep, dodging out of Alaune’s range. This was a serious misunderstanding. I didn’t even have real kids yet, and now I had this monstrous daughter? No way!

“Katt, maybe you really are her dad?”

Claudia said with an amused smile.
She just called me a dad too!

“No, Claudia, not you too! What are you saying!”
“What are you saying to my sweetie, you bimbo!!!”
“Thanks, Winnia!”

Winnia screamed and stepped in front of me, shielding me with her body. Winnia was the only sane person here.

“Risha! Don’t you know anything about Alaune? Why is she doing this!”

Risha was the most likely to know about this situation.

When I asked her directly, she thought for a moment before answering.

“This humble one does not know much. Only fragmented knowledge… More than that, this is truly a wondrous thing.”
“If it gets any more wondrous, I’m going to faint.”
“Wait a moment.”

With that, Risha approached the slumped-down Alaune.

“You can speak. Why have you not said a word until now?”
“…”
“Were you hiding it?”
“…”

Alaune showed no particular reaction to Risha’s questions. She simply shed tears quietly.

“You will not answer. Then… come this way.”

Risha gestured to me.

“Kuh… Alright.”

I didn’t really want to go, but I used the Slippery Footwork and slid towards her.

“…”

Alaune began to look at my face again. Risha didn’t miss it, and grabbed my wrist as she asked again.

“Now, Alaune. Is this man your father?”
“…”

ㅡNod nod.

Alaune nodded at those words.

What the fuck!

“It seems she can communicate. This requires further investigation… But judging from her reaction, it seems she will not speak unless it involves you.”
“This is absurd!!”
“Calm down and analyze the situation.”
“You’re right. Risha is right.”

Risha was right.

I immediately calmed down and regained my composure.

“Alaune seems to only react to you, so this time, try asking her directly.”
“Alright!”

ㅡAhem.

I cleared my throat and spoke to Alaune, who was still looking at me.

“So, hey. Alaune.”
“Papa…”

Alaune tilted her head and began to focus on me. Her eyes were still wet with tears. Truly a bewitching beauty of a monster…!

Why was this cruel queen of flowers doing this to me…!

“No, why am I your dad? I don’t know what’s going on, but this is a misunderstanding. I’m not your dad.”

To be specific, I’m the man who killed you.

“Your dad is probably a stamen somewhere in this world. Your mom is a pistil. The matchmaker was a bee nearby.”

I didn’t know for sure, but flowers were ultimately born from the meeting of stamens and pistils. I wasn’t a bee, so there was no way I could have pollinated her.

“Always…”
“Always?”

Anyway, when I told her that, Alaune reacted.
She was trying to say something.

“Gave… white stuff… I remember… vaguely… raised… me…”
“Wh, white stuff?!!!”

ㅡFlower Fertilizer!

The act of giving fertilizer to the pot all this time!
Was that why she considered me her father!!!

If that’s what a father was, then the world was definitely wrong!

ㅡSlide.

Suddenly, Alaune slowly crawled towards me, poked her head out, and began to rub her cheek against my lower body.

“Here, with this… white stuff…”

This was undeniable!

“Heok! Crazy!”
“This crazy flower bitch won’t let go!!! I said I’m not your dad!!!!”

Winnia shouted in a frantic tone and pushed Alaune away.

“Ugh…”

Alaune, who had fallen on her butt again, groaned. It was an extremely human reaction. But she was just a monster disguised as a person!

“I can’t believe it! My Flower Fertilizer rolled this snowball!!! I definitely killed Alaune, but the resurrected Alaune considers me her father!”

This was a tragedy!
The most terrible kind of tragedy!

“Sweetie!”
“Winnia!”

As I clutched my head, Winnia, who looked as shocked as I was, hugged me and shouted.

“Let’s make a baby right now, okay? I won’t use contraception starting today!!”
“Wh, what? Winnia?!”
“What the hell is going on! What is this flower monster doing, calling you her daughter!!! Are you going to do this to me, sweetie!!!”
“What did I do!”
“I don’t know, make a baby now!! Come here!”

Winnia grabbed my wrist and tried to climb the stairs to the basement. A baby, a baby… I wasn’t planning on having a baby anytime soon, but if she asked me like this, I couldn’t refuse…!

“Hehehe, Winnia. Calm down. It’s probably not that serious.”

Claudia, who had approached, put on the brakes.

“What’s not serious! That crazy flower bitch keeps calling him Papa more than anyone else! Let go of me, Claudia! What is a flower doing, saying that to my sweetie! I can’t accept it!”
“Calm down? I understand how you feel. It’ll be alright. Katt is always Katt, right?”
“Th, that’s right… Ugh… I don’t know, damn it! I’m so pissed! What the hell is this! I can accept that she came back to life, but Papa…!”

I immediately hugged Winnia from behind and calmed her down.

“Winnia. Calm down. I’m okay.”
“…”

She seemed very upset because of Alaune.
As I was doing that, Risha said.

