## Chapter 598 – The Scent of Spring

Lying in bed, the thought of a name for Alaune swirled intensely in my head. What on earth would be a good name to give her? This was a problem on a completely different level from naming a dog or cat.

Alaune is a person.

Which meant I couldn’t just give her a nickname as if I were joking around. A name might seem like nothing, but once you give it, you use it for a long time.

She might even think of herself as that name.

If I kept calling her Alaune like this, she might really become Alaune later on. To prevent such a misfortune, I had to give her a good name. For the sake of social order and well-being.

“…”

Shit, what should I name her?

Maybe it’s because of the ‘Al’ sound, but only ridiculous names like Aladdin, Al-Qaeda, Alibaba, Albatross, or Alshika came to mind. No, those aren’t even names in the first place, damn it.

—Then let’s go back to basics.

This was the first time since coming to this world that I had become someone’s guardian. In that case, it would be better to follow the way of Fusion Confucianism.

First of all, the surname is Kim.

“Good.”

Let’s give her a Korean name. A Korean name, but one that sounds exotic and easy to pronounce.

Leaving my sleeping wives behind, I went down to the first floor.

“…Father?”
“You’re awake?”
“Yes.”

Alaune, who had woken up rubbing her eyes, sat down in a demure posture.

I sat across from her. It was still dawn, but my mind was clear. It felt like I had only slept for two hours, but my body was full of energy. I guess it’s because I had a satisfying release for the first time in a while.

“Hehe, you’re down early today,” Alaune said with a smile, turning on the light.

“So it seems.”

She seemed happy that I came down early. Since she liked me this much, I couldn’t give her a weird name. That would be like getting betrayed by someone you trusted.

Anyway, I stared at Alaune in her black lingerie, then opened my mouth.

“…From now on, you’re not Alaune.”
“Pardon?”

Alaune tilted her head at my words.

“You know that Alaune is a name that refers to a monster, right?”
“…Yes. Because you told me.”

Alaune doesn’t have any memories of being a monster. She only remembers vague and fragmented memories from when she was planted in the flowerpot.

Of course, she doesn’t realize that she’s a monster, and she doesn’t think of herself as Alaune, the Queen of Flowers.

And since she was just born, her information absorption rate is fast. If she keeps being called Alaune during this important period, there’s a high probability that her identity = Alaune will be firmly imprinted in her mind.

She would develop an ego as a monster.

Since I’ve decided to walk the path of Fusion Confucianism and take responsibility for Alaune, I must never let that happen.

“So, I can’t keep calling you like a monster, so I’m going to give you a name.”
“A name…?”
“Yeah, a name. Everyone has a name. You’re someone I have to take responsibility for… so I have to give you a name myself.”
“Father… yourself?”

Could it be that she doesn’t like it?

Originally, most people have a strong aversion to changing their names.
That’s how important a name is.

“Name, name…”

Alaune repeated the word ‘name’ for a moment, then smiled at me.

“Yes. Anything is fine if Father gives it to me.”
“Anything is fine?”
“If it’s given by Father.”

—She doesn’t want anyone else to give it to her.
It seemed like that’s what she meant.

“Okay, rest assured that I’m giving it to you myself. I’ve been thinking about what would be good, but I don’t know if you’ll like it.”
“Have you been thinking about me?”

Alaune, with her index finger to her lips, said that.

“Yeah.”
“Hehe, I’m happy.”
“What for?”
“That you’ve been thinking about me.”
“Tsk.”
“Father. Can I come over there?”
“…Come.”

Alaune, who had thrown off the blanket she was wearing, got up and walked gracefully towards me. Then, she naturally hugged me. Since both Alaune and I were in our underwear, our skin touched and a warm body temperature was transmitted.

“Hehe, Father. You smell nice.”
“What smell?”
“I wonder?”

Anyway, I stroked Alaune’s back and sorted out my thoughts about the name.