“It seems certain that she considers you her father. Perhaps, as she said, the continuous injection of essence is the cause. More than anything, seeing her trying to follow her parents, she may be in a state of regression…”
“Oh my god.”

Risha seemed to be right.

Because she had an unstable hatching, was she in a state of regression and instinctively trying to find her parents? Remembering that I had been constantly spraying her with semen, it wasn’t strange to think that way.

Of course, I didn’t know the details yet.

I could only speculate, but this situation was entirely due to our ignorance.

I was just going to diligently grow a flower and make it into an elixir…

“Risha. Is this a disguise to put me off guard?”

I had killed Alaune myself.

Perhaps she was pretending to be weak and obedient, plotting to stab me in the back.

“This humble one will have to investigate further. For now, go upstairs and wash up. You just got back and haven’t even had a chance to rest.”
“…Alright. I will.”
“Hehehe, really. You listen well, you do.”

Something so unsettling had happened.
Let’s wash up for now.

“But tonight, you must shower this humble one with love, as much as you have not been able to embrace me.”
“Hehehe, yes, I will.”
“This humble one will keep Alaune here, so go up quickly.”

I immediately went up to the first floor, removed my equipment, and took off my clothes to organize them. Alaune had awakened, and I couldn’t figure out what kind of magic had happened while I was in the Misty Plains.

It was such a shocking event.

“…Hoo.”

Well, she would be useful for something.

It was Alaune. There would definitely be something helpful about her. Who knew, maybe she would create fruits with power.

How to deal with her… Let’s think about it later.

As I washed up and came out, Karin was sitting on the sofa.

“You little shit, you finally came?”

She must have returned while I was washing up. Seeing her face, an unbearable sense of joy and longing burst out.

“Ah, did you see that thing in the basement?”

Karin brought up the story about Alaune.

ㅡFlash!

I immediately ran to Karin and hugged her waist.

“Karin noona!!!”
“Ugh…! You idiot! What are you running around with your dick dangling!”
“She called me Papa!!!”
“What?”

Karin was silent for a moment.

After being silent, she asked what I meant, so I briefly explained the circumstances of how Alaune came to call me Papa.

“Kyah.”

Karin soon burst out laughing after hearing the explanation.

“Kyahahahahaha! You sprayed your semen like that and she called you Papa? It’s amazing that she recognized it?”
“It’s not something to laugh about, Karin…!”

Karin slowly stroked my hair and said.

“Hey, but then can this noona also be called Papa?”
“What does that mean?”
“I also sprayed a lot of semen on Karin. So aren’t I Papa?”
“Heok!”

Suddenly, Karin said that in a coquettish tone.

“Right?”
“Ah, no! That’s true! But the situation is a little different!”
“What’s different? You sprayed so much semen on Karin… You’re a really bad Papa, aren’t you?”

This was such a bizarre display of coquetry that I was stunned for a moment.

“Ugh, damn it. Now that I say it, Papa is a bit embarrassing. Then Father? Dad? Which one do you think is better?”

Was this noona crazy!

“I don’t know, they’re all weird! Karin, don’t!”
“What? Are you saying that you’re annoyed that your noona is being cute!!”
“No, that’s not it! Karin noona, I’m sorry!”

It seemed that Karin had been under a lot of stress on her own. This bizarre display of coquetry was a manifestation of that stress.

Today, I’d probably be caught by Karin and Risha all night long.

“Damn it. I’m just kidding. Anyway, you came really late. I won’t say anything else. You don’t have any work now, right?”
“Even if something really happens, I won’t do anything in the winter.”
“Then that’s fine. Well, I’ll hear about what happened later. Now, in the remaining winter, let’s start practicing our swordsmanship in earnest with noona.”
“In earnest?”
“I’m slowly adjusting the guild schedule.”

Ah.

It seemed that she was starting to organize the guild.

“I have to practice my swordsmanship properly before I become a Paladin. I won’t be able to improve my skills dramatically in a short period of time, but if I stick with it all day, my skills will improve in their own way.”
“Karin…”

I buried my face between her thighs.

“I will.”
“Keep that in mind. Then let’s go down.”

I immediately changed into comfortable clothes and went down to the first basement floor with Karin. Claudia, Winnia, and Risha were all surrounding Alaune, bombarding her with questions.

Among them, Risha was spreading her palm and trying something like magic.

“Ah, you have come down?”
“Karin unni is here?”

Risha and Winnia, who saw us coming down, greeted Karin, and Claudia waved with a smile.

“Yeah. Claudia-yang and Winnia. You’ve worked hard. Nothing happened, right?”
“Yeah. Not really? Ah, but I’ll tell you about what happened later.”

I immediately approached Alaune.

“Pa, Papa…!”

As I approached, Alaune, who recognized me, hugged my lower body.

ㅡShiver shiver.

Her body was trembling for some reason.

“…”

Anyway, I had organized my thoughts about her while washing up.

If she really considered me her parent, she would answer everything she knew.

“Alaune, you little shit! Tell me everything you know!”