Since she’s Alaune, the Queen of Flowers, I thought it would be good to give her a flower name, so I had a few names in mind.

Rose, or Lily.

Names that mean rose and lily, respectively.

The sounds themselves are pretty and seem to suit her, but strangely, there’s a serious penalty that makes them sound terrible the moment you put ‘Kim’ in front of them.

Kim Rose, Kim Lily.

I’m not kidding, what kind of name is that for a person? No parent who gives their child such a name can be normal. Of course, Alaune isn’t my child, but still.

So.

I decided on Kim Ari.

After deciding to make her surname Kim, and assuming that the ‘ㅇ’ and ‘ㄹ’ from Alaune were essential, I thought that would be the best, so I decided to do it this way.

“From now on, you’re Kim Ari.”
“…Kim Ari?”

Ari, who was rubbing her face against my neck, looked up at me.

“I’ll call you Ari, so memorize it.”
“Ari, Ari… Yes. I will.”

Ari repeated the name for a moment, then smiled and answered. It didn’t seem like she disliked it or had any complaints. Her acceptance was quick.

“Do you like it?”
“Yes. I like it. Really.”

She’s answering with a smile, but is she really liking it?

“It’s a name that Father gave me.”
“No, I’m asking if you just like it, not because I gave it to you. This is your only chance to change it.”
“I like it.”

Well, if she likes it, that’s fine.
Looks like she likes it.

“Then, Ari.”
“Yes.”
“It’s time for Fusion Confucianism education.”
“Okay.”
“Now that you have a new name, it’s right to have new and correct thoughts accordingly. Do you understand?”

Anyway, it’s Fusion Confucianism education.

I have a duty to raise Ari as a normal person.

“Yes. New and correct thoughts, right? I’ll follow anything you say, Father.”
“That’s a very good attitude. Then let’s start with today’s lesson. First, come down and sit.”
“…Can’t I do it like this? I’ll listen well.”

Ari hugged me tightly, as if she didn’t want to leave me. It’s okay to indulge her, but she needs to refrain during education time.

“Not during education time.”
“…Yes.”

Ari, speaking in a sad tone, came down from me and sat on the sofa across from me.

“Okay, let’s start today’s lesson.”

Then let’s start the education now.

“Always be polite to others. Unless they show malice towards me, there’s no need to react aggressively.”

Respecting the other person is the most basic thing. Of course, if the other person doesn’t respect me, I don’t need to either.

This is the basic ideology of Fusion Confucianism.

“There’s no need to react aggressively unless they show malice, right?”
“Yeah. Just do that.”

Ari said that, then spoke as if she was questioning something.

“But didn’t you get angry at me a lot at first, Father?”

No, that’s because you were a monster.

“That’s… shit, I’m sorry.”

It’s just that I couldn’t trust Alaune at the time, and it was natural to react aggressively if there was a monster in front of me. It was also frustrating that the flower I was going to use for the elixir turned into a person.

But now she’s not Alaune, she’s Ari.

“That was my fault. Sorry. If you’re wrong, you have to apologize.”

It’s true that it was my fault for treating her like a monster and getting angry.

“Oh, no. I didn’t mean to make you apologize, Father. It’s just a question about what you told me… I’m sorry. You’re not angry, are you?”

When I apologized, Ari waved her hands, not knowing what to do.

“I’m not. It’s my fault. More than that, you’re talking well these days.”
“…I guess so.”
“Anyway, forget the past. You’re reborn from today.”
“Hehe, yes. I will. Can I think of myself as Father’s Ari from today?”
“Yeah. Do that.”

I continued to educate Ari about Fusion Confucianism.

“Don’t trust others too much. People are beings you can’t trust unless they’re family or friends. The moment you get tricked, you can die without a doubt.”

Just one step outside the city, and it’s full of robbers and monster bastards. This is just a fact, so I have no choice but to educate her like this.

“Yes. I’ll keep that in mind. I won’t trust anyone but Father.”
“You can trust my wives.”

Ari nodded.

Well, I don’t plan to make the education too long. There’s no point in making it long. I just need to tell her the important things briefly every day and make her understand.

I focused on teaching her basic morality and ethics based on Fusion Confucianism.

I gave examples of certain situations and told her how to act correctly in those situations. I told her stories based on my experience.

Ari nodded and said she understood. She must be quite smart, because she understands everything I say quickly.

“But Father.”

After finishing the short 30-minute education, Ari called me. It seemed like she had something she was curious about.

“What is it?”
“You… always sleep with the others in the upstairs bed, right?”
“Yeah?”
“Why can’t I? I’m curious.”

Ari, who has the body of an adult, started to whine.

“I want to sleep with you too, Father.”
“Well, that’s… the upstairs bed is a space for me and my wives, so it’s decided. I’m sorry, but our Ari can’t.”

I understand that she’s being spoiled and wants to sleep with me, but the upstairs bedroom is a space only for me and my wives, so Ari can’t come in. Don’t even parents and children sleep in separate rooms?

“Why can’t I? Can’t I join you?”
“I’ll tell you the reason when you’re a little older. Anyway, just know that you can’t.”
“…Yes.”

Ari answered as if she was dissatisfied.

It was an attitude that she was unhappy, but she wouldn’t go against my words.

“And Father.”
“Hmm? Is there anything else?”

She’s being quite talkative today.

“When I think of Father… here, here it becomes painful. Why… is that?”
“No, Ari?”

Ari, blushing, twisted her thighs, then put her hand between them and slowly started rubbing.

How am I supposed to take this?

“Haa… haa… It’s hot… and itchy…!”

Of course, it wasn’t the first time I’d seen Ari regard me as a sexual object and go into heat. I’ve seen it a few times, and I’ve stopped her from doing it to me several times and educated her with words.

But it was the first time she had asked so explicitly today.

“Every time I think of Father, I want to… stick my fingers in and stir…! Hyaaah…!”

Eventually, she puts her hand inside her panties, twists her waist, and lets out moans. She’s masturbating without even knowing what she’s doing.

In other words, she’s full of sexual desire.
She just doesn’t have the knowledge or common sense about it.

“Ari… you’re doing that because you don’t know what you’re doing, but originally, you can only do that alone or show it to the most precious person.”
“…Father is the most precious person to me.”
“Damn it, I misspoke.”

Anyway, I think she needs some sex education, but how am I supposed to do it?

Let’s stop her from masturbating first.

“Hey, take your hand away for now. Stay still.”
“Haa… yes.”

Ari, who took her hand away as I said, blushed while rubbing her thighs.

“…Haa, Father.”
“What.”
“When you sprinkle white stuff on me, Father, you feel good, right…? Am I similar to Father? Do you feel what I’m feeling now?”

What a smart girl.

“That’s true, but anyway, Ari. What you’re doing now, touching your private parts… originally, you shouldn’t show it to others. You have to do it alone.”
“Alone…? But I want Father to watch.”

Crazy exhibitionist.

“No. Just… it’s better to do it secretly when no one’s around, or to refrain from doing it.”
“Are you telling me not to do it?”

Even so, she has sexual desire, so I can’t tell her not to do it. It’s just an incomplete homunculus, but Ari’s body is that of a highly elastic adult woman.

“Then… what should I do when it becomes painful here? I don’t think it’s enough to rub it alone. I want Father to help me.”

How can she speak so logically…!

“No, I’m not saying don’t do it, but if you’re going to do it, do it secretly. That’s what I mean. What you’re doing now is an action to solve something called sexual desire alone.”
“Sexual desire…? So this feeling is sexual desire?”
“That’s right.”

I need to give her some sex education.

“Sexual desire… I see. What I feel when I see Father. That must be love and sexual desire, hehe.”
“Shit…! Someone, anyone, help me!